History of Canada

1608: Quebec City is founded

1642: Montreal is founded

1793: Toronto is founded 

1812: American declares war on Britain; the war of 1812 begins. 

1814: The war of 1812 ends. 

1867: Canada becomes a country

1914: Canada enters World War One

1939: Canada enters World War Two


1990: Canada joins the Persian Gulf War

1998: Canada joins the Kosovo War 

2001: Canada joins the Afghanistan war effort against the Taliban

2011: Canada goes to war with Libya to overthrow Gaddafi 

2014: Canada declares war on ISIS 

2016: Canada stops bombing ISIS

Major Cities of Canada

Canada has a variety of large cities distributed across the country; one noteworthy commonalty is that everyone can be found within 100 miles of the America border.


1.) Toronto 
Date founded: 1793
Province located in: Ontario,
Population: 5.5 million (2011)
Majority religion: Catholic

Facts:
Toronto was originally called "York." The name Toronto comes from the Iroquois language.
Toronto is Canada's largest city.

2.) Montreal 
Date founded: 1642
Province located in: Quebec
Population: 3.8 (2011)
Majority religion: Catholic

Facts:
Montreal is by far Quebec's largest city.
The name Montreal means "Mount Royal"

3.) Vancouver 
Date founded: 1886
Province located in: British Columbia
Population: 2.3 (2011)
Majority religion: As of 2011 most people who live in Vancouver state they have "no religion".

Other facts:
Vancouver is Canada's largest western city.
Vancouver is not the provincial capital of British Columbia.
Vancouver is not located to the east of Vancouver island and not on it.

4.) Ottawa 
Date founded: C. 1818
Provinces located in: Ontario and Quebec
Population: 1.2 million (2011)
Majority religion: Catholic

Other facts:
Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
Relative to other capital cities it has a small population.
Ottawa is the only major city which is trans-provincial (spanning both Ontario and Quebec.)

5.)  Calgary 
Date founded: 1875
Province located in: Alberta
Population: 1.2 million (2011)
Majority religion: No religion

Other facts:
Calgary is the provincial capital of Alberta.

6.) Edmonton 
Date founded: 1795
Province located in: Alberta
Population: 1.1 million (2011)
Majority religion: No religion

7.) Quebec City 
Date founded: 1608
Province located in: Quebec
Population: 0.7 million (2011)
Majority religion: Catholic

Other facts:
Some Quebecors refer to Quebec City simply as Quebec.

8.) Winnipeg 
Date founded: 1873
Province located in: Manitoba
Population: 0.7 million (2011)
Majority religion: Protestant

Other facts:
Winnipeg is the provincial capital of Manitoba.

9.) Hamilton 
Date founded: 1816
Province located in: Ontario
Population: 0.7 million (2011)
Majority religion: Catholic

10.) Kitchener-Waterloo
Date founded: C.1800 (Kitchener), 1857 (Waterloo) and 1973 (Cambridge).
Province located in: Ontario
Population: 0.4 million
Majority religion: Protestant

Other notes:
The cities of Kitchener and Waterloo are sometimes called collectively as Kitchener-Waterloo despite the fact that they are two distinct entities. The above also includes the city of Cambridge which is located south-east of Kitchener.

Religion in the Northern Territories

Canada's Northern Territories are the Northwest territories, Yukon and Nunavut.

Northwest Territories 



Catholic: 38.7%
Protestant: 26.7%
Orthodox: 0.3%
No religion: 30.5%
Muslim: 0.6%
Jewish: 0.08%
Buddhist: 0.4%
Hindu: 0.1%
Sikh: 0.04%
Other: 2.58%

Yukon



Catholic: 18.3%
Protestant: 26.8%
Orthodox: 0.4%
No religion: 49.9%
Muslim: 0.1%
Jewish: 0.07%
Buddhist: 0.8%
Hindu: 0.1%
Sikh: 0.2%
Other: 3.33%

Nunavut 



Catholic: 23.9%
Protestant: 61.8%
Orthodox: 0.06%
No religion: 12.9%
Muslim: 0.1%
Jewish: 0.03%
Buddhist: 0.06%
Hindu: 0.09%
Sikh: 0.03%
Other: 1.03%

Religion in Quebec

The latest data regarding the religious affiliation comes from 2011, as such the percentages may have changed. 

