The history of Black people in Canada is one of great struggles, triumphs and perseverance. Take a tour of some of the many valuable resources on Canadian Black history by completing this treasure hunt. Search the resources provided to locate the correct answers, and learn some of the remarkable and complex stories of Black people in Canada; those whose names will always be remembered for their great accomplishments and those unsung heroes whose accomplishments lie in existing in a time where their existence was discounted.

Use the Nova Scotia Museum Black Loyalists resource to locate the answers to the Black Loyalist Quiz

Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was a pioneering educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist in both the United States and Canada.

She started the first racially-integrated school in Canada and was also the first female newspaper editor in Canada, establishing The Provincial Freeman in Windsor, Ontario. This was a weekly paper designed to cover the lives of Canadian blacks and promote the cause of black refugees to Canada.

In the United States, she worked as an activist in the causes of anti-slavery, racial equality and women's suffrage, and was one of the first women to graduate as a lawyer in the United States. She was the first black woman to cast a vote in a national election.

Use the Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shad Story resource to locate the answers to the Mary Ann Shadd Quiz

Use the following resources to locate the answer to the Firsts Quiz: