Episodes (15)
Dec 31, 2023
Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.
Dec 31, 2023
Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."
Jan 01, 1992
Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Dec 31, 2023
The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.
Mar 31, 1991
What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?
Dec 31, 2023
Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.
Jun 01, 1992
A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Dec 31, 2023
Engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming develops the system of international standard time.
Apr 01, 1993
Considered one of the "cathedrals" of ice hockey, the construction and history of the Maple Leaf Gardens is featured.
Apr 01, 1993
Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
Apr 01, 1993
Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.
Apr 30, 1993
Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.
Sep 01, 1993
An Inukshuk a stone landmark or cairn is built on Baffin Island.
Sep 13, 1993
The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.
Sep 13, 1993
Major General and police official Sam Steele (portrayed by Alan Scarfe) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American (portrayed by Don S. Davis) from entering the Yukon with pistols, despite being threatened at gunpoint.
About
Heritage Minutes Season 3 (2023) is released on Dec 31, 2023 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 Steve Cumyn.