Contemporary Period – How has Quebec’s Population Evolved Since Confederation?

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Contemporary Period – How has Quebec’s Population Evolved Since Confederation?

Confederation

Charlottetown Conference 1864

Quebec Conference 1864

British North American Act

Quebec after Confederation Trans-Canadian Railway 1885

World War One 1914-1918

The Great Depression 1930s

World War Two 1939-1945

Baby Boom after WWII

The Quiet Revolution 1960-1966

French Canadian Emigration

Immigration Diversification

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Last Spike

WWI

The Great Depression

World War II

After WWII

1960s and Onwards

Immigration Diversification Do you agree with the government’s

selective criteria for immigrants? Why?

Should we encourage the establishment of specific minority neighborhoods or should we try to integrate them into the majority?

Relationships with the Native Population

Activity 1 – Oka Crisis Revisited

Who is represented as the aggressors in this conflict? Why?

Why would the Government want to turn a Native burial ground into a golf course?

What does this tell you about the relationship between the government and the Native population of Quebec?

Activity 1 – Oka Crisis Revisited

Who is represented as the aggressors in this video?

How does this video differ from the first?

Why do you think both reports were presented differently if they come from the same TV station?

Life Expectancy

Evolution of the Birth Rate

Quiet Revolution

Population Distribution

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French Exodus to New EnglandMore industriesAssimilated into American culture

Canada’s first immigration policyEastern EuropeanRailway

Immigration during the Great DepressionLimited because of no jobsEnded French Canadian Exodus

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Immigration after WWIIDoors reopenedDiscrimination (priority to certain groups)

1960s to 1970sImmigration discrimination endsPoint systemMinistry of ImmigrationFrench language

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Native RelationsIndian ActLand disputes

Life expectancy18th century mortality rate very high19th mortality rate lowered because of

advances in medicine & nutrition20th life expectancy high because of

hygiene, medicine & quality of life

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Birth Rate19th century very high (church & farm life)20th century lowered (people moving to the

city)Baby Boom soldiers returning & money

Quiet RevolutionBirth rate drop significantlySecularization

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Population distributionMove to cities (industrialization & agricultural

machinery)Urban sprawl suburbsGreat Depression country lifeAfter WWII natural resources & urban

centers