Canada's Discriminatory Past

By WillJSG
  • Englishmen Take the Natives' Land

    Charles II gave away Rupert's Land to a handful of Englishmen, affecting the whole Indian community within that space of land.
  • Chinese Immigration

    Chinese Immigration
    Canada brought over 15,000 Chinese labourers to work on the railroad across Canada.
  • Completed Railroad

    The railroad was finished and the Chinese workers were left without work.
  • Meeting Eruption

    The American labour leaders came to Vancouver to talk at a meeting about the anti-Asian league, and the meeting erupted when the whites came roaring through Chinatown destroying everything in their path.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese attack the U.S military base, Pearl Harbor.
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    Japanese Internment

    The Japanese-Canadians are accused of spying and are sent to internment camps across Canada.
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    Residential Schools

    Indians are forced into residential schools, creating mental and physical abuse to separated families and single children.
  • Apology to Japanese Canadians

    Prime Minister Brian Mulroney officially apologizes for the past injustices against Japanese Canadians.
  • Apology to the Chinese

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologizes to Chinese Canadians.
  • Indigenous Apology

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes to former Indian residential school students.