The Halifax Explosion 💥

On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour causing the largest man-made explosion prior to nuclear weapons. The blast killed approximately 2,000 people and injured 9,000 others. Boston was one of the first cities to send aid, and Halifax sends them a Christmas tree each year in gratitude. 🇨🇦 #Canada #Halifax #CanadianHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

Nellie McClung: A Leading Figure in the Suffrage Movement 🇨🇦

Nellie McClung was a prominent Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. As a member of the Famous Five, she fought for women's suffrage and other social reforms. McClung's tireless advocacy played a crucial role in securing the right to vote for women in Canada and advancing gender equality. ♀️🇨🇦 #Canada #NellieMcClung #Suffrage #CanadianHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_McClung

The school administrators had separate food than the children and died of old age, unlike these victims of colonialism.

https://globalnews.ca/video/9433760/organization-says-unpasteurized-milk-led-to-deaths-of-hundreds-of-children-at-alberta-residential-school/

#ResidentialSchools #Colonialism #CanadianHistory #SaddleLakeFN

How Canadians Stood Up for Black GIs After U.S. MPs Crossed the Line
July 1944, Aldershot, England. When American Military Police stormed into a Canadian pub to forcibly remove Black American soldiers, something unexpected happened—the Canadians refused to let them. This is the incredible true story of how Canadian soldiers stood up against Jim Crow segregation during World War 2 and created safe havens for Black GIs across England.

Edit: (Potential Ai Warning)

https://youtu.be/-pkjZtIW7Cg?si=WOD1cL9yPGnERcTQ

#MoralCourage #Resist #CdnPoli #UsPol #BlackHistory #CanadianHistory #WW2

“I think part of the reason is we’re overshadowed culturally by the #UnitedStates, and so they take up a big space in our mind. We’ve had to fight against that.” www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book... #Canada #CanadianHistory

Canadians need to tell their o...

1810 in Canada
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A #Newfoundland meeting sets a new price for fish, taking into account the state of the #fishery, the high price of food, and the "precarious prospect of our foreign commercial relations"

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18100830&printsec=frontpage
pg. 2 of 2 (righthand page, 2nd column)

#trade

See also: Newfoundland and Labrador - History - European Settlement
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/newfoundland-and-labrador
International Trade - History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/international-trade

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Lacking #roads, some Newfoundlanders haven't "a knowledge of God [and have] acquired a character not many degrees above absolute barbarism"

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.90066/21
pgs. 12-13 (Images 21-2)

#Newfoundland

See also: Newfoundland and Labrador - History - European Settlement
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/newfoundland-and-labrador

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

CW: state violence
New Brunswick will inflict the death penalty on those who even counsel or aid the administration of any "noxious and destructive substance or thing" to terminate a #pregnancy

https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-making-further-provisions-prevent-destroying-and-murdering-bastard-children-and

#abortion #NewBrunswick #DeathPenalty

See also: Abortion in Canada - Crime of Abortion and 1969 Amendment
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/abortion

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

An #Anglican minister in Nova Scotia says many of his parishoners "do not consider themselves members of the Church," and that a #Baptist preacher has drawn some away

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t21c35x55&seq=42
pgs. 37–8

#NovaScotiaHistory #Baptists

See also: Anglicanism in Canada - Missions
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglicanism

Marc Garneau: First Canadian in Space 🚀

On October 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-41-G). He conducted experiments in space sciences, remote sensing, and communications. Garneau completed three space missions, accumulating over 677 hours in orbit. He later served as a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. #Canada #MarcGarneau #Space #CanadianHistory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Garneau

And so we've reached the end of the war. It ended with a whimper; no one had the stomach for it, and no one made enough gains to force a win.

http://www.alexluyckx.com/blog/2025/12/16/1812revisited-status-quo-antibellum/

#canadianhistory #warof1812 #history #photography #believeinflm #shootfilmbenice #filmphotography

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A profile of King George III written by John Strachan is meant to counter the slanderous comments prevalent in the U.S.A. about him and the British constitution

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.20943/8
Image 8

#KingGeorgeIII #BritishConstitution

See also: John Strachan
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-strachan

Huge #OrangeShirt #memorial to honour all the native kids' lives lost in the cruel #ResidentialSchool system.
On the site of one of the worst in Canada - #Namgis territory, #AlertBay. It was called St. Michael's Indian Residential School. It was demolished in 2015. #Umista Cultural Center sits on the old site. #Indigenous peoples have reclaimed their land there & are trying to heal from colonial abuses.

We have racists in #Canada who are currently dishonouring the victims of residential schools by denying survivors' histories & saying mass graves are a lie. This is so wrong. We owe the ones who died & the living survivors support & reparations. Please don't let folks use denialism around you - confront them & stand up for the victims & survivors.

Relevant links:
https://collections.irshdc.ubc.ca/Detail/objects/518

https://orangeshirtday.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Indian_Residential_School_(Alert_Bay)

https://www.umista.ca/

https://www.7generations.org/what-is-every-child-matters/

#IndigenousChildren #ColonialCrimes #ColonialViolence #ChurchAbuses #RacialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #EveryChildMatters #BelieveVictims #SupportSurvivors #NativeChildren #IndigenousChildren #ChildAbuse #ColonialCoverUps #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #BritishColumbia #Canada #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CanadasGenocide #BChistory #CanadianHistory #StopRacism #SystemicRacism #SystematicAbuse

1810 in Canada
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The organizers of a new #bank in #Kingston, Upper Canada wish to sell 5,000 $50-shares, totalling $250,000, before seeking incorporation from Parliament

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.63174/5
Image 5

#UpperCanada

See also: Banking in Canada - Early Banking in Canada
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/banking
Kingston
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kingston

Sir William Osler – Father of Modern Medicine

Born in Ontario in 1849, Sir William Osler transformed medical education by emphasizing bedside clinical training. As a co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital, he helped standardize the modern medical curriculum. His approach continues to shape healthcare in Canada and worldwide. 🇨🇦 #Canada #WilliamOsler #CanadianHistory #MedicalEducation

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-william-osler

We are so excited to see Trading Fate is on the BC Bestsellers List for its 11th week! Congratulations Graeme Menzies!
📚 https://heritagehouse.ca/products/trading-fate
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#Bestseller #CanadianHistory #CanadaUSRelations

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

One is dead after several cariole crashes in Quebec City, including one in which the driver was thrown and the runaway horse and empty cariole broke a person's arm

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660870
pg. 407 (centre column)

#QuebecCity #sleigh #TrafficFatality

1810 in Canada
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A Quebec City jury hears that Lower Canada's growing #population and prosperity and especially the Q.C. port's increased #trade are leading to more #crime

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269264
pg. 2

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #QuebecCity

See also: Population of Canada - New France to Confederation: 1608–1867
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/population
International Trade - History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/international-trade

Signal Hill, NL

Signal Hill in St. John's, NL, witnessed the last battle of the Seven Years’ War in North America. 🪖 It's also where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal! 📡 The highest point, Ladies' Lookout, is 167 m (548 ft) high. #Canada #SignalHill #CanadianHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill,_St._John%27s

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"To make it truly valuable," #commerce must, before exporting grain, relieve those who are short of bread because of the high cost of living

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660857
pg. 301

#QuebecHistory #inflation

See also: Business History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/business-history