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The value of the dollar continued to be set by reference to the British sovereign and the American eagle, at the rate of 4.8666 Canadian dollars equal to £1, and ten Canadian dollars equal to the ten-dollar American eagle, the same rates as set in the 1853 Province of Canada legislation.
This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada, comprising important social, economic, political, military, legal, and territorial changes and events in Canada and its predecessor states. Prehistory
1942 pictorial map of Canada, representing its natural wealth and resources. Scholars of Canadian economic history were heirs to the traditions that developed in Europe and the United States, but frameworks of study that worked well elsewhere often failed in Canada.
Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples , with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
The United States is by far Canada's largest trading partner, with more than $1.7 billion CAD in trade per day in 2005. [153] In 2009, 73% of Canada's exports went to the United States, and 63% of Canada's imports were from the United States. [154] Trade with Canada makes up 23% of the United States' exports and 17% of its imports. [155]
Canada produced its first gold dollar coins in 1912 in the form of $5 and $10. These coins were produced from 1912 to 1914. The obverse carries an image of King George V and on the reverse is a shield with the arms of the Dominion of Canada. Gold from the Klondike River valley in the Yukon accounts for much of the gold in the coins.
List of Recessions in Canada [2] Name Start End The Great Depression: April 1929 February 1933 Recession of 1937–1938: November 1937 June 1938 [3] Recession of 1949: August 1947 March 1948 Recession of 1951: April 1951 December 1951 Recession of 1953: July 1953 July 1954 Recession of 1958: March 1957 January 1958 Recession of 1960–1961 ...