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The British North America Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, providing for Canada's Confederation.
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Alexander Graham Bell, who has been working on the invention of the telephone since 1874, makes the world's first long-distance call, from Brantford to Paris, Ontario.
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Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage.
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Sir John A. Macdonald sworn in as prime minister.
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Riel establishes a legal provisional government in Rupert's Land.
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Thomas Scott executed on orders of Riel.
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Prime Minister Sir John Macdonald resigns as a result of scandal over the partial financing of the Conservative election campaign by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
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Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
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Jennie Trout becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada, although Emily Stowe has been doing so without a license in Toronto since 1867
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The Canadian Pacific Railway recruits thousands of underpaid Chinese Labourers.
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Riel hanged at Regina.
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Manitoba Liberals under Thomas Greenway halt public finding of Catholic schools.
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The City of Toronto establishes the first Children's Aid Society in Canada.
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John A. Macdonald dies age 76.
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Canada's first woman lawyer is Clara Brett Martin
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The first Canadian troops sent overseas participate in the Boer War in South Africa.
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Canadian-born Reginald Fessenden makes the first wireless radio broadcast near Washington, D.C., narrowly beating Marconi, who receives the first transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland, in the following year.
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The first symphony orchestra in Canada is created in Quebec City.
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The Ivanhoe, a popular electric car, is made by Canada Cycle and Motor Co. of Toronto
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Silver is discovered in Cobalt, Ontario, along with cobalt and nickel. Ontario rapidly became one of the world's leading silver producing districts, yielding more than 18,000 metric tonnes of silver between 1903 and 1989, when the last mine closed.
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Silver is discovered in Cobalt, Ontario, along with cobalt and nickel. Ontario rapidly became one of the world's leading silver producing districts, yielding more than 18,000 metric tonnes of silver between 1903 and 1989, when the last mine closed.
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Silver is discovered in Cobalt, Ontario, along with cobalt and nickel. Ontario rapidly became one of the world's leading silver producing districts, yielding more than 18,000 metric tonnes of silver between 1903 and 1989, when the last mine closed.
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Canada wins an Olympic gold medal in soccer. Though known more as a country that specialized in hockey, a team from Galt, Ontario, defeated the Americans for gold at the Olympics in St. Louis.
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Canada Dry Ginger Ale is first bottled
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A branch of the Royal Mint is established in Ottawa, making for the first time coins in Canada.
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Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is published. In the next ninety years the book sells more than a million copies, is made into a television movie, and becomes a popular musical.
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Canada's first powered air flight takes place at Baddeck, N.S.
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The first Grey Cup game; the University of Toronto football team defeats Toronto Parkdale. A trophy has been donated by the governor general, Earl Grey.
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The First World War begins. Britain declares war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire, including Canada.
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Canada commits 25,000 troops to support England
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Elizabeth Smellie is appointed colonel in the Canadian Army nursing corps. She was the first Canadian women to hold this position
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Canadians capture Vimy Ridge, France (Apr. 9-12) and
