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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols,...

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.

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

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

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

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

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

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.