Timeline: Canadian History | Timetoast

Oct 12, 1492

Christopher Columbus "Discovered America"
Jun 24, 1497

John Cabot landed in Newfoundland

Copious ammounts of cod fish were discovered off the coast, and caused fishers from europe to risk the trip.
Jul 3, 1608

Samuel de Champlain establishes l'Habitation

l'Habitation was the first permenant settlement in Canada
May 2, 1670

Birth of the Hudsons Bay Company
Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Dec 31, 1763

The 7 Years War
Sep 13, 1759

Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Jun 22, 1774

The Quebec Act
Period: Feb 1, 1775 to Oct 31, 1781

The American Revolution

dates are irrelevant
Dec 26, 1791

The Constitutional Act

This was not the confederation of canada, but a revision of the Quebec act that dealt with English-French affairs
Jan 1, 1812

The War of 1812
Period: Jan 1, 1815 to Dec 31, 1850

The Great Migration

Specific dates are irrelevant
Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1860

The Underground Railroad

The time frame is the height of its existance, as there are multiple speculations and rumors about when the movement actually started
Jul 1, 1867

Canada's Confederation
May 12, 1870

Manitoba joins Canada/ The Mantoba Act
Jul 20, 1871

British Columbia joins Confederation
Period: Aug 1, 1871 to Jul 31, 1921

Signing of the Numbered treaties
Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Dec 31, 1885

The Construction of the Canadian Pasific Railway
Sep 1, 1905

Alberta Becomes a Province
Sep 1, 1905

Saskatchewan Joins Canada as a Province
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War 1
Period: Jan 1, 1916 to Dec 31, 1938

Women Gain the Right to Vote
Period: Jan 1, 1916 to Dec 31, 1938

Women gain the Right to Vote
Apr 9, 1917

Vimy ridge
Jan 1, 1951

The Indian Act