Category: Canada

1870: Emma Albani becomes Canada’s first singing superstar. 1879: The most popular traditional Canadian song of all-time is published—”Alouette!” The composer remains a mystery. What was the first song in Canada? The earliest work of patriotic music in Canada, “The Bold Canadian“, was written in 1812. The national anthem, “O Canada”, was originally commissioned by […]

The Canada Temperance Act. The Canada Temperance Act (Scott Act) of 1878 gave local governments the “local option” to ban the sale of alcohol. Prohibition was first enacted on a provincial basis in Prince Edward Island in 1901. Prohibition in Canada. Published Online August 12, 2013 Last Edited November 13, 2020 Did Canada have a […]

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are offered annually for Master’s study. You must hold a first degree of either first or upper second class classification, or lower second class classification plus a relevant postgraduate qualification. What grades do you need to get a scholarship in Canada? Many entrance scholarships look for an […]

‘hard’ credit check. The score that most Canadian lenders use is called a FICO score, previously known as the Beacon score. FICO, which is a U.S. company, sells its score to both Equifax and TransUnion. FICO says 90 per cent of Canadian lenders use it, including major banks. Which credit score check is most accurate? […]

In 2014, Canada’s Conservative government passed a law that effectively created a two-tier citizenship program. In 2015, that law went into effect, making second class citizens of anyone who wasn’t born in Canada. Who would be considered a second-class citizen? A second-class citizen is a person who is systematically and actively discriminated against within a […]

Canada began the 1920s in a state of economic depression. By the middle of the decade, however, the economy started to improve. Wheat remained an important export for Canada, but there was also enormous growth in the exploitation of natural resources and manufacturing. What was life like in the 1920s in Canada? The 1920s saw […]

Rock and roll dominated popular music in the mid 1950s and late 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Which genre of music was introduced during the 1950’s? Rock ‘n’ Roll Emerging in the early 1950’s, the genre began the chain of events that would result in the creation of […]

The inauguration of the Peace Tower and its Carillon took place on July 1, 1927, the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation. This major event attracted thousands of spectators to Parliament Hill and was marked by the first national and international radio broadcast in Canada. What happened in 1927 in Canada? August 20 – John Duncan MacLean […]

In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not “persons” according to the British North America Act (now called the Constitution Act, 1867). Therefore, they were ineligible for appointment to the Senate. What question was posed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1928? Although the Famous Five proposed different questions, on […]

Indigenous history in Canada History: Crown-Indigenous relationships. Royal Proclamation of 1763. Treaty-Making in Canada. Indigenous contributions to the War of 1812. Residential Schools. First Canadian Arctic Expedition. Indigenous contributions during the First World War. National Indigenous History Month. What is the history of indigenous peoples in Canada? Indigenous peoples have been in Canada since time […]