Canada: Timeline

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17th century
- 1603: French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived in 1603 and established the first permanent European settlements at Port Royal in 1605 and Quebec City in 1608. - Canada, Wikipedia.
- 1610: The English established fishing outposts in Newfoundland around 1610 and established the Thirteen Colonies to the south. - Canada, Wikipedia.
18th century
- 1713: Though this province had been ceded to Great Britain in 1713 many of the Acadians had refused to accept British sovereignty. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- September 1, 1756: On the 13th of September 1 759 Wolfe won his great victory before Quebec, which involved the fall of that place, and a year later at Montreal the French army in Canada surrendered. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- September 13, 1759: The British were victorious at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759 giving Britain control of Canada and North America's Atlantic seaboard. - HMS Somerset (1748), Wikipedia.
- September 5, 1775: After the split in which loyalist militia members from the area withdrew to Canada, he became a Brigadier General in the Tryon County militia by the Provincial Congress on September 5, 1776. - Nicholas Herkimer, Wikipedia.
19th century
- 1837: The desire for responsible government resulted in the aborted Rebellions of 1837. - Canada, Wikipedia.
- March 30, 1854: The first group of Chinese labourers arrived in the country on 30 March 1854 by way of Canada and Jamaica to work on the Panama Railroad. - Ethnic Chinese in Panama, Wikipedia.
- 1859: Beyond Manitoba buffalo were still running on the plains, and British Columbia having lost its mining population of 1859 and 1860 was largely inhabited by Indians, its white population which centred in the city of Victoria being principally English. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- 1866: In United retaliation for the supposed sympathy of Canadians with the South in this struggle the victorious North took steps to abrogate in 1866 the reciprocity treaty of 18J4, which had conferred such great advantages on both countries. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- October 23, 1867: He was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Royal Proclamation on 23 October 1867 following the Canadian Confederation of 1867. - James Ferrier (politician), Wikipedia.
- March 12, 1868: The first session of parliament was opened on the 8th of November, but adjourned on the 21st of December till the 12th of March 1868, chiefly on account of the fact that members of the Dominion parliament were allowed, in Ontario and Quebec, to hold seats in the local legislatures, so that it was difficult for the different bodies to be in session simultaneously. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- 1869: The government of Canada sent a deputation to England to press upon the imperial government the necessity of asserting Canada's position in regard to the fisheries, and the desirability of settling other questions in dispute with the republic. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- February, 1871: The commission assembled at the American capital in February 1871, and after discussions extending over several weeks signed what is known as the treaty of Washington. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- December 15, 1871: He represented the Vancouver Island riding in British Columbia during the finals months of the 1st Canadian Parliament from 15 December 1871 until 8 July 1872 as part of the Conservative party. - Robert Wallace (Canadian politician), Wikipedia.
- 1873: It was not till 1873 that an act was passed making members of the local legislatures ineligible for seats in the House of Commons. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- February 9, 1875: He resigned his seat in the House of Commons to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate on 9 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie. - Anselme-Homère Pâquet, Wikipedia.
- November 9, 1875: He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald on November 9, 1887. - John Macdonald (Canadian politician), Wikipedia.
- November 16, 1885: Clear as was his guilt, Riel's trial, condemnation and execution on the 16th of November 1885, provoked a violent political storm which at one time threatened to overthrow the Conservative government. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- 1886: A difference about international rights on the high seas arose on the Pacific coast in connexion with the seal fisheries of Bering Sea. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
- September 13, 1888: It was created on 13 September 1888 for the Canadian politician Charles Tupper. - Tupper Baronets, Wikipedia.
- 1899: The outbreak of the South African war in 1899 furnished an occasion for a practical display of Canadian loyalty to imperial interests. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
20th century
- 1900s
  - 1903: Since 1903 the Dominion government has instituted a railway commission of three members with large powers of control over freight and passenger rates and other such matters. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
  - 1903: An agreement was reached by which the question of this boundary, which depended on the interpretation put upon the treaty of 1825 between Russia and England, should be submitted to a commission consisting of " six impartial jurists of repute," three British and three American. - Canada, 1911encyclopedia.
  - October 26, 1908: The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Canada. - Canadian federal election, 1908, Wikipedia.
- 1910s
  - September 21, 1911: The Canadian federal election of 1911 was held on September 21 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Canada. - Canadian federal election, 1911, Wikipedia.
  - November 7, 1913: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury" or the "White Hurricane", was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian province of Ontario from November 7 through November 10, 1913. - Portal:Winter/Selected article/4, Wikipedia.
