Population Since Confederation

French Canadian Emigration
   There was an amazing exodus that happened between 1870 and 1930. Quebec, you can say, was going through a hard time. So ever since the construction of the first trans-Canada railroad, they started departing from Quebec more often. Some of them traveled to different province, but many of them immigrated to New England in the United States. Day by day Quebec's number of immigration was diminishing. It came to a point that 10% of its own population left. About 700,000 French Canadians emigrated to New England from 1870-1930. Then, in the 1930s, there was the Great Depression, which shutdown the coming of new immigrants and departing of all new emigrants.

Immigration Diversification
   From the birth of the Canadian, in 1867, the government lead by John Macdonald, they started to discuss each other about how they're going to either establish an immigration policy that'll either be open or close to all. Then from the end of the 19th century, the government accepted many nations. Most of them came from eastern Europe and Great Britain. It literally brought so many immigrants up to 4,600,000 of them. Then from the 1920s during the Depression and World War II, Canada started to become selective with their immigration. Even though after the World War II they opened the immigration policy again, they were still very selective with the nations. They mostly accepted people from Great Britain, France, and Italy immigrated to Canada. Some of them escaped persecution, the catastrophe of the two world wars, and the improper balance of the political aspect and poverty. Throughout the time, Quebec were more picky when it came to choosing people. In the effort of keeping the French language, they only accepted people who are francophone.

Relationship With Natives
   Their relationship with the Natives wasn't truly a cooperative one. Though there was the Indian Act, which said that they could stay in their property, there was still a lack of respect from the Canadians. There were times when they also they make land negotiations without consulting the Natives when it involved their lands. The Natives made demonstrations to prove a point that they're also human. So throughout the years, the relationship between them have been getting better.

Life Expectancy
   The life expectancy back then was very low. In other words, mortality was very high. They didn't really know about germs so everything was used either multiple times or just let things lie around. People were catching diseases that today are easily pushed out. So throughout the years in the 19th century, they started making vaccines to fight those diseases. Since it was an experimental project, people were paid to try them out. People died during those early times through milk as well because it wasn't pasteurized. Then starting from the 20th century, the health of the people increased. From then on until now, they have one of the most highest life expectancy ever.

Evolution of the Birth Rate
   Unlike Canada\s other provinces, Quebec was basically a baby-making province. At the end of the 19th century, there was such an increase in the birth rate, especially in the countryside. The main reason was for making more farmers in the farming business. But during the beginning of the 20th century, the birth rate decreased because of the industrialization and cities were becoming more come. Then from 1945 to 1960, there was a major baby boom period. Thousands of babies kept coming out. However, ever since the knowledge of controlling the birth of children, the birth rate just decreased tremendously.