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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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    #1 - Underground Railroad

    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 2 - Valour Road
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    #2 - Valour Road

    S1:E2

    Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 3 - Jacques Plante
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Jacques Plante

    S1:E3

    Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 4 - Jennie Trout
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    #4 - Jennie Trout

    S1:E4

    Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 5 - Superman
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    #5 - Superman

    S1:E5

    Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 6 - Peacekeepers
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    #6 - Peacekeepers

    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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  7. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 7 - Responsible Government
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Responsible Government

    S1:E7

    Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 8 - Soddie
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    #8 - Soddie

    S1:E8

    Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 9 - Nellie McClung
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    #9 - Nellie McClung

    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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  10. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 11 - Jacques Cartier
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    #10 - Jacques Cartier

    S1:E11

    French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 12 - Halifax Explosion
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    #11 - Halifax Explosion

    S1:E12

    Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Heritage Minutes Season 1 Episode 13 - Wilder Penfield
    0.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Wilder Penfield

    S1:E13

    A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 2 - Midwife
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Midwife

    S2:E2

    A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 3 - Agnes Macphail
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Agnes Macphail

    S2:E3

    The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 4 - Emily Carr
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Emily Carr

    S2:E4

    The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 5 - Joseph Tyrrell
    0.0/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Joseph Tyrrell

    S2:E5

    Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 6 - Basketball
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Basketball

    S2:E6

    Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 7 - Saguenay Fire
    0.0/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Saguenay Fire

    S2:E7

    One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 8 - Joseph Casavant
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Joseph Casavant

    S2:E8

    Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 9 - Jean Nicollet
    0.0/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Jean Nicollet

    S2:E9

    French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 10 - Peacemaker
    0.0/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Peacemaker

    S2:E10

    The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

    Director:Bruce Mackay
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 11 - Rural Teacher
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    #22 - Rural Teacher

    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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  23. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 12 - Emily Murphy
    0.0/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Emily Murphy

    S2:E12

    Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 13 - Vikings
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Vikings

    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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  25. Heritage Minutes Season 2 Episode 14 - Baldwin & LaFontaine
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    #25 - Baldwin & LaFontaine

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Richard Ciupka
    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, "Valour Road".