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The Worst Episodes of Heritage Minutes

Every episode of Heritage Minutes ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Heritage Minutes!

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Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 1 - Underground Railroad
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    S1:E1

    An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 6 - Peacekeepers
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    S1:E6

    Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 8 - Soddie
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    S1:E8

    Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 9 - Nellie McClung
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    S1:E9

    Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 11 - Rural Teacher
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    S2:E11

    Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.

    Director:Bruce Mackay
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 13 - Vikings
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    S2:E13

    L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

    Director:Bruce Mackay
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 14 - Baldwin & LaFontaine
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    S2:E14

    Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 1 - Laura Secord
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    S3:E1

    Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 5 - Louis Riel
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    S3:E5

    What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 7 - Nitro
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    S3:E7

    A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 8 - Sir Sandford Fleming
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    S3:E8

    Engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming develops the system of international standard time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 10 - Le Réseau
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    S3:E10

    Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

    Director:François Labonté
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 12 - Maurice Ruddick
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    S3:E12

    Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

    Director:Bruce Mackay
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Heritage Minutes Season 3 Episode 14 - La Bolduc
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    S3:E14

    The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

    Director:Bruce Mackay
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 1 - Hart & Papineau
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    S4:E1

    The efforts of politician and lawyer Louis-Joseph Papineau give full equality of religion to Jews in Canada.

    Director:Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Writer:Gerald Wexler

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  16. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 2 - Paul Émile Borduas
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    S4:E2

    The art of Paul-Émile Borduas and the Quiet Revolution are featured.

    Director:Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Writers:Jean-Claude Labrecque, Patrick Watson

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  17. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 7 - John Cabot
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    S4:E7

    Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 8 - Winnie
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    S4:E8

    The bear of Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn becomes the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 9 - Myrnam Hospital
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    S4:E9

    The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

    Director:Kari Skogland
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 10 - Bluenose
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    S4:E10

    The Bluenose, a ship out of Halifax and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, wins its last race.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 11 - John McCrae
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    S4:E11

    Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 12 - The Paris Crew
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    S4:E12

    The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 13 - Nat Taylor
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    S4:E13

    How Nat Taylor invents the multiplex theater.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 14 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard
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    S4:E14

    December 28, 1944 was moving day for 23 year old Maurice Richard. All day he hefted furniture - including a piano - into his new house. That night he scored 5 goals and 3 assists setting an NHL record

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Heritage Minutes Season 4 Episode 15 - Avro Arrow
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    S4:E15

    The development of the Avro Arrow (this Heritage Minute was produced based on the 1996 mini-series "The Arrow").

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Underground Railroad" is the worst rated episode of "Heritage Minutes". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Richard Ciupka and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/31/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Peacekeepers".