Canada

The ruins of the Canadian port of Halifax in the wake of the explosion in December 1917. Almost 2,000 people were killed and 9,000 injured when two ships collided at the height of the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

Catastrophe in Canada

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Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Aquatic Centre Ferry Dock, Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

Photo of a Canadian postage stamp

Q&A When was the first Christmas stamp issued?

2nd July 1940: A village 'jam depot' organised by the Women's Institute on behalf of the government to use up all excess home grown fruit. Villagers at Lewes in Sussex are busy making jam from redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

First World War

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

Why did Canada not join the colonies in the American Revolutionary War? (Photo by Francis G. Mayer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Q&A Why didn’t Canada join the colonies in the American Revolutionary War?

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

An American privateer is shown repelling a British attack during the War of 1812. Despite some notable successes, the British regarded the entire conflict as a sideshow and quickly forgot it. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

When Washington burned

Hard labour: a woman tarring and flinting in Oxford Street, central London, 1919. (Getty Images)

The Library “Our Excess Girls": women after the First World War

British prime minister Edward Heath with Olympic gold medal winner Mary Peters. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Communist sport: Cold War copycats

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The Library The battle of Quebec and the jealousy of a queen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

Esther Wheelwright: from survivor to mother superior