Canadian history

20 facts about Canada you need to know. Many of these Canadian facts will astound and amaze you. How many do you know already?

Dr. C. W. Jefferys was one of Canada's foremost historical artists and his three-volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History is probably his best-known achievement. His hundreds of carefully researched pictures of artifacts, people, places and episodes from Canadian history provide a "treasure house of information about this country's past" (Toronto Star)

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. Obviously, it’s on a different day and month than our neighbours to the south who have theirs on the fourth Thursday in November. Ours is on the second Monday…

If you are teaching your kids Canadian history, be sure to stop by the site, Canadian History for Kids – where Mickey Maple has been hard at work. First, visit the Sketches of Canada section. Combining fun caricature style artwork with stories and insights, this section is a wealth of information on events, places and people […]

Canadian History Week 144 Canadian contributions to the world and ESL Reading activity

Canadian Prime Ministers from past to present:

A new book explores the significant Indigenous influence on HBC's expansion and how, for all its many evils, the company kept vast swaths of Canada from becoming part of the U.S.

In a perfect world, the thirty women on this list would be household names. But for too long history textbooks have focused on great men, to the exclusion of all others.

Canadian Parliamentary Guide is a valuable guide, which provides information on elected and appointed members in federal and provincial governments.