Fonyo, Steve, 32
football, 118, 123–24
foreign affairs, 166–67, 171–85
Forsey, Eugene, 75–76, 154
Fort McMurray, Alberta, 266, 268, 280, 283–85
Fotheringham, Allan, 48, 251, 261
Fox, Terry, 32, 46, 141
Francis, Daniel, 32
Franklin, Sir John, 115, 321
Fraser, Fil, 83–84
Fredericton, New Brunswick, 261
free trade, 27, 74, 91
Frobisher, Martin, 321
frontier theories, 140–41, 204
Frye, Northrop, 75, 134–39
Fulford, Robert, 41
fur trade, 47, 169, 203–5
Gabriel, Leroy, 220–21
Gagliano, Alfonso, 295–96
Gagné, Guy, 105–6
Gaulle, Charles de, 303
Geoffrion, Bernard, 109–10
George, Lloyd, 150–52
German immigrants, 241
ghost towns, prairie, 245–52
golf, 94, 318
Gomery inquiry, 291, 294–96
See also sponsorship scandal
Gotlieb, Allan, 180
Grady, Wayne, 137–38
grain elevators, 245, 249–50
Granatstein, Jack, 172, 182
Grant, George M., 33, 164, 172
Great Slave Lake, 315
Gretzky, Wayne, 96–97, 141
Grey, Lord Earl, 289, 292–94
Grey Cup, 123–24, 163
Grey Owl, 133–34
Grise Fiord, 318–19, 323
Grove, Frederick Philip, 133
Gruneau, Richard, 122
Guy, Ray, 275
Gwyn, Richard, 179, 238–39
Gzowski, Peter, 122, 187–88, 287
Haig-Brown, Roderick, 42–43
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 30, 229–30, 237–38, 261
Handley, Joe, 315
Hans Island, 322–23
Hansen, Rick, 32
Happy Planet Index, 173
Harper, Allen and Ethel, 211
Harper, Chief John, 214
Harper, Darryl and Saul, 214–15
Harper, Elijah, Jr., 208–15, 222–23
Harper, Stephen, 157–58, 163, 178, 181, 266–68, 274, 295, 306
Harris, Cecil, 52
Harris, Don and Marcia, 245
Harris, Michael, 272
health care, 89, 114, 141, 179, 287
Hearne, Samuel, 138, 322
Hébert, Louis-Philippe, 294
Heinbecker, Paul, 48, 156, 167
Henderson, Paul, 113–14, 119
Heppner, Ben, 57–58
Heritage Classic hockey game, 95–96, 122
heroes, Canadian, 32, 45–46
Herzberg, Gerhard, 241
Hewitt, Foster, 113
hitchhiking, 31–32, 65–66
hockey, 94–125
heroes, 45, 55–58
history of, 115–22
importance of, 89, 96–98, 110, 113–17, 123–25
media coverage, 97–98, 122
Olympic Games, 55–58, 96–97, 114
owners’ lockout, 119–22
“Rocket” Richard, 98–111
as symbol, 110, 123–24
violence, 97, 118–19, 121
Hodgins, Jack, 5, 138
Home Children, 230–31
homeless people, 255
Hooper, Bill, 150
hotels, sale of CPR, 64–65, 159
Howatt, Bonnie, 75
Howe, Eric, 250, 286–87
Howe, Joseph, 77
Hudson, Henry, 204, 321–22
humour, sense of, 40, 43–44, 117, 160–61
Hungarian refugees, 231
Hunt, William Holman, 126, 128–29
Hunter, Bob, 175
Hurtig, Mel, 181
Hutchison, Bruce, 17–27, 31, 36, 98, 114, 138, 165, 234, 251, 259, 296
Hutchison, Dorothy, 22, 24, 26
Huxley, Aldous, 133, 138
Ibbitson, John, 166, 175–77
icons, road, 13
Iginla, Jarome, 124
Ignatieff, Michael, 13, 173, 177, 305–6
immigrants to Canada, 135–37, 162–63, 176–77, 229–43, 262, 288
Indian Act, 205–6
Indian immigrants, 234–35
internments, 234
Inuit, 206, 316–19
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, 242–43
inventions by Canadians, 14–15, 48
Iraq War, 142, 152–56, 163, 181
Iroquois, 292–93
Itorcheak, Adamee, 318
Jackson, Matt, 65–66
James Bay Agreement, 198, 223
James Bay Cree, 85, 186, 196–98, 223, 227
See also Diamond, Billy
James Bay project, 193, 196–200, 207, 227
Jameson, Anna B., 260
Janovicek, Nancy, 203–4
Japanese Canadians, 234
