[3] Haitian settlement in the Quebec municipality Montreal increased about 40% between the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
Immigration data from 1968 shows that Haiti placed fifteenth in overall origin countries outputting migrants to Quebec; in addition, Haiti had 1.6% of the total immigration percentage of Quebec in 1968.
[3] The migration of Haitian immigrants between 1969 and 1974 can be understood through the political institutions in place within Haiti at the time.
[3] Haitian Canadians joined forces with their home country brethren in some cases to assist in the "“resolution of the Haitian crisis” and to attempt to establish greater leftist political power.
[4] The idea of “patriotic action” finalized with the potential deportation faced by around 700 Haitian Canadians from 1972 to 1973.