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Born as twins in 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan grew apart. Single-minded visionaries, hardening ideologies, and nature’s lottery helped turn the two provinces into a disparate duo.

On the 175th anniversary of Wilfrid Laurier’s birth, three writers weigh in with their thoughts on a prime minister who stood firmly on middle ground.

The Halifax Explosion of 1917 resulted in a medical emergency the likes of which Canada had never seen.

Touting a vegetarian diet free of alcohol, salt, and caffeine, an obscure New Brunswick couple were determined to form a self-sufficient utopian colony of health reformers. But diet was only a small part of the system.

Three witnesses recall the mysterious illness that felled an Inuit village, save for one family. 

Your guide to surviving Canada throughout the ages.

Aboard the ships Eaglet and Nonsuch, a pair of ambitious French adventurers set sail for Hudson Bay in hopes of striking it rich in the fur trade.

In this podcast series, Canada’s History spoke with the finalists for the 2022 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch kept calm and carried on through seventy years of personal and political turmoil.

When prospectors stampeded into the Klondike, Chief Isaac guided the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people through a time of turmoil.