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    Canada at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

    The 2022 Olympic Winter Games were held in Beijing, China, from 4–20 February 2022. Canada was represented by 215 athletes (109 men, 106 women). It was the largest group of female athletes to compete for Canada at an Olympic Winter Games. Canada finished fourth in the overall medal standings with 26 (four gold, eight silver, 14 bronze). Canada’s gold medals came in the sports of snowboarding, speed skating and women’s hockey. Canada won its first ever medals in ski jumping and men’s alpine combined. Notable records were set or tied by Charles Hamelin and Marie-Philip Poulin, who were Canada’s flag bearers at the opening ceremonies. Speed skaters Steven Dubois and Isabelle Weidemann each won three medals. Weidemann was Canada’s flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.

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    Canada at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games

    The 2024 Olympic Summer Games were held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Canada sent 315 athletes (122 men and 193 women) and finished 11th in the overall medal standings. Canada won a total of 27 medals (nine gold, seven silver and 11 bronze) — the most gold medals and total medals the country has won at a non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games. Canada’s biggest star of the Paris Olympics was swimmer Summer McIntosh. She won three gold medals (the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Olympics) and tied Penny Oleksiak’s record for most medals at a single Olympics with four. Other standouts included Christa Deguchi with Canada’s first gold medal in judo; Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers with gold in the hammer throw; Katie Vincent with a world record in women’s canoeing; Andre De Grasse and the men’s 4x100 m relay team with a stunning upset victory; and Phil Wizard with the first (and perhaps only) Olympic gold medal in breaking.

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    Canada Committee

    Canada Committee, a British parliamentary committee established 2 May 1828 to settle political disputes which were paralysing representative government in Lower Canada and creating difficulties in Upper Canada.

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    Canada Company

    Canada Company, brainchild of John GALT, established in late 1824 and chartered in 1825 as a land and COLONIZATION COMPANY in Upper Canada. In 1826 the company purchased from the government about 2.5 million acres (1 million ha) of land for $295 000.

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    Canada During COVID-19

    Countries, communities, and individuals around the world are grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. How will historians remember this time in history? Canada During COVID-19: A Living Archive is meant to capture the experiences of everyday Canadians as they live through this challenging time.

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    Canada First

    Canada First, nationalist movement founded 1868 by Ontarians George Denison, Henry Morgan, Charles Mair and William Foster and by Robert Grant Haliburton, a Nova Scotian living in Ottawa.

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    Canada in the 1930s

    From the Great Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War, Canadians faced hardship and disruption. Government responses included work camps, economic and social legislation, and limits to immigration. By 1940, Canada had a national bank, broadcaster, film board and unemployment insurance scheme. But government help was limited and many people struggled in the “Dirty Thirties.” Canadians staged strikes and protests and joined populist political movements. Some embraced radical alternatives like fascism or communism,...

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    Canada in the 1930s

    From the Great Depression to the outbreak of the Second World War, Canadians faced hardship and disruption. Government responses included work camps, economic and social legislation, and limits to immigration. By 1940, Canada had a national bank, broadcaster, film board and unemployment insurance scheme. But government help was limited and many people struggled in the “Dirty Thirties.” Canadians staged strikes and protests and joined populist political movements. Some embraced radical alternatives like fascism or communism,...

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    Canada’s First Medical X-ray

    On Christmas Day 1895, a young man was shot in the leg during an altercation in Montreal. His surgeon was unable to locate the bullet by exploring its entry site. When the wound began to cause trouble, the surgeon wondered if a remarkable new discovery, X-ray imaging, might be able to locate the projectile. He turned to physicist John Cox for assistance, leading to the performance of Canada’s first medical X-ray examination on 7 February 1896. This event marked the introduction and subsequent dissemination of a new tool to diagnose and treat patients in Canada.

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    Canada's "Founding Mothers" of French Immersion

    Olga Melikoff, Murielle Parkes and Valerie Neale were leaders of the parent group behind the creation, in 1965, of Canada's first bilingual education program, at Margaret Pendlebury Elementary School in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Lambert, Quebec. Their education activism laid the groundwork for the French immersion system in Canada. As a result of their efforts, Melikoff, Parkes and Neale are often referred to as Canada’s “founding mothers" of French immersion. 

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  • Macleans

    Canada's Astronomers Doing Stellar Research

    CANADIANS ARE masters of the universe. Just look at the numbers. Sure, the U.S. leads the world in spending on space research, laying out roughly US$7 per American each year, while Britain, France and Germany budget between US$4 and US$5 for every citizen.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 5, 2005

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    Canada’s Century: Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Bold Prediction

    “Let me tell you, my fellow countrymen, that all the signs point this way, that the 20th century shall be the century of Canada and Canadian development.… For the next 100 years, Canada shall be the star towards which all men who love progress and freedom shall come.” — Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaking at Toronto’s Massey Hall on 14 October 1904.

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  • Macleans

    Canada's Changing Families

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 4, 2002. Partner content is not updated. FOR MANY PEOPLE, where and how they live is code for so much more. Say, for example, you live alone - or in the precise language of the statistician, you comprise a "single-person household.

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  • Editorial

    Cupids, Newfoundland: Canada's First English Settlement

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. "Thomas Willoughby, thou art a ne'er-do-well! Get thee to Cupers Cove and reform thyself." Young Willoughby, 19, may not have heard exactly those words, but he was sent to Cupers Cove, Newfoundland in 1612 to "reform himself."

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  • Macleans

    Canada's Olympians: Jennifer Heil

    Every conversation with Canadian mogul queen Jennifer Heil heralds a new adventure: surfing, Third World development, politely picking the pockets of Canada's business elite, rock climbing, jewellery design - and that thing she does so well with a pair of skis and a total absence of fear.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 14, 2009

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