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Rebellion of 1837
Upper and Lower Canada went to war from 1837–38, when insurgents mounted rebellions in each colony against the Crown and everyone in political status. The fight in Lower Canada was the more serious and violent of the two. However, both events inspired the pivotal Durham Report, which eventually led to the union of the two colonies and the arrival of a responsible government. -
From Rebellions to Confederation, 1837–1867
Lord Durham, the Governor General that recommended the a responsible government and a merger of Upper and Lower Canada. He angered French Canadians by calling for their co-operation. This led to the 1841 Act of Union, which united the two regions; made English the only official language, and gave Canada's lower part with proportionally fewer elected representatives. -
The Path to Confederation
Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine formed a temporary alliance to lead the Union, and vowed to introduce a responsible parliamentary government. In 1849, they passed legislation to make up for people (mainly French Canadians) who had lost property during the Lower Canada Rebellion. The new Governor General, Lord Elgin, refused to veto the law, thus sparking riots in Montréal. -
~P1~First Confederation Talks of Newfoundland With Canada 1864-1869
At the Quebec Conference in the same year, called to discuss the larger union of all the colonies, Newfoundland was represented by a bi-party delegation with Carter and Ambrose Shea. The delegation had no power to commit the Newfoundland Government but both Carter and Shea eventually wanted to unionize. -
~P2~First Confederation Talks of Newfoundland With Canada 1864-1869
Newfoundland was not invited to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. Newfoundland originally called to discuss only a union of the three coastal Provinces, later developed into a conference of all the mainland colonies. -
~P1~The Confederation 1864-1867
This was an attempt to carefully balance regional and national governments and introduce democratic reforms, economic links, and legal foundations for language rights. 30 years after the Rebellions started this process, most; but not all Reformers embraced the new country. -
~P2~The Confederation 1864-1867
This led to Conferences in Charlottetown and Québec on the date 1864, where John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier met with delegates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to discuss a political union.The negotiations led directly to Confederation on July 1, 1867. Uniting Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, comes into existence, with John A. Macdonald as first prime minister. -
Manitoba becomes Canada's fifth province
Canadian Parliament created Canada's fifth province. Its name, Manitoba, was another word meaning "water of the prairie" because of all the lakes and rivers around it. There is a small square of land about 35000 square km around the Red River Valley and Portage La Prairie. The rest of Rupert's Land became the Northwest Territories. -
The first Census of the Dominion of Canada
lists the Canadian population as 3 689 257 at that point in time. -
British Columbia enters Confederation
The nations sixth province is B.C. It is in the wake of a gold rush and about to have a transcontinental railway link. -
Prince Edward Island enters Confederation
Prince Edward Island did not join Confederation until 1873 because it considered the original terms of 1867 were unfavourable to the people of the province. -
The first telephone call between separate buildings.
Is made by inventor Alexander Graham Bell, in Mount Pleasant, Ontario. Who called his uncle, David Bell, in Brantford, Ontario. -
World divided into 24 time zones
SIr Sandford Fleming presents a paper to the Royal Canadian Institute giving a proposal that the world should be divided into 24 time zones. -
Metis Leader Hung
~October, 22 1844-November, 16 1885~
Canadian politician, Metis leader Louis Reil- founder of the province of Manitoba- was hung for the crime of high treason as a result of the North West Rebellion. -
Canada & the South African War
Canada's first foreign war that lasted from 1899–1902. Which was also known as the Boer War. It was fought between Britain with help from its colonies and Dominions like Canada against the Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. -
New Prime Minister
The new prime minister elect was Liberal, Wilfrid Laurier after defeating Charles Tupper's Conservatives. Lauier goes on to be one of Canada's most respected and achieved prime ministers. -
First Wireless Radio broadcast
Reginald Fessenden made the first wireless radio broadcast near Washington, D.C. Beating Marconi, who receives the first transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland, the year after. -
Canada Loses Alaskin Boundary Dispute+Other
British Tribunal representative, Lord Alverstone sides with the U.S. Silver is Discoverered in North Ontario. -
Alberta & Saskatchewan are Formed
Until 1905 all the area west and north of Manitoba was called the Northwest Territories. It was an immense area that- for a very long time- was home mostly to the First Nations, Métis and fur traders from the Hudson's Bay Company -
The First Coin
