- 1534
| Jul 24 | Explorer Jacques Cartier lands in Canada and claims it for France. | Ref: 10 |
- 1535
| Oct 02 | Having landed in Quebec a month ago, Jacques Cartier reaches a town, which he names Montreal. | Ref: 2 |
- 1608
| Jul 03 | The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain. | Ref: 70 |
- 1633
| May 23 | By French edict, only Catholic settlers were permitted permanent residence within the country known as New France (called "Canada" today), thus ending 30 years of attempted colonization by Huguenots (Protestants). | Ref: 5 |
- 1641
| Oct 15 | Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal. | Ref: 5 |
- 1642
| May 06 | Ville Marie (Montréal) forms. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | The Canadian city of Montreal was founded. | Ref: 5 |
- 1672
| May 17 | Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada). | Ref: 5 |
- 1685
| Nov 17 | Pierre Gaultier La Verendrye, French-Canadian soldier, fur trader and explorer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1694
| Oct 23 | American colonial forces led by Sir William Phips, fail in their attempt to seize Quebec. | Ref: 2 |
- 1701
| Jul 15 | Pierre Joubert became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1744
| Oct 06 | James McGill, Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, merchant and politician | Ref: 70 |
- 1749
| Dec 05 | Pierre Gaultier La Verendrye, French-Canadian soldier, fur trader and explorer, dies at age 64. | Ref: 4 |
- 1755
| Oct 24 | A British expedition against the French held Fort Niagara in Canada ends in failure. | Ref: 2 |
- 1758
| Jul 26 | British forces capture France's Fortress of Louisbourg in Canada after a seven-week siege. | Ref: 2 |
| Sep 02 | The first Anglican service of worship to be held on Canadian soil was led by Rev. Robert Wolfall at Frobisher Bay, on Baffin Island. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 18 | James Abercromby is replaced as supreme commander of British forces after his defeat by French commander the Marquis of Montcalm at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War. Quebec is formally surrendered to the British. | Ref: 2 |
- 1759
| Jul 25 | British capture Fort Niagara in Canada from French (7 Years' War). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | British troops under General James Wolfe defeat the French under Montcalm on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec. Wolfe is killed, Canada becomes English. | Ref: 2 |
- 1760
| Apr 28 | French forces besieging Quebec defeat the British in the second battle on the Plains of Abraham. | Ref: 2 |
- 1763
| Feb 10 | The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War. France gives up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands. | Ref: 2 |
- 1766
| Jul 24 | At Fort Ontario, Canada, Ottawa chief Pontiac and William Johnson sign a peace agreement. | Ref: 2 |
- 1783
| May 09 | Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1791
| Jun 10 | The Canada Constitution Act is passed by the British Parliament; Canada is divided into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. | Ref: 17 |
- 1792
| Dec 17 | Opening of first legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Québec City. | Ref: 5 |
- 1793
| Jul 22 | Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean after crossing Canada. | Ref: 62 |
- 1803
| Aug 15 | Sir James Douglas father of British Columbia, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1804
| May 12 | Robert Baldwin (L) helped establish cabinet government in Canada, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Joseph Howe, Canadian statesman and publisher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1813
| Dec 19 | James McGill, Scottish-born Canadian fur trader, merchant and politician, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
- 1814
| Sep 06 | Sir George Cartier (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1815
| Jan 11 | Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada (1867-73), is born in Glasgow, Scotland. | Ref: 68 |
- 1817
| Sep 06 | Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt a Canadian founding father, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1818
| Jan 17 | Sir Antoine Dorion (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | George Brown Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1820
| Aug 12 | Oliver Mowat a founder of the Canadian Confederation, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1821
| Mar 12 | Sir John Abbott Québec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian Prime Minister (1891-92), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Charles Tupper (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1822
| Jan 28 | Alexander MacKenzie (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78), is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1823
| Dec 27 | Sir Mackenzie Boswell, Canadian prime minister, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1825
| Feb 22 | Russia and Britain establish the Alaska/Canada boundary. | Ref: 2 |
- 1826
| Aug 19 | The Canada Company is chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario). | Ref: 5 |
- 1831
| Mar 31 | Québec & Montréal incorporate. | Ref: 5 |
- 1834
