Season 1

1991-03-31 · 1m

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

1991-03-31 · 1m

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.

1991-03-31 · 1m

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

1991-03-31 · 1m

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

1991-03-31 · 1m

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

1991-03-31 · 1m

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

1991-03-31 · 1m

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

1991-03-31 · 1m

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.