You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at There is a common misconception that Sir John A. Macdonald was elected as Canada’s first PM when Canada became a country on July 1. In fact, he was chosen by the Governor General at the time to...
In Canadian history, there have been two very famous Alexander Mackenzies. The first was a man who explored much of what would one day be Canada, and the first to accomplish the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico. That is...