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History Since Confederation

Jacques Plante

Painting: 19th and Early 20th Century

Claude Jutra

National Film Board of Canada

Signal Hill

Painting: 19th and Early 20th Century

Phyllis Lambert

Frederick Horsman Varley

Munsinger Affair

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE ARTICLES

Historical and biographical themes written in a narrative style

Shawnadithit: Last of the Beothuk

Shawnadithit grew anxious waiting for her uncle, Longnon, to return to camp at the junction of Badger Brook and the Exploits River, deep in the wilds of ...

Though he was tired and old, just a few days shy of his 75th birthday, Sir Charles Tupper persevered, lashing out at his critics. ...

Wilfrid Laurier took leadership of the Liberal party of Canada on 18th of June 1887. Frail and intellectual, preferring the ...

Canada's national anthem was first heard one fine June evening in 1880, on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City. A small ...

1991 - Bill 150 Passed
Robert Bourassa’s government passes Bill 150, also known as an Act respecting the process for determining the political and constitutional future of Québec.

"Ah, for just one time, I would take the Northwest Passage/To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea/Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage/And make a Northwest Passage to the sea."
- Stan Rogers

There is only one wild migratory flock of whooping cranes of about 194 birds. The flock migrates from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.

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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

Come Back, Old Pal

'Come Back, Old Pal'. Waltz ballad, with music and words by Merton Plunkett of the Dumbells . It was sung by Plunkett in the Dumbells' 1922 production Carry On , and was published that year by Leo Feist. A French-language ...

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