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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovered America
Christopher Columbus was the first to discover america in 1492 which started to get europeans to immigrate to Canada -
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Exploring Ontario
In 1610- 1612 Étienne Brûlé explored A new land which is now Ontario. -
Samuel de Champlain visited Lake Huron
In 1615, Samuel de Champlain visited Lake Huron for the first time. Which then french missionaries established a outpost in that region. -
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Immigration the rupperts land
the only immigration western Canada or Rupert's Land saw was early French Canadian North West Company fur traders from eastern Canada, and the Scots, English Adventurers and Explorers representing the Hudson's Bay Company who arrived via Hudson Bay. -
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Immigration from America and Scotland
During the time period of 1780's - 1812 about 30000 american immigrants came for the promise of land. Scotland immigrants came for the free land also. -
Irish immigrants started to come to Canada
In the mid 1780's irish immigrants started tomake their way to Canada. When the new immigrants to Canada made it they settled for the most part in Newfoundland. -
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Great migration to Canada
involving over 800,000 immigrants. Though Europe was becoming richer through the Industrial Revolution, population growth made the relative number of jobs low -
Doukhobor settlement and communities
The Doukhobor people were assisted in their immigration by Count Leo Tolstoy who liked how their collectarian lifestyle and beliefs and ardent pacifism and freedom from materialism. They originally settled in Saskatchewan, and restive of the government's desire to send their kids to public school and other matters -
Scandinavian colonists and settlement
Scandinavians were one of the the first arrivals from California and distinguished themselves in the establishment of the early logging industry and especially in the foundations of the professional fishing. -
the dominion land act
In 1872 the canadian government decided that they would incress population if they gave away 160 vacres to any man over the age of 18 or any women leading her household. They did not need to be citizens all they needed to do was live on the land. -
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Railway immigrants
In 1881 the canadian government offered jobs to men in china to help build the railway. The chinese immigrants who came to work did the most dangeros jobs which included building on ledges and curves. About 30000 chinese immigrants came. -
Chinese head tax
In 1882 the Canadian government started charging a $50 head tax on each chinese immigrant who wished to come to Canada. To lower the population of the chinese culture. And also incress the amount that the government made in a year. -
Immigration to the west
Great Lakes were faced with difficulty and isolation until the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. -
Indian Immigration and Continuous Journey Regulation of 1908
The Canadian government’s first attempt to restrict immigration from India was to pass an order-in-council on January 8, 1908, that prohibited immigration of persons who "in the opinion of the Minister of the Interior" did not "come from the country of their birth or citizenship had to buy a ticket to leave theuir country of residence or birth. -
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Immigration (1976- Present)
In 1976 the immigration act was revised so it was easier for immigrants to come to canada. Since around the 1980's the annual population growth of immigrants is 225000- 275000 Currently most immigrans come from south asia, China and the Carribean
