Heritage Minutes

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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.

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

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.