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Constitutional Act
Constitutional Act creates Upper and Lower Canada -
Louis-Joseph Papineau is elected
Louis-Joseph Papineau is elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada -
Robert Gourlay is arrested
Robert Gourlay is arrested for criticizing land policies in Upper Canada -
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie establishes the Colonial Advocate -
Papineau becomes leader
Papineau becomes leader of the Patriotes -
Mackenzie is elected
Mackenzie is elected to the Legislative Assembly -
November: Battle of St. Charles
November: Battle of St. Charles -
December: Battle of Montgomery's Tavern
December: Battle of Montgomery's Tavern -
Lord Durham arrives
Lord Durham arrives in Quebec -
Act of Union
Act of Union is passed -
Upper and Lower Canada
Upper and Lower Canada became the province of Canada -
John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier
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 Quebec Conference
The Quebec Conference, which continued the discussions at Charlottetown, began on 10 October and lasted two weeks -
the delegates negotiated
First, in December of 1866, the delegates negotiated among themselves working through all 72 resolutions producing a final draft delivered to the Colonial Office on Christmas Day, 1866. -
Redrafting
Redrafting began with the new year in 1867 taking 2 months to complete -
The British North America Act
The British North America Act passed the House of Commons on March 8, and received royal assent on March 29, 1867. -
New Brunswick
Entered confederation -
Ontario
Entered Confederation -
Quebec
Entered Confederation -
The seal and cod fisheries
The seal and cod fisheries improved significantly in 1869, and the anti-confederates regrouped around the leadership of Charles Fox Bennett -
Manitoba
The result was the Manitoba Act of 1870 which added a fifth province to the Canadian federation. -
North West Territories
Entered Confederation -
British Columbia
With little regard for the claims of the Indian nations, British Columbia entered Confederation in 1871. In the following year, Amor de Cosmos became Premier -
PEI
Prince Edward Island before Confederation was home to approximately 87,000 people. Most of the population was of Irish, Scottish, English, and Acadian descent. PEI entered confederation in 1873 -
Alberta and Saskatchewan
Alberta and Saskatchewan become the eighth and ninth provinces -
Newfoundlanders became Canadian
Finally, on 31 March 1949, Newfoundlanders became Canadian citizens. How that happened has been debated ever since -
Inuit
In the 1970s the Inuit began to talk to the Canadian government about creating a new territory called Nunavut -
Nunavut
Nunavut became a Territory
