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Transcona
Transcona , city, SE Man., Canada. It is a suburb of Winnipeg. ... Read more
Paul Kane
Paul Kane 1810-71, Canadian painter, b. Ireland. Kane went to Toronto as a child. He studied art in the United States (1836-41) and in Europe (1841-45). After his return to Canada (1845) he made an extended journey into the Hudson's Bay Company territories of W Canada, traveling by snowshoe, horseb... Read more
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier , 1841-1919, Canadian prime minister. He studied law at McGill Univ. His premiership of Canada (1896-1911), the first to be held by a French Canadian, was the longest continuous term in the history of the dominion. From his first speech in the Quebec legislature, to which he was ... Read more
Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper. ... Read more
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt , 1817-93, Canadian statesman, b. England; son of John Galt. In 1835 he went to Canada in the service of the British American Land Company. He directed (1844-55) the affairs of this company and was also involved in promoting the building of railroads. He was a member of th... Read more
Ottawa
Ottawa ŏt´ewe , city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull , Que., just across the Ottawa at the mouth of the Gatineau River, forms part of the metropolitan area. The Rideau Canal separates the city into upper and lower ... Read more
Sir Hugh Allan
Sir Hugh Allan 1810-82, Canadian financier and shipowner, b. Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1826, was employed by a large shipbuilding company in Montreal, and later founded the Allan Line of steamships. He was given the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, but the Pacific scandal ... Read more
Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway c.4,800 mi (7,700 km) long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest national highway, it traverses North America from St. John's, N.L., to Victoria, British Columbia. Ferry routes form vital links at the eastern and western ends of the highway. The Alaska ... Read more
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake or Niagara, town (1991 pop. 12,945), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River. It was settled (1784) by American Loyalists and in 1792 Lieutenant Governor Simcoe made the town the capital of Upper Canada, renaming it Newark. The legislature met the... Read more
John George Lambton Durham, 1st earl of
John George Lambton Durham, 1st earl of , 1792-1840, British statesman. A stormy liberal career in Parliament (1813-32), which earned him the nickname Radical Jack, culminated in the important role he played in drafting the Reform Bill of 1832 and forcing it through the House of Lords. After the Can... Read more

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Canada
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World ...French heritage. Throughout Canada, maple syrup and maple...leaf adorns the flag of Canada. Many families enjoy a...the special rustic building where sap from maple trees...many people in Eastern Canada visit a wooded area to...
Canada, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...the man who would become Canada's first Prime Minister...government's parliament building and collecting information...perceived security threats to Canada (i.e., at that time...were planning to invade Canada from the United States...
Africville (Canada)
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Africville (Canada) Africville has correctly been called Canada ’ s most famous black...exhibition that traveled across Canada and is now housed permanently...the years since the community buildings were bulldozed out of existence...
Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of attorney general of Canada East in March 1864, again...Brown and the Reformers of Canada West participated, to...of the legislature from Canada East in 1865. For his...syndicate interested in building the Pacific railway. Although...
Massey, Vincent
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...former principal of Upper Canada College and secretary of...managed to raise and the building began by the next year...served as a staff officer of Canada's Military District No...National Liberal Federation of Canada, and from 1935 until the...
Harold Adams Innis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...important conclusion about Canada. The standard view was...up of the west, and the building of the transcontinental...Pacific Railway had created Canada as an act of political...book The Fur Trade in Canada, published in 1930, was...
John Grierson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...devote his energies to building a movement dedicated to...invited Grierson to come to Canada to counsel on the use of...radio, and movies in Canada. Grierson prepared a report...National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in May 1939 and...
Toronto
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...airlines, including Air Canada, Canadian Airlines...nearly half were from Canada and almost one-third...areas. The percent of Canada's total population living...connecting its major public buildings and shopping facilities...
Montréal
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...importance in both English Canada and Qu é bec has...and English-speaking Canada. Qu é bec City...cobblestoned streets, stone buildings, and numerous cafes give...highways include the Trans-Canada Highway, which passes...
Sir Charles Tupper
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...first prime minister of Canada, chose Tupper as his right...was the overseer of the building of the Canadian Pacific...Kingdom. Tupper returned to Canada to campaign in the general...dividing his time between Canada and England, and died...

