how can such a society be called
civilized if those appalling conditions
don’t change that prison will explode
perhaps our lone lady members too
fragile to know what is normal in a
prison canadians you know them you love
them and you probably liberally quote
them it’s this normal welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 canadian
heritage minutes is there one design
here that the whole committee can agree
on that says canada normos taik about it
for this list we’re counting down the
best of the best when it comes to these
one-minute vignettes which were all over
canadian television throughout the 90s
and early aughts teaching kids and
probably millions of adults a little
something about their national heritage
depicting stories of exploration
politics war sports and whatever that
was about these spots were at varying
times educational heartwarming
thought-provoking and a little goofy
after nearly a decade of downtime
historic at Canada recently started
making a new batch of heritage minutes
which means it’s high time we go into
the vault and wax nostalgic about Canada
and don’t wear pistols in Canada Canada
be damned I’m going to the Klondike the
Klondike is Canada number 10 jakotsu
our list begins with an epic as this
60-second reenactment of Jacques LCS
first encounter with the Iroquois in
chief Donna Khanna plays like a minute
out of the mission calcium was the man
who claimed Canada in the name of France
in the 1500s and here we see how his
first interactions with the native
peoples might have played out you could
say this heritage minute depicts the
origin of the name Canada but we see it
more as the Aboriginal peoples early
encounter with the arrogance and willful
ignorance of European explorers and the
church cannot can’t you know big big
pardon sir but the word he used I think
it really means those houses down no no
believe me I know the word it means
nation and Canada does its name well bat
and it’s a vital moment in the country’s
history but I’m sure it means the houses
the village
number nine Superman
strong but by day he’s a mild-mannered
reporter pluses yeah well secret
identity this minute illustrates
Canada’s favorite national pastime
no not hockey it’s telling Americans
that the things they love are actually
Canadian creations obviously your
Canadian kids can be in this camp Oh
what okay
Superman the Man of Steel defender of
truth justice and the American Way
was actually created by Toronto born
illustrator Joe Shuster he may have had
help from Jerry Siegel of Cleveland Ohio
but no one ever made a heritage minute
about him so for all intents and
purposes
Superman is Canadian just ask any Canuck
they’ll tell you so
no one’s gonna read a comic strip about
a strong man in tights Joe it’ll never
fly in fact you might say that Clark
Kent and his alter ego are the epitome
of the Canadian stereotype humble
mild-mannered and strong all at the same
time take it you never know what might
the worst on Sunday
number eight Laura Secord in June of
1813 Laura Secord overheard the secret
plans of the American soldiers in
occupation most Canadians today would
tell you that Laura Secord is a famous
chocolatier but clever branding an image
co-opting aside the real historical
figure of Laura Secord was a legit war
hero pursue the advance two days hence
during the war of 1812
Secord traveled on foot over 20 miles of
forbidding terrain to warn Lieutenant
James Fitzgibbon and his British forces
of an imminent sneak attack by the
Americans take me to Fitzgibbon no one
knows for sure how she found out about
the attack but her act of patriotism
eventually made her a household name in
her home country also her chocolates are
delicious
Yoshiko and delivered her message to the
Canadian troops the colonel wagging
Mohawks forced the surrender of 500
Yankee soldiers and the American
invasion was stopped number 7 Jackie
Robinson in 1945 baseball’s color
barrier was crossed when Jackie Robinson
was signed by Brooklyn Dodgers general
manager Branch Rickey a mr. Rickey boys
I want you to meet someone
outstanding athlete the former second
lieutenant United States Army and your
new second baseman Jackie Robinson
Robinson spent the 1946 season playing
in Canada with the Dodgers triple-a
affiliate the Montreal Royals before he
moved up to Major League Baseball the
following year where he faced racism and
finally acceptance wait first Superman
and now baseball these heritage minutes
sure did run roughshod over America’s
greatest national heroes
number six Underground Railroad at
number six is this heart-wrenching
heritage minute dedicated to the
Underground Railroad and the more than
30 thousand slaves who escaped covertly
to Canada between 1840 and 1860 more
