Canadians don’t spend
a lot of time bragging, but as this collection shows, our country has a lot to
be proud of. The many amazing firsts that have come from this country and its
people and their impact on our culture and the world:
- In 1974, Dr. Joseph MacInnis established Sub-Igloo, the
world’s first polar dive station and led the first scientific expedition
into the waters of the North Pole
- Alexander Mackenzie was the first recorded explorer to
complete the transcontinental crossing of North America
- Greenpeace was founded in Canada as the “Don’t Make
a Wave” committee in 1971
- In 1885, Banff National Park was the first patch of land ever
recognized as a national park
- The first woman to graduate with a university degree in the
British Empire was Grace Annie Lockhart from Mount Allison University
- The first kidney transplant performed between identical twins
took place at Montréal’s Royal Victoria Hospital in 1958
- Montréal’s Maurice Richard was the first hockey
player to record a 50-goal season in 1944–45 and the first to score more
than 500 goals in his career
- The Hudson’s Bay Company, established on May 2, 1670, is
the oldest, continuously operating company on the continent
- The 12.9-kilometre-long Confederation Bridge between mainland
Canada and Prince Edward Island is the world’s longest uninterrupted
span
- Curling was first organized in Canada in 1807, but the game
was played in Québec City in 1759–60 with cannonballs melted into
curling stones
- In 1962, at just 15 years old, Petra Burka became the first
woman figure skater in the world to complete a triple Salchow.
And so much more is here for you to discover in Canadian
Firsts.
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