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*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/scottish.aspx '''Scottish Immigrants Genealogy Resources'''] Library and Archives Canada.<br> | *[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/scottish.aspx '''Scottish Immigrants Genealogy Resources'''] Library and Archives Canada. | ||
*[http://shsb.mb.ca/en/Voyageurs_database '''Voyageur Contracts Database'''] Approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montréal notaries between 1714 and 1830. | |||
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*Few Scottish families settled in Canada before the British conquest in 1759. The majority of these early Scottish settlers were '''Roman Catholics seeking political and religious refuge, fur traders with the Hudson's Bay Company, merchants and disbanded soldiers.''' | *Few Scottish families settled in Canada before the British conquest in 1759. The majority of these early Scottish settlers were '''Roman Catholics seeking political and religious refuge, fur traders with the Hudson's Bay Company, merchants and disbanded soldiers.''' | ||