- Canada was founded as a French fur trading colony in 1608 when Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec. From the late 1600s to early 1900s, over 73,000 poor and orphaned British children were sent alone to Canada as part of child migration schemes.
- Important events in Canada's history include the establishment of the Alaska-Canada boundary in 1825, the founding of the University of Toronto in 1827, and a large fire in Quebec that destroyed 1,500 houses in 1845.
- In 1945, Igor Gouzenko defected from the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, exposing Soviet espionage activities in Canada during World War 2, leading to investigations of suspected US employees. His disc