Events of National Historic Significance
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 Minister of the Environment, on the advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, as being defining actions, episodes, movements or experiences in Canadian history.[1] To be designated, an event must have occurred at least 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 October 2018, there were 485 designated Events of National Historic Significance.[3][4][5][6]
There are related federal designations 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.[7][8] Similarly, the plaque to John Guy officially marks not a Person, but an Event—the Landing of John Guy.[9]
Events have been designated in all 10 provinces and three territories, as well as foreign countries: Belgium, China, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States.
List
As of August 2020, there were 492 National Historic Events. 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 | Kingston, ON | 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, NS Sambro, 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, Netherlands Apeldoorn, 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, AB Elk 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 | national Baddeck, 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 and Chute-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, ON Mont-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 Scotia Yarmouth, NS (plaque) |
1960 |
Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association (NONIA) | 1924 (founded) | Newfoundland and Labrador Pool'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[10] | 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[11] | 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, ON Nappan, NS Brandon, MB Agassiz, BC Indian Head, SK |
1981 |
Mining | 1880s onward | Sudbury, ON Cobalt, ON Noranda, QC Asbestos, QC South Porcupine, ON Labrador City, NL Port 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[12] | 1914 | Vancouver, BC | 2016 |
Stanley Cup[13] | 1892 | Ottawa, ON, and nationwide | 2017 |
National Hockey League[14] | 1917 | Montreal, QC, across Canada and the USA | 2017 |
The Red River Expedition of 1870[15] | 1870 | From Toronto, ON, to Fort Garry, MB, via land and the Great Lakes | 2018 |
Vice-Admiralty Court of Halifax[16] | 1749 (founded) | Halifax, NS | 2018 |
Discovery of Insulin[17] | 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[18] | 1871 | Prince Edward Island | 2018 |
Ducks Unlimited | 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 |
See also
References
- "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.
- 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
- Government of Canada Announces 12 New National Historic Designations, Parks Canada news release, March 27, 2018
- 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, 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, 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