Until this great work is completed, our dominion is little more than a geographical expression - Sir John A. Macdonald

Travel through the eras of  history and the development of the various nations that make up Canada today.

Fathers of Confederation | Maritime Union | George Brown | Pan-Federalism | US Civil War | Canada's Proposals | River Cruise | Charlottetown | The Quebec Conference | The London Conference | July 1, 1867

Adams Archibald | George Brown | Alexander Campbell | FBT Carter | George Etienne Cartier | Edward Barron Chandler | JC Chapais | James Cockburn | Geogre Coles | Robert Dickey | Charles Fisher | Alexander Galt | John Hamilton Gray PEI | John Hamilton Gray | TH Haviland | William Henry | WP Howland | John Johnson | Hector Langevin | AA Macdonald | Jonathan McCully | William McDougall | Thomas D'Arcy McGee | Peter Mitchell | Oliver Mowat | Edward Palmer | WH Pope | John William Ritchie | Ambrose Shea | William H Steeves | Sir Etienne Pascal Tache | Samuel Tilley | Charles Tupper | Edward Whelan | RD Wilmot | John A Macdonald

The Fathers of Confederation were the architects of the plan that resulted in the proposal that would bring the individual British American colonies together under a Federalist system. There were three main conferences which were held and to be included as a Father of Confederation, it means to have been in attendance during the debates during one of the conferences. These conferences were

1. The Charlottetown Conference - 1864

2. The Quebec Conference - 1864

3. The London Conference - 1866

The Fathers of Confederation for the most part were leading politicians from the British Colonies interested in forming a Federal Union or a Confederation. Although not all colonies joined Canada in 1867, they eventually did join at a later date and in the case of Newfoundland, the last to join, not until 1949. As these additional Provinces joined Canada a second tier of "Fathers of Confederation" were added to the list. An example of this is Joey Smallwood who was the Premier of Newfoundland and led them into Confederation in 1949. He often bragged that he was the only living Father of Confederation. Without the action of these men, the union of the British colonies in North America would not have occurred.