Heritage Minutes: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Heritage Minutes Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Hart & Papineau
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The efforts of politician and lawyer Louis-Joseph Papineau give full equality of religion to Jews in Canada.
Paul Émile Borduas
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The art of Paul-Émile Borduas and the Quiet Revolution are featured.
Pauline Vanier
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Professional diplomats Georges and Pauline Vanier fight Canadian immigration policy in an attempt to help refugees fleeing Europe in the Second World War.
Water Pump
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Canadian Mennonites devise sustainable agriculture practices that aid the Third World.
Flags
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.
Sitting Bull
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
John Cabot
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.
Winnie
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The bear of Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn becomes the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Myrnam Hospital
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.
Bluenose
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The Bluenose, a ship out of Halifax and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, wins its last race.
John McCrae
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.
The Paris Crew
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.
Maurice "Rocket" Richard
May 22, 1995 · 1 min
December 28, 1944 was moving day for 23 year old Maurice Richard. All day he hefted furniture - including a piano - into his new house. That night he scored 5 goals and 3 assists s
Avro Arrow
Jan 12, 1997 · 1 min
The development of the Avro Arrow (this Heritage Minute was produced based on the 1996 mini-series "The Arrow").
Expo '67
Apr 28, 1997 · 1 min
The planning of the Montreal International and Universal Exposition called Expo 67 is featured.
John Humphrey
May 1, 1997 · 1 min
Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Syrup
May 1, 1997 · 1 min
A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.
Frontier College
Aug 1, 1997 · 1 min
Frontier College educates those away from the urban centres.
Jackie Robinson
Aug 5, 1997 · 1 min
Baseball player, Jackie Robinson joins the Montreal Royals on October 23, 1946.
Stratford
Aug 5, 1997 · 1 min
A look back at the beginning of the Stratford Festival of Canada.
Grey Owl
Oct 1, 1999 · 1 min
Englishman Archie Belaney (played by Pierce Brosnan) rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted from
Lucille Teasdale
Apr 28, 2000 · 1 min
Surgeon Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to helping the poor in Africa.
J. S. Woodsworth
Jan 1, 2003 · 1 min
Author, lecturer and social activist J. S. Woodsworth convinces Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to introduce old age pensions.