• Other business interests in the 1870s and 1880s included the Yarmouth Gas Light Company, Mountain Cemetery Company, Yarmouth Water Company, Yarmouth Marine Railway Company, Yarmouth Woollen Mill Company, and Cowan Gold Mining Company. (biographi.ca)
  • PanCanadian had millions of acres of royalty-free lands thanks to an 1880s land grant from Ottawa to Canadian Pacific Railway. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Playing on the growing Sinophobia caused by the influx of Chinese work crews for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Shakespeare, a Conservative, successfully contested one of the two seats for Victoria in the federal election of June 1882. (biographi.ca)
  • The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was originally built between British Columbia and Eastern Canada in the 1880s, fulfilling a promise extended to British Columbia when it became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1871. (steampowered.com)
  • For instance, George Mercer Dawson , one of the first topographers of the Canadian Rockies, wrote ethnographic reports on the Haida and Cree peoples, while at the same time surveying the west coast for coal deposits and charting the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway . (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • From the late 1850s into the 1880s, it was a major entry port for thousands of Chinese immigrants who sought work in gold mines and building the Canadian Pacific Railway. (readersdigest.ca)
  • Published in 1971, it served as a defining work for how scholars understood the figures, events, motivations, ideologies, and theologies which shaped the social gospel movement in Canada. (activehistory.ca)
  • In the early 1920s, over 100 orphaned Armenian children, later called the "Georgetown Boys", were brought to Georgetown, Ontario by the Armenian Relief Association of Canada, an organization that provided assistance to Armenian refugees in adjusting to Canadian society. (ola.org)
  • After 1760 Montreal gradually took over as the center of silversmithing in Canada although there were also a number of silversmiths in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. (silvercollection.it)
  • By proclaiming the month of May as Armenian Heritage Month, the Province of Ontario recognizes the significant impact that Armenian Canadians have had on Ontario's social, cultural, educational, economic, and political institutions, as well as their contributions to art, science and literature in the province. (ola.org)
  • A Wurlitzer Model 147 military band organ from 1916, rare and beautiful 18th century Dutch clocks and gorgeous painted pine furniture pieces made in Ontario, Canada in the mid-19th century are a few expected top lots in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. s online-only Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana auction slated for Saturday, March 20. (artdaily.com)
  • Painted pine Ontario, Canada furniture from the John Wine collection will be led by a Wellesely Schrank wardrobe from the 1850s, featuring a subtle fern motif in the door panels and having two-piece construction (base and body), 89 inches tall by 63 inches wide (est. (artdaily.com)
  • In 1841, the government of the Province of Canada (the area that is now the southern parts of Ontario and Québec ) budgeted £1,500 to carry out a geological survey of the province. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Admittedly Toronto is an extreme case and not representative of Canada but it does show how fragile culture can be. (skyscraperpage.com)
  • Bold prediction, considering there is only 1 NBA team in Canada, that gets mediocre tv viewership at best, which the majority likely come from the Toronto region. (skyscraperpage.com)
  • As the century came to a close in Canada s two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, Impressionism gradually gathered the support the returning painters needed from art dealers, collectors, exhibition societies, and the media. (arnoldsche.com)
  • Universal, government-funded health care has been a source of pride for Canadians since its inception in the early 1960s. (listverse.com)
  • Gabriel Dumont, military commander of the Metis forces during the North-West Rebellion, circa 1880s. (canadashistory.ca)
  • More than 150,000 children from First Nations, Inuit and Metis families were sent to Indian residential schools in Canada between the 1880s and 1990s, often far from their homes. (forbes.com)
  • The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ( IRPA) was established by the Canadian government in the year 2002. (ipl.org)
  • It was the result of the 2002 marriage of PanCanadian Energy and Alberta Energy Co. (AEC), both endowed with massive swathes of land in Western Canada. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Between 1984 and 2002, when the Canada Hall permanent history exhibits took shape, upwards of $50 million was spent on researching, designing, building, and outfitting them. (activehistory.ca)
