In which year were Aboriginal people granted the vote?
- 1867
- 1918
- 1960
- 1982
Answer: 1960
Aboriginal people were granted the vote in 1960. Many Canadians of Asian descent had also been denied the vote; the last of these groups, the Japanese-Canadians, gained it in 1948. Today every citizen over the age of 18 may vote.
Learn more: A changing society
- A growing number of women entered the professional work force, and many people took advantage of more secondary and postsecondary education.
- Most Canadians of Asian descent were once denied the vote in federal and provincial elections. In 1948 Japanese-Canadians, the last of these groups, gained the right to vote.
- Aboriginal people were granted the vote in 1960.
- Today every citizen over the age of 18 may vote.
- In 1956 Canada welcomed about 37,000 refugees who escaped Soviet tyranny in Hungary.
- After the Communist victory in the Vietnam War in 1975, over 50,000 Vietnamese found refuge in Canada.
- By the 1960s, one-third of Canadians had origins that were neither British nor French.
- Diversity enriches Canadians’ lives, particularly in the cities.