Canadianhistory Stories

A collection of genealogies of both common and noble families across the world.

In The Old Schoolhouse: How Time Flies, a writer's quiet visit to a forgotten one-room schoolhouse stirs powerful visions of the past. Through dusty relics, community records, and a chance encounter with a former student, he uncovers a tapestry of rural life, war, loss, resilience-and the enduring legacy of teachers. A story of memory, connection, and the seeds of knowledge we continue to plant.

Elizabeth Neufeld turns a scandal into a way to help the immigrant community around Central Neighbourhood House. A brand commission for the Myseum of Toronto.

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As one of a mere dozen or so Chinese women in a community of over two thousand Chinese men, Jean Lumb was determined to see that change-little did she know her determination would grant her an audience with the Prime Minister of Canada. A brand commission for the Myseum of Toronto.

Residential schools: Government-sponsored religious schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into the Euro-Canadian culture. Assimilate: cause (something) to resemble; liken. Elaine White was one of the thousands of Aboriginal children to be placed in one of these schools. These are her journal entries.

Agnes Macphail was a force of nature - a woman who broke down the boundaries in Canadian politics and stood up for the voiceless. From 1921 when she first took office, until 1951 (only three years before her death!) when she lost her final election, she was a woman to be reckoned with. She never married, but here she remembers her life with her grand-niece who realizes that she too walks in her great-aunt's footsteps, as do we all.

William Briar is a young man in 1917 Canada. With the Great War worse than ever, Will chooses to enlist and join the other young men who are fighting overseas, leaving behind his home, mother, and fiancé for the brutal battle ground in France. This short story is as historically accurate as I could make it. My sources are included.

Having no land to inherit upon reaching adulthood, George Gordon Farnell left the village of Otley, Yorkshire, in 1776 to enlist in the British army, being transferred to Canada. For the next five years he fought American rebels on both Canadian and American soil, being captured, released, and captured again, all the while avoiding being maimed or killed by musket balls and cannons.

In Remembering a Special Remembrance Day, a son-in-law accompanies his father-in-law, a Second World War veteran, to the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Through heartfelt moments, a kind taxi driver, the sound of jet engines overhead, and quiet reflections on sacrifice, this true story honours a generation of veterans-and captures a day that became its own lasting memory.

She lived a tranquil life with her friends and family in a small village in the heart of Acadie, the homeland of the Acadian people. It was simple and happy, but in 1755 everything changed. In one night of horror Judith and her family were thrown into chaos as British soldiers, acting on the orders of Governor Charles Lawrence, burned down Two Rivers and sought to expel the Acadians.