The Manitoba Schools Question (French: La question des écoles du Manitoba) was a political crisis in the Canadian province of Manitoba that occurred late in the 19th century, attacking publicly-funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants.

Feb 7, 2006 · In March 1890, the same month that the Manitoba legislature abolished French as an official language of the province, it passed two bills amending the province’s laws on education: An Act respecting the Department of Education and An Act respecting Public Schools.

In 1890, the Manitoba legislature passed a law removing funding for French Catholic schools. [18] The French Catholic minority asked the federal government for support; however, the Orange Order and other anti-Catholic forces mobilized nationwide to oppose them.

The Public Schools Act is the legislation that governs public education in Manitoba, Canada. In March 1890, the original Manitoba Schools Act (SM 1890, c. 38) was passed by the government of Thomas Greenway, amending the province's existing laws on education under highly controversial circumstances.

When Manitoba was created it had two public school systems - one French and Catholic, the other English and Protestant, but by 1890 one of the fears of the Métis had come to pass. Immigration from Ontario had created a large English Protestant majority who resented public funding for French Catholic schools.

Oct 3, 2011 · In 1890, Greenway’s government made changes to the education system that were long feared by French Catholics. He abolished the dual system and set up a non-denominational school system.

Dec 8, 2023 · The flashpoints of religion and language rights were ignited by the passage of two bills in March 1890: one eliminated the Board of Education, replacing it with a ministerial department, and the other established a publicly funded, non-denominational school system in …

The British North America Act provided no guarantee for the public funding of church-run schools, and when Manitoba abolished its public funding for Catholic schools in 1890, despite having been founded as a bilingual province, its action incited a national controversy.

By 1890, the rapid railway construction of the past decade had come to a pause. The basic pattern of the railway network was laid with Winnipeg emerging as the nodal point for goods and people moved by rail.

1890. Manitoba Legislature abolishes French as an official language in the province. With the contentious Manitoba Schools Question, the dual system of publicly-funded Roman Catholic and Protestant schools established under the Manitoba Act of 1870 is abolished.