Latest posts tagged with #CanadasHistory on Bluesky
#OTD Feb. 3, 1947: Snag, Yukon hit –63°C (–81.4°F) — the coldest temperature ever recorded in North America. The extreme cold made breath freeze into powder, sound carry for miles, and ice fog hang in the air. (It's -16°C in Snag today.) ❄️ #Yukon #WeatherHistory 🥶 #winter #CanadasHistory #OnThisDay
#OTD in #CanadasHistory — Feb. 3, 1916: A fire destroyed the Centre Block of Canada’s Parliament, killing seven. The blaze began in the House of Commons reading room and rapidly consumed the building, leaving only the Library of Parliament intact. 🇨🇦 #OnThisDay #Ottawa
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🇨🇦 Terry Fox in #Toronto along University Avenue on July 11th, 1980. #OTD #TerryFox #SportsHistory #RunForTheCure
🎥: Terry Fox Foundation
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory
🇨🇦 D-Day, June 6, 1944: 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed on Juno Beach, facing fierce German resistance in the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
The Royal Canadian Navy sent 110 warships, and the RCAF contributed 15 squadrons.
#OTD #JunoBeach #WWII
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 2 🇨🇦
#OTD in 1866, the Battle of Ridgeway took place near Fort Erie, #Ontario. Canadian militia fought Fenian invaders—Irish nationalists from the U.S.—who aimed to free Ireland from British rule. The Fenians briefly pushed back Canadian forces before retreating.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 2 🇨🇦
Canadian flying ace Billy
Bishop launched a solo attack on a German aerodrome and earned the Victoria Cross #OTD in 1917.
During this dawn raid, he shot down three German planes & forced another to retreat. #MilitaryHistory
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#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: June 1 🇨🇦
The Royal Military College in #Kingston, Ontario officially opened #OTD in 1876. It welcomed its first class of 18 officer cadets, known as the "Old Eighteen". In 1878, Queen Victoria granted the college the right to use the prefix "Royal". #YGK #RMC
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 31 🇨🇦
🌉 #OTD in 1997, the Confederation Bridge, linking Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, officially opened to traffic — a milestone in #Canadian #infrastructure.
#PEI #NB #Canada #CanadaSky
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory:
🇨🇦 #OTD in 1882, PM Sir John A. Macdonald delivered a powerful speech in Toronto, rallying support for his National Policy. He championed #tariffs 🤨 to protect Canadian industry, ensuring workers stayed in #Canada. His words helped secure his party's 3rd majority.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory 🇨🇦
🍁 On May 29, 1980, after Saint John, NB refused to provide organized support for Terry Fox's #MarathonOfHope, Fox decided to right down the city’s Main Street with his friend & driver Doug following behind and honking to stir up noise.
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🍁 May 29, 1912: After 15 years as Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier delivered a major address in #Montreal following his defeat by Robert Borden.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/29/t...
#cdnpoli #OTD #CanadianHistory
#OTD in #CanadasHistory: May 29 🇨🇦
🚢 #OTD in 1914, Canadian Pacific Ocean liner The Empress of Ireland sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after colliding with another vessel.
1,024 lives were lost, making it the worst peacetime #maritimedisaster in #CanadianHistory & one of the worst of the 20th C.
#OTD in #CanadasHistory: May 28 🇨🇦
🎨 Pitseolak Ashoona, Inuk graphic artist known for her lively prints showing "the things we did long ago," died #OnThisDay in 1983 at Cape Dorset, NWT (now #Nunavut).
www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/art...
#CanadianArt #ArtsAndCulture #CanadasNorth
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 28🇨🇦
❄️ #OTD in #BC, rapid snowmelt triggered the 1948 Fraser River flood, among the province's worst. By June 10, it submerged 10% of the Fraser Valley, killed
10 people, displaced 16,000, and destroyed 2,300 homes.
