Canadian history

  • Jun 24, 1497

    Explorer John Cabot

    found new land with lots of fish
  • May 10, 1534

    Jaques Cartier from Franch

    Canada was named by mistake. He made a connection to first nation.
  • Samuel deChampain

    He built a fort to protect people inside.
  • Hudson Bay Company

    Trading company, fur trading
  • Treaty of utrecht

    Agreement gave rights in NewFoundLand to Hudson bay
  • Treaty of Paris

    New France in Canada.
  • Northwest Company - 2nd trading company

    voyegeur - we will send our goods and you send back
  • United Empire Loyalists

  • War of 1812

    USA tried to invade Canada.
  • HBC + NWTC merge

  • Upper Canada + Lower Canada = Province of Canada.

  • Underground railroad

    more than 30.000 Slaves in the US went to Canada in secret way.
  • Bristish North America Act created confederation

    4 provinces were in Canada. Capital city: Quebec city, Toronto,
  • Manitoba Enters

    Capital city: winipeg
  • Northwest Territories

    C.C: Yellownight
  • Bristish Columbia enters Confederation

    Bristish Columbia enters Confederation
  • Prince Edward Island

    C.C: Charllottedown
  • McDonald

    he made a promise that he would connect Canada together by building railroad
  • Last Spike

    last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  • Yukon

    C.C: whitehorse
  • Nunavut

    C.C: Iqaluit
  • Alberta Enters Confederation

  • Statute of Westminster

  • New Foundland and labordoor

    C.C: St' John
  • Flags

  • New Constutition and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

    Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Frudeau + Queen elizabeth
  • Vikings Arrive