Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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There are perhaps no more iconically Canadian things than the Heritage Minutes and the music of The Tragically Hip. This Canada Day, Historica Canada presents a salute to Canada Day pairing The Hip’s “It’s a Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken’)” with scenes from the Heritage Minutes.

Heritage Minutes featured in this video (in order of appearance):
Sir George-Étienne Cartier: youtube.com/watch?v=VcACdpePyiM
Edmonton Grads: youtube.com/watch?v=qxJcXsFxyLI
Terry Fox: youtube.com/watch?v=H2F9LbF_pF0
Nitro: youtube.com/watch?v=EE3ISzalVuo
D-Day: youtube.com/watch?v=-AuKXAftIts
Lucy Maud Montgomery: youtube.com/watch?v=bGNv0rbeIpU
Kenojuak Ashevak: youtube.com/watch?v=wypPbnRee0Y
Jim Egan: youtube.com/watch?v=a3e5jC7yZeo
"Boat People" Refugees: youtube.com/watch?v=v4nKkqdnVCM
Agnes Macphail: youtube.com/watch?v=2W5DgXqaRU0
Queenston Heights: youtube.com/watch?v=CPqFcLTR2w8
Oscar Peterson: youtube.com/watch?v=7cdXEhR9dd4
Liberation of the Netherlands: youtube.com/watch?v=JCWANopglXI
Nursing Sisters: youtube.com/watch?v=00n67k-f7Yw
Jackie Robinson: youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9ZENZbe5w
Vancouver Asahi: youtube.com/watch?v=wBv-MYAf9P0
Mary Riter Hamilton: youtube.com/watch?v=38LEvJ_Zojo
Edwin Baker: youtube.com/watch?v=b-vQmhISjxU
Winnie: youtube.com/watch?v=MlA6oEs3C18
Winnipeg Falcons: youtube.com/watch?v=0RmhGYRs99o
Norman Kwong: youtube.com/watch?v=7RMv7tSYl3Y
Bora Laskin: youtube.com/watch?v=K9iGFZLOuio
Superman: youtube.com/watch?v=ScFwRoLhR2s
Discovery of Insulin: youtube.com/watch?v=amCeBhkNo50
Halifax Explosion: youtube.com/watch?v=rw-FbwmzPKo
Viola Desmond: youtube.com/watch?v=ie0xWYRSX7Y
Mary "Bonnie" Baker: youtube.com/watch?v=doUkpdP9Y-k
Tom Longboat: youtube.com/watch?v=nniCNm19mAQ
Paldi: youtube.com/watch?v=gmXzagGJ1EQ
Wilder Penfield: youtube.com/watch?v=pUOG2g4hj8s

With thanks to @thetragicallyhip for use of their song "It's a Good Life (If You Don't Weaken')": youtube.com/watch?v=85k4RxqRyv8&list=PL_bbt4g69W14sUcdf_TpEglPy5QmyR10C&index=14

And thanks to @peermusic and @universalmusicgroup for their support!

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