Events of National Historic Significance
Event designation by Canada's Minister of the Environment
The years of triumphs and tribulations of the Montreal Canadiens , seen here during the 1912–13 season, were designated the Club de hockey Canadien National Historic Event in 2008.
The Events of National Historic Significance, also called National Historic Events (French : Les événements d'importance historique nationale ), are events that have been designated by Canada 's government, on the advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change , as being defining actions, episodes, movements or experiences in Canadian history.[ 1] To be designated, an event must have occurred at least forty (40) years previous; events that continue into the more recent past are evaluated on the basis of what occurred at least 40 years ago.[ 2] As of June 2023, there are 500 National Historic Events that are already recorded.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Related federal designations exist for National Historic Sites and National Historic Persons .[ 1] Events, Sites, and Persons are each typically marked by a federal plaque, but the markers do not indicate which designation a subject has been given. The Welland Canal is an Event, while the Rideau Canal is a Site. The cairn and plaque to John Macdonell does not refer to a National Historic Person, but is erected because his home, Glengarry House, is a National Historic Site.[ 6] [ 7] Similarly, the plaque to John Guy officially marks not a Person, but an Event—the Landing of John Guy.[ 8]
Events have been designated in all ten provinces and three territories, as well as Belgium, China, France, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
List
As of August 2023[update] , there are 501 National Historic Events recorded. The "Location" column identifies the place where an event happened or, in the case of widespread or non-specific locations, marks the place where a federal plaque to the event is located or is likely to be located, if known.
Event
Date of Event
Location
Year designated
Attack at Grand-Pré
1747
Grand-Pré, NS
1924
Cabot's Landfall in the New World
1497
Cape Bonavista , NL and Cape North, NS
1958
Windsor Agricultural Fair
1765 (started)
Windsor, NS
1935
Calgary Stampede
1912 (started)
Calgary, AB
2012
First Dairy School in Canada
1882 (started)
Saint-Denis-de-La Bouteillerie , QC
1953
Displacement of the Anishinaabeg of Southern Georgian Bay
1829–1840
Coldwater and Beausoleil Island , ON
2011
Voyageurs
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , QC
1938
Inuit Co-operative Movement in Canada
1959–1968
Kangiqsualujjuaq (George River) , QC
2011
1972 Summit Series
1972
Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver
2012
Immigration to Canada
ongoing
national
1984
Canadian Federation of University Women
1919–1970
Winnipeg, MB
2011
Thule Migration
1000–1300
Alaska to YT, NT, NU
1978
Hogg's Hollow Disaster
1960
Toronto, ON
2011
Transportation in the Yukon
Whitehorse, YT
1967
Cercles de fermières
1915–1968
Plessisville, QC
2011
Battle of Sainte-Foy
1760
Quebec, QC
2011
Fur Trade
Lachine, QC
1968
Capitulation of Montréal
1760
Montreal, QC
1952
Manufacturing in Canada
national
1987
Canoe Routes of Canada
national
1958
Siege of Quebec, 1759
1759
Quebec, QC
2011
Seigneurial System
Saint-Jean-d'Orléans, QC
1984
Great Lakes Fisheries
1800s
Port Dover, ON
1983
Sisters of Charity of Ottawa
1845 (founded)
Ottawa, ON
1988
Arrival of Foreign Protestants in Nova Scotia (1749–1756)
1749–1756
Halifax, NS
2011
Postal Service
1693 (first courier) 1763 (regular service)
Montreal, QC
1927
Columbia Express
1820s–1855
York Factory, MB , to Pacific coast
2011
Aboriginal Military Service in the First World War
1914–1920
national
2011
Arrival and Settlement of Hungarians at Esterhazy-Kaposvar
1886–1931
Esterhazy, SK
2007
Franco-Aboriginal Alliance of 1603
1603
Baie-Sainte-Catherine , QC
2005
Craig's Road
1810
Richmond, QC
1939
Brothers of the Christian Schools
1840s
Montreal, QC
1988
Arctic Exploration and Inuit Culture
the North
1972
Niagara Land Purchases
1781–1792
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
1928
Athabasca Trail
1875
Edmonton, AB
1957
Congrégation de Notre-Dame
1650 (founded)
Montreal, QC
1988
Railway Rolling Stock
Saint-Constant, QC
1961
The Grey Cup
1909 (started)
Toronto, ON
2012
Girl Guide Movement in Canada
1910 (established)
Toronto, ON
2011
Establishment of the Canadian Youth Hostel at Bragg Creek, Alberta
1933 (established)
Bragg Creek , AB
2011
Marquis de Malauze (vessel)
1760
Ristigouche, QC
1943
Experience of Italian Sojourners
1890–1914
Montreal, QC
2011
Canadian Participation in the Royal Flying Corps
1916–1918
Ontario
2012
