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The First World War ends; Canada has lost 60,000 troops.
The First World War that ended in 1914 to 1918, killed approximately 61,000 Canadians and instilled a fear of foreign military intervention that lasted until the Second World War. And in the war the last soldier that died was private george lawrence price. The war ended up ending because Germany signed an agreement called “war to end all wars” which is one of the reasons why the war ended. -
Sept. 10, 1939 – Canada declares war on Nazi Germany.
On september 3rd 1939 hannah baird was on a ship called liner athenia and the ship was torpedoed and hannah was killed being one of the first being killed in the war. Then a few days later canada officially declared war on the nazis which made it the first time canada has ever entered a war on its own. Then september 16 they sailed there way into war. -
May 14, 1946 – The Canadian Citizenship Act was passed, meaning a Canadian citizen is no longer classified as a British subject first.
The canadian citizenship act was put into affect on january 1st 1947 but was talked about in 1946. It was established to allow residents of canada to be a citizen without it mattering what country there from. When the act was established people who were born in canada were called british rather than canadians. -
July 17, 1976 – Montreal hosts the Summer Olympics.
On july 17 1976 the olympics started and montreal was the second talking country to host the olympics behind paris. Many athletes gave outstanding achievements during the XXIst Olympiad, which took place from July 17 to August 1, 1976 and was opened by queen elizabeth ii. The Olympics ended up getting boycotted by a protest against “all blacks”. the olympics had a lot of historical events and luckily some of the moments were caught on camera. -
In Oct. 7, 2001 Prime Minister Jean Chretien announces that Canada is now participate in an international anti-terrorism mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan was Canada's longest and most major combat commitment since the Korean War (1950–53). Canada joined an international coalition to destroy the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist strikes on the United States. -
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[https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada/read-online/canadas-history.html] [https://www.canadashistory.ca/ ]