43 discoveries to read together · Edition 1
Canada’s Great Moments to Colour
From the First Peoples to Today
Forty-three moments of Canadian history, in order. Forty-three companion pages add context, sources and an activity.
43 drawingsAges 6–9History
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Drawings 01–10
Drawing 01
The fish fence of Mnjikaning
For about 5,000 years
Drawing 02
Norse sailors in Newfoundland
Around the year 1000
Drawing 03
Inuit ancestors on the move
Around 1200
Drawing 04
From kanata to Canada
1535
Drawing 05
The Order of Good Cheer
Winter 1606–1607
Drawing 06
Where the river narrows
1608
Drawing 07
Trading at York Factory
1684
Drawing 08
The Acadian deportation
Beginning in 1755
Drawing 09
The Black Loyalists of Birchtown
1783
Drawing 10
Laura Secord’s courage
June 1813Drawings 11–20
Drawing 11
A railroad with no trains
1850s
Drawing 12
Chinese miners on the Fraser
1858
Drawing 13
Canada is born
July 1, 1867
Drawing 14
A list of rights
1870
Drawing 15
Voices on the wire
August 10, 1876
Drawing 16
A promise between nations
1876
Drawing 17
The railway builders
1885
Drawing 18
Girls on the ice
Around 1890
Drawing 19
Two peach baskets
1891
Drawing 20
A home on the Prairies
1905Drawings 21–30
Drawing 21
A moment of silence
1914–1918
Drawing 22
A petition for the vote
1916–1918
Drawing 23
The Group of Seven
1920
Drawing 24
The discovery of insulin
1921–1922
Drawing 25
Arriving at Pier 21
1928–1971
Drawing 26
Opening the Senate to women
October 18, 1929
Drawing 27
Coupons for sugar
1942
Drawing 28
Canadian citizenship
January 3, 1947
Drawing 29
Newfoundland joins Canada
March 31, 1949
Drawing 30
Voting for the first time
1960Drawings 31–40
Drawing 31
The Trans-Canada Highway
1962
Drawing 32
Health care for everyone
1962–1972
Drawing 33
Ideas for a flag
1964–1965
Drawing 34
Paddling for the centennial
1967
Drawing 35
Two official languages
1969
Drawing 36
Sharing our cultures
1971
Drawing 37
The Summit Series
1972
Drawing 38
An anthem for Canada
1980
Drawing 39
Canada in space
1981 and 1992
Drawing 40
