Canadian Historical Indian Treaties Time Line

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Canadian treaties with First Nation peoples from 1725 to the present include Peace and Friendship treaties,Upper Canada Treaties, Province of Canada Treaties, Vancouver Island / Douglas Treaties, Numbered Treaties, Williams Treaties, and Comprehensive Claims Treaties.

Peace and Friendship Treaties

  • 1725 December 15
  • 1749 August 15
  • 1752 November 22
  • 1760 February 10
  • 1760 March 10 & 1761 June 25
  • 1764 August
  • 1779 September 22

Upper Canada Treaties

  • 1781 May 9
  • Indian Officers' Land - 1783
  • The Crawford Purchases - 1783 October 9
  • St. Regis and Oswegatchie - 1784 April
  • Between the Lakes Purchase - 1784 May 22
  • The McKee Purchase - 1790 May 19
  • Between the Lakes Purchase - 1792 December 7
  • Chenail Ecarte (Sombra Township) Purchase - 1796 August 30 & London Township Purchase - September 7
  • Land for Joseph Brant - 1797 August 21
  • Penetanguishene Harbour - 1798 May 22
  • St. Joseph Island - 1798 June 30
  • Toronto Purchase - 1805 August
  • Head-of-the-Lake-Purchase - 1806 September 5
  • Lake Simcoe Land - 1815 November 18
  • Lake-Simcoe-Nottawasaga Purchase - 1818 October 17
  • Ajetance Purchase - 1818 October 28
  • Rice Lake Purchase - 1818 December 5
  • The Rideau Purchase - 1819 March 9
  • Long Woods Purchase - 1822 November 28
  • Huron Tract Purchase - 1827 July 10
  • Saugeen - 1836 August 9
  • Manitoulin - 1836 August 9

Province of Canada Treaties

  • Robinson - Superior Treaty - 1850 September 7
  • Robinson - Huron Treaty - 1850 September 9
  • Robinson - Huron Treaty - 1854 October 13
  • Manitoulin Island Treaty - 1862 October 6

Vancouver Island / Douglas Treaties

  • Teechamitsa Tribe - Country lying between Esquimalt and Point Albert - 1850 April 29
  • Kosampsom Tribe - Esquimalt Peninsula and Colquite Valley - 1850 April 30
  • Swengwhung Tribe - Victoria Peninsula, South of Colitz - 1850 April 30
  • Chilcowitch Tribe - Point Gonzales - 1850 April 30
  • Whyomilth Tribe - North-West of Esquimalt Harbour - 1850 April 30
  • Che-ko-nein Tribe - Point Gonzales to Cedar Hill - 1850 April 30
  • Ka-ky-aakan Tribe - Metchosin - 1850 May 1
  • Chewhaytsum Tribe - Sooke - 1850 May 1
  • Sooke Tribe - North-West of Sooke Inlet - 1850 May 1
  • Queackar Tribe - Fort Rupert - 1851 February 8
  • Quakeolth Tribe - Fort Rupert - 1851 February 8
  • Saanich Tribe - South Saanich - 1852 February 7
  • Saanich Tribe - North Saanich 1852 February 11
  • Saalequun Tribe - Nanaimo - 1854 December 23

Numbered Treaties

  • Treaty 1 - 1871 August
  • Treaty 2 - 1871 August
  • Treaty 3 - 1873 October
  • Treaty 4 - 1874 September
  • Treaty 5 - 1875 September
  • Treaty 6 - 1876 August-September
  • Treaty 7 - 1877 September
  • Treaty 6, Adhesions - 1889 February
  • Treaty 8 - 1889 June
  • Treaty 9 - 1905 July
  • Treaty 10 - 1906 August
  • Treaty 5, Adhesions - 1908 to 1910
  • Treaty 11 - 1921 June
  • Treaty 9, Adhesions - 1929 to 1930

Williams Treaties

  • Williams Treaties - 1923 October/November

Comprehensive Treaties