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This community has been described as a third world country and experienced a recent suicide epidemic that caused them to declare a state of emergency.
What is Attawapiskat
Canada's first French Prime Minister.
Who is Sir Wilfred Laurier
The Dominion of Canada was created in a series of conferences and orderly negotiations, culminating in the terms of Confederation on this date.
What is July 1st, 1867.
John Cabot's 1497 journey to the Atlantic coast led him to _____________________ .
What is Newfoundland.
The Canadian Prime Minister during WWII was _______________________ .
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Among the 17th century French who had spent the most time among the Aboriginal populations of North America were the ______________ .
What is the Jesuits.
The British deported these First Nations peoples from Nova Scotia in the year 1764.
What is the Acadians.
Symbols, language, values and norms are the four main elements of shared ________________ .
What is culture.
In Black '47, approximately 90,000 Irish immigrants entered Canada through this location.
What is Grosse Ile, Quebec.
The Hudson's Bay Company agreed to transfer Rupert's Land to Canada for a bargain price of 300,000 British pounds which, in modern times is equal to ________________________ .
What is 1.5 million dollars.
The defection of Igor Gouzenko is often considered the beginning of this major 20th century conflict.
What is the Cold War in Canada.
The Canadian Prime Minster during WWI.
Who is Robert Borden.
The Seven Years War ended when France and Britain signed this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Ghent.
Tecumseh organized First Nation in order to resist U.S. expansion westward and died on the battlefield during the __________________.
What is the War of 1812.
These African Americans came to Canada following the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War.
Who are the Loyalists.
Canada and the Netherlands have a special relationship and is annually celebrated during this festival.
The experiences of victims of the Residential School System in Canada's dark history have been used to gain momentum for this contemporary movement.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation movement.
This Prime Minister established the Constitution and enshrined the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms within the Constitution itself.
Who is Pierre Trudeau.
Japanese Foreign Minister Tadasu Hayashi fought the Canadian government against its attempts to restrict ____________________ ____________________ to Canada.
What is Japanese immigration.
The Metis settlers made up the largest percentage of the population of _______________.
What is the Red River Valley.
This British statue whch recieved royal assent on June 22, 1774 significantly changed geographical boundaries.
What is the Quebec Act.
This Canadian Foreign Minister won a nobel peace prize for proposing an international contingent of Peacekeeping Forces during the Suez Crisis.
Who is Lester B. Pearson.
On May 15th, 1919, 25,000 to 30,000 workers went on strike. This has been called the _________________________ .
What is the Winnipeg General Strike.
Economic policy of railway building, protective tariffs, and large-scale immigration were used in pre-confederate Canada to promote a feeling of __________________ .
What is nationalism.
Equiano became involved in this movement in Britain by 1786.
What is the abolition movement.