  - November 7, 1913: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury" or the "White Hurricane", was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian province of Ontario from November 7 through November 10, 1913. - Portal:Fall/Selected article/4, Wikipedia.
  - November 7, 1913: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury" or the "White Hurricane", was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian province of Ontario from November 7 through November 10, 1913. - Great Lakes Storm of 1913, Wikipedia.
  - September, 1915: The Canadian Corps was formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France. - Military history of Canada during the First World War, Wikipedia.
  - September 21, 1917: He was a member of the historical Conservative Party of Canada between November 15, 1911 and October 6, 1917 representing the riding of Stormont in the Canadian House of Commons after being elected on September 21, 1911. - Duncan Orestes Alguire, Wikipedia.
  - October 9, 1919: The Atlantic continued to New York on 9 October 1919 carrying with it the first Airmail from Canada to the United States of America. - Handley Page V/1500, Wikipedia.
- 1920s
  - December 31, 1922: It is open to all youth in the Canadian province of Manitoba who will be between 16 and 20 years old as of December 31 of the year of the upcoming Winter Session. - Youth Parliament of Manitoba, Wikipedia.
  - January 11, 1923: He was appointed to the Canadian Senate upon the recommendation of William Lyon Mackenzie King. - Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Wikipedia.
  - December 5, 1925: Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. - Dave Broadfoot, Wikipedia.
  - September 25, 1926: It governed Canada from 25 September 1926 to 7 August 1930, including only the 16th Canadian Parliament. - 14th Canadian Ministry, Wikipedia.
- 1930s
  - October 23, 1935: It governed Canada from 23 October 1935 to 15 November 1948, including all of the 18th and 19th Canadian Parliaments, as well as the beginning of the 20th. - 16th Canadian Ministry, Wikipedia.
  - September 10, 1939: Canada: 10 September 1939 - Allies of World War II, Wikipedia.
  - September 4, 1939: Taken on 4 September 1939 as a war prize by Canadian authorities at Botwood, Newfoundland. - List of Empire ships (Co–Cy), Wikipedia.
  - November 13, 1939: He was sworn in there as the first Australian Minister for the Air by the Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. - James Fairbairn, Wikipedia.
- 1940s
  - September 13, 1940: The ship departed Liverpool on 13 September 1940, bound for the Canadian ports of Quebec and Montreal, under the command of her Master, Landles Nicoll. - SS City of Benares, Wikipedia.
  - January 29, 1945: For the next two months she alternated voyages to Argentia with runs to Bermuda and on 29 January 1945 departed Boston for her last run to Canada. - USS Pontiac (AF-20), Wikipedia.
  - February 16, 1945: On the 16 February 1945 she was shadowing allied convoy WN-74 into the Moray Firth when the ASDIC on the Canadian frigate HMCS St. - German submarine U-309, Wikipedia.
  - January 17, 1948: The F 3 was chosen as one of two types of operational fighters for the Royal Canadian Air Force and was first flown in Canada on 17 January 1948 where it went into service as a Central Flying School training aircraft at RCAF Station Trenton. - de Havilland Vampire, Wikipedia.
  - November 15, 1948: It governed Canada from 15 November 1948 to 21 June 1957, including the end of the 20th Canadian Parliament, as well as all of the 21st and 22nd. - 17th Canadian Ministry, Wikipedia.
- 1950s
  - December 21, 1957: He was sent to the University of Ottawa in Canada to study theology before being ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 1963. - Francis George, Wikipedia.
- 1960s
  - February 10, 1963: February 10 - 11 strikers were killed during the Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 in Canada; Peter Smith died; the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO was founded; the film Blue Collar was released - Portal:Organized Labour/February history, Wikipedia.
- 1970s
  - September, 1979: CBC Parliamentary Television Network is a now defunct Canadian cable television specialty channel that broadcast the Canadian House of Commons proceedings via Anik satellite to Canadian cable television headends between September 1979 and 1992. - CBC Parliamentary Television Network, Wikipedia.
- 1980s
  - September 17, 1984: It governed Canada from 17 September 1984 to 25 June 1993, including the 33rd Canadian Parliament and most of the 34th. - 24th Canadian Ministry, Wikipedia.
  - September 22, 1988: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney agreed to a redress package for Japanese Canadians deported from Canada between 1941 and 1946 (about 4000 in total) and their descendants. - Canadian nationality law, Wikipedia.
- 1990s
  - December 7, 1991: The next step was the opening of a direct air route to Vancouver in Canada on 7 December 1991. - Mandarin Airlines, Wikipedia.
