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.
On Feb. 15, 2015, this documentary was aired on the 50th anniversary of the Flag of Canada. The story is pertinent today on the 60th anniversary. Our maple leaf was raised over Parliament Hill in 1965, but not without controversy. Reg Sherren tells us the little known story of how the flag came to be….
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…
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…
Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site is one of Canada’s fine examples of how the fur trade helped shape the nation. Enjoy exhibits, walk through archaeological remains of the four forts, get hands on experience with Métis skills of the fur trade. Stay awhile and camp in Indigenous trapper’s tents and tipis. Rocky Mountain House…
New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces in eastern Canada. New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province, has the highest tides in the world, and is mostly forested. Historically, ship building and forestry were two of the most important industries. New Brunswick’s terrain is mostly forested uplands, with much of the land further…
From west to east, Canada’s six different time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland. Up to the 1880s, cities and towns used their own local solar time which could vary from place to place. That was fine when people didn’t travel far, but once the railways allowed quicker travel over long distances,…
