Canadian opeatic star Dame Emma Albani had a Canada Post stamp issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her death.

Date of issue: July 4, 1980

Denomination: 17 cents

11,700,000 copies of the stamp were printed by Ashton-Potter Ltd.

Did you know that R.B. Bennet is the only former Canadian Prime Minister who is not interred in Canadian soil? He is interred in the UK.

The flag in the city of Tillsonburg was lowered to half staff following the death of Stompin' Tom.

The town of Tillsonburg was immortalised in the Stompin' Tom Classic "Tillsonburg".

Northrop Frye first came to Toronto to compete in a national typing contest in 1929.  

Ned Hanlan was portrayed by Nicholas Cage in the movie "Boy in Blue" which was a biopic of Hanlan's life.

Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion was married to Marlene, who was the daughter of hockey great Howie Morenz.

The common unit used to measure sound was named after Alexander Graham Bell?  It is known as the decibel.

Canada Post issued a postage stamp in honour of W.O. Mitchell's contribution to Candian literature.

Wolford Chapel, John Graves Simcoe's burial site, is owned by the people of Ontario?

Sir Sandford Fleming designed Canada’s first postage stamp – the Three Penny Beaver (1851).

Mount Steele is named after Sam Steele.  At 5073 m is the 5th tallest peak in Canada and the 10th tallest in North America.  It is located in the Yukon at the head of Steele Glacier, which eventually flows into the Donjek River.

The town of Fort Steele, BC was named after North-West Mounted Police Superintendant Sam Steele. 

One of Leslie Nielsen's brothers was politician and Deputy Prime Minister Erik Nielsen.

Syl Apps' son, grand-daughter and grand-son were all notable hockey players and his grandson won a gold medal in Olympic rowing.

The last casualty of WWI was a Canadian soldier named Private G. L. Price.  He was killed  at 10:58 am on November 11 1918, 2 minutes before the armistice took effect.