In Quebec the vast majority identify as Roman Catholic however a minority of Quebec's Catholics attend a Mass regularly. 





Catholic: 74.6%
Protestant: 5.4%
No religion: 12.1%
Eastern Orthodox: 1.6%
Muslim 3.1%
Jewish: 1.1%
Sikhism: 0.1%
Hindu: 0.4%
Buddhism: 0.6%

Religion in Atlantic Canada

The Atlantic region of Canada includes Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The latest data regarding the religious affiliation comes from 2011, as such the percentages may have changed. 


Newfoundland

Catholic: 35.7%
Protestant: 61.1%
Agnostic: 6.1%
Eastern Orthodox: 0.05%
Muslim: 0.2%
Jewish: 0.3%
Buddhist: 0.07%
Hindu: 0.1%
Sikh: 0.01%

Prince Edward Island

Protestant: 48.1%
Catholic: 42.8%
No religion: 14.4%
Eastern Orthodox: 0.2%
Muslim: 0.4%
Jewish: 0.07%
Buddhist: 0.4%
Hindu: 0.1%
Sikh: 0.007%

New Brunswick 




Catholic: 49.7%
Protestant: 33.4%
Orthodox: 0.1%
No religion: 15.1%
Muslim: 0.3%
Jewish: 0.08%
Buddhist: 0.1%
Hindu: 0.1%
Sikh: 0.002%
Other: 1.11%

Nova Scotia


Catholic: 32.9%
Protestant: 42.3%
Orthodox: 0.3%
No religion: 21.8%
Muslim: 0.9%
Jewish: 0.1%
Buddhist: 0.2%
Hindu: 0.2%
Sikh: 0.04%
Other: 1.26%

Religion Canada-Wide

The latest data regarding the religious affiliation comes from 2011, as such the percentages may have changed. 

In 2011, according to the Government funded Statistics Canada Catholicism was the most held to religion at 38.9%, Protestantism comes second at 25.8% and 23.8% of Canadians had no religious affiliation. 

Eastern-Orthodox Christians make up 1.6%, 3.2% were Muslims, 1% were Jewish, 1.3% were Sikhs, 1.5% were Hindu and 1.1% were Buddhist. 

Catholic: 38.9%
Protestant: 25.8%*
Orthodox:1.6%
No Religion: 23.8%
Muslim: 3.2%
Jewish: 1%
Sikh: 1.3%
Hindu: 1.5%
Buddhist: 1.1%

*: For 2011 Protestantism excludes Mormonism and Jehovah Witnessism.

Religion in Western Canada

The latest data regarding the religious affiliation comes from 2011, as such the percentages may have changed. 

Western Canada includes the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

Manitoba 

Catholic: 26.3%
Protestant: 40.3%
Orthodox: 1.2%
No Religion: 26.4%
Muslim: 1%
Jewish: 0.9%
Sikh: 0.8%
Hindu: 0.6%
Buddhist: 0.5%

Saskatchewan 

Catholic: 29.5%
Protestant: 40.5%
Orthodox: 1.2%
No religion: 24.4%
Muslim: 0.9%
Jewish: 0.09%
Sikh: 0.1%
Hindu: 0.3%
Buddhist: 0.4%
Other: 2.61%

Alberta 

Catholic: 24.2%
Protestant: 32.5%
Orthodox: 1.4%
No religion: 31.5%
Muslim: 3.1%
Jewish: 0.3%
Sikh: 1.4%
Hindu: 1%
Buddhist: 1.2%

British Colombia 

Catholic: 15%
Protestant: 27.6%
Orthodox: 0.9%
No Religion: 44.1%
Muslims: 1.8%
Jews: 0.5%
Sikh: 4.6%
Hindu: 1%
Buddhist: 2.0%