You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at He is one of the most important Fathers of Confederation, and he was the first Canadian politician to be assassinated, yet today he is mostly unknown to the majority of Canadians. Today, I am...
We have reached the second year of Canada’s existence, 1868, and plenty was going on that would have a long impact on Canada’s history. One event was the return of Louis Riel to the Red River area. He had been living in eastern Canada but was...

