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10 Most Famous Historical events that happened in Canada

Canada is the greatest country in the world. We have beautiful mountains, rolling plains, clean rivers, and pristine lakes. Our people are some of the kindest, most generous on the globe. We’ve also made a fair dent in the history books, and the international community is finally starting to view Canada as a real player on the world stage.

1. Discovery of Insulin

Before insulin, getting diabetes could often mean a death sentence. But in 1920, Dr. Frederick Banting, an unknown in his field, thought he’d found the cure to diabetes. And it all revolved around a dog’s pancreas. Working out of a tiny lab, Banning and his assistant Charles Best removed the pancreas from dogs, and when they got diabetes, they injected the dog’s ground-up pancreas to treat the disease. Seriously.

Their blood sugar dropped, and treatment was born. After years of testing, they perfected a formula, winning a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

2. Women Suffrage

Political cartoon commenting on women’s voting rights in Quebec, By Racey, Arthur G. Wikipedia

Gender equality wasn’t always top-of-mind in Canada’s founding years. After all, there were wars to fight, and lands to explore. And while women who owned property were allowed to cast a ballot as early as 1925, it wasn’t until 1951 that any woman was allowed to vote and enter as an election candidate. And that was only because of the thousands of women who fought for women’s suffrage, just a short few years before women started burning their bras in the U.S.

3. Sinking of the titanic

We’ve all come across the Titanic’s fateful Voyage, and so this is the next event on the list of 10 most important events in Canadian history. The Titanic, being regarded as one of the three Olympic-class ocean liners, was claimed to be unsinkable by many. Still, it struck an iceberg on its very first Voyage and sank, and to this day, it is one of the world’s worst marine disasters. The captains gave out a distress call over the radio (soon after this accident) in hopes that there were other ships nearby. They gave the order for the Titanic’s passengers to board the lifeboats, but all in vain, since many passengers did not understand what was going on. Therefore, this haphazard led to the wastage of a lot of space on the first lifeboat.

4. Roberta Lynn Bondar

She became the first Canadian woman in space by blasting off on the morning of January 22, 1992, on board the space shuttle Discovery and along with her went the dreams, hopes, and good wishes of thousands of Canadians. It was an immensely proud moment for all Canadians, especially the women. As per Roberta Bondar, it was as far the most exciting day for her. For this Canadian scientist, it was the ultimate climax to a lifetime of dreams and years of tireless training.

5. Women’s Hockey Gold

The 2002 Women’s Hockey World Cup, being the 10th edition of the Women’s Hockey World Cup, owns a significant spot in the list of the 10 most important events in Canadian history. The Canadian Hockey Team snatched a memorable win to set up a clash with the hosts, the United States, in the finals. They grabbed the winning title after mercilessly beating the Americans by 3-2 at the finals. It was possibly one of the most exciting tournaments ever with the hosts. While the men won a gold medal the same year, the real test of the Canadian spirit played out on the women.

6. Legalization of same-sex marriage

2003 wedding of Mathieu Chantelois and Marcelo Gomez in Toronto, By Mm. Toronto,

Last but certainly not least, this one’s the most recent in the list of 10 most important events in Canadian history. Marriage between two partners of the same gender, i.e., same-sex marriage became legal in Canada on July 20, 2005. Ontario and British Columbia legalized the licensing of same-sex marriage in 2003 and were the first two provinces to do so. Since then, all the areas have followed in their footsteps and have recognized same-sex marriages.

7. Multiculturalism Act

On January 1,1988Canada became a more multicultural country. Canada was the first country to adopt multiculturalism as a policy. The government began to accept the rights and distinct identities of the many different cultures within the country. This policy soon became law when the Multiculturalism Act was passed. This created equality between different cultures in work, housing, and education. Many cultural events also gained government support.

8. Canada’s flag

A Canadian flag waves in the wind just after sunrise, By Angry Red Hammer Guy, common

Canada for a long time had been using the Union Jack and the red ensign as their flag for a long time. Soon, Canada started to feel that as a growing nation, they needed their flag to represent them. Because they were very multicultural, they went through many different designs. After looking through many different options, Canada decided on the maple leaf in between two bars of red (from another design symbolizing two oceans on either side of Canada).On December 15, 1964, Canada received its flag.

9. The Great depression

The Great Depression started on October 24, 1929, after the war when soldiers began returning from battle. Many of them could not find employment and expected the government to give them funds for being in the war. However, the government could not because it was bankrupt. Also, many of the soldiers who returned from the battle could not afford simple things such as butter because of inflation. The government created relief camps for the needy but this was very demoralizing for men.

10. Independent Nation

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After World War I ended, there was much celebration. Because of the Canadian’s success during the battle of Vimy Ridge, they became more respected and were allowed to make more decisions not under the British Empire. Canada became able to do things like declare war and many other things. Canada had gained independence for its performance in war. It was therefore recognized as an independent nation on June 28, 1919.