It Happened in Canada was a syndicated Canadian cartoon feature by Gordon Johnston that presented Canadian facts and achievements in a manner similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. As many as 65 newspapers in Canada carried the comic during its run from 1967[1] to the 1980s.[2][3] Some episodes featured relatively obscure details about Prime Ministers such as R. B. Bennett and John Diefenbaker.[4]
| It Happened in Canada | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Gordon Johnston |
| Current status/schedule | defunct |
| Launch date | 1967 |
| Genre(s) | non-fiction, history |
Works
Several collections of the comic were published as books:[5]
- Johnston, Gordon; Al Oliver (1967). It Happened in Canada. London, Ontario: Algor Features.
- Johnston, Gordon (1971). Johnston's It Happened in Canada.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
- Johnston, Gordon (c. 1976). Still More It Happened in Canada. Scholastic-TAB.
- Johnston, Gordon (1983). It Happened in Canada. Methuen.
- Johnston, Gordon (c. 1983). It Happened in Western Canada. Western Producer.
- Johnston, Gordon (1991). It Happened in Canada. Toronto: Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590740695.