The implementation of this form of government in 1663 gave Jean Talon the authority to begin birth incentive programs.
What is Royal Government.
100
The purpose of this colony, founded in 1642, was to evangelize the Amerindians.
What is Ville-Marie (or Montreal).
100
This group flees the 13 Colonies because of loyalty to the British Crown and fear of reprisal.
Who are the Loyalists.
100
In 1845, a potato blight caused people of this ethnicity to move to Canada.
What is Irish.
100
People leaving one country for another.
What is emigration.
200
This law, applied in 1763, was not fully applied by Governor Murray, angering the British.
What is Royal Proclamation.
200
With the arrival of the Loyalists, this type of land ownership division became more common in Quebec.
What are townships.
200
Industrial development in this region caused a vast emigration of French Canadians from the 1830s to the 1930s.
What is the United States.
200
Most current day immigrants in Canada come from this continent.
What is Asia.
200
Isolation period for travellers suspected of carrying a contagious disease.
What is quarantine.
300
In 1876, this law was adopted, clarifying rules for Native reserves and attempting to assimilate them into Canada.
What is the Indian Act.
300
The term used to describe populations increasingly moving from farms to cities in the 20th century.
What is urbanization.
300
At the end of the 19th century, the Canadian government encouraged immigration to this area by launching major advertising campaigns in Europe.
What is Western Canada.
300
The population of Quebec from 1763 to 1815 was made up of a majority French Canadiens, a minority of British subjects, some Amerindians and a small number of what group?
What is Africans or Blacks.
300
A person escaping a country of origin because of war, political instability or a threat to their life.
What is a refugee.
400
The great number of Loyalists loyal to the British crown fleeing the American War of Independence likely lead to the eventual introduction of this law.
What is the Constitutional Act.
400
In order to stop the negative migration rate in the second half of the 19th century, the government opened up areas of colonization in these regions. (Name one)
What is the Mauricie, the Saguenay or the Laurentians.
400
In order to diversify the colony, Jean Talon encouraged these three groups of immigrants to make the arduous journey across the ocean.
Who are the Filles du Roy, engagés and soldiers.
400
The first piece of legislation to exclude or limit immigrants based on ethnic origin targeted this group.
What is the Chinese.
400
The process of adopting the cultural traits of another group of people.
What is acculturation.
500
In 1976, refugees and family class immigrants were finally recognized, with the passing of this law.
What is the 1976 Immigration Act.
500
Nicknamed 'the Main', this major commercial street in Montréal was a main destination for Quebec's new immigrants in the 20th century.
What is St. Lawrence Boulevard.
500
In 1978, political instability in Asia resulted in tens of thousands of "boat people" of this nationality to migrate to Canada.
What is Vietnamese, Laosian or Cambodian.
500
In 2006, the majority of immigrants to Québec were from this country.
What is Algeria.
500
Hostility towards foreign people or the unknown (starts with an "x")