Canadian History

Highlights of the History of Canada

Canada flag and beautiful Canadian landscapes


Readings in the great Canadian past.  Some of the years listed below are approximate.

YearTitleAuthor(s)
1497Cabots Discover North America MainlandSamuel Edward Dawson
1534Cartier Explores CanadaH. H. Miles
1576Frobisher Searches for the Northwest PassageGeorge Best
1583England’s First Overseas ColonyMoses Harvey
1608Quebec FoundedHenry H. Miles
1642The Founding of MontrealAlfred Sandham
1682La Salle Explores Length of Mississippi RiverFrançois Xavier Garneau
1813Battle of Lake ErieTheodore Roosevelt
1689The Lachine MassacreFrançois Xavier Garneau
1710Great Britain Acquires Nova ScotiaDuncan Campbell
1755Exile of the French Settlers in AcadiaWilliam H. Withrow
1759Britain Captures QuebecArthur G. Bradley
1775Canada Chooses Not Join American RevolutionJohn McMullen
1783After the American Revolution, Where Did the Loyalists Go?Sir John G. Bourinot
1812Canada Versus USA 1812-1814Agnes M. Machar| |David Ramsay
1813Battle of Lake ErieTheodore Roosevelt
1837The 1837 Canadian RebellionGeorge Bryce
1841Upper and Lower Canada UnitedJohn Charles Dent
1867Canadian Confederation EstablishedJoseph Edmund Collins
1869Fur Companies AbolishedG. Mercer Adam
1903The Alaskan Boundary SettlementJohn W. Foster| |F. C. Wade| |Goldwin Smith

Francis Parkman’s Histories of the French in Canada

Volume 1. Pioneers of France in the New World
Volume 2. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century
Volume 3. LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West
Volume 4. The Old Regime in Canada
Volume 5. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV


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