canada

  • Treaty of Paris gives Canada (New France and Acadia) to England

    Treaty of Paris gives Canada (New France and Acadia) to England
  • United Empire Loyalists arrive in Canada; New Brunswick becomes a separate colony to accommodate them

  • Constitutional Act divides Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada

  • Two separate rebellions, one in Upper and one in Lower Canada, fail to dislodge entrenched elites

  • Act of Union unites Upper and Lower Canada

  • Responsible government established in Canada

  • Queen Victoria names Ottawa as Canada’s capital

  • National Policy imposes tariff on manufactured goods being imported into Canada

  • Boer War begins; the first Canadian troops to serve overseas are sent to South Africa

  • Federal immigration policy entices Eastern Europeans to Canadian West

  • Canada loses Alaska Boundary dispute when British representative sides with U.S.

  • Canadian economy goes into a slump

  • Canada automatically enters First World War when Britain declares war on Germany

  • Canada enters World War II after remaining neutral

  • the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the most unpopular tax in Canadian history is introduced.