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"From Halifax to Vancouver".
© Public Domain
Source: A Caricature History of Canadian Politics by J. W. A. Bengough, Vol. 1&2, Toronto: The Grip Printing & Publishing Co., 1886
"Waiting for the Cat to Jump".
© Public Domain
Source: A Caricature History of Canadian Politics by J. W. A. Bengough, Vol. 1&2, Toronto: The Grip Printing & Publishing Co., 1886
Volunteer regiment of Elora, Ontario, May 1862. By 1870, the active militia numbered over 30,000 to defend against threats from the United States.
© Public Domain
Source: Ontario Archives
The Edgar Cecil loading cannon at Halifax. During the American Civil War the city's military reached 18,000.
© Public Domain
Source: New Brunswick Museum
The Constitutional Act, 1791.
© Justice Canada.
Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Justice Canada.
