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![]() ![]() National ImperativeĬompetition for the lucrative transcontinental railway contract was bitter. The Numbered Treaties have ongoing legal and socioeconomic These terms of agreement are controversial and contested. Of the treaties, included special rights to treaty lands and the distribution of cash payments, hunting and fishing tools and farming supplies. These promises, which were made orally and in the written texts Government negotiators made various promises to First Nation peoples in exchange for their traditional territory. The treaties enabled the construction of a national railway and opened the lands of the North-West Territories to agricultural settlement. Treaties 1 to 7 solidified Canada’s claim to lands north of the United States-Canada border. Between 18, Numbered Treatiesġ to 7, were established. In order to procure land for the construction of the railway, a series of treaties, known as the Numbered Treaties, were negotiated. ![]() Boundīy the terms of the Royal Proclamation, Canada was responsible for both the protection of Indigenous peoplesĪnd the preservation of their rights to unceded traditional territories. ![]() Railway and encourage future settlement, the government considered it necessary to extinguish Indigenous title to the land ( see Indigenous Territory). One year later, British Columbia entered Confederation based in part on the promise that a transcontinental railway would connect it to the rest of Canada within 10 years ( see Railway History). In 1870, the newly created nation of Canada acquired Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company,Īn enormous tract of land stretching north and west. The company established hotels, shipping lines and airlines, and developed mining and telecommunications industries (see Shipping Industry Air Transport Industry). Its entry into Confederation (see Railway History). For a plain-language summary, please see The Canadian Pacific Railway (Plain-Language Summary). This is the full-length entry about the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 2020, CP reported $7.71 billion in total revenues. It is a publicĬompany and it trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CP. CP, as it is branded today, has over 22,500 km of track across Canada and the United States. Pacific separated into five separate and independent companies, with Canadian Pacific Railway returning to its origins as a railway company. The company established hotels, shipping lines and airlines, and developed mining and telecommunications industries ( see Shipping Industry Air Transport Industry). Over its long history, the Canadian Pacific Railway diversified its operations. Built in dangerous conditions by thousands of labourers, including 15,000 Chinese temporary workers, the railway facilitated communication and transportation across the country. connected Eastern Canada to British Columbia and played an important role in the development of the nation. Its entry into Confederation ( see Railway History). Its original purpose was the construction of a transcontinental railway, a promise to British Columbia upon The Canadian Pacific Railway company (CPR) was incorporated in 1881. ![]()
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