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1534 - June 26 - Jacques Cartier lands on the Magdalen Islands; says they abound with birds, flowers and fruit. Îles de la Madeleine, Québec
1604 - June 26 - Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain choose an island in what is now the St. Croix River for their settlement, and sent back to St. Mary's Bay for the rest of the party. De Monts names the settlement Ste-Croix. Today the river is called the St. Croix, and the island Dochet Island, Maine. On his map, Champlain calls the St. Croix River the River of the Etchemins, naming it after the local inhabitants.
1629 - June 26 - Captain Charles Daniel driven to shore by a storm at St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton; builds Fort Ste-Anne with a dwelling house, a chapel and a magazine. St. Ann's Bay, Nova Scotia
1653 - June 26 - Onondaga Iroquois send 18 chiefs to Montréal for peace negotiations. Montréal, Québec
1657 - June 26 - Pierre d'Argenson appointed Governor of New France; serves from July 11, 1658, to August 30, 1661. Paris, France
1674 - June 26 - Montréal Governor François-Marie Perrot arrested and imprisoned by Count Frontenac for illegal dealings with coureurs de bois. Montréal, Québec
1754 - June 26 - Anthony Henday an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; returns June 23, 1755, having traveled as far west as present-day Red Deer, Alberta. Churchill, Manitoba
1759 - June 26 - General James Wolfe anchors off the Île d'Orléans, 5 km below Québec, with 8,500 men under Brigadiers General Robert Monckton, James Murray and George Townsend. Admiral Charles Saunders commands the largest British naval force ever to cross the Atlantic, a flotilla of 49 men-of-war (one-quarter of the entire Royal Navy) plus 200 transports, storage vessels, and provision ships; chief navigator is Captain James Cook. A troop of forty rangers, under command of Lt. Meech, secures the island by nightfall. Québec, Québec
1784 - June 26 - Cape Breton separated from Nova Scotia. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
1830 - June 26 - King George IV of England dies. London, England

June 26 - King William IV starts reign; to 1837; on death of George IV London, England

1833 - June 26 - Captain John Ross and 19 of his crew rescued from Baffin Island; ice-bound for three years, the party survived by relying on local Inuit for food. Baffin Island, Nunavut
1835 - June 26 - John A. MacDonald starts practicing law at Kingston. Kingston, Ontario
1837 - June 26 - Rebellion of 1837 - Patriotes hold illegal protest meetings in Bellechasse and L'Islet; prelude to Rebellion. St-Thomas, Québec
1840 - June 26 - Lower Canada divided into four districts. Québec
1846 - June 26 - British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects. London, England
1849 - June 26 - British Navigation Acts abolish restrictions on colonial shipping, which favoured Canadian interests; financial panic follows; ships of all nations can now use the St. Lawrence River. London, England
1857 - June 26 - Steamer Montréal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence River; left Québec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west. Cap Rouge, Québec
1873 - June 26 - Imperial Order-in-Council admits Prince Edward Island into Confederation; effective July 1, 1873; PEI to have 6 MPs, reduced in 1915 to a guaranteed 4. London, England
1877 - June 26 - Wilfrid Laurier denounces clergy interference in elections, particularly the common pulpit statement that 'L'Enfer est rouge et le Ciel est bleu' - 'Hell is red and heaven is blue,' referring to the Liberal and Conservative party colours. Montréal, Québec
1894 - June 26 - Cornerstone of Winnipeg's Wesley College is laid. Winnipeg, Manitoba
1905 - June 26 - Dominion Copper Company recapitalized and buys the debt and assets of the Montréal and Boston Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. BC
1914 - June 26 - Canadian Copper Corporation, Limited, registered in British Columbia. Victoria, BC
1917 - June 26 - Saskatchewan Election: William Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority. Saskatchewan
1919 - June 26 - J. S. Woodsworth charged with seditious conspiracy for participating in Winnipeg General Strike; charges later dropped; CCF founder. Winnipeg, Manitoba
1925 - June 26 - Edward S. Rogers invents the alternating-current AC tube which allowed plug-in batteryless radios; the RB call sign of his radio station CFRB means 'Rogers Batteryless.' [Photo: Rogers family] Toronto, Ontario
1929 - June 26 - Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway acquire and will jointly operate 857 miles of Northern Alberta Railways: Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway (447 miles), Alberta & Great Waterways Railway (286 miles), Central Canada Railway (98 miles) and Pembina Valley Railway (26 miles). Montréal, Québec
1935 - June 26 - On-to-Ottawa Trek - Relief camp strikers rejected the government's offer of temporary relief camps at Lumsden. Lumsden, Saskatchewan
1943 - June 26 - World War II - RCAF bomber wing begins operating from North Africa; 3 squadrons; a prelude to invasions of Sicily and Italy. Tunisia
1944 - June 26 - J. L. Ilsley removes tariffs and War Exchange Tax from farm equipment in his budget. Ottawa, Ontario
1945 - June 26 - Canada a founding member of the United Nations, joining fifty other nations in signing the World Security Charter establishing the UN as a successor to League of Nations. San Francisco, California
1947 - June 26 - R. B. Bennett dies; Prime Minister of Canada 1930-1935; born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunwsick; created Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (later CBC) 1932, Bank of Canada and Canadian Wheat Board 1935. Mickleham, England
1950 - June 26 - Korean War - Minister of National Defence Brooke Claxton announces invasion of Republic of Korea (South Korea) by North Korean forces June 25, 1950. Ottawa, Ontario
1957 - June 26 - John Diefenbaker attends two-week Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference. London, England

