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The British North America Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, providing for Canada's Confederation
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Prince Edward Island joins Confederation.
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The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrage movement.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway recruits thousands of underpaid Chinese Labourers.
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The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway main line is driven at Craigellachie, BC. The next year, Vancouver is founded as the railway's western terminus.
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John A. Macdonald dies age 76.
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The first Canadian troops sent overseas participate in the Boer War in South Africa.
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Boer War-Attack, concentration camp/ blockhouseline, Pietersburg, Tvl
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Silver is discovered in Cobalt, Ontario, along with cobalt and nickel. Ontario rapidly became one of the world's leading silver producing districts, yielding more than 18,000 metric tonnes of silver between 1903 and 1989, when the last mine closed.
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Saskatchewan and Alberta join Confederation. Immigrants rush to settle in the plains, mainly as wheat farmers.
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Canada's first powered air flight takes place at Baddeck, N.S.
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The First World War begins. Britain declares war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire, including Canada.
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A dust explosion at a coal mine in Hillcrest, Alberta, kills 189 miners.
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A devastating forest fire broke out in northwest of North Bay, Ontario, killing between 200 and 250 men, women, and children and destroying six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane. Property damage was estimated at more than $2 million.
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Women win the right to vote in federal elections.
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At the first Olympics in which women may compete, a Canadian women's six-member track team wins bronze, two silver, and two gold medals.
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Trans Canada Air Lines begins regular flights.
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The Fall of Hong Kong. More than 500 Canadians die in battle or of starvation and ill-treatment in Japanese prison camps.
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Canada joins the United Nations.
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The construction of Trans-Canada Highway starts, to be completed in 1970. The 7 821 kilometer road cost more than one billion, linked the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and its ranked as one of Canada's most important transportation projects
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The first Canadian subway opens in Toronto.
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Native people living on reserves get the right to vote in federal elections.
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The rising price of silver forces the mint to replace the 10, 25, and 50 cent pieces and the dollar coin with one made of nickel.
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Canada wins the first hockey challenge against the Soviets.
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The first provincial Premiers' conference takes place in Québec City.
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Kyle was born
