71.1891 James Naismith invents basketball.
72.1892 Stanley Cup donated by Lord Stanley.
73.1898 Yukon Territory joins.
74.1899 (-1902) South African war, known as the Boer War.
75.1900 Canadians took part in the battles of Paaderberg & Lillefontein.
76.1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan join.
77.1914 Britain declared war when Germany attacked Belgium and France.
78.1915 The poem “In Flanders Fields” is composed.
79.1916 Centre block of Parliament was destroyed in a fire and rebuilt in 1922.
80.1916 Manitoba became first province to grant voting rights to women.
81.1917 (April) Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge. April 9th - Vimy Day.
82.1917 Sir Robert Boden gave women the right to vote in Federal elections. First to nurses at the battle front.
83.1918 (Aug.8) Battle of Amiens.
84.1918 (Nov. 11th) The First World War ended. November 11 Remembrance Day.
85.1918 Most Canadian female citizens over 21 were granted the right to vote in Federal elections.
86.1920 ('s) Group of Seven founded.
87.1921 Canada's first female member of parliament (MP), Agnes MacPhail.
88.1921 King George V assigns Canada's national colours of red & white.
89.1927 Old age security was devised.
90.1927 Peace Tower was completed in memory of the First World War.
91.1928 (, '32, '36) Phil Edwards wins bronze medals for Canada in the Olympics.
92.1929 Stock market crash. Unemployment reached 27% in 1933.
93.1934 Bank of Canada created.
94.1937 John Buchan stated that “immigrant groups should retain their individuality and each make its contribution to the national character”.
95.1939 Second World War began.
96.1940 Employment Insurance was introduced.
97.1940 Quebec women granted the right to vote.
98.1943 (-44) Liberation of Italy.
99.1944 (-45) Canada liberates the Netherlands.
100. 1944 (June 6) D-Day invasion.
101. 1945 (-1970) During this time Canada draws closer to the USA.
102. 1945 (August 14) Japan surrenders.
103. 1945 (May 8) Germany surrenders.
104. 1947 Discovery of oil in Alberta.
105. 1948 Japanese Canadians given the right to vote.
106. 1949 Newfoundland and Labrador join.
107. 1950 (-53) Korean War.
108. 1950 ('s) Quebec was pioneer in modern abstract art.
109. 1951 For the first time, the majority of Canadians are able to afford adequate food.
110. 1952 Queen Elizabeth II has been Queen of Canada since this date.
111. 1956 Canada welcomed 37,000 people from Communist Hungary.
112. 1960 ('S) 1/3 of Canadians had origins that were neither British or French.
113. 1960 Aboriginals given the right to vote.
114. 1960 Quebec experiences the Quiet Revolution.
115. 1965 Canada and Quebec pension plans devised.
116. 1965 The new Canadian Flag raised for the first time.
117. 1967 Canada starts its own honours system (Order of Canada).
118. 1969 The Official Languages Act.
119. 1970 ('s) The term First Nations began to be used.
120. 1970 Canada helped found La Francophonie organization.
121. 1975 Canada welcomed 50,000 people from Communist Vietnam.
122. 1979 (-1988) Wayne Gretzky played for the Edmonton Oilers.
123. 1980 (& 1995) Referendum dates in Quebec.
124. 1980 O Canada proclaimed as the National Anthem.
125. 1980 Terry Fox began his cross-country run.
126. 1982 The constitution of Canada was amended to entrench the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
127. 1985 Rick Hansen circled the globe in a wheelchair.
128. 1988 Canada enacted a free trade agreement with the USA.
129. 1988 Canadian Government apologizes for the treatment of Canadians of Japanese origin, during World War Two.
130. 1989 (Since) Canadian space agency have participated in space exploration.
131. 1994 Mexico joins them in the form of NAFTA.
132. 1996 Olympic medal winners Donovan Bailey & Chantal Petitclerc.
133. 1999 Nunavut joins.
134. 2002 The Queens Golden Jubilee.
135. 2005 Clarkson Cup donated by Adrienne Clarkson.
136. 2006 Canadian Government apologizes for the discriminatory policy of the Chinese head tax.
137. 2006 House of Commons recognizes that the Quebecois form a nation within a United Canada.
138. 2008 Ottawa formally apologized to the former students of residential schools.
139. 2012 The Queens Diamond Jubilee.
