Perrault, Joseph, 317–18
Peterson, Oscar, 259
Petro-Canada, 197, 202, 208
Petroleum production, 167, 168, 169,
196, 197, 202, 221, 231, 232, 243
Philippines, 225
Pickford, Mary, 145
Pitt, William, 59, 62, 63
Plains of Abraham, 63
Poland, 154, 155, 193; immigrants from,
20, 178, 181
Polar Sea, 221
Political system, 13–16
Polk, James K., 87
Pond, Peter, 74
Population, 18–20, 81, 100, 111, 176–77,
225, 226, 260
Port-Royal, 35, 37, 55, 58
Porter, John, 190, 365–67
Portugal: exploration, 31, 32, 34;
immigrants from, 20
Poundmaker, Chief, 105, 276
Poutrincourt, Sieur de, 37
Prairie provinces, 134, 142, 261. See also
Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan
Prairies, 118, 129; geography, 10
Presbyterian church, 84
Prince Edward Island, 61, 73, 75, 81, 129,
231–32; Confederation, 13, 96, 97, 101;
responsible government, 91
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 117
Privy Council, 15, 107, 115, 143, 166
Progressive Canadian Party, 241
Progressive Conservative party, 202, 209,
213, 226, 227, 230, 232. See also
Conservative party; Conservative Party
of Canada
Progressive party, 130, 131, 134, 148
Protestants, 115. See also Anglican church;
Baptist church; Methodist church;
Presbyterian church
Public Archives of Canada, 179
Qaeda, al-, 246, 247, 248, 249, 252
Quebec, 103, 104, 106, 108, 129, 132,
166, 178, 191, 200, 203, 229; American
Revolution, 70, 71; Confederation, 13,
98; Constitution, 205, 206, 207,
214–16; geography, 9; Great
Depression, 144, 150; language
legislation, 200, 201, 215; migration
from, 118, 180; Native peoples, 224,
228; Quiet Revolution, 167–68,
180–84; referendum (1980), 203–4;
referendum (1995), 228; sovereignty
issues, 198–201, 203–4, 214–16,
227–29, 260, 261, 363–64, 373–76;
World War I, 126, 127; World War II,
153, 159, 160. See also Charlottetown
Accord; Meech Lake Accord; Parti
Québécois; Quiet Revolution
Quebec Act, 69–70, 73
Quebec City, 71, 82, 127, 162, 199, 201,
217, 228; Confederation debates, 95; in
New France, 35–
36, 52, 54, 58, 62, 63
Québécois, 182, 183, 184, 191, 198, 200,
201, 204, 207, 211, 216, 226, 230
Queen Anne’s War, 58
Queen Elizabeth II, 13, 168, 206
Queenston Heights, 76
Quiet Revolution, 168, 180–84, 198, 200,
201, 204
Radio-Canada, 199. See also Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Radisson, Pierre-Esprit, 53
Railroads, 86, 93, 101, 108–9, 116–17,
125. See also Canadian National
Railways; Canadian Northern Railway;
Canadian Pacific Railway; Champlain
and St. Lawrence Railroad; Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway; Grand Trunk
Railway; St. Lawrence and Atlantic
Railway
Reagan, Ronald, 213, 217, 220
Rebellions (1837–1838), 78–81, 307–8
Recession (2008), 233, 242, 243, 244
Reciprocity agreement (1911), 121,
122, 217
Reciprocity Treaty (1854), 87, 93
Récollets, 41
Red River, 75, 102, 105
Red River resistance, 102–4
Red River settlement, 75, 93, 102
Reform party, 226, 227, 229, 230
Reformers, 91
Index 415
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