Between 01 July 2016 and 01 July 2017, I wrote about 150 national treasures as my sesquicentennial project. Those first 150 are listed below in two ways: chronological and categorical. Am I a treasure, or what?
Since then, I’ve written about a new national treasure each week. Find them all by searching for the Through Canada category.
Treasures by Order of Appearance
Treasures by Category
| 1 | Kent Avery | Person |
| 2 | Terry Fox | Person |
| 7 | Stan Rogers | Person |
| 9 | Banting and Best | Person |
| 11 | Sir Sandford Fleming | Person |
| 14 | Rick Mercer | Person |
| 17 | Alexander Graham Bell | Person |
| 18 | Leonard Cohen | Person |
| 19 | Stephen Leacock | Person |
| 22 | Anne of Green Gables | Person |
| 24 | Michael Ibsen | Person |
| 27 | Pauline Johnson | Person |
| 28 | P.L. Robertson | Person |
| 30 | Kim Phuc | Person |
| 32 | Douglas Cardinal | Person |
| 34 | De Chastelain | Person |
| 37 | k.d. lang | Person |
| 38 | Gordon Pinsent | Person |
| 40 | Ian Tyson | Person |
| 42 | Robertson Davies | Person |
| 43 | Gordon Lightfoot | Person |
| 45 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Person |
| 49 | Joni Mitchell | Person |
| 50 | Rex Murphy | Person |
| 57 | WWI – Francis Pegahmagabow | Person |
| 58 | WWII – Charles Merritt | Person |
| 59 | Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan | Person |
| 63 | Rick Hansen | Person |
| 66 | Johnson and Kilabuk (Inuk video) | Person |
| 69 | Emily Carr | Person |
| 72 | Chris Hadfield | Person |
| 75 | Jean Vanier | Person |
| 77 | The Rankins | Person |
| 79 | Randy Bachman | Person |
| 80 | Vince Coleman | Person |
| 81 | Darcy Bear | Person |
| 85 | Hayley Wickenheiser | Person |
| 86 | Max Ward | Person |
| 87 | Drs. James Till & Ernest McCulloch | Person |
| 88 | Normie Kwong | Person |
| 89 | Charles & Leah Rogers | Person |
| 91 | Doug Golosky | Person |
| 92 | David Thompson | Person |
| 93 | Michael Ondaatje | Person |
| 94 | Vincent Massey | Person |
| 97 | John Bartlet Brebner | Person |
| 98 | Wayne & Shuster | Person |
| 99 | Wayne Gretzky | Person |
| 101 | Stuart McLean | Person |
| 102 | Mordechai Richler | Person |
| 103 | Walker and Campbell | Person |
| 104 | Marcellus Gilmore Edison | Person |
| 106 | Paul Landry | Person |
| 108 | Kenojuak Ashevak | Person |
| 111 | Bill Reid | Person |
| 112 | Maurice Richard | Person |
| 113 | Reginald Aubrey Fessenden | Person |
| 114 | Red Green | Person |
| 115 | Ferguson Jenkins | Person |
| 116 | Jehane Benoit | Person |
| 117 | Ronald Rolheiser | Person |
| 118 | John Crosbie | Person |
| 119 | Ron MacLean | Person |
| 121 | Arthur Currie & Henry Norwest | Person |
| 122 | Walter Allward | Person |
| 125 | Queen Elizabeth II | Person |
| 127 | Daniel Lanois | Person |
| 128 | Richard Wagamese | Person |
| 129 | Alice Munro | Person |
| 130 | Russell Peters | Person |
| 133 | Charles Thomas Connors | Person |
| 134 | Graham Greene | Person |
| 135 | Norman Bethune | Person |
| 136 | Billy Bishop | Person |
| 137 | Terry O’Reilly | Person |
| 139 | Pierre Berton | Person |
| 140 | Thomas Berger | Person |
| 143 | Tom Jackson | Person |
| 144 | William Stephenson | Person |
| 145 | Theodore Witte | Person |
| 147 | Harry Wasylyk | Person |
| 148 | Oscar Peterson | Person |
| 149 | John McRae | Person |
| 150 | Barbara Carlson | Person |
| 52 | Group of Seven | Person |
| 3 | American border | Place |
| 5 | Moraine Lake & Lake Louise | Place |
| 8 | Red soil of PEI | Place |
| 12 | Mackenzie Delta | Place |
| 20 | Quebec City | Place |
| 21 | Trans Canada Trail | Place |
| 25 | Gros Morne | Place |
| 36 | Alert | Place |
| 41 | Royal Museum of Ontario | Place |
| 48 | Lake O’Hara | Place |
| 53 | Great Lakes | Place |
| 60 | Rosebud | Place |
| 61 | Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Place |
| 62 | L’Anse aux Meadows | Place |
| 64 | Tofino | Place |
| 67 | Stanley Park | Place |
| 70 | Peggy’s Cove | Place |
| 78 | Northwest Passage | Place |
| 96 | Cabot Trail | Place |
| 110 | Haida Gwaii | Place |
| 123 | Horseshoe Falls | Place |
| 132 | Mount Robson | Place |
| 82 | National Parks | Place |
| 83 | National Historic Sites | Place |
| 84 | National Marine Conservation Areas | Place |
| 4 | Snowbirds | Thing |
| 6 | Hockey | Thing |
| 10 | Inuksuk | Thing |
| 13 | Parliament Hill Sound and Light Show | Thing |
| 15 | Thrombolites | Thing |
| 16 | Calgary Stampede | Thing |
| 23 | Twin Otter | Thing |
| 26 | Chinook winds | Thing |
| 29 | Sugar maple | Thing |
| 31 | Nanaimo bars | Thing |
| 33 | Royal Winnipeg Ballet | Thing |
| 35 | Burgess Shale | Thing |
| 39 | Northern lights | Thing |
| 44 | Pingos | Thing |
| 46 | Confederation Bridge, PEI | Thing |
| 47 | Bunny hug | Thing |
| 51 | Bobby Gimby & Canada song | Thing |
| 54 | TransCanada Highway | Thing |
| 55 | Stratford Festival | Thing |
| 56 | Snowmobile | Thing |
| 65 | Grey Cup | Thing |
| 68 | Paint rollers | Thing |
| 71 | BlackBerry Limited | Thing |
| 73 | Canadarm | Thing |
| 74 | Alouette et al | Thing |
| 76 | Instant replay | Thing |
| 90 | Pablum | Thing |
| 95 | Jolly Jumper | Thing |
| 100 | Avro Arrow | Thing |
| 105 | Brier | Thing |
| 107 | Expo 67 | Thing |
| 109 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | Thing |
| 120 | Battle of Vimy Ridge | Thing |
| 124 | Butter tarts | Thing |
| 126 | Huron Christmas Carol | Thing |
| 131 | Liberation Day – Holland | Thing |
| 138 | Rideau Canal | Thing |
| 141 | CPR | Thing |
| 142 | Kenn Borek Air | Thing |
| 146 | Geological Survey of Canada | Thing |
