1959:The St. Lawrence Seaway opens. The joint project between the U.S. and Canada allows cargo ships to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
1982:The Charter of Rights and Freedoms becomes the law of the land. It outlines rights for all Canadians.
1999:Nunavut, once part of the Northwest Territories, becomes a self-governing Inuit territory. It is Canada's first territory to have a majority native population.
2006:Parliament passes a law that recognizes the French-speaking province of Quebec as a separate nation within Canada.
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