Canadian History: Timeline of Canada (From Confederation to Today)

If you are studying Canadian history, you might find this timeline a handy addition to your lessons. This part two printable covers the period of time from Confederation to today. {Need a Timeline for Pre-European contact TO Confederation?}

How to use it:

I designed this particular timeline to be able to be used within a 3-ring binder or duo tang, but feel that it can be used in a wall format or other creative idea just as effectively.

Each century has a two-page spread timeline. Place the line with a left and right side, hole punch, and add to your binder. (The ’50 of each century is in the middle of the page and actually has an arrow on each side. If this is confusing, feel free to use a black marker to fill in the section in the middle of the page to create a big, fat arrow.)

In between these pages, print out and cut off the top greyed portion of the event pages. Figure out which side of the timeline that even belongs on and make the picture face forward while the book is opened to that time period. Hole punch appropriately and add to the binder.

Each event includes a title, an arrow to show the time frame, a short explanation of that event, and a graphic.

There are over 70 events/people included:

Each of the 23 Prime Ministers
Residential Schools
Each new province / territory joining Canada
Two censuses
The North-West Mounted Police
Alexander Graham Bell
Sandford Fleming
Canadian Pacific Railway
Louis Riel
Klondike Gold Rush
Boer War
The Frank Slide
First Canadian Coin Minted
Anne of Green Gables
World War I & II
The Regina Cyclone
Fire in the Parliament Buildings
Halifax Explosion
Women’s Right to Vote / Nellie McClung
Winnipeg General Strike
Bluenose
Agnes MacPhail
Sir Frederick Banting
The Great Depression
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (later the CBC)
Japanese Internment Camps
Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway
The Canadian Flag
Expo ’67
Canada’s Centennial
Official Languages Act
The October Crisis
Summit Series: Canada vs. USSR
The Olympics – Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver
Terry Fox
Charter of Rights & Freedoms
The Loonie
Confederation Bridge
Afghanistan War