Frances Brooke’s The History of Emily Montague is published 1769 Written while Frances Brooke and her husband — a British military chaplain — resided in Canada, Emily Montague has been... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1356
La Salle builds the Griffon 1679 René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, a seigneur at Montréal and then Cataracoui (Kingston), may have been the first French... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1307
The St. Lawrence Iroquoians are dispersed 1550 to 1600 Sometime between Jacques Cartier’s third voyage and 1603, the Iroquoian-speaking peoples living in the St.... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1557
Vietnamese boat people arrive 1979 The fall of South Vietnam to Communist forces in 1975 left many Vietnamese in a highly vulnerable position, after a... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1772
Richard riots in Montréal 1955 On March 17, 1955, some 10,000 people rioted in the streets surrounding the Montréal Forum. They were furious about the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1534
Demise of the Sadlermiut 1902 to 1903 The Sadlermiut were an isolated Inuit population living on what is now called Southampton Island, at the north end... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1880
Canadian Labour Union is founded 1873 The Canadian Labour Union (CLU) was founded the year after the passage of the Trade Union Act of 1872, which affirmed the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1498
First provincial lottery is begun in Quebec to help pay for Expo 67 1968 To help pay for the municipal deficits created by Expo 67, Montréal’s Mayor Jean Drapeau announced in April 1968 that the... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2885
London Conference results in the British North America Act 1866 Between December 1866 and March 1867, 16 delegates from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada met with... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 5552
Britain expels the Acadians 1755 In the fall of 1755, British troops burned homes and crops and began deporting Acadians from the region that today is Nova... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1805
Henry Kelsey heads to the Prairies 1690 Henry Kelsey joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as an apprentice in 1684, and spent the next several years posted to a... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1630
“Status Indians” are granted the right to vote March 10, 1960 Since Confederation, Indigenous Canadians had been allowed to vote only if they gave up their claims to land and... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2532
First permanent settlements are established in Canada (West Coast) 5000 BC Stable and abundant fish resources on the West Coast supported the establishment of permanent villages in the region by... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1158
First of the Filles du Roi arrive in New France 1663 New France was not an attractive place for young women of marriageable age, and few immigrated. This led to a shortage of... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3319
United Church of Canada is established 1925 In the settling of the Canadian West, many communities found themselves with a number of Protestant denominations but had... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1384
Halifax explosion 1917 During the First World War, the port of Halifax was a very busy place, being an important staging area for transatlantic... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3139
Sprinter Percy Williams wins gold at the Olympics 1928 Percy Albert Williams suffered from rheumatic fever in his childhood and was considered an unlikely athlete. But on leaving... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1266
Wage and price controls are enacted to manage the wartime economy 1941 Established in September 1939, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board was tasked with managing inflation and labour relations... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1481
Joseph-Armand Bombardier patents the snowmobile 1937 Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Quebec, was a gifted mechanic and inventor. In 1935, he developed a winter vehicle... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 8508
Figure skater Barbara Ann Scott wins gold at the Olympics 1948 Competing at the 1948 Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, 19-year-old Ottawa native Barbara Ann Scott became the first... History in 150 Events Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1262