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Timeline
(1610 - 1612) Etienne Brule of France, explored southern Ontario
(1611) Henry Hudson visited Hudson Bay, claimed area for Great Britain
(1615) French missionaries established outposts in region
(1670) Hudson Bay Company received British royal charter to conduct Indian trade
(1673) Fort Frontenac established near present-day Kingston
(1680 - 1681) Robert Cavellier de la Salle sailed through (present day) Toronto on his way south to the Gulf of Mexico.
(1689 - 1697) English-French War occurred
(1689) Heavy fighting between French and Five Nations Iroquois occurred
(1701) Peace established between French and Five Nations Iroquois
(1721) French built fur post at Toronto
(1730) Hudson Bay Company established trading post at Moose Factory
(1749 - 1751) French built fort at Toronto
(1758) British captured Fort Frontenac
(1759) British captured Fort Niagara; French abandoned Fort Rouille in Toronto
(1760) French forces surrendered; fall of New France
(1763) Peace established between France and Britain (Proclamation of 1763); Indians attempted resistance of British
(1765) Indians made peace with Britain
(1774) Quebec Act passed, Ontario region added to Quebec Province
(1784) Over 9,000 United Empire Loyalists settled in (now) southern Ontario
(1788) Governor General Lord Dorchester proclaimed land area to be divided into Lower Canada with French legal system and Upper Canada with British legal system; British purchased 250,000 acres, began settlement of York (now Toronto)
(1791) Upper Canada founded (future Ontario)
(1793) John Graves Simcoe appointed first governor of Upper Canada, encouraged immigration from U.S., built roads, abolished slavery
(1812 - 1814) War of 1812, Upper Canada chief target of Americans due to large population of American immigrants
(1832) Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa completed; cholera outbreak from Lower Canada spread, thousands died
(1837) Upper Canada Rebellion in favor of responsible government occurred
(1841) Upper and Lower Canada united by Act of Union to form Province of Canada; Upper Canada became Canada West, Lower Canada became Canada East
(1847) Canada overwhelmed with over 100,000 immigrants escaping Irish Potato Famine, many suffered from typhus, 1700 deaths occurred
(1855) American canal at Sault Ste. Marie opened
(1858) Ottawa approved as permanent capital
(1867) Parliament of United Kingdom passed British North America Act; Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia joined to form country of Canada
(1872-1896) Oliver Mowat took office as Premier of Ontario, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party; defended provincial rights, expanded provincial power
(1875) Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway began at Fort William, Ontario
(1883) Mineral deposits found near Sudbury, mining boom in northern Ontario
(1884) Boundary dispute resolved between Ontario and Manitoba
(1886) The first Workman's Compensation Act was passed in Ontario
(1893) Economic recession affected province's industrial output
(1896) Sir Oliver Mowat resigned after 24 years as premier
(1906) Hydro-Electric of Ontario was created, first publicly owned electric utility in the world
(1910) Ontario Hydro transmission line brought generated electricity to Kitchener, Ontario from Niagara - first long-distance transmission of electricity in Canada
(1911) Forest fire swept into South Porcupine, Ontario; burned town to the ground, killed 50 people
(1912) Regulation 17 banned teaching in French after first year of school, teaching of French after fourth year
(1916) 233 lives lost in forest fire in northern Ontario
(1917) Women won right to vote and hold public office
(1931) Statute of Westminster removed legislating power of United Kingdom over Dominion of Canada
(1934) Dionne Quintuplets born
(1943) George Drew’s Progressive Conservative Party won Ontario election, began 42 years of Conservative government
(1951) Fair Employment Practices Act passed forbidding discrimination due to race, creed, color, nationality, ancestry, place of origin; Equal pay legislation passed
(1954) First crude oil reached Sarnia, Ontario through pipeline from Edmonton
(1955-1956) 17,000 General Motors auto workers struck in Ontario
(1965) 10,000 postal workers in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia struck for higher wages
(1970) Lake St. Clair Fishery closed due to mercury contamination
(1974) Pauline McGibbon was appointed first woman Lieutenant-Governor
(1976) CN Tower opened in Toronto
(1979) Train derailment in Mississauga caused largest evacuation of city in North America
(1980) Terry Fox ended marathon near Thunder Bay when cancer reappeared in his lungs
(1982) Acid rain killed fish in 147 Ontario lakes; Canada Act 1982 passed by British Parliament severed all remaining constitutional and legislative ties between Canada and United Kingdom
(1989) Canada, U.S Free Trade Agreement took effect
(1990 - 1992) Major recession hit Ontario, many companies downsized, threatened to leave Canada
(1994) North America Free Trade Agreement went into effect
(1995) Gay Adoption Law struck down; Ontario Coalition Against Poverty began public protests against government
(1997) Teachers struck in Ontario - largest teachers strike in North America
(2003) Blackout cut power in Ontario, eight US states, affected over 10 million Canadians, 40 million Americans
(2003) Ontario declared public health emergency due to SARS, 44 died, tourist revenues dropped by half
(2003) Court of Appeals, Ontario, legalized same-sex marriage
(2005) Global groups united against Islamic arbitration in Ontario; Legionnaires disease killed 16, sickened dozens at Toronto seniors’ home; Air France jetliner crashed at Toronto Airport, all passengers, crew survived; Prime Minister Paul Martin’s government ousted in no-confidence vote
(2006) Series of thunderstorms hit Ontario killed two, caused extensive damage; 12 men, five youths arrested for planning series to terrorist attacks in southern Ontario
(2008) Explosions at propane facility in Toronto forced thousands to evacuate from homes; two killed; train from Vancouver to Toronto quarantined after one person died, others became ill; Prime Minister Stephen Harper won bid to suspend parliament
(2009) Man survived plunge at Niagara Falls |
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