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Acadians are exiled from their homes
Was the forced removal by British of the Acadian's. This event contributed to Canadian identiy by showing who ruled Canada first before us (Besides the first nations) and who had the most power. Acadian's felt betrayed after being kicked out of the country which they thought was safe and thrusted openly into the war that was going on at the time. -
The Conquest (Battle on the plains of Abraham)
was fought by the British Army and Navy, against the French Army, on a plateau just outside the walls of Quebec City. The Quebec people would most likely have a sense of pride for have fighting a war. This event was before the official creation of Canada and the french may feel like they're better than the rest of the population of Canada. -
The royal proclamation determines that First Nations are sovereign
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. In the Royal Proclamation, ownership over North America is issued to King George. First nations would have felt like they had no choice at all in issues concerning themselves. -
Lord Durhams report encorages the assimilation of the francophone colonist
Lord Durham, a British politician, was sent to North America in 1838 to investigate the causes of the twin rebellions the previous year in the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada.Durham's famous Report led to a series of reforms and changes including the union of the two Canada's into a single colony. It also paved the way for responsible government — a critical step in the evolution of Canadian democracy. -
Canada day
a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire. The event being important because without this day there would be no Canada (or we would be named something else). we would have diffrent customs and act diffrently. -
First Residential schools open
Residential schools were government-sponsored religious schools established to assimilate Aboriginal children into Euro-Canadian culture and "take the indian out of the child" -
The indian act is first created
The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that governs in matters pertaining to Indian status, bands, and Indian reserves. Throughout history it has been highly invasive and paternalistic, as it authorizes the Canadian federal government to regulate and administer in the affairs and day-to-day lives of registered Indians and reserve communities. -
Chinese Head tax descriminates against Chinese Imiigration
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. The Chinese may not have forgotten this event because of its descimination towards the chinese because of selfish reasons. Chinese people may view Canada diffrent from most because of this event -
Manitoba Schools Question becomes and issue in federal election
was a political crisis in the Canadian Province of Manitoba that occurred late in the 19th century, involving publicly funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants.Because of the close linkage at that time between religion and language, the Schools Question raised the deeper question whether French would survive as a language or a culture in Western Canada. -
War measures act
Canada passed the War Measures Act in order to provide the government with new and intrusive powers to prosecute the war. These powers included censorship, the right to detain and arrest Canadians, and the right to take control over any property. -
Conscription crisis during world war one
It was mainly caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in WWI. It also brought out many issues regarding relations between French Canadians and English Canadians and motivated many revolutionary acts. -
The Quiet Revolution
Feelings of nationalism in Quebec shifted during the quiet revolution of the 1960's. Premier Jean Lesage's reforms not only shaped Quebecois collective identity, they also reduced the influence of Anglophone identity in Quebec. -
The white paper on Aboriginal rights
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chrétien, unveiled a policy paper that proposed ending the special legal relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state and dismantling the Indian Act. This white paper was met with forceful opposition from Aboriginal leaders across the country and sparked a new era of Indigenous political organizing in Canada. -
Canada adopts official multiculturalism
Canada became the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. This event was highly important in Canadian identity because it showed that Canada was a safe country to be in and was all about equality. People who might have been descriminated all throught out their life may have a good view on Canada because of it. -
Bill 101 is passed into law in Quebec
Introduced by Camille Laurin, Bill 101, Charte de la langue française (1977), made French the official language of government and of the courts in the province of Québec -
The NEP (National Energy Policy) is implemented
Canada is the 5th largest producer of energy in the world, producing about 6% of global energy supplies, accounting for 13% of global production. People may have a perspective that Canada is a resourcful country and is useful in a way. -
Quebec refuses to sign the rovolution
Quebec had two main reasons for not signing the agreement which brought the Canadian constitution home. With the new amending formula Quebec lost its veto over future constitutional change.Another reason Quebec wouldn't sign was a clause in the Charter of Rights which guaranteed minority language rights "where numbers warrant." This would have meant the end of Quebec's Bill 101 by protecting English language rights in Quebec -
First Nations and the Meech Lake accord
A set of amendments to the Constitution of Canada designed to pursuade Quebec to endorse the constituion Act, was derailed when Cree MLA Elijah Harper raised an eagle feather in a symbolic gesture, voted against a motion to introduce the Accord for debate without the normal 2 day notice -
The OKA Crisis
The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec. The crisis developed from a local dispute between the town of Oka and the Mohawk community of Kanesatake. The town of Oka was developing plans to expand a golf course and residential development onto land which had traditionally been used by the Mohawk. -
The second referendum is held to decide if Quebec should seperate from Canada
was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty and become an independent state -
Rise of the ADQ
A new party, the Action democratique du Quebec (ADQ) had a new policy called for Quebec to adopt its own constitution, create its own citezinship, and override those federal laws seen as contrary to provincial intrest. -
Canada apologizes for residential schools
On June 11, 2008, Canada’s Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, publicly apologized to Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples for the IRS system, admitting that residential schools were part of a Canadian policy on forced Aboriginal assimilation. Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of every major federal political party in Canada publicly decreed there was no place left in Canada for the policy of forced Aboriginal assimilation.