| Mar 06 | Toronto, formerly known as York, is incorporated as a city with controversial Canadian politician William Lyon Mackenzie as its first mayor. | Ref: 3 |
- 1837
| Mar 24 | Canada gives blacks the right to vote. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | James Douglas, Canadian industrialist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo. | Ref: 5 |
- 1838
| Mar 03 | Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada. | Ref: 5 |
- 1839
| Sep 11 | First Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds). | Ref: 5 |
- 1840
| Jul 23 | Parliament acts to unite upper and lower Canada. | Ref: 62 |
- 1841
| Jun 14 | First Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | Sir Wilfred Laurier eighth Prime Minister of Canada [1896-1911]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1842
| Aug 09 | The Webster-Ashburn treaty fixes the border between Maine and Canada's New Brunswick. | Ref: 2 |
- 1843
| Feb 03 | Sir William C. Van Horne, American-bn. Canadian railway official, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1844
| Nov 10 | Sir John SD Thompson (C), 4th PM of Canada (1892-94), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1845
| Jan 14 | Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/Governor-General Canada, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1847
| May 14 | Sir Frederick Borden, Canadian statesman; helped create Canadian navy, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1854
| Jun 26 | Sir Robert Laird Borden (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1857
| Dec 31 | Britain's Queen Victoria decides to make Ottawa the capital of Canada. | Ref: 70 |
- 1858
| Jan 01 | Canada begins using decimal currency system. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | British Columbia constituted a British Crown Colony. | Ref: 10 |
| Aug 07 | Ottowa becomes the capital of Canada. | Ref: 10 |
| Dec 12 | First Canadian coins circulated (1¢, 5¢, 10¢ & 20¢). | Ref: 5 |
- 1860
| Aug 14 | Ernest Thompson Seton, British/Canadian naturalist and writer; helped found the Boy Scouts of America, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1863
| Aug 12 | First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area). | Ref: 5 |
- 1864
| Nov 09 | First export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country. | Ref: 5 |
- 1866
| Jun 01 | Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec. | Ref: 5 |
- 1867
| Mar 29 | The British Parliament passes the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | This is the day the Confederation of Upper and Lower Canada and the Maritime Provinces became the Dominion of Canada. This Canadian national holiday is known as Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 28 | Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold first meeting. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Ontario & Québec legislatures hold first meeting. | Ref: 5 |
- 1869
| Apr 09 | Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 19 | Canadian Government purchases northwest territories from Hudson Bay Company. | Ref: 10 |
- 1870
| Jan 27 | Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Manitoba becomes a province of Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 03 | Richard B Bennett (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated. | Ref: 5 |
- 1871
| Apr 14 | Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 20 | British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province. | Ref: 5 |
- 1872
| Apr 08 | Ray (O. Raymond) Knight ‘Father of Canadian Rodeo’: conceived, coined, organized first Canadian stampede (rodeo); town of Raymond, Alberta Canada named for him. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 14 | Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act. | Ref: 5 |
- 1873
| Mar 09 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Canada's North West Mounted Police Force (RCMPF) forms. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | Joseph Howe, Canadian statesman and publisher, dies at age 68. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 22 | Prince Edward Island joins Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province. | Ref: 5 |
- 1874
| Jun 16 | Arthur Meighen (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Arthur Meighen Canada, PM of Canada (1920,1,6), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | William Lyon Mackenzie King (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1875
| Aug 26 | John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, writer and governor general of Canada, famous for his book The Thirty-Nine Steps, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 17 | Violent bread riots in Montreal. | Ref: 5 |
- 1882
| Feb 01 | Louis St Laurent Compton Québec Canada, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1883
| Jan 16 | Québec Rugby Football Union forms. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902). | Ref: 5 |
- 1884
| Feb 07 | Canadian Rugby Football Union forms. | Ref: 5 |
- 1885
| Mar 19 | Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Saskatchewan. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against the Canadian government. | Ref: 2 |
