For the first time in history, officials were forced to cancel hockey’s biggest game as a flu pandemic continued to rage 

La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.

Il y a un siècle, le bâtiment de l’école de médecine de l’Université de Toronto était le site de la découverte révolutionnaire de l’insuline 

Le symbolisme du Bluenose, l’emblématique goélette canadienne de pêche et de course, est peut-être tout aussi pertinent aujourd’hui qu’il y a 100 ans, lorsque le navire a touché l’eau pour la première fois

Retracer l’histoire des Nations Unies à l’aide d’une carte, réalisée pour les écoles en 1947 afin de commémorer le grand moment de l’union de la planète pour le plus grand bien

La première exposition des artistes avait lieu le 7 mai 1920

Gagnante de la médaille d’or il y a 100 ans à Anvers (Belgique), l’équipe canadienne a établi une domination en hockey olympique qui a duré pendant trois autres Jeux successifs

L’année 1970 marquait la naissance des Jeux, créés pour donner aux athlètes nordiques plus d’occasions de s’entraîner et de participer à des compétitions

On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story. 

Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition

Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada’s team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games

Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario

A century ago, the medical school building at the University of Toronto was the site of a momentous scientific breakthrough

Published in the New York Journal as a fanciful full-page map, Going to Klondyke encouraged everyday newspaper readers to try their luck at gold prospecting in the Yukon

The bestselling author and historian on why exploration is essential to understanding Canada’s history 

“Most successful season” of exploration since the wreck was discovered surfaces 350 artifacts from officers’ quarters

This year marks a century and a half since the first numbered treaties were signed

British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.

L’histoire méconnue de la grippe espagnole de 1918 et notre état de préparation à la prochaine grande pandémie

100 years ago — on October 22, 1921 — the iconic Nova Scotian schooner was victorious in its first major race

The symbolism of the iconic Canadian fishing and racing schooner Bluenose may be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago when the ship first hit the water

Tracing the history of the United Nations with a map, produced for schools in 1947 to commemorate the momentous coming together of the planet for a greater good

A book by environmental historian Daniel Macfarlane reveals the decades of technological feats and cross-border politics that went into “fixing” one of North America’s most important natural sites

Canada’s last active seaport immigration shed closed 50 years ago — a look back at Pier 21

A French-born Canadian changed the world of mapping by photographing the Rockies

A 17th-century circumpolar map shows the early days of Arctic exploration

Author Emma Donoghue’s novel about the 1918 pandemic offers up many parallels to our 2020 pandemic experience

In his new book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Mark Bourrie examines the larger-than-life legacy of the French-Canadian fur trader 

A new book by Ken McGoogan traces the experiences of Scottish Highlanders evicted from their homes to pre-Confederation Canada

Our beloved red-and-white maple leaf flag was raised on Feb. 15, 1965, but not before years of angry debates and a parade of competing designs were put down

A new novel by Erika Behrisch Elce brings Lady Franklin — widow of doomed polar explorer Sir John Franklin — to life in new and creative ways