Canada Comes of Age

By Silvana

  • Canada Joins the Great War

    Britain declares war on Germany; Canada is automatically at war.

  • Battle of Vimy Ridge

    Canadians took victory as they successfully seized Vimy ridge from the German front.

  • The Great War Ends

    An armstice signed in a railway car in France, ending the war.

  • The Treaty of Versailles is Signed

    Canada asserts its independence by signing the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference as a nation separate from Britain.

  • The League of Nations is Established

    Canada signs the league's covenant, asserting is autonomy.

  • The Chanak Crisis

    Canada does not immediately go to support Britain against Turkey but puts the proposition through parliament, showing that Canada will determine its own external affairs.

  • The Halibut Treaty

    Canada makes a treaty agreement with another nation, the USA, for the first time.

  • The King Byng Crisis

    A conflict betweengove. gen. Byng and P. M. King over the dissolution of parliament. Ever since. no governor general has ever acted against the wishes of a Prime Minister.

  • The Balfour Report

    This report states the autonomy of all former British colonies, including Canadam, making them countries of the British commonwealth and no longer part of the British Empire.

  • Canadian Embassy Opens in Washington