  - September 11, 1992: The 1992 ITU Triathlon World Championships were held in Huntsville, Canada on September 11 and September 12, 1992. - 1992 ITU Triathlon World Championships, Wikipedia.
  - September 10, 1993: The pilot aired on September 10, 1993 on the Fox Network in the United States and Canada. - The X-Files (pilot episode), Wikipedia.
  - September 8, 1997: One week later it was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada on September 8, 1997. - The Tango Lesson, Wikipedia.
  - January 20, 1998: The series was canceled after airing its third episode in the US but the remaining episodes were shown on Canada's YTV with its final airing on January 20, 1999. - Brats of the Lost Nebula, Wikipedia.
  - November 13, 1999: On October 1, 1999 20-year-old Ference made his NHL debut for Pittsburgh against the Dallas Stars, and the young Canadian scored his first ever NHL goal against the Nashville Predators on November 13, 1999. - Andrew Ference, Wikipedia.
21st century
- 2001
  - September 11, 2001: Operation Yellow Ribbon was the operation that Transport Canada created to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights following the September 11 attacks in 2001. - Korean Air Lines Flight 85, Wikipedia.
  - September 11, 2001: The department was created to have a single entity with responsibility for ensuring public safety in Canada and is a direct result of lessons learned from the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. - Public Safety Canada, Wikipedia.
  - November 11, 2001: Part 1 first aired on November 11 and Part 2 aired on November 18, 2001 on Fox in the United States and Canada. - Nothing Important Happened Today, Wikipedia.
- 2002
  - September 29, 2002: The second season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 29 September 2002, concluded on 23 February 2003 and contains twenty-two episodes. - Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 2), Wikipedia.
  - December 17, 2002: Canada ratified the treaty that came into force in February 2005, requiring it to reduce emissions to 6% below 1990 levels during the 2008–2012 commitment period. - Kyoto Protocol, Wikipedia.
- 2003
  - September 17, 2003: The third season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 17 September 2003, concluded on 5 April 2004 and contains twenty-two episodes. - Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 3), Wikipedia.
  - October 13, 2003: It airs in Canada on Teletoon and in the US on Discovery Kids where it made its debut on October 13, 2007. - The Future Is Wild (animated TV series), Wikipedia.
- 2004
  - September 7, 2004: The fourth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 7 September 2004, concluded on 14 February 2005 and contains twenty-two episodes. - Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 4), Wikipedia.
- 2005
  - September 19, 2005: The fifth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 19 September 2005, concluded on 20 March 2006 and contains nineteen episodes. - Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 5), Wikipedia.
  - November 19, 2005: The Canadian province of British Columbia held its triannual municipal elections on November 19, 2005. - British Columbia municipal elections, 2005, Wikipedia.
  - December 26, 2005: The special was broadcast in Canada on the CBC on 26 December 2005. - Creature Comforts, Wikipedia.
- 2006
  - August 12, 2006: It premiered on Adult Swim on August 12, 2006 and it aired in Canada on YTV on December 29, 2006. - InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, Wikipedia.
  - September 19, 2006: A judicial panel in Canada finds that Canadian citizen Maher Arar was falsely accused when he was secretly extradited by the United States to Syria, and that he was tortured there. - September 2006, Wikipedia.
  - September 29, 2006: It debuted on the YTV network in Canada on September 29, 2006, and was first shown on Discovery Kids in the United States on January 13, 2007. - Grossology (TV series), Wikipedia.
  - September 3, 2006: The Museum hosts an annual commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic every May and Canadian Merchant Navy day every September 3. - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Wikipedia.
  - September 17, 2006: The series aired in Canada on CTV and in the UK on UKTV Gold began in September 17, 2006 and was repeated on ABC1 in 2007. - In Justice, Wikipedia.
  - November 28, 2006: The sixth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 28 November 2006, concluded on 14 May 2007 and contains nineteen episodes. - Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 6), Wikipedia.
  - November 28, 2006: The Canadian House of Commons supports a motion recognising the people of Quebec as a separate nation within a united Canada. - November 2006, Wikipedia.
  - December 7, 2006: It was released in Australia on December 7, 2006 and in the United States and Canada on December 15, 2006. - Charlotte's Web (2006 film), Wikipedia.
- 2007
  - February 23, 2007: The security certificate process (sections 33 and 77 to 85 of IRPA) was found to be in violation of sections 7, 9 and 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in the landmark Charkaoui case on 23 February 2007. - Security certificate, Wikipedia.
