CHC2P – Canadian History

Intro: Canada Then, Canada Now

Canada Profile – 1896-1911 Becomes a nation in

1867

Population (1900) approx. 5million

Population mostly French Catholic and English Protestant

Canada Profile 2000-2012

New constitution 1982

Population approximately 33 million

Multicultural

Population – 1900 Rural – mostly farmers,

fishers, loggers, construction workers

Social activity – baseball / hockey games, church socials

Local travel – horse and buggy

Long-distance travel – train

Few / no cars

Population – 2012 Urban – live in cities

Service sector and manufacturing jobs

Social activity – social media

travel – plane, trains and automobiles

Age of pollution, climate change, science and technology

Canadian Immigration

French English Relations 1867- French Canadian

Majority

1900 – English Canadian Majority. Most new immigrants strongly connected to Britain and her empire

Great sense of British Nationalism

French Canadians feel threatened by British majority –especially in politics

Canadian Flag 1867

French English Relations Sir Wilfrid Laurier P.M. 1896-1911 Canada’s first French

Canadian Prime Minister The “Great Compromiser“

How do you please your French Canadian supporters while also pleasing the English Canadian majority?

Wilfrid Laurier - French English Relations

The British Empire