Confederation

Title: Confederation
Category: History | Words: 737 | Pages: 3.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Confederation

On July 1, 1867, celebrations occurred nationwide as confederation passed and Canada became an independent country. With the uniting of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the Dominion of Canada was created. Obtaining the right to confederation was a long and difficult process. In September 1864, Canadians proposed the idea of a Canadian Confederation at the Charlettown conference (Waite). Two years later in December 1866, delegates from Canada attended another conference in London, England, in order to further …showed first 75 words of 737 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 737 total…has grown today to have 10 provinces, 3 territories and population of 30 million (Silver). An online survey conducted on September 18, 2000, stated that Confederation ranked as the most significant event ever in Canadian history (Brennae). Canada as a country, our government system as well as the multicultural and bilingualism that resulted from the French Canadian’s heritage would not have been possible without Confederation. If not for Confederation Canada would not be the country that it is today.

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