page_title: List of national founders
section_title: Canada
hierarchical_section_title: List of national founders / Americas / Canada
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo by James Ashfield of Canadian artist Robert Harris' 1884 painting, "Conference at Québec in 1864, to settle the basics of a union of the British North American Provinces", also known as "The Fathers of Confederation". The original painting was destroyed in the 1916 Parliament Buildings fire. Français&#160;: Photographie d'une peinture de Robert Harris faite en 1884 initulée Conférence à Québec, en 1864, pour établir les bases d'une union des provinces de l'Amérique du Nord britannique. L'original de la peinture a été détruit en 1916 dans un incendie des édifices du Parlement.
context_page_description: The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing their nation. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, of the country. They can also be military leaders of a war of independence that led to the existence of the country.
context_section_description: The name "Fathers of Confederation" is given to those who attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences in 1864, and the London Conference of 1866, to establish the Canadian Confederation. There were 36 original Fathers of Confederation. Queen Victoria, who supported and encouraged this process, is known as the Mother of Confederation. She was the first Monarch under the 1867 Constitution and personally chose Ottawa as Canada's capital city. The political leaders who brought the other provinces into Confederation after 1867 are also referred to as "Fathers of Confederation."
caption: Canadian Fathers of Confederation
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