1. CHC2P – Canadian History Intro: Canada Then, Canada Now

2. Canada Profile – 1896-1911  Becomes a nation in 1867  Population (1900) approx. 5million  Population mostly French Catholic and English Protestant

3. Canada Profile 2000-2012  New constitution 1982  Population approximately 33 million  Multicultural

4. Population – 1900  Rural – mostly farmers, fishers, loggers, construction workers  Social activity – baseball / hockey games, church socials  Local travel – horse and buggy  Long-distance travel – train  Few / no cars

5. Population – 2012  Urban – live in cities  Service sector and manufacturing jobs  Social activity – social media  travel – plane, trains and automobiles  Age of pollution, climate change, science and technology

6. Canadian Immigration

7. French English Relations  1867- French Canadian Majority  1900 – English Canadian Majority. Most new immigrants strongly connected to Britain and her empire  Great sense of British Nationalism  French Canadians feel threatened by British majority –especially in politics  Canadian Flag 1867

8. French English Relations  Sir Wilfrid Laurier  P.M. 1896-1911  Canada’s first French Canadian Prime Minister  The “Great Compromiser“ How do you please your French Canadian supporters while also pleasing the English Canadian majority?

9. Wilfrid Laurier - French English Relations

10. The British Empire