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Sir George-Étienne Cartier

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Sir George-Étienne Cartier

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For more information about Sir George-Étienne Cartier visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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  • Sir John A. Macdonald – Steve Cumyn
  • Sir George-Étienne Cartier – Jean L’Italien
  • John Sebastian Helmcken – Steve Coombes
  • Abbé Noel Joseph Ritchot – Christian Laurin
  • Antoine-Aimé Dorion – Jean Pearson

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Sir John A. Macdonald

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Sir John A. Macdonald

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For more information about Sir John A. Macdonald visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Sir John A. Macdonald - Steve Cumyn
  • Sir George-Étienne Cartier – Jean L’Italien
  • George Brown – Clyde Whitman
  • Thomas D'Arcy McGee – Matt Yantha

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Queenston Heights

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Queenston Heights

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For more information about Queenston Heights visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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  • John Norton – Billy Merasty
  • John Brandt – Meegwun Fairbrother
  • Narrator – Alanis Obomsawin

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Richard Pierpoint

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Richard Pierpoint

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For more information about Richard Pierpoint visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Officer Howard – Ray Kahnert
  • Deaf Moses – Roney Lewis
  • Younger Richard Pierpoint – Oke Nnawuchi
  • Officer Charles – Jordan Van Dyck
  • Richard Pierpoint age 68 – Rudy Webb
  • Narrator – Charles Officer

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Underground Railroad

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Underground Railroad

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For more information about the Underground Railroad visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Eliza - sister – Barbara Harris
  • Josh - brother – Donny Lucas
  • Narrator – Vlasta Vrana
  • Young Girl – Macha Grenon
  • Father – Yarro Tagoumthe
  • Gentleman – Christopher Maccabe

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Laura Secord

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Laura Secord

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For more information about Laura Secord visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Secord – Louisa Martin
  • FitzGibbon – Stephen McHattie
  • Mohawk person #1 – Eric Schweig
  • Mohawk person #2 – Denis Lacroix
  • Mohawk person #3 – Jonathon Fisher
  • Mohawk person #4 – Jack Burning
  • Additional Cast – J Winston Carroll
  • Additional Cast – Richard Hardacre
  • Additional Cast – Katherine Trowell

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Orphans

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Orphans

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For more information about Irish famine orphans in Canada visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Monsignor – Pierre Colin
  • Molly – Jennifer Jenei
  • Adoptive Father – Hugo Dube
  • Nun – Helene Gregorie
  • Adoptive Father - Husband of Mother who speaks – Jean L'Italien
  • Smallest Orphan – Melissa Pirrera
  • Priest – Andre Richard
  • Adoptive Mother – Jasmine Roy
  • Orphan – Christian Tessier
  • Speaking Adoptive Mother – Johanne-Marie Tremblay
  • Orphan – Kimberly Meehan
  • Orphan – Adriana Greenbelt
  • Orphan – Jason Harvey
  • Mother – Paule Brochu
  • Narrator – Katherine Trowell

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John Cabot

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John Cabot

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For more information about John Cabot visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Cabot – Bill Colgate
  • Sailor – Giuseppe Tancredi
  • King Henry VII – Julian Richings
  • Queen Elizabeth of York – Trish O'Rielly
  • Additional Cast – Robert Harris Bidaman
  • Additional Cast – Paul Saunders

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Responsible Government

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Responsible Government

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For more information about responsible government visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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  • Victoria – Bronwen Mantel
  • Melbourne – Harry Hill

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Baldwin & LaFontaine

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Baldwin & LaFontaine

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For more information about Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • LaFontaine – Guy Richer
  • Baldwin – Guy Bannerman
  • Additional Cast – Pierre Alcide
  • Additional Cast – Patrice Bissonnette
  • Additional Cast – Jean Marc Duguay
  • Additional Cast – Francois Klanfer
  • Additional Cast – Laurier Lapierre
  • Additional Cast – Andrew Lewarne
  • Additional Cast – Colm Magner
  • Additional Cast – Tim O'Halloran
  • Additional Cast – Colin O'Meara
  • Additional Cast – Nicholas Rice

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