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Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [91] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [92] 1919: May 15 -June 26: The largest strike in Canadian history; the Winnipeg General strike occurs. Soldiers ...
So many Loyalists arrived on the shores of the St. John River that a separate colony—New Brunswick—was created in 1784; [102] followed in 1791 by the division of Quebec into the largely French-speaking Lower Canada (French Canada) along the St. Lawrence River and the Gaspé Peninsula and an anglophone Loyalist Upper Canada, with its capital ...
British government accepts Canada's offers of expeditionary force and 1 million 98-lb. bags of flour (latter will steady prices and relieve distress) [4] Before shipping out, professor says that war is good for nation's health [5] Prime Minister Borden speaks out against German "ideals of force and violence" [6]
August 29 – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, 9th governor general of Canada (b.1851) October 31 – Gilbert Ganong, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1851) November 10 – Thomas Simpson Sproule, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b.1843) October 30 – Talbot Papineau, lawyer and soldier (b ...
The financial crisis of the Great Depression after WW1, scoured by rampant corruption, had led Newfoundlanders to relinquish responsible government in 1934 and become a crown colony ruled by a British governor. Prosperity returned when the U.S. military arrived in 1941 with over 10,000 soldiers and huge investments in air and naval bases.
History of Canada; Timeline of Canadian history; ... Events from the year 1915 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown ... WW1: Attempt to bomb the ...
Canada's material condition was weak, 1867–1896, and the psychological mood became increasingly embittered. Historian Arthur Lower concludes that in the late 1880s, “never before or since has Canada reached such a low state; never has there been so little evidence among its people of national spirit.” [10] The economy grew very slowly, and large districts, especially in the Maritimes and ...
May 7 – The Government of Canada authorizes the creation of an all black battalion that became No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. June 1 – June 13 – WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel