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Historical events

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	Great Depression in Canada	Detailed article about the impact of the worldwide Great Depression of the early 1930s in Canada		Article to be created
	Habitation de Québec	Settlement founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608 that will become Quebec City	Stub to improve
	Chilcotin War	Confontration in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqotʼin (Chilcotin) Peoples in British Columbia and white road construction workers		Article to be created
	Battle of the Belly River	Last major conflict between the Cree and the Blackfoot, and the last major battle between First Nations on Canadian soil	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Battle of Cran (also known as Battle of Stoney Creek)	Battle during the Seven Years' War in Acadia	Article to be created
	Battle of Chippawa	Battle during the War of 1812 in Upper Canada		Stub to improve
	March West	Initial journey of the North-West Mounted Police to the Canadian Prairies between 8 July and 9 October 1874		Article to be created
	British Columbia gold rushes	Gold rushes in British Columbia	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Canada in the Korean War	Canadian participation in the Koran War		Article to be created
	North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915	One of the worst floods in the history of Edmonton	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Great Fire of 1892	Fire in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on 8 July 1892	Add references	Article to be created
	Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)	Memorial day observed annually since 1 July 1917 in Newfoundland and Labrador to recall the losses of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment at the Battle of Albert during the First World War		Article to be created
	William Davis Miners' Memorial Day	Annual remembrance day in Nova Scotia to recognize all miners killed in the province's coal mines		Article to be created	Men in the Mines: A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992 from Nova Scotia Archives Miners Memorial Day: Davis Day from Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
	Operation Snowgoose	Canadian involvement in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus established in 1964		Article to be created
	Battle of Long Sault	Battle during the Beaver Wars in early May 1660 between the French colonial militia with their Huron and Algonquin allies against the Iroquois Confederacy		Add references
	1918 Quebec City riots	Riots in Quebec City against the conscription in 1918	Article to be created
	Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632)	Treaty signed in 1632 by which the English returned the control of New France to the French after seizing it in 1629	Stub to improve, and add references	Stub to improve
	Battle of Vimy Ridge	Battle during the First World War in France involving four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force		Add references
	Nunavut Day	Public holiday in Nunavut celebrating the passing of the Nunavut Act by the Parliament of Canada July 9, 1993		Article to be created
	Battle of Montgomery's Tavern	Battle in Toronto during the Upper Canada Rebellion in December 1837		Article to be created
	Affari vos	Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII published in 1897 about the issue of the schools in Manitoba	Article to be created	Stub to improve
	Fire of Montreal Metro	Fire in Montreal Metro in 1971	Article to be created
	Battle of York	Battle during the War of 1812 in Upper Canada		Stub to improve
	Somalia affair	Canadian military scandal in Somalia in 1993		Article to be created
	Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal	Political scandal in Alberta in 1910		Article to be created
	Munsinger affair	Canada's first national political sex scandal in 1966	Needs improvement	Article to be created
	2018 British Columbia wildfires	Wilfires in British Columbia in 2018	Needs improvement	Article to be created
	Act of Union 1840	Law adopted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1840 abolishing the legislative assemblies of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, and creating a single colony, the Province of Canada	Add references
	Battle of Lundy's Lane	Battle during the War of 1812		Stub to improve

Historic organizations

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	Newfoundland Railway	Railway company on the island of Newfoundland that operated from 1898 to 1988	Add references	Article to be created
	Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland	Government-owned public radio service of the dominion of Newfoundland launched in 1939 and absorbed into CBC in 1949		Article to be created
	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Administrative corps of the Canadian Army active from 1917 to 1923	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Midland Railway of Canada	Railway which ran from Port Hope to Midland in Ontario		Article to be created
	Air Defence Command	Command of the Royal Canadian Air Force and later the Canadian Armed Forces active from 1951 to 1975	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Canadian Forces Air Transport Command	Command of the Canadian Forces active from 1968 to 1975	Stub to improve, and add references	Article to be created
	Royal Canadian Naval Air Service	Established during World War I	Stub to improvre	Article to be created

