This document provides an overview of Canada in the early 20th century. It discusses Canada being a dominion under Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, with Wilfred Laurier as prime minister from 1896 to 1911. It also mentions the Northwest Mounted Police establishing law and order in the Yukon, a policy of assimilating Indigenous peoples through residential schools, and Canadians fighting in the Boer War in South Africa. Finally, it references technological advances, such as the Silver Dart aircraft and faster transatlantic travel, helping to shrink the world as Canada entered its century.