Canadian History

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Contents



 * /Preface/
 * /Introduction/
 * The First Settlers

North America Before the Europeans

 * /The Wildlife of the Lands/
 * /The Geography of the Lands/

The People of the Lands (Aboriginals)

 * The Inuit (Eskimo)
 * The Metis
 * "First Nations"
 * The Carrier
 * The Dogrib
 * The Slavey
 * The Chipewyan
 * The Naskapi
 * The Tlinkit
 * The Tsimshian
 * The Beothuk
 * The Haida
 * The Musqueam
 * The Cree
 * The Nuxalk (Bella Coola)
 * The Sekani
 * The Kwakiutl
 * The Nitsitapii (Blackfoot)
 * The Montagnais
 * The Mi'Kmaq
 * The Malecite
 * The Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
 * The Assiniboine
 * The Ojibwa
 * The Algonkin
 * The Wendat (Huron)
 * The Petun
 * The Neutral
 * The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
 * The Tsuu T'ina (Sacree)
 * Okanagon first nations

The Coming of the Europeans

 * The Vikings Landings
 * Cabot through Cartier (1497 - 1534)

Foundations of European Settlement (1534 - 1760)

 * French Settlement and New France (1534 - 1760)
 * Acadia and Nova Scotia (1534-1763
 * Newfoundland (1610 - 1832)

British Colonial Period (1763 - 1867)

 * Upper Canada and Canada West (1791 - 1867)

From Confederation to the Statute of Westminster (1864 - 1931)

 * Confederation (1864 - 1873)
 * The Macdonald Era (1867 - 1896)
 * /Louis Riel/
 * /Canadian Pacific Railway/
 * /Northwest Rebellion/
 * /Red River Rebellion/
 * /Prairie Provinces/
 * /The Whiskey Traders and the NWMP/
 * /Treaties with the Native Peoples/
 * The Laurier Era (1896 - 1911)
 * The Great War Era (1911 - 1921)
 * First World War (1914 - 1918)
 * The 1920s (1921 - 1931)

Canada at its Present (1945 - )

 * /Quebec Segregation/
 * /The October Crisis (1970)/
 * /Nunavut (1999)/
 * /War on Terror (2001-)/

Appendices

 * Turning Points in History
 * Icons and Notable Historic People
 * /Prime Ministers/
 * /Governors General/
 * /Bibliography/

Provincial and Territorial First Ministers

 * 1) Ontario
 * 2) Quebec
 * 3) New Brunswick
 * 4) Nova Scotia
 * 5) Manitoba
 * 6) British Columbia
 * 7) Prince Edward Island
 * 8) Saskatchewan
 * 9) Alberta
 * 10) Newfoundland (and Labrador)
 * 11) The Northwest Territories
 * 12) Yukon Territory
 * 13) Nunavut

Lieutenant Governors

 * 1) Ontario
 * 2) Quebec
 * 3) New Brunswick
 * 4) Nova Scotia
 * 5) Manitoba
 * 6) British Columbia
 * 7) Prince Edward Island
 * 8) Saskatchewan
 * 9) Alberta
 * 10) Newfoundland (and Labrador)
 * 11) The Northwest Territories
 * 12) Yukon Territory
 * 13) Nunavut