Population and Settlement

By samanthasaltzman
  • Period: Feb 18, 1500 to

    Population and Settlement

  • Aug 29, 1500

    Iroquois

    Iroquois
    -Live in the Southern Nation and are farmers.
    -They are very good fighters.
  • Aug 29, 1500

    Algonquins

    Algonquins
    -They live in the Northern regions and stay on their land because they can't fight.
    -They do not farm.
  • Aug 29, 1531

    Jaques Cartier's voyages

    Jaques Cartier's voyages
    -1534: explored the Gulf St. Lawrence and recorded what he found.
    -1535: sailed up St. Lawrence and reached Quebec.
    -1541: tried to set up a colony and convert natives but were unsuccesful.

  • Voyage in 1605

    Voyage in 1605
    -Goal was to establish a settlement in Nova Scotia called Port Royal.
    -It ended up failing because of its positon.
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    Champlain's return

    -Champlain returns to establish a trading post near Stadacona (Quebec).
    -It would be called New France.

  • Seigneurial regime

    Seigneurial regime
    -Method of land division.
    -The king would grant pieces of land to rich French men, they would develop them and get rent from peasents who live on the land.
    -The main purpose of this project was to get settlers to come to New France.

  • Jean Talon takes charge

    Jean Talon takes charge
    -The king put intendant Jean Talon in charge.
    -Jean wants to populate by getting just about anyone to come to New France.
    -He offered soldiers free land in N.F after their service was done.
    -He brought in les filles du roi, to marry them off and create more population.
    -And he made fathers of unmarried girls pay fines to make the girls get married.
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    British Regime

    -1763, beggining of british immigration, first to come will be the wealthy business men.
    -1791, steps to encourage immigration (ex. granting of land to shipping and railroad companies)
    -1812: laws discouraging American immigration in Upper Canada.
    -1840: colonial land and emigration commission and permanent immigration office in London.

  • Beginning of British immigration

    Beginning of British immigration
    -1763-1783- was the arrival of british merchants in cities.
    Points of immigration: Growth of society, Growth of population,
    migration.
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    Immigration of Loyalists and Americans

    -They impacted the formation of the population. Effects: 36,000 loyalists came to Canada and 6,000 loyalists came to Quebec. The English population of Quebec had a sudden increase from 1% to 10%.

  • Irish wave

    Irish wave
    • There were waves of immigration due to the Irish Potato Famine.
    • Conditions were difficult and disease spread
    • Quarantine station at Grosse-Ile.

  • Slavery abortion act

    Slavery abortion act
    -The British Parliament's Slavery Abolition Act finally stopped slavery in all parts of the British Empire.

  • Emigration to the United States and to the West

    Emigration to the United States and to the West
    Many moved to the Western regions of Canada and to the United States since there was overpopulation of the seigneuries.

  • Indian Act

    Indian Act
    -Law that governs Indian Bands, status and reserves.
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    Contemporary Period

    From 1867 to present day.
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    Industrialisation

    Consequence of the contemporary period.

  • Brain Drain

    Brain Drain
    Where the most skilled and educated doctors would leave for new opportunities.

  • Oka Crisis

    Oka Crisis
    -Road blocks on the borders were added Mohawk reserves in Oka just outside Montreal.
    -After the Oka crisis lasted 78 days, it finally came to an end.