Canada Past & Present

PERSPECTIVES ON CONFEDERATION WORKSHEET

Use this worksheet to complete Activity 8: Confederation , in the section ‘Confederation and Growth’ of Canada Past and Present: A Citizenship Education Guide . Read the Confederation plain-language summary on The Canadian Encyclopedia to fill in the blanks:

A. Leaders wanted Canada to become a country for many reasons. One main reason was:

.

B. The three men who led the Province of Canada into Confederation were:

,

and

.

C. Canada became a country in the year

.

D. The four provinces that made up the Dominion of Canada were

,

,

, and

.

E.

was Canada’s first Prime Minister.

F. Canada would have one

government and share power with

each

government.

G. To grow Canada’s economy and have a larger territory, the new Government of Canada built

a

across the country.

10.