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1917 BCE
Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought during the First World War from April 9-12 1917. It is Canada’s most celebrated military victory, as often mythologized symbol of the birth of Canadian national pride and awareness. The battle took place on the Western Front, in northern France. -
1899 BCE
Boer War
The South African War (1899–1902) was Canada's first foreign war. Also known as the Boer War, it was fought between Britain (with help from Canada and other colonies and dominions) and the Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. -
Chanak Affair
Chanak Affair (1922) was Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's first major foreign policy test. Turkish forces were threatening British troops stationed in Turkey after the First World War. King declined to automatically provide Canada's military support to Britain, which was another step on the path to an independent Canadian voice in world affairs. -
Halibut Treaty
The Halibut Treaty (1923) was an Canadian–American agreement concerning fishing rights in the northern Pacific Ocean. -
King-Byng Crisis
The King-Byng Affair was a 1926 Canadian constitutional crisis. It compared the powers of a prime minister against the powers of a governor general. -
Balfour Report
The Balfour Report (1926) declared that Britain and its Dominions were constitutionally equal to each other. It was a landmark document confirming Canada as a fully independent country, united with Britain and the other Dominions through the Commonwealth. -
Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster (11 December 1931), was a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's Parliament and other
Commonwealth Dominions. It granted these former colonies full legal freedom except in those areas where they chose to remain supporting Britain.
