We are venturing into the second half of the first decade of the 20th century and many amazing things happened in 1905! The first big event was the journey of the Dawson City Nuggets in their quest to win the Stanley Cup in Ottawa. Beginning on Dec...
Canada was progressing through the first decade of the 20th century, and 1904 would once again prove to be one of the most important years of the country’s early existence. On March 2, 1904, the Montreal Wanderers played in their first Stanley Cup...
You can donate to Canadian History Ehx at On Feb. 25, Francis Michael Clancy was born in Ottawa. At the time, his father played football for Ottawa and was called King Clancy because he was known as the King of the Heelers on the team. That nickname...
We continue our journey through the early 1900s, hitting the year 1902. On Jan. 5, Myrtle Cook was born. Cook excelled at hockey, bowling, cycling and tennis and won the gold medal in the 4×100 metre relay at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Following...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The year started off on a sad note when Queen Victoria died on Jan. 22. She had been the Queen of Canada since Confederation, had chosen Ottawa as the capital and was a major figure in the...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at We have finally reached 1900, the first year of the 20th century. This century would transform the country and it all began with this year. So, let’s find out what happened in 1900 in Canada. On Jan...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at We have finally reached the last year of the 19th century. After this, for 100 episodes, we will be exploring the 20th century. So, what happened as the 19th century ended and Canada progressed into a...
Donate to Canadian History Ehx at The century is nearly drawing to a close, but we have a couple years to go first. Today, we are diving into 1898 and the births, deaths and events that happened in Canada that year. The March 1, Ontario election...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On Jan. 2, Thomas McGreevy died in Quebec City at the age of 71. Born in that same city on July 29, 1825, he would serve as an MP from 1867 to 1891 and from 1895 to 1896. That gap was because...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Today, we enter into the second half of the last decade of the 19th century and it was a big one for Canada in several ways. As usual, I will go through the important events, births and deaths...