Portal:Canada/Did You Know/23

...that the architecture of Ottawa is dominated by its role as the national capital of Canada?
... that Samuel Jarvis was acquitted of manslaughter after winning Toronto's last duel on July 12, 1817, and married the daughter of the presiding judge the following year?
... that the sacrifice of Jean Cadieux on behalf of his companions during an Iroquois attack in 1707 is still commemorated by the inhabitants of Calumet Island?
...that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell?
... that the biography of a Douglas-fir, Tree: A Life Story, was inspired by a single tree at David Suzuki's home?