10 Potential Contaminant Source Inventory The first task of the source water protection planning group was to locate on maps the facilities that they believed could present a substantial threat to their drinking water if a major spill or release occurred, due to the amounts and/or types of chemicals presumably used.
The British Parliament passed the British North America Act in 1867. The Dominion of Canada was officially born on July 1, 1867. Until 1982, July 1 was celebrated as âDominion Dayâ to commemorate the day that Canada became a self-governing Dominion. Today it is officially known as Canada Day.
The Shaping of Canada. Today Canada is the second-largest country in the world. It has an area of almost 10 000 000 square kilometres, and is made up of ten provinces and three territories. Canada became a country in 1867, but the story of the people and the land that would become Canada is much older.Many events over the last five hundred years have shaped the way Canada looked at the time of Confederation. In the 1500s explorers from Europe came to North America to claim lands.he Shaping of Canada. Today Canada is the second-largest country in the world. It has an area of almost 10 000 000 square kilometres, and is made up of ten provinces and three territories. Canada became a country in 1867, but the story of the people and the land that would become Canada is much older.