Canada Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate this vibrant tapestry of a nation than with the music that defines our rich cultural heritage?
Music is a powerful conduit for fostering a sense of belonging, and celebrating communal identity. It fosters understanding and empathy, recognizing the shared experiences and emotions that bind us all together. May this Canadian music heal and enhance your celebration of the culture and heritage of this glorious country in which we live.
Your family may enjoy the music over several days leading up to Canada Day.
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 Nova Scotia Youth Ambassadors travel to Williams Lake, BC
National treasure – the Leahy Family shares their musical talent. If you don’t know them, here is a great write-up of this homeschooling, travelling family of nine.
This classic song, familiar to parents but perhaps not the children, should be carried on through generations.
This is an old folk song sung by woodworkers, and details them returning to their homes and families after having left for the un-colonised areas of Canada where they chopped wood. Lyrics here
This campfire song brings to mind the Indigenous Peoples travelling by canoe across the land, in years past, and the fur traders who opened the land to trade. A favourite!
Featuring British Columbia’s First Nations Alex and Daniel Wells who are members of Lil’wat First Nation, north of Whistler. Alex Wells is x3 times world champion hoop dancer and travels the world to perform.
The Nova Scotia Youth Ambassadors perform folk fiddle tunes “Inisheer” by Thomas Walsh and “Road to Errogie” at Crystal Crescent Beach, Nova Scotia.
St. Patrick’s Day, the holiday commemorating Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, has long been a part of Canadian history. Enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day themed crafts and activities below!
In August 1896, gold was discovered on Rabbit Creek, later named Bonanza. When word reached the outside world, the Klondike Stampede began in the Yukon. Over 100,000 people started out for the Klondike goldfields and some 30,000 actually reached Dawson City in the summer of 1898. At this time Dawson City was the largest centre…
Mathieu Da Costa may have been the first black freeman, acting as an interpreter, to visit Canada with de Mons & Champlain. People of African descent have had a part in shaping Canada’s identity. Some Loyalists who came during and after the American Revolution and settled in East Coast provinces, were black. Black History Month…
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada and is Canada’s largest province by area. It is the second-most populous province of Canada and is the only one to have a predominately French-speaking population. The name Quebec comes from the Algonquin word kebec which means “narrow passage” referring the the narrowing of…
Head in the clouds and experience a light-hearted giddiness, a surge of adrenaline, and the exhilarating freedom of flight. Have you dreamed of flying? This documentary paints a vivid portrait of the bush pilots who soar daily above the boreal forests and tundra of Quebec’s Great North. Bush pilots of northern Quebec, the last of…
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The 10,311 km2 island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia’s total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the 1,385 m long rock-fill…