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Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...wherever possible. He was Canada's first French-Canadian...office. A firm believer in Canada's eventual independence...the country through the building of a second transcontinental...Laurier strongly supported Canada's participation in World...
Safdie, Moshe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...in Montréal, Canada, in 1964. He established...composed like a pile of building-blocks to form the whole...the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1993–...Civilization, Québec, Canada (1981–6...
Index of Galleries and Museums
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...actually two distinct buildings, the Upper and Lower...South American artists. Canada Montreal Montreal Museum...Montreal's position as Canada's major French-speaking...Ottawa National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Drive Ottawa...
Mennonites
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Many Mennonites arrived in Canada after World War I and II...Although Mennonites in Canada and the United States over...surge of institution-building and creation of church...Pennsylvania, and MCC Canada offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
Dawson, John Wiliam
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the Geological Survey of Canada, for both of whom he...the students few, the buildings wretched, and funds inadequate...of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1881 he was awarded...fossil plants from western Canada for the Geologic
Oberlander, Cornelia Hahn
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...USA prior to settling in Canada. In the late 1970s she...Provincial Government Buildings, Robson Square (1974...the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1989–...Northwest Territories, Canada (1992–3...
Beaver
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of the United States and Canada, the beaver (Castor canadensis...is guaranteed by pond-building activity associated with...twenty-first century in Canada's far north and is a...Harold A. The Fur Trade in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University...
Fuller, Thomas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...architect. He settled in Canada (1857), where he formed...Great Britain and British Canada. Only the library...chapterhouse ) survives, as the building was destroyed by the...and Fuller returned to Canada in 1881 as Chief Architect...under his aegis some 140 buildings were designed and ...
Town, Harold
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...influence of Abstract Expressionism in Canada, but he subsequently worked in a...included murals for several public buildings, for example Toronto International...In 1956 and 1964 he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale .
Acadian orogeny
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...Acadian orogeny A phase of mountain building affecting an area from the northern...State to the Bay of Fundy in maritime Canada (the name refers to the colony of Acadie in that region of French Canada). It occurred in the Devonian about...

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internal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...adjective   1. the internal structure of the building synonyms : inner, interior, inside, intramural; central. antonym: external.   2. Canada's internal affairs synonyms : domestic, home, interior...

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Canada bids to host Iter.(international fusion engineering test reactor)
Newspaper article from: Fusion Power Report; 7/1/2001; 700+ words ; ...the presentation of Iter Canada's Plan in Moscow, Canadian...international treaty for building the project and funding...development program. The Iter Canada press release noted...hydrogen and fusion." Iter Canada chairman Peter Barnard...
Canada has the upper hand: normally the follower, Canada is actually leading the U.S. economy in several important areas.(CANADA)
Magazine article from: Metal Center News; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...and one that differ entiates Canada from the U.S." The housing...major supplier of wood and other building products, Gampel notes, Canada has felt a ripple effect from...homebuilding slump. Housing in Canada remains relatively strong across...
Canada Post Hosts 4th Annual Direct Summit for Retailers.
PR Newswire; 1/23/2007; 700+ words ; ...company's growing share in Canada's direct retail market...business or interest in Canada. The conference will also...retailers interested in building a multi-channel retail...marketplace. Quick facts: Canada Post's Direct Summit...
Canada Boosts Aid in Response to the U.N. World Food Programme's Global Appeal
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 4/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...generous contribution by Canada will help protect millions...immediate hunger needs, while building a broad spectrum of longer- term solutions. Canada's role in this process...said WFP was grateful to Canada for its cash contributions...
Canada's Economic Action Plan Invests in Heritage Infrastructure at Granville Block, St. Paul's Anglican Church and Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church National Historic Sites of Canada.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 8/20/2009; 700+ words ; ...contribution provided by the Parks Canada Cost Sharing Program for...future integrity of the building. For this we are very...founded in Halifax, indeed Canada, and is in constant need...help of the Government of Canada considerably eases our...
Canada and Ontario sign $6.2-billion Building Canada Infrastructure Agreement.
News Wire article from: CNW Group; 7/24/2008; 700+ words ; ...clean water are priorities under Building Canada and ReNew Ontario LONDON, ON...unprecedented $33-billion Building Canada infrastructure plan, the Government...Framework Agreement outlines how the Building Canada Plan will operate in the province...
Canada reactor deal with China speeded Critics hit trade-at-any-cost ethic
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/30/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...s aggressive courting of the East. "Canada has gone from being a country that has...leaders on an extraordinary five-day "Team Canada" trade-building blitz of China. Partly as a result, Canada has bounced from China's 13th-largest...
CANADA, MANITOBA SIGN HISTORIC $718 MILLION BUILDING CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/5/2008; 700+ words ; ...Government of Manitoba under Building Canada. The signing of this agreement...initiatives in Manitoba, under the Building Canada plan. Under this agreement...Manitoba's allocation of the Building Canada Fund, with $96.29 million...
Canada Life, Ohio National Announce Strategic Alliance for Group Products.
Business Wire; 3/21/2001; 700+ words ; ...energy and resources in building our core businesses. We...concluded that partnering with Canada Life provides our 2,000...distributors, our company, and Canada Life." Customer service...National employer groups to Canada Life enhanced plans and...
Canada's Total Energy Production has Increased by 81 Percent Since 1980.
Business Wire; 7/12/2007; 700+ words ; ...provinces and territories. The building of the $4 billion Mackenzie...massive gas production from Canada's north by 2010. We...Oil and Gas Industry in Canada - a complete research report...Natural Gas Industry of Canada. The report researches...