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Battle of Saint-Charles
The Battle of Saint-Charles was fought on November 25th 1837 between the Government of Lower Canada and the United Kingdom and Patriot rebels. After a two-hour battle, the Government of Lower Canada won -
Mary Shadd becomes the first female editor in Canada
Born in Delaware in 1823, Mary Shadd became the first female newspaper editor in North America when she started the black newspaper "The Provincial Freemen" -
Vancouver island and British Columbia are joined
The Colony of Vancouver Island was a Crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, it was united with the mainland to to join British Columbia. -
Victoria becomes the capital of British columbia
the capital city of the British Columbia, is on the southern end of Vancouver Island on Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 85,792. -
Métis rights
Métis rights are put into two categories: 1) land and resource rights and 2) self-governing rights. -
Manitoba becomes a province
On may 12th 1870, Manitoba becomes a province, with an area of about 160 square kilometers. -
The first automobile was imported to Canada
On April 9th 1898, Canada's first car was delivered to the TH&B station on Hunter Street. John Moodie Jr. had just bought it from the Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland. -
Alberta and Saskatchewan become the eighth and ninth provinces
Alberta joined Canada along with Saskatchewan in 1905, when the two new provinces were created out of a section of the Northwest Territories. -
First airplane flights in Canada
J.A.D. McCurdy flew the "Silver Dart" in Nova Scotia, on the 23rd February 1909, the first flight of an aircraft in Canada. -
Titanic sinks of the coast of Newfoundland
The Titanic sank 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. The wreck lies at a great depth, approximately 2.4 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic. The ship broke in two as it sank, and the stern and bow of the wreck now lie 1,970 feet apart.
