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World War 1 Begins
The Great War had more than 70 million military personnel involved -
Battle Of Vimy Ridge
During the Battle of Vimy Ridge Canadians were more successful than the French and British, they pushed the Germans back and held Vimy Ridge and lost the lease soilders -
Conscription
Forced enlistment in the armed forces -
More Women win the Right to Vote
More women were allowed to vote in federal elections -
Wolrd War 1 Ends
World War 1 was in progress for 4 years ends with more than 9 million soilders/civillians dying -
Prohibition
Forbidden to drink alcohol -
The Discover of Insulin
Fredrick Banting and Charles Best discovered that insulin treats diabetes -
Black Thursday
Winnipeg Grain Exchange plummeted millions of dollars in profits were lost -
The Great Depression
Stock market crashes in New York Stock Exchang, price plummeted million of investors lost huge amount of money -
Pablum
Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake and Alan Brown developed Pablum, the first ready to eat precooked cereal for babies. Enriched with vitamins and minerals -
World War 2 Begins
The second world war with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised the deadliest conflict in human history -
Battle of Atlantic
The Battle of Atlantic was the longest and most important battle of World War 2. German U-boats hunted the convoys in groups called wolf packs. Their goal was to stop the flow of supplies to Britain. Canadian navy's job was to escort convoys halfway across the North Atlantic. -
D-Day
The Allies launched the biggest invasion in history. The invasion force included 156000 troops with tanks,trucks and other equipment, as well as 6500 ships and 12000 aircraft -
Liberation of the Netherlands
Canadian soilders pushed the Germans back and made them surrender -
World War 2 Ends
The second world war was in progress for 6 years ended with more than 70 million soilder/civillians dying -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea to spread communism to South Korea and unite the country -
The Suez Crisis
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba pointing at the US -
October Crisis
The Front de Liberation du Quebec used terrorism to promote an independent, started a bombing campign that killed a number of people. On October 5 1970 they kidnapped James Cross vthe British trade comissioner. Five days later another FLQ group Pierre Laporte. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau used the war measure act to ban the FLQ and arest more than 450 people. Laporte's body was found in the trunk of a car on October 17. -
Bill 101
Since Quebec had no offical language the Bill 101 made French the offical language of Quebec -
First Female Prime Minister
Kim Campbell becomes the first female and 19th Prime Minister, but her Conservative party's defeat in an election means she only held office from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 132 days -
NAFTA
Canada, the United States and Mexico launch the North American Free Trade Agreement as of 2010 the trade bloc is the largest in the world -
Quebec Referendum 1995
The second referendum held by the people of Quebec to vote wether to seperate from Canada or not -
Creation of Nunavut
A private federal corporation established to ensure implementation of the 1993 Nunavut Lands Claim Agreement. The Inuit Tapirisat of Canada placed the original comprehensive claim before the Federal Government of Canada -
9/11
On September 11 2001 19 terriorst from al Qaeda hijacked 4 airplanes and attacked the twin towers of the world trade center even though this happened in the US it affected greatly on Canadians
