The United States, Australia and Switzerland are also federal states. In Switzerland the parts are called cantons, in the U.S. there are states, and Australia, like Canada, has provinces which have joined together under a common, or federal, government.
- 1500-1755:
Native Peoples; New France; The Acadians - 1759-1791:
The Conquest; Quebec Act; Canada Act - 1840-1866:
Act of Union; Responsible Government; Road to Confederation - 1867-1871:
Confederation; Manitoba
& British Columbia join - 1871-1884:
Native Treaties; PEI joins; Supreme Court formation - 1885-1898:
The Last Spike; Manitoba Schools Act; The Klondike - 1905-1929:
Alberta & Saskatchewan join; World War I; The Roaring Twenties - 1930-1949:
The Great Depression; World War II; Newfoundland joins - 1960 to present:
The Quiet Revolution; Patriation of the Constitution; Canadian Government today- 1960s The Quiet Revolution
- 1982 Patriation of the Constitution
- Canadian Government Today
- Chart of Government Structure
- Executive Branch
- Cabinet
- Governor General
- Legislative Branch
- Senate
- House of Commons
- Speaker
- Judiciary
- Comparison of Federal & Provincial Governments
- Elections
- Political Parties
- How Laws are Made
- Other Countries with a Federal System
- Bruce Hutchison Interview
- Meech, Charlottetown, Referendum '95
- The Three Sovereigntist Errors