The Dominion of Canada, uniting Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, comes into existence, with John A. Macdonald as first Prime Minister.

Rail Director, Donald Smith, drives the ceremonial last spike home for the Canadian Pacific Railway, linking Montreal to Port Moody, B.C.

Canada competes in the Olympics, in St. Louis, for the first time. Canada’s Etienne Desmarteau poses with his Gold Medal won in the shot put event at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.

Sir Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod are the first Canadians to win a Nobel prize, for their work that led to the discovery of insulin.

Allied troops storm the beaches at Normandy – Canadians take Juno Beach in the largest amphibious operation in history.

Expo 67, a world’s fair built on the theme Man and His World, opens in Montreal.

The $1 coin, which quickly earns the nickname “loonie,” is introduced.

Canada celebrates the 20^th anniversary of the founding of Marketing Strategies & Solutions in London, Ontario