Book based on the series available, same title, written by Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon.

Live action with still pictures.

The Canadian History Project, a special presentation [by] CBC Television [and] Radio-Canada.

Series was intended to be broadcast on CBC Television and Radio Canada over the course of 2 years.

Series also available in French, entitled Le Canada : une histoire populaire, coffret 3.

Book based on the series is available, written by Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon (Canada : a people's history, volume 3).

Conceived by Mark Starowicz ; senior producers Hubert Gendron, Gordon Henderson.

Narrator Maggie Huculak ; features large cast of actors.

Volume 7 [Part 1]. Episode 10 : Taking the West [1873-1896] / producer/director, William Cobban (ca. 120 min.) -- [Part 2] Episode 11 : The great transformation [1896-1915] / producers/directors, Halya Kuchmij, Andrew Burnstein (ca. 120 min.).

Volume 8 [Part 3]. Episode 12 : Ordeal by fire [1915-1929] / producer/director, Jacqueline Dube-Corkery (ca. 120 min.) -- [Part 4] Episode 13 : Hard times [1929-1940] / producer/director Jill Offman (ca. 120 min.).

Volume 9 [Part 5]: Special documentary features, episodes 10 to 13 / produced by CBC-TV news (ca. 131 min.).

This 5-part continuation of the series portrays the history of Canada, with actors playing the parts of the people who lived it. As culled from native oral history and the diaries and letters of the people who were there, these are the stories of the men and women who shaped this country, in their own words. Part 5 contains additional documentary footage, building on the themes presented in series 3.

Canadian Home Video Rating : E

Home use only.

Closed captioned.