Timeline of Canada's international relationship events that are significant to Canadian History
By hk200s
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A federal union where British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and at the time the Province of Canada joined together to create the Dominion of Canada. -
This dispute took place between Canada and the U,S over the boundary of Southeastern Alaska and the coastal area of British Colombia. The Dispute was ended by a tribunal on October 20 1903 -
The First World War started in 1914 and lasted until 1918, it is remembered as one of the bloodiest conflicts in Canadian history having took the lives of over 61,000 Canadians. -
Canada would join the second world war on September 10th 1939, Canada would play a crucial part in the Battle of the Atlantic, over 43,000 Canadians would lose their lives over the course of the war. -
Canada would help co-found the United Nations on January 1st 1942, 26 countries including Canada pledged to continue fighting the Axis powers, as the war came to a close the group created a charter by 50 countries. -
Canada would join NATO on April 4, 1949. It would be Canada's first peacetime military alliance, it would place Canada in a security arrangement with countries like the United States. -
Canada had begun Peacekeeping in 1956, resolving the Suez Canal crisis being one of the biggest operations the country takes part in. Lester Pearson who was the secretary of external affairs at the time, he sent a reconnaissance unit with signals and supply troops and helped airlift personnel and cargo, being a vital success to the UN mission.
Pearson would eventually earn a noble peace prize for resolving the conflict peacefully. -
The Canada Act would formally end British Power in the Canadian legislate, the Act was approved by the British Parliament on March 25 1982, and Proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth the second on April 25 of the same year. -
The agreement was brought into force on January 1,1989, the key elements of the agreement include the eliminations of Tariffs and reduction of non-tariff barriers. This agreement was superseded by the NAFTA agreement which is an updated version of the free trade agreement changed to include Mexico in the agreement. -
The APEC agreement forum created in 1989 has become a major economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region, the primary purpose to promote sustainable economic growth as well as prosperity in the Asia-Pacific regions. -
Canada took part in this war alongside the U.S on January 15,1991, where Canada assisted in many ways such as through air operations, naval operations, ground combat and creating the first Canadian field hospital, A ceasefire was declared by President Bush on February 28,1991. -
In early October of 2001, Canada would pledge its full support to the international fight against terrorism and joined UN coalition, dozens of countries would join the coalition, and The CAF would launch operation Apollo and would help contribute land,air,and sea forces. This would also be known as the War in Afghanistan -
CETA is an agreement that allows Canada to perform trading over in the EU region more freely with certain benefits being Competitiveness, Access to new clients and an important benefit reduced trade barriers. -
When COVID protocols were introduced in Canada to help combat the spread of the virus there was stuff before it like mandatory masks in public spaces and the closure of the borders and travel.
Canada had over the course of the pandemic work alongside countries like the U.S to roll out the COVID vaccine that would help with countering the virus.