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Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
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Canadian Parliament agrees to buy Rupert's Land - All the Hudson's Bay Company territory.
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Riel establishes a legal provisional government in Rupert's Land.
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Thomas Scott executed on orders of Riel.
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Manitoba joins Confederation. The new province was much smaller than today's Manitoba.
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British Columbia joins Confederation.
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Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: Prince Edward Island
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Prime Minister Sir John Macdonald resigns as a result of scandal over the partial financing of the Conservative election campaign by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
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Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
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The Boer War in South Africa stars, fought between Dutch Afrikaners (Boers) and the British. Seven thousand Canadian volunteers fight on the British side., fought between Dutch Afrikaners (Boers) and the British. Seven thousand Canadian volunteers fight on the British side.
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Canada wins an Olympic gold medal in soccer. Though known more as a country that specialized in hockey, a team from Galt, Ontario, defeated the Americans for gold at the Olympics in St. Louis.
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Canadian Hospital ship Llandovery Castle sunk by German U-Boat. Life boats were pursued and sunk. 234 were killed, including 14 nursing sisters. 24 survived. This attack proved a rallying cry for the Canadian troops for the rest of the war.