than 30,000 American slaves came
secretly to Canada and freedom they
called it the Underground Railroad
now for any non Canadians out there you
have to keep in mind that if you were a
kid watching TV in the early 90s you’d
see this is three Oh Slade already
probably gonna make it sandwiched
somewhere between this might be why are
you and this it’s national banana day we
peel our friends away in fact this is
exactly why these heritage minutes are
seared into the collective unconscious
of every Canuck born after 1979 don’t
worry kids Paul makes it
number-5 orphans in the 1850s many
Quebec families adopted Irish orphans
these poor kids just lost their parents
to ships fever during an Atlantic
crossing from hell and now the church
wants to strip them of their names
Delana virtue patroller no sherry Civic
the villain see you met down in petite
Canadian muddy no we have to keep my
Irish name oh man Willard II just
some more cheer up Molly being an orphan
isn’t all bad tomorrow I love ya
tomorrow
plus you might just find a new home with
a nice Quebec family we like this
heritage minute because it celebrates
the little guy get it don’t know
Johnston’s are Molly Johnson
it pushes aside the founding figures and
sports heroes and shines a light on all
the anonymous forgotten individuals that
made up Canada at its inception a
century and a half later many of those
names still resound in Quebec number
four basketball right most popular
sports played today are the product of
the multi century evolution of games
played since time immemorial but not
basketball this is some kind of Canadian
joke sir I mean I know you’re the
instructor Harry English okay the ball
huh can we get a decent shot at the
peach basket good good in 1891 Canada’s
own James Naismith came up with the 13
foundational rules for the game
something he devised to break up the
winter boredom for his phys ed class in
Canadians have dominated the sport of
basketball ever since
hey Switzer it sure so sings time having
to climb up here every time okay that
might not be the case but basketball has
become one of the world’s most popular
sports that plus the 3-pointer mustaches
on all the guys earns this heritage
minute the number four spot on our list
basketball was being played by hundreds
of millions of people around
number three Baldwin and LaFontaine yes
whose have honored or devotee Alcee
rebel governor Sydenham said your law
ain’t got no rights to knock any minute
that starts with an angry torch-wielding
mob and a guy getting punched in the
face is pretty good television
these wily politicians pulled off what
seemed like a miracle when they each
overcame linguistic prejudice and were
elected as representatives in French and
English Canada respectively Salado bode
ill Vickers my prison does accompli
don’t touch you the story of Robert
Baldwin and Louie Eppolito Fontan is a
key moment in the history of Canada as
the two men worked together to create
the idea of responsible government and
set Canada’s foundation as a bilingual
country it may not be the sexiest
heritage minute but these two played an
important role in the Union of the
Canada’s and they did make history
together Robert Baldwin and Louie
equally black on 10 would forge the
basis of responsible government in
Canada number 2 Halifax Explosion thank
god she’s a half a mile away she’s
loaded poison you got to get out of here
full of explosive all jokes aside this
heritage minute is one tightly wound
little thriller and maybe the most
effective of all the minutes tree
but Vince Coleman was just a common
train dispatcher when he gave his own
life to save seven hundred others from
the worst man-made explosion in history
prior to the atomic bomb come on there
are 700 people aborted I’ve got to stop
it come on this minute is a testament to
the power of economic storytelling the
sort that runs throughout the very best
heritage minutes Halifax was devastated
9,000 wounded 2,000 dead including Vince
Coleman dispatcher before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions Oh daddy let’s call him Winnie
the Pooh white person I don’t know miss
Juanita poop fish’s enough to feed this
kingdom Oh sire until the end of time
they say there is one dead Chinese man
for every mile of that track my friend
Jenny trout was not the only woman to
face this kind of thing in medical
school but she would become the first
woman licensed to practice medicine
at those pistols in your saddlebags or
get back to us territory I’m an American
you can’t do this to me in that case
I’ll be lenient we’ll keep this gambling
gear and you’ll be back in the United
States by sundown Jacques clown on the
montreal canadiens
broke with tradition will brave man mr.
