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BNA Act
-Dominion of Canada created
-Parliament of Canada created
-Position of Prime Minister of Canada created
-Four Provincial governments created
-Governor of Canada is now styled "Governor-General"
-Canada's supreme political authority rests with the Queen and her British Government. -
Shoulder To Shoulder
Prime Minister Borden declares war, pledging Canada's support to "The Empire" -
Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army -
Paris Peace Conference
On January 18, 1919, diplomats from more than two dozen countries gathered in Paris for a conference to discuss how to end the war permanently. The conference lasted a little more than a year. The discussions produced treaties (formal agreements) with Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Chanak Affair
At the time Canada was an independent member of the newly-created League of Nations. Yet Canada had no distinct foreign policy, nor even a foreign affairs minister. British Prime Minister David Lloyd George expected Canada to fall in line with British wishes. In Ottawa, however, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was non-committal on whether Canada would send troops. On 18 September, King's Cabinet agreed that only Parliament could decide such matters. -
Halibut Treaty
It was the first treaty negotiated by Canada, independent of Britain. Before this time Canada had always looked to Britain to ratify any international agreements they made. When informed of the treaty, Britain wished to sign the treaty along with Canada, as it had in the past, but Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King resisted. He insisted that the treaty was only a concern between Canada and the United States. -
King Byng Affair
The King–Byng Affair was a Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred in 1926, when the Governor General of Canada, the Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by his prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election. -
New Foreign Embassies
Event :
-Canada opens embassy in the US and in the following years, embassies are open in France & Belgium.
-Vincent Massey is the first diplomat.
Significance:
-embassies and ambassadors serve as official Canadian gov’t representatives to other nations and therefore a sign of Canada’s independence as nation.
-protecting citizens in foreign countries
-could communicate with other nations w/o going through Brit. -
Statue of New Westminister
-British Parliament can no longer make laws for Canada.
-Canada can modify or repeal past British-made legislation
-Canada has right to it's own foreign policy.
-Virtual political independence from Britain -
Independently United
Canada joins the United Nations as an independent, free-voting member -
Canadian Citizenship Act passed
The act established Canadian citizenship as a distinct category and allowed residents of Canada to obtain citizenship regardless of their country of origin. Prior to 1947, individuals born in Canada and naturalized immigrants were classified as British subjects rather than Canadian citizens. -
Newfoundland joins confederation
Canada "from sea to sea" became a reality in 1949 when Newfoundland joined Confederation -
Suez Crisis
The 1956 Suez Crisis was a military and political confrontation in Egypt that threatened to divide the United States and Great Britain, potentially harming the Western military alliance that had won the Second World War. Lester B. Pearson, who later became prime minister of Canada, won a Nobel Peace Prize for using the world’s first, large-scale United Nations peacekeeping force to de-escalate the situation. -
Canadian flag created
Canada adopts its own national flag. Out of three choices, the maple leaf design by George Stanley, based on the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada, was selected. -
Constitution Act
The Constitution Act, 1982 enshrined the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution, and completed the unfinished business of Canadian independence — allowing Canadians to amend their own Constitution without requiring approval from Britain.