June 26 - Town of Golden, BC, incorporated.

1959 - June 26 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opens 318 km long St. Lawrence Seaway with US President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Montréal, Québec
1961 - June 26 - Prime Minister John Diefenbaker opens the Hockey Hall of Fame on the CNE grounds. Toronto, Ontario

June 26 - Upper Canada Village opens to the public; near Crysler's Farm Battlefield Park, with Loyalist houses saved from the flooding of the St. Lawrence Valley after construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Morrisburg, Ontario

1969 - June 26 - Royal Commission into the operation of Canadian Security Service recommends re-structuring of RCMP; suggests establishment of a new service (CSIS). Ottawa, Ontario
1970 - June 26 - Parliament lowers voting age in federal elections from 21 to 18; revises Canada Elections Act. Ottawa, Ontario

June 26 - Supreme Court of Canada upholds federal law of compulsory breath tests for suspected impaired drivers; after BC ruling of last April 2, 1970. Ottawa, Ontario

1973 - June 26 - International Association of Machinists stops rotating strike against Air Canada; accepts contract. Montréal, Québec
1975 - June 26 - Supreme Court of Canada upholds PEI law banning non-residents from owning more than 4 hectares of land. Ottawa, Ontario
1976 - June 26 - Opening of CN Tower, the world's tallest self-supporting structure at 1,821 feet. Toronto, Ontario
1978 - June 26 - Air Canada Douglas DC-9 overruns runway at Malton Airport, 2 people die. Toronto, Ontario
1982 - June 26 - CPR train wreck near Lundbreck Falls, Alberta.
1985 - June 26 - David Peterson sworn in at Queen's Park as Liberal Premier of Ontario, replacing Frank Miller. Toronto, Ontario
1987 - June 26 - Rock star Corey Hart collapses from exhaustion after a gig in Sudbury; cancels the rest of his Canadian tour six days later after his doctor orders him to rest for 10-12 weeks. Sudbury, Ontario
1989 - June 26 - Canada updates coinage with a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth ii. Ottawa, Ontario
1990 - June 26 - Antonio Lamer appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada replacing Brian Dickson; a 10 year veteran, age 56, from east end of Montréal. Ottawa, Ontario

June 26 - Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard discuss creating separatist party in Ottawa; PQ poll conducted in Montréal riding says 66% would support any candidate backed by Bouchard; results in Bouchard's founding of the Bloc Québecois with 3 other MPs. Montréal, Québec

June 26 - Justice Charles Dubin releases 638 page report on drug use in sport; calls situation a 'moral crisis'; recommends cutting funding to Canadian athletes exposed as users of banned drugs; Ben Johnson to be reinstated by Athletics Canada. Toronto, Ontario

June 26 - Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduces gun control legislation banning automatic assault weapons; 5 year jail term to anyone convicted of converting a weapon to auto fire. Ottawa, Ontario

June 26 - Martial Asselin appointed Lieutenant Governor of Québec, succeeding Gilles Lamontagne; named to Senate in 1972 after three terms as Conservative MP for La Malbaie, Québec. Québec, Québec

1991 - June 26 - Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon starts talks with native leaders on responding to long-term effects of residential schools. Ottawa, Ontario

June 26 - Environment Minister Jean Corbeil proposes $100m project to protect waters from oil and chemical spills; more aerial surveillance, ship inspections, fines. Ottawa, Ontario

1995 - June 26 - Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris sworn in as 22nd Premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae of the NDP, in power since 1990; won 82 out of 130 seats; cabinet of 19 smallest in the province in 30 years. Toronto, Ontario
1996 - June 26 - Canadian Space Agency astronaut and NASA Payload Specialist Dr. Robert Thirsk, on Shuttle Columbia Mission STS-78 uses ham radio gear to talk with students at the Saskatoon Public Aerospace Education school; also continues the Torso Rotation Experiment to determine how eye, head and body coordination is changed by longer stays in space." Space
2002 - June 27, 2002