Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing...

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest and most advanced interceptor aircraft.

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting...

Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.