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

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

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

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

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

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

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

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

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

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

After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings.

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

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

A volunteer teacher brings basic literacy and mathematical skills to a lumber and work camp in the Canadian bush.

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.