plant standing up to the light there and
changed the face of hockey
number one Wilder Penfield toast is
burning toasters much
in putting together our list of the top
10 heritage minutes there was never a
doubt which one would take home the top
honors this tribute to the revolutionary
neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield coined a
national catchphrase burn toast doctor
Penfield I can smell burnt toast I smell
burnt toast is as pervasive in the
Canadian lexicon today as it was when
these spots were running regularly on TV
all the humor nostalgia and warm feeling
that characterized this series can be
found in this 1-minute masterpiece for
those reasons it’s the definitive
heritage minute they say he drew the
road map of the human brain we just
called him the greatest Canadian alive
do you agree with our choices what other
heritage minutes should we have put on
this list for more inspiring top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com Flanders Fields
you
civilized if those appalling conditions
don’t change that prison will explode
perhaps our lone lady members too
fragile to know what is normal in a
prison canadians you know them you love
them and you probably liberally quote
them it’s this normal welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 canadian
heritage minutes is there one design
here that the whole committee can agree
on that says canada normos taik about it
for this list we’re counting down the
best of the best when it comes to these
one-minute vignettes which were all over
canadian television throughout the 90s
and early aughts teaching kids and
probably millions of adults a little
something about their national heritage
depicting stories of exploration
politics war sports and whatever that
was about these spots were at varying
times educational heartwarming
thought-provoking and a little goofy
after nearly a decade of downtime
historic at Canada recently started
making a new batch of heritage minutes
which means it’s high time we go into
the vault and wax nostalgic about Canada
and don’t wear pistols in Canada Canada
be damned I’m going to the Klondike the
Klondike is Canada number 10 jakotsu
our list begins with an epic as this
60-second reenactment of Jacques LCS
first encounter with the Iroquois in
chief Donna Khanna plays like a minute
out of the mission calcium was the man
who claimed Canada in the name of France
in the 1500s and here we see how his
first interactions with the native
peoples might have played out you could
say this heritage minute depicts the
origin of the name Canada but we see it
more as the Aboriginal peoples early
encounter with the arrogance and willful
ignorance of European explorers and the
church cannot can’t you know big big
pardon sir but the word he used I think
it really means those houses down no no
believe me I know the word it means
nation and Canada does its name well bat
and it’s a vital moment in the country’s
history but I’m sure it means the houses
the village
number nine Superman
strong but by day he’s a mild-mannered
reporter pluses yeah well secret
identity this minute illustrates
Canada’s favorite national pastime
no not hockey it’s telling Americans
that the things they love are actually
Canadian creations obviously your
Canadian kids can be in this camp Oh
what okay
Superman the Man of Steel defender of
truth justice and the American Way
was actually created by Toronto born
illustrator Joe Shuster he may have had
help from Jerry Siegel of Cleveland Ohio
but no one ever made a heritage minute
about him so for all intents and
purposes
Superman is Canadian just ask any Canuck
they’ll tell you so
no one’s gonna read a comic strip about
a strong man in tights Joe it’ll never
fly in fact you might say that Clark
Kent and his alter ego are the epitome
of the Canadian stereotype humble
mild-mannered and strong all at the same
time take it you never know what might
the worst on Sunday
number eight Laura Secord in June of
1813 Laura Secord overheard the secret
plans of the American soldiers in
occupation most Canadians today would
tell you that Laura Secord is a famous
chocolatier but clever branding an image
co-opting aside the real historical
figure of Laura Secord was a legit war
hero pursue the advance two days hence
during the war of 1812
Secord traveled on foot over 20 miles of
forbidding terrain to warn Lieutenant
James Fitzgibbon and his British forces
of an imminent sneak attack by the
Americans take me to Fitzgibbon no one
knows for sure how she found out about
the attack but her act of patriotism
eventually made her a household name in
her home country also her chocolates are
delicious
Yoshiko and delivered her message to the
Canadian troops the colonel wagging
Mohawks forced the surrender of 500
Yankee soldiers and the American
invasion was stopped number 7 Jackie
Robinson in 1945 baseball’s color
barrier was crossed when Jackie Robinson
was signed by Brooklyn Dodgers general
manager Branch Rickey a mr. Rickey boys
I want you to meet someone
outstanding athlete the former second
lieutenant United States Army and your
new second baseman Jackie Robinson
Robinson spent the 1946 season playing
in Canada with the Dodgers triple-a
affiliate the Montreal Royals before he
moved up to Major League Baseball the
following year where he faced racism and
finally acceptance wait first Superman
and now baseball these heritage minutes
sure did run roughshod over America’s
greatest national heroes
number six Underground Railroad at
number six is this heart-wrenching
heritage minute dedicated to the
Underground Railroad and the more than
30 thousand slaves who escaped covertly
to Canada between 1840 and 1860 more
than 30,000 American slaves came
