The Canadian Centenary Series is a nineteen volume authoritative history

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

 of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 published between 1963 and 1986 as an extended Canadian Centennial

Canadian Centennial

The Canadian Centennial was a year long celebration held in 1967 when Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Celebrations occurred throughout the year but culminated on Dominion Day, July 1. 1967 coins were different from previous years' issues, with animals on each...

 project. The collection resulted from the initiative of W. L. Morton

W.L. Morton

William Lewis Morton, OC was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba. He won a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he studied history...

 and D. G. Creighton

Donald Creighton

Donald Grant Creighton, was a noted Canadian historian.-Background:Born in Toronto, the son of Methodist minister, Creighton attended Victoria College, in the University of Toronto, where he received his BA in 1925...

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The series traces Canada's history from the early voyages of the Vikings to the 1967 Canadian Centennial

Canadian Centennial

The Canadian Centennial was a year long celebration held in 1967 when Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Celebrations occurred throughout the year but culminated on Dominion Day, July 1. 1967 coins were different from previous years' issues, with animals on each...

 year. Individual volumes are written by leading Canadian historians and each contains a bibliography. Universities world wide consider this collection to be the appropriate starting point for any research in Canadian history.

The Canadian Centenary Series

1. Early Voyages and Northern Approaches, 1000-1632 - Tryggvi J. Oleson
2. The Beginnings of New France, 1524-1663 - Marcel Trudel
3. Canada Under Louis XIV, 1663-1701 - William John Eccles
4. New France, 1701-1744: A Supplement to Europe - Dale Miquelon
5. New France: The Last Phase, 1744-1760 - George F. G. Stanley
   George Stanley
   Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley, OC, CD, KStJ, DPhil, FRSC, FRHistS, FRHSC was a historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the current Canadian flag.-Career:...
   
   
6. Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791
   Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791
   Quebec, The Revolutionary Age 1760-1791 is a book by Canadian historian Dr. Hilda Neatby published in 1966 in both the French and English languages as part of The Canadian Centenary Series....
   
   - Hilda Neatby
   Hilda Neatby
   Hilda Marion Ada Neatby, was a Canadian historian and educator.Born in Surrey, England, the daughter of Andrew Mossforth Neatby and Ada Deborah Fisher, she received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota...
   
   
7. Upper Canada: The Formative Years 1784-1841 - Gerald M. Craig
8. Lower Canada, 1791-1840: Social Change and Nationalism - Fernand Ouellet
   Fernand Ouellet
   Not to be confused with Fernand Ouellette, a Quebecois poet and essayist.Fernand Ouellet, OC, FRSC , a French-Canadian author and educator, was educated at Université Laval and gained a PhD in 1965...
   
   
9. The Atlantic Provinces: The Emergence of Colonial Society, 1712-1857 - William Stewart MacNutt
10. The Union of the Canadas: The Growth of Canadian Institutions, 1841-1857 - J. M. S. Careless
    James Maurice Stockford Careless
    James Maurice Stockford Careless, was a Canadian historian.-Biography:J.M.S. Careless was born in Toronto, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto Schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He attended Harvard University and...
    
    
11. The Fur Trade and the Northwest to 1857 - Edwin Ernest Rich
12. The Critical Years: The Union of British North America, 1857-1873 - William Lewis Morton
13. The Opening of the Canadian North, 1870-1914 - Morris Zaslow
14. Canada 1874-1896: Arduous Destiny - Peter Busby Waite
    Peter Busby Waite
    Peter Busby Waite, is a Canadian historian, and a retired Dalhousie University professor.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended high school in Saint John, New Brunswick. He obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD degree from the University of Toronto...
    
    
15. Canada, 1896-1921: A Nation Transformed - Robert Craig Brown and Ramsay Cook
16. Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord - John Herd Thompson
17. The Forked Road: Canada, 1939-1957 - Donald Creighton
    Donald Creighton
    Donald Grant Creighton, was a noted Canadian historian.-Background:Born in Toronto, the son of Methodist minister, Creighton attended Victoria College, in the University of Toronto, where he received his BA in 1925...
    
    
18. Canada 1957-1967: The Years of Uncertainty and Innovation - Jack Granatstein
    Jack Granatstein
    Jack Lawrence Granatstein, OC, FRSC is a Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history.-Education:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Granatstein received a graduation diploma from Le College militaire royal de Saint-Jean in 1959, his BA from the Royal Military College of Canada in...
    
    
19. The Northward Expansion of Canada 1914-1967 - Morris Zaslow