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Acadians are exiled from their homes
Between 1755 and 1763, approximately 10,000 Acadians were deported.It was the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Of some 3,100 Acadians deported after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, an estimated 1,649 died by drowning or disease, a fatality rate of 53 per cent.Between 1755 and 1763, approximately 10,000 Acadians were deported. -
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a battle that happened on September 13, 1759. It was part of the French and Indian War, which was part of the big Seven Years' War. .The Seven Years’ War therefore laid the bi cultural foundations of modern Canada.By defeating and securing the French stronghold at Quebec, the British established a strong presence in New France, foreshadowing the eventual defeat of the French and the beginning of British hegemony in North America. -
The creation of the Indian act
The Indian act is a Canadian act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves.It was designed to eliminate Aboriginal culture and assimilate Aboriginals into English-Canadian society. The Act defined who was an Indian and regulated Indian status. Indians could not be in any white collar jobs or even attend university if they maintained their Indian status.This ethnocentric act took away the dignity and pride of the aboriginals. -
Chinese head tax in Canada(1885)
The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada. The head tax was first levied after the Canadian parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 and was meant to discourage Chinese people from entering Canada after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). This events is important to Canadian identity because some Chinese may be resentful on how they were been discriminated and also may leave a stain on Canadians destroying our reputation. -
The Canadian Flag
On February 15th, 1965, the modern Canadian flag, bearing its hallmark maple leaf, was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. Today, the maple leaf is a recognized symbol of Canada; it has also come to symbolize unity, tolerance, and peace.This is important because to Canadians it means freedom from their colonial rulers and its ability of self detrmination. -
Canada adopts multiculturalism
The Government of Canada, under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, declared in 1971 that Canada would adopt a multicultural policy. The Government of Canada would recognize and respect its society including its diversity. In 1982, multiculturalism was recognized by section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms..This was a turning point for Canada as it become more friendly towards people from different cultural background and help modernize the Canada in which we see today -
Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)
The Charter of the French Language, also known as Bill 101 is a 1977 law in the province of Quebec in Canada defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government. It is the central legislative piece in Quebec's language policy. This was a threat to English speaking Canadians because they feared that the next step for Quebec was separating from Canada. -
The National Energy Program
The National Energy Program was an energy policy of the Government of Canada which was created under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to protect Canada's oil supply and promote Canadian ownership of it's energy resources. This event created a divide between Alberta and the rest of Canada because the Pierre Trudeau distributed the Alberta resources with his own will but Albertan's wanted to keep their economy stable which caused a huge problem. -
Supreme court determines that turbans can be worn with the RCMP uniform -reasonable accommodation
The situation was that the RCMP had safety gears that members worn which includes a hat but a sikh employee(Dhillon) refused to wear the hat because his religion doesn't encourages them to take off their turbans. This case was later handed over to the supreme court in which Dhillon won the case and was the first RCMP officers to wear a turban with the uniform. This event is crucial because it gave power to immigrants and also granted Canada a positive label of tolerance to all groups of people -
Oka Crisis(1990)
The Oka Crisis, also known as the Mohawk Resistance, was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Mohawk protesters, police, and army. At the heart of the crisis was the proposed expansion of a golf course and development of condominiums on disputed land that included a Mohawk burial ground.This symbolizes how the first nations rights are been infringed upon and how the Canadian government doesn't take the Aboriginals into account when their policies are being made -
Quebec Referendum
The 1995 Quebec independence referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian French-speaking province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty and become an independent country. This event is important because Canada was at the edge of breaking up also this radical change could have caused the business elite of Canada and Quebec, Montreal being the most important commercial and financial center of the colony, to alter its economic strategy. -
Canada apologizes for residential schools
the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honorable Stephen Harper, made a Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, on behalf of the Government of Canada.This was a moment the people of Canada and the first nations cherished because the government proved to learn from the past and work together for a good future.
