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History of Canadian Confederation

  • Charlottetown Conference

    Charlottetown Conference
    The Charlottetown conference was the meeting that shaped the laws and principles of our country Canada. This conference was responsible for Canada and its confederation being formed.
  • Confederation is formed

    Confederation is formed
    New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario form confederation. John A. Macdonald becomes Canadas first prime minister.
  • Always Growing!

    Always Growing!
    Manitoba and Northwest Territories join Confederation. Modern-day Manitoba is much bigger that it was back then.
  • British Columbia

    British Columbia
    British columbia joins confederation
  • Mounties

    Mounties
    Prince Edward Island joins Confederation. The North-West Mounted Police are formed.
  • Gold Rush!

    Gold Rush!
    Gold is discovered in the Yukon. The gold rush that caused so many people to move out there was what formed mush of the infrastructure that is there today, such as many towns that started out as mining towns.
  • Yukon Joins Confederation

    Yukon Joins Confederation
    The territory of Yukon joins Canadian Confederation.
  • Saskatchewan and Alberta

    Saskatchewan and Alberta
    The Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are formed.
  • The right to Vote

    The right to Vote
    Provincially, women were given the vote in 1916 in the four western provinces, in 1917 in Ontario, in 1918 in Nova Scotia, in 1919 in New Brunswick, in 1922 in Prince Edward Island, and in 1940 in Quebec.
  • End of WW1

    End of WW1
    The day we honor to remember the armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.—on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
  • Nunavut joins Confederation

    Nunavut joins Confederation
    Nunavut becomes an official territory of Canada
  • Election

    Election
    Our most recent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper is elceted from the Conservative Party of Canada.