Establishment of the Halifax Zoological Garden
1847 (established)
Halifax, NS
1948
Île-aux-Coudres
1535
Île-aux-Coudres, QC
1925
Hydro-Electric Power Development in Canada
national
1987
Coming of the New England Planters (Pre-Loyalists)
1760–1763
Horton Landing, NS
1958
Settlement of Viger by Maliseets
1827
Saint-Épiphane, QC
2002
Co-operative Union of Canada
1909 (established)
Ontario
1984
Survey of Prince Edward Island
1764–1766
Holland Cove, PE
1932
Establishment of the Polymer Corporation
1942 (established)
Sarnia, ON
2005
Bank Fishery
Lunenburg, NS
1966
Indian Treaty No 3
1873
Kenora, ON
1943
Oil and Gas Extraction
1947–1953
Leduc, AB
1955
Pacific Cable
1902 (completed)
Bamfield, BC
1927
First Canadian House of Assembly
1758
Halifax, NS
1957
Nipigon River Forts
1678 and 1727
Nipigon River, ON
1944
Winning of Responsible Government
1855
St. John's, NL
1954
Temiscouata Portage
1746 (French route)
Cabano, QC
1925
Old Town Victoria
1800s
Victoria, BC
1990
Covered Bridges
1860s–20th century
eastern Canada
1977
Construction of Yonge Street
1795 (begun)
Oak Ridges, ON
1927
Creation of the Dominion Parks Branch
1911
Banff National Park , AB
2011
Whaling Industry in Eastern Arctic
1820–1910
Kekerten Island , NU
1983
Nanaimo
1852
Nanaimo, BC
1924
Battle of Signal Hill
1762
St. John's, NL
1959
Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War and the Fight to Win the Vote
1916–1918
Vancouver, BC
2011
Landing of United Empire Loyalists in New Brunswick
1783
Saint John, NB
1923
Battle of Montmorency
1759
Quebec, QC
1951
Black Pioneers Immigration to Alberta and Saskatchewan
1908–1940
Alberta and Saskatchewan
2007
Return of the Acadians
after 1755
Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage, NB
1955
Chemin Royal
1734
Quebec, QC
1927
Battle of Petitcodiac
1755
Hillsborough, NB
1918
Naval Encounter
1745
Tatamagouche, NS
1938
104th Regiment
1813–1814
Fredericton, NB
1934
Introduction of Multilingual Multicultural Radio Stations in Canada
1966
Toronto and Montreal
2011
Lachine Massacre
1689
Lachine, QC
1923
Gananoque
1812–1814
Gananoque, ON
1936
Forest Industry in the Ottawa Valley
1806–1850s
Ottawa, ON
1985
Moravian Missions and the Inuit in Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
2011
Grenville Canal
1819–1833 (built) 1871–1882 (enlarged)
Grenville, QC
1929
Brant's Ford
Brantford, ON
1927
Abenaki Basket-Making Industry, 1870–1920
1870–1920
Quebec
2011
Meductic-Eel River Portage
Meductic, NB
1943
Battleford-Swift Current Trail
1885
Swift Current, SK
1954
Welch Company
1895–1970
Thunder Bay, ON
2011
Yorkshire Immigration
1772–1776
Aulac, NB
1925
Ursulines of Trois-Rivières
1697 (began)
Trois-Rivières, QC
1997
Poutrincourt's Mill
1607
Lequille, NS
1947
National Farm Radio Forum
Toronto, ON
2009
Distribution of King's Presents, 17th–19th centuries
17th–19th centuries
Quebec
2011
Food and Agriculture Organization
1945
Quebec, QC
1955
Defence of York
1813
Toronto, ON
1924
Prince Edward Island Land Question
1767–1866
Charlottetown, PE
1988
Sisters of Providence
1843 (founded)
Montreal, QC
1988
First Cheese Factory
1864
Ingersoll , ON
1931
Whaling Industry in Western Arctic
Herschel Island, NT
1972
Refugees of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
1956
national
2010
Galt Irrigation Canal
1898–1900 (built)
Magrath, AB
1983
Dawson Road
1858–1871
Ste. Anne, MB
1933
Sinking of the S.S. VALENCIA
1906
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve , BC
2008
Tadoussac
1535, 1600, 1603
Tadoussac, QC
1923
First Legislature of Manitoba
1871
Winnipeg, MB
1943
First Export of Coal
before 1650
Minto, NB
1929
Founding of the Bois-Francs by Charles Héon
1825
Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, QC
1925
Winterhousing
early 18th – mid-20th centuries
Deep Cove , NL
1990
Accommodation (Vessel)
1809
Montreal, QC
1925
Pulp and paper industry in Canada
19th, 20th centuries
regional
1987
Roseau Route
1733
Letellier , MB
1934
Battle of Île-aux-Noix
1813
Île-aux-Noix , QC
1923
First Air Crossing of the Canadian Rockies
1919
Richmond, BC
1961
Cascades Canal
1779–1783
Pointe-des-Cascades , QC
1929
Exploitation of the Nova Scotia Coal Fields
late 19th, 20th centuries
Nova Scotia region
1998
Group of Seven
1920 (first exhibition)
Kleinburg, ON
1974
Establishment of the Maritime Wireless Telegraph System
1904
Pointe-à-la-Renommée, QC
2011
Selkirk Settlement
1803
Belfast, PE
1954
Persons Case
1929
Edmonton, AB
1997
Application of Direct Drive Waterpower
national
1986
Chaudière Portages
1613–mid-1800s
Gatineau, QC
1927
Jesuit Fathers
1635–1759, 1842 onward
Montreal, QC
1988
Lachine Rapids
Lachine, QC
1982
Canadians and the Normandy Landing
1944
Bernières-sur-Mer , France
1999
Ste. Croix Island
1604
Saint Croix Island, ME, United States
