-
Jan 2, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot lands on Cape Breton Island -
Jan 2, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier claims Acadia for France -
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds Québec -
La Vérendrye
La Vérendrye builds Fort Bourbon on the South Saskatchewan River -
Chief Matonabbee
Chipewyan Chief Matonabbee and Hudson’s Bay Company explorer Samuel Hearne reach the mouth of the Coppermine River -
Samuel Hearne
Samuel Hearne establishes Cumberland House -
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver surveys the coastline of Vancouver Island -
Agnes Macphail
Agnes Macphail is elected the first female member of Parliament -
Richard Bedford Bennett
Richard Bedford Bennett becomes prime minister of Canada -
John Diefenbaker
Saskatchewanian John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister of Canada