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Acadians Settled In Canada
Acadians settled in the colony of Acadia, which is now the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island -
Champlain Arrives From France
Champlain brought French settlers to what is now known as Quebec. Champlain and his crew were among some of the first European immigrants -
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Blacks Flee Slavery
Many black slaves fled to Canada to escape slavery in the U.S. Most got to Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. -
Loyalist Migration
People that were still loyal to Great Britain during and after the revolution were exiled to Canada. About 50,000 loyalist fled to Canada. Most of the loyalist settled in the Maritime Provinces. -
Potato Famine
A period of starvation and disease in Ireland led to Irish people immigrating to Canada for the farmland. -
Rupert's Land Purchase
Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's land to Canada . Rupert's land was a popular place for immigrants to settle. -
Dominion Land Act
Canadian law that wanted to encourage settlement of Canada to prevent the united states from claiming it. -
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Chinese Workers Wanted
Chinese workers came to Canada to build the railroad because people in Canada refused to work for such low wages. This led to the Chinese Head Tax. -
Chinese Head Tax
A tax was put on Chinese immigrants that wanted to enter Canada. the tax started out being $50 but was raised to $100, then to $500 per person. This tax ended in 1923 -
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Pier 2
Pier 2 was an immigration shed in Halifax that 2.7 million immigrants entered Canada through -
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Russian Immigration
Thousands of Doukhobors settled in Canada. Small Russian communities were formed ion a lot of major Canadian cities. -
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Jewish Immigration
138,000 Jewish people immigrated of Canada for safety because of the holocaust and Hitlers ideals. -
Indian Immigration
In 1904 the first documented Indian immigrants arrived in Canada. Around 5,000 arrived in B.C. but the majority of them continued on to the United States -
Saskatchewan and Alberta Become Provinces
Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier wanted somewhere for more people to settle in so he added Alberta and Saskatchewan -
War Measures Act
This act allowed to Canadian Government to imprison enemy immigrants, like the Japanese. This act put a stop the the majority of immigrants from enemy countries.
