About Heritage Fairs

Inspiring Canada’s best and brightest young people with their history and heritage since 1993.

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Getting Started

What's The Story?

There are stories all around us, just waiting for you to tell them. What’s The Story? guides you through the process of telling a story that matters to you

Heritage Fair Planner

Use this workbook to plan your project and keep track of your work.

Find a Fair

There are Heritage Fairs across the country!

In the Classroom

Are you a teacher participating in the Heritage Fair program? Check out these resources to support historical inquiry and bring Heritage Fairs to your classroom.

Learn more
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Watch them now!

This year’s vote may be over but you can still watch over 1,000 Young Citizens’ videos.

Watch videos

National Program

From 2012-2024, Young Citizens was the national program for Heritage Fairs, where participants produced a short video on the topic they explored as part of their Heritage Fair projectlink opens in new window. More than 1,100 student videos are posted online at CanadasHistory.ca/YoungCitizens. 

Young Citizens was administered by Canada’s National History Society, with the support of the Government of Canada, Bruce MacLellan & Karen Girling, and Canada Life.
 
Beginning in the spring of 2025, Canada's History will introduce a new National Showcase as the national program for Heritage Fairs. Check back soon for more information.