  • With the 1885 electoral franchise act, Macdonald addressed the House of Commons and called on mp s to take away the voting rights from Canadians of Chinese origin. (biographi.ca)
  • Then, as now, the North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a subject of contention within Canada. (canadashistory.ca)
  • as well as the regular army for the Province of Canada and post- confederated Canada , referred to as the active militias. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Canadian Militia also referred to the regular army established by the Province of Canada under the Militia Act of 1855 . (wikipedia.org)
  • Prior to Canadian Confederation , the Province of Canada , and the colonies of Atlantic Canada maintained their own militias. (wikipedia.org)
  • The two organizations that originated from the act, the Permanent Active Militia (PAM), and the Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM), continued to serve as Canada's regular army following Canadian Confederation in 1867. (wikipedia.org)
  • [1] Enrolment in the sedentary militias continued for several years after Canadian Confederation, although the practice was ended shortly afterwards, superseded by the active militias. (wikipedia.org)
  • In what became known as "Canada's Noble Experiment", it was considered one of the first Canadian humanitarian acts on an international scale. (ola.org)
  • The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) is Canada's national agency for geoscientific information and research. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • If Canada was in the situations refugees and immigrants are in, Canada would want other countries to be happy to help. (ipl.org)
  • There were many groups such as the Chinese and Jews that were no accepted by the Canadian people by 1945 the rules had changed and there was acceptance towards immigrants. (ipl.org)
  • This was because before 1923 Chinese immigrants were not welcome in Canada for a Chinese Immigrant to live in Canada they would need to pay a fifty dollar head tax. (ipl.org)
  • By this time, World War Two (WWII) had subsided, the economy was recovering, and Canada found itself fairly well situated to accept new immigrants (Hawkins, 1988, p.99). (ipl.org)
  • According to the government of Canada website there are numerous self employed immigrants, about 600,000 across the country, more than 260,000 of them have paid employees. (ipl.org)
  • Chinese immigrants coming to Canada faced hardship after hardship from the long voyages, the expensive head tax, and the back-breaking jobs they had. (ipl.org)
  • Canada forced more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children to attend residential schools between the 1880s and 1997, a policy the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called 'cultural genocide. (cbc.ca)
  • Some never leave freshwater environments, but most return to the mouth of the Yukon River from the Bering Sea in late spring and early summer, entering Canadian waters in mid-to-late July. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • The machine was commercially available in the late-1880s. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • If women and girls in the general Canadian population had gone missing or been murdered at the same rate, NWAC estimates the country would have lost 18,000 Canadian women and girls since the late 1970s. (hrw.org)
  • By the late 1880s, the mighty creatures that shaped the ecosystem and inspired traditional teachings, were almost completely extinct. (suncor.com)
  • Demand for seafood production is expected to double by 2050, and Canada has, by far, the longest coastline in the world. (canadiangeographic.ca)
  • During the time period of 1867 to 1945 the immigrant experience in Canada was different from today. (ipl.org)
  • At the juncture of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in the heart of Winnipeg is The Forks National Historic Site , an area that has witnessed more than 6,000 years of Canadian history. (readersdigest.ca)
  • When it burned down in 1930, the site was converted into a Parks Canada administrative building and 12-acre Cascade Gardens, with ponds, waterfalls, walking trails, and seasonal flora and fauna. (matadornetwork.com)
  • In the days before Hurricane Fiona hit Atlantic Canada last September, oyster farmers Hana Nelson and Philip Docker carefully secured equipment, boats and patio furniture - anything that could turn into a projectile. (canadiangeographic.ca)
  • On rusting boats, creaking docks and bubbling hatcheries across Atlantic Canada, the entrepreneurs working in and alongside the ocean are grappling with what it means to farm a landscape in the throes of overlapping crises. (canadiangeographic.ca)