1968
Nlaka'pamux Basket-Making, Pre-Contact to 1970
British Columbia region
2011
Canadian Women's Christian Temperance Union
late 19th century
national
1997
Intercolonial Railway
1876
Moncton , NB
1976
Pioneer Fox Farming
1880–1910
Alberton, PE
1939
Discovery of Prince Edward Island
1534
Alberton, PE
1924
Queen's University
1842 (founded)
Kingston, ON
1991
Chambly Road
1665
Saint-Hubert, QC
1929
First Banding of a Bird
1905
Toronto, ON
1955
Role of Placentia
1662–1713
Placentia, NL
1951
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada
Toronto, ON
2008
Fort de Lévis
1760
Johnstown, ON
1968
Forest Industry in New Brunswick
18th–20th centuries
Saint John, NB
1943
Cornwall Canal
1834–1842 and 1876–1904
Cornwall, ON
1929
Beothuks
before 1829
Grand Falls-Windsor , NL
1955
The Creation of the National Flag
1964–1965
Ottawa, ON
2015
Opening of the St. Lawrence to All Nations
1849
Quebec, QC
1925
First Marine Compound Engine
1845
Saint John, NB
1926
Dominion Telegraph
1874–1878
Humboldt, SK
1943
First Patent in Canada
1824
Quebec, QC
1929
Prairie Settlement Patterns
Prairies
1984
Meetings of Parliament
1916–1919
Ottawa, ON
1949
Cunningham v. Tomey Homma
1902
British Columbia
2011
Sisters of Ste. Anne
1850
Lachine, QC
1988
Butler's Rangers
1777–1784
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
1930
Quebec Conferences (1943 -1944 )
1943–1944
Quebec, QC
1946
Torbay
1762
Torbay, NL
1952
Frog Portage
before 1774 to after 1828
Churchill River, SK
1977
Canadian Naval Aviation during the Cold War
Shearwater , NS
2011
Action at Butler's Farm
1813
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
1926
Petitcodiac-Washademoak Portage
Petitcodiac, NB
1936
Grey Nuns of Montréal
1737 and later
Montreal, QC
1988
Welland Canal
1824 1829–1833 (built) 1841 (rebuilt)
Thorold, ON
1924
Creation of the Province of Alberta
1905
Edmonton, AB
1946
Six Nations
1755–1763 1775–1783 1812–1814 1837–1838
Six Nations Grand River Reserve, ON
1930
Lemuel Sherman Barn / Military Hospital
1813
Thamesville, ON
1954
Red Fife wheat
1842
Keene, ON
1931
Atlantic Charter
1941
Placentia-Ship Harbour, NL
1973
First Sault Ste. Marie Canal
1797–1798
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
1921
Edmonton Grads
1915–1940
Edmonton, AB
1976
Acadian Odyssey
1750s–1881 and after
Memramcook, NB
1976
On-to-Ottawa Trek
1935
Regina, SK
1997
Breaching of the Gothic Line
1944
Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
2000
Canadian Landing in Sicily
1943
Pachino, Sicily, Italy
2000
Shield Archaic Culture
5000 BC–1000 BC
Labrador to Maine Port au Choix, NL (discovery)
1981
Engagement at the Forty
1813
Grimsby, ON
1954
Isgonish-French River Portage
18th, 19th centuries
Lower Onslow, NS
1939
Fugitive Slave Movement
1800s 1850–1861 (peak)
Windsor, ON
1925
Canadian Presence in Britain
1939–1945
London, England, United Kingdom
2000
Founding of New Brunswick
1784
Saint John, NB
1934
Hull Timber Slide
1829
Gatineau, QC
1976
Pony Express
1849
Victoria Beach, NS
1950
Founding of Université-Laval
1852
Quebec, QC
1972
W. D. Lawrence (Vessel)
1872–1874 (built)
Maitland, NS
1955
Discovery of the Mackenzie River
1789
Fort Providence, NT
1969
Canada's Capital
1857
Ottawa, ON
1976
Eagle Pass
1865, 1885
Craigellachie, BC
1971
Fifth Thule Expedition
1921–1924
Danish Island, NU
1977
Carbonear Island
1697, 1705
Carbonear, NL
1954
Transatlantic Flights
1919–1937
Harbour Grace, NL
1951
Battle of the St. Lawrence
1942–1944
Forillon National Park , Gaspé, QC
2000
Dominion Lands Survey System
1871
Headingly, MB
1930
Black Loyalist Experience
1783–1792 and after
Birchtown, NS
1994
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Campobello Island
1883–1921 1933, 1936, 1939
Welshpool, NB
1945
Nancy (vessel)
1814
Wasaga Beach, ON
1923
Henry House
1811–1830s
Jasper National Park , AB
1926
Bluenose
1921–1946
Lunenburg, NS
1952
Caisse Populaire (Mouvement Desjardins)
1900
Lévis, QC
1984
Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
1907
Montreal, QC
2005
Dispersal of Huron-Wendat from Huronia
1650, 1697
Wendake, QC
1997
Canadian Raid on Dieppe
1942
Dieppe , France
2000
Indian Treaty of 1778
1778
Saint John, NB
1971
First Transcontinental Train
1886
Montreal, QC
1939
United Empire Loyalists
late 18th century
Cornwall, ON
1933
Mattawa Route
early 17th – 19th centuries
Mattawa, ON
1926
Surrender of Indian Lands
1798, 1815, 1818
Orillia, ON
1932
Survey of the Great Lakes
1814–1816 1817–1825
Owen Sound, ON
1933
Shipbuilding in New Brunswick
late 18th – 19th centuries
St. Martins (plaque), Saint John, Moncton, Miramichi , NB
1995
First Electric Telegraph
1846
Toronto, ON
1925
Crawford Purchase
1783
Carleton Island , Kingston, ON (plaque)
1929
Herschel Island
1890–1920s
Herschel Island, YT
