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Historica Canada

Historica Canada
FormationNovember 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)
Founded atToronto, Ontario
Merger ofThe Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion Institute
Registration no.BN: 885434720RR0001
Legal statusRegistered charity
PurposeCanadian history
Headquarters10 Adelaide Street East, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3
Region
Canada
Official language
English, French
Key people
Anthony Wilson-Smith
(President & CEO)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.historicacanada.ca Edit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
The Historica-Dominion Institute
[1][2][3][4]

Historica Canada is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to promoting the country's history and citizenship. All of its programs are offered bilingually and reach more than 28 million Canadians annually.[5]

A registered national charitable organization, Historica Canada was originally established as the Historica-Dominion Institute following a 2009 merger of two existing groups—the Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion Institute—and changed to its present name in September 2013.[6] Anthony Wilson-Smith has been president and CEO of the organization since September 2012, with the board of directors being chaired (as of January 2021) by First National Financial-co-founder Stephen Smith.[7]

Some of the organizations best-known programs include its collection of Heritage Minutes—60-second vignettes re-enacting important and remarkable incidents in Canada's history—and The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada regularly conducts public opinion polls and creates educational videos, podcasts, and learning tools. It also operates the Ottawa-based Encounters with Canada youth program.[8]

  1. ^ "Historica Canada". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "The Historica-Dominion Institute: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Historica-Dominion Institute The: Company Profile". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ^ "The Dominion Institute: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com.
  5. ^ "About Historica Canada". Historica Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  6. ^ "Historica-Dominion Institute renamed Historica Canada". Historica Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  7. ^ "BOARD | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  8. ^ "PROGRAMS | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

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