- 2026-10-08In 1808, the provincial government authorized the erection of a court house and gaol at Elizabethtown (Brockville) to serve the…
- 2026-10-08This prominent Ontario architect was born in Ireland and received his professional training there under J. J. McCarthy, a leading…
- 2026-10-08Born and educated in Ireland, Scriven was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He emigrated to Canada in 1847 and…
- 2026-10-08Joseph Little came to Warwick Township from Ireland in 1833 to manage the estate of a large landowner. The poverty…
- 2026-10-08This house, constructed in 1820 by Joseph Schneider (1772-1843), is the oldest surviving dwelling in Kitchener. Built of frame and…
- 2026-10-08Soldier, politician, diplomatist and colonizer, de Puisaye was born at Mortagne-en-Perche, France, about 1755, and enlisted in the French Army…
- 2026-10-08The coureur de bois Jacques de Noyon was born at Trois-Rivières and raised at Boucherville, near Montreal. In 1688, he…
- 2026-10-08The first member of Upper Canada's French community to gain prominence in government circles, Baby was born in British-controlled Detroit,…
- 2026-10-08A co-discoverer of insulin, J.B. (Bert) Collip was one of Canada's most prolific medical researchers in the first half of…
- 2026-10-08One of Ontario's leading cartoonists, Jimmy Frise was born near here about 1891 and educated at Myrtle, Seagrave and Port…