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Migration & movement

These 13 selected records are research drafts. Movement windows are not annual flow measurements. Routes are unknown; no exact travel lines are drawn. Record counts are not numbers of migrants.

  1. MV-0001 · 1663–1673 · settlement

    Filles du Roi

    Origin
    France
    Destination context
    Québec, Montréal and Trois-Rivières regions
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  2. MV-0002 · 1755–1762 · forced

    Acadian deportation

    Origin
    Acadia
    Destination context
    Dispersal outside Acadia; multiple destinations
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  3. MV-0003 · 1783–1785 · refuge

    Black Loyalist arrivals

    Origin
    United States
    Destination context
    Nova Scotia communities
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  4. MV-0004 · 1800–1861 · approximate selected window · refuge

    Underground Railroad

    Origin
    United States
    Destination context
    Detroit and Niagara river communities / Ontario
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  5. MV-0005 · 1847 · refuge

    Irish famine arrivals

    Origin
    Ireland
    Destination context
    Grosse Île / Québec gateway
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  6. MV-0006 · 1880–1885 · labour

    Chinese railway workers

    Origin
    China and other recruiting locations
    Destination context
    British Columbia railway construction
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  7. MV-0007 · 1869–late 1930s · children

    British Home Children

    Origin
    British Isles
    Destination context
    Receiving homes and placements across Canada
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  8. MV-0008 · 1914–1920 · forced

    First World War internment transfers

    Origin
    Communities in Canada
    Destination context
    Camps across Canada; Revelstoke is one example
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  9. MV-0009 · 1928–1971 · settlement

    Pier 21 arrivals

    Origin
    Multiple overseas origins
    Destination context
    Halifax gateway; onward destinations varied
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  10. MV-0010 · 1942–1948 · settlement

    War brides and children

    Origin
    United Kingdom and other European embarkation countries
    Destination context
    Halifax gateway; onward family settlement
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  11. MV-0011 · 1953–1955 · forced

    High Arctic Inuit relocations

    Origin
    Inukjuak and Mittimatalik / Pond Inlet
    Destination context
    Aujuittuq / Grise Fiord and Qausuittuq / Resolute
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail. The Quebec–Nunavut connector depicts only the Inukjuak branch in present-day regional context. Pond Inlet was also an origin; Nunavut did not exist as a separate territory in the 1950s.

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  12. MV-0012 · 1979–1980 · refuge

    Southeast Asian refugees

    Origin
    Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; often via intermediate countries
    Destination context
    Communities across Canada
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

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  13. MV-0013 · 1500–1600 · seasonal

    Seasonal European fishing

    Origin
    European fishing ports
    Destination context
    Ferryland / Newfoundland seasonal activity
    People counted
    Unknown — not zero

    Regional markers are computed from published NRCan 2003 province/territory geometry for orientation. They are not exact sites, contemporary borders or actual routes. Origin and destination labels carry the historical detail.

    Related event and source evidence