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Choose a category to show related flashcards.Skip Navigation Links1960: Who was allowed to vote?
Aboriginal peoples were allowed to vote.
1891: What sport was invented?
Basketball.
1972: What did Canada win?
Canada won an important hockey game against Russia.
1965: What was first raised?
Canadian flag first raised.
Confederation. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick joined Canada.
Manitoba, Northwest Territories joined Canada.
British Columbia joined Canada.
Prince Edward Island joined Canada.
Transfer of the Arctic Islands (to N.W.T.).
Yukon Territory joined Canada.
Alberta, Saskatchewan joined Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada.
1982: What did the Queen sign?
Queen Elizabeth II signed the amended constitution.
1956: Who came to Canada?
Canada allowed refugees who wanted to leave Communism (e.g. from Hungary) to settle in Canada.
1975: Who came to Canada?
Over 50,000 Vietnamese who wanted to leave Communist North Vietnam came as refugees to Canada.
1960's: What idea emerged?
Multiculturalism.
1988: What did Canada start doing with the U.S.A.?
Canada started free trade with the U.S.A.
1994: What trade agreement began?
Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada became partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1947: What started Canada's modern energy industry?
Oil was discovered in Alberta.
1965: What started in Canada and Quebec?
Pension plans.
1929: What event triggered the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed.
1948: Who was allowed to vote?
Japanese-Canadians were allowed to vote.
1867: Who was allowed to vote?
White men who owned property.
1917: Who was allowed to vote?
White men who owned property. Women who were nurses in battle (World War 1) or related to men in the war.
1918: Who was allowed to vote?
White men who owned property. Most women over the age of 21.
1857: What did Queen Victoria choose?
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada.
1758: Who was elected in Halifax?
First representative assembly elected in Halifax (NS).
2006: What did Quebec become?
Quebec became a nation within Canada
1759: What did New France get re-named?
The British changed the name of New France to the Province of Quebec
1833: What became illegal in the British Empire?
Slavery became illegal in the entire British Empire.
1812 - 1814: Who tried to conquer Canada?
The U.S.A. tried to conquer Canada.
Reformers who thought that Canada should be more like the U.S.A. and rebelled against the British colonial government. They lost.
January 1 - What national holiday is this?
New Year's Day.
January 11 - What national day is this?
Sir John A. Mcdonald Day.
Friday before Easter Sunday (March or April) - What national day is this?
Good Friday.
Monday after Easter Sunday (March or April) - What national day is this?
Easter Monday.
April 9 - What national day is this?
Vimy Day.
Monday before May 25 - What national holiday is this?
Victoria Day.
June 24 - What day is this in Quebec?
FĂȘte nationale (Quebec).
July 1 - What national holiday is this?
Canada Day.
First Monday in September - What national holiday is this?
Labour Day.
Second Monday of October - What national holiday is this?
Thanksgiving Day.
November 11 - What national holiday is this?
Remembrance Day.
November 20 - What national day is this?
Sir Wilfred Laurier Day.
December 25 - What national holiday is this?
Christmas.
December 26 - What national holiday is this?
Boxing Day.
The North West Mounted Police (NWMP).
When and what is Remembrance Day?
November 11: A day to remember the sacrifice of Canadians who have served or died in wars up to the present day.
2 things people do on Remembrance Day
(1) Wear a red poppy (2) Have a minute of silence at 11:00 a.m.
1943 - 1944: Who did Canada help liberate?
Canada helped liberate Italy during World War 2.
June 6 1944: What happened on this day?
D-Day. When Northern France was invaded.
1944-1945: Who did Canada help liberate?
Canada helped liberate the Netherlands during World War 2. This helped end the war.
1941 & 1942: Where did Canadian troops die?
Canadian troops died trying to defend Hong Kong from Japan, and in Dieppe, France.
August 14 1945: Who surrendered? What ended?
Japan surrendered. This ended World War 2.