Canada 150: Home

Celebration of Canada's 150th Anniversary. Includes history, trivia, events, contests

All things Canada!

Teaching Resources

Experiences Canada

Microsoft Canada: Explore. Teach. Build

"Take learning beyond the classroom walls"

A Kids' Guide to Canada

A Kids' Guide to Canada
Interactive Kids’ Guide to Canada

Beginning on January 1st, 2017, every elementary student in Canada from JK to Grade 8 is invited to mark the year of Canada’s 150th birthday by helping to write a new chapter in Canada’s story.

Canada's National Parks

Get Visiting!

Three young teenage girls standing together in the park working on a school assignment.

To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, all visitors will enter Parks Canada places for free in 2017. What a perfect time to discover Canada’s most spectacular places!
Find a park or site »

Experiences Canada 150 & Me

Experiences Canada 150&Me
"Experiences Canada 150&Me is a unique multi-destination youth event and series of regional forums for young people between the ages of 14 and 19, to be held across Canada over a three-month period culminating in Ottawa the week before Canada Day."

Take the Challenge!

Canada Celebrates

Government of Canada Official Website

Participate Celebrate Explore

Experience

Canada C3: An Epic Journey to Celebrate Canada and Connect Canadians
A Canada 150 Signature project, Canada C3 is a 150-day expedition from Toronto to Victoria via the Northwest Passage. It will inspire a deeper understanding of our land, our peoples and our country. Deadline to Apply for selection to participate in one of the 15 10-day legs is 24 March 2017. Virtual tour and educational resources are available to all.
CBC/Radio-Canada
The entire CBC/Radio-Canada 2017 Programming Guide is available online. Lots of great upcoming programming to celebrate 150 years.
ONEFIVEOH: Canada's Online Campfire
"In 2017, Canada turns 150.
To celebrate, we're inviting Canadians everywhere to tell us a story in 150 seconds or less."
HBC Heritage
A history of the Hudson's Bay Company from its beginnings to present day.
Explore150
Explore Canada's Past, Present and Future.
Canada 150 Photos
Photos by Zach Baranowski and Posterjack

Canada 150&Me Yearbook

National Film Board of Canada

For Canada 150, the NFB is unveiling 3 cross-country projects that will explore where we've been, how far we've come, and where we go from here as a country.



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Canadian History and Geography Guide List

Grade 1-3: French
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 15, 2020 5143 views this year
Grade 3: Social Studies
by Amanda Hickman Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 8010 views this year
Grade 4: Social Studies
by Marg Mannseichner Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 9433 views this year
Grade 4: French Social Studies
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 15, 2020 2717 views this year
Grade 5: French Social Studies
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Aug 3, 2020 433 views this year
Grade 5: Social Studies
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 8, 2020 7371 views this year

Grade 7: Geography
by Tim Rylett Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 4275 views this year
Grade 7: History
by Isabel Casas Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 4140 views this year
Grade 8: History
by Mary Styles Last Updated Sep 8, 2020 8627 views this year

Grade 9: Issues in Canadian Geography
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 2, 2020 7795 views this year
Grade 9 : Géographie du Canada
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 469 views this year
Grade 10: Histoire du Canada
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 8, 2020 1023 views this year
Grade 10: Canadian History Since World War I (CHC2D and CHC2P)
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 8, 2020 9495 views this year
Grade 10: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada (NAC20)
by Nancy Clow Last Updated Sep 21, 2020 278 views this year
Grade 11-12: Geography
by Julia Vandemheen Last Updated Aug 26, 2020 1484 views this year
Grade 12 Canada: History, Identity,and Culture
by Mary Styles Last Updated Sep 23, 2020 1064 views this year

Building of a Railroad
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Aug 19, 2020 642 views this year
Les habitants de la Nouvelle-France
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Sep 14, 2020 119 views this year
Remembrance Day (K-6)
by Patricia Sutherland Last Updated Jun 24, 2020 39 views this year
Remembrance Day (7-12)
by Patricia Sutherland Last Updated Jul 3, 2020 34 views this year

Indigenous Perspective--150 years

Indspire: The 150th Anniversary of Confederation in 2017 Celebrates our Shared History

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