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Covering every Canadian treaty from 1763 to the present, The Treaty Map aims to challenge the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers a comprehensive, interactive learning and teaching tool, grounded in Indigenous perspectives of treaties.
The Yellowhead Institute Treaty Map is an accessible introduction to Indigenous perspectives on treaties in Canada. It describes the context, negotiation process, and terms of treaties – as well as the implications of failing to honour them.
The Yellowhead Treaty Map is an accessible introduction to Indigenous perspectives on treaties in Canada. It describes the context, negotiation process and terms of treaties – as well as the implications of failing to honor them.
- The First Treaty
- Abrogation and Confederation
- New Attempts at Reciprocity
- End of Reciprocity
- Free Trade Revival
British diplomats had tried before 1852 to negotiate a reciprocity agreement in Washington, without success. Its earliest major advocate in Upper Canada was politician and businessman William Merritt. The movement toward reciprocity began in earnest between 1846 and 1850. It became a prominent issue in Canada West (what is now Ontario) and the Mari...
At first, the treaty was popular in both countries. However, it fell out of favour due to a combination of political and economic factors. Opposition in both countries centred on the fear that it would lead to the US absorbing the BNAcolonies. Canadian opponents were afraid of being swallowed by the more populous and economically powerful United St...
After Confederation, Canadians wanted to renew the reciprocity agreement with the US. Political leaders John A. Macdonald, George Brown, Charles Tupper and others made “pilgrimages” to Washington, without success. A notable disappointment was Macdonald’s failure to have a large measure of reciprocity included in the 1871 Treaty of Washington. In th...
After 1911, reciprocity played a less prominent role in Canadian–American relations. In 1935, the Mackenzie Kingadministration negotiated a trade agreement. However, it was much less sweeping in its removal of trade barriers than the treaty of 1854. In 1938, a new and more comprehensive agreement was signed. It granted Canada additional concessions...
In the 1980s, the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney negotiated the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement. It was signed by Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Like the earlier reciprocity agreements, it eliminated many trade barriers between the two countries. It was superseded in 1994 by the North American Free Trade Agre...
Reciprocity Treaty with Canada (1854) The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty (also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty) between the United States and the United Kingdom, concerning British North America including the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland Colony was one of the earliest efforts to ...
Oct 23, 2024 · These datasets include treaty territories and indigenous lands for every province and territory in Canada. These maps can be used free of charge for research purposes. Historic First Nations Treaty Data (1736 – 1930) - An ArcGIS dataset that include treaties negotiated between approximately and 1930, excluding the Douglas Treaties.
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In this section, view maps illustrating the Pre-1975 Treaties of Canada, that were negotiated between 1725 and 1923. These treaties cover most of Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, parts of Vancouver Island, Northwest Territories and Atlantic Canada.
