1. the policy of the Conservative party under Sir John A. Macdonald, which stressed protective tariffs and was the basis of a successful appeal to the electorate in 1878.
Go to full entry >1. a birchbark canoe 25 to 35 feet long, 5 to 6 feet wide, and 2 to 21 feet deep, capable of carrying some 11 to 2 tons of goods, a crew of 8 or 9, and 2 or 3 passengers, used primarily on the waterways north and west of Lake Superior.
Go to full entry >1. a fur-trading syndicate with its headquarters at Montreal, organized between 1775 and 1783 and absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
Go to full entry >1. a federal police force organized in 1873 to bring law and order to the Northwest, the name after 1904 being the Royal North West Mounted Police and after 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. a federal police force organized in 1873 to bring law and order to the Northwest, the name after 1904 being the Royal North West Mounted Police and after 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. the early administrative districts which later became Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest. Also spelled mac(c)aysh.
Go to full entry >1. n. an agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico to remove trade barriers in effect from January 1, 1994.
Go to full entry >1. n. a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value. Also spelled namacush.
Go to full entry >1. n. among certain Indians of the B.C. coast, a carved wooden mask worn during the name-giving ceremony.
Go to full entry >1. n. a supernatural giant, creator-magician and tribal hero of the Ojibwas.
Go to full entry >1. n. a dessert square with three layers: a crumb base, a layer of buttercream, and melted chocolate icing.
Go to full entry >1. n. between 1991 and 2016, a joint federal, provincial and territorial government program aimed at decreasing child poverty by providing financial support to low-income families.
Go to full entry >1. n. a defunct federal program that aimed to promote Canadian ownership of the oil industry and achieve oil self-sufficiency for Canada.
Go to full entry >1. n. a partially government-funded Canadian media producer and distributor.
Go to full entry >1. a tract of land held and maintained by the federal government so that people may enjoy its scenic and other attractions.
Go to full entry >1. the policy of the Conservative party under Sir John A. Macdonald, which stressed protective tariffs and was the basis of a successful appeal to the electorate in 1878.
Go to full entry >1. a political party having substantial support among liberals and farmers in the 1920's.
Go to full entry >1. a reformist political party orgazed by the Hon. H. H. Stevens, a disaffected Conservative, in 1935.
Go to full entry >1. a tract of land held and maintained by the federal government so that people may enjoy its scenic and other attractions.
Go to full entry >1. in Quebec, a provincial political party, long under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis, 1890-1959, and identified with conservative French-Canadian nationalism.
Go to full entry >1. a Canadian Indian, as opposed to an East Indian or a person from India.
Go to full entry >1. n. an Aboriginal inhabitant of Canada; someone descended from Indigenous people in Canada.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a centre offering services for Aboriginal people, usually in cities.
Go to full entry >1. any combustible gaseous mixture formed in the earth's crust and obtained from natural fissures or bored wells.
Go to full entry >1. n. pl. pieces of duffle, animal fur, etc. put round the feet as protection against the cold. Also nippes.
Go to full entry >1. v. pull a sled with the traces passing over the shoulder near the neck.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. in a type of deadfall (def. 1), the log that falls on an animal's neck and kills it.
Go to full entry >1. a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
Go to full entry >1. n. a small seal, as the ring seal or the harbor seal. Also spelled netsek, netserk, netsik, nutchook, etc.
Go to full entry >1. n. a French-speaking settler of eighteenth-century Acadia, so-called because of his disinterest in the wars between the English and French.
Go to full entry >1. a non-sectarian school not offering religious instruction as part of its regular curriculum but permitting such instruction by a special teacher or clergyman on an extra-curricular basis for parents who desire it.
Go to full entry >1. a monetary unit established in New Brunswick in pre-Confederation times.
Go to full entry >1. n. & adj. someone who settled in Canada for good, with or without acquiring British (till 1946) or Canadian (since 1947) citizenship.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a Montreal-based fur company formed in 1798 by disaffected Northwesters and absorbed by the North West Company in 1804, so called because its packs were labelled XY to keep them distinct from those of its competitor, which were marked N.W.
Go to full entry >1. a strip cut through the forest, the felled trees being placed at the roadside to leave a primitive road about 30 feet wide.
Go to full entry >1. a political party formed in 1961 in place of the Co-operative Common-wealth Federation and with the support of a considerable portion of organized labor.
Go to full entry >1. the Eastern Townships of Quebec, first settled by New England immigrants.
Go to full entry >1. a pre-Loyalist immigrant to Nova Scotia from the New England colonies.
Go to full entry >1. Hist. a fundamentalist evangelical sect first established in Cornwallis, N.S., during the 1780's by Henry Alline.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. that part of the old Keewatin district added to the province of Manitoba in 1912.
Go to full entry >1. the Métis of the Red River Settlement (a name they themselves adopted).
Go to full entry >1. a Montreal-based fur company formed in 1798 by disaffected Northwesters and absorbed by the North West Company in 1804, so called because its packs were labelled XY to keep them distinct from those of its competitor, which were marked N.W.
