British+North+America+-+Colonies+Before+Provinces

British North America: Colonies Before Provinces Canada, as we know it today, did not always have 10 Provinces and 3 Territories. Before joining the Dominion of Canada, Provinces of Territories were Colonies of British North America. During Confederation in 1867, the Colonies of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick joined the Dominion of Canada. The rest of the Provinces and Territories joined later.


 * On this page you will use the following questions: **

1. Write down the name of the province/territory that Sir John A MacDonald was from.  2. Write down the name of the province/territory that was the last to join the Confederation? Why did they want to join the Confederation?

3. Write down two of the main reasons why British Columbia joined the Confederation?

**Click on the links** for each Province and Territory to find out why each one decided to join or opted out of Confederation.



New Brunswick - 1867 Nova Scotia - 1867 Ontario - 1867 Quebec - 1867 Manitoba - 1870 Northwest Territories - 1870 British Columbia - 1871 Prince Edward Island - 1873 Yukon Territory - 1898 Alberta - 1905 Saskatchewan - 1905 Newfoundland - 1949 Nunavut - 1999

 **Confederation, 1867© Library and Archives of Canada **

With your partner(s), choose one of the Provinces or Territories above. Brainstorm reasons why your province should join Confederation, and reasons why your province should not.

Province or Territory: ___
 * Reasons to join Confederation ||< Reasons not to join Confederation ||