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Daily Dose of Canadian History is a series of content by Vincenzo Calla exploring and sharing interesting facts in Canadian History, everyday. This content is mainly comprised of short daily clips, with the occassional long-form video exploring a certain topic or various topics more in depth.
The Queens of Canada
May 22, 2023
Canadian Hawaiian Pizza?
May 23, 2023
Macdonald and the $10 bill
May 28, 2023
Margaret Thatcher, mother of Canada's Confederation?
June 26, 2023
Canada's oldest PM
June 27, 2023
Joe Clark, Newspaper Editor
June 27, 2023
The Eiffel Tower... in Montreal?
June 30, 2023
Happy Canada Day!
July 1, 2023
Saving portraits from fires
July 2, 2023
John Turner, Olympic qualifier
July 3, 2023
Vikings in Canada?
July 4, 2023
Quoting Shakespeare
July 5, 2023
"The greatest Englishman of history"
July 6, 2023
Ice Cream on Bank Street on Sundays
July 7, 2023
Captain Von Trapp and the Prime Minister
July 8, 2023
Winnie the Pooh's Canadian origin
July 9, 2023
Princess Margriet and Ottawa
July 10, 2023
Ottawa's Tulip Festival
July 11, 2023
The first Canadian born PM
July 12, 2023
Canada's Prime Ministers on Corner Gas
July 13, 2023
The first French Canadian Prime Minister
July 14, 2023
Lester B. Pearson's Nobel Prize
July 15, 2023
Basketball's Canadian Inventor
July 16, 2023
Serving as PM from the Senate
July 17, 2023
Parliament's Temporary Home
July 18, 2023
1st Viscount Bennett
July 19, 2023
"Graveyard of the Atlantic"
July 20, 2023
Kim Campbell, youth reporter
September 1, 2023
Ziplining from Quebec to Ontario
September 2, 2023
Canada's Physician Prime Minister
September 3, 2023
The World's Largest Bee
September 4, 2023
Three dogs named Pat
September 5, 2023
The oldest water on Planet Earth
September 6, 2023
The baseball-playing PM
September 7, 2023
Queen Elizabeth II
September 8, 2023
Old bones in Canada
September 9, 2023
Pierre Poilievre became the CPC Leader a year ago today
September 10, 2023
Sergeant Bill
September 11, 2023
The most educated PM
September 12, 2023
The largest T-Rex
September 13, 2023
Paperboy to PM
September 14, 2023
Canada's Apple
September 15, 2023
The PM's telephone
September 16, 2023
New Brunswick invents
September 17, 2023
PM of the railways
September 18, 2023
Lord Stanley's Cup
September 19, 2023
Canada's shortest serving PM
September 20, 2023
The Great Northeast Blackout
September 21, 2023
The actor PM
September 22, 2023
The birth of radio
September 23, 2023
Louis St-Laurent, train conductor
September 24, 2023
Alberta's UFO landing pad
September 25, 2023
Sir John Abbott, orchidologist?
September 26, 2023
The Canadian roots of American money
September 27, 2023
Farm Born PM
September 28, 2023
A Canadian territory named Bob?
September 29, 2023
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2023
Women’s History Month in Canada
October 1, 2023
The British Empire's first female lawyer
October 2, 2023
Canada's first female MP
October 3, 2023
Canada’s first female Olympian
October 4, 2023
Canadian Women at the Summer Olympics
October 5, 2023
Women in the Senate
October 6, 2023
Equal pay for women
October 7, 2023
Establishing International Women’s Day
October 8, 2023
Alexa McDonough’s Legacy
October 9, 2023
Canada’s first female Chief Justice
October 10, 2023
International Day of the Girl Child
October 11, 2023
Canadian speedskating accomplishments
October 12, 2023
Canada’s first female astronaut
October 13, 2023
A trailblazer for Canadian women in journalism
October 14, 2023
Equality for First Nations women
October 15, 2023
Competing in both Olympic seasons
October 16, 2023
Canadian women’s suffrage
October 17, 2023
Persons Day 2023
October 18, 2023
Canadian women in aviation
October 19, 2023
Canadian women soccer players making history
October 20, 2023
Rosemary Brown’s legacy
October 21, 2023
Multiple achievements in Canadian women’s bobsledding
October 22, 2023
Playing Baseball
October 23, 2023
Canada’s first female elected official
October 24, 2023
From war refugee to Canadian humanitarian
October 25, 2023
Black Canadian women breaking barriers in bobsledding
October 26, 2023
Canadian women teaching in the classroom
October 27, 2023
Hazel McCallion, Canada’s most iconic Mayor
October 28, 2023
Hazel McCallion, professional women’s hockey player
October 29, 2023
Hazel McCallion’s awards and honours
October 30, 2023
Hazel McCallion, a life of service
October 31, 2023
John Diefenbaker, book salesman
November 1, 2023
Royal Visits to Canada
November 2, 2023
Political boxing match
November 3, 2023
Crawling out of a fire
November 4, 2023
Nepean Sandstone & Canada’s Parliament
November 5, 2023
PM of the waves
November 6, 2023
The world's oldest rock formation
November 7, 2023
The youngest PM
November 8, 2023
Master of the contemporary short story
November 9, 2023
Mr. Prime Minister, your rent is due
November 10, 2023
John McCrae’s story
November 11, 2023
Margaret Thatcher and Justin Trudeau
November 12, 2023
Happy Birthday, Your Majesty
November 14, 2023
Laura Secord, a Canadian hero
November 15, 2023
The Prime Minister’s father
November 19, 2023
The origins of lacrosse
November 20, 2023
Louis St-Laurent and “The Simpsons”
November 21, 2023
Queen Camilla’s Canadian ancestor
November 22, 2023
Building the CN Tower
November 23, 2023
Canada's stonemason PM
December 4, 2023
Canada's only Masters Tournament winner
December 5, 2023
Pitikwahanapiwiyin
December 6, 2023
Bob Barker, a friend to Canadian animals
December 12, 2023
The origins of Labrador dogs
December 13, 2023
Halifax’s yearly Christmas thank you to Boston
December 19, 2023
Hello Nepean!
January 2, 2024
Who was Sir Evan Nepean?
January 3, 2024
Ben Franklin Place
January 4, 2024
We're Debt Free!
January 5, 2024
The Reeves and Mayors of Nepean
January 6, 2024
Ruth E. Dickinson
January 7, 2024
Nepean's Elected Officials
January 8, 2024
The Nepean Bell
January 9, 2024
Nepean: Pre-amalgamation
January 10, 2024
The Nepean Police
January 11, 2024
50 years of the Nepean Sportsplex
January 12, 2024
Get ready to match the stars... Brett Somers!
January 20, 2024
Five "Johns" and a "Jean"
January 21, 2024
Brian Mulroney’s beginnings
March 3, 2024
Brian Mulroney, pre-politics
March 4, 2024
Brian Mulroney’s entry into electoral politics
March 5, 2024
Brian Mulroney in Opposition
March 6, 2024
Brian Mulroney’s electoral success
March 7, 2024
Mulroney and Free Trade
March 8, 2024
Mulroney and Constitutional Reform
March 9, 2024
Mulroney and Apartheid
March 10, 2024
Mulroney and the GST
March 11, 2024
Mulroney and the Environment
March 12, 2024
Mulroney, Reagan, and Thatcher
March 13, 2024
Canada’s Prime Ministers through a religious lens
March 14, 2024
Vancouver’s Olympic Medals
March 15, 2024
Reach For The Top
March 16, 2024
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
March 17, 2024
Brian Mulroney's Legacy
March 23, 2024