Timeline of Canada

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  • Date of Confederation

    Manitoba and the North-West Territories were sold to Canada together by the Hudson Bay company because of the railway that was offered.

  • Manitoba was added to the Confederation

    Manitoba was added to the Confederation of Canada because they wanted to make a railway from the east and the west.

  • Brittish-Columbia was added to the Confederation

    British-Columbia was added to the Confederation of Canada because John A. McDonald promised to build the railroad through it to link it to the rest of Canada.

  • Prince Edward Island joined the confederation

    In 1867 Prince Edward Island turned down the offer to join the confederation and remained part of the Great Britain. In 1873 they joined because Canada offered to pay for the construction of the railroad that links them to Canada.

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  • sometime in1889 Ontario expanded

  • Yukon joined the confederation

  • Describe changes in the 1900s

    All the changes in the confederation during the 1900s were that Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nunuvut were added as part of Canada.

  • Saskatchewan and Alberta joined the confederation

    Saskacthewan and Alberta were added to the confederation because Canada wanted to run a railroad through them because of the flat ground on the praries.

  • Nunuvut became a territory

    Nunuvut became a territory in 1999 when Northwest Territories split and became two.