Heritage Minutes
-
New Heritage Minute focuses on dark history of the Acadian ExpulsionThe release of the video on Thursday will have special significance. August 15 marks National Acadian Day — a day to celebrate Acadian culture — in Canada.CanadaAug 15, 2019
-
New Heritage Minute pays tribute to N.B. major who lost his life on D-Day in emotional videoThe organization's latest dramatized vignette tells the story of 47-year-old Major Archie MacNaughton, a First World War veteran and leader of the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment’s A Company.CanadaMay 30, 2019
-
Tories remove Heritage Minute branding from parody ad that criticized TrudeauHistorica Canada says the disclaimer wasn’t enough, and that the 'very partisan mock Minute' was counter to the spirit of the minutes.CanadaFeb 4, 2019
![]()
-
Canada Day quiz: Majority of Canadians fail to answer fun facts about countryMost poll respondents, for instance, had never heard the true stories of how future prime minister John Turner once rescued former prime minister John Diefenbaker from the ocean in Barbados while both were on vacation in 1965.CanadaJun 27, 2018
![]()
-
How well do you know your Heritage Minutes?They have become just as much "a part of our heritage" as the moments, people and Canadian accomplishments they highlight. But how well do you know your Heritage Minutes?CanadaJul 1, 2017
![]()
-
How important moments in Canadian history become a Heritage MinuteYou probably know all the iconic lines from the Heritage Minutes - but do you know how specific moments in history are chosen?CanadaJun 29, 2017
![]()
-
New Heritage Minute honours Edmonton Commercial Graduates women’s basketball teamReleasing the short film on International Women's Day was a deliberate choice, said Anthony Wilson-Smith, president and CEO of Historica Canada.CanadaMar 8, 2017
![]()
-
New Heritage Minute highlights shame of Canada’s residential schoolsThe latest addition to Historica Canada's catalogue of micro history lessons references one of the darkest and most shameful chapters of Canada's history.CanadaJun 21, 2016
![]()
-
Heritage Minutes makes return with new fundingThe series Heritage Minutes is set to return with brand new instalments after a funding announcement from the federal government.CanadaJun 12, 2013
![]()
