Gov. Gen. David Johnston says the War of 1812 is the perfect time for Canadians to reflect on the peace the country has enjoyed on its soil, as he launched commemorations of the war's bicentennial.

On October 2, 2012, the Mint issued a $4 face value 99.99% pure silver coin featuring a portrait of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, set against an intricately engraved background consisting of the ...

The story of the first battle of 1812 on the Riviere Canard that stopped the Americans from advancing into Canada, and the vital role that Native warriors played in the war.

Historians often take the beginning of the war to be the Battle of Tippecanoe in November 1811, when General Harrison and the U.S. Fourth Infantry burned Prophet’s Town to the ground.

Victor Suthren’s The War of 1812 follows as a companion to that series. No actors herein (although the book does include a CD-ROM, not reviewed here), just a lavishly illustrated general history. “We ...

The official commemoration of the 1812 bicentennial is highly political – not that there's anything new about that. The war's centenary in 1912 was celebrated with a strong pro-British slant ...

The truth is only slightly less colourful. “For one thing, she didn’t have a cow with her,” says Peggy Dymond Leavey, author of Laura Secord: Heroine of the War of 1812.

The War of 1812 was a series of military disasters, and its greatest U.S. victory came in the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, after the Treaty had been signed in Belgium.

But I think what really mattered historically, for the War of 1812, was two things: One, the definition it helped to give to the young Canada. I mean it was still British North America at that stage.

Those details are important though, even 200 years later, because within the overarching narrative lives the real story of how the War of 1812 shaped our country and our culture. Afua Cooper, Dal’s ...

Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY. An American victory over Canada in the War of 1812 should have been dead simple. Besides a huge advantage in manpower and resources, the United ...

The War of 1812 between Britain and the US was already over by the time the engagement was fought, but news of the December 1814 peace treaty had not yet reached North America. Midshipman Dale is ...