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1623, Sir George Calvert, Charter of Avalon 1763, the Treaty of Paris; 1851: The Freedom of Worship Act, R.S.Q. c. L-2; 1867: The British North America Act, 1867.; 1894–1947: attendance mandatory at Indian residential school system (a network of boarding schools) for Indigenous peoples to Christianize the aboriginal people of Canada thereby replacing their indigenous religious beliefs ...
St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the oldest Anglican church in Canada still standing, built in 1750. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous peoples followed a wide array of mostly animistic religions and spirituality; [13] [41] [14] [42] [15] [43] [44] "including the presence of creation stories, the role of tricksters or of supernatural beings in folklore and the importance ...
18 May – Fire destroys a large part of the town of Montreal, Quebec. [2] [3]The Stamp Act increases discontent. A Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City to protest the Act.
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The Quebec Act 1774 (French: Acte de Québec de 1774) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which set procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec.One of the principal components of the act was the expansion of the province's territory to take over part of the Indian Reserve, including much of what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts ...
Prior to 1784, the Bermuda Garrison had been placed under the military Commander-in-Chief America in New York during the American War of Independence, but was to become part of the Nova Scotia Command until the 1860s (in 1815, Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost was Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Upper ...
Freedom of religion in Canada is a constitutionally protected right, allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. [2]According to the 2021 census, Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with 53.3% of the population (more than half of these are Roman Catholic); one third of Canadians stated that they were irreligious or had no religion.
"Great Incouragement to Industry" - Nova Scotia's bounties on hay, hemp, flax and oats, plus "good and sufficient Stone Wall" on Halifax Peninsula [28] Because of dung and garbage that butchers leave in streets, Halifax will have public slaughterhouse to provide meat to public market [29]