At the opening ceremonies for the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint, Governor General Earl Grey struck the Dominion’s first domestically produced coin; a silver fifty-cent piece that has
King Edward VII made on it. -
First Airplane Flight
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy made the first airplane flight in the British Empire. He was travelling about 10 metres above the ground for almost a kilometre at Baddeck, North-South. -
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WWI
After Germany’s invasion of Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany; since they are allies. Canada, as part of the British Empire, is engaged in the war as well. First World War ends, with over 60 000 Canadian soldiers lost. -
Canada Attacks German's on Vimy Ridge in France
The Canadian Corps attacks German positions on Vimy Ridge in France, a main piece of land held by the Germans since 1914. Six days after the attack, the Canadians have won besides the loss of 3,600 troops. -
Womens Rights improve
Canadian women finally gain the right to vote in federal election -
The Merge
Parliament voted to merge the Force with the Dominion Police, a federal police force with jurisdiction in eastern Canada. When the legislation happened on February 1, 1920, the Police's official name became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and headquarters was moved to Ottawa from Regina. -
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Pt1WWII
Canada turned from a quiet little nice country into an important player in the 20th century's most important struggle. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had supported British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of practically trying to calm German leader Adolf Hitler and reconcile any differences. gradually ongoing Nazi aggression altered Canada's mood to take part in another great war. King himself had no doubt that in a great war involving Britain,Canada could not stand aside. -
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Pt2 WWII
Canada had an important role in the Battle of the Atlantic & the air war over Germany, and combined forces in western Europe with a small nation only 11 million people. In those 6 years, more than one million Canadian men and women served full-time in the army. More than43 000 were killed. Besides all of the death, the war against Germany actually elevated the role of women in the economy. It left Canada with a legacy of proud service and sacrifice. -
~Pt1~Newfoundlands Confederation
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent gives the okay to Newfoundland entering Confederation as the tenth province of Canada. At 11:59 the night before, Newfoundland had become a legitimate Canadian province. A Newfoundlander, F. Gordon Bradley, was with St. Laurent. F. Gordon had just been sworn in as a member of the Canadian Cabinet. "We are all Canadians now," he stated. -
~Pt2~Newfoundlands Confederation
Yet they're decision to enter into a union with Canada gives a false impression of their history. They were a proud people who many decades before had chosen a destiny alongside Canada, rather than as part of it. -
Canada Celebrates its centennial
There was a yearlong celebration held in 1967 for Canada's Centennial. Centennial is Canada's 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. -
Exposition 67
The Expo 67 was essentially one humongous birthday party for Canada. It was the crown of all of the celebrations that year. One of the most successful international exhibitions of the 20th Century, Expo 67 gave Montréal a chance to stand out and show itself as an international city. -
~Pt2~The War Measures Act
On October 1970 the group had kidnapped a British official that was later released, and they even killed Quebec's labour minister, Pierre Laporte. The Quebec Liberation Front later collapses. -
~Pt1~ The War Measure Act
The government uses the War Measures tactic(declaration of war, invasion, and the types of emergency measures it requires); has only been use 3 other times before. They did it to apprehend the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ or Quebec Liberation Front), a separatist paramilitary group in Quebec that was responsible for over 160 violent cases that killed eight people. -
1980 Quebec Referendum
This was the first referendum in Quebec on if Quebec should be apart of Canada or not. The referendum was called by Quebec's government. The province wide vote took place on a Tuesday of May, 1980. The vote to make Quebec break off of Canada was defeated by a 59.56%-40.44% margin. -
Independence
Canada becomes totally independent from Great Britain, with several amendments to the British North America Act, 1867 and changing to the Constitution Act, 1867. -
1995 Quebec Referendum
The second Quebec referendum so far is held. And they are defeated again by 50.58% of people deciding to remain in Canada. -
Nunavuts Confederation
the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada is Nunavut. This province was separated from the Northwest Territories, and actually covers a Major portion of northern Canada. It is the fifth largest country subdivision in the world.Nunavut has been followed by growth in the capital, Iqaluit with a decent increase in population from 5,200 in 2001 to 6,600 in 2011.
