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Canada Under British Rule
Canada first came under British rule with the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ceded New France, of which Canada was a part, to the British Empire. Gradually, other territories, colonies, and provinces that were part of British North America would be added to Canada. -
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Confederation Canada
Post-Confederation Canada is the history of a new nation from its formation to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Canada had a population of 3.5 million, residing in the large expanse from Cape Breton to just beyond the Great Lakes, usually within a hundred miles or so of the Canada–US border. -
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Canada in the World Wars and Interwar Years
During the World wars and Interwar Years Canada experienced economic gain, more freedom for women and new technological advancements. -
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Second World War
Prosperity returned to Canada during the Second World War. With continued Liberal governments, national policies increasingly turned to social welfare, including universal health care, old-age pensions, and veterans' pensions. -
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Canada (1960–1981)
The history of Canada from 1960–1981 refers to the period immediately following the prosperous 1950s until the new constitution of 1982, the Canada Act. This is also when the flag was changed. -
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The Constitution
In 1982, the Canada Act was passed by the British parliament and granted Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II on March 29. The corresponding Constitution Act was passed by the Canadian parliament and granted Royal Assent by the Queen on April 17, thus patriating the Constitution of Canada, and marking one of Trudeau's last major acts before his resignation in 1984. Previously, the constitution has existed only as an act of British parliament, and the documents remained there. -
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Current
Many things are still the same to this day. Jean Chrétien became prime minister in the 1993 election, pledging to repeal the GST, although this proved unfeasible due to the economic circumstances at the time. In April 1982, a majority of Northwest Territories residents voted in favour of a division of the area, and the federal government gave a conditional agreement seven months later, and the transition to the new territory of Nunavut was completed on April 1, 1999.