Time Flashcards
In what year did King Charles II give the Hudson’s Bay Company exclusive trading rights over the Hudson Bay Area?
1670
Around what time did the word Canada first begin appearing?
1550s
Upper Canada became the first province of the British Empire to start to introduce abolition of slavery in what year?
1793
In what year did the British Parliament pass the Quebec act?
1774
Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts established the first European settlement north of Florida in which year?
1604
In what year were the majority of female Canadian citizens aged 21 or over given the right to vote in federal elections?
1918
In which Year did the French make peace with the Iroquois?
1701
Canada became an official title in what year?
1791
In what year did the Montreal stock exchange open?
1832
In what year did the Americans attempt to invade Quebec?
1775
In what period did French settlers first established communities on the St Lawrence River?
Early 1600s
When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?
1890s
The Canadian government stopped trying to force aboriginal children to integrate into mainstream Canadian culture in what decade?
1980s
In what year was it recognized by the House of Commons that Quebec are a distinct nation within United Canada?
2006
When we’re territorial rights for Canada’s aboriginal people first established?
1763
When was the Canadian Pension Plan introduced?
1965
In which Year did Canada pass the threshold that more than 50 percent of its population had adequate food, shell and clothing?
1951
When was La Francophone founded? In which Year Aboriginal people were given the name ‘First Nation’?
1970
In what year was an Act passed which guarantees equal access to French and English federal government services?
1969
Federal government unemployment insurance was introduced in Canada in which Year?
1940
In which Year did Donovan Bailey of Canada break the 100m world record and become a double Olympic gold medallist?
1996
In which Year did French colonists begin to settle in the Maritime provinces?
1604
When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?
Late 1700s
In what year were Upper and Lower Canada united as the Province of Canada?
1840
Red and white have been the national colours of Canada since when?
1921
The current Canadian flag has been in use since when? A new Canadian flag was raised for the first time in what year?
1965
The Maple Leaf has appeared on Canadian military uniforms since when?
1850s
The last Canadian up to the present day to the awarded the Victoria Cross was in which Year?
1945
When did English settlement begin in Canada?
1610
When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the Empire?
1833
Which Act granted for the first time in Canada, legislative assemblies elected by the people?
The Constitutional Act of 1791
In which period did Canada’s economy and industry experience a boom?
1890s and early 1900s
In what year were the Aboriginal peoples granted the right to vote?/ Which Year is associated by many with Quebec’s quiet revolution?
1960
O Canada was sung for over a century before becoming Canada’s national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?
1980
What year women got rights to vote in Manitoba?
1916
In which Year Aboriginal people were given the name ‘First Nation’?
1970s
