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Old boundaries were restored, free practice of Catholicism was guaranteed, and property and civil laws were to be decided according to traditional Canadian laws (thus preserving the Seigneurial system of New France for land ownership), with other matters of law left to English Common Law. The province was left to be governed by a legislative ...
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.
January 1 Maurice Nadon is appointed as the 16th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), becoming the first French Canadian to hold the post. [3] [4]The Canadian Stock Exchange merges with the Montreal Stock Exchange, with the merged entity operating under the latter name.
Canada Day, [a] formerly known as Dominion Day, [b] is the national day of Canada.A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British ...
June 6 – Bernard Drainville, Canadian journalist and politician; June 17 – Sandra Greaves, judoka; June 23 – Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper; June 24 – Barbara Underhill, pairs figure skater and World Champion; June 25 – Doug Gilmour, ice hockey player and coach; June 25 – Yann Martel, author [3]
October 16 – At midnight after a year and a half of conciliation the Canadian Union of Postal Workers goes on strike. October 16 – Fifteen federal by-elections are held across the country. The governing Liberals lose five seats, which leads to a general election the following May.
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.
The rollout is completely overshadowed by the flight of Sputnik I the same day. October 12 – Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis; October 14: Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so [3] Thanksgiving is moved to its current date, the second Monday in October