confederation
Different provinces and territories joined the Canadian confederation at different times.
After the first 4 provinces joined together to become Canada in 1867 it took 132 years for all the other provinces and territories to join the confederation.
province or territoryNew BrunswickNova ScotiaOntarioQuébecManitobaNorthwest TerritoriesBritish ColombiaPrince Edward IslandYukonAlbertaSaskatchewanNewfoundlandNunavut |
date joined confederation1867186718671867187018701871187318981905190519491999 |
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald was a part of the Tories or the conservatives, The tories were the people that were fighting against the Grits, he was mostly fighting against George Brown