| Date |
Event |
| Jan. 1, 1620 |
First Mission School for Indigenous Children Established |
| Jan. 1, 1831 |
Mohawk Institute becomes first school in Canada’s residential school system |
| Jan. 1, 1996 |
Last federally operated Residential School closes |
| Jan. 1, 1885 |
Anti-potlatch law came in effect |
| Jan. 22, 2019 |
Fed. Gov. apology to the Ahiarmiut community |
| March 5, 1928 |
Introduction of the Sexual Sterilization Act |
| March 20, 1845 |
Bagot Report on Indigenous assimilation |
| March 29, 1867 |
Constitution Act, 1867 |
| April 1, 1920 |
Residential Schools become mandatory |
| April 12, 1876 |
Indian Act introduced |
| April 17, 1985 |
Enfranchisement abolished from the Indian Act and Bill C-31 passed |
| April 19, 1884 |
Creation of Residential Schools |
| May 2, 1670 |
Hudson’s Bay Company claims Rupert’s Land, an area of 3,861,400 square kilometers around Hudson Bay |
| May 4, 1493 |
Doctrine of Discovery instituted |
| May 22-23, 2021 |
First unmarked graved found at BC Residential School |
| June 1, 2008 |
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is established |
| June 3, 2019 |
Final Report of the National inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released |
| June 10, 1857 |
The Gradual Civilization Act instituted |
| June 11, 2008 |
Formal apology to former Residential Schools students |
| June 20, 1951 |
Indian Act Amendment |
| June 21, 2021 |
UNDRIP receives Royal Assent and is adopted in Canada |
| July 1, 1883 |
Residential Schools Authorized |
| July 1, 1997 |
Grollier Hall Closes |
| July 8, 1899 |
Treaty 8 signed in Alberta |
| July 11, 1990 |
Beginning of Canada Crisis (Oka Crisis) |
| July-August 1845 |
Invention of the concept of “Manifest Destiny” by John O’Sullivan |
| Aug. 3, 1871 |
Treaty 1 signed in Manitoba |
| Aug. 10, 1960 |
Enactment of the Canadian Bill of Rights |
| Aug. 14, 2019 |
Canadian Gov. apology for killing thousands of sled dogs from 1950 to 1975 |
| Aug. 21, 1871 |
Treaty 2 signed in Manitoba |
| Aug. 22, 1921 |
Treaty 11 signed in Northwest Territories |
| Aug. 26, 1991 |
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Initiated |
| Aug. 28, 1876 |
Treaty 6 signed in Saskatchewan |
| Sept. 1, 2007 |
Indian Residential Schools settlement agreement comes into effect |
| Sept. 4, 1951 |
The Sixties Scoop begins |
| Sept. 4, 1995 |
Ipperwash Crisis |
| Sept. 7, 1850 |
Robinson Superior Treaty signed in Ontario |
| Sept. 9, 1850 |
Robinson Huron Treaty signed in Ontario |
| Sept. 13, 2007 |
Adoption of UNDRIP by the UN General Assembly |
| Sept. 15-25, 1874 |
Treaty 4 signed in Saskatchewan |
| Sept. 20, 1875 |
Treaty 5 signed in Manitoba |
| Sept. 22, 1877 |
Treaty 7 signed in Alberta |
| Sept. 23, 2021 |
Unveiling of the Survivors’ Flag |
| Oct. 3, 1873 |
Treaty 3 signed in Northwestern Ontario and Southeastern Manitoba |
| Oct. 6, 2017 |
Settlement for Sixties Scoop survivors |
| Nov. 2012 |
Start of Idle No More movement |
| Nov. 3, 2015 |
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Opens in Winnipeg |
| Nov. 6, 1905 |
Treaty 9 signed in Ontario |
| Nov. 7, 1906 |
Treaty 10 signed in Saskatchewan and Alberta |
| Nov. 11, 1975 |
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement is signed |
| Nov. 21, 1996 |
Release of the Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples |
| Dec. 15, 2015 |
Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released |
| Dec. 15, 2022 |
Indian Act replaced by the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act |
