1. How important has immigration been to the initial development of a Canadian society?

2. After initial exploration and discovery by England and France, why was settlement of Canada not a top priority to these European powers at first?

3. After British conquest of New France why did settlement by English-speaking people proceed so slowly?

4. What event brought the first big wave of English-speaking people to the colony of Quebec? What area or areas did they settle mostly? What has been the impact of this group of people on the history of Canada?

5. Who were considered the first foreign settlers? Why?

6. What sort of traditional occupation did these new immigrants not take up? What sorts of occupations did they take up? What were the industries that employed them? What sorts of social concerns did this raise with the established colonists?

Part Two -Post Confederation Immigration

7. At the time of Confederation, what sort of economic crisis was Canada facing? In what two directions did people in Central and Eastern Canada go to escape those problems?

8. What were the pressures that made settlement of western Canada so important?

9. What were the types of immigrants Canada was looking for to settle the west? Why?

10. What was the main pressure that changed Canada's perspective on the need for immigrants and the willingness to forgo previous restrictions on the source of immigrants?