Canadian History Key Events Timeline

  • Battle of Vimy Ridge

    The battle of Vimy Ridge was apart of the battle of Arras, it was won by the Canadians on April 12th, 1917.
  • Group of Seven Exhibit

    The Group of Seven was a group of modern Canadian artists established in 1920.
  • Second Stock Market Crash in Canada

    The stock exchange of North America was seized in late October 1929 and was followed by the Great Depression.
  • Canada declares war on Germany

    Canada declared war on Germany in September 1939, 9 days after the British Empire.
  • Japanese Relocation

    in 1942 around 22,000 Japanese-Canadian citizens were exiled to remote areas of eastern British Columbia.
  • Dieppe Raid

    During the Second World War, the Allied defences launched a tragic raid on the French beaches of Dieppe.
  • Normandy Landings: Juno Beach

    Juno beach was the beach, out of five, that the Canadians landed on during D-Day
  • Newfoundland becomes a province of Canada

    Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province in 1949.
  • Creation of NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and other Western European countries.
  • Korean War

    The Korean war was between South and North Korea, because of Canada's involvement in the UN Canadian military served in the Korean War.
  • Canada's first peacekeeping mission

    Canada engaged in its first peacekeeping mission in 1956 during the Suez Crisis.
  • The Quiet Revolution

    The Quiet Revolution was a time period in Quebec where they went through a lot of rapid political changes.
  • Terry Fox Run

    Terry Fox was diagnosed with cancer in March of 1977, he had a goal to run across Canada to help raise cancer awareness.
  • The closing of the last residential school in Canada

    The Gordon Residential School in Punnichy was the last residential school in Canada to close.
  • First Olympic medal won by a Canadian on Canadian soil

    Before Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal at the 2010 olympics Canada had never won a gold medal at their own Olympic games.