Provinces Flashcards
(9 cards)
The only officially bilingual province?
New Brunswick
The first representative assembly was elected in, then, then
Democratic institutions developed gradually and peacefully.
The first representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, in 1758. Prince Edward Island followed in 1773, New
Brunswick in 1785.
first British North America
The Atlantic colonies and the two Canadas were
known collectively as British North America
the first province in the Empire to move toward
slavery abolition
In 1793, Upper Canada, led by Lieutenant
Governor John Graves Simcoe, a Loyalist military officer,
became the first province in the Empire to move toward
abolition.
the endpoint of the Rideau Canal, part of a network of forts to
prevent the U.S.A. from invading Canada again
The Duke of Wellington sent some of his best soldiers
to defend Canada in 1814. He then chose Bytown (Ottawa) as
the endpoint of the Rideau Canal, part of a network of forts to
prevent the U.S.A. from invading Canada again
The first British North American colony to attain full responsible
government
was Nova Scotia in 1847–48
headquarter of North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1873
Regina
the first province to grant voting rights to
women
Manitoba
discovery of oil in
…. in 1947 began Canada’s modern energy industry
Alberta
