Canada's History - 14 Mai 2025
HANDS OFF!
2025 SUMMER READING GUIDE
CANADA DAY QUIZ
METRIC MILESTONE
SAME-SEX RIGHTS
On the cover
FEATURES
Friend or Foe?
Measuring Change
Equal under the Law
Eh? to Zed Trivia
COMING UP IN CANADA’S HISTORY
Honouring a fallen hero. Historical comfort. McGee’s words of wisdom. Jazzed about Peterson. Roadside rescue.
Sleeping beauty. History maker: Jennie Trout. Signpost: Forget, Saskatchewan. Hoping for a spike in interest. Fame, fortune and fresh air. Little pie from the prairies. Made in Canada: Instant replay.
An Ontario region celebrates two centuries of Celtic settlement. At the museums: Showcasing the groundbreaking work of the Indigenous Seven.
Our special advertising section features new books for Canadian readers.
Tenuous refuge. Punk rocker patriot. Hard-working woman. Paul Kane’s oeuvre. Miners’ misery. Soaring histories.
The 2025 Nobleman Scholar is passionate about history and community engagement.
Heavy metal canisters were used to safely store gunpowder in ships’ magazines.
How to make the most of online genealogy groups.
War correspondents.
We see thee rise
Christopher Guly
Madelaine Drohan
Jamie Bradburn
Nancy Payne
Roadside rescue
McGee’s words of wisdom
Honouring a fallen hero
Historical comfort
Jazzed about Peterson
Sleeping beauty
The doctor is in
Hoping for a spike in interest
Forget, Saskatchewan
Fame, fortune and fresh air
Little pie from the prairies
Look again
Powder room
FRIEND OR FOE?
NOTABLE EVENTS IN CANADA-U.S. RELATIONS
UNDER THE LAW
Measuring change
EH? TO ZED TRIVIA
1 What did inventor Alexander Graham Bell propose as the standard telephone greeting?
2 Who was the first woman to have a solo show in her lifetime at the National Gallery of Canada?
4 After escaping from enslavement in the United States and enduring discrimination in Nova Scotia, who led a contingent of disillusioned Black settlers from Halifax to Sierra Leone in 1792?
3 The governments of Canada and Japan agreed in 1928 to restrict annual Japanese immigration to Canada to how many people?
5 What RCMP ship, now permanently docked at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, was the first to cross the Northwest Passage from west to east?
6 What was donated to the Winnipeg General Hospital as a result of the first official curling match at the Manitoba Curling Club in Winnipeg, held December 11, 1876?
9 The 11-point maple leaf on today’s Canadian flag is based on an earlier design with how many points on the maple leaf?
7 True or false: From 1927 to 1951, the Indian Act made it illegal for First Nations people to raise money amongst themselves to hire a lawyer or pursue a legal claim.
8 Which Canadian province or territory has the longest coastline?
11 What tasty ChineseCanadian dish is said to have been invented in the 1970s by Calgary chef George Wong?
10 Under what circumstances did Canadian Prime Minister John Thompson die on December 12, 1894?
13 The first patent in Canada was issued to Noah Cushing on June 8, 1824, for what invention?
12 In what year did builders complete the first Sikh gurdwara (temple) that still survives in Canada?
15 Which province or territory was the first to include sexual orientation in its human rights code?
14 Established in 1885, Banff was the first national park in Canada. What was the second?
ANSWERS
Get your Irish on!
IF YOU GO
Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance in a North American City
Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed
Away from My Island: The True Story of Eliza Gill
PAUL KANE’S TRAVELS IN INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
Canada’s Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force at 100
Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour
The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out: Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community
HOW TO SURVIVE A BEAR ATTACK
THE MIND MAPPERS
THE WAR WE WON APART
THE COMPANY
THE GOOD ALLIES
THE TRAITOR’S DAUGHTER
BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR
THE WORLD SO WIDE
CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY
THE CASTOR’S CHOICE
BEYOND THE RINK
CANADA’S HISTORY SLIPCASE
IN THE LIGHT OF DAWN
DEYOHÁHA:GE:
THE FINAL SPIRE
FOUNDING FOLKS
PUTTING DOWN ROOTS
RAINCOAST CHRONICLES 25
Social studies
Digging in
War correspondents
at PressDisplay
Newspapers from Canada
Newspapers in English