Go to full entry >1. that part of the present province of Ontario formally added in 1912; Northern Ontario.
Go to full entry >1. Northern Quebec, specifically that part of the Ungava peninsula that became part of the province in 1912.
Go to full entry >1. an early name for the western shore of Hudson's Bay, in the vicinity of Forts York and Churchill.
Go to full entry >1. the Northwest Territories (def. 1b), especially the Prairie Provinces, opened up for settlement in the late 19th century.
Go to full entry >1. n. in Canada, a formal reception, usually for men only, held New Year's morning by the Governor General, lieutenant-governors, and, sometimes, mayors.
Go to full entry >1. a greeting, usually in rhyme, issued by newspaper carrier-boys to their patrons on the first day of each year, at which time they expected a Christmas box.
Go to full entry >1. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada. Abbrev. N. Y. C.
Go to full entry >1. an ironic name for the train running through the interior of Newfoundland.
Go to full entry >1. n. one of a breed of dog probably developed from crossing dogs from Europe with the Newfoundland dog (def. 1).
Go to full entry >1. n. Daylight time in Newfoundland and parts of Labrador.
Go to full entry >1. one of a breed of dog, the probable ancestor of the modern Newfoundland.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a police force patterned on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, formed in 1935 and absorbed by the R.C.M.P. in 1954.
Go to full entry >1. n. one of a breed of dog, the probable ancestor of the modern Newfoundland.
Go to full entry >1. a greeting, usually in rhyme, issued by newspaper carrier-boys to their patrons on the first day of each year, at which time they expected a Christmas box.
Go to full entry >1. n. the person on a railway train who sells papers, magazines, refreshments, etc.
Go to full entry >1. the Sudbury Basin in Northern Ontario, site of the world's most productive nickel mines.
Go to full entry >1. n. a coarse grass or sedge, Carex filifolia, of the prairies, used widely in mulching to combat soil erosion.
Go to full entry >1. n. a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
Go to full entry >1. n. the practice or process of using niggers to burn through the trunk of a tree.
Go to full entry >1. n. the job of preventing cattle from straying from the herd at night.
Go to full entry >1. n. the practice of fishing at night with the aid of a jacklight (def. 1) or other source of light to attract the fish.
Go to full entry >1. adj. of ships, caught and held, and sometimes, especially with older wooden vessels, utterly crushed, by the coming together of two ice-floes.
Go to full entry >1. n. a thick woollen mitten or wrap-around, used by fishermen to protect hands and wrists from the friction of the running lines.
Go to full entry >1. n. the person responsible for getting equipment and material from the station to the work-place, that is, the spot where the mining operation is being carried out.
Go to full entry >1. n. in Indian parlance, especially of another Indian, a friend.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a tiny winged insect, Culicoides sp., that has a nasty bite; also, sometimes a sandfly.
Go to full entry >1. (originally associated with the northern Indians) a tall, conspicuous spruce or pine denuded of all but its topmost branches to serve as a mark of honor for a friend, as a monument, or often as a living talisman of the man for whom it was made.
Go to full entry >1. n. Northern fulmar, fulmarus glacialis (see Image 1); also known as Arctic fulmar.
Go to full entry >1. n. a wide-tracked vehicle for use in rough roadless areas, manufactured by the Robin-Nodwell Manufacturing Co. in Calgary, Alberta.
Go to full entry >1. a day fixed by law for the filing of nominations for elective offices.
Go to full entry >1. murder for which the maximum punishment is life imprisonment.
Go to full entry >1. n. & adj. an expression of lack of confidence in a government, or other governing body; often in vote or motion of non-confidence or non-confidence vote.
Go to full entry >1. n. an American player who, by virtue of having played in the Canadian league for four years, is no longer to be counted as one of the limited number of imported players allowed each team.
Go to full entry >1. n. with reference to French Canada, an opponent of the withdrawal of Quebec from Confederation.
Go to full entry >1. adj. & n. a person with Indian ancestry who is not registered under the Indian Act.
Go to full entry >1. adj. of Indians, not living under the terms of a treaty (def. 1 a).
Go to full entry >1. n. an Indian who is not living under the terms of a treaty (def. 1a).
Go to full entry >1. n. an Indian who is not living under the terms of a treaty (def. 1a).
Go to full entry >1. a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >1. n. a light musket carried as trading goods by the North West Company.
Go to full entry >1. a wintering partner (def. 1) or employee of the North West Company.
Go to full entry >1. n. a light airplane formerly much used in bush-flying throughout the North.
Go to full entry >1. n. the extensive, largely inhospitable regions of northern Canada, especially the Far North.
Go to full entry >1. n. among goldseekers in the Cariboo, a person from the Canadas; a Canadian.
Go to full entry >1. n. an agreement between Canada, the USA, and Mexico to remove trade barriers. In effect from January 1, 1994.
Go to full entry >1. a birchbark canoe 25 to 35 feet long, 5 to 6 feet wide, and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep, capable of carrying some 1 1/2 to 2 tons of goods, a crew of 8 or 9, and 2 or 3 passengers, used primarily on the waterways north and west of Lake Superior.
