Category: Canada

In 1870, the Government of Canada acquired the territory from the Hudson’s Bay Company and the entire region became known as the Northwest Territories. The boundaries of Yukon were first drawn in 1895, when it became a district of the Northwest Territories. Does Yukon belong to Canada? The Yukon Territory (Yukon) is in the northwest […]

red and white. As a result of the proclamation of the Arms of Canada by King George V on 21 November 1921, red and white became Canada’s official colours. What is the color code of Canada flag? Colour palette and colour values Colour Pantone RGB FIP red 032 235, 45, 55 Black Process black 0, […]

The majority of the plutonium received from Canada came from the Chalk River Facility. Approximately, 252 kilograms of plutonium in spent reactor fuel was sent to the Savannah River Site where it was processed and blended with other materials in the main production streams for the United States nuclear weapons program. Is there plutonium in […]

4,324,810 people. The population of Canada increased dramatically from 1871 to 1881—from 3,635,024 to 4,324,810 people. What was happening in 1881 in Canada? Events. May 24 – The overloaded steamer Victoria’ capsizes on the Thames River near London, Ontario, killing 182 people. October – Clifton, Ontario, is renamed to Niagara Falls. What was Canada’s population […]

Figure 4.1 Population by knowledge of official languages, Yukon, 2011 Official language Population (percentage) English only 86.3 French only 0.3 English and French 13.1 Neither English nor French 0.3 Do they speak English in Yukon? According to the 2016 Census, 99.6% of all Yukoners (exclud- ing institutional residents) reported knowledge of at least one official […]

For a while, the Thanksgiving holiday did not have a set date. It moved around all over the calendar, from mid-April to November, before the Canadian government finally settled on the second Monday of October. Is Thanksgiving always the same date in Canada? Canadian Thanksgiving is in October—and on a Monday Canadian Thanksgiving happens a […]

From the early 19th century to 1870, the areas that made up the Yukon were administered by the Hudson’s Bay Company as the North-Western Territory. Who first settled the Yukon? It was originally settled by American Indians and the Inuit (Eskimo). The first European visitor (1825) was British explorer John Franklin, who was seeking the […]

northwestern Canada. Yukon, formerly Yukon Territory, territory of northwestern Canada, an area of rugged mountains and high plateaus. It is bounded by the Northwest Territories to the east, by British Columbia to the south, and by the U.S. state of Alaska to the west, and it extends northward above the Arctic Circle to the Beaufort […]

LCC’s Corporation was established in 1935 when Dr. Fosbery, the school’s founder and first headmaster, endowed the school to its alumni upon his retirement. The Corporation was born and, as such, owns the school. Today, LCC’s Corporation has some 200 members. How much does West Island College cost? $12,565 CADWest Island College (Montreal) West Island […]

The federal government’s organization and structure was established at Confederation through the Constitution Act, 1867—as a federal constitutional monarchy, wherein the Canadian Crown acts as the core, or “the most basic building block”, of its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. Which country does not operate a federal Constitution? China and Sri Lanka have a unitary form of […]