  • Multiculturalism is one of the defining characteristics of Canadian society and it all started after World War II, with Canada accepting refugees. (ipl.org)
  • Decades later, approximately 2,000 survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide - mostly women and children - came to Canada as refugees. (ola.org)
  • The earliest militia units in Canada dates back to 16th century in New France . (wikipedia.org)
  • Use of militias in Canada date back to New France. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Nutana Pioneer Cemetery dates back to the 1880s when Saskatoon was just a small settlement. (globalnews.ca)
  • A Niagara Falls Railway Suspension Bridge wood sign, 1880s ( travel over and back for 10 cents ), historically significant and 16 inches by 50 inches (est. (artdaily.com)
  • Take a look back at the most memorable royal tours of Canada . (readersdigest.ca)
  • Reiber, who died in 2014, had been charged with tax evasion by Canadian authorities in the 1970s when he and his partners were accused of skimming cash from apartment buildings they owned. (counter-currents.com)
  • Two-thirds of the islands in this bunch, the Thousand Islands, belong to Canada, but the total area of the Canadian islands is roughly equal to the other one-third, which are considered to be American territory. (atlasobscura.com)
  • Some stories drive home the historical fact of Canadian slavery, a truth still widely ignored, but for the most part, they are tales of how ordinary people managed to cope - or not - with daily life. (qwf.org)
  • However, the truth of this has been questioned as a tourist ploy since the 1880s, with both islands being in Canada according to some sources. (atlasobscura.com)
  • Cross over one of the bridges to walk around the historic Brett Sanatorium and Hotel, built in the 1880s. (matadornetwork.com)
  • The route was originally planned to run further north than where it was eventually built, primarily to prevent American railroads running through Canada. (steampowered.com)
  • Moreover, these permanent Canada Hall historical settings are built and protected with extensive environmental, security, and other museum systems. (activehistory.ca)
  • Like everywhere else in the world, Canada has a history that, although fascinating, is often not flattering. (listverse.com)
  • Here are the top 10 less than flattering controversial periods in Canadian history. (listverse.com)
  • Techniques and technology being used in the research could also be used to uncover more about the tragic history of the Canadian residential school system . (globalnews.ca)
  • We acknowledge the financial support of the Canadian Museum of History through the Online Works of Reference Program funded by the Government of Canada. (biographi.ca)
  • Those traditionalists, supported on record by a now boxed-in management, aim at replacing virtually all the main history galleries which now feature ordinary people and everyday life in Canada from AD1000 to 2000, east to west, by inserting instead displays portraying landmark political events, episodes, or persons. (activehistory.ca)
  • Soon we'll know it as the Canadian Museum of History. (activehistory.ca)
  • Impressionism in Canada, exploring the extension of the original French style of painting into North America, brings forward a new dimension to the history of this important movement. (arnoldsche.com)
  • Throughout its history, the Survey has produced some of the most comprehensive and detailed maps of the Canadian landscape, and published several important reports on its ecology and natural history. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Like a living time capsule, each site provides unique insights into the different heritage, cultures and stories that make up Canadian history. (readersdigest.ca)
  • For the first time, Canadian society was building up tolerance which is a value that has contributed to making the country a better place to live in. (ipl.org)
  • Armenian Heritage Month is an opportunity to educate Ontarians about the struggles and achievements of Armenian Canadians in a society that respects freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. (ola.org)
  • In 1984, Reiber, a lawyer, was cited for professional misconduct by the Law Society of Upper Canada for evading the tax evasion case, the paper said. (counter-currents.com)
  • So Reiber allegedly dodged taxes, purportedly profited from fraud, and was accused of misconduct by a Canadian Law Society. (counter-currents.com)
  • The comprehensive scholarly study presents Impressionism from its origins in France to its formation in North America and Canada and showcases the impressive autonomy of the artistic works of Canadian Impressionism in over 650 large-format illustrations. (arnoldsche.com)
