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History Since Confederation

Petroleum Supply and Demand

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

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The Formation of the RCMP

The Dominion government's advertisement asked for volunteers "able to read and write either the English or French language" with "good antecedents" who were ...

1900 - Birth of Alain Grandbois
Alain Grandbois, poet, considered the first great modern Québec poet, was born at St-Casimir, Qué.

"How many people do something they really believe in? I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try. Dreams are made if people try."
- Terry Fox

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world. Including the coasts of offshore islands, the total length of Canada's coastline is 202 080 kilometres.

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Gallery

Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.

Interactive Resources

Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.

Canucklehead

The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.

Timeline

This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.

100 Greatest Events

This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.

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Ernest Whyte

Ernest Whyte. Composer, teacher, b Perth, Ont, 14 Oct 1858, d Ottawa 23 Nov 1922. After studies with Martin Krause (piano) and others at the Leipzig Cons ca 1890, Whyte operated the Martin Krause School of Pianoforte Playing and ...

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