Historic places

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	Mohawk Chapel	The oldest church building in Ontario, national historic site of Canada		Article to be created
	The Bog, Charlottetown	Former neighbourhood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island settled in the early 19th century by Black slaves	Stub to improve	Article to be created	The Canadian Encyclopedia
	Fort Whoop-Up	Trading post in Alberta		Article to be created

Historical figures

Picture	Name	Description	To do on English Wikipedia	To do on French Wikipedia	References	Remarks
	William Davis	Miner from Cape Breton Island killed in 1925 during the miners' strike	Stub to improve, and add references	Article to be created
	Pamphile Le May	Novelist, poet, storyteller, translator and librarian from Quebec who became the first librarian of the National Assembly of Quebec in 1867	Article to be created
	Lincoln Alexander	First Black Canadian elected as Member of Parliament		Stub to improve
	James Creighton	Canadian lawyer, engineer, journalist and athlete, person of national historic significance, who organized the first recorded indoor ice hockey match at Montreal, Quebec in 1875	Add references	Article to be created
	Desmond Piers	Rear-admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy decorated of the Légion d'Honneur and the Distinguished Service Cross		Article to be created
	Frederick William Campbell	Canadian military officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Rey Pagtakhan	First Filipino Canadian elected to the House of Commons		Article to be created
	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Politician and farmer from New Brunswick, one of the first members of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly to give speeches in French	Stub to improve		Dictionary of Canadian Biography
	William Mactavish	Scottish-born representative of Hudson's Bay Company and governor of Assiniboia and Rupert's Land before their transfer to the government of Canada		Stub to improve	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
	Pontiac (Ottawa leader) (or Obwandiyag)	Odawa war chief known for his role in the Pontiac's War (named after him) from 1763 to 1766 leading First Nations in a struggle against British military occupation of the Great Lakes region		Add references
	Charles Henry Byce	The most decorated Indigenous soldier in Canada during World War II		Article to be created	The Canadian Encyclopedia
	Thelma Chalifoux	The first Indigenous woman and first Métis person to be appointed to the Senate of Canada		Stub to improve	The Canadian Encyclopedia
	James Gladstone	The first status Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada		Article to be created
	Andrew Delisle Sr.	Chief of Kahnawake in Quebec and first Indigenous to receive the Order of Canada in 1969	Article to be created
	Fred Loft	Mohawk activist who founded the League of Indians of Canada and veteran of World War I		Article to be created
	Renaude Lapointe	Journalist and Senator, the first French-Canadian woman to preside over the Senate	Stub to improve	Add references
	Louis-Pierre Gravel	Missionary and colonizer, founder of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye	The richest businessman of New France, played an important role in the economic development of the colony, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Needs improvement
	Frederick Carter	Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and 1874 to 1878, Father of Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Rose Fortune	Born from slave parents fleeing from the United States, first woman to be a police officer in North America, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Vincent Massey	Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959, the first to be born in Canada		Stub to improve
	Robert Bond	The first premier of the colony of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1907 to 1909, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Molly Reilly	First female Canadian pilot to reach the rank of captain, the first female Canadian corporate pilot, and the first woman to fly to the Arctic professionally}		Article to be created
	Adelaide Hoodless	Educational reformer, founder of the Women's Institute, person of national historic significance	Add references	Article to be created
	Catherine Callbeck	First women to be elected premier of a Canadian province during a general election	Add references
	Josiah Henson	Born as a slave in the United Stated, fleed in Upper Canada, founded a colony and a school for other fleeing slaves, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	John Hamilton Gray	Politician, Father of Canadian Confederation, Premier of Prince Edward Island, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye	One of the first French Canadian explorer of Western Canada, person of national historical significance	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie	Pioneer of the feminist movement in Quebec, person of national historic significance	Add references
	Alphonse Desjardins	Founder of Caisses populaires Desjardins, person of national historic significance	Add references
	George Exton Lloyd	Anglican bishop and theologian who helped found Lloydminster, a city on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Andrew Archibald Macdonald	Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1884 to 1889, father of Canadian Confederation, person of national historical significance		Article to be created
	William Lyon Mackenzie	First mayor of Toronto, known for his leading role in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, person of national historic significance		Add references
	Allan MacNab	Premier of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1856, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Jonathan McCully	Journalist, judge and senator, father of the Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	William McDougall	Lawyer and politician, father of Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Louise McKinney	Politician and feminist activist in Alberta, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, first woman to be elected to a legislature in Canada and in the whole British Empire, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck	Last governor of British North America and first governor general of Canada, person of national historic significance	Add references	Stub to improve