Jewish immigrants, 30, 233, 237, 240–41
Jiminy Cricket, Canada as, 166–67, 179–80, 181
Joe Canadian (Molson beer ad), 64
Johnson, Lyndon B., 164
Johnson, Pauline, 133
Johnston, Wayne, 271
Joinville, Denis, 106
Kanatewat, Robert, 196–97, 200–202
Kanawatiron, 215–16
Kashechewan reserve, 223–24
Katapatuk, Lawrence, 187–92
Kelowna Accord, 226–27
King, Dave, 120
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 23, 45, 155
Kingwell, Mark, 48
Klassen, Cindy, 55
Komagata Maru incident, 233
Krause, Clifford, 171–73
Labrador, 85
Lainesse, Marie-Eve, 294–96
Lake of Two Rivers, 326–31
Lamb, Jamie, 19, 23
Landry, Bernard, 291
landscape. See nature and landscape
LaPierre, Laurier, 73
Lassonde, Dominique, 311–12
Laurence, Margaret, 288
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 141, 302, 306–8
Lavallée, Calixa, 290
Layton, Jack, 262–63
Leacock, Stephen, 38–39, 146
l’École Polytechnicque massacre, 304
Lemay, Marcel, 216
“The Leper’s Squint” (Hodgins), 5
Les Boys (film), 125
Lester B. Pearson Peace Park, 179
Letto, Doug, 278
Lévesque, René, 18, 112
Lewis, Wyndham, 287–88
Lewisporte, Newfoundland, 150–52
Liberal Party, 13, 173, 226, 266, 294, 305
literacy stories, 49–54
literature, Canadian, 133–39, 259–60
Lougheed, Peter, 267
Louie, Chief Clarence, 224–27
Lower, Arthur, 63, 162
Lowry, Malcolm, 44
Loyalists, 145, 162
Macdonald, Sir John A., 127, 130, 141, 161, 205–6, 290, 299, 302
MacKay, Peter, 158
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, 207–8
MacKinnon, Janice, 287
Mackintosh, Gordon, 214
MacLean, Angus, 75
MacLennan, Hugh, 26–27, 76, 117, 146, 296
Macpherson, Don, 112
Malcolm, Andrew H., 40–41, 69, 130, 144
Malik, Salah and Amani, 242–43
Manitoba, 209–15, 262–63, 298–99
Manning, Preston, 267
marijuana decriminalization, 168, 170
Martel, Yann, 65
Martin, Paul, 44, 157, 183–84, 226, 266–67, 291
Massey, Vincent, 323, 324
Masson, Quebec, ferry, 308–10
McCloy, Tom, 82
McClung, Nellie, 231, 286
McCourt, Edward, 31–32
McCusker, Joan, 60
McGee, Thomas D’Arcy, 133
McGrath, James, 276
McGregor, Gaile, 137
M
cKenna, Frank, 157–58
Meech Lake Accord
defeat of, 72, 208–15, 222–23, 303
Mercer, Rick, 157, 160–61, 170
Mercredi, Ovide, 210–13
Merkel, Gerald and George, 280–83, 285–86
Messier, Mark, 96
Métis, 219, 297–302
Michaels, Lorne, 43
military heroes, 130–33
military strength, 142, 156, 158, 170, 182–85
Millar, J.D., 14–15
Monahan, Joanne, 262
Monk, Henry Wentworth, 126–30
Montreal, Quebec, 106–11, 253–59
Montreal Canadiens, 108, 110, 125
Moodie, Susanna, 136
moose, as symbol, 168–69
Morenz, Howie, 99–100, 110
Morris, Jan, 58, 254
Morton, W.L., 135, 144–45, 251
Mount Royal, Montreal, Quebec, 256–59
movies, Hollywood, 139–40
Mowat, Farley, 164
Mulroney, Brian, 67–69, 86–91, 223
multiculturalism, 124, 231, 239
See also immigrants to Canada
municipalities, 262–63
See also urbanization
Munson, Jim, 3, 7–8
Murphy, Raphael, 283–85
Murphy, Rex, 165
Murray, Glen, 265
Murray, Sir George, 205
Muslim immigrants, 242–43
Myers, Gustavus, 232
nature and landscape
beauty of, 311–13, 318
fear and wonder, 134–39, 252, 287–88
ties with, 12–13, 251–52, 287–88, 326–31
See also urbanization
Nemni, Max and Monique, 12
Newfoundland and Labrador, 150–52, 205, 239, 261, 269–80, 283–85
