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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
Voluntary student unionism (VSU), as it is known in Australia, or voluntary student membership (VSM), as it is known in New Zealand, is a policy under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary. Australia passed legislation [1] enacting VSU in 2005, which came into force on 1 July ...
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 historiography of Canada deals with the manner in which historians have depicted, analyzed, and debated the history of Canada. It also covers the popular memory of critical historical events, ideas and leaders, as well as the depiction of those events in museums , monuments, reenactments, pageants and historic sites .
Timeline of labour issues and events in Canada; Timeline of official languages policy in Canada; Timeline of LGBT history in Canada; M. Timeline of Manitoba history; O.
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.
April 21 – Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 (died 1921) May 8 – John Norquay, politician and 5th Premier of Manitoba (died 1889) August 3 – Juliana Horatio Ewing, poet and writer of children's novels set in Canada.(died ...
April 22 – Rita Johnston, politician, Canada's first female premier and 29th Premier of British Columbia; April 28 – Murray McBride, politician; May 5 – Billy Two Rivers, wrestler (d. 2023) May 7 – Isobel Warren, author; May 25 – W. P. Kinsella, novelist and short story writer (d. 2016) May 26 – Pat Carney, politician, minister and ...