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Northrop Frye

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Munsinger Affair

Louis Riel

Poundmaker

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Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Maisonneuve and the Founding of Montreal

The story of the founding of Montreal is perhaps unique in history....

Calling elections is like Goldilocks visiting the three bears – which political stew will turn out to be too soon, too late, ...

The Dominion government's advertisement asked for volunteers "able to read and write either the English or French language" with ...

Besides hockey and the maple leaf, there is little as symbolically Canadian as the CBC – the Canadian Broadcasting ...

1911 - National Parks Service Created
The world's first national parks service, the Dominion Parks Branch, was established. It is now known as Parks Canada.

"Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

William Lyon Mackenzie King served the longest time as prime minister of Canada, a total of 22 years, stretching over three terms from 1921 to 1948.

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Gallery

Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.

Interactive Resources

Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.

Canucklehead

The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.

Timeline

This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.

100 Greatest Events

This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.

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Blindness and Vision Loss

There are approximately 836,000 visually impaired Canadians, although only a small number of them have been blind from birth. Blindness and vision loss cause greater reliance on hearing, which, in response, may grow more acute or ...

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