Canada: A People's History

9.8(2)|2000-10-22|2 seasons, 18 episodes

Documentary

Overview

The complete landmark documentary series follows events from pre-history to 1990. Charting the country's past, this series chronicles the rise and fall of empires, the clash of great armies and epoch-making rebellions. The vibrant story is one of courage, daring and folly, told through the personal testimonies of the everyday men and women who lived it — trappers and traders, pirates and prospectors, soldiers and settlers, saints and shopkeepers.

Episodes

Season 1(9)Season 2(9)

S1E1 · 2000-10-22 · 120m

When the World Began...

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S1E2 · 2000-10-29 · 120m

Adventurers and Mystics

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S1E3 · 2000-10-31 · 120m

Claiming the Wilderness

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S1E4 · 2000-11-12 · 120m

Battle for a Continent

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S1E5 · 2000-11-19 · 120m

A Question of Loyalties

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S1E6 · 2001-01-07 · 120m

The Pathfinders

The opening of the Canadian West is a story of great fur-trading empires, of the Aboriginal people who were the fur traders' indispensable allies, of bold explorers and map-makers, and span two centuries and the boundless territory from sea to sea. The episode recounts the remarkable stories of Pierre Radisson, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Matonabbee and Samuel Hearne, Alexander Mackenzie, and David Thompson, and concludes as settlers and miners begin to claim the West for themselves.

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Maggie Huculak

Narrator