  • Within this context, the lives and works of fourteen of the most significant Canadian artists including William Blair Bruce, Maurice Cullen, J.W. Morrice, Laura Muntz Lyall, Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, Helen McNicoll, and Clarence Gagnon are examined in the second half of the volume. (arnoldsche.com)
  • Clark says the cross-Canada team's goal is to map out all of the unmarked graves at residential school sites . (globalnews.ca)
  • Orange has become synonymous with residential schools in Canada, after author Phyllis Webstad wrote about her experience having an orange shirt taken from her on her first day of residential school. (cbc.ca)
  • Now, with this book, we have a full account of its development during the four decades after 1875, first in France, then in the United States, and finally in Canada. (arnoldsche.com)
  • There was no official regulation of the purity of the metal used in the industry in Canada until the early 20th century. (silvercollection.it)
  • the Robert Russell clock collection, the John Wine collection of Canadian furniture and the Ben Lennox collection of fresh-to-market and seldom-seen items ranging from early historic trade signs to rare seltzers. (artdaily.com)
  • The other is a 1930s Pepsi-Cola neon clock made in the 1930s for the French-Canadian market, with Pepsi s early double-dot logo. (artdaily.com)
  • The Canada Hall is largely a series of past streetscapes, early industrial milieus, and almost forgotten frontiers - e.g. (activehistory.ca)
  • In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it set the stage for expansion into western Canada as the site of trade forts, a Hudson's Bay reserve and a major railway yard. (readersdigest.ca)
  • In the future I know hockey won't be (close to) THE ONLY GAME, but I honestly can't see where in the future one single other sport will be more popular than hockey in Canada overall. (skyscraperpage.com)
  • Generally speaking, aside from the CFL, I still see the NHL as being the pro sports league with by far the most clubs across Canada in the future. (skyscraperpage.com)
  • And whether or not they succeed will determine the future of this region and the seafood Canadians consume. (canadiangeographic.ca)
  • By the mid-1880s, after it crossed the Atlantic to Boston and New York, Impressionism quickly became the favoured style of art in America. (arnoldsche.com)
  • Canadian] authorities later issued an arrest warrant for Reiber when he fled to Florida. (counter-currents.com)
  • The province of British Columbia has been particularly badly affected by violence against indigenous women and girls and by the failure of Canadian law enforcement authorities to deal with the phenomenon. (hrw.org)
  • The high rates of violence against indigenous women and girls have drawn widespread expressions of concern from national and international human rights authorities, which have repeatedly called for Canada to address the problem. (hrw.org)
  • The failure of law enforcement authorities to deal effectively with the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada is just one element of the dysfunctional relationship between the Canadian police and indigenous communities. (hrw.org)
  • At one time, Canada was one of the largest exporters of asbestos in the world. (listverse.com)
  • It was billed by founding CEO Gwyn Morgan as a "global super independent" and briefly enjoyed the largest market capitalization in Canada. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Once home to the largest Chinese settlement in Canada, the neighbourhood was designated a National Historic Site in 1995 for its importance in Chinese-Canadian heritage. (readersdigest.ca)
  • We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada. (biographi.ca)
  • Again the Leader commented: "The Government and the country were specially fortunate in their General who is not only a brave man and good commander but one who understands the temper of Canadians. (canadashistory.ca)
  • The Minneapolis Tribune , for instance, stated that the Canadian government had sent out an expedition "totally unfitted for the work it has on hand. (canadashistory.ca)
  • By the time government funding for data collection on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls ended in 2010, the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) had documented 582 such cases nationally. (hrw.org)
  • It was not an easy journey to get from China to Canada. (ipl.org)
  • Museum president and CEO John Young was scheduled to join Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Desmond's sister, Wanda, Robson at the Winnipeg museum on Monday morning for the official launch of the vertically oriented purple bill. (forbes.com)