1972
Creation of the Province of Manitoba
1870
Winnipeg, MB
1948
Frontier College
1899
Toronto, ON
1998
Building of the St. Clair Tunnel
1889–1891
Sarnia, ON
1992
Construction of the Sambro Island Lighthouse
1758
Sambro Island, NSSambro , NS (plaque)
1937
Royal Navy on Lake Champlain
1776–1777 1812–1814
Fort Lennox National Historic Site, Île-aux-Noix , QC
1927
Slave River Rapids
1789, 1880s, 1940s
Fort Smith, NT
1969
Antigonish Movement
1928
Antigonish, NS
1981
Siege of Quebec in 1775
1775–1776
Quebec, QC
1984
Creation of the North-West Mounted Police National
1873
Fort Walsh , SK
1972
First Paper Mill in Canada / Argenteuil Paper Mill
1803–1805
Saint-André-Est , QC
1925
Good Shepherd Sisters of Québec
1844
Quebec, QC
2010
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1841
Ottawa, ON
1988
Japanese Experience in Alberta
1900s
Raymond, AB
2007
Battle of the Scheldt
1944
Walcheren Island , Netherlands
2005
Veterans Charter
1945
Ottawa, ON
1999
Discovery of the Coppermine River
1771
Nunavut
1956
Winning of the Vote by Women
1914, 1916
Winnipeg, MB
1997
Okanagan Brigade Trail
1811–1848
Westbank, BC
1943
Landing of the Trans-Atlantic Submarine Cable
1866
Heart's Content , NL
2001
System of Tide Gates (Aboiteaux)
mid-1600s
Memramcook , NB
1997
Coast Salish Knitters and the Cowichan Sweater
late 19th century
British Columbia
2011
Struggle for Hudson Bay
1686–1713
Ville-Marie, QC
1936
University of Ottawa
1848
Ottawa, ON
1998
Establishment of Fort Maurepas
1739–1749
Pine Falls , MB
1931
Dawson to Ashcroft Telegraph Line
1899
Whitehorse, YT
1994
Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825
1825
Stewart, BC
1975
Kootenay Mining Region
late 19th century onward
Rossland, BC
1998
Exploration of the Strait of Juan de Fuca
1787, 1792
Victoria, BC
1924
Boundary Water Treaty of 1909
1909
London, ON
1997
Mckee's Purchase
1790
Blenheim, ON
1931
Yukon Gold Discovery
1896
Bonanza Creek, YT
1926
First Butter Factory in Canada
1873
Athelstan, QC
1943
Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1853
Nicolet, QC
1988
Halifax and Castine
1814–1815
Castine , Maine, USA Halifax, NS (plaque)
1936
Establishment of New Iceland
1875–1876
Gimli , MB
1999
Oregon Treaty of 1846
1846
Surrey, BC
1946
Fraser Canyon Transportation Corridor
1857–1866 and after
Spuzzum, BC
1985
General Mining Association
1827–1865
Stellarton , NS
1983
Williamsburg Canals System
1844–1856
Morrisburg, ON
1929
Mohawks at Annapolis Royal
1712–1713
Annapolis Royal, NS
1932
Methye Portage
1778–1820
La Loche, SK
1933
Creation of the Province of British Columbia
1871
Victoria, BC
1948
Beginnings of Coal Mining
1720
Port Morien , NS
1959
Exploration of the Fraser River
1791, 1793, 1808
Vancouver, BC
1927
Territorial Grain Growers Association
1902
Indian Head , SK
1953
Royal Montreal Curling Club
1807
Montreal, QC
1953
St. John's Regatta
1826
St. John's, NL
1990
New Westminster
1859–1868
New Westminster, BC
1924
Beaubassin / Ancient Indian Portage
Frosty Hollow, NB
1943
Nineteenth Century Shipbuilding at Quebec
1850s
Quebec, QC
1957
Mi'kmaq on Malpeque Bay
early 19th century onward
Lennox Island, PE
1997
De Havilland 'Beaver'
1946
Toronto, ON
1974
Scouting Movement in Canada
1908
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
2009
Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion
1937–1939
Toronto, ON
1985
Sack of Lunenburg
1782
Lunenburg, NS
1950
Toronto Carrying Place
1615–1796
Humber River to Holland River Rouge River to Holland River Toronto, ON (plaque)
1969
Deportation of the Inhabitants of Île Saint-Jean
1758
Rocky Point, PE
2011
Landing of John Guy
1610
Cupids, NL
1952
First Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
1792
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
1990
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
1900
Toronto, ON
1982
Palliser Expedition
1857–1860
Banff National Park, AB
1957
Crowsnest Pass
1873, 1897
Crowsnest Lake, AB
1971
Transatlantic Wireless
1902
Marconi National Historic Site Glace Bay , NS
1938
New Brunswick Forest Products Industry
1780s – 20th century
Edmundston, NB
1999
Pro Patria
1812–1814
Amherstburg and Kingston, ON
1928
Canadians in the Korean War
1950–1953
Gapyong-Gun , South Korea
2000
Battle for Ortona
1943
Ortona, Italy
2000
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
1843
Longueuil, QC
1988
Design and Construction of the Victoria Tubular Bridge
1854–1860
Montreal, QC
1999
Creation of the Province of Saskatchewan
1905
Regina, SK
1939
Shannon and Chesapeake (vessels)
1813
Halifax, NS
1925
Noorduyn Aviation Company 'Norseman'
1935–1960
Dorval, QC
1974
Expulsion of the Acadians
1755–1763
Grand-Pré National Historic Site , Grand Pré, NS
1955
Original Gold Discovery / Discovery Claim