secretly to Canada and freedom they
called it the Underground Railroad
now for any non Canadians out there you
have to keep in mind that if you were a
kid watching TV in the early 90s you’d
see this is three Oh Slade already
probably gonna make it sandwiched
somewhere between this might be why are
you and this it’s national banana day we
peel our friends away in fact this is
exactly why these heritage minutes are
seared into the collective unconscious
of every Canuck born after 1979 don’t
worry kids Paul makes it
number-5 orphans in the 1850s many
Quebec families adopted Irish orphans
these poor kids just lost their parents
to ships fever during an Atlantic
crossing from hell and now the church
wants to strip them of their names
Delana virtue patroller no sherry Civic
the villain see you met down in petite
Canadian muddy no we have to keep my
Irish name oh man Willard II just
some more cheer up Molly being an orphan
isn’t all bad tomorrow I love ya
tomorrow
plus you might just find a new home with
a nice Quebec family we like this
heritage minute because it celebrates
the little guy get it don’t know
Johnston’s are Molly Johnson
it pushes aside the founding figures and
sports heroes and shines a light on all
the anonymous forgotten individuals that
made up Canada at its inception a
century and a half later many of those
names still resound in Quebec number
four basketball right most popular
sports played today are the product of
the multi century evolution of games
played since time immemorial but not
basketball this is some kind of Canadian
joke sir I mean I know you’re the
instructor Harry English okay the ball
huh can we get a decent shot at the
peach basket good good in 1891 Canada’s
own James Naismith came up with the 13
foundational rules for the game
something he devised to break up the
winter boredom for his phys ed class in
Canadians have dominated the sport of
basketball ever since
hey Switzer it sure so sings time having
to climb up here every time okay that
might not be the case but basketball has
become one of the world’s most popular
sports that plus the 3-pointer mustaches
on all the guys earns this heritage
minute the number four spot on our list
basketball was being played by hundreds
of millions of people around
number three Baldwin and LaFontaine yes
whose have honored or devotee Alcee
rebel governor Sydenham said your law
ain’t got no rights to knock any minute
that starts with an angry torch-wielding
mob and a guy getting punched in the
face is pretty good television
these wily politicians pulled off what
seemed like a miracle when they each
overcame linguistic prejudice and were
elected as representatives in French and
English Canada respectively Salado bode
ill Vickers my prison does accompli
don’t touch you the story of Robert
Baldwin and Louie Eppolito Fontan is a
key moment in the history of Canada as
the two men worked together to create
the idea of responsible government and
set Canada’s foundation as a bilingual
country it may not be the sexiest
heritage minute but these two played an
important role in the Union of the
Canada’s and they did make history
together Robert Baldwin and Louie
equally black on 10 would forge the
basis of responsible government in
Canada number 2 Halifax Explosion thank
god she’s a half a mile away she’s
loaded poison you got to get out of here
full of explosive all jokes aside this
heritage minute is one tightly wound
little thriller and maybe the most
effective of all the minutes tree
but Vince Coleman was just a common
train dispatcher when he gave his own
life to save seven hundred others from
the worst man-made explosion in history
prior to the atomic bomb come on there
are 700 people aborted I’ve got to stop
it come on this minute is a testament to
the power of economic storytelling the
sort that runs throughout the very best
heritage minutes Halifax was devastated
9,000 wounded 2,000 dead including Vince
Coleman dispatcher before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions Oh daddy let’s call him Winnie
the Pooh white person I don’t know miss
Juanita poop fish’s enough to feed this
kingdom Oh sire until the end of time
they say there is one dead Chinese man
for every mile of that track my friend
Jenny trout was not the only woman to
face this kind of thing in medical
school but she would become the first
woman licensed to practice medicine
at those pistols in your saddlebags or
get back to us territory I’m an American
you can’t do this to me in that case
I’ll be lenient we’ll keep this gambling
gear and you’ll be back in the United
States by sundown Jacques clown on the
montreal canadiens
broke with tradition will brave man mr.
plant standing up to the light there and
changed the face of hockey
number one Wilder Penfield toast is
burning toasters much
in putting together our list of the top
10 heritage minutes there was never a
doubt which one would take home the top
honors this tribute to the revolutionary
neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield coined a
national catchphrase burn toast doctor
Penfield I can smell burnt toast I smell
burnt toast is as pervasive in the
Canadian lexicon today as it was when
these spots were running regularly on TV
all the humor nostalgia and warm feeling
that characterized this series can be
found in this 1-minute masterpiece for
those reasons it’s the definitive
heritage minute they say he drew the
road map of the human brain we just
called him the greatest Canadian alive
do you agree with our choices what other
heritage minutes should we have put on
this list for more inspiring top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com Flanders Fields
you
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