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YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-12-04

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"Provisions [in Quebec City and Montreal are] very scarce" and the price of "articles of life" has greatly increased, probably, the writer says, from the increase in trade and thus population

ia601305.us.archive.org/12/ite
pg. 650 (frame 668)

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #inflation

See also: Inflation in Canada
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Lower Canada - An Economy in Crisis
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-12-03

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The Lower Canada Assembly's address to the Throne includes a statement that L.C. prosperity will allow the House to pay for the province's government expenditure

news.google.com/newspapers?nid
pg. 1 (righthand page, bottom of 4th column)

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-12-02

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A #Massachusetts legislature committee says, with territory "already too extensive," the U.S. should not take Canada, "this province of Frenchmen"

numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoin
pg. 1 (2nd column)

#QuebecHistory #annexation #FrenchCanadian

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2025-12-01

Chief Dan George: A Voice for Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation 🇨🇦

Chief Dan George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, was a renowned actor and Indigenous rights advocate. He gained fame for his role in Little Big Man and used his platform to speak out against discrimination and promote understanding. George’s legacy inspires Indigenous artists and activists. 🏞️
#IndigenousRights #CanadianHistory #Canada 🇨🇦

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Chief Dan George courtesy Too Tall Paul/Flickr CC
YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-12-01

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The James Madison administration is encouraging Congressional "resolutions breathing #war and tending to precipitate us into immediate hostilities"

numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoin
pg. 18 (1st column)

#JamesMadison #WarOf1812

See also: War of 1812 - Causes of the War of 1812
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
James Madison
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-27

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Several ships coming from St. John's are dismasted or missing in heavy gales, and some that left in the previous winter and fall have not been heard of since

numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoin
pg. 3 (column 1)

#Newfoundland

See also: Newfoundland and Labrador - History - European Settlement
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Shantell PowellShanmonster@c.im
2025-11-26

Today is the anniversary of a Canadian atrocity.
#CanadianGenocide #CanadianHistory #History #Battleford #Massacre

Illustration shows a hanging scaffold with eight Indigenous men about to be murdered by Canadian officials. Families and children are made to watch. The largest mass execution in Canadian history took place at Battleford, Saskatchewan. Indian families from the surrounding reserves were brought to the Battleford barracks to witness the mass execution. November 27, 1885 Eight Indigenous warriors executed by the Northwest Mounted Police and local settlers. The judge who sentenced them had his house burned down during the resistance. Is it time to exonerate them? Illustration by James Smith of the John Smith Reserve in Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser. Available from Amazon
YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-26

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Some #Labrador #Inuit maintain their #Christian habits while out on the land, including singing hymns, praying together and saying "what the Lord had done for them"

collections.mun.ca/digital/col
pg. 447 (frame 495 of 574)

See also: Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut) - Christian Missionaries
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Moravian Missions in Labrador - Moravian Missions Along the Labrador Coast
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-25

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A Saint John, New Brunswick school will teach #girls reading, writing, sewing and embroidery, and #boys reading, writing, arithmetic and "Merchant's Accounts"

newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/
pg. 1

#NewBrunswick

See also: Education in Canada - Distinctions Between Formal and Informal Education
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-24

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A commission declares a Halifax merchant "a lunatick" and he, his property and his debts are to be administered by his wife and two others

bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/a

#NovaScotiaHistory #MentalIllness

See also: Mental Health - Mental Health in Canada
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

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2025-11-23

Marc Garneau: First Canadian in Space 🚀

On October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-41-G). He conducted experiments in space sciences, remote sensing, and communications. Garneau completed three space missions, accumulating over 677 hours in orbit. He later served as a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. #Canada #MarcGarneau #Space #CanadianHistory 🇨🇦

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Gar

Garneau floats in the hatchway that leads to Endeavour
YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-20

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A New Brunswick official states that no purchase or lease of Indigenous land is allowed unless "with the full consent of every Man of the tribe"

web.lib.unb.ca/archives/findin

#NewBrunswick #IndigenousPeople

See also: New Brunswick - History - Indigenous Peoples; Development
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-19

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Six Nations chiefs say "the cause of our misfortune" is land and "we have been very foolish & parted with our lands"

notlmuseum.ca/research/downloa
images 61–2

#Haudenosaunee

See also: Six Nations of the Grand River - History
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Chief - Origin of the Term
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

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2025-11-18

Chief Dan George: A Voice for Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation 🇨🇦

Chief Dan George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, was a renowned actor and Indigenous rights advocate. He gained fame for his role in Little Big Man and used his platform to speak out against discrimination and promote understanding. George’s legacy inspires Indigenous artists and activists. 🏞️
#IndigenousRights #CanadianHistory #Canada 🇨🇦

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Chief Dan George courtesy Too Tall Paul/Flickr CC
YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-18

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"[In] #Soil, Climate and Government, Upper Canada may vie with any part of the globe [and will soon] become one of our most flourishing Colonies"

canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.42221
pg. 13

#UpperCanada

See also: Upper Canada - First Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe Takes Charge
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-17

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Just imported: men's #beaver, silk and "Beaver water proof" hats, servants' camel-hair hats, and hats for children, ladies, and the stock of "Country merchants"

numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoin
pg. 1 (column 1)
disponible en français

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

See also: Beaver - National Symbol
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

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2025-11-16

The Oka Crisis: A Land Dispute & Indigenous Rights 🇨🇦

Summer 1990: a land dispute in Oka, Quebec between the Mohawk community of Kanesatake & the town of Oka turned into a 78-day standoff. Sparked by proposed development onto sacred Mohawk land, Indigenous rights & land claims moved to the front page. It is a symbol of the struggle for Indigenous self-determination in Canada. 🏞️ #Canada #OkaCrisis #IndigenousRights #CanadianHistory

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Color photo from the Oka Crisis of 1990 showing Kanyen'kehà:ka protesters blocking a road with felled trees and a vehicle, demonstrating resistance against development on contested land. The image reflects the tensions surrounding the dispute over a proposed golf course expansion.
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2025-11-15

Avro Arrow: Canada's Lost Aviation Dream 🇨🇦✈️

Feb 20, 1959: Canada abruptly cancelled the Avro Arrow, a cutting-edge supersonic jet. Thousands lost jobs & all plans were destroyed. The cancellation is controversial, seen by many as a blow to Canada's aerospace industry and a symbol of lost potential. What could have been? 🤔
#Canada #AvroArrow #CanadianHistory #Aerospace

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Can

Full size replica of the CF-105 Arrow at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto By Balcer
YYYY in CanadaMan1t0ba@hcommons.social
2025-11-13

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Details are revealed of "the most daring #robbery we ever heard of in [Lower Canada,] surpassing for hardihood every thing [likely in] persons of this country"

numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoin
pgs. 238–9

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Canadian_Eh@mas.to
2025-11-12

Marc Garneau: First Canadian in Space 🚀

On October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-41-G). He conducted experiments in space sciences, remote sensing, and communications. Garneau completed three space missions, accumulating over 677 hours in orbit. He later served as a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. #Canada #MarcGarneau #Space #CanadianHistory 🇨🇦

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Gar

Garneau floats in the hatchway that leads to Endeavour

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