This is a photograph of the first page of the Order-in-Council that recommended the establishment of the North-West Mounted Police (which would later become the RCMP). The recommendation was made by the Minister of Justice, and was approved two days…
From the CBC Digital Archives, online: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/canada-is-actually-tricultural:The Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism has forgotten one of the country's founding nations -- Native Canadians. Mrs. Monteur of the…
From the CBC Digital Archives, online: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/bilingualism-finally-a-report: French and English should be the two languages of government from airports to federal courts, recommends the commission studying bilingualism. The…
This is a photograph of the interior of Canada's Supreme Court of Canada in 1890. At this time, the Supreme Court of Canada was not the highest court in Canada. Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada could be appealed to the Judicial Committee of…
This notice appeared as an advertisement in Halifax in 1873. In the advertisement, the government of Canada sought twenty young men for service in the North West Mounted Police. The men were required to be of good character, single, between the…
From the website of the Government of Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, "250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763": "On October 7, 1763, King George III issued a Royal Proclamation establishing a new administrative structure…
This is a photograph of ohn George Lambton, First Earl of Durham. Lord Durham was the Governor General of British North America from 1837 to 1838. He was sent to British North America to investigate the causes of the 1837 rebellions in Upper and…
Above, is an exact replica of the BNA Act, sent to Canada by the British government, in honour of Canada’s 150th Birthday. The BNA Act was a symbolic piece of Canadian History, especially one of religious significance, as it protected freedom of…
This is a photograph of the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Through the signatures of England, France and Spain, the French rule of the Québec colony was transferred to the British. Section 4 of the Treaty gives the French in Quebec the right to practice…
This newspaper article reports on debates surrounding pay equity, as Ontario considered enacting equal pay legislation. This article highlights some of political issues related to employment that existed at the same time that foreign workers were…
The War Measures Act is a Canadian Statute, first introduced in 1914. The purpose of the Act was to give the federal government absolute authority in times of war and other moments of national crisis.
In 1942, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie…
The photo shows hundreds of fishing boats owned by Japanese-Canadians that were rounded up and seized, prior to being sold by the Custodian of Enemy Property.
