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30,000 BCE
Aboriginals arrive on North American by travelling across a land bridge of the Bering Strait.
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1000 CE
Leif Ericsson and other Vikings visit Newfoundland and Labrador.
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1497 CE
John Cabot claims Cape Breton Island for Henry VII of England.
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1498 CE
Cabot makes his second voyage to North America.
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1534 CE
French explorer, Cartier's first voyage.
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1535-36 CE
Cartier's second voyage.
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1541 CE
Cartier's third voyage.
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1577 CE
Martin Frobisher of England makes the first of three attempts to find the northwest passage,
sailing as far as Hudson Strait.
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1608 CE
Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec City.
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1663 CE
Quebec becomes a royal province.
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1666 CE
Canada's first census counts 3215 non-native inhabitants in 668 families.
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1670 CE
The Hudson's Bay Company is formed and granted trade rights over all territory draining into Hudson
Bay.
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1701 CE
The beginning of the collapse of New France.
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1752 CE
March 23 issue of the Halifax Gazette, first newspaper in what would become Canada.
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1753 CE
General George Washington's military expedition to the Monogahela is defeated by the French.
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1759 CE
General Wolfe takes Quebec, defeating Montcalm o the Plains of Abraham. Both are killed.
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1763 CE
France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris.
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1791 CE
The Constitution Act divides Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
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1857 CE
Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
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1867 CE
Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament.
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1875 CE
The Supreme Court of Canada is established.
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1897 CE
Klondike gold rush.
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1898 CE
Yukon becomes a territory.
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1905 CE
Alberta becomes a province.
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1905 CE
Saskatchewan becomes a province.
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1916 CE
Manitoba women become first women in Canada to vote.
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1917 CE
Halifax harbour explosion.
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1918 CE
Canadian women over 21 gain right to vote federally.
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1949 CE
Newfoundland becomes a province.
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1960 CE
Canadian Bill of Rights.
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1965 CE
Canada adopts maple leaf flag.
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1982 CE
New constitution for Canada, including the Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Canada is free.
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1999 CE
Nunavut becomes a territory.
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2003 CE
Canada wins world hockey title.
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