Episode 1
Underground Railroad
1991-03-31 • 1 min
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
TV season
1991-03-31
Episode 1
1991-03-31 • 1 min
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
Episode 2
1991-03-31 • 1 min
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.
Episode 3
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
Episode 4
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.
Episode 5
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.
Episode 6
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Episode 7
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
Episode 8
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
Episode 9
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.
Episode 10
1991-03-31 • 1 min
French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
Episode 11
1991-03-31 • 1 min
French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.
Episode 12
1991-03-31 • 1 min
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
Episode 13
1991-03-31 • 1 min
A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.