  • Part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site, Banff is home to waterfalls and hot springs, ski slopes and hiking trails, historic and cultural sites, and a number of excellent restaurants to keep visitors fueled and satiated between year-round adventures . (matadornetwork.com)
  • The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the only museum in the world exploring human rights as an aspiration for all people, is the site for Monday's (Nov. 18, 2018) official launch of the new Canadian $10 bill, the museum announced. (forbes.com)
  • More than a million people from across Canada and around the world have visited the museum since it opened in September 2014. (forbes.com)
  • As one of only 20 UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Canada , the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump - estipah-skikikini-kots in Blackfoot-is a bucket-list destination for its breathtaking natural environment, as well as its historical and archeological significance. (readersdigest.ca)
  • In 1900 there were only 23,000 Chinese people in Canada today there are 1,487,000 which makes up for 3.9% of the Canadian population. (ipl.org)
  • By accepting people of different races and religions, Canada establishes itself as a tolerant and multicultural nation deserving of much respect. (ipl.org)
  • Canada being rated number one in quality of life has been a goal for people wanting to immigrate. (ipl.org)
  • I don't think most people outside of Canada know who Justin Trudeau is. (crazydaysandnights.net)
  • It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. (cbc.ca)
  • Immigration in Canada Canada has viewed immigration as a big need in order to grow population and the economy. (ipl.org)
  • When the war ended, Canada took in the highest percentage of Holocaust survivors relative to its population. (ipl.org)
  • Today, wood bison are listed as threatened in the Species at Risk Act with a population of an estimated 10,000 in Canada. (suncor.com)
  • Yet as alarming as these developments were, even more important was the fact that approximately 10% of the U.S. population and 25% of the Canadian population lived in the region. (cdc.gov)
  • The Canadian Militia is a historical title for military units raised for the defence of Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • But the historical significance of the Canadian Survey was distinct from many of its precursors because it was part of a broader project of promoting the settlement of the frontier by white subjects loyal to the British Crown. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Located in Regina, the Saskatchewan Legislative Building is one of the province's must-see historical landmarks for both its grand exteriors and the glimpse it provides of the inner workings of Canadian politics. (readersdigest.ca)
  • A National Historic site, the Banff Park Museum is the oldest federal building still standing in any Canadian national park. (matadornetwork.com)
  • Macdonald was not alone in seeing the Chinese as a threat to the British character of Canada. (biographi.ca)
  • During this period, Encana has jettisoned numerous Canadian assets and staff and bulked up on U.S. shale oil operations during a mass industry move. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Canadians will now carry a story about human rights in their pockets," he said in prepared remarks. (forbes.com)
  • Encana Corp.'s decision to wipe away its Canadian identity is a gut punch to Alberta at a time when its economic midsection is already bruised. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Changing the Museum's name may be a fait accompli, but there's time to save the Canada Hall. (activehistory.ca)
  • He was the provincial surveyor in 1848, and three years later he was appointed to the Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors for Lower Canada. (biographi.ca)
  • he conformed to the French style the family had brought to Lower Canada. (colonialsense.com)
  • Thousands of years ago, it's estimated that as many as 168,000 wood bison roamed the boreal forests of Western Canada and much of the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska. (suncor.com)
  • Hallmarks must be registered by the Register of Trademarks, Industry Canada in which abbreviations and inscriptions for jewellery items in either English or French are permitted. (silvercollection.it)
  • Investors pointed to the relative success of U.S. shale producers and the gusher of capital flowing into projects in Texas and New Mexico while the industry in Canada sputtered. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Two decades ago, it was in the top 10 countries for aquaculture production, but as industry growth stagnated, Canada slipped down the list, landing it at number 25. (canadiangeographic.ca)
  • In consultation with the Canadian Wildlife Service and Fort McKay First Nation, Syncrude reintroduced wood bison to the region. (suncor.com)