Go to full entry >1. the extensive, largely inhospitable regions of northern Canada, especially the Far North.
Go to full entry >1. n. the area north of the sixtieth parallel north, comprising the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Go to full entry >1. the eastern part of New Brunswick, fronting on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a fur-trading syndicate with its headquarters at Montreal, organized between 1775 and 1783 and absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
Go to full entry >1. a scale of currency reckoned in French livres and used by the North West Company in their inland fur trade up to 1820, originally used by the French-Canadian traders.
Go to full entry >1. a fur-trading syndicate with its headquarters at Montreal, organized between 1775 and 1783 and absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
Go to full entry >1. a federal police force organized in 1873 to bring law and order to the Northwest, the name after 1904 being the Royal North West Mounted Police and after 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. tobacco prepared in twisted ropes, prominent among the trade goods of the fur companies.
Go to full entry >1. the farthest northwesterly point of the Lake of the Woods, established as part of the Canada-U.S. border by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Go to full entry >1. an appointive council responsible for the affairs of the Northwest (def. la).
Go to full entry >1. prior to 1912, a name given to the entire Labrador peninsula. See 1892 quote.
Go to full entry >1. a bonus paid to persons employed in the Far North as compensation for the high cost of living.
Go to full entry >1. a birchbark canoe 25 to 35 feet long, 5 to 6 feet wide, and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep, capable of carrying some 1 1/2 to 2 tons of goods, a crew of 8 or 9, and 2 or 3 passengers, used primarily on the waterways north and west of Lake Superior.
Go to full entry >1. the largest of the administrative divisions of the Hudson's Bay Company. See 1956 quote.
Go to full entry >1. a species of hare, Lepus americanus, especially common in the North, so called because its fur is brown in summer and white in winter.
Go to full entry >1. a Chipewyan, so named in the Churchill region of Hudson Bay by the English traders to distinguish them from the Crees further south.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a federal government officer in charge of a district in the Far North.
Go to full entry >1. n. a resident or native of the North, especially the Far North.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. the extensive, largely inhospitable regions of northern Canada, especially the Far North.
Go to full entry >1. strips of leather, or thongs, made from the hide of a moose, caribou, etc. used for laces, threads, netting, etc.
Go to full entry >1. n. pl. the extensive, largely inhospitable regions of northern Canada, especially the Far North.
Go to full entry >1. n. a seasoned fur trader or voyageur who spent his winters in the fur country.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a Chipewyan, so named in the Churchill region of Hudson Bay by the English traders to distinguish them from the Crees further south.
Go to full entry >1. n. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a birchbark canoe 25 to 35 feet long, 5 to 6 feet wide, and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep, capable of carrying some 1 1/2 to 2 tons of goods, a crew of 8 or 9, and 2 or 3 passengers, used primarily on the waterways north and west of Lake Superior.
Go to full entry >1. a sturdy two-wheeled cart constructed entirely of wood, the parts being fixed by wooden pins and lashed with shaganappi (def. 1); the wheels were some five feet in diameter and about three inches broad at the rim; the axle carried a simple box equipped with a railing for carrying the load, about 1,000 pounds. As a rule, the carts travelled in trains or brigades and the ungreased wheels gave forth ear-piercing shrieks and squeals which could be heard for miles across the prairie.
Go to full entry >1. n. a light musket carried as trading goods by the North West Company.
Go to full entry >1. the long-sought route through or round North America to the Orient; a navigable passage connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a wintering partner (def. 1) or employee of the North West Company.
Go to full entry >1. a federal police force organized in 1873 to bring law and order to the Northwest, the name after 1904 being the Royal North West Mounted Police and after 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. an uprising of Métis, and some early white settlers in the Red River area in 1870, led by Louis Riel and caused by encroachment on prairie lands by the Canadian government.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a series of airports established between Edmonton and Whitehorse during World War II.
Go to full entry >1. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Go to full entry >1. a body responsible for the government of the Northwest Territories (def. 2b), now consisting of twelve members, of whom seven are elected and five appointed.
Go to full entry >1. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Go to full entry >1. n. a wintering partner (def. 1) or employee of the North West Company.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
Go to full entry >1. n. a native or resident of the Northwest Territories (def. 1b).
Go to full entry >1. n. a structure used in winter to protect an airplane engine from extreme cold and bad weather.
Go to full entry >1. a league game the outcome of which has no bearing on the final standings in the league.
Go to full entry >1. n. Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Gives Parliament or provincial legislatures the power to override certain portions of the Charter.
Go to full entry >1. a hereditary title conferred by James I on 150 persons granted extensive land holdings in what is now the Maritimes.
Go to full entry >1. n. a division or level of children's sport, usually under the age of 7-8.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a corporation with a generic name, comprised of its assigned registration number followed by the province in which it is registered, or by "Canada" in the cases of federal companies.
Go to full entry >1. n. any of the 11 treaties signed between Canada and Aboriginal peoples between 1871 and 1929-30 (see Image 1).
Go to full entry >1. a small emergency hospital in charge of a trained resident nurse and visited periodically by a doctor.
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