An American developer, he oversaw the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, employing thousands of Chinese labourers.
Who is Andrew Onderdonk?
100
This 19th century international military event sparked a huge outmigration from the British Isles.
What is the defeat of Napoleon?
100
This group of young, unmarried women were sent to New France in the hopes of naturally increasing the colonial population.
Who are Les Filles du Roi?
100
This important community was settled largely by English immigrants and New Englanders in 1749, as a balance against the French fortress at Louisbourg.
What is Halifax?
100
These two sisters left behind an incredible record of their experiences living in the 'Backwoods of Canada.'
Who are Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill?
200
This Intendant of New France oversaw a period of state-sponsored immigration.
Who is Jean Talon?
200
This tragedy remains one of the most well-known historical events in the history of Irish emigration.
What is the Great Irish Famine?
200
Though they made up a huge percentage of the immigrants to British North America between 1749 and 1850, this group is generally ignored by historians.
Who are the English?
200
This fertile area was settled by Planters and by Yorkshire settlers.
What is the Chignecto Isthmus?
200
Thousands of Irish and English labourers travelled to BNA in the 17th and 18th century to be employed in this seasonal trade.
What is the fishery?
300
This Scottish clergymen who preached in Pictou County, inspired by the Scottish Enlightenment, became an outspoken critic of slavery in Nova Scotia.
Who is Rev. James MacGregor?
300
This series of events looms large in the story of Scottish emigration, often distorting reality.
What are the Highland Clearances?
300
A group of men from this country were transported to Vancouver Island in the 1780s to construct a wharf and trading post on Nootka Sound.
What is China?
300
This Maritime community experienced a rapid 'boom and bust' in the decade after the American Revolution.
What is Shelburne?
300
This group of Roman Catholics were driven from their homes by a Protestant landlord and settled initially on PEI, and then in eastern Nova Scotia.
Who are the Glenaladale settlers?
400
This Scottish aristocrat went against the opinions of his class by recognizing the harsh conditions faced by many Scots, and sponsored three emigration schemes.
Who is the Earl of Selkirk?
400
Irish immigrants died by the hundreds while working on this major public works project between Kingston and Bytown (Ottawa).
What is the Rideau Canal?
400
A colony for freed slaves was established in this African country in the 1780s?
What is Sierra Leone?
400
The city was the centre of the Canadian Jewish community throughout the 19th century.
What is Montreal?
400
This classic American novel was allegedly inspired by the story of Josiah Henson, an escaped slave who settled in Upper Canada in 1830.
What is 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
500
This Planter preacher is generally credited with the 'revival' of Nova Scotia in the late 18th century.
Who is Henry Alline?
500
This major event disrupted immigration flows to North America, but also resulted in the arrival of a huge number of refugees in parts of Quebec and Nova Scotia.
What is the American Revolution?
500
These pacifists were invited to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s after they were displaced from their homes in the Ukraine.
Who are the Mennonites?
500
At one time, it was proposed that this British North American colony be renamed 'New Ireland."
What is New Brunswick?
500
This British North American colony led the way in the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.