#FraserValley #Flood #BritishColumbia #Canada
#OnThisDay in #Canada: May 27, 2025 🇨🇦
👑 The King and Queen pay their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
#KingCharles #KingOfCanada #MilitaryHistory #CanadasHistory #RoyalVisit #Ottawa #OTD
📸: The Royal Family
🇨🇦 Transcript of the Speech from the Throne, delivered by His Majesty The King, to open the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada:
www.royal.uk/news-and-act...
#Canada #KingsSpeech #ThroneSpeech #Ottawa #CanadaSky #IAmCanadian #OTD #CanadasHistory
📸 The Royal Family
#OTD in #Canada: May 27 🇨🇦
Ballantyne Pier dockworkers were locked out by the Shipping Federation of BC amid hiring & union disputes. This led to a labour battle, culminating in the Battle of Ballantyne Pier in June, where strikers clashed with police in a key moment in #CanadasHistory. (1935)
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#CanadasHistory: May 26 🇨🇦
🗳️ #OTD in 1874, Canada assented to the Dominion Elections Act, introducing the secret ballot & requiring candidates to report #election expenses to boost transparency—though enforcement remained weak.
#ElectionsCanada #Canada #CanadianHistory
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 25 🇨🇦
#OTD in 2000, #Canada received the remains of an unidentified soldier who died at Vimy Ridge in #WWI. After lying in state at Parliament Hill in #Ottawa, the soldier was laid to rest at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the National War Memorial.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 23 🇨🇦
🎉 May 23 is considered the official birthdate of the RCMP.
🐴 In 1873 #OTD, the North-West Mounted Police was officially established when Parliament passed an Act to create the force.
🔴 The NWMP later evolved into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 23 🇨🇦
🚇 #OTD in 1962, engineers start drilling the first stretch of tunnel for two lines of Montréal's new Metro subway. 🟠🟢
🛞 The Montreal Metro was Canada's 2nd subway system & the 1st subway in North America to run on rubber tires instead of metal wheels.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 22 🇨🇦
#OTD in 1867, Queen Victoria issued a Royal Proclamation — an official decree — that #Canada would come into existence on July 1, 1867.
The BNA Act would go into effect uniting the provinces of Canada, #NovaScotia & #NewBrunswick into a single Dominion.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory #Sports: May 22 🇨🇦
🏒 The Vancouver Canucks were awarded an #NHL franchise #OTD in 1970, becoming part of the league as an expansion team.
They were added along with the Buffalo Sabres as part of the league's expansion.
#Hockey #StanleyCup #Vancouver #BC #IAmCanadian
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 21 🇨🇦
🖼️ #OTD in 1988, the National Gallery of Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie, officially opened in Ottawa. #ArtsAndCulture 🎨
It is one of the largest art museums in North America by exhibition space.
www.gallery.ca/about/our-hi...
#OnThisDay in #Canada: May 21 🇨🇦
🌊 #OTD on Queen Victoria's 62nd birthday in 1881, the "Victoria" riverboat, carrying 100s of passengers, capsized on the Thames River in London, ON & claimed the lives of at least 182 people. The incident remains one of the worst marine disasters in #CanadasHistory.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 21 🇨🇦
#OTD in 1765: the founding of the Windsor Fair (on Fort Edward Hill in Windsor, NS), the first regular agricultural exhibition in North America and Canada's first farm fair. The fair has been running continuously since 1815.
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#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 20 🇨🇦
⚜️The #Québec Referendum
🗳️ #OTD in 1980, Québecers voted in René Lévesque's province-wide referendum on sovereignty-association and defeated the proposal.
59.56% voted against; 40.44% voted in favour. Voter turnout was 85.61%.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 20 🇨🇦
📻 Montreal's CFCF (XWA) radio station broadcast the world's 1st #radio show #OTD in 1920. XWA, operated by Canadian Marconi, transmitted a live concert from the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa. This was the beginning of regular radio broadcasting in #Canada.
#OnThisDay in #CanadasHistory: May 18 🇨🇦
#OTD in 1974, the Govt of 🇨🇦 designated Joseph Casavant a national historic person, recognizing his work as a skilled musical instrument maker.
🎶 By the time Casavant retired in 1866, organs that he built could be found in churches throughout eastern Canada.
