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Samuel de Champlain arrives with his retinue and sets up the first settlement. This settlement would later become Quebec city. -
A faith mission is established amongst the Hurons. -
King Louis XIV extends the power of the crown to populate New France and expand its boundaries. -
The historic treaties served to garner support for the settlers, and to start relations of on a note.
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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy begins and passes under the protection of the British. -
The peace and friendship treaties were signed in the Maritimes between 1725 and 1729, and served to encourage settler and Indigenous cooperation.
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The Royal Proclamation is issued by King George III in 1763. -
These treaties were a series of fourteen land purchases between 1850 and 1854
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The Gradual Civilization Act was enacted by pre-confederacy Canada in an effort to hasten the assimilation of Indigenous Peoples. -
The first government funded residential schools open their doors.
These institutions were operated by various churches. -
These treaties were signed between 1871 and 1921 and pertained to Indigenous People giving land to the Canadian government in exchange for various promises.
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The Indian Act was a further attempt to quickly assimilate Indigenous Peoples into Canadian Society.
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Once the Europeans colonized this new land, they set about developing reserves for the Indigenous Peoples to live on, while they took the rest and best land for themselves. -
Indigenous peoples are finally allowed to legally practice many different activities which had been banned for over seventy years. -
Affected Indigenous Peoples launch a class action lawsuit against the church and the Canadian government. -
The Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society is formed. -
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) is settled. -
The government of Canada begins stepping towards truth and reconciliation. -
The truth and reconcialliation of Canada releases a collective of 94 calls to further reconciliation. -
Many of the issues that plagued Indigenous peoples of the past still affect them today.