Important dates

Question 1

When did the Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada take place?

Answer 1

1837–1838

Question 2

What year was the Durham Report published?

Answer 2

1839

Question 3

When was the Act of Union passed and proclaimed?

Answer 3

Passed in 1840; proclaimed in 1841

Question 4

When did Britain abolish the Corn Laws, adopting free trade?

Answer 4

1846

Question 5

In what year was responsible government established in the Province of Canada?

Answer 5

1848

Question 6

When was the Rebellion Losses Bill introduced?

Answer 6

1849

Question 7

What years did the Reciprocity Treaty between Canada and the USA span?

Answer 7

1854–1866

Question 8

When was the British North America Act enacted, marking Confederation?

Answer 8

1867

Question 9

What period marks the First Phase of Industrialization in Canada?

Answer 9

1850–1896

Question 10

When did the Red River Rebellion occur?

Answer 10

1869–1870

Question 11

In what year was the Manitoba Act passed?

Answer 11

1870

Question 12

When did the North-West Rebellion take place?

Answer 12

1885

Question 13

What year was the Indian Act enacted?

Answer 13

1876

Question 14

When did Wilfrid Laurier serve as Prime Minister?

Answer 14

1896–1911

Question 15

What years encompass the Second Phase of Industrialization in Canada?

Answer 15

1896–1929

Question 16

When did World War I occur?

Answer 16

1914–1918

Question 17

In what year did women gain the right to vote federally in Canada?

Answer 17

1918

Question 18

When was the Statute of Westminster passed, granting Canada legislative independence?

Answer 18

1931

Question 19

What years define the Great Depression in Canada?

Answer 19

1929–1939

Question 20

When did World War II take place?

Answer 20

1939–1945

Question 21

In what year did women in Quebec gain the right to vote provincially?

Answer 21

1940

Question 22

When did Maurice Duplessis serve as Premier of Quebec?

Answer 22

1944–1959

Question 23

In what year was the Quebec provincial flag, the Fleurdelisé, adopted?

Answer 23

1948

Question 24

When did the Asbestos Strike in Quebec occur?

Answer 24

1949

Question 25

What years mark the Quiet Revolution in Quebec?

Answer 25

1960–1970

Question 26

When was the Parti Québécois founded by René Lévesque?

Answer 26

1968

Question 27

In what year did the October Crisis take place?

Answer 27

1970

Question 28

When was Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, enacted?

Answer 28

1977

Question 29

When was the first Quebec referendum on sovereignty held?

Answer 29

1980

Question 30

In what year was the Constitution Act, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, enacted?

Answer 30

1982

Question 31

When did the Meech Lake Accord fail?

Answer 31

1990

Question 32

What year was the Charlottetown Accord referendum held?

Answer 32

1992

Question 33

When was the second Quebec referendum on sovereignty conducted?

Answer 33

1995

Question 34

In what year was the Clarity Act passed?

Answer 34

2000

Question 35

When was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission established?

Answer 35

2008

Question 36

What year did Canada adopt the Paris Agreement on climate change?

Answer 36

2015