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Treaty of Paris seals the fall of New France; New France becomes Quebec
Quebec Act passed; James Cook reaches Vancouver Island
40,000 United Empire Loyalists arrive; Province of New Brunswick formed
York (Toronto) founded; George Vancouver explores west coast
Slave Trade Act outlaws slave trade; Quebec newspaper Le Canadian founded
United States declares war on Britain; Americans burn York
First Welland Canal completed; Last of the Beothuks dies
Rideau Canal opens; York renamed Toronto; Upper Canada Rebellion; Slavery Abolition Act outlaws slavery
Upper and Lower Canada unite into Province of Canada; Franklin expedition ends in disaster
Canada's first postage stamp issued; Ottawa chosen as capital of Province of Canada
Fenian Raids; British North America Act; Thomas D'Arcy McGee assassinated
Manitoba joins Confederation; Pacific scandal; First organized game of hockey played in Montreal
North-West Rebellion; Louis Riel executed; Canadian Pacific Railway finished
Sir John A. Macdonald dies; Gold discovered in the Klondike; Stanley Cup established
Alberta and Saskatchewan join Confederation; Canada Dry gingerale bottled for first time; Tom Longboat wins Boston Marathon
Royal Canadian Navy formed; Halifax Explosion; Empress of Ireland sinks in the St. Lawrence
Group of Seven artists hold first exhibition; William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister; Bluenose launched
R.B. Bennett elected Prime Minister; Cairine Wilson becomes first female Senator; Bank of Canada formed
Raid on Dieppe; Japanese Canadian internment; Prospectors strike oil in Leduc, Alberta
Lester B. Pearson elected president of United Nations General Assembly; Second and third Springhill Mine Disaster; Rise and fall of the Avro Arrow
Legislation passed to begin Medicare program; Last executions take place; Expo in Montreal
Pierre Laporte murdered (October Crisis); CN Tower completed; Highway signs switch to Metric system
Terry Fox dies; Oil rig Ocean Ranger sinks off Newfoundland; Marc Garneau becomes First Canadian in space
GST introduced; Confederation Bridge to P.E.I. completed; Nunavut created
Sponsorship Scandal; Four soldiers killed in Friendly Fire Incident; Montreal Expos move
Vancouver Olympics; Stanley Cup riots; Parliament Hill shootings
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