A Brief History of Canada Pre-History to Present Important Moments in Canadian History (Click links for detail) A visitor writes: "This is a great website. Actually the word great does not describe this website properly. I can not think of the word right now, it is like extrodinary. Thanks for putting this great contribution to Canadian History on the website. You have out done yourself." - (Vikki) A visitor writes: "Hi! I'm a high school student, and I have to do a project on key events in Canada in the 20's and 30's. Your website was very interesting and helpful. Thank you very much, please continue to add facts to it." - (Sanaa) Pre-History to 1599 - Early Exploration Discovery of the New World Vikings, Jacques Cartier & Samuel de Champlain Chief Donnacona & Kidnapping Martin Frobisher & the Search for Gold Failed Settlements 1600 to 1699 - Settlement, Fur Trade & War First Permanent Settlement in the New World Beaver Pelts & the Hudson's Bay Company Radisson & des Grosseilliers la Salle, the Mad Explorer Jesuits, Recollets & Suplicians Death of the Hurons & Iroquois Invasions Frontenac & King William's War 1700 - 1799 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham Acadian (Cajuns) move south to Louisiana The American Revolution and the United Empire Loyalists Setting the border between Canada and the United States Upper and Lower Canada. 1800 - 1866 The Road to Confederation Railroad expansion War of 1812 Laura Secord 49'th Parallel border 'Responsible Government' The Province of Canada Birth of Ottawa Fenian raids Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences British North American Act 1867 - 1899 Confederation: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia become the Dominion of Canada Ottawa becomes the Capital of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada's first prime minister) Red River Rebellion Manitoba British Columbia Prince Edward Island Northwest Territories Royal Canadian Mounted Police Canadian Pacific Railway Louis Riel Alexander Graham Bell Women's Suffrage Sir Sanford Flemming & Standard Time Manitoba Schools Question The Klondike Doukhobours The Yukon 1900 - 1929 Alberta Saskatchewan 'Anne of Green Gables' Titanic disaster Empress of Ireland disaster World War I & the War Measures Act "In Flanders' Fields" Conscription issue & the Union Government Parliament Buildings fire Income Tax Armistice League of Nations 1930 - 1959 The Dionne Quints Communism in Canada World War II & Canadian involvement Japanese-Canadian debacle The Alcan Highway D-Day United Nations & Canada's involvement in creating the UN Peace Corps Canada's bush plane, the Beaver NATO St. Lawrence Seaway Avro Arrow Newfoundland 1960 - 1979 Canadian Bill of Rights Bilingualism The Eastern Seaboard Blackout of '65 Expo '67 Canada's Centennial Trudeaumania The October Crisis Acid Rain Controversial Bill 101 Terry Fox's 'Marathon of Hope' 1980 - Quebec sovereignty (the 'separatist' movement) Canada's Constitution The Ben Johnson Olympic humiliation Free Trade The 'Loonie' & 'Toonie' University of Montreal Massacre Meech Lake & the Bloc Quebecois GST Native actions James Bay Project Canada in space Collapse of the Conservative Party Confederation Bridge Fishing & Logging disputes Nunavut