| May 15 | Canadian Méti insurgent Louis Riel captured, Saskatchewan. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 07 | The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed when the last spike was driven at Craigellachie in British Columbia. The 2,980-mile transcontinental railroad started in Montreal, Quebec, running between Montreal and Port Moody, B.C. | Ref: 4 |
- 1886
| Jan 15 | Weekly Herald, first Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Vancouver, BC was founded by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | M A Maclean elected first mayor of Vancouver British Columbia. | Ref: 5 |
- 1888
| Apr 28 | Henry Crerar Canadian General (WWI/Italy/Netherlands), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia. | Ref: 5 |
- 1889
| Oct 29 | Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC. | Ref: 5 |
- 1891
| Feb 10 | Harold first Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1945-52), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 06 | Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada (1867-73), dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 19 | Canadian Rugby Union forms. | Ref: 5 |
- 1892
| Apr 17 | Alexander MacKenzie, Canadian PM (1873-8), dies. | Ref: 68 |
- 1893
| Oct 28 | Sir John Abbott PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 30 | Sir John Abbott, Canadian lawyer, statesman and conservative prime minister (1891-92) of Canada, dies at age 72. | Ref: 5 |
- 1895
| Sep 18 | John (George) Diefenbaker Canadian Prime Minister [1957-1963]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1896
| Apr 04 | Announcement of Gold in the Yukon. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Government of Canada takes possession of all Hudson Bay Company property. | Ref: 10 |
- 1898
| Jun 13 | Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital. | Ref: 5 |
- 1900
| Feb 20 | Graham Spry St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1901
| May 23 | Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent. | Ref: 5 |
- 1902
| Jun 15 | Canada's Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time. | Ref: 5 |
- 1903
| Jun 12 | Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Paul Joseph Martin, Canadian politician and diplomat, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 20 | The Joint Commission, set up on January 24 by Great Britain and the United States to arbitrate the disputed Alaskan boundary, rules in favor of the United States. The deciding vote is Britain's, which embitters Canada. The United States gains ports on the panhandle coast of Alaska. | Ref: 2 |
- 1905
| Sep 01 | Alberta and Saskatchewan entered the Confederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada. | Ref: 5 |
- 1906
| Mar 15 | Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time. | Ref: 5 |
- 1907
| Sep 03 | Andrew Brewin Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1908
| Jan 02 | Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | University of Alberta opens. | Ref: 5 |
- 1910
| May 04 | Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Canada sets the designs for the 1¢-50¢ coins. | Ref: 5 |
- 1911
| Feb 22 | Canadian Parliament votes to preserve the union with the British Empire. | Ref: 2 |
| Dec 29 | Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins. | Ref: 5 |
- 1913
| Apr 04 | Jules Leger, Governor-General of Canada, 1974-79, is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1915
| Sep 11 | Sir William C. Van Horne, American-bn. Canadian railway official, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
- 1916
| Feb 03 | Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Jean Drapeau mayor of Montréal (1954-1957, 1960-1986), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1917
| Jan 02 | Royal Bank of Canada takes over Québec Bank. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Sir Frederick Borden, Canadian statesman; helped create Canadian navy, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 10 | Sir Mackenzie Boswell, Canadian prime minister, dies at age 93. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 17 | Coalition government of Sir Robert Borden is returned and considered confirmed in Canada. | Ref: 38 |
| Dec 31 | (Prohibition) Canadian prohibition | Ref: 62 |
- 1918
| Feb 17 | Wilfrid Laurier Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | James Douglas, Canadian industrialist, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 20 | Jean Marchand, Canadian politician, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1919
| Feb 17 | Sir Wilfred Laurier eighth Prime Minister of Canada [1896-1911]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 18 | Pierre Elliot Trudeau (L) 15th Canadian PM (1968-79, 1980-84), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1920
| Feb 01 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | New Canadian small cent coin is released. | Ref: 5 |
- 1921
| Feb 14 | Canadian 5¢ nickel coin is authorized. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM. | Ref: 5 |
- 1922
| Apr 26 | Jeanne Sauvé first female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | Rene Levesque, Canadian pro-independence premier of Quebec (1976-85), is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 11 | Canada's Vernon McKenzie urges to fight U.S. propaganda with taxes on U.S. magazines. | Ref: 2 |
- 1924
| Mar 27 | Canada recognizes the USSR. | Ref: 5 |
