1 September 1944
Dieppe, France, is liberated by Canadian troops.
2-3 September 1918
1st and 4th Canadian divisions lead the assault on the Drocourt-Quéant Line at the end of the Second Battle of Arras, taking the territory west of Canal du Nord.
[William Rider-Rider/DND/LAC]
3 September 2006
Cpl. Sean Teal, wounded and under heavy Taliban fire in Pashmul, Afghanistan, moves away from cover to call for aid. He returns twice to help and evacuate wounded comrades. He is awarded the Star of Military Valour.
5 September 1697
In what historian Peter C. Newman called “the greatest Arctic sea battle in North American history,” the British surender York Factory to the French in the Battle of Hudson Bay.
9 September 1864
The Charlottetown Conference ends with the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Province of Canada agreeing in principle to a proposed union.
[Wikimedia]
10 September 1939
Pledging support to Britain and France, Canada declares war on Germany.
11 September 2001
Terrorists associated with Islamic extremist group al-Qaida hijack commercial airliners, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon and a fourth crashes after its passengers attack the hijackers. The strikes kill 3,000 people and injure thousands more. Canadians open their airports and homes to stranded U.S. travellers.
[Michael Foran/Wikimedia]
14 September 1884
Some 400 Canadian voyageurs depart Montreal to participate in the Nile Expedition to rescue a British major-general trapped in Khartoum, Sudan.
15-16 September 1993
Four soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry are wounded in 15 hours of fierce fighting against Croatian forces in the Battle of Medak Pocket in the Balkans.
16 September 1974
The first group of 32 women take the oath to become RCMP officers.
21 September 1981
The United Nations General Assembly establishes the International Day of Peace.
22 September 1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette ends with the Canadians capturing and holding the ruined village of Courcelette, France.
[DND/LAC]
24 September 1950
Canadian military personnel arrive in Tokyo for training in advance of the newly recruited Canadian Army Special Force bound for the Korean War.
25 September 1942
The Royal Canadian Air Force joins the U.S. in an attack on the Japanese-held Kiska Island in Alaska.
30 September 2021
Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, along with their families and communities.
[William James Topley/LAC]
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