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An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit...

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.

Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.