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Expanding West; Canada 1867-1914 - Coggle Diagram
Expanding West; Canada 1867-1914
Provinces
Saskatchewan; 1905, stemming from the purchase of Rupert's land and the beginning of Indigenous numbered treaties
Alberta; 1905, joined Canada due to an increase of immigration in this area and fears about American expansion.
Manitoba; 1870, Manitoba Act and the purchase of Rupert's land to encourage Canadian expansion and development as well as settlement between the Red River Colony and the Canadian Government.
British Columbia; 1871, fears of American expansion and the prospect of the railway to connect BC with the rest of the country
Gold Rush
Brought immense immigration and economic profit to Canada and caused rapid change to industry within Canada.
Occurred in the mid to late 19th century along the West Coast of North America.
Resulted in the displacement of thousands of Indigenous peoples and the destruction of hundreds of acres of ancestral lands.
Immigration
Immigration helped to establish Canada as a more developed country and strengthened Canadian borders. It also rapidly increased the Canadian workforce and infrastructure for industry within the country as well as defining Canadian identity and the meaning of being Canadian.
Immigrants settled all over the country, but as the West was experiencing major expansion there was a concentration of immigrants to Western provinces.
Immigrants came from all over but were mainly coming in from the British Isles, America and Europe.
Canada was looking to increase its population and develop a more well established society. Although the country had mass amounts of land, it did not have enough people to fill it or help fuel the economy.
Approximately 4,501,000 people immigrated to Canada during this time.
Railroad
Connected the different ends of Canada and provided the basis for a boom in industry and economic gain. Also protected from American expansion and unified Canada.
Sir Hugh Allan; given the charter for work on the railway. Due to controversy with Sir John A. Macdonald this shifted to Donald A. Smith, J.J. Hill and George Stephen
Introduced in 1881 and completed in 1885
Thousands of Chinese workers who immigrated to Canada to help work on the railway experienced incredibly dangerous living conditions and extreme hardship. The railway also travelled over acres of Indigenous lands which were taken throughout a series of treaties that promises Indigenous peoples many things they never received.
FNMI Peoples
As Indigenous people were pushed out of their territory, the culture and heritage of hundreds of different Indigenous communities was lost. Alongside attempts at assimilation made by the Canadian government, Indigenous people had a very bleak future to look forward to.
As expansion within Canada increased there was also an increasingly large number of Indigenous peoples being displaced. While lands were being taken and controlled by the government, treaties were not being followed and Indigenous people were left with either very little land or no land at all.
While the Canadian government attempted to take major steps forward for Canadian society, they consistently overlooked the Indigenous peoples occupying the land. This led to the mistreatment and displacement of thousands of Indigenous peoples.