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Monday, July 5, 2021

Basic timeline of Canada

This post is a basic timeline of Canada. There are 31 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Glacial melt allows travel (16,000 years ago)
• Woodland culture (2000 BC - 1000 AD)
• Dorset culture (500 BC - 1500 AD)
• Hopewell culture (100 BC - 500 AD)
• Norse arrive at Newfoundland (1000 AD)
• St. Lawrence Iroquoians (14th century - 1580)
• Iroquois confederacy (1142-1867)
• John Cabot and England arrive (1497)
• New France (1534-1763)
• Canada colony established (1535)
• British America (1607-1783)
• Beaver Wars (1609-1701)
• Hudson's Bay Company founded (1670)
• King William's War (1688-1697)
• French-Indian Wars (1688-1763)
• Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
• Dummer's War (1722-1725)
• King George's War (1744-1748)
• Father Le Loutre's War (1749-1755)
• British North America (1783-1907)
• Rebellions of 1837-1838
• Durham Report (1839)
• Burning of the parliament Buildings in Montreal (1849)
• British Province of Canada (1841-1867)
• British Colony of Vancouver Island (1849-1866)
• Colony of British Columbia (1858-1866)
• Quebec Conference (1864)
• Canadian Confederation is formed (1867)
• Alaska boundary dispute (1867-1903)
• Indian Act (1876)
• Statute of Westminster signed by United Kingdom (1931)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Canada at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Canada.)