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Some Canadians were, by the early 1980s, informally referring to the holiday as Canada Day, [n 2] a practice that caused some controversy: [34] Proponents argued that the name Dominion Day was a holdover from the colonial era—an argument given some impetus by the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982—and others asserted that an ...
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.
Year Date Event Ref. to 14,000 BCE At some unknown time prior to this date, Paleo-Indians moved across the Beringia land bridge from eastern Siberia into northwest North America, settling in some areas of Alaska and the Yukon, [1] but are blocked from further travel south into the continent by extensive glaciation.
September 9 - Albert Guay affair: in-flight bombing of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau; September 14 - The Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118
In 1982, the Canada Act was passed by the British parliament and granted Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II on March 29. The corresponding Constitution Act was passed by the Canadian parliament and granted Royal Assent by the Queen on April 17, thus patriating the Constitution of Canada, and marking one of Trudeau's last major acts before his resignation in 1984.
July 22 – Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive the Royal Victorian Chain. July 25–27 – The first First Ministers conference is held. August 10 – The Canadian Bill of Rights is given royal assent. September – York University's first class begins learning. September 19 – The University of Calgary is founded.
First Canadian Place opens in Toronto Colin Thatcher , who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly . In June, 1975 Ovivo , a water and wastewater treatment and purification company, is founded in Quebec as Laperrière & Verreault Inc. (rebranded in 2010).
May 6 - Jon Montgomery, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of The Amazing Race Canada; May 9 - Pierre Bouvier, singer; May 10 - Dion Lavhey, Montreal Canadiens player; May 11 - Erin Lang, singer-songwriter and guitarist; May 12 - Adrian Serioux, soccer player; May 20 - Andrew Scheer, politician; June 1 - Craig ...