History of Canada
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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. He met a Native Chief called Donnacona. |
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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, |
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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 |
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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. |
