Medicare 1966 In December 1966, Parliament passed the Medical Care Act, creating a national program of health insurance that guarantees... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1556
Tom Thomson drowns 1917 In July 1917, Canadian landscape painter Tom Thomson drowned in Canoe Lake, Ontario. Thomson’s vibrant and distinctive... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1503
Cod fishery moratorium begins 1992 For nearly 500 years, cod fishing in the waters off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Grand Banks had been an integral... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1502
The Canadian Citizenship Act is passed June 27, 1946 On June 27, 1946, the Canadian government passed the Canadian Citizenship Act, which defined the terms of Canadian... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2488
Oka Crisis 1990 On July 11, 1990, a 78-day standoff between security forces and members of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, Quebec, began... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 5550
Kim Campbell becomes Canada’s first female Prime Minister 1993 Lawyer Avril Phaedra Douglas “Kim” Campbell had served in Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative government as the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1743
The Rupert’s Land Act 1868 For 200 years, the Hudson’s Bay Company had “owned” the vast expanse of North America that drains into Hudson Bay. In... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 10650
Construction of Manic-5 1959 to 1968 In 1959, Hydro-Québec began construction on the Manicouagan-Outardes project, a multi-dam hydroelectric complex... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1937
King−Byng affair 1926 Facing a non-confidence motion in Parliament in 1926, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King asked Governor General Lord... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3605
Bertha Wilson becomes the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court o... 1982 In March 1982, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Bertha Wilson to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2733
High Arctic resettlement experiment 1953 In August 1953, the Canadian government initiated a relocation program that transferred Inuit from communities in Arctic... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 6931
The battle at Seven Oaks June 19, 1816 In 1811, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) began efforts to settle displaced Scottish farmers in the Red River... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3654
Bryce Report 1907 After spending several months visiting dozens of residential schools in western Canada in 1907, Indian Affairs Chief Medical... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 4109
Meech Lake Accord fails 1990 After Quebec refused to ratify the Constitution Act of 1982, the June 1987 Meech Lake Accord, agreed between the federal... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 17343
Death of Kateri Tekakwitha 1680 In 1680, Kateri Tekakwitha, the daughter of a Christian Anishnabee woman and a Mohawk man, died. She was baptized a... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2640
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation adopts the Regina Manifesto 1933 At its first national convention, in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1933, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) adopted a... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1819
Auto Pact 1965 The Liberal government of Lester B. Pearson, in an attempt to increase exports to the United States, negotiated and signed... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 6774
October Crisis 1970 In October 1970, the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1728
The Inuit migrate 1200 Ancestral Inuit moved into the central and eastern Arctic from their homeland along the northwest coast of Alaska. They had... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3996
Moratorium on capital punishment 1967 In November 1967, legislation was passed in the House of Commons to put a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1671