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Eligibility to Vote
To be able to vote, eligibility was based on property ownership, gender and the amount of tax or rent paid. Assets needed to be owned and females were excluded. -
Making Divorce Possible
The British Matrimonial Causes Act, which was adopted in Canada, makes divorce possible for women in situations like adultery. -
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Canadian Confederation
To become an elector, in the Canadian government there were three conditions.
1. Had to be male
2. Had to be over the age of 21
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Social Rights
The National Council of Women of Canada is founded. It works for social rights of women and children. -
Criminalizing Abduction
The Criminal Code is amended to criminalize the abduction of women, all over Canada. -
Child Support to Help Women
The Saskatchewan Deserted Wives’ Maintenance Act requires husbands to pay support if they deserted their wives or forced them to leave. -
First Right to Vote For Women
Manitoba becomes the first province to give women the right to vote and hold provincial office. -
Minimum Wage Law
Alberta becomes the first province in Canada, to adopt a minimum wage law for women. -
Equal Parental Rights
British Columbia becomes the first province to give mothers the same rights over their children as fathers -
Federal Vote
The Canada Elections Act gives all women over 21 the federal vote. -
Eligible Members of the Senate
The Famous Five, as Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Louise Crummy McKinney took their case to The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, and they recognized that Canadian women as persons under the law. Because of this, women are eligible to become members of the Senate of Canada. -
Equal Pay
Ontario becomes the first province to put equal pay legislation into effect.
Equal pay legislation is passed in Saskatchewan. -
First Female RCMP
The first female RCMP recruits begin training at Regina. -
Equal Protection
Criminal Code replace rape with three categories of sexual violence, (sexual assault, rape ans sexual abuse), giving equal protection
to men and women under the law, and allowing spouses to charge each other with sexual violence. -
Jeanne Sauvé
The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé becomes the first woman to hold the office of the Governor General. -
Legalizing Abortion
The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional. (The law is
found to violate Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it goes against a woman's right
to life, liberty and security of person. Abortion is
now treated like any other medical procedure and is governed by provincial and medical regulations.)
