Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at As Canada marched through the first part of its second decade, the country began to expand and face several challenges unlike anything it had seen before. Let’s begin our look at Canada in 1873. On Jan...
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...
For over a century, women have had the right to vote in Canadian federal elections and most provincial elections. We take it for granted now, but the fight to get to that point was a long one for the women who wanted equal rights when it came to...
Throughout Canadian history, there have been many landmark cases but few are on the same level of importance as Edwards versus Canada, also known as The Persons Case. The Persons Case would be decided in 1929, but its origins date back over a decade...