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Start of Migration
Many people around the world started to move to Canada. -
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Migration time
This is the time when people started to move to BNA (British North America). -
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More British People
About 500 000 people lived in Lower Canada.
About 100 000 people lived in Upper Canada.
About 90 000 people lived in Nova Scotia.
About 80 000 people lived in New Brunswick
About 70 000 people lived in Newfoundland
About 10 000 people lived in P.E.I (Prince Edward Island) -
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Alexis de Tocqueville visits Unteid States
French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States in 1831 and wrote a critique of its government called Democracy in America. De Tocqueville thought that "ignorance and poor judgement" could lead voters to make unwise or unjust choices for society. -
A small fight breaks out
Fighting broke out sometimes between Canadien voters and English-speaking voters during elections for the assembly. In most serious incident, in 1832, British soliders, called in to break up a fight, shot three Canadiens. -
The problems in Lower Canada
Lower Canada started to exprience cholera epidemic, which was brought by British and Irish immgrants who came to Quebec. The epidemic killed nearly five thousand people. Crops were also failing alot -
Not a Pleasure Cruise
All year long immigrants for all over the world have come to Canada with scurvy and other sea sickness and are dying because of it and no one knows how to cure it. -
The Reform party
A party seeking more democratic government (the Reform party) won the majority of the seats in the elected assembly in 1834. The Reform party drew much of its support from people who had come to Uppper Canada from the United States (not the Loyalist, but farmers attracted by the prospect of good land.) Britain worried about the loyalty of these American settlers: given the opportunity, would they seek independence from Britiain, perhaps by joining the United States. -
Upper Canada elections
In elections i Upper Canada, the governer made sure a party he favoured (not the Reform party) won the majority of seats in the assembly. -
More troubles in Lower Canada
Four years of crop failures had brought hardship to Lower Canada. By winter of 1837, many farmers in Lower Canada faced starvation, Most of those farmers were Canadiens. By 1837, windspread crop failures had also affected Upper Canada. -
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Brtitain rejection
Britain rejects a petition for reforms prepared by the Parti patriote - the Ninety-Two Resolutions. Papineau begins to orginaze rallies against the government. -
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Britain moves troops
Britain moves troops into Lower Canada, leaving Upper Canada without troops and in danger. -
The government tries to arrest Patriote leaders
The government tries to arrest Patriote leaders, including Papineau. The leaders escape to the countryside.The Patriotes prepare to fight the British troops that they know will soon follow. -
Patriotes win battle
The Patriotes win a battle against the British troops at Saint-Denis. -
British fight back
British troops defeat Patriote fighters at Saint-Charles. The British troops return to Saint-Denis and burn the whole town. -
Rebillon in Upper Canada
After hearing news of the battle of Saint-Charles in Lower Canada, Mackenzie began to organzie a rebillion in Upper Canada. -
Mackenzie leads a disorganized attack
Mackenzie leads a disorganized attack on York (Toronto), which breaks up in confusion after a cofrontation with fighters loyal to the government. -
Mackenzie flees to the United States.
The government arms volunteers in Upper Canada to fight Mackenzie and his followers. The volunteers quickly defeat the rebels. Mackenzie flees to the United States. -
British troops capture Saint-Eustache
British troops capture Saint-Eustache from Patriote fighters. Papineau and other Patriote leaders flee to United States. British troops and volunteers loot and burn many Canadien settlements. -
New pressures
More people are coming and the farms are to big so they need to clear them to make more room for settlements which is creating new pressures on the British -
Republic of Upper Canada
From the United States, Mackenzie continued to organize raids on Upper Canada. He captures Navy Island near Nagara Falls, where he declares a "Republic of Upper Canada." British troops and volunteers push back raids each time. -
More Rebellions
Patriotes based in the United States organized a second rebellion. The government defeats the rebellion within a week, and British volunteers again attack Canadien settlements. -
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Britain offering an reward
Britain offered a reward for the capture of Papineau and of Mackenzie. Papineau remained in exile in the United States and France until 1844, when Britain granted him amnesty. It granted Mackenzie amnesty in 1849. -
Pressures did the First Nations face durning the 1840s.
Anishinabe people were in the process of deciding whether to relocate. British settlers had moved onto their land. The Anishinaabe people could no longer move through their land from summer to winter as they usually did. They had to take up farming to survive, but crops can’t grow on smooth rock. -
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People securing seats in Parliment contiued...
Through the leadership of LaFointaine and Baldwin, Britain granted the Province of Canada self-government in 1848 -
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People securing seats in Parliment
Robert Baldwin helped LaFontaine secure a seat in the assembly in 1841. LaFointaine returned the favour in 1843, offering Baldwin a seat in a by-election, which Baldwin won. The two men became good freinds.
Louise-Hippolyte LaFointaine refused to recognize the provision in the Act of Union that made English the only language of government. In the assembly, LaFontaine defiantly spoke French. Britain eventually withdrew the provision. -
People are complaining
In 1841 Pasamayji'j Pimina'unwit wrote a letter to Queen Victoria because he was mad that there was No Hunting Grounds, No Hunting Beaver nor Hunting Otter so the First Nations were suffering. -
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Population in 1850
About 900 000 lived in Lower Canada
About 950 000 lived in Upper Canada
About 300 000 lived in Nova Scotia
About 200 000 lived in New Brunswick
About 100 000 lived in Newfoundland
About 80 000 lived in P.E.I (Prince Edward Island) -
The end of the Great Migration
This was the end of the Great Migration, but not the end to people migrating. After that people moved to Canada over the years and Canada's population grow and grow and is still growing to this day and I think the Great Migration played a big part in what Canada is like today.
