Red River Resistance Résistance de la rivière Rouge (French) The Métis provisional government Date 1869 -- 1870 Location Red River Colony, Rupert 's Land, Canada Result Métis political victory Red River Colony enters Canadian Confederation as the Province of Manitoba Canadian military victory The Wolseley Expedition takes control of Fort Garry Louis Riel flees to the United States Belligerents Métis Provisional Government Canada Canadian Party Commanders and leaders Louis Riel John Bruce Ambroise - Dydime Lépine John A. Macdonald William McDougall John Christian Schultz Garnet Wolseley Casualties and losses None 1 (Thomas Scott)
when did the red river rebellion start and end
1869 -- 1870