Most Viewed From Historica Canada

A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.

Genre:

Cast: Jared Keeso

Scientists Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod at the University of Toronto as they race for a treatment to cure 13-year-old Leonard Thompson of his...

Genre:

Cast: Jeremy Schuetze

This Heritage Minute follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means “Everything.” Known around the world...

Genre:

Cast: Joshua Odjick

On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. D-Day, as this day would become known, was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, led to...

Genre:

Cast: Michael Shanks

Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off American soldiers until reinforcements arrive and the Battle of Queenston Heights is...

Genre:

Cast: Billy Merasty

Pioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous...

Genre:

Cast: Theodore Saunders

Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.

Genre:

Cast: Siobhan Williams

The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential...

Genre:

Cast: Shohnáhose Davin Bomberry

This Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.

Genre:

Cast: Patrick Kwok-Choon

Québec's Father of Confederation negotiates entry into Union of his home province, as well as Manitoba and British Columbia.

Genre:

Cast: Jean L'Italien

Terry Fox inspires the nation with his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.

Genre:

Cast: Jared Huumonen

Canada's first Prime Minister outlines his vision for Confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference.

Genre:

Cast: Steve Cumyn

The story of Viola Desmond, an entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.

Genre:

Cast: Kandyse McClure

At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.

Genre:

Cast: Rudy Webb

Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical...

Genre:

Cast: Megan Follows

The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations....

Genre:

Cast: Nancy Kenny

From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and...

Genre:

Cast: Lou Ticzon

The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923.

Genre:

Cast: Tom Carey

As a pioneering trans soul singer in the 1960s, Jackie Shane’s unapologetic and authentic presence in Toronto contributed to the local R&B...

Genre:

Cast: Ravyn Wngz

This Heritage Minute follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to...

Genre:

Cast: Olivia Barrett