In what year did the North-West Territories join Canada?

In what year did the North-West Territories join Canada?

• A. 1867
• B. 1870
• C. 1905
• D. 1873

Answer: (B)

The date reflects when Canada first expanded to include the Northwest Territories as part of Confederation. In 1870, Canada acquired Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson’s Bay Company, bringing the vast western area into Confederation and creating the Northwest Territories as a Canadian jurisdiction. This happened after the initial 1867 Confederation, and it was followed by Manitoba becoming a province in the same year. The other years don’t mark the joining of the Northwest Territories: 1867 is Confederation itself, and 1905 is when Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the territories, not when the territories joined. So 1870 is the correct year.

The date reflects when Canada first expanded to include the Northwest Territories as part of Confederation. In 1870, Canada acquired Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson’s Bay Company, bringing the vast western area into Confederation and creating the Northwest Territories as a Canadian jurisdiction. This happened after the initial 1867 Confederation, and it was followed by Manitoba becoming a province in the same year. The other years don’t mark the joining of the Northwest Territories: 1867 is Confederation itself, and 1905 is when Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the territories, not when the territories joined. So 1870 is the correct year.