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Maisonneuve Arrival
Maisonneuve arrived in 1641, bringing with him between 200 and 300 colonists, and settled the island of Montreal. -
Talon arrival
in 1663 the French population numbered not more than 2,500. In that year the charter of the One Hundred Associates was cancelled, and two years later Talon, the most outstanding figure in active colonization, arrived. It was decided to bring 300 settlers to the colony each year. Unfortunately, the difficulties of the voyage took its toll, and it is estimated that nearly one-quarter died before reaching New France -
Kings Daughters
People left France because there wasn't enough land for everyone. Men were also sent as military to defend the colony. Women were sent as "girls to be married" by the King of France. -
Black Loyalists
3,000 Black Loyalists, among them freemen and slaves, fled the oppression of the American Revolution and came to Canada. -
First Loyalists
Butler’s Rangers, a military unit loyal to the Crown and based at Fort Niagara, settled some of the first Loyalist refugees from the United States in the Niagara peninsula, along the northern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. -
Anti-slavery
Upper Canada became the first province in the British Empire to abolish slavery. In turn, over the course of the 19th century, thousands of black slaves escaped from the United States and came to Canada with the aid of the Underground Railroad, a Christian anti-slavery network. -
Escape The Russian Oppression
Polish refugees fled to Canada to escape Russian oppression. The year 1858 marked the first significant mass migration of Poles escaping Prussian occupation in northern Poland. -
British to Canada immigration
The British government encouraged immigration to Canada by giving free shipping travel, land grants, and tools for working land. -
The Great Potato Famine Immigration
English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish immigrants fled poverty and famine. Hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants left their country because of the Great Potato Famine. -
Europe and slavery immigration
There was so much unemployment in Europe; Black people left the United States to escape from slavery; and the British government sent their "Home Children" to Canada. -
Underground Railway and Gold Rush
The underground railway helped 30,000 slaves escape to canada; the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway made travel easier; the gold rush enticed adventures. -
Canadian pacific railway and Chinese immigration
Many Chinese and Irish labourers worked to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway. After the railway was completed, the "Head Tax" was introduced to discourage Chinese immigration. -
Advertisement for Immigration
The Minister if the Interior, Clifford Sifton, encouraged American and European Immigrants by advertising and offering free land in the Canadian West. -
Reasons for immigration from Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Norway, and Finland
People left Europe to escape high rents and taxes. People in Russia fled from religious persecution and those from Ukraine, Norway, and Finland left because of poor farming conditions. -
Western Settlement
Almost half on immigrants settled in the West. Canada became more selective in its immigration policy. It raised the Head Tax to $500 and passed the "No Stoppage Rule" to keep out people from South Asia. -
World War 1
People had their farms and homes destroyed because of World War 1 -
Ukrainians
The second wave of Ukrainians fled from Communism, civil war and Soviet occupation. -
Advertising for immigration and jobs
The government was still advertising for farmers to settle in the West. Before the Depression, some industries were still searching for workers -
Displaced people immigrating
250,000 displaced persons (DPs) from Central and Eastern Europe came to Canada, victims of both National Socialism (Nazism) and Communism, and Soviet occupation. -
Israeli-Arab War
Canada admitted Palestinian Arabs, driven from their homeland by the Israeli-Arab war of 1948. -
Jews and their immigration to canada
A significant influx of Middle Eastern and North African Jews fled to Canada. -
Canada's first Bill of Rights
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, whose grandfather was a German refugee of the Napoleonic Wars, introduced Canada’s first Bill of Rights. -
Jew settlement in Canada
Deprived of political and religious freedom, 20,000 Soviet Jews settled in Canada. -
The violent overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government in 1973.
7,000 Chilean and other Latin American refugees were allowed to stay in Canada after the violent overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government in 1973. -
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Constitution of Canada was amended to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. -
Nansen Medal
The United Nations awarded Canada the Nansen Medal for its outstanding humanitarian tradition of settling refugees. -
Muslim's airlifted to safety
Canada airlifted more than 5,000 Kosovars, most of whom were Muslim, to safety. -
Immigration agreement between Canada and USA
The Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States is established for responsibility sharing in processing refugee claims from nationals of third countries -
Bhutanese refugees
Canada began the process of resettling more than 5,000 Bhutanese refugees over five years. -
survivors of Daesh and safe settlement
Canada resettled more than 1,300 survivors of Daesh in 2017 and 2018.
