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History of New Brunswick

Ethnic Orgins and Provincial Boundaies

800 BC

800 BC

New Brunswick was first a home to Mi'kmaq and Maliseet people. The oldest living first Nations group dates back to around 800 BC.

1000 AD

There are possibilities that vickings might have came to parts of Atlantic Canada which could have included New Brunswick.

1500s

1534

The first known European explorer in New Brunswick was Jaques Catier.Jaques Cartier sailed through the Maritimes negotiated some trades and placed a cross to mark the land but he did no establish any settlements. He found and named the Bay of Chaleur (Chaleur Bay).

1600s

1604

Samuel de Champlain, Pierre du Gua and Sieur de Monts and arrived and set up a setttlement on Saint Cross Island betweeen what is now New Brunswick and Maine. The French claimed presnet day parts Eastern Quebec and Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI as the colony of Acadia or Acadie in French. During the next 150 years French settlements and seigneuries were established. The French left France due to the lack of farming land and higher taxes in France, people in Acadia were not required to pay taxes.

Acadian Flag

1700s

1713

The Treaty of Utrech was signed, this gave New Brunswick to France and Nova Scotia to Britain.

1755

Deportation of the Acadians

The British forced many of the French Acadians to leave the colony of Acadia becuase they refused to take an oath of allegiance to King George III during the French and Indian War. They were sent to parts of the Thirteen Colonies, Britain, France and others escaped to remote parts of the colony.

1763

Briatin gained control over all of New Brunswick as a result of the Seven Years of War (1756-1763). After being claimed by Britain New Brunswick became part of Nova Scotia in 1763.

1783

In 1783 the Americain loyalists started coming to New Brunswick due to the American Revolution. These people were not all originally British, some of the loyalysts were also Dutch, German and Africian-Americain. The majority of the Africain-Americains in Nova Scotia(New Brunswick is part of Nova Scotia at this time) wre freed slaves. About 14,000 loyalists came to New Brunswick after the Americain Revolution. The loyalists make up a large amount of the English speaking people in New Brunswick.

1784

New Brunswick's current boundaries were established when it became seperate colony from Nova Scotia in 1784. Although, it was oiginally called New Ireland with St.John as the capital.

1800s

Early 1800s

During the 1800s the Irish and Scotish began setteling in New Brunswick. The Scotish set out to New Brunswick because New Brunswick's geography was similar to the geography of Scotland, their immigration lasted up to the 1900s. During 1815 and 1867, 150,000 Irish immigrants were in St.John, New Brunswick.

Year

Population

1851

1871

1891

193,800

285,594

285,594

1840s

During the 1840s Irish settlers came to New Brunswick as a result of the Potato Famine in Ireland. The famine lasted from 1845-1849. The Irish were suffering a period starvation and disease which lead them to leave their country.

1867

New Brunswick along with Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec became provinces of the Dominion of Canada. Confederation continbuted to the increase of the French in New Brunswick.

1870s

At this time imigrants from Denmark began arriving in New Brunswick, some from the United States and other came directly from Denmark. Danish settlers came to parts of Canada and the United States because of political unrest and religous division in their country. They went to Canada and the US hoping for a better life. The The chart below shows the ethnic orgins of New Brunwickers in 1871. Most settlers in Canada formed their own communities according to ethnicity.

Percent

Ethnicity

35

29

16

14

Irish

English

French

Scotish

1890s

Considerable amounts of Jewish settlers came to New Brunswick between the 1890s to about 1914 (the begining of World War I). The Jewish people did not come from a specific country but the immigrants of this time arrived mostly from empires in Eastern Europe.

1900s

1901

After the 1800s there was no mass immigrations to New Brunswick for many immigrants began setteling in the West.

In 1901 the French population in New Brunswick increased from 16% in 1871 to 24% in 1901 and 34% in 1931. New Brunswick had a population of 35,000 Europeans and 1,403 First Nations.

Year Population

1911

1931

1951

1971

1991

351,889

408,219

515,697

634,560

723,900

1914-1918

During World War immigration decreased in New Brunswick along with Canada. Many people of all diffrent races, including First Nations went to fight in World War 1.

1929-1939

This was the time of The Great Depression in Canada during this time imigration was restricted throughout the country. Birth rates were also low all over the country.

1939-1945

During World War 2 New Brunswick sholiders were sent to train and fight as in the first World War. Some Jewish immigrants came to New Brunswick but by 1987 most of them left the provinve due to various reasons.

1996

According to the 1996 census New Brunswick's total population was 729,625. Of this 473,260 people reported English as their mother tongue and 239,730 reported French as their mother tongue.

2000s

2011

In 2011 65% of the people in New Brunswick reported that their mother tongue was English and 32% of the people reported French. Also 84% of New Brunswickers identified themselves as Christians. The chart below shows the majority of the ethnic orgins of New Brunswickers. The population was 751,171 in 2011.

Percent

Ethnicities

Fact: Between 2011 and 2016 from 751,171 to 747,101.New Brunswick's population has decreased due to people leaving and not as much reproduction.

Canadian

French

English

Irish

Scottish

German

Acadian

First Nations

Dutch

Welsh

57.78%

26.8%

22.96%

18.87%

17.73%

3.82%

3.64%

3.31%

1.86%

1.06%

2016

Since 2016 Syrian refugees are immigrating to Canada including New Brunswick due to the Syrian Civil War. The 2016 population of New Brunswick was 747,101

Bibliography

Bibliography

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  • Google Images
  • History Textbook
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