1890 Ralph Connable graduates from Albion College in Michigan (Alpha Pi chapter) which had been founded four years earlier. Ralph would go on to become vice president and general manager of the F.W. Woolworth Company in Canada as well as "the father of Sigma Chi in Canada".
1922 After 67 years as a national organization, Sigma Chi became international when it installed Beta Omega Chapter at the University of Toronto on April 22.
1927 The second Canadian chapter, Gamma Lambda, was installed at McGill University in Montreal on January 29.
1933 The third Canadian chapter, Gamma Rho, was installed at Dalhousie University in Halifax on May 5-6.
1945 C. Norman Halford, McGill '45, had the honour of being the first (and only to date in 1996) Canadian to win the International Balfour Award.
1949 The fourth Canadian chapter, Delta Omicron, was installed at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on January 22.
1957 The 51st Grand Chapter met in Toronto June 25 - 28, the first time such an event occurred outside the United States. This Grand Chapter was dedicated to Ralph Connable and he was then formally designated as "The Father of Sigma Chi in Canada". It was felt desirable to ensure that there would always be a Canadian member of the Grand Council, and in order to accomplish this the three Canadian Chapters were formed into a separate Province. Thus, the first Canadian province (Ontario - Quebec) was created by removing those areas from the Eastern and Western New York Provinces. It would later be rejoined with St. Lawrence University in New York to become the Ontario-Quebec - St. Lawrence Province, due to the fact that St. Lawrence was far removed from the other New York Chapters and was closer to McGill. Recently the Canadian chapters have been separated from those in the United States to reform the Ontario-Quebec Province.
The fifth Canadian chapter, Epsilon Omicron at the University of Western Ontario in London, was installed at the Grand Chapter ceremonies in Toronto on June 27. The Western Ontario installation constituted the "Ritualistic Exercises" at the Toronto Grand Chapter.
1971 John W. Graham, Q.C., Toronto '33, became the first Canadian to be elected Grand Consul.
1973 The 59th Grand Chapter met in Toronto on June 24 - 28.
1987 The sixth Canadian Chapter, Theta Psi, was installed at the University of Waterloo in Kitchener-Waterloo on March 28.
Epsilon Omicron chapter at the University of Western Ontario hosted the first Leadership Training Workshop held outside the United States.
1989 The seventh Canadian chapter, Iota Mu, was installed at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener-Waterloo on March 18.
1990 The eighth Canadian chapter, Iota Rho, was installed at Bishops University in Lennoxville on February 24.
1992 The Sigma Chi Canadian Foundation is founded in December.
1993 The 69th Grand Chapter met in Toronto, at which undergraduate positions were created on the Executive Committee and Leadership Training Board.
1994 The ninth Canadian chapter, Kappa Mu, was installed at the University of Windsor in Windsor.
Leadership Training Workshop was hosted by Epsilon Omicron chapter in London, Ontario.
1997 75th Anniversary of Sigma Chi in Canada celebrated in Toronto.
Douglas A. McWhirter, Toronto-Ryerson '58, is elected 60th Grand Consul at the 71st Grand Chapter in Atlanta, Georgia.
2010 Lambda Theta, the 10th undergraduate chapter of Sigma Chi is installed at the University of Ottawa.
2011 Sigma Chi grows and thrives across Canada.
(above) Bill Fleming is the 21st Grand Historian of Sigma Chi.