On This Day In Canadian History.... 

1675 - Beggars ordered to get permission from priests to beg in the streets of Montreal and Quebec.

On This Day In Canadian History.... 

1976 - Olympic Lottery to continue until 1979, to cut deficit for 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.

On This Day In Canadian History.... 

1793 - Alexander Mackenzie leaves Fort York at the forks of the Peace and Smoky rivers; heads west towards Pacific with party of nine, eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean via the Bella Coola River, becoming the first European to cross North America using a route north of Mexico.

On This Day In Canadian History.... 

1813 - General Zebulon Pike departs from York (Toronto) to Fort Niagara after burning the Parliament Buildings, looting the town; occupied since Apr 27.; British retaliate a year later by burning the American capital, Washington.

On This Day In Canadian History....  

1657 - Louis XlV prohibited the sale of liquor to Indians.