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Ottawa Is Capital
Queen Victoria designates Ottawa(used to be known as Bytown)as capital of the Province of Canada. -
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Confederation
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The Building of Parliment
The cornerstones of the Parliament buildings are set. -
The Begining of Confederation
Originally designed to discuss Maritime union, the Charlottetown Conference (Sept. 1-9) takes the first steps toward Confederation. Delegates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward island and the Province of Canada West( modern day Ontario and Quebec) were present. -
Quebec Conference
The second meeting in 1864 to discuss Canadian Confederation.The conference ended on October 27, and the delegates returned to their provinces to submit the Seventy-Two Resolutions to the provincial legislatures. Only Prince Edward island rejected the resolutions. The other representatives set out to gain autonomy from Britain. -
Battle for Freedom
The Battle of Ridgeway was fought near Ridgeway, Canada West, currently Ontario, Canada on June 2, 1866, between British and Canadian troops and an irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians. An eventual Fenian victory caused the fathers of confederation to move quickly towards uniting the territory. -
London Conference
The London Conference was held in the United Kingdom in December 1866 and was the final in a series of conferences that led to Canadian confederation in 1867. Sixteen delegates from the Canada West,Canada Easr, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick met with officials of the British government to draft the British North America Act, 1867. -
Buying Ruperts Land
Canada purchases Rupert's Land from the HBC. The transfer occurred in 1869 and was consummated in 1870 by the payment of £300,000 to the Hudson's Bay Company. This purchase would cause a rebellion in the Metis settlement of Red River, led by Louis Riel. He was a champion for Metis rights, yet was later hung controversially in 1885 by the Canadian Government, an even that istill resonates with Canadians to this day. -
Manitoba Joins
The Red River Rebellion continues to resist Canadian authority in the northwest. A provisional government is declared but they were driven out by Canadian forces. The Manitoba Act creates the province of Manitoba and quells the rebellion. -
British Columbia Joins
The Canadian Goverment made an agreement saying it'd extend the Canadian Pacific Railway to British Columbia, and would also take care of the colony's debts, if British Columbia became the sixth province in the Confederation. British Columbia agreed and became the sixth province to join Confederation. -
Prince Edward Island Joins
In 1873, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, anxious to thwart American expansionism and facing the distraction of the Pacific Scandal, negotiated for Prince Edward Island to join Canada. The Federal Government of Canada assumed the colony's extensive railway debts and agreed to finance a buy-out of the last of the colony's absentee landlords to free the island of leasehold tenure and from any new migrants entering the island. Prince Edward Island entered Confederation. -
Yukon Territories Join
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Alberta and Saskatchewan Join
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Newfoundland (now called Newfoundland & Labrador) Joins
Like other provinces Newfoundland was very pro British and joined the Canadian confederation.As a protection from their greedy neighbour (USA) who had invaded before (1812).The invasion was repulsed by the British. -
Nunavut Joins
