Territorial evolution of Canada

This article highlights the territorial development of Canada with all the changes in the external and internal borders.

Comments

• The Northwest Territories consisted of various districts, but the Keewatin district had a higher status, which is why this is also noted. In 1905 it was incorporated into the Northwest Territories and finally resolved with the creation of Nunavut in 1999.
• The maps used on this page form for simplicity from the present borders of Labrador, as the territorial claims of Quebec and Newfoundland overlapped.
• Not included on the cards is the Alaska boundary dispute with the United States, since it concerns only a narrow strip of territory.

Development

The Dominion of Canada comes from three areas of British North America: The Province of Canada, which is divided into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The United Kingdom takes the majority of its remaining territory in British North America from Canada to Rupert 's Land and the North- Western Territory are combined to form the Northwest Territories. Forms of Rupert's Land Act of 1868 to the legal basis, but can be completed until 1870, after the Hudson 's Bay Company with 300,000 pounds ( about 8 million euros ) will be compensated. On the same day the Manitoba Act comes into force, which in a relatively small square area around the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba creates.

The British colony of British Columbia is a province.

The British colony of Prince Edward Iceland becomes a province.

The borders of Ontario be moved temporarily to the north and west, as the anticipation of future development and the expected population growth.

In a centrally located strip of land of the Northwest Territories of Keewatin district is formed.

The United Kingdom takes the British Arctic Territories from Canada to which were connected the Northwest Territories.

The boundaries of Manitoba are extended, but a significant part is controversial because it raises Ontario claim.

The southwestern border of the Keewatin District is changed.

The disputed between Manitoba and Ontario area is Ontario slammed whose boundaries are shifted further to the north and west.

The Keewatin district is extended to the east.

The Yukon Territory is cleaved from the Northwest Territories. The boundaries of Quebec move to the north.

The eastern boundary of the Yukon Territory is adjusted.

The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are formed from the southern part of the Northwest Territories and the Keewatin District. The rest of the Keewatin District is again affiliated with the Northwest Territories.

Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec are extended northward to its present boundaries. Five years earlier, the colony Newfoundland became an independent state.

A British court finds, in a border conflict between Labrador and Quebec in favor of Labrador. Canada must then give a small area to the Dominion Newfoundland.

The independent Dominion Newfoundland and its dependent territory Labrador join Canada and the province of Newfoundland.

The territory of Nunavut is cleaved from the Northwest Territories. In addition, the name of the province of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador is changed on 6 December 2001.

Source

• Territorial Evolution - Natural Resources Canada

• History of Canada