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Aug 11, 1000
The Aboriginal Peoples 10, 000 - 20, 000 BCE
The Aboriginal people settled across North America, developing their way of life from the enviroment.
The Aboriginal people were believed to have been following the trail of a food source into North America.
It is thought that the Aboriginal people used a lad bridge between Asia and North America called the Beringia.
Approximately 500 000 Aboriginal people lived in N.A when the first Europeans arrived. -
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The French
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The French
The French permanently settled in Port Royal in 1605 and then Quebec in 1608.
They travelled to Canada for the hope of riches, although they did not find it, they found fish and furs
The French we greatly assisted by the Montagnais, Mi 'kmaq, Maliseet and the Huron First Nations, among others and with their help they created the colony New France.
Through marriage with the Aboriginals the Métis culture was born.
From the years 1666 – 1759 the population grew from 3, 215 to 65, 000 people. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration had led people from Britain and other countries in Europe to travel to Canada.
The reason why they had moved to Canada, is because of the Industrial Revolution, where people were getting replace with machines.
The people had spread across the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
60% of the Immigrants that came to Canada were British; making the British the largest cultural group in Canada. -
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The Great Migration
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The Post-Confederation Immigration
Some of the people that have immigrated to Canada were from the cultural base of British, French, German and the Dutch.
Shortly after Canada became a Nation in 1867, people from Ontario began moving West and the provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905.
The Canadian Pacific Railway was created in order to encourage even more people to settle in these parts of Canada.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta became the most diverse areas in Canada. -
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Post-Confederation Immigration
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Post War and Mid Twentieth Century Immigration
Many British and other Europeans came to Canada.
The reason why these people moved was from the Great War, and the great depression.
The immigrants found their way to the St. Lawrence Region during this wave of immigration.
After the second world war, people found Canada an attractive place to live, and people all over the world came to Canada.
When the Great Depression happend people all over Canada suffered from uneployment and low economic conditions. -
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Post War and Mid Twentieth Century Immigration
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Recent Immigration Patterns
After the Second World War Canada was willing to accept large numbers of people from places they had not in the past, like some places in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
People travelled throught out Canada.
Canada only accepted people who knew French or English or had Superior knowledge/ or resources to contribute.
he Foreign Domestic Workers Program was introduced in 1981, where Canada allowed a temporary contract, which the could apply for a permanent residence after 2 years. -
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Recent Immigration Patterns
