Canada / Canada’s Great Moments
37 discoveries to read together · Edition 1
Canada’s Great Moments to Colour
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Find the drawings in book order. Choose an image to read its story, look at the details and keep the conversation going.
Find your drawing by its image and title. The numbers below show the drawing order, not book page numbers.
Drawings 01–10
Drawing 01
The fish fence of Mnjikaning
For about 5,000 years
Drawing 02
Norse sailors in Newfoundland
Around the year 1000
Drawing 03
Inuit ancestors on the move
Around 1200
Drawing 04
From kanata to Canada
1535
Drawing 05
The Order of Good Cheer
Winter 1606–1607
Drawing 06
Where the river narrows
1608
Drawing 07
Trading at York Factory
1684
Drawing 08
The Black Loyalists of Birchtown
1783
Drawing 09
A railroad with no trains
1850s
Drawing 10
Chinese miners on the Fraser
1858Drawings 11–20
Drawing 11
Canada is born
July 1, 1867
Drawing 12
A list of rights
1870
Drawing 13
A promise between nations
1876
Drawing 14
Voices on the wire
August 10, 1876
Drawing 15
The railway builders
1885
Drawing 16
Two peach baskets
1891
Drawing 17
A home on the Prairies
1905
Drawing 18
A petition for the vote
1916–1918
Drawing 19
The Group of Seven
1920
Drawing 20
The discovery of insulin
1921–1922Drawings 21–30
Drawing 21
Arriving at Pier 21
1928–1971
Drawing 22
Canadian citizenship
January 3, 1947
Drawing 23
Newfoundland joins Canada
March 31, 1949
Drawing 24
Voting for the first time
1960
Drawing 25
The Trans-Canada Highway
1962
Drawing 26
Health care for everyone
1962–1972
Drawing 27
Ideas for a flag
1964–1965
Drawing 28
Paddling for the centennial
1967
Drawing 29
Two official languages
1969
Drawing 30
