150 years of Canada : year-by-year fascinating facts
-- One hundred and fifty years of Canada
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On Canada's 150th birthday, we remember some of the most fascinating and important events and people in Canada's history year by year: - On July 1, 1867, the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were united into the Dominion of Canada under the British North America Act and then divided into the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - In a fierce battle that took place from April 9-12, 1917, Canadians took Vimy Ridge in a nation-defining battle in France during World War I - On October 18, 1929, women were officially declared "persons" under the law after Canada's Famous Five women took their case all the way to the Privy Council of England - Newfoundland was the last colony to join Confederation on March 31, 1949 - On September 28, 1972, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada against the Soviet Union in the Summit Series of Hockey - On December 14, 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made public its final report with 94 Calls to Action to "redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation" - Throughout the spring and summer of 1980, Terry Fox became Canada's hero; his Marathon of Hope raised millions of dollars for cancer research, a legacy carried on to this day - On April 1, 1999, Nunavut was made a separate territory, resulting in the map of Canada as we now know it - At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, the Red Ensign was lowered, and the Maple Leaf was raised as Canada's new flag. And so many more...
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On Canada's 150th birthday, we remember some of the most fascinating and important events and people in Canada's history year by year: - On July 1, 1867, the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were united into the Dominion of Canada under the British North America Act and then divided into the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - In a fierce battle that took place from April 9-12, 1917, Canadians took Vimy Ridge in a nation-defining battle in France during World War I - On October 18, 1929, women were officially declared "persons" under the law after Canada's Famous Five women took their case all the way to the Privy Council of England - Newfoundland was the last colony to join Confederation on March 31, 1949 - On September 28, 1972, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada against the Soviet Union in the Summit Series of Hockey - On December 14, 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission made public its final report with 94 Calls to Action to "redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation" - Throughout the spring and summer of 1980, Terry Fox became Canada's hero; his Marathon of Hope raised millions of dollars for cancer research, a legacy carried on to this day - On April 1, 1999, Nunavut was made a separate territory, resulting in the map of Canada as we now know it - At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, the Red Ensign was lowered, and the Maple Leaf was raised as Canada's new flag. And so many more...
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Content Note
The 1860s : birth of a nation and rebellion -- The 1870s : growth of a nation, the North-West Mounted Police and building a railway -- The 1880s : O Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway and another rebellion -- The 1890s : the Stanley Cup, Manitoba schools and the Klondike gold rush -- The 1990s : National pride, new provinces and the Grey Cup -- The 1910s : Parks Canada, an Arctic expedition, World War I and women's suffrage -- The 1920s : The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Banting and Best, the King-Byng affair and the persons case -- The 1930s : Depression, Quintland and the CBC -- The 1940s : World War II, Viola Desmond, Alberta oil and Newfoundland -- The 1950s : Korea, the Richard riot, Suez peacekeeping and no more Avro Arrow -- The 1960s : Quiet Revolution, Tim Hortons, the maple leaf flag and Canada's centennial -- The 1970s : metric conversion, the October Crisis, Hockey supremacy and NHL expansion -- The 1980s : Terry Fox, Canada in space, the constitution and Gretzky gone -- The 1990s : the Oka crisis, cod collapse, the Québec Referendum and Nunavut -- The 2000s : Afghanistan, BlackBerry and marriage equality -- The 2010s : political shifts, no more penny, terror in Ottawa and the sesquicentennial.