1896, 1897–1898
Bonanza Creek, YT
1959
Treaty of Montréal in 1701
1701
Montreal, QC
2001
Collins' Overland Telegraph
Quesnel, BC
1929
Immigration of the King's Daughters to New France
1663–1673
Quebec, QC
2007
Discovery and Development of the McIntosh Apple
1811
Dundela, ON
1999
Petro Mohyla Institute
1916
Saskatoon, SK
2008
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Tracadie
1849–1965 1844–1894
Tracadie-Sheila , NB
1992
Immigration of Home Children
1869–1939
Stratford, ON (plaque)
1999
Establishment of the National Council of Women of Canada
1893
Toronto, ON
2000
1954 Voyage of HMCS Labrador
1954
Resolute, NU
1981
Invention of the telephone
1874, 1876
Brantford, ON
1938
Midwives of New France
before 1759
Quebec, QC
2007
American Military Presence in Newfoundland
1940
Argentia, NL
1988
First Military Test Flights
1909
Petawawa , ON
1951
Japanese Canadian Internment
1942–1949
Vancouver, BC (plaque)
1984
War Brides
1942–1948
Halifax, NS (plaque)
1997
Post War Immigration
1945–1955
Halifax, NS (plaque)
1988
Origins of Coal Industry in Alberta
1874 and after
Lethbridge, AB (plaque)
1926
Canadian Pacific Railway's Trans-Canada Limited (1919-1931)
1919–1931
Cranbrook, BC
2011
Indian Battle of 1870
1870
Lethbridge, AB
1966
Dalhousie Law School
1883
Halifax, NS
1982
Victorian Order of Nurses – VON
1897
Ottawa, ON
1997
David Thompson on the Columbia River
1807–1812
Castlegar , BC
1952
Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic Archipelago
1880 onward
Melville Island , NT
1981
Battle of the Atlantic
1939–1945
Halifax, NS (plaque)
2000
Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System
1923–early 1960s
Dawson, YT
1997
Ice Boat Service
1827–1917
Traverse, PE
1955
French Shore Treaty
1713–1904
Port au Choix, NL
1955
Port Arthur
1869, 1870, 1883, 1902
Thunder Bay, ON
1920
First Women's Institutes
1897
Stoney Creek, ON
1937
Construction of Dundas Street / Governor's Road
1793–1794
Dundas, ON
1927
Underground Railroad
early 19th century – 1865
Windsor, ON
1925
Liberation of the Netherlands
1944–1945
Wageningen or Nijmegen , NetherlandsApeldoorn , Netherlands (plaque) Ottawa, ON (plaque)
2000
Noble and Wolf v. Alley
1950
London, ON
2009
Grain Growers' Grain Company
1905
Sintaluta, SK
1984
Winnipeg General Strike
1919
Winnipeg, MB
1974
First Aeroplane Flying in Canada
1909
Baddeck, NS
1934
Club de hockey Canadien
1909
Montreal, QC
2009
Montréal Dressmakers' Strike of 1937
1937
Montreal, QC
2007
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
1870 onward
Saint John, NB
1998
Establishment of Ice Roads in the Northwest Territories
1945 onward
Fort Providence, NT
2000
Arrival of Jacques Cartier at Gaspé
1534
Gaspé , QC
1924
Canol Road
1941–1945
Johnsons Crossing , YT (plaque)Norman Wells , NT (plaque)
1983
Wabana Iron Ore Mines
1895–1966
Bell Island, NL St. John's, NL (plaque)
1988
Preservation of the Plains Bison
1906 and after
Lamont, ABElk Island National Park , AB
1943
Construction of Hudson Bay Railway
1908–1917, 1925–1929
The Pas to Churchill, MB
1994
Shipbuilding in Prince Edward Island
1820–1880
Cardigan, PE
2009
Gouzenko Affair
1945–1946
Ottawa, ON
2002
Queenston-Chippawa Portage Road
1789–1829
Stamford, ON
1925
Forest Industry in British Columbia
19th–20th centuries
Port Alberni , BC
1943
Overlanders of 1862
1862
Jasper National Park, AB
1938
Development of Whitney Pier
1899–1930
Sydney, NS
2015
St. Laurent Class of Canadian Warship
1948–1949
Bridgewater, NS
1998
North American Boundary Commission of 1872-1876
1872–1876
Emerson, MB
1997
Fort Garry - Fort Edmonton Trail
1800s–1890
Batoche, SK Winnipeg, MB Edmonton, AB
1972
Detention of Second World War Military Prisoners of War and of Enemy Aliens Sent to Canada from Great Britain
1940–1947
national Marathon, ON (plaque)
2011
Cariboo Wagon Road
1862–1865 (built)
Yale, BC
1923
Quebec Ship Labourers' Benevolent Society
1862 (founded)
Quebec, QC
2005
Bush Pilots of Canada
1920s, 1930s
Yellowknife, NT
1960
First Ministry of Health
1918
Fredericton , NB
1938
First Railway in Western Canada
1877–1878
Dominion City, MB
1954
Shipbuilding at the Burrard Dry Dock Company
1900s
North Vancouver, BC
2004
Career of the Marco Polo (vessel)
1851–1883
Saint John, NB
1990
Early Land Survey in Ontario
1783–1784
Kingston, ON
1932
Upper Canadian Act of 1793 Against Slavery
1793
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
1992
Construction of the Lethbridge Viaduct
1907–1909
Lethbridge, AB
2005
Ten Acadian National Conventions (1881-1937)
1881–1937
Miscouche, PE
1997
Shore Crew of Newfoundland and Labrador
1900s
Newfoundland and Labrador
2011
Canada and the South African War
1899–1902 and after
national London, ON
2005
Fort Benton-Fort Macleod Trail
1800s until 1882
Coutts, AB (plaque)
1938
Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway
1885, 1886
Port Moody, BC
1936
Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway
1954–1959
Iroquois, ON (plaque)
2004
Wyandot (Hurons)
18th–19th centuries
Amherstburg, ON
1953
Alouette 1 Satellite Programme
1962–1972
Ottawa, ON
2007
Prince Edward Island becomes a Province of Canada
1873
Charlottetown, PE
1950
Capture of the Tigress and Scorpion
1814
off Drummond Island, Michigan, United States Penetanguishene, ON (plaque)
1927
Women Workers in Canada's Military Munitions Industry
1882–1945
national Quebec, QC (plaque)
2008
Missaguash-Baie Verte Portage / Pre-contact Indian Portage
prehistoric
Baie Verte, NB
1936
Kaplan & Sprachman, Architects
early 20th century – 1950
national Toronto, ON (plaque)
2008
Pulp and Paper Industry in Quebec
1900s
Trois-Rivières, QC
2005
Formation and development of the Canadian Home and School Federation
1927
nationalBaddeck , NS (plaque)
2003
First International Polar Year 1882–1883
1882–1883
Fort Conger , Quttinirpaaq National Park , NU Old Fort Rae, NT
1981
Removal of Ripple Rock
1958
Campbell River, BC
2008
Skirmish at McCrae's House
1813
Chatham, ON
1924
First Submarine Telegraph Cable
1852
Cape Traverse, PE (plaque) to Cape Tormentine, NB
1932
North Atlantic Treaty of 1949
1949
Ottawa, ON
1999
Postal Service in Nova Scotia
1754 onward
Halifax, NS
1924
Founding of the Canadian Jewish Congress
1919
Montreal, QC
2005
Establishment of Continuous Meteorological Record-keeping in Canada
1840 and after
Toronto, ON
1989
Stained Glass of Robert McCausland Limited
1856 onward
Toronto, ON
1991
Gaultier de La Vérendrye's Journey to the Mandans
1738
Darlingford, MB
1946
Secret Intelligence Activities at Camp X
1941–1969
Whitby, ON
2011
Fight at the Long-Sault
1660
Carillon, QC andChute-à-Blondeau , ON
1954
Newfoundland 's Entry into Confederation
1949
Saint John's, NL
1958
First Steamship on Lake Ontario
1816
Bath, ON
1923
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
1824–1944
Quebec, QC
1984
Maple Products
1900s onward
McDonalds Corners , ONMont-Saint-Hilaire , QC
2007
First Meeting of the New Brunswick Legislature
1786
Saint John, NB
1929
Battle of Passchendaele
1917
Passchendaele, Belgium
2007
Founding of The Royal Canadian Legion
1925
Winnipeg, MB
2009
Seat of Territorial Government
1876–1878 1878–1883 1883–1905
Pelly ,Battleford , and Regina , SK
1973
Alcock - Brown Transatlantic Flight
1919
Saint John's, NL
1950
Soulanges Canal
1892–1899 (built) until 1959
Pointe-des-Cascades , QC
1929
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
1939
national Trenton, ON (plaque) Brandon, MB (plaque)
1983
Canada's Marine Biological Stations
1908
St. Andrews, NB Nanaimo, BC
2011
First Steam Fog Horn
1854, 1859
Saint John, NB
1925
Battle of Odelltown
1838
Lacolle , QC
1924
Shipbuilding in Nova Scotia
18th–19th centuries
Nova ScotiaYarmouth , NS (plaque)
1960
Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association (NONIA)
1924 (founded)
Newfoundland and LabradorPool's Cove , NL (plaque)
1999
Huron Tract
1826–1860
Goderich, ON
1929
Founding of the Canadian Naval Service
1910
national Halifax, NS (plaque)
2010
Contributions of the Sœurs de Miséricorde
1848
Quebec, QC
2006
Fishing Industry on the East Coast
before 16th–19th centuries
Bonavista, NL
1975
Black Railway Porters and their Union Activity
1880s–mid-1900s
national Montreal, QC (plaque)
1994
Abolition Movement in British North America
1783–1860s
Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes Chatham, ON (plaque)
2004
First Meeting of the Executive Council of Upper Canada
1792
Kingston, ON
1920
Establishment of the Commercial Bush-Flying Industry in Canada
1919
Shawinigan , QC
2005
Survey of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence
1827–1856
Charlottetown, PE (plaque)
1935
Voluntary Aid Detachments
1914–1919 1939–1945
national Ottawa, ON
2011
Migration of Doukhobors to British Columbia
1908–1913
Castlegar, BC
2008
First Printing Press in North America[ 9]
1751
Halifax, NS
1923
Founding of the École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal
1907
Montreal, QC
2008
Canadian Military Presence in Newfoundland
1940 and after
Botwood , NL
2000
Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Halifax
1849 onward
Halifax, NS
2008
Sternwheel Steamer Snagboats on British Columbia's Rivers
British Columbia New Westminster, BC
2007
White Pass and Yukon Route Railway
1900
Whitehorse, YT
1986
Building of the Canso Causeway
1952–1955
Port Hastings, NS
2005
Ranching Industry
1880s–1906
Prairies Longview, AB
1968
Coming of the Mohawks
1784
Deseronto, ON
1929
Service of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War
1939–1945
Europe, Africa, Asia London, England, United Kingdom
