List of conflicts in Canada
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List of conflicts in Canada is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, skirmishes, major terrorist attacks, riots, and other related items that have occurred in the country of Canada's current geographical area. A complete list of terrorist attacks can be found at List of terrorist attacks in Canada.
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[edit] Before the 17th century
- 1006 Skirmishes of Norsemen and Skrælingar at L'Anse aux Meadows
- 1577 Skirmishes between English sailors under Martin Frobisher and Inuit on Baffin Island.
[edit] 17th century
- 1600s War between the Huron and the Iroquois
- 1640 French and Iroquois Wars
- 1643 - 1650 Acadian Civil War
- 1660 Battle of Long Sault
- 1686 French Expedition to James Bay
- 1689 Lachine massacre
- 1689 - 1697 King William's War
- 1689 Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains
- 1690 Battle of Rivière des Prairies
- 1690 Battle of Port Royal (1690)
- 1690 Battle of Quebec (1690)
- 1691 Battle of La Prairie
- 1692 Battle of Fort Vercheres
- 1696 - 1697 French Expedition to Newfoundland
- 1697 Battle of Hudson's Bay
[edit] 18th century
- 1702 - 1713 Queen Anne's War
- 1710 Battle of Port Royal (1710)
- 1711 First Battle of Bloody Creek
- 1744 - 1748 King George's War
- 1744 Raid on Canso
- 1745 First Siege of Louisbourg
- 1747 Battle of Grand Pre
- 1754 - 1814 Sixty Years' War
- 1754 - 1763 The French and Indian War
- 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour
- 1757 Second Battle of Bloody Creek
- 1758 Second Siege of Louisbourg
- 1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac
- 1759 Battle of Beauport
- 1759 Battle of Quebec (1759)
- 1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy
- 1760 Battle of Restigouche
- 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands
- 1762 Battle of Signal Hill
- 1775 Invasion of Canada (1775)
- 1775 Arnold Expedition
- 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
- 1775 Battle of Fort St. Jean
- 1775 Battle of Quebec (1775)
- 1776 Battle of Vaudreuil
- 1776 Battle of the Cedars
- 1776 Battle of Trois-Rivières
- 1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland
- 1792 Destruction of Opitsaht
[edit] 19th century
- 1800 United Irish Uprising
- 1811 Tonquin incident
- 1812 War of 1812
- 1812 Raid on Gananoque
- 1812 Siege of Fort Erie
- 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights
- 1812 Battle of Lacolle Mills
- 1813 Battle of York
- 1813 Battle of Fort George
- 1813 Battle of Stoney Creek
- 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams
- 1813 Battle of Lake Erie
- 1813 Battle of Chateauguay
- 1813 Aux Camards River
- 1813 Battle of the Thames
- 1813 Massequoi Village
- 1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm
- 1814 Battle of Lacolle Mills
- 1814 Battle of Odelltown
- 1814 Capture of Fort Erie
- 1814 Sturgeon's Creek (Point au Playe)
- 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane
- 1814 Siege of Fort Erie
- 1814 Capture of Fort Erie
- 1814 Battle of Chippawa
- 1814 Battle of Cook's Mills
- 1814 Battle of Malcolm's Mills
- 1814 Battle of Longwoods
- 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks
- 1837 Patriot War
- 1837 Battle of Montgomery's Tavern
- 1837 Rebellions of 1837
- 1837 - 1838 Lower Canada Rebellion
- 1837 - 1838 Upper Canada Rebellion
- 1838 Battle of the Windmill
- 1838 Aroostook War
- 1838 Nicola's War
- 1849 - April : Montreal Riots, parliament buildings burned.
- 1858 Okanagan Trail (violence by and against parties travelling to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush)
- 1858 Fraser Canyon War
- 1859 McGowan's War
- 1859 Pig War
- 1863 Lamalcha War
- 1864 Chilcotin War
- 1866 - 1871 Fenian Raids
- 1866 Battle of Ridgeway
- 1866 Battle of Fort Erie
- 1867 Grouse Creek War
- 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee is assassinated in Ottawa by an Irish nationalist.
- 1869 - 1870 Red River Rebellion
- 1870 Wolseley Expedition
- 1870 Battle of Eccles Hill
- 1870 Battle of the Belly River
- 1873 Cypress Hills massacre
- 1880 Black Donnellys
- 1885 North-West Rebellion
- 1885 Frog Lake Massacre
- 1885 Battle of Duck Lake
- 1885 Battle of Fort Pitt
- 1885 Battle of Fish Creek
- 1885 Battle of Cut Knife
- 1885 Battle of Batoche
- 1885 Battle of Frenchman's Butte
- 1885 Battle of Loon Lake
- 1886 Anti-Chinese Riots, Granville B.I. (today's Vancouver)
- 1887 Wild Horse Creek War
[edit] 20th century
- 1902 - June 22: Toronto Streetcar Strike riot.
- 1907 - Anti-Oriental Riots
- 1918 - Conscription Crisis of 1917
- 1919 - Winnipeg General Strike
- 1925 - New Waterford Rebellion. See Davis Day.
- 1926 - Regina Riots
- 1933 - August 16: Christie Pits riot in Toronto.
- 1935 - The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot.
- 1935 - The Battle of Ballantyne Pier
- 1938 - Bloody Sunday
- 1939 - 1945 - Battle of the Atlantic
- 1942 - 1944 Battle of the St. Lawrence
- 1945 - May 7-8, Halifax Victory in Europe Day Riots.
- 1955 - Richard Riot
- 1967 - Yorkville, Toronto summer street sit-ins and "riots".
- 1969 - Murray-Hill riot
- 1970 - FLQ - October Crisis
- 1971 - Gastown Riots
- 1982 - October 14: The Squamish Five, bombs a Litton Industries factory.
- 1983 - Solidarity Crisis
- 1985 - June 23: Air India flight 182
- 1990 - July 11 to September 26: Oka Crisis
- 1990 - August: Police violence during break-up and arrest of elders and children at Seton Portage, British Columbia
- 1990-1992 - Strike, strike-breaking, and bombing at Royal Oak Mines in Yellowknife, NWT
- 1992 - May 4: Toronto Yonge Street riots.
[edit] 21st century
- 2001 - Police and Anti-globalization protestors battle in the streets of Quebec City during the Summit of the Americas.
- 2006 - February 28 to present: Caledonia land dispute
