Canada Day celebrates a country that, like so many in the world, is in fact a superimposition onto older lands and cultures.

Canada's new Prime Minister is the son of Pierre Trudeau, the most famous Canadian politician of the late 20th century.

Origins of the North American fur trade.

The beginnings of modern police work have roots in the colonial experience in Ireland.

In 2014, a Canadian team announced they had found the shipwrecks of John Franklin's lost 1845 expedition.