Episodes (13)
![Underground Railroad](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/3fba2594-18af-4ab0-94d8-3baaad6a8f74.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
![Valour Road](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/b798beb3-5d3d-44f8-813a-e7f21d55be2b.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
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.
![Jacques Plante](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/955fcfdb-552c-4a38-a09a-8d2175b65299.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
![Jennie Trout](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/cfe4c395-68f0-4260-a530-12af9dc2924e.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.
![Superman](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/7756ff4b-2222-4a76-8e55-111f55670e61.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.
![Peacekeepers](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/edcef891-e50b-4c4a-9ff1-6b51202e1b17.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
![Responsible Government](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/a7b9c61d-adad-4b89-a714-8a7887eced37.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
![Soddie](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/7b841178-5b11-4572-b542-a8daabdcefbb.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
![Nellie McClung](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/d7f43ac0-955d-48fc-9478-09e40b2d97e1.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.
![Orphans](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/a779ae5c-8f12-4927-bddf-906dfb12bfdf.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
![Jacques Cartier](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/276ebb41-f5ab-4c98-8f1c-0163477f9514.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.
![Halifax Explosion](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/e104d755-fffd-423a-a1d6-7001e8c3114b.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
![Wilder Penfield](https://static-sg.winudf.com/video/image/0f06be39-1ceb-40ed-b03b-a3ec71ffcc2b.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/x300/format/webp)
Mar 31, 1991
A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.
About
Heritage Minutes Season 1 (1991) is released on Mar 31, 1991 and the latest season 8 of Heritage Minutes is released in 2022. Watch Heritage Minutes online - the English Short TV series from Canada. Heritage Minutes is directed by Richard Ciupka,Grant Harvey,Jean-Claude Lebrecque,Tess Girard and created by Davida Aronovitch with Katherine Trowell and Aidan Devine.