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Scottish people start Immirgating to Canada
Scottish people began to emmigrate to Canada as early as the seventeenth century. -
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Scottish People Immigrated to Canada
Scottish people began to go to Canada early as the seventeenth century and still does to this day. Even though it did not work very well when it started. -
Established a settlement in Canada
Sir Williams Alexander got permission to establish a settlement in 1622 named New Scotland or Nova Scotia. The colony failed to flourish, however, and few families settled in Canada before the British conquest in 1759. The majority of these early Scottish settlers were Roman Catholics seeking political and religious refuge, fur traders with the Hudson's Bay Company, merchants and disbanded soldiers. -
Lord Selkirk and Scottish Settlers
Lord Selkirk, a Hudson Bay Company Director buys land for Scottish settlers -
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The Great Migration
Over 800 000 immigrants came to Canada in this timepan, making this known as the "Great Migration". -
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the First World War
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The End of The First World War
After the first world war, many scottish people were able to gain passage to Canada under the Empire Settlement Act. -
Empire Settlement Act
With the dramatic decline of immigrant admissions and rise in alien deportations during World War 1. The Canadian government tried several means of attracting agriculturalists and domestics. -
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The Second World War
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Grandfather Is Born
After the end of the second World War. My Grandfather is born with the baby boom
