1849 Before Confederation NB, NS and PEI Upper and Lower Canada NL was without most of Labrador Vancouver’s Island Most of BC was New Caledonia Central Canada was Rupert’s Land North-Western Territory was huge Alaska still belonged to Russia

1862 5 years before Confederation British Columbia now has its current name Northern BC was Stickene Territory

1867 Confederation NS, NB, Canada East and Canada West join together Canada East is now Quebec Canada West is now Ontario Alaska has been bought by the USA

1873 Manitoba (smaller version) joined Confederation in 1870 British Columbia joined in 1871 PEI joined in 1873 North-West Territories expanded (no more Rupert’s Land) Newfoundland and the Arctic Islands were still British territories

1882 Manitoba and Ontario have grown North-West Territories now includes Far North North-West Territories now broken into several districts

1895 Ontario has expanded a little more

1905 Saskatchewan and Alberta join Confederation Yukon created from the western portion of the Northwest Territories Canada is now 38 years old

1912 Manitoba grows to its current size Newfoundland gets Labrador (disputed by Quebec), but is still a British territory

1977 Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949 Canada now has 10 provinces and 2 territories Canada is now 110 years old This is the map most of your parents grew up with

1999 Nunavut is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories