1830

1839-05-11: Ontario passes “An Act to Authorise the Erection of an Asylum within this Province for the Reception of Insane and Lunatic Person.”

1860

1865: First proto-eugenics articles by Francis Galton in MacMillan's Magazine

1866-02-20: Gregor Mendel publishes his paper, “Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden”

1867: Ugly Laws

1867: Canadian Constitution Act gives federal parliament legislative authority over "Indians, and Lands reserved for Indians"

1869: Galton publishes Hereditary Genius

1870

1870: Canadian Residential Schools in operation

1871: Charles Darwin publishes The Descent of Man

North Dakota repeals its sterilization law

1965 After a 1961 version of the law removed epileptics from the list of individuals who could be sterilized in the state, North Dakota repealed its sterilization law entirely in 1965. At that point 1,049 individuals had been sterilized—62% of them women—ranking North Dakota 12th in comparison to other states that have sterilization data.

-Caroline Lyster

Kaelber, L. (2011). Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States. Retrieved from http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/ND/ND.html.

North Dakota repeals its sterilization law

1965 After a 1961 version of the law removed epileptics from the list of individuals who could be sterilized in the state, North Dakota repealed its sterilization law entirely in 1965. At that point 1,049 individuals had been sterilized—62% of them women—ranking North Dakota 12th in comparison to other states that have sterilization data.

-Caroline Lyster

Kaelber, L. (2011). Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States. Retrieved from http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/ND/ND.html.