
441
INDEX
religion 389. See also specifi c
headings, e.g.: Catholicism
and schools 229, 230
and social reform
271–272
and universities 145
remedial legislation for
minority rights 217
representation by population
165–170, 173, 183
representative government
in Nova Scotia 84, 391c
in Prince Edward Island
84–85
in Upper/Lower Canada
392c
research 320–321, 404c
residual powers 173, 186
resources
control of 361
federal v. state provincial
control of 297–298
industrialism and new
frontiers for 222–226
in 1920s 248–249
in Northern regions 305,
347, 379
during World War I 241
responsible government
135–155
and colonial oligarchies
135–139
evolution of 150–155
and French-Canadian
nationalism 139–142
and Lower Canada
rebellion 146–150
and Upper Canada reform
movement 142–146
Revolutionary War. See
American Revolution
Richlieu, Cardinal 44, 45, 48
Riddell, W. A. 257, 292, 293
Rideau Canal 128, 129
Riel, Louis 187–189, 197, 208,
208, 213–215, 394c, 395c
roads
and automobiles 263
and Diefenbaker
administration 323
improvement of 265, 266
in 1920s 249
state of 130
Trans-Canada Highway
307
in Upper Canada 112,
120, 129–130
Roberval, Jean-François de la
Roque, sieur de 29
Rollet, Marie 39
Rolph, John 145
Rouge, Fort 71
Rouillé, Fort 77, 391c
Roy, Philippe 257
Royal Canadian Air Force
(RCAF) 293–294, 398c
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (RCMP) 198, 395c
Royal Canadian Navy 294,
398c
Royal Commission on Domi-
nion-Provincial Relations
398c
Royal Flying Corps 239–240,
397c
The Royal Mail 130
Royal Military College 395c
Royal Navy 76–77, 133
Royal Proclamation (1763)
198
Royal Society of Canada 395c
Royal 22nd Battalion 242–243
Ruper
t’s Land 83–84, 124,
187, 391c
Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817)
116
Russell, Lord John 142
Russell v. The Queen 210
Ryan, Claude 354
Ryerson, Egerton 145
Ryswick, Treaty of 59, 69
S
safety 266–267
St. Charles, Fort 71
St. Croix River 100
Sainte-Marie 45–46
St.-Germain-en-Laye, Treaty of
45, 390c
Saint John, New Brunswick
133
St. John Island 391c–393c. See
also Prince Edward Island
St. John’s 70
St. Joseph de Sillery 45
St. Lawrence canal system 158,
394c
St. Lawrence fur trade 121–
124
St. Lawrence–Great Lakes
system 4, 125–132
St. Lawrence Lowlands 3–4
St. Lawrence River
Cartier’s exploration of
27–28
exploration of 37–38
U.S. rights to use 204
St. Lawrence Seaway 306, 400c
St. Laurent, Louis 312, 399c
St. Laurent administration
312–315, 317
St. Lawrence, Gulf of 22, 26,
100, 390c
St. Lawrence and Champlain
Railway 393c
St. Pierre (island) 87
St. Pierre, Fort 71
Salishan language 12, 14
Salish Indians 12
salmon 13
same-sex marriage 404c
San Juan Island 203, 204
Saskatchewan 399c, 400c
geography of 4, 6
provincial status of 220,
396c
Saul, John Ralston 383
Sauvé, Jeanne 402c
Scarcee Indians 11
schools. See education system
Schools Act 211
Schreyer, Edward 402c
Scots 119, 124
Scott, Thomas 188
seal 9, 13, 16
sea otter 13
sectionalism 165–169
seigneurial system of tenure
55–58, 61, 63, 93, 96, 107,
140
seigneurs (noble landholders)
56–58, 60
Sekani Indians 15
Selkirk, Lord 124–125, 162,
393c
Selkirk Mountain range 199
Selkirk Range 7
Semple, Robert 125
Senate 183, 184
Seven Years’ War 75–76, 79, 87
sewage 266–267
shipbuilding 132–133, 207,
393c
in Atlantic Region 3
in New France 58
shipping 3, 133, 206
Shirley, William 72
Siberia 8
Sierra Leone 103
Sifton, Clifford 219, 226–228,
230, 237, 245
Simcoe, John Graves 111–113
Simpson, Sir George 161–162
Siouan language 11
Sioux Indians 11
Skelton, O. D. 257
Slave Indians 15
slavery
abolition of 111, 112,
393c
Native people taken into
24, 25
of Pacifi c Coast people
13, 14