Canadian Timeline

  • Oct 5, 1497

    Cabot's "discovery" of Newfoundland

  • Jul 24, 1534

    Cartier's discovery of Canada

  • Champlain founds Quebec City

  • Maisonneuve founds Montreal

  • Hudson Bay Company founded

  • Treaty of Utrecht

  • Battle of Louisbourg

  • Fall of Quebec (Battle of the Plains of Abraham)

  • Paris Treaty

  • Quebec Act

  • Northwest Company founded

  • Constitutional Act of 1791

  • Red River Settlement founded

  • End of War of 1812

  • Union Act

  • Responsible government created

  • Charlottetown Conference

  • Confederation of Canada

  • Manitoba joins Canada

  • Northwest Rebellion

  • Execution of Louis Riel

  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

  • Battle of Ypres II

  • Battle of the Somme

  • Armistice Day

  • Treaty of Versailles (signed)

  • Start of World War II

  • D-Day

  • Hitler's death

  • Victory in Europe Day (World War II)