93.52% of the 5,087,009 registered Quebecers voted in the referendum, a higher turnout than any provincial or federal election in Canada’s history. The proposal of June 12, 1995 was rejected by voters, with 50.58% voting “No” and 49.42% voting “Yes”. The margin was significantly smaller than the 1980 referendum.

The rare French people who chose to immigrate to Canada were craftspeople, clerks, teachers, artists and members of liberal professions. They came in hopes of gaining some social mobility or sheltering themselves from religious persecution by a republican and secular France.

Duplessis’s main ideas to transform Quebec were through rapid industrialization, urbanization and a greater and faster development of the province’s natural resources. English speakers of the province hoped that industrialization and urbanization would replace the outdated French Canadian society.

Based on the excerpt above, why have the French-speaking people in Quebec and elsewhere been so unhappy with their government? *They believe English speakers have a bad influence on French culture. *They believe English speakers have led the nation astray.

The French were the first European country to successfully settle in what would become Canada. They founded Quebec City in 1608. The French and the First Nation people built trade and diplomatic relations. They did this to influence and power over the continent.

There are many reasons for Quebec’s relatively poor economic performance but shaky government finances are among the most important. Quebec currently has the largest provincial government debt burden in Canada at 50 per cent of the economy. High debt has led to bigger interest payments.

Antoine-Aimé Dorion, the Liberal leader in Canada East, opposed Confederation on the grounds that including the Maritime colonies would increase the financial burden on the Province of Canada, and that it could jeopardize the independence of each province. He wanted citizens with the franchise to vote on the issue.

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The Province of Quebec was founded in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 after the Treaty of Paris formally transferred the French colony of Canada to Britain after the Seven Years’ War. This territory was redivided into the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario at Confederation in 1867.

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In 1763, France ceded Canada to England through theTreaty of Paris. Now England controlled all of Canada. In the years that followed, Canadian colonies—now under British rule—expanded their trade networks and built an economy largely supported by agriculture and the export of natural resources like fur and timber.

In Canada the principal religion is Christianity; as recently as the 1971 census, almost 90 per cent of the population claimed adherence.

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Is German an important language in Canada? No, German is not a particularly important language in Canada, and knowing German will not gain you any points for immigration; only English and French will.