	Adrien-Gabriel Morice	Priest, missionary and religious of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and linguist who developed a writing system for the Dakelh (or Carrier) language, person of national historical significance	Add references
	Alexander Morris	Canadian politician, second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, founder and first Lieutenant Governor of the District of Keewatin, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve, and add references
	Oliver Mowat	Canadian politician, third premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, longest tenure as premier of Ontario, lieutenant governor of Ontario from 1897 to 1903, father of the Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance	Add references
	Leonard W. Murray	Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy who played a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, the only Canadian to command an Alliad theatre of operating during a world war, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	John Norquay	Metis politician, premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887, the first premier of Manitoba to have been born in the region, person of national historic significance	Add references	Stub to improve
	Edward Palmer	Premier of Prince Edward Island, father of Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Albert Lacombe	Catholic missionary in Western Canada, evangelized First Nations, known to have negotiated peace agreements between the Crees and the Blackfoot, person of national historic significance		Add references
	Lester B. Pearson	Prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, person of national historic significance		Add references
	Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (or Poundmaker)	Plains Cree chief, person of national historical significance		Stub to improve	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
	William Henry Pope	Lawyer, politician, editor and judge from Prince Edward Island, father of the Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Stub to improve
	Richard Preston	Religious leader and abolitionist, escaped slavery from the United States to Nova Scotia, leader of the African Nova Scotian community, founder of a Bapstist Church and abolitionist organizations, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	Marcel-François Richard	Catholic priest and pedagogue, played a key role in the development of the Acadian nation, person of national historic significance	Article to be created	Stub to improve
	John William Ritchie	Lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, father of the Canadian Confederation, person of national historic significance	Stub to improve	Article to be created
	Joseph-Noël Ritchot	Catholic priest known for his role in negotiating with the Government of Canada on behalf of the Métis during the Red River Resistance of 1869 and 1870, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	John Robson	Premier of British Columbia from 1889 to 1892, founded the first newspaper of British Columbia, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Ambrose Shea	Political figure from Newfoundland, father of Canadian confederation, person of national historic significance	Add references	Article to be created
	Joey Smallwood	Political figure from Newfoundland, the main force behind the integration of Newfoundland in the Canadian confederation in 1949 and the first premier of the province from 1949 to 1972, person of national historic significance	Add references	Stub to improve
	Chloe Cooley	Young black woman held as a slave in Upper Canada whose owner forced her into a board to sell her in 1793 in the United States, the incident is believed to have led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery in 1793 in Upper Canada, person of national historic significance		Article to be created
	William Henry Steeves	Merchant and politician, father of the Canadian confederation, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	John Strachan	First Anglican bishop of Toronto, influential political figure of Upper Canada, founder of King's College, person of national historic significance		Stub to improve
	Alexandre-Antonin Taché	Catholic priest and missionary of the Oblate order, first archsbishop of Saint Boniface in Manitoba, person of national historic significance	Add references
	Michael Anthony Fleming	Friar Minor priest from Ireland, bishop of the Diocese of St John's in the Colony of Newfoundland, person of national historic significance		Add references
	Albert Goodwin	Migrant coal miner who advocated for workers' rights and promoted the cause of unions in British Columbia		Article to be created

More suggestions

• The article Persons of National Historic Significance includes a list of people designated by the Government of Canada as being nationally significant in the history of the country. Several articles of this list require improvements, such as adding citations for verification. Also, many of those articles don't exist on the Wikipedia in French. If you speak French, you can create them by translating the articles in English.
• The article List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients gives a list of the Canadian people who received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy of the British and Commonwealth forces. Many of those people don't have articles on the Wikipedia in French. If you speak French, you can create them by translating the articles in English.

Resources

Online resources

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Historica Canada
• Canada's History
• History of Canada by Canadian Heritage
• Canadian military history by Canadian Heritage

Bibliographies

• Bibliography of Canada on English Wikipedia
• Bibliography of Canadian history on English Wikipedia