- 1925
| May 21 | Canadians allow to beer sales. | Ref: 5 |
- 1926
| Nov 10 | Vincent Massey becomes first Canadian minister to USA. | Ref: 5 |
- 1927
| Feb 18 | US & Canada begin diplomatic relations. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 12 | Canada is admitted to the League of Nations. | Ref: 2 |
- 1929
| Jan 02 | The United States and Canada reach agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | John Turner Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | The Judicial Committee of England’s Privy Council rules that women were to be considered as persons in Canada. Previously, under English common law, women were persons in matters of pains and penalties, but were not persons in matters of rights and privileges. | Ref: 4 |
- 1930
| Aug 16 | The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games. | Ref: 4 |
- 1931
| Feb 28 | Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint. | Ref: 5 |
- 1932
| Jul 18 | US & Canada signed a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway. | Ref: 5 |
- 1933
| Jul 14 | Robert Bourassa Montreal, premier of Quebec (1970-76, 1985- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony. | Ref: 5 |
- 1934
| Jan 11 | Jean Chrétien Canada PM (Liberal, 1993- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1935
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| Apr 12 | Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Canada's first silver dollar is circulated. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | First radio quiz program in history airs in Canada. | Ref: 10 |
- 1939
| Mar 20 | Brian Mulroney (P-C) 18th Prime Minister of Canada (1984-93), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 05 | Charles ‘Joe’ Clark, 16th Prime Minister of Canada [1979-1980]: the youngest to hold that post | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 07 | Canadian Parliament meets in a special session, to discuss the war in Europe. | |
| Sep 25 | Canada's premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, calls a general election in a month's time. He claims that proclamations made by the federal government under the War Measures Act are a violation of provincial rights. | |
- 1940
| Feb 01 | Herve Filion sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | John Buchan first Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1941
| Jan 03 | Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament. | Ref: 5 |
- 1942
| Mar 03 | First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 18 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service. | Ref: 5 |
- 1943
| Jun 20 | New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | David Peterson Toronto Ontario, premier of Ontario Canada (L) (1982- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1945
| Feb 23 | Aubrey Cousins Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | J S Nicklin Lieutenant-Colonel/Canada's first parachutist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1946
| Jun 14 | Canadian Library Association established. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 23 | Ernest Thompson Seton, British/Canadian naturalist and writer; helped found the Boy Scouts of America, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
- 1947
| Mar 10 | Avril "Kim" Campbell Canada's first female Prime Minister/19th Prime Minister (June 25, 1993-November 4, 1993), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1948
| Sep 10 | Margaret Trudeau (Sinclair) author: Beyond Reason; Canada’s first Lady wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau [1968-1979], is born in Vancouver BC. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 15 | William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after 21 years, 4 1/2 months, the longest anyone has served as prime minister. He was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent. | Ref: 4 |
- 1949
| Mar 31 | Newfoundland entered the confederation as Canada's 10th province. | Ref: 70 |
- 1950
| Jul 22 | Mackenzie King, Canadian prime minister (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48), dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
- 1952
| Sep 06 | Canadian television broadcasting begins in Montreal. (XDG, p 4A, 9/06/2003) | Ref: 83 |
- 1954
| Aug 04 | The uranium rush began in Saskatchewan, Canada. | Ref: 4 |
- 1955
| Jul 30 | Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada, at age 17, became the youngest person to swim the English Channel. | Ref: 4 |
- 1957
| Jun 10 | John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada. | Ref: 5 |
- 1962
| Jan 26 | Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Cairine R Wilson first Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 29 | Launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket). | Ref: 5 |
- 1964
| May 05 | Separatists riot in Québec. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Canadian Parliament adopts the maple leaf as the official symbol for the national flag. | Ref: 5 |
- 1965
| Jan 02 | Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict the Queen with a slightly more mature look. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | In Ottowa, Canada displays its new red and white Maple Leaf flag, which replaced the old Red Ensign standard. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Henry D G Crerar Canadian General (WWI, Normandy), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
