Ottawa in History

The rebellion is suppressed by the British Army. Indians, led by Pontiac, rebel across the whole frontier

Supports Ottawa after Queen Victoria selects it as permanent capital.

Serves as governor general when Confederation begins.

Becomes first prime minister as Confederation creates the Dominion of Canada.

Serves as first finance minister after Confederation.

Serves in the first federal cabinet after Confederation.

Wins the first federal election after Confederation.

Arranges transfer of Rupert Land from the Hudson Bay Company.

Oversees passage of the Manitoba Act.

Brings British Columbia into Confederation with a railway promise.

Creates the North-West Mounted Police to police the western territories.

Welcomes Prince Edward Island into Confederation.

Resigns after the Pacific Scandal damages his government.

Forms the first Liberal federal government.

Introduces electoral reforms including the secret ballot.

His government consolidates laws affecting First Nations under the Indian Act.

Returns to power advocating tariffs, railways and western settlement.

Accepts transfer of British Arctic territories to Canada.

Promotes railway planning as the Canadian Pacific Railway contract is approved.

Refuses clemency before Louis Riel is executed.

Dies in office after dominating early Canadian federal politics.

Becomes prime minister after Macdonald dies.

Becomes prime minister after Abbott resigns.

Becomes prime minister after Thompson dies.

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Serves briefly as prime minister before the 1896 election.

Becomes the first French Canadian prime minister.

Creates Yukon Territory during the Klondike gold rush.

Approves Canadian volunteers for the South African War.

Creates Alberta and Saskatchewan as new provinces.

Creates the Department of External Affairs.

Forms a Conservative government after the reciprocity election.

Emergency finance measures suspend normal gold redemption and protect Canadian banking reserves.

Commits Canada to war when Britain declares war on Germany.

Introduces conscription through the Military Service Act.

Forms a wartime Union government with pro-conscription Liberals.

Welcomes federal voting rights for many Canadian women.

Becomes prime minister after Borden retires.

Forms his first Liberal government.

Canada restores gold convertibility and fixes the dollar again near parity with the United States dollar.

Resigns after Governor General Byng refuses dissolution.

Forms a short-lived Conservative government during the King-Byng crisis.

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Forms a Conservative government during the Great Depression.

Canada formally breaks the link between the Canadian dollar and gold during the international financial crisis.

Influential in negotiating the Statute of Westminster which defined Dominion status

Welcomes legal autonomy under the Statute of Westminster.

Presides over the Ottawa Conference giving the Empire Trade Preference

Agrees Imperial preference following the adoption of protective tariffs by the British. 21 July-20 August, holds the Imperial Economic Conference

Creates the Bank of Canada during the Depression.

Returns to office as Liberal prime minister.

Creates the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a public broadcaster.

Canada declares war on Germany after parliamentary approval.

Introduces national mobilization while initially limiting overseas conscription.

Canadian uranium supply becomes part of Allied nuclear planning.

Asks voters to release the government from its anti-conscription pledge.

Helps introduce distinct Canadian citizenship.

Becomes prime minister after Mackenzie King retires.

Welcomes Newfoundland as Canada tenth province.

Forms a Progressive Conservative government.

Wins a landslide federal majority.

Wins a landslide federal majority.

General election outcome recorded for John Diefenbaker: Wins a landslide federal majority.

Government context for this general election: Wins a landslide federal majority.

Secures passage of the Canadian Bill of Rights.

Forms a Liberal minority government.

Adopts the Maple Leaf flag as Canada national flag.

Introduces the Canada Pension Plan.

Becomes prime minister after winning the Liberal leadership.

Makes English and French official languages of federal institutions.

Invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.

Announces multiculturalism as official federal policy.

Clarks budget proposals are defeated & he is forced to call an election

Clarks budget proposals are defeated & he is forced to call an election

Forms a Progressive Conservative Government without a majority

Forms a short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government.

Returns to power after the 1980 federal election.

Proclaims patriation of the Constitution and the Charter of Rights.

Succeeds Trudeau as Liberal prime minister.

Forms a Progressive Conservative majority government.

Responds after the Air India Flight 182 bombing kills 329 people.

Signs the free trade agreement with the United States.

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Becomes Canada first woman prime minister.

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's 1st woman Prime Minister

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's 1st woman Prime Minister

Sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada

Forms a Liberal majority government.

Implements the North American Free Trade Agreement in Canada.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Coordinates federal response to the severe ice storm.

Passes new security legislation after the September attacks.

Wins a 2nd term as Prime Minister with a Liberal minority government.

Wins a 2nd term as Prime Minister with a Liberal minority government.

General election outcome recorded for Justin Trudeau: Wins a 2nd term as Prime Minister with a Liberal minority government.

Government context for this general election: Wins a 2nd term as Prime Minister with a Liberal minority government.

Begins self-isolation after Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19.

Announces border restrictions as Canada responds to COVID-19.

Helps coordinate Canada's federal COVID-19 economic and border response.

Wins another Liberal minority government.

Wins another Liberal minority government.

General election outcome recorded for Justin Trudeau: Wins another Liberal minority government.

Government context for this general election: Wins another Liberal minority government.

Invokes the Emergencies Act during convoy protests.

Announces a public inquiry into foreign interference.

Resigns from cabinet after serving as deputy prime minister and finance minister.

Is sworn in as Canada twenty-fourth prime minister.

Is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada

Leaves office after nearly a decade as prime minister.

Leads the Liberal Party to victory in the federal election.