This significant day marks the country's confederation in 1867, when the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which later split into Ontario and Quebec) united to ...

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Today marks 150 years since the founding of the Canadian federal state. Inaugurated on July 1, 1867, Confederation brought the principal colonies of Britain’s second North American empire within ...

A large crowd gathers to hear the proclamation of Confederation being read aloud in Kingston, Ont.'s Market Square on July 1, 1867. (Library and Archives Canada) This photo, circa 1866 or 1867 ...

The Confederation Day edition of The Globe was ... Here's how some of the statistics used in the newspaper from July 1, 1867, would look if they were published with today's technology.

in 1867. The Colonist had been pushing for annexation by the United States — but when a rival morning newspaper adopted the same stance, the Colonist jumped to the pro-Confederation side.

That would quickly change. Incorporating the northwest was a planned feature of the 1867 Confederation deal (section 146 of the BNA Act). By acquiring the region, expansionists expected the young ...

in 1867. The editors were clear: Confederation yes, annexation by the United States no. The more closely we examine the proposition to annex this colony to the United States, the more impractical ...

The name Canada wasn’t established in 1867, however; it’s derived from ... Russell argues. The Confederation was originally to be named a “kingdom” of Canada until “the British foreign ...

Wilson. It’s a complex book about radical Irish Catholic revolutionaries known as Fenians who, before and after Confederation in 1867, organized in urban areas such as Montreal, Toronto ...

Gibson House Museum will host the Canadian Museum of History's travelling exhibit: 1867 – Rebellion and Confederation. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the 3 decades leading up to Canada's ...