Newman, Peter C., 45, 52, 64, 113, 238, 240–41, 319
Nichol, bp, 44
Nicol, Eric, 116, 260
Nixon, Richard, 181, 183
North West Mounted Police, 300–301
Northwest Passage, 321–23
Northwest Rebellion, 300–302
Northwest Territories, 314–15
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal,
Quebec, 258
Nova Scotia, 77
nuclear proliferation, 163–65
October Crisis of 1970, 29, 303
oil and gas, 143, 250, 266–68, 271, 276–78, 283–84, 286–87
Oka Crisis, 215–22
Okimaw, Moses, 212–13
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 257–59
Olympics, Winter Games, 55–59, 96–97, 114, 123, 139–40
O’Neill, Brian, 119
Ontario, 239, 253–54, 264
Osoyoos Indian Band, 224–27
O’Sullivan, Ashley, 285–86
out-migration, 244–54, 268–79, 283–85
Palmer, Vaughn, 19, 23–24
Pangnirtung, 318
Paper, Michel, 315, 317, 318
Parizeau, Jacques, 155
parks, urban, 256–59
Parr, Joy, 203–4
Parrish, Carolyn, 156–57
Parti Québécois, 112, 303
patriotism, Canadian, 331
Paxman, Jeremy, 43, 162, 251
peacekeeping role, 127, 172, 177–79, 181–82
Pearson, Lester B., 23, 45, 62–63, 123, 141, 146, 164, 178–80, 303
Peary, Robert, 322
Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 229–30, 237–38, 240
Plains of Abraham, Battle of, 80–81
poetry, Canadian, 137
polar bears, hybrid (grizlar), 316
polls on Canadian life, 173–75, 179
population statistics, 39, 263, 275, 277, 278–79
potlatches, 205, 206
Poundmaker, 205
Powell, Colin, 152–54, 156
prairies, 140–41, 245–52, 287–88
Pratt, E.J., 134
Prince Edward Island, 74–76, 264–65
Progressive Conservative Party, 69
Purdy, Al, 42–43, 313
pure laine, 305
Quebec, 289–325
Citizens’ Forum in, 84–85, 88
language laws, 304–5
Meech Lake and, 24–25, 68–69, 76, 306
referendum, first, 27, 294, 309
referendum, second, 95, 154–55, 291, 294, 309
Richard Riot, 57–58, 106–11
sovereignty in future, 25, 238–39, 294–96, 308–10
Quebec City, Quebec, 80, 261
Quiet Revolution, 58, 107, 111–13
racial diversity, 176
racism, 29–30, 35–36, 305
Rakoff, Vivian, 238
Ralph, Wayne, 132–33
Raymond, Bertrand, 57–58
Raymore, Saskatchewan, 244–45, 280–83
Reagan, Ronald, 148, 183
Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba, 211–12
Reed, Paul, 253–54
Reform Party, 69, 92, 155, 173, 265, 267
Regina riot, 30
Republican Party, 265–66
residential schools, 195, 211–12
Reston, James, 180
Richard, Maurice “Rocket”
funeral, 98–106
Richard Riot, 106–11
Richardson, James, 206–7
Richler, Mordecai, 4–5, 124–25
Riel, Louis, 130, 297–302
Riel Rebellion, 205
riots in Canada, 30–31, 106–11
Royal Commission on Aboriginals, 219–20
Royal Commission on Renewing and
Strengthening Our Place in Canada, 275, 279
rules and laws, 29, 47, 140
rural–urban split, 250–54, 264–69, 274, 282, 287–88
Rwanda genocide, 184–85
Rybczynski, Witold, 257, 259
Salutin, Rick, 110
same-sex marriage, 168–70, 176
sanctuaries in cities, 256–59
Saskatchewan
farming, 280–83, 285–88
out-migration, 246–52, 268, 275, 282
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 248–50, 261
Saul, John Ralston, 45–47, 145, 209, 223, 290–91, 320, 323–25
Savage, Paul, 59–60
Scanlan, Lawrence, 118
Schlessinger, Joe, 240
Scott, Duncan Campbell, 206
Scott, F.R., 155
Scottish immigrants, 162–63, 171
Searle, Ian, 311
Second World War, 12, 30, 111, 145, 206, 230
