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Dominion of Canada
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick came together to form the Dominion of Canada on the day we now know as Canada Day -
Canada purchases Hudson Bay and Ruperts Land area
Areas that once were Rupert's Land include all of Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta, Southern Nunavut, and northern parts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as parts of Minnesota and North Dakota and very small parts of Montana and South Dakota. -
Manitoba becomes a province
Manitoba with thousands of lakes and rivers means lake of the praries in Cree, Ojibwe or Assiniboine language -
Northwest Territories established
The first of the three territories established -
British Columbia becomes a province
The capitol of BC is Victoria, named after the Queen who chose the name British Columbia -
Prince Edward Island becomes a province
PEI is one of three maritime provinces and has the smallest land and population out of all the provinces -
YukonTerritory established
The smallest of the three territories and in 1896 gold was found and started the biggest gold rush in the word and lead to the creation of the Yokon -
Alberta becomes a province
Alberta has the largest population out of all the three prairie provinces -
Saskatchewan becomes a province
Saskatchewan's population mostly falls on the southern part of the province -
Newfoundland becomes a province
Most of the people that first inhabited Newfoundland were fishermen -
Nunavut was formed
Nunavut was the last province and territory
