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Events relating to canada
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific coast of Canada, becoming the first known person to cross the north American continent
American forces push north into Canada and enter York (the modern Toronto), burning the parliament buildings and archives
The 49th parallel is agreed as the frontier between the USA and Canada
The British government imposes a merger on two great squabbling enterprises in Canada, the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company
The merged Hudson's Bay Company now administers a territory stretching from the Great Lakes to the Pacific
Rebellions in Canada reveal widespread discontent with the British administration, particularly among the French settlers
Lord Durham produces his Report on the Affairs of British North America, proposing reforms in the administration of Canada
US secretary of state Daniel Webster and British negotiator Lord Ashburton resolve US-Canadian boundary disputes
The Oregon Treaty establishes the border between Canada and the USA along the 49th parallel to the Pacific
Vancouver Island is given the status of a British crown colony, to be followed by British Columbia in 1858
Frozen remains and a document are finally found to reveal the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845 to the NorthWest Passage
The British North America Act, acknowledging the fears of French Catholics in Canada, guarantees the rights of "dissentient schools"
Four former colonies (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec) unite to form the new nation of Canada with Ottawa as the capital
The Canadian nation is called the Dominion of Canada – the first example of 'dominion status'
The territory of the Hudson's Bay Company is transferred to the new state of Canada
The Red River rebellion in Winnipeg (1869) prompts the creation of Manitoba as a province of Canada
British Columbia agrees to join the Canadian confederation on the promise of a transcontinental railway
Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian confederation, completing the first batch of Canada's provinces
The North-West Mounted Police are formed, with the specific task of policing the wild Northwest Territories of Canada
The Manitoba Schools Question reflects the first major clash in independent Canada between French and British interests
Canadian athlete James Naismith, at a YMCA college in Springfield, Massachusetts, invents basketball as an indoor winter game
Canada's first French-speaking and Roman Catholic premier, Wilfrid Laurier, wins the first of four consecutive spells as premier
Reports of gold in what becomes known as Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, prompt a massive gold rush into the Yukon
Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio message in Morse code 2100 miles, from Poldhu in Cornwall to St John's in Newfoundland
Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation, completing the 'prairie provinces'
