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Canada in ww1
Britain warns Canada of deteriorating situation in Europe -
Canada in ww1
The Second Battle of Ypres begins. Poison gas is used for the first time by Germans in an attack on the Canadian sector. -
Canada WW1
The American naval and military attaches in Paris and London draft a plan for mobilizing US shipping to carry an American army to Europe, but their plan is ignored. -
Canada in ww1
The American naval and military attaches in Paris and London draft a plan for mobilizing US shipping to carry an American army to Europe, but their plan is ignored. -
Canada in ww1
At 10:58am Private George Price of the 28th Battalion is killed by a sniper. Two minutes later at 11:00am the armistice came into effect. The war was over. -
Group of Seven
Canadian Landscape Painters, the group was formed in 1920 and consisted of seven members . The group of Seven was strongly influenced by European Impressionism of the late nineteenth century in the Montmartre district of Paris. -
Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King is the longest serving Prime Minister in canada. It's been 22 years. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1923-1947, only 8 Chinese people came to Canada. The act happened because of the completion railway, racism occurred and people were scared of that Chinese would take the people's original jobs.banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were so completely prohibited from immigrating. -
Black Tuesday
It was the trigger for a worldwide depression caused by lack of regulation of Wall Street and corporations. It affected the entire world and allowed Hitler to come into power. -
Prime Minister
prime Minister: R.B. Bennett was a successful Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.fter winning the federal election of 1930, Bennett tried to fight the depression by expanding trade within the British Empire. -
Canada in ww2
All Canadian merchant ships passed from the control of their owners to the control of the Royal Canadian Navy. -
Canada in ww2
Japan declares war on Canada. Canada declares war on Finland, Hungary, Japan and Romania. -
Canada in ww2
Group of Bomber Command organized. it Included nearly 300 four-engined Halifax or Lancaster heavy bombers. -
Canada in ww2
Canadians repel fierce German counter-attacks and hold the Normandy beach head. -
Canada in ww2
Lt. Robert Hampton Gray (Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve) wins Victoria Cross at Onagawa Wan, Japan. -
Post ww2 Canada
The reception of non-preferred immigrants in Canada, particularly oriental and Mediterranean peoples, was not as friendly. Although both naturalised Chinese-Canadians and East Indians (because they were British subjects) could sponsor relatives as of January 1, 1947 -
Post ww2 Canada
The end of the Second World War heralded important changes in Canadian immigration policy and outlook that altered Canada in unsuspected ways. The first post-war immigration policy was Prime Minister Mackenzie Kings directive. -
Post ww2 Canada
Ottawa in 1949 denied 18 Arab families admittance to Canada because they were considered too alien. -
Post ww2 Canada
Québec passes Bill 101, restricting English schooling to children of parents who had been educated in English schools. -
Post ww2 Canada
Canada gains a new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms . -
Canada in the Global Community
The Ottawa Accord: International land mines ban. -
Canada in the Global Community
Keeping the Canadian church abreast of global developments in missional work. -
Canada in the Global Community
Promoting conversation and facilitating active response to important areas of concern in the missional task of the church. -
Canada in the Global Community
Promoting conversation and facilitating active response to important areas of concern in the missional task of the church. -
Canada in the Global Community
Fostering co-operation and partnerships in the missional work of the church.