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Canada's story, one timeline at a time

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Big moments across the country

1500The Chonnonton (Neutral) homelandHamilton1701The Great Peace of MontréalMontréal1766Pennsylvania German settlers found The BendMoncton1813American forces capture and occupy YorkToronto1864The Chilcotin War and the hanging of six chiefsBritish Columbia1873PEI joins Canada as the seventh provinceCharlottetown1883Residential schools open across SaskatchewanSaskatchewan1900The White Pass & Yukon Route is completedWhitehorse1914The Komagata Maru (Guru Nanak Jahaz) is turned awayVancouver1937The great Thames floodLondon1992The northern cod moratoriumSt. John's2003SARS kills 44 people in the Toronto areaToronto2022Post-tropical storm Fiona batters the IslandPrince Edward Island

NLNewfoundland and Labrador

ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador5,700 BCE to today · 55 momentsA child is buried under a stone mound at L'Anse AmourCitySt. John's2,000 BCE to today · 43 momentsThe Beothuk live on the island's coasts and interior

PEPrince Edward Island

ProvincePrince Edward Island10,000 BCE to today · 39 momentsThe first people reach EpekwitkCityCharlottetown8,600 BCE to today · 33 momentsThe first people reach the Island

NSNova Scotia

ProvinceNova Scotia8,600 BCE to today · 46 momentsThe French build the Habitation at Port-RoyalCityHalifax11,000 BCE to today · 41 momentsThe first people arrive after the Ice Age

NBNew Brunswick

ProvinceNew Brunswick10,000 BCE to today · 43 momentsThe Peace and Friendship TreatiesCitySaint John9,000 BCE to today · 29 momentsPaleoindian tools on a harbour knollCityFredericton10,200 BCE to today · 27 momentsA campfire on the shore of a glacial lakeCityMoncton9,000 BCE to today · 27 momentsThe first peoples of the Maritimes

QCQuebec

ProvinceQuebec10,000 BCE to today · 64 momentsJacques Cartier raises a cross at GaspéCityMontréal1500 to today · 50 momentsThe people of Hochelaga welcome Jacques CartierCityQuébec City8,000 BCE to today · 49 momentsDonnacona welcomes Cartier at StadaconaCityGatineau3,000 BCE to today · 21 momentsThe Anishinaabeg of the Ottawa River

ONOntario

ProvinceOntario9,000 BCE to today · 53 momentsToolmakers quarry quartzite on Manitoulin IslandCityToronto2,000 BCE to today · 47 momentsThe Toronto Purchase: a disputed deal with the MississaugasCityOttawa4,000 BCE to today · 44 momentsThe Kichi Sibi, an Algonquin trade routeCityHamilton500 to today · 37 momentsEarly maize farmers at Princess PointCityLondon9,000 BCE to today · 36 momentsNeutral Iroquoian village at the Lawson site

MBManitoba

ProvinceManitoba4,000 BCE to today · 41 momentsPeople gather where the Red meets the AssiniboineCityWinnipeg4,000 BCE to today · 48 momentsPeople camp and trade at the junction of two riversCityBrandon4,000 BCE to today · 26 momentsThe Assiniboine River valley

SKSaskatchewan

ProvinceSaskatchewan10,000 BCE to today · 55 momentsPeople follow the retreating glaciers onto the plainsCityRegina10,000 BCE to today · 33 momentsOskana kâ-asastêki: 'where the bones are piled'CitySaskatoon4,000 BCE to today · 32 momentsBison hunters camp at the Gowen sites

ABAlberta

ProvinceAlberta3,800 BCE to today · 38 momentsHead-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump comes into useCityCalgary10,000 BCE to today · 40 momentsThe first people follow the retreating glaciersCityEdmonton3,000 BCE to today · 38 momentsAn ancient campsite above the riverCityLethbridge10,000 BCE to today · 26 momentsSummer hunting grounds of the NiitsitapiCityRed Deer10,000 BCE to today · 23 momentsHomeland of many nations

BCBritish Columbia

ProvinceBritish Columbia11,800 BCE to today · 54 momentsNations of the coast and the interiorCityVancouver6,000 BCE to today · 47 momentsCoast Salish ancestors settle the Vancouver areaCityVictoria2,000 BCE to today · 39 momentsCoast Salish peoples live around the harboursCityKelowna7,000 BCE to today · 31 momentsThe Syilx Okanagan people make the valley homeCitySurrey4,000 BCE to today · 30 momentsCoast Salish peoples live along the Fraser and Boundary Bay

YTYukon

TerritoryYukon23,000 BCE to today · 26 momentsBluefish Caves and the peopling of the AmericasCityWhitehorse7,000 BCE to today · 28 momentsHunters on the southern Yukon ice patches

NTNorthwest Territories

TerritoryNorthwest Territories1,400 BCE to today · 28 momentsDene homelandsCityYellowknife1500 to today · 27 momentsThe Yellowknives Dene and their copper knives

NUNunavut

TerritoryNunavut3,000 BCE to today · 29 momentsThe Thule, ancestors of the Inuit

Every moment links to its sources. We write plainly about what happened, including disasters, crimes and wrongs by governments, and say whether each wrong has been officially acknowledged, is established by the record, or is disputed. The oldest story here starts in 23,000 BCE (Yukon).