Maclean's

From the archives: A Dominion Day confession of faith

From 1936: In the 1930s Maclean’s helped reunite Canadians with more than $600,000 they’d forgotten about in dormant bank accounts

’No one will ever know what Vimy cost. But this I can say: It was too much’

From February 1933: To increase Dominion notes in proportion to current Government deficits . . . . is a thoroughly unscientific and dangerous policy

Daintiness and charm should carry the day, with a little help from heart-shaped gelantin molds

On Feb. 23, 1909, engineer J.A.D. McCurdy piloted the Silver Dart—the first successful airplane flight by a Canadian—over the ice of Baddeck Bay, N.S.

From December 1929: ’The mistakes of the American system, which have been made, which cannot be unmade, are a challenge to us to work out a separate destiny’

From 1927: Canada owes a debt to Cartier, but she owes more to the modern Canadian who has the faith to continue the discovery of his country

Frederick Banting’s 1924 piece from our archives tells the story of research, and explains how big achievements are built on patience—and seemingly futile endeavours

In this article written just five months before the end of WW1, H.G. Wells argues that all empires and nations must cease to exist.