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Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot lands in Eastern Canada
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration ... -
May 10, 1534
Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St.Lawrence
Cartier was the most famous of the early French explorers.He made 3 trips to to the new world..In his first voyage in 1534,he explored the gulf of St.Lawrence to find a route to Asia.But he was failed. -
Samuel de Champlain builds a fort of Quebec
In 1608, Samuel returened to New France and built a "Habitation" at Quebec.This was a good location for a sattlement because it was located where the St.Lawrence River narrows and it was closer to Indian country than Tadoussac. -
Hustan's Bay Company is granted all the lands
In May, 1670 granted the lands of the Hudson Bay watershed to “the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson Bay.” -
The Treaty of Utrecht signed
The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht,signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713. The treaties between several European states, including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy and the Dutch Republic, helped end the war.the pace of negotia -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
The North West Company is established
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced to merge. In 1987, the northern trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company were sold to an employee consortium that revived the name T -
War of 1812 to Feb16,1815
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its American Indian allies. -
The North West Company and the Hudson's Company merge
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced to merge. In 1987, the northern trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company were sold to an employee consortium that revived the name T -
Provence Canada
Upper Canada and Lower Canda unite to become the Province of Canada.The United Canadas was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. -
Brithish North America Act
Four colonies united to become Dominion of Canada.They are New Brunswick,Quebec,Ontario and Nova Scotia -
Monitoba Act
Monitoba is province and part of Canada.An act of the Parliament of Canada that is defined by the Constitution Act, 1982[1] as forming a part of the Constitution of Canada. -
British Columbia joins Confederation
British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada. Originally politically constituted as a pair of British colonies, British Columbia joined Canadian Confederation on July 20, 1871. -
Prince Edward Island joins confederation
Prince Edward Island joined confederation.North West Mounted Police established. -
Last Spike Driven
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Yukon Territory established
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Alberta and Saskathewan
Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established. -
Statute of Westminster
Statute of Westminster gave Canada autonomy from Britain -
Newfoundland
Newfoundland joined Confederation. -
MapleLeaf
Maple Leaf became Canda's flag. -
Rights and Freedoms
New Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms -
1000AD-Vikings come to Canada
Canada was first dicovered by the Vikings.In the year 981, a Norseman ,Bjarni,was sailing from Norway to his father's settlement in Greenland. Because of the storm, he and his men sighted the wooded shores of Newfoundland.
