THIS MONTH'S FEATURE ARTICLES

Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

David Thompson: The Greatest Geographer the World has Known

David Thompson was an outsider, struggling to find a foothold in the empire that had consumed his country...

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While the games always carried a sacred aspect, held on the open plains of Elis, surrounded by magnificent groves of ...

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Hunter ordered them to drill down just another metre or so. And then, finally, there it was! Primal ooze, the black goo that made ...

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The strike in Asbestos, Quebec, is one of those events that resonate beyond the immediate and define history. It was, as ...

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1999 - Liberals Keep Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Liberal Party, led by Premier Brian Tobin, won re-election with a reduced majority in the provincial election.

"Canada is above all an idea of what a country could be, a place of imagination."
   - John Ralston Saul

Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr invented IMAX film and first displayed it at Expo 67 in Montreal.

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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.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN CANADA

Neil Swainson

Neil (James Sinclair) Swainson. Bassist, composer, b Victoria, BC, 15 Nov 1955. He studied briefly with Robert Meyer in Victoria but is largely self-taught. After playing 1975-7 with the Paul Horn Quintet, he moved to Toronto, ...



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Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at ...

Great Depression

Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ...

Louis Riel

Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the NORTH-WEST REBELLION (b at Red River ...

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Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Disciples of Christ)

Evangelical Christian Church, often called the Christian Church (Christian Disciples), is a denomination stemming from ...

Great Depression

Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ...

Cricket (Game)

Cricket is a game played with a ball and solid wood bat by 2 sides of 11 players on a grassy field centering on 2 ...

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John Ware

John Ware, cowboy, rancher (born near Georgetown, SC 1845; died near Brooks, Alta 13 Sept 1905). John Ware was born a ...

Music Composition

The repertoire of works composed in Canada in the traditions of Western art music goes back about 300 years; but by far ...

Sears Canada Inc

Sears Canada Inc, headquartered in Toronto, is a Canadian retailer incorporated in 1952. In 1953 operating under the ...