New Immigration in Early Canada

1. In the early 1800’s new immigration in Upper Canada were mainly people from:

• Algeria, Haiti, Brazil

• China, Japan, Viet Nam

• Germany, Holland, Ireland

• Russia, South Africa, Australia

Immigration changed because this machine helped travel faster:

• The train

• The airplane

• The car

• The steam engine

True or false? The Great Canadian Railroad was built by Canadians and by immigrants.

• True

• False

True or false? Upper Canada is Quebec, and Lower Canada is Ontario.

• True

• False

In Lower Canada, the main religion was Catholic. What was the main religion in Upper Canada?

• Catholic

• Hinduism

• Protestant

Migrants mainly came from which country on the west coast (British-Columbia)?

• Brazil

• France

• England

• China

True or false? Working on big projects like digging a canal or building a railway was fun, because men were well paid.

• True

• False

A lot of workers lost their lives carrying this dangerous explosive in tunnels in order to build a railway through mountains:

• TSN

• Nitroglycerine

• Carrack

• Oxygen

This image portrays:

• Laura Secord walking in the woods

• Privateers attacking a U.S ship

• Chinese migrants working on the Canadian railway

• British soldiers working on their fort

Around 15,000 Chinese workers are recruited from China to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway in B-C around the year:

• 1880

• 1950

• 1980

• 2010