Unit 4

After Confederation - Part 2

Activity

Document: Canada West

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1. Download the lesson summary, Canada West.


2. Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to. 


3. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Canada West worksheet.




Read

1. Complete the questions in the lesson summary as you read the assigned textbook pages of this lesson.


2. Read pages 244 to 250 in your textbook.
• In 1881, approximately four and a half million people lived in Canada, including about
  100 000 Aboriginals. Almost 90% of Canadians were of British or French decent, and most lived in eastern Canada.


• Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier stated, “The twentieth century belongs to Canada.” He believed that Canada’s economy would grow quickly, and that Canada would become a great world nation.


3. Read pages 251 and 252 of the textbook to discover the push factors and pull factors for new immigrants.


4. Submit your completed lesson summary on the next page.