- 1966
| May 06 | Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin. | Ref: 5 |
- 1967
| Jan 18 | Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 24 | Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 27 | Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada. | Ref: 5 |
- 1968
| Apr 20 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada. | Ref: 6 |
- 1969
| Apr 01 | Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 07 | Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to a measure making the French language equal to English throughout the national government. | Ref: 70 |
- 1970
| Oct 10 | Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped by the Quebec Liberation Front, a militant separatist group. (Laporte's body was found about a week later.) | Ref: 70 |
- 1974
| May 08 | Canadian Government of Trudeau falls. | Ref: 5 |
- 1975
| Mar 08 | Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba. | Ref: 5 |
- 1976
| Apr 30 | Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 23 | CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens. | Ref: 5 |
- 1977
| Oct 17 | Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament. | Ref: 5 |
- 1979
| May 22 | Canadians voted in parliamentary elections that put the Progressive Conservatives in power, ending the eleven-year tenure of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | John Diefenbaker, Canadian attorney, statesman and 13th Canadian prime minister [1957-1963], dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
- 1980
| Feb 18 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | In a referendum, 59.5% of Québec voters reject separatism. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | The the National Anthem Act, making O Canada Canada's national anthem, was unanimously accepted by the House of Commons and the Senate. Royal assent was also given this day. O Canada, written by Calixa Lavallee and Adolphe-Basile Routhier, was officially proclaimed Canada's national anthem on July 1, 1980. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 01 | "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 22 | Jules Leger, Governor-General of Canada, 1974-79, dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 05 | Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens. | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Apr 16 | Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Canada adopts its constitution. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Canada's Anik D1 comsat launched by US delta rocket | Ref: 5 |
- 1984
| Feb 29 | Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he was stepping down after more than 15 years in power. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 17 | Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner. | Ref: 5 |
- 1987
| Nov 01 | Rene Levesque, Canadian pro-independence premier of Quebec (1976-85), dies at age 65. | Ref: 5 |
- 1988
| Jan 28 | Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | Jean Marchand, Canadian politician, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 30 | Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US. | Ref: 5 |
- 1991
| Feb 05 | Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
- 1992
| Sep 14 | Paul Joseph Martin, Canadian politician and diplomat, dies at age 89. | Ref: 70 |
- 1993
| May 27 | The Canadian House of Commons approves the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (XDG, p 4A, 5/27/2003) | Ref: 83 |
| Jun 13 | Canada's Progressive Conservative Party chooses Defense Minister Kim Campbell to succeed Brian Mulroney as prime minister. She is the first woman to hold that post. (XDG, p 4A, 6/13/2003) | Ref: 83 |
| Jun 23 | Canada ratifies the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (XDG, p 4A, 6/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
| Jun 25 | Canada elected its first woman as prime minister. Kim Campbell was Canada’s 19th prime minister, governing until October 25, 1993 when the Progressive-Conservative party was royally defeated. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 25 | Canadian Liberal leader Jean Chretien becomes prime minister, succeeding Kim Campbell. | Ref: 6 |
- 1995
| Jan 01 | Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31. | Ref: 5 |
- 1996
| Mar 31 | Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast. | Ref: 5 |
- 1998
| Aug 20 | The Supreme Court of Canada released its opinion on the Quebec Secession Reference. The Court “found there to be no basis, either under Canadian domestic law or under international law, on which the governmental institutions of Quebec could claim any legal right to secede from Canada unilaterally.” | Ref: 4 |
- 2000
| Sep 28 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984, dies in Montreal at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
- 2002
| Dec 16 | Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. | Ref: 70 |
- 2003
| Nov 14 | Paul Martin takes over as head of Canada's Liberal Party, setting the stage for him to become Prime Minister in 2004. (WSJ, p A1, 11/17/2003) | Ref: 33 |
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