Dates

Question 1

Constitution of Canada was amended

Answer 1

Was amended in 1982 to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question 2

Magna Carta

Answer 2

in 1215 in England

Question 3

British North America Act

Answer 3

original constitutional document in 1867

Question 4

Territorial rights were first guaranteed

Answer 4

Territorial rights were first guaranteed through the Royal
Proclamation of 1763 by King George III, and established the
basis for negotiating treaties with the newcomers

Question 5

John Cabot set foot on Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island

Answer 5

John Cabot, an Italian immigrant to England,
was the first to map Canada’s Atlantic shore, setting foot on
Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island in 1497 and claiming the
New Founde Land for England. English settlement did not
begin until 1610

Question 6

European exploration began in earnest in

Answer 6

1497

Question 7

the first European settlement north of Florida was
established by French explorers Pierre de Monts and Samuel
de Champlain

Answer 7

1604

Question 8

Champlain built a fortress at what is now Québec City

Answer 8

1608

Question 9

King Charles II of England granted the Hudson’s Bay
Company exclusive trading rights over the watershed draining
into Hudson Bay

Answer 9

1670

Question 10

France and Great Britain battled for
control of North America

Answer 10

In 1700s

Question 11

the British defeated the
French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Québec City

Answer 11

1759

Question 12

Quebec Act

Answer 12

1774

Question 13

Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester), as Governor of
Quebec, defended the rights of the Canadiens, defeated an
American military invasion of Quebec

Answer 13

1775

Question 14

which constitution act divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada (later Ontario) and Lower Canada (later Quebec)

Answer 14

1791

Question 15

The first representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Prince Edward Island followed in … , New
Brunswick in ….

Answer 15

1758
1773
1785

Question 16

when slavery abolished throughout the Empire

Answer 16

1833

Question 17

US war and canada

Answer 17

1812

Question 18

Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 18

1805

Question 19

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de
Salaberry and 460 soldiers, mostly French Canadiens, turned
back 4,000 American invaders at Châteauguay, south of
Montreal
and the Americans burned Government House
and the Parliament Buildings in York

Answer 19

1813

Question 20

Major-General Robert Ross led an
expedition from Nova Scotia that burned down the White
House and other public buildings in Washington, D.C.

Answer 20

1814

Question 21

Upper and Lower Canada rebellion happened

Answer 21

1837–38 in the area outside Montreal and in
Toronto

Question 22

Upper and Lower Canada were united as the Province
of Canada.

Answer 22

1840

Question 23

The first British North American colony to attain full responsible
government was Nova Scotia

Answer 23

1847-48

Question 24

the governor of United Canada, Lord Elgin, with encouragement
from London, introduced responsible government.

Answer 24

1848-49

Question 25

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine, a champion of French language rights, became the first head of a responsible government (similar to a prime minister) in Canada

Answer 25

1849

Question 26

the birth of the country that we know today

Answer 26

July 1, 1867

Question 27

Sir Leonard Tilley, an elected official and Father of Confederation from New Brunswick, suggested the term Dominion of Canada

Answer 27

1864

Question 28

King George V assigned Canada’s national colours

Answer 28

1921

Question 29

Expansion of the Dominion

Answer 29

1867 – Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick 1870 – Manitoba, Northwest Territories 1871 – British Columbia 1873 – Prince Edward Island 1880 – Transfer of the Arctic Islands (to N.W.T.) 1898 – Yukon Territory 1905 – Alberta, Saskatchewan 1949 – Newfoundland and Labrador 1999 – Nunavut

Question 30

Sir John A. Macdonald Day

Answer 30

In 1867, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, a Father of Confederation, became Canada’s first Prime Minister. Born in Scotland on January 11, 1815, he came to Upper Canada as a child. He was a lawyer in Kingston, Ontario, a gifted politician and a colourful personality. Parliament has recognized January 11 as Sir John A. Macdonald Day. His portrait is on the $10 bill.

Question 31

When Canada took over the vast northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay Company

Answer 31

1869

Question 32

established the North West Mounted Police (NWMP)

Answer 32

1873

Question 33

British Columbia joined Canada after Ottawa promised to build a railway to the West Coast.

Answer 33

1871

Question 34

a powerful symbol of unity was completed when Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona), the Scottish-born director of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), drove the last spike

Answer 34

On November 7, 1885

Question 35

The Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge

Answer 35

April 1917

Question 36

Vimy Day

Answer 36

April 9

Question 37

the first British victory of the First World War

Answer 37

April 9, 1917

Question 38

Agnes Macphail, a farmer and teacher, became the first woman MP

Answer 38

1921

Question 39

Manitoba became the first province to grant voting rights to women

Answer 39

1916

Question 40

most Canadian female citizens aged 21 and over were granted the right to vote in federal elections

Answer 40

1918

Question 41

Due to the work of Thérèse Casgrain and others, Quebec granted women the vote

Answer 41

1940

Question 42

Canadian medical officer Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields”

Answer 42

1915

Question 43

The Bank of Canada, a central bank to manage the money supply and bring stability to the financial system, was created

Answer 43

1934

Question 44

The D-Day Invasion

Answer 44

June 6, 1944

Question 45

The Canadians fought bravely and suffered losses in the unsuccessful defence of Hong Kong (....) from attack by Imperial Japan, and in a failed raid on Nazi-controlled Dieppe on the coast of France (....)

Answer 45

The Canadians fought bravely and suffered losses in the unsuccessful defence of Hong Kong (1941) from attack by Imperial Japan, and in a failed raid on Nazi-controlled Dieppe on the coast of France (1942).

Question 46

The discovery of oil in Alberta

Answer 46

1947

Question 47

for the first time, a majority of Canadians were able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing

Answer 47

1951

Question 48

Canada drew closer to the United States and other trading partners

Answer 48

Between 1945 and 1970

Question 49

The Canada Health Act was introduced

Answer 49

The Canada Health Act ensures common elements and a basic standard of coverage. Unemployment insurance (now called “employment insurance”) was introduced by the federal government in 1940.

Question 50

Old Age Security was devised

Answer 50

Old Age Security was devised as early as 1927

Question 51

Canada and Quebec Pension Plans

Answer 51

1965

Question 52

Parliament established the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

Answer 52

1963

Question 53

the Official Languages Act

Answer 53

1969

Question 54

Canada helped found La Francophonie

Answer 54

1970

Question 55

The movement for Quebec sovereignty gained strength but was defeated in a referendum in the province

Answer 55

1980

Question 56

Constitution was amended without the agreement of Quebec.

Answer 56

1982

Question 57

sovereignty was again defeated in a second referendum

Answer 57

1995

Question 58

the Japanese- Canadians, gained the right to vote

Answer 58

1948

Question 59

Aboriginal people were granted the vote

Answer 59

1960

Question 60

the Group of Seven, founded

Answer 60

1920

Question 61

Basketball was invented

Answer 61

1891 by Canadian James Naismith