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Book Review:  In this book McDonald and Coles take readers along on the “Confederation Ride” — a fascinating and revealing tour of eastern Canada in 1864.

The ways Canadians toast their country have changes with the times.

As the Fathers of Confederation negotiated unity, their unmarried daughters and sisters hoped for alliances of a different kind.  

You can’t call Canada a nation anymore. How did this happen?

Life was a story of unending toil for many women in pioneer Canada.

Use this activity and the 2017 Summer issue of Kayak ​to engage your students with the concept of Confederation by asking them to think about it happening today! 

This lesson examines the various viewpoints and perspectives of the participants in the Confederation debates, including the voices of women, Indigenous peoples and other groups left out of the process.

Watch now: in this video Canada's History gets a tour of the Manitoba Museum's Legacies of Confederation: A New Look at Manitoba History exhibition. 

Watch now: in this video Canada's History goes behind-the-scenes at the Manitoba Museum to view and to touch artifacts and specimens.

Without the support and persuasiveness of George-Étienne Cartier, Quebec might not have united with the rest of the Dominion.