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The last conference
The last conference took place in london,englend. leaders from new brunswick,nova,scoita and the province of canada had to take the rough draft of the quebec resolutouns and come up with the finel agreement. the document they created was called the british north america act. once british parliment approved it, comfedeation could go ahead. -
Native people
The First Nations and Inuit people have lived in North America for thousands of years. However, by the time of Confederation the European settlers had taken control of much of the land. Treaties were made with many First Nations to move them onto smaller land called reserves. The government tried to make these people live like Europeans. For example, they supported missionaries who took Native children away to teach them the religion and lifestyle of Europeans. The idea was to make Native peop -
B.N.A
In the 1860’s there were many British colonies in what is now Canada: British Colombia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I and the province of Canada. At this time the idea of all the colonies joining to make a new country became popular. But what were the reasons behind this move towards confederation. -
Confederation
On this date canada became a contry with four provinces. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia hardly changed, but the province of canada was split into two provinces: ontario and quebec. A look at the map of canada in 1867 will show a very different canada that of today.
It would take more then a century to add the other six provinces and three territories that today make up canada. This site is the story of how each province and territory came to be part of canada -
Woman
At the time of confederation in 1867 woman were not allowed to be politicians. They were not even allowed to vote in federal elections. It was not until 1918 that women could vote in federal election and not until 1919 that women gained the right to be elected to the House of Commons. At the time of confederation women did not have the power to express themselves in politics -
How canada was formed
Today canada is the second-largest contry in the world. It has an area of almost 10 000 000 sqaure kilometres, and is madeup of ten province and three territories. Canada became a contry in 1867 -
Confederation, July 1, 1867
Became a country with four provinces. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia hardly changed, but the province of Canada was split into two new provinces: Ontario and Quebec. A look at the map of Canada in 1867 will show a very different Canada from that of today.
It would take more than a century to add the other six provinces and three territories that today make up Canada. This site is the story of how each province and territory came to be part of Canada.
