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  • February 28, 2026 - American Revolutionary War - Governor John Parr approves land grants for 184 Black Loyalist supporters of the British Crown at Birchtown, Shelburne County. Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • February 28, 2026 - Quebec traders petition Lower Canada for a monopoly of navigation of Lake Champlain in Canada, because US monopolists are harming Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada. Québec, Québec
  • February 28, 2026 - Boundary - Britain and Russia sign a treaty settling the land border between Canada and Alaska, then a Russian possession. London, England
  • February 28, 2026 - Lower Canada Rebellion - Robert Nelson raids Lower Canada from Vermont with Cyrille Côté and American sympathizers; proclaims himself President of the Provisional Republic of Lower Canada; stopped by militia and forced to retreat. Week's House, Québec
  • February 28, 2026 - Postal - Governor and Council of Assiniboia authorize the creation of a post office at Red River. Manitoba
  • February 28, 2026 - Energy - Start of world's first commercial oil production at Petrolia, two years before the first well in the US. Petrolia, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Opening of third session of sixth Parliament of Canada; meets until May 19; defeats two George Brown measures declaring the Union of Canada a failure.
- February 28 - Education - Opening of Woodstock College. Woodstock, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Architecture - Opening of the gothic Parliamentary Library in Ottawa. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Education - Founding of the University of Manitoba by provincial statute; first classes begin June 20; Western Canada's first university. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • February 28, 2026 - Conservative leader Joseph Martin sworn in as 13th Premier of British Columbia, replacing Charles Semlin. Victoria, BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Third session of 14th Parliament meets until July 19; census made basis of Commons representation; income tax exemption per child. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Urban - Village of Verdun chartered as the town of Verdun. Montreal, Quebec
  • February 28, 2026 - Rail - Kettle Valley Railway trackage pushed to the crossing of the Kettle River upstream from Rock Creek. BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Farming - Saskatchewan Purchasing Company is established. Regina, Saskatchewan
  • February 28, 2026 - World War I - Troops from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry launch one of the war's first trench raids;; 100 Patricias set out before dawn to capture and destroy a German sap trench; they suffer 20 casualties, but the German trench is destroyed; as the war progresses the Canadians will come to be regarded as the experts in trench raiding. France
  • February 28, 2026 - World War I - Opening of the Women’s War Conference in Ottawa, to discuss among the continued role of women in the war effort; Nellie McClung an attendees; ends March 2. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Liberal leader Peter Veniot sworn in as Premier of New Brunswick, replacing Walter Foster; first Acadian premier of the province 1923-25 (non-elected). Fredericton, NB
  • February 28, 2026 - Hockey - Ottawa Silver 7 beat Queen's University Kingston to win the Stanley Cup. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Hockey - Toronto Maple Leafs extend win streak to 9 games; longest in Leaf history to date. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Music - Montréal-born Wilfrid Pelletier appointed regular conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; will hold the position until 1950. New York, New York
  • February 28, 2026 - Football - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass in football. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Environment - International Joint Commission fines Consolidated Mining and Smelting $350,000 and awards it to downstream Washington farmers in compensation for pollution damages. Washington, DC
  • February 28, 2026 - Rail - US Interstate Commerce Commission allows the Great Northern Railroad (GN) to discontinue service between Curlew and Molson, Washington State, which also service parts of southern BC; hardware removed by year's end. Washington, DC
  • February 28, 2026 - Labour - Charges against the five leaders of the On to Ottawa Trek are dropped. Regina, Saskatchewan
  • February 28, 2026 - V.J. Creeden of Hedley Mascot Mines reads an obituary on Duncan Woods, late owner of the Mascot Fraction at Hedley, BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Vincent Massey installed as First Canadian-born Governor General of Canada; serves 1952-59; former President of the Massey-Harris Company 1921-25; Canada's First Ambassador to the United States 1926-30; Canadian High Commissioner in London 1935-46. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Human Rights - Chatham restaurant fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students. Chatham, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Figure Skating - Canadians Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul win the Ice Pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships at Colorado Springs; their third championship in a row; they will repeat the feat in 1960. Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • February 28, 2026 - Olympics - Closing of the VIII Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley; Canada takes home two gold medals: Anne Heggtveit for Slalom Skiing and Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul for Pairs Figure Skating, as well as a silver in Hockey (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) and a bronze in Men's Figure Skating (Donald Jackson). Lake Tahoe, California
  • February 28, 2026 - Aviation - Opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Lester Pearson survives non-confidence motion by 138 votes to 119. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Symbols - Secretary of State Gérard Pelletier presents a bill in the House of Commons proposing the adoption of O Canada as the National Anthem of Canada. The recommendations of the 1967 study in Parliament are incorporated in the bill, which did not receive further study in Parliament and died on the order paper. The same legislation will be reintroduced by Mr. Pelletier's successors at further sessions of Parliament; no action is taken. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Politics - Parliament passes law giving the Northwest Territories a second NWT MP. Ottawa, Ontario
