
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CANADA
436
Mackenzie, Alexander 123,
192–193, 392c, 393c, 395c
Mackenzie, William Lyon
as Canadian Northern
Rail-way partner 221,
396c
newspaper attacks by 143
in Rebellion of 1837 147,
393c
republicanism advocated
by 145
Mackenzie Inuit 16
Macleod, J. J. R. 398c
MacNab, Sir Allan 159
Macphail, Agnes 397c
magazines 279, 392c
Magellan, Ferdinand 24–25
Maine 100, 133–134, 394c
Maisonneuve, Paul de
Chomedey, sieur de 46
maîtres chez nous (masters of
our own house) 336, 337
Malecite Indians 8
Mance, Jeanne 46, 390c
Manitoba
after confederation 209
in confederation 394c
education issues in
215–217, 229, 395c
geography of 4, 5
northern boundary of
397c
Manitoba Act 188, 197, 209
Manitoba Education Act (1916)
244
Manitoba Pensions Act 272
Manitoba School Act (1890)
216–217, 229
Mann, Donald 221, 396c
Manning, Preston 365, 403c
manufacturing
in Province of Canada
160
and tariffs 194–195, 223
in Toronto 262
women in 243
during World War I 240
during World War II 298
maple sap 9
Maritime Provinces
in 1920s 254–255
British settlement of
81–85
colonial economy in
132–134
and confederation
172–174
economic growth in
379–380
industrialization/
urbanization in
264–265
oligarchic rule in
137–138
and Quebec Resolutions
174
railways in 158–159
regionalism in 206–208
Marquette, Jacques 65
marriage
early 55
same-sex 404c
Martin, Paul, Jr. 373, 403c
Martin administration 373–
375
Massey, Vincent 313, 318, 399c
Massey Commission 318, 322
matrilocal clans 10
Maurepas, Fort 71
McCarthy, D’Alton 215–216
McClung, Nellie 273, 273, 274
McLaughlin, Audrey 365, 403c
McLaughlin Carriage Company
396c
Medical Care Act 326
medical insurance 400c, 401c
Meech Lake Accor
d 363–364,
403c
Meighen, Arthur 251, 253,
254, 257, 258
men
Iroquois role of 10
Subarctic people’s role
of 15
Mennonites 227
mercantilism 44, 51, 54, 58,
130, 131
merchants 90–91, 94
Mercier, Honoré 214, 215, 216
Merritt, William Hamilton 128
Metcalfe, Sir Charles 153
Métis 62. See also Riel, Louis
and North-West Rebellion
212–214
recognition of rights of
402c
in Red River colony 162,
187, 208, 208, 209,
394c
Metropolitan Toronto 304,
400c
Mexico, Gulf of 66
Michigan, Lake 66
Michilimackinac, Fort 66
Micmac Indians 8
“middle power” 310
military. See also conscription
issue; defense issues;
specifi c headings, e.g.: Royal
Canadian Air Force
in Afghanistan 376
in World War I 255–256
in World War II 293–295
military service 57
Military Service Act 244–245,
397c
Military Voters Act 245
militia 52, 57, 60, 76
minerals
in Arctic region 5
of Atlantic region 2
of Canadian Shield 5
control of 359
in Great Central Plains 6
in northern Ontario/
British Columbia 222
of Western Cordilleras 7
and World War II 298
mining
in New France 58
in 1920s 248
minister of the marine 51, 52
Minnesota 162–163, 187
minority rights 211–217
Miquelon 87
missionaries 43–49, 390c
Mississippi River 43, 65, 66,
69
Mississippi River Valley 87,
98, 99
modern era 398c–404c
Molson, William 131
monarchy 182
Montagnais Indians 8, 39, 43,
45, 46
Montcalm, Louis Joseph,
marquis de 76–79
Montgomery, Richard 95
Montreal 79
as British district 86
British takeover of 80
as commercial metropolis
126–127
founding of 391c
as fur trade center 91
population of 61, 128
Monts, Pierrer de Gua, sieur de
36–37, 390c
moose 9, 14, 15
moral reform movements
269–274
Morin, Augustin-Norbert 152
motto (of Canada) 179
Mountain, Jacob 140
mountain goat 13, 14
movie house, fi rst 396c
Mowat, Oliver 210, 216
Mulroney, Brian 358, 402c
Mulroney administration
358–365
and Canadian
Constitution 363–364
decentralized federalism
of 359
defeat of 364–365