They were forced.
Quebec joined confederation July 1st 1867.
Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and british Columbia were the first provinces to join confederation.
Quebec joined confederation in 1867- with the other first three provinces.
Ontario,quebec, Alberta and british Columbia
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were the first 4 provinces of Canada.
When British Columbia joined Confederation on July 20, 1871, the only other provinces were the original four plus Manitoba.
the confederation was when three colonies joined to make 4 provinces. Quebec, Ontario, nova scotia and new brunswick. they became the dominion of Canada on July 1st 1876. the other provinces joined later.
the confederation was when three colonies joined to make 4 provinces. Quebec, Ontario, nova scotia and new brunswick. they became the dominion of Canada on July 1st 1876. the other provinces joined later.
Canada's confederation began on July 1, 1867 (this is why July 1 is Canada Day). On this day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces. There was Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Four colonies joined the Canadian federation in 1867. They were New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.
Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia New Brunswick This sequence represents the correct chronological order in which the provinces joined the Canadian Confederation. Ontario and Quebec joined in 1867, while Nova Scotia and New Brunswick joined shortly after in the same year.
The main downside of Confederation was that it set the stage for a divided Canada, since it joined the French speaking province of Quebec with other, English speaking, provinces. Confederation also guaranteed Quebec special privileges which haunt Canadians to this day (a certain number/percentage of seats in the house of commons I believe).