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Battle of Vimy Ridge
The battle of Vimy Ridge was apart of the battle of Arras, it was won by the Canadians on April 12th, 1917. -
Group of Seven Exhibit
The Group of Seven was a group of modern Canadian artists established in 1920. -
Second Stock Market Crash in Canada
The stock exchange of North America was seized in late October 1929 and was followed by the Great Depression. -
Canada declares war on Germany
Canada declared war on Germany in September 1939, 9 days after the British Empire. -
Japanese Relocation
in 1942 around 22,000 Japanese-Canadian citizens were exiled to remote areas of eastern British Columbia. -
Dieppe Raid
During the Second World War, the Allied defences launched a tragic raid on the French beaches of Dieppe. -
Normandy Landings: Juno Beach
Juno beach was the beach, out of five, that the Canadians landed on during D-Day -
Newfoundland becomes a province of Canada
Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province in 1949. -
Creation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and other Western European countries. -
Korean War
The Korean war was between South and North Korea, because of Canada's involvement in the UN Canadian military served in the Korean War. -
Canada's first peacekeeping mission
Canada engaged in its first peacekeeping mission in 1956 during the Suez Crisis. -
The Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a time period in Quebec where they went through a lot of rapid political changes. -
Terry Fox Run
Terry Fox was diagnosed with cancer in March of 1977, he had a goal to run across Canada to help raise cancer awareness. -
The closing of the last residential school in Canada
The Gordon Residential School in Punnichy was the last residential school in Canada to close. -
First Olympic medal won by a Canadian on Canadian soil
Before Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal at the 2010 olympics Canada had never won a gold medal at their own Olympic games.