2000
Maritime Archaic Cemeteries / Phillips Garden Dorset
5000 BC–1000 BC
Labrador to Maine Port au Choix, NL
1982
Development of Cobalt-60 Beam Therapy Unit (Cobalt Bomb)
1951
London, ON Saskatoon, SK
1996
Fishing Industry on the West Coast
1830s onward
Pacific coast Richmond, BC
1976
Role of the Canadian Merchant Navy during the Second World War
1939–1945
worldwide Halifax, NS
2001
First Responsible Government in the British Empire Overseas
1848
Halifax, NS
1947
Contributions of the Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph
1659 onward
Montreal, QC
2006
Capture of the Ohio and Somers [ 10]
1814
Fort Erie, ON
1929
Passenger and Packet Freighters on the Upper Great Lakes
to the mid-1900s
Upper Great Lakes Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2008
Indian Treaty No 6
1876
Fort Carlton, SK Fort Pitt, SK
1927
Asahi Baseball Team
1914–1941
Vancouver, BC
2008
Abenaki Migrations to New France (1675–1748)
1675–1748
New England, Quebec Wôlinak, QC Odanak, QC
2007
Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918
1913–1918
High Arctic, Western Arctic coast Victoria Island, NT/NU Esquimalt, BC
1925
Chinese Construction Workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway
1880s
British Columbia Yale, BC
1977
Last Spanish Exploration
1792
Salish Sea, Vancouver Island Vancouver, BC
1927
First Eastward Crossing of the Northwest Passage
1940–1942
Northwest Passage Vancouver, BC to Sydney, NS Regina, SK (plaque)
1943
Crossing of Lake Ontario by Marilyn Bell
1954
Lake Ontario Toronto, ON (plaque)
2005
Black Pioneers in British Columbia
1858
Saanichton, BC
1997
Canadian Role in the Defence of Hong Kong
1941
Hong Kong, China Ottawa, ON (plaque)
2000
Cape Breton - Newfoundland Cable
1856
Newfoundland to Cape Breton North Sydney, NS
1927
Liverpool Privateers
American Revolution French Revolution War of 1812
Liverpool, NS
1933
Kaministikwia and Pigeon River Routes
before 1688, 1688 – after 1800
Kakabeka Falls, ON (plaque)
1925
Monseigneur Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier in Acadia
1686, 1689
Acadia Grand Falls, NB
1990
Industry at Trail
1895 onward
Trail, BC
1954
Loyalists at Shelburne
1783
Shelburne, NS
1923
Norwegian Training in Canada during the Second World War
1940–1945
Gravenhurst, ON (plaque) Toronto, ON
2001
Beaver
1835–1888
Pacific coast Vancouver, BC Langley, BC
1923
Explorations of Sir Alexander MacKenzie
1789 and 1793
Prince George, BC (plaque)
1923
Waterloo Pioneers
1800–1805 and after
Kitchener, ON
1924
Ayling and Reid Flight
1934
Wasaga Beach , ON
1949
Establishment of the Beaver Lake / Mundare Ukrainian Catholic Mission
1902
Mundare, AB
2007
No 2 Construction Battalion, C. E. F.
1916–1920
Pictou , NS
1992
Alaska Highway
1941–1943
Contact Creek, BC Solders Summit, YT
1954
Establishment and Role of the St. Lawrence River Pilots
mid-1600s onward
Pointe-au-Père, QC
2000
Indian Treaty No 1
1871
Selkirk, MB
1927
Arrival of the Selkirk Settlers
1812
Winnipeg, MB
1924
Contributions of the Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus of Québec City's Hôtel-Dieu
1639–1960s
Quebec, QC
2006
Contribution of German Troops to the Defence of Canada during the American War of Independence (1776–1783)
1776–1783
Quebec, QC
2007
Chartering of Local 120 of the United Garment Workers of America at the Great Western Garment Company
1911
Edmonton, AB
2007
Fort William
late 17th century, 1804–1821 1875, 1883, 1905
Thunder Bay, ON
1923
Capture of Detroit
1812
Port Dover, ON Windsor, ON
1923
Meetings of Parliament, 1841–1866
1841–1866
Kingston, ON Montreal, QC Toronto, ON Quebec, QC
1949
Entry of Women in the Military in World War II
1941–1946
Esquimalt, BC Calgary, AB Halifax, NS
1994
Establishment of the Experimental Farm Branch
1886
Ottawa, ONNappan , NS Brandon, MBAgassiz , BC Indian Head, SK
1981
Mining
1880s onward
Sudbury , ONCobalt , ONNoranda , QCAsbestos , QCSouth Porcupine , ONLabrador City , NLPort Radium , NT
1973
Nine Mile Portage and Willow Depot
1814
Barrie to Minesing, ON
2014
18th Century Mi'kmaw-French Alliance
1720–1758
Port-la-Joye , PE and Port-Toulouse (St. Peters) , NS
2016
Black Militia Units in Upper Canada 1812–1850
1812–1815, 1837–1850
Queenston Heights , Fort George , Fort Mississauga , ON, et al.
2016
Charlottetown and Québec Conferences of 1864
1864
Charlottetown, PE and Quebec, QC
2016
Continental Air Defence in the Cold War
1945–1991
national, including Toronto and North Bay, ON
2016
Grain Transshipment at the Lakehead
1883–1929 (peak period)
Thunder Bay , ON
2016
Hundred Days Offensive
August 8–November 11, 1918
Amiens , The Scarpe , Drocourt-Quéant Line , Canal du Nord , Valenciennes , France , and Mons , Belgium . Plaque located at Cambrai , France.
