July 1988- war measures act was revoked and replaced with an emergency act. This act does not allow discriminatory emergency orders and allows the Parliament to override emergency orders of the government. It requires questioning the government's actions in an emergency and provides compensation to victims of government actions. They also called for a review of the war measures that no other person will experience or be subjected to that wrongdoing again.

The whole British Empire abolished slavery for good. This was because of Chole Coolie. Her master had abducted her and sold her down south (United States). Which went directly against British legislation.

Residential Schools. Indigenous kids were taken from their homes by "Indian" agents and forced into these horrible schools to assimilate their culture. They had their hair shaved, were beaten, raped, malnourished, and unable to speak their native tongue. Anyone who did would face punishment.  

Groups of Native Americans from the Sioux tribe arrive in Canada after their defeat from the United States army. Between 1866- 1867, 4,000 Sioux Native Americans, under the leadership of Chief Sitting Bull, are given asylum in Canada after the US army retaliated in response to the death of General George Custer from the Battle of Little Bighorn. Consequently, this resulted in the formation and identification of basic immigration patterns to Canada.

As Minister of the Interior from 1896- 1906, Clifford Sifton ushered in a new trend towards allowing immigrants of other ethnicities to enter Canada. This change corresponded with a general shift in immigration policies in Canada, from one of preferential treatment towards Anglo-Saxon immigrants to tapping into new sources of immigrant groups.

Black Canadian porters formed the first Black railway union in North America, Between 1916 and 1919, more than 500 Black porters arrived in Canada to work for the CPR.

A few years later, in 1959, Grizzle and another man, named Jack White, became the first Black Canadians to attempt to gain seats in the Ontario legislature. 

In 1919, the desire of union leadership to gain the right of collective bargaining culminated in labour strikes in what is now known as the Winnipeg General Strike. The strike was notable for the reaction by the business community and the government, and they classified the strikes as an attempt to overrun Canada's British institution and authority. Consequently, due to the strike, Eastern Europeans were made easy scapegoats, being accused of communist-style subversion of power, further fuelling prejudice and discrimination against these groups. 

In 1967, the Canadien government introduced a system of admission based on merit points. Specifically, this system provided that immigration officials assess the independent and sponsored applicant on nine characteristics, with each feature being assigned a range of merit points. For instance, education and training were given a range of 0-20 merit points, motivation and initiative were given a range between 0-15 points, and the applicant's proficiency in the English and French language ranged between 0-10. Consequently, through the merit-point system, between 1967 and 1977, 1,592,013 immigrants entered Canada, and surprisingly, immigrant sponsorship doubled as a result of the system. 

1974 represented a new peak for immigrants coming to Canada. During this year, a total of 218, 465 persons arrived. Consequently, the massive spike in immigration caused grave concerns for the federal government. Most of these 218, 465 persons that immigrated to Canada came in cities including Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, resulting in their rapid growth, further causing population declines and work-power shortages across regions in Canada. 

Canadian fishing boats rescued over 150 Sri Lankan refugees off St. Shott’s, NL. The refugees were left in international waters by a smuggler. Without water, food or fuel, the refugees drifted for three days before being spotted. The rescue sparked a debate over how Canada approaches refugees, with some accusing the group of making false claims. In response to a string of similar events, the Mulroney government initiated a reform of the refugee system in 1988.