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Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
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Confederation: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario form the Dominion of Canada. John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister
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The Métis of Red River rebel, under Louis Riel, after their region is purchased by Canada from Hudson's Bay Company.
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March Thomas Scott executed on orders of Riel
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British Columbia joins Confederation
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Prince Edward Island joins Confederation.
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Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
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Riel is hanged in Regina.
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Canada wins an Olympic gold medal in soccer. Though known more as a country that specialized in hockey, a team from Galt, Ontario, defeated the Americans for gold at the Olympics in St. Louis
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Royal Canadian Navy formed.
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Robert Borden and the Conservatives win federal election, defeating Laurier on the issue of Reciprocity.
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The first Canadian subway opens in Toronto
