Canada: A People's History

Canada: A People's History

2000 2 Seasons 18 Episodes ⭐ 9.8 Documentary

The complete landmark documentary series follows events from pre-history to 1990. Charting the country's past, this series chronicles the rise and fall of empires, the clash of great armies and epoch-making rebellions. The vibrant story is one of courage, daring and folly, told through the personal testimonies of the everyday men and women who lived it — trappers and traders, pirates and prospectors, soldiers and settlers, saints and shopkeepers.

The complete landmark documentary series follows events from pre-history to 1990. Charting the country's past, this series chronicles the rise and fall of empires, the clash of great armies and epoch-making rebellions. The vibrant story is one of courage, daring and folly, told through the personal testimonies of the everyday men and women who lived it — trappers and traders, pirates and prospectors, soldiers and settlers, saints and shopkeepers.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

When the World Began...

EP 2

Adventurers and Mystics

EP 3

Claiming the Wilderness

EP 4

Battle for a Continent

EP 5

A Question of Loyalties

EP 6

The Pathfinders

The opening of the Canadian West is a story of great fur-trading empires, of the Aboriginal people who were the fur trad

EP 7

Rebellion and Reform

The colonial societies of Nova Scotia, Lower Canada and Upper Canada are caught up in a torrent of rapid growth and new

EP 8

The Great Enterprise

In a few short years, a handful of small and separate British colonies are transformed into a new nation that controls h

EP 9

From Sea to Sea

The new Dominion faces the enormous challenge of extending its reach to the Pacific Ocean. But Canada blunders in taking

EP 1

Taking the West

EP 2

The Great Transformation

EP 3

Ordeal by Fire

EP 4

Hard Times

EP 5

The Crucible

EP 6

Comfort and Fear

EP 7

Years of Hope and Anger

EP 8

In an Uncertain World

EP 17

In an Uncertain World

Popular Cast

Maggie Huculak
Maggie Huculak
Narrator