Canada By david_h_316 1534 Cartier first explores the St. Lawrence Region 1608 Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec City colony 1670 Hudson's Bay Company formed 1763 Pontiac Rebellion 1812 War of 1812 1812-1814 1867 Confederation 1870 Province of Manitoba created 1871 BC joins Canada 1873 PEI Joins Canada 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces created 1914 World War I to 1918 1919 Winnipeg General Strike 1929 The Great Depression to 1839 1939 World War II to 1945 1949 Newfoundland Joins Canada 1982 Constitution comes home with a Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1999 Nunavut created