2016
Military Nurses of Canada
since 1885
nationwide, worldwide
2016
Preston Rivulettes Women's Hockey Team
1931–1940
Preston, ON
2016
Ski Jumping at Mount Revelstoke
1915–1975
Mount Revelstoke National Park , BC
2016
The Annual Innu Missions at Musquaro (1800–1946), Quebec
1800–1946
Musquaro , QC
2016
The Arrival of Displaced Persons in Canada, 1945–1951
1945–1951
nationwide
2016
The Canadian War Memorials Fund
1916–1918
First World War battlefields
2016
The Construction of the Trans-Canada Highway
1949–1970
nationwide
2016
The Founding of the Saint John Labourers' Benevolent Association
1849 (founded)
Saint John , NB
2016
The Nova Scotia Coal Strikes of 1922–1925
1922–1925
Cape Breton Island , NS
2016
The Second Battle of Ypres
April 22–25, 1915
Ypres , Belgium
2016
Tugboating along the West Coast
1860s–present
British Columbia Coast
2016
Assiniboine Park and Zoo
since 1904
Winnipeg , MB
2016
Jacques & Hay Furniture Manufacturers
1835–1885
Toronto , ON, and beyond
2016
The Halifax Explosion
1917
Halifax , NS
2016
Komagata Maru Incident [ 11]
1914
Vancouver , BC
2016
Stanley Cup [ 12]
1892
Ottawa , ON, and nationwide
2017
National Hockey League [ 13]
1917
Montreal , QC, across Canada and the USA
2017
The Red River Expedition of 1870 [ 14]
1870
From Toronto , ON, to Fort Garry , MB, via land and the Great Lakes
2018
Vice-Admiralty Court of Halifax [ 15]
1749 (founded)
Halifax, NS
2018
Discovery of Insulin [ 16]
1921–22
Toronto , ON
2018
The Dionne Quintuplets
1934
Callander, ON
2018
Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club
1917 (Arenas) 1927 (Maple Leafs)
Toronto, ON
2018
The Universal Negro Improvement Association in Canada
1919
Montreal , Toronto , and nationwide
2018
Expo 67
1967
Montreal, QC
2018
The Spanish Flu in Canada (1918-1920)
1918–1920
Quebec City , Montreal , Halifax , and nationwide
2018
Early Science in Canada and the Hudson's Bay Company (1768–ca. 1810)
1768–1810
Prince of Wales Fort , MB, and several other northern posts
2018
Stratford Festival
1953
Stratford, ON
2018
Construction of the Prince Edward Island Railway [ 17]
1871
Prince Edward Island
2018
Ducks Unlimited Canada
1938–present
Winnipeg , MB, and nationwide
2019
Winnipeg Falcons Hockey Club
1909–1920
Winnipeg , MB
2019
German U-Boat Attacks at Bell Island
1942
Bell Island , NL
2019
Meshikamau-shipu Travel Route
1500 BCE
A 330 km route between Sheshatshiu and Michikamau Lake , NL
2019
Early Commercial Radio Broadcasting
1918–1932
Montreal , QC, and nationwide
2019
Enslavement of African People in Canada
c. 1629–1834
QC, ON, NS, NB, PE
2020
West Indian Domestic Scheme
1955–1967
Toronto , Montreal , and nationwide
2020
Residential school system [ 18]
1880s to 1990s
nationwide
2020
Examination Unit (XU)
1941–1945
Ottawa
2021
Sable Island Humane Establishment
1801 to 1958
Sable Island , NS
2021
Tackaberry Skates
1896 to 1981
Brandon , MB
2022
Breaking Racial Barriers in the NHL
1918 to 1958
Toronto, Boston, Chicago, New York
2022
Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia
1796 to 1800
Halifax , Preston , Boydville, NS
2022
Exclusion of Chinese Immigrants
1923 to 1947
Vancouver and nationwide
2023
Black Migrations to Sierra Leone
1792 and 1800
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
2023
Celebrations of Emancipation Day
1834 to present
Ontario , Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick
2023
See also
References
^ a b "National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan – Persons of National Historic Significance, Events of National Historic Significance" . Parks Canada. 2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2010 .
^ Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. "About the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada – Duties" . Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2010 .
^ Parks Canada. "Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada" . Retrieved March 3, 2015 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Government Recognizes the National Historic Significance of Whitney Pier , Parks Canada news release, Feb. 25, 2015
^ "Government of Canada Announces new National Historic Designations, Parks Canada news release, Feb. 15, 2016" . Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-02-22 .
^ Federal plaque to John Macdonell on Ontarioplaques.com
^ Glengarry House NHS in Directory of Federal Heritage Designations (DFHD)
^ Landing of John Guy NHE in DFHD
^ The Directory of Federal Heritage Designations gives this Event the title "First Printing Press in North America", while the original plaque says it was first in "British North America". Neither appears to be true. The first press in North America was brought from Spain to Mexico City in either 1535 or 1539 (see A Publisher's History of American Magazines Archived 2016-06-27 at the Wayback Machine , Part Four: The Press in Colonial America, Peter Hutchinson, 2008, p. 20). This source then identifies the first press in British North America as being at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1639 (page 20), citing McMurtrie, p. 404. The current plaque says nothing about a first press. Its title is "The Halifax Gazette".
^ The inscriptions on at least two historical markers call this "the last naval action on the Great Lakes" in the War of 1812 (see Capture of the "Ohio" and "Somers" , a federal marker, and Capture of the "Somers" and "Ohio" , a provincial marker). Yet two days later, HMS Nancy was attacked in an engagement that involved three US warships (Battle of Nottawasaga Bay ). And on September 3 and 5, 1814, the Tigress and Scorpion were captured by the British, the latter vessel after "a sharp fight", in the later Engagements on Lake Huron .
^ Government of Canada Recognizes the Komagata Maru Incident as an Event of National Historic Significance Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine , Parks Canada news release, August 5, 2016
^ The Government of Canada Designates the Stanley Cup as a National Historic Event , Parks Canada news release, March 17, 2017
^ Government of Canada Commemorates the National Hockey League as a National Historic Event , Parks Canada news release, November 17, 2017
^ Government of Canada Announces New National Historic Designations , Parks Canada news release, January 12, 2018
^ Government of Canada Announces New National Historic Designations , Parks Canada news release, January 12, 2018
^ Government of Canada Announces New National Historic Designations , Parks Canada news release, January 12, 2018
^ Government of Canada Announces New National Historic Designations , Parks Canada, Ottawa, October 4, 2018
^ Government of Canada recognizes the National Historic Significance of the Residential School System and former Residential School sites , Parks Canada news release, Sept. 1, 2020