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The formation of the National Hockey League was not a big deal in the life of Canada in
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| For Tommy, like most young men on Canadian reserves, World War II meant the chance for a job and three square meals a day. |
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1763 - Murray Becomes Governor
James Murray was named Governor of Québec. However, his willingness to allow French law and custom in the courts made him unpopular and led to his recall in April 1766. He left Canada in June. |
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"If we don't define ourselves, we are going to let others define us."
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The oldest surviving official Canadian document is the pardon of mariner Aussillon de Sauveterre, signed by Pierre de Roberval on 9 September 1542. Sauveterre had been accused of killing a sailor. |
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Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.
Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.
The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.
This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.
This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.
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| Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at ... |
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| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
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| Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the NORTH-WEST REBELLION (b at Red River ... |
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| The Group of Seven was founded in 1920 as an organization of self-proclaimed modern artists. The original members - ... |
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| Sir John Alexander Macdonald, lawyer, businessman, politician, first prime minister of Canada (b at Brunswick Place, ... |
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| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
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| John Ware, "Nigger John," horseman, rancher (b near Georgetown, SC 1845; d near Brooks, Alta 11 Sept 1905). ... |
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| Créditistes, Québec party involved in federal politics. For nearly 2 decades before its 1958 formation ... |
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| Julia Verlyn LaMarsh, "Judy," lawyer, politician, broadcaster, novelist (b at Chatham, Ont 20 Dec 1924; d at ... |
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