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The North-West Mounted Police is established to enforce Canadian sovereignty of the Northwest Territories. [62] 1 July: Prince Edward Island enters Confederation as the seventh province. [63] 3 October: Treaty 3 is signed between the Ojibwe First Nations and the Canadian Crown, surrendering lands in Northwestern Ontario (present-day) and ...
These movements have also assumed that Canada's northern territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut) would also be a part of a new Western Canadian union. Parties advocating Western separation include the Western Canada Concept, the Western Independence Party, and the Western Block Party. These parties have not achieved much success ...
1920 Olympics. April 26 – The Winnipeg Falcons representing Canada beat Sweden 12–1 to win the gold medal for ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. August 18 – Earl Thomson wins a gold medal in Men's 110 m Hurdles at the Athletics; August 23 – Bert Schneider wins a gold medal for Canada in the Boxing Welterweight at the 1920 ...
The Constitution Act, 1982, via the Canada Act 1982, made Canada completely independent of the United Kingdom, removing the requirement to involve the British parliament in amending the Canadian constitution. October 12, 1984 The International Court of Justice decided the maritime border with the United States in the Gulf of Maine. [60]
At its founding convention, Canadian Trotskyite tells Workers Party of Canada it will unify labour for international revolution [17] Call for women to fight capitalism, "the home-wrecker" [18] Premier details origins and successes of prohibition in Ontario [19] Film: creating playgrounds and recreation centres for child supervision [20]
Sovereigntism and sovereignty are terms that refer to the modern movement in favour of the political independence of Quebec, which can be traced to the Alliance Laurentienne of 1957, the writings of historian Lionel Groulx in the 1920s, the Francoeur Motion of 1917, and premier of Quebec Honoré Mercier's raising the idea of self-determination ...
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a pivotal battle during the French and Indian War over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada.. 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.
February 24 – The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods. April 13 – Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland. May 28 – Roddick Gates unveiled in Montreal. June 2 – 1925 Saskatchewan general election: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority