Backgrounders
Below is a list of backgrounders for recent Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC) designations since 2018, as well backgrounders for designations that have had a plaque unveiled as of 2021 via social media or a public ceremony.
National Historic Persons
- Curé Antoine Labelle (1833-1891)
- Donald Strathearn Rawson (1905-1961)
- Edward Alexander Partridge (1861-1931)
- Florence Wyle (1881-1968)
- Frances Loring (1887-1968)
- Francis Pegahmagabow (1889-1952)
- Frederick Gage Todd (1876-1948)
- Helen Creighton (1899-1989)
- Henry Youle Hind (1823-1908)
- Kahgegagahbowh (George Copway) (1818-1869)
- Larry Gains (1900-1983)
- Léo-Ernest Ouimet (1877-1972)
- Ludger Duvernay (1799-1852)
- Mabel Hubbard Bell (1857-1923)
- Mary Grannan (1900-1975)
- Mina Benson Hubbard Ellis (1870-1956)
- Nahnebahwequay (1824-1865)
- Northrop Frye (1912-1991)
- Onondeyoh (Frederick Ogilvie Loft) (1861-1934)
- Ozias Leduc (1864-1955)
- Richard Pierpoint (c. 1744-c. 1838)
- Rose Fortune (c.1774-1864)
- Théophile Panadis (1889–1966) - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-08-22
- Thomas Adams (1871-1940)
- Thomas George “Tommy” Prince (1915-1977)
- Viola Desmond (1914-1965)
National Historic Sites
- Beinn Bhreagh Hall, Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Central Memorial Library and Park, Calgary, Alberta
- Chapais House, Quebec - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-05-05
- Cormier House, Montréal, Quebe
- David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario
- de Gannes-Cosby House, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
- First Dairy School in Canada, Quebec - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-05-05
- The former Muscowequan Indian Residential School, Lestock, Saskatchewan
- Former Paris Town Hall, Paris, Ontario
- The former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School, Manitoba
- The former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, Nova Scotia
- Hart Massey House, Ottawa, Ontario
- The Historic Village of Val-Jalbert, Chambord, Quebec
- John and Olive Diefenbaker Museum, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
- Magog Textile Mills, Quebec - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-03-01
- Massey Hall
- Meshikamau-shipu Travel Route, Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Newfoundland National War Memorial, Newfoundland and Labrador - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-06-28
- Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Moncton, New Brunswick
- Park House, Amherstburg, Ontario
- La Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente, Saint-Joachim, Quebec
- Reader Rock Garden, Calgary, Alberta
- Roger Gaudry Building, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec
- Spadina, Toronto, Ontario - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-01-12
- Truro Old Normal College, Truro, Nova Scotia
- Tse'K'wa, Fort St. John, British Columbia
- Uplands, Oak Bay, British Columbia
- Vancouver Japanese Language School, Vancouver, British Columbia
National Historic Events
- Abenaki Basket-Making Industry (1870–1920) - commemorative plaque unveiled 2021-08-22
- Construction of the PEI Railway
- The Dionne Quintuplets
- Discovery of Insulin
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Early Commercial Radio Broadcasting in Canada, 1918-1932
- Early Science in Canada's North and the Hudson's Bay Company (1768-ca. 1810)
- The Enslavement of African People in Canada (c. 1629-1834)
- The Examination Unit (1941–1945)
- Expo 67
- German U-Boat Attacks at Bell Island, 1942
- The Red River Expedition of 1870
- The Residential School System
- The Spanish Flu in Canada, 1918-1920
- Stratford Festival
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- The Universal Negro Improvement Association of Canada (UNIA)
- Vice Admiralty Court of Halifax
- West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955-1967)
- Winnipeg Falcons Hockey Club