Heritage Minutes

Season 1

1991 · 13 episodes · 0h 13m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Underground Railroad

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

   An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

2. 2

   2. Valour Road

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. Jacques Plante

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

4. 4

   4. Jennie Trout

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

   Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

5. 5

   5. Superman

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

6. 6

   6. Peacekeepers

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

7. 7

   7. Responsible Government

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

8. 8

   8. Soddie

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

   Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

9. 9

   9. Nellie McClung

   31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

10. 10

    10. Orphans

    31 Mar 1991 · 1 min · 7.0/10

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

11. 11

    11. Jacques Cartier

    31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

12. 12

    12. Halifax Explosion

    31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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

13. 13

    13. Wilder Penfield

    31 Mar 1991 · 1 min

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