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Batoche, a Métis settlement on the South Saskatchewan River north of Saskatoon, was the scene of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont’s last stand during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Parks Canada describes it as a symbol of Métis resilience and cultural renewal.
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Photo: Dave Bonser · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credit & context
The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 and fighting ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953. More than 26,000 Canadians served on land, at sea and in the air, and 516 Canadians died.
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On 6 December 1917, SS Mont-Blanc, which was carrying explosives, collided with SS Imo in Halifax Harbour. The resulting explosion, tidal wave and fires killed some 2,000 people. Parks Canada describes it as the largest human-made explosion before the atomic bomb.
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Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Credit & context
It was long believed that King George V’s 1921 proclamation of Canada’s coat of arms designated red and white as the national colours, but the proclamation contains no such declaration. Canadian Heritage notes that red and white are not set in law as national colours but have become part of national identity through common use.
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The Mackenzie River is Canada’s longest river. Statistics Canada reports that it stretches 4,241 km through the Northwest Territories, Alberta and British Columbia and drains an area of 1,805,200 km².
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In Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, the difference between high and low tide can be as much as 12 metres. At the head of the Bay of Fundy, the tide can rise 16 metres.
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Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 April 1980. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, he was forced to stop outside Thunder Bay, Ontario, on 1 September 1980 because cancer had appeared in his lungs.
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Canada adopted its first federal Official Languages Act in 1969. It declared English and French to be the two official languages of the Parliament and government of Canada.
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The King is Canada’s head of State, and the Governor General is his representative in Canada. The Governor General carries out the duties of the head of State on behalf of the Sovereign and represents Canada at home and abroad.
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Frederick Banting and John Macleod shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of insulin.” Banting, born in Alliston, Ontario, was affiliated with the University of Toronto at the time of the award.
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Gold was discovered at Discovery Claim on Bonanza Creek, Yukon, on 16 August 1896, triggering the Klondike Gold Rush. Accounts vary, but Parks Canada notes it is generally held that Keish (Skookum Jim Mason) of the Tagish First Nation discovered the gold.
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On 6 June 1944, some 14,000 Canadians came ashore at Juno Beach in Normandy, under heavy enemy fire, to help establish an Allied beachhead. Veterans Affairs Canada reports that 359 Canadian soldiers were killed on D-Day.
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On 18 October 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that women were “persons” under section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, and therefore eligible for appointment to the Senate. The appeal followed a 1928 Supreme Court of Canada decision and a campaign by five Alberta women: Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Nellie McClung and Irene Parlby.
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Mount Logan, at 5,959 metres, is Canada’s highest peak. It stands in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve, which contains seventeen of the country’s 20 tallest mountains.
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Photo: Gerald Holdsworth · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Canada’s border with the United States is the world’s longest international border. Statistics Canada gives its length as 8,890 km.
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Canada is the world’s second-largest country by total area, at 9,984,670 km². Statistics Canada reports that its coastline, including offshore islands, is the world’s longest at 243,042 km.
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The Order of Canada was created in 1967, Canada’s centennial year. It honours people who make extraordinary contributions to the nation; its motto, Desiderantes meliorem patriam, means “They desire a better country.”
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The Canadian Multiculturalism Act declares a federal policy recognizing cultural and racial diversity and the freedom to preserve, enhance and share cultural heritage. It also promotes full and equitable participation in Canadian society.
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From the early 19th century until the American Civil War, settlements along the Detroit and Niagara rivers were important terminals of the Underground Railroad, a network of Black and white abolitionists helping African Americans find freedom. By 1861, some 30,000 freedom-seekers lived in what is now Ontario.
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Michif is a distinct language associated with the Métis people and their history. Its development draws on French and Cree, but it is a language in its own right, not simply incorrect French or Cree.
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The Supreme Court of Canada is the country’s final court of appeal. Its work includes cases involving common law, civil law and constitutional questions, as well as advisory opinions on questions referred to it.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway’s ceremonial last spike was driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia, on 7 November 1885. Chinese workers made important contributions to the railway’s construction but are absent from the famous last-spike photograph.
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The Great Lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Canada and the United States share four of them; Lake Michigan lies entirely within the United States.
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The British Parliament’s Quebec Act of 1774 restored French civil law in the Province of Quebec while British criminal law remained. It also allowed Roman Catholics to practise their faith.
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