British assisted emigration programs to Canada (1830–1914)

1. UK Passenger Vessels Act sets minimum ship standards

   Jun 24, 1803Labels: UK Parliament, Passenger Vessels

   • UK Parliament

2. Children’s Friend Society begins child emigration

   Jan 1, 1830Labels: Children s, Child Emigration

   • CFS

3. Grosse Île quarantine station established near Quebec

   Jan 1, 1832Labels: Grosse le, Quebec Quarantine

   • Typhus 1847
   • Canada s History

4. Petworth scheme sends rural English workers to Upper Canada

   Jan 1, 1832Labels: Petworth Scheme, Upper Canada

   • Petworth

5. Colonial Land and Emigration Commission created

   Jan 14, 1840Labels: Colonial Land

   • CLEC
   • UVic

6. Famine migration overwhelms Canadian quarantine systems

   May 17, 1847Labels: Irish Great, Grosse le

   • Canada s History
   • Typhus 1847

7. Annie MacPherson launches Home Children emigration to Canada

   Apr 1, 1869Labels: Annie MacPherson, Home Children

   • Home Children
   • Lambton

8. Dominion Lands Act offers free homesteads in the West

   Jan 1, 1872Labels: Dominion Lands, Prairie West

   • HIS CLO

9. North-West Mounted Police formed to secure western settlement

   May 23, 1873Labels: North-West Mounted, North-West Territories

   • NWMP
   • Great Plains

10. Canadian Pacific Railway’s “Last Spike” links a transcontinental route

    Nov 7, 1885Labels: Canadian Pacific, Last Spike

    • Museum History
    • Last Spike

11. Sifton expands recruitment and settlement administration

    Oct 1, 1896Labels: Clifford Sifton, Department of

    • Cambridge PDF
    • Hansard CA

12. Continuous-journey rule signals a turn toward restriction

    Jan 8, 1908Labels: Continuous-Journey Rule, Immigration Regulation

    • Continuous

13. Canada’s 1910 Immigration Act consolidates federal control

    Jan 1, 1910Labels: 1910 Immigration, Canadian Parliament

    • Canadiana
    • Continuous

14. War begins, sharply disrupting assisted migration flows

    Aug 4, 1914Labels: World War, British-Assisted Emigration

    • Britannica
    • Nat Archives