CRB Foundation (CA)

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

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

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

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.

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

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

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

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

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

Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

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

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

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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