Timeline

Important events sorted by time

• 1215

  The signing of Magna Carta in England (also known as the Great Charter of Freedoms)

• 1604

  The Acadians began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces.

• 1670

  King Charles II of England granted the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the watershed draining into Hudson Bay.

• 1758

  The first representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

• 1774

  To better govern the French Roman Catholic majority, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act of 1774

• 1791

  The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada. The Act also granted to the Canadas, for the first time, legislative assemblies elected by the people. The name Canada also became official at this time and has been used ever since.

• 1793

  Upper Canada became the first province in the Empire to move toward abolition.

• 1812

  The War of 1812: The Fight for Canada (VS the United States of America)

• 1840

  Upper and Lower Canada were united as the Province of Canada.

• 1847-48

  Nova Scotia became the first British North American colony to attain full responsible government.

• 1867

  Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick joined Canada🍁

• 1867

  The British Parliament passed the British North America Act in 1867. The Dominion of Canada was officially born on July 1, 1867 🇨🇦

• 1870

  Manitoba, Northwest Territories Joined Canada🍁

• 1871

  British Columbia Joined Canada🍁

• 1873

  Prince Edward Island Joined Canada🍁

• 1880

  Transfer of the Arctic Islands (to N.W.T.)🍁

• 1885

  The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway

• 1898

  Yukon Territory Joined Canada🍁

• 1905

  Alberta, Saskatchewan Joined Canada🍁

• 1916

  Manitoba became the first province to grant voting rights to women

• 1917, April

  The Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge during World War 1

• 1940

  Unemployment insurance (now called employment insurance) was introduced by the federal government

• 1949

  Newfoundland and Labrador Joined Canada🍁

• 1965

  The current Canadian flag 🇨🇦 was raised for the first time

• 1969

  The Official Languages Act (1969), which guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada

• 1970s

  The term First Nations began to be used.

• 1982

  The Constitution of Canada was amended to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• 1988

  The Government of Canada apologized for wartime wrongs and compensated the victims (Canadians of Japanese origin)

• 1999

  Nunavut Joined Canada🍁

• 2006

  The Government of Canada apologized for discriminatory against the Chinese labours (who contributed to the building of Canadian Pacific Railway

• 2008

  Ottawa formally apologized to the former Aboriginal students