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Canadian History: A Reader's Guide Volume 2: Confederation to the present. University of Toronto Press. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2801-3 .
Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867.
The Fathers of Confederation are the 36 people who attended at least one of the Charlottetown Conference of 1864 (23 attendees), the Quebec Conference of 1864 (33 attendees), and the London Conference of 1866 (16 attendees), preceding Canadian Confederation. Only eleven people attended all three conferences.
The history of post-confederation Canada began on July 1, 1867, when the British North American colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were united to form a single Dominion within the British Empire. [1] Upon Confederation, the United Province of Canada was immediately split into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. [2]
At the time of the American Civil War (1861–1865), Canada did not yet exist as a federated nation. Instead, British North America consisted of the Province of Canada (parts of modern southern Ontario and southern Quebec) and the separate colonies of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Vancouver Island, as well as a crown territory administered ...
Sir Charles G.D. Roberts. The Confederation Poets were the first Canadian writers to become widely known after Confederation in 1867. [5]Charles G. D. Roberts (recognized in his lifetime as "the father of Canadian poetry") led the group, [5] which had two main branches: One, in Ottawa, consisted of the poets Archibald Lampman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell.
The following is a list of books, articles, ... W. K. Lamb, History of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1977) K. G. Pryke, Nova Scotia and Confederation, 1864–74 (1979)
The list of bibliographies on Canadian history is a stand alone list of bibliographies about the history of the Canada, intended as a quick reference. The bibliographies listed here are devoted only to general subjects in Canadian history, i.e. prime ministers, major wars, etc.