- February 28 - State Visit - Pierre Trudeau starts 16-day European tour for closer ties with the European Economic Community. Europe
  • February 28, 2026 - Rail - Parliament creates VIA Rail Canada; Crown corporation to amalgamate and operate passenger rail service. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Production - Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest GNP decline since 1933 Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Politics - Pierre Trudeau goes for a walk in an Ottawa blizzard and decides to resign; announces decision the following day; Canada's 15th Prime Minister. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Justice - Publisher and Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel convicted for publishing false news, fermenting racial intolerance and distributing hate literature, in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred; his conviction later overturned on constitutional grounds. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Westar Mining Limited (formerly the British Columbia Coal Division of the British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation) closes the Balmer North mine. Michel, BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Music - Hank Snow, Wilf Carter and Tommy Hunter the First artists inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame; posthumous artists also inducted are Joe Brown (leader of the Family Brown), Don Messer, Orval Prophet and music publisher William Harold Moon. Edmonton, Alberta
  • February 28, 2026 - Olympics - Closing of the 15th Winter Olympic Games. The host country fails to win gold, but Canadians win two silver medals, in Singles Figure Skating (February 20 - Brian Orser and February 27 - Elizabeth Manley), as well as bronze in Ice Dancing (February 23 - Tracy Wilson & Rob McCall), Womens Downhill (February 19 - Karen Percy) and Womens Super G (February 22 - Karen Percy again). Calgary, Alberta
  • February 28, 2026 - Hockey - Game between Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings leaves its mark with 85 penalties.
  • February 28, 2026 - Music - Québec pop diva Céline Dion makes her New York singing debut in a concert at Town Hall. New York, New York
  • February 28, 2026 - Education - Judicial report on sexual abuse of boys at Kingsclear Training Centre released; critical of bureaucratic indifference that allowed abuse to continue for almost 30 years. Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • February 28, 2026 - Music - Ottawa native Alanis Morissette wins four Grammy awards - best rock song and best female rock vocal for You Oughta Know, and album of the year and rock album of the year for Jagged Little Pill; at the 38th annual Grammy Awards; Canadians pick up a total of 11 Grammys, including two by Joni Mitchell for her album Turbulent Indigo. Los Angeles, California
- February 28 - Human Rights - Supreme Court of Canada restores former Alberta teacher Jim Keegstra's conviction for promoting anti-Semitism. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Olympics - Close of the 18th Winter Olympic Games at Nagano; Canada takes home six gold, five silver and four bronze medals to place fifth behind Germany (29), Norway (24), Russia (17) and Austria (16); a few Canadian Firsts: most medals (15), most gold (6), most double-medal winners (3), First snowboard gold in Olympic history, First curling gold in Olympic history, and Canada finished ahead of the United States for the First time since the Winter Olympics began in 1924. Nagano, Japan
- February 28 - Hockey - Vancouver Canucks Captain Mark Messier the 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points as his team comes up with a four-goal third period to beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4; joins an elite group with Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Marcel Dionne. Vancouver, BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Energy - Fording, Inc. converted into Fording Canadian Coal Trust in association with Teck Cominco, Westshore Terminals Income Fund and Sherritt Coal Partnership II (a partnership of Sherritt International and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan). Vancouver, BC
  • February 28, 2026 - Police - RCMP Corporal Jim Galloway dies after being shot in the back after a six-hour standoff with a schizophrenic man outside his house; a 34-year service veteran and K-9 force dog handler. Spruce Grove, Alberta
- February 28 - Canadian businessman James Sabzali, living in Philadelphia since 1996, fined and sentenced to a year probation for violating the United States trade embargo against Cuba. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • February 28, 2026 - Environment - Ontario government sets aside a greenbelt of 720,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of land, in a 325-km arc from Niagara Falls to Peterborough. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 28, 2026 - Energy - Horizon oil sands project produces its first synthetic crude oil after four years of construction work; owner Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL). Fort McMurray, Alberta

  • 2010 - February 28 - Olympics - Sydney's Crosby's overtime goal, assisted by Jarome Iginla, leads Canada to a 3-2 victory over the United States in the Gold Medal Game in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics; most watched TV broadcast in Canadian history - 26.5 million of Canadians (80%) saw at least part of the game with an average audience of 16.5 million viewers. Vancouver, BC - YouTube
  • February 28 - Olympics - Canada's hockey gold medal is the country's 14th gold, making it the most gold ever won by one country in the Winter games; helped by the "Own the Podium" program, Canada came in 3rd after the US and Germany in overall medal standings. Vancouver, BC
  • February 28 - Olympics - Closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in BC Place. Vancouver, BC

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