Cut out each Timeline Card
Group your cards into "Beginning", "Middle", and "End Categories"
Along with the class, use the answer key to properly order each event.
Glue each card to your page as a visual reference.
The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway is put in at Craigellachie, British Columbia (Nov. 7th 1885)
Louis Riel is hanged for treason due to his involvement in the North West Rebellion (Nov. 16 1885)
Isaac Shupe of Newmarket, Ontario invents a clothes washing device that automatically releases soap (1890)
The first Children’s Aid Society of Canada is established in Toronto Ontario (1891)
At the age of 76, John A. MacDonald dies (June 6 1891)
The National Council of Women of Canada is created (1893)
The District of Yukon is created. It becomes separate from The North West Territories (1895)
Gold is discovered in the Klondike Region, District of Yukon. More than 100,000 will migrate here in hopes of finding gold (1896-99)
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s first French Prime Minister, is elected. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada (1896)
Clara Brett Martin in Canada’s first female lawyer (1897)
The Boer War in South Africa begins. The war is between the Dutch Afrikaners and the British. Canada sends thousands of volunteers to fight alongside the British. This was Canada’s first official time sending troops overseas to war (1899)
First wireless spoken voice message is sent using radio waves (1900)
Silver, cobalt, and nickel are discovered in Cobalt, Ontario. This launches Ontario into becoming a leading producer of silver (1903)
Saskatchewan and Alberta join Confederation, 38 years later than Ontario and Quebec (1905)
The Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario is started by Sir Adam Beck. The largest electric company in Canada at this time. (1906)
A new type of wheat is created by Charles Saunders at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario. Marquis wheat produces larger crops and is hardier against cold and wind than other varieties of wheat. (1908)
The Royal Canadian Mint is created in Ottawa, Ontario. Coins are now made in Canada for the first time instead of England (1908)
Anne of Green Gables is written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The tale of this adventurous girl from PEI becomes a part of Canadian pop culture (June 1908)
The Royal Canadian Navy is established (1910)
McGill University opens its doors to Canada’s first female professor Carrie Derrick (1912)
World War 1 begins in Europe. Britain declares war on Germany bringing Canada automatically into WWI (1914)