Canadian timeline

By Carterbnorton
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    Acadians are exiled from their homes

    Approximately 10,000 Acadians were deported. They were shipped to many points around the Atlantic. Large numbers were landed in the English colonies, others in France or the Caribbean. Thousands died of disease or starvation in the squalid conditions on board ship.

  • Battle of the plains of Abraham

    he Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War

  • Lord Durham’s report encourages the assimilation of the Francophone colonists

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    Chinese Head Tax discriminates against Chinese immigration

    Chinese Head Tax discriminates against Chinese immigration......pretty self explanatory

  • Manitoba Schools Question becomes an issue in the federal election

    The Manitoba Schools Question, which became the dominant issue in the 1896 federal election, led to the downfall of the ruling Conservative Party and the triumph of the Liberals, led by Wilfrid Laurier.

  • conscription crisis

    a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. It was mainly caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in the war

  • The White Paper on Aboriginal Rights

    This was a Canadian government policy that attempted to get rid of legal documents that refer to indigenous people in Canada.

  • Canada adopts official 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 languages.

  • Bill 101 is passed into law in Quebec

    This bill presented French as the provincial language of the court and the government in Quebec. This bill also made french the accustomed language of workplaces, of instructions and of communications in business.

  • The NEP (National Energy Program) is implemented

    The National Energy Program (NEP) was an energy policy of the Government of Canada from 1980 to 1985. It was created under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau by Minister of Energy Marc Lalonde in 1980, and administered by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.

  • Quebec refuses to sign the constitution

    Quebec first lost its approval over any future changes to the constitution, Quebec also refused to sign the constitution because it would have put an end to Bill 101 by protecting English language rights but at the same time protecting French language rights.

  • Supreme Court determines that turbans can be worn with the RCMP uniform

    After months of debate, the Brian Mulroney government announces new changes to the RCMP dress code in March of 1990 including the freedom for observant Sikhs to wear beards and turbans. As a result, Dhillon joins the RCMP, trains in Regina and graduates to active duty in 1991.

  • The Oka Crisis

    This crisis was a 78 day standoff of the Mohawk protesters, police, and the army. The reason of this crisis is because they wanted to expand to a golf course and to build condos where a Mohawk burial site. At this stage the only thing that could solve this was the army.

  • The Indian Act is first created

    This commission was the aftermath of The Oka Crisis it was a survey of relationships with aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada. This remains an important document in the study of indigenous people in Canada.

  • The Royal Proclamation determines that First Nations are sovereign

    This commission was the aftermath of The Oka Crisis it was a survey of relationships with aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada. This remains an important document in the study of indigenous people in Canada.

  • The second referendum is held to decide if Quebec should separate from Canada

    Quebec tried again to get voters to vote yes to "negotiate a new constitutional agreement with the rest of Canada, based on the equality of nations." This time around, 50.58% of the voters voted no. There was a slight controversy towards the outcome of this referendum due to the large number of "spoiled" ballots.

  • Canada apologizes for Residential Schools

    The government of Canada represented by Prime Minister Stephan Harper, apologize in front of 11 aboriginal people. 6 were residential school survivors and 5 were leaders. They apologized for the damage that they caused in many indigenous families.