Episodes (13)
Mar 31, 1991
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
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.
Mar 31, 1991
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
Mar 31, 1991
Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.
Mar 31, 1991
Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.
Mar 31, 1991
Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Mar 31, 1991
Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
Mar 31, 1991
Prairie settlers build a house of sod.
Mar 31, 1991
Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.
Mar 31, 1991
French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
Mar 31, 1991
French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.
Mar 31, 1991
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
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.