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 133–34
Shuster, Joe, 45
Sikh immigrants, 233, 240
Simpson, George, 203
Simpson, Jeffrey, 279
Sinclair, Gordon, 181
Singh, Amritpal, 240
Small Legs, Nelson, Jr., 207–8
Smallwood, Joey, 76, 271, 278
Smith, Connie, 280, 283–85
Smith, Stephen, 82
Smuts, Saskatchewan, 246–47
Smythe, Conn, 111, 112, 118
South Park (movie), 183
Spicer, Keith, 70–74, 78–79, 84, 86–88, 93
Spicer Commission. See Citizen’s Forum
on Canada’s Future
sponsorship scandal, 171, 266, 291,
294–96, 303–4, 308–9
Sprott, Doug, 187–92, 200–202
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 261, 263, 274, 276
St. Philip’s, Newfoundland, 273
Stackhouse, John, 31–32, 268
Stanley Cup, 115–16, 120
Ste-Catherine St., Montreal, Quebec, 254–56
Stegner, Wallace, 268–69, 285
Stewart, Joan, 28, 31, 34–36
Stewart, Walter, 27–31, 33–36, 233
Studin, Irvin, 38–39, 48
Sudanese immigrants, 242–43
superiority, Canadian sense of, 167
Sutherland, Donald, 169–70
Swan, Joseph, 216
Sweetgrass, Montana,
142–43
Sydenham, Lord, 205
Tarkiasuk, Quitsak, 316–17
Tate, Saskatchewan, 245–46
taxes, 170, 263
terrorist attacks, 9/11, 142, 147–49
Thayendanegea, 218–19
Thiessen, Kerv, 146–47
Thomas, Frank and Rick, 218
Thompson, David, 10, 138, 327
Thomson, Tom, 130, 327, 331
Thoreau, Henry David, 257, 283
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, 260
Todd, Jack, 110–11, 255
Toronto, Ontario, 253–54, 259–63
tourism, 174, 330
trade with US, 143, 146
Trainor, Winnifred, 327–28, 331
Trans-Canada Highway, 32
Tremblett, Larry, 271–72
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
on Canada, 24–25, 68, 92, 180, 239
funeral train, 1–9, 64, 81
life and views of, 12, 27–28, 141, 183, 331
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 140
Twain, Shania, 125, 141
Two Solitudes, new, 253–54
United Nations, 13, 127, 129, 227–28
United States and Canada, 142–67
American views of Canadians, 41, 157–61, 179–80, 183
Arctic sovereignty, 312, 320–22
borders, 142–48
Canada’s role, 166–67
Canadian views of Americans, 40, 46–47, 60, 156–57, 160–67, 170, 182–83
differences, 64–65, 149–50, 231–32
immigration, 135–36, 231–32
legal viewpoints, 140
trade statistics, 143, 146
urbanization, 134–35, 170, 176, 238, 251–69, 287–88
Valdmanis, Dr. Alfred, 278
Van Herk, Aritha, 48
Vancouver, B.C., 22, 235–37, 253–55, 261–62
Vancouver, Capt. George, 9, 22, 138
Vanier, Georges, 149
Verchères, Madeleine de, 289–94
Verchères, Quebec, 289–91
Verner, Julie, 324–25
Vietnam War, 28, 163–64, 181
Villemaire, Doris and Jim, 49, 53
Von Heyking, Amy, 161
Waddington, Miriam, 14
War Measures Act, 29, 234, 303
Watson, Harry “Moose,” 96
Watson, William, 48
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila, 317
Wells, Clyde, 68, 208–9, 222–23, 277
Welsh, Jennifer, 182–85, 203
Western alienation, 69, 85, 264–68
Westerners and Meech Lake, 69
Wharton, Francis, 52
Whitlock, Fred, 282
Whitlock, John and Ellen, 244–45
Whitson, David J., 122, 249
Williams, Danny, 277
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 261–63, 265
Wodehouse, P.G., 171
Wong, Jan, 304–5
Woodcock, George, 46, 130
Yamaha canoe. See Cree–Yamaha canoe
Yellowknife, 315
Young, Vic, 275
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