  - September 10, 2007: It was released by Virgin Records on 10 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and 18 September 2007 in the United States and Canada. - Drastic Fantastic, Wikipedia.
  - September 27, 2007: Season two of the American dramedy television series Ugly Betty started on September 27, 2007 in the United States and Canada and including a long, mid-season hiatus ran until May 22, 2008. - Ugly Betty (season 2), Wikipedia.
  - September 27, 2007: Positions in the shadow cabinet were announced on September 27, 2007 and includes all 30 members of the New Democratic Party caucus in the Canadian House of Commons. - New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 39th Parliament of Canada, Wikipedia.
  - September 17, 2007: Incumbent parties lose two of three by-elections in Canadian federal parliamentary ridings in Quebec. - September 2007, Wikipedia.
  - November 17, 2007: War in Afghanistan: Two NATO Canadian soldiers and an interpreter are killed by a roadside bomb in Panjawi, Kandahar province. - November 2007, Wikipedia.
  - December 1, 2007: The storm brought significant snows to portions of the Upper Midwest, Great Plains and Great Lakes regions of the United States and Canada on December 1 with a major winter storm for Quebec, Ontario and parts of the Northeast region on December 2 and 3 as well as the Canadian Maritimes on December 4 and 5. - Early December 2007 North American winter storm, Wikipedia.
  - December 23, 2007: It made its TV debut in Canada on 23 December 2007 and in the United States on 27 January 2008. - Mansfield Park (2007 TV drama), Wikipedia.
- 2008
  - January 29, 2008: Between the Beautifuls is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released on 29 January 2008. - Between the Beautifuls, Wikipedia.
  - January 23, 2008: On 23 January 2008, Canada stated it would not participate in the Durban Review Conference. - Durban Review Conference, Wikipedia.
  - January 27, 2008: It made its TV debut in Canada on 23 December 2007 and in the United States on 27 January 2008. - Mansfield Park (2007 TV drama), Wikipedia.
  - February 18, 2008: A suicide bombing targeting a Canadian military convoy kills at least 37 Afghan civilians and injures three Canadian soldiers in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. - February 2008, Wikipedia.
  - September 25, 2008: A young Canadian man is found guilty in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case of participating in a plot to storm the Parliament of Canada and behead the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper. - September 2008, Wikipedia.
  - September 28, 2008: It continued northward and maintained hurricane strength until landfall near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in Canada late on September 28. - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
  - September 15, 2008: Additionally, an FDA report dated September 15, 2008 stated that an export shipment from the Blakely plant to Canada was found to be contaminated, and prevented by the FDA from being allowed back into the U.S. - Peanut Corporation of America, Wikipedia.
  - November 25, 2008: As the oldest Canadian chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu, the chartering of Chi chapter on November 25, 1919 made Sigma Alpha Mu an international fraternity for the first time in its history. - List of Sigma Alpha Mu chapters, Wikipedia.
  - November 17, 2008: Positions in the shadow cabinet were announced on November 17, 2008 and include all 37 members of the New Democratic Party caucus in the Canadian House of Commons except Joe Comartin who was running for election as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons when the shadow cabinet was appointed. - New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet, Wikipedia.
  - December 16, 2008: United Nations special envoy to Niger Robert Fowler and Canadian diplomat Louis Guay are reported to be missing in Niger. - December 2008, Wikipedia.
- 2009
  - January 25, 2009: HS140 Whistler Olympic Park, Canada 25 January 2009 - 2008–09 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Wikipedia.
  - January 24, 2009: HS140 Whistler Olympic Park, Canada 24 January 2009 - 2008–09 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Wikipedia.
  - September 17, 2009: The episode was viewed by 931,000 households during its Canadian premiere on September 17, 2009, making it the 28th highest viewed program of that week. - Gossip (The Office), Wikipedia.
  - November 17, 2009: The season starts 17 November 2009 in Calgary, Canada and ends 31 January 2010 in Cesana, Italy. - 2009–10 Luge World Cup, Wikipedia.
  - November 25, 2009: Two journalists kidnapped more than a year ago in Somalia, an Australian and a Canadian, are released. - November 2009, Wikipedia.
  - December 30, 2009: Canadian journalist Michelle Lang was killed when travelling with Canadian soldiers in the southern province of Kandahar, and on January 9, 2010, the British reporter Rupert Hamer met the same fate in Helmand. - Embedded journalism, Wikipedia.
- 2010
  - February 9, 2010: The UK Parliament voted in favour of a referendum on the possible use of the Alternative vote system Canada also uses this system for national and provincial elections. - Plurality voting system, Wikipedia.

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