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This feature will be launched on September 25th and will display events which occured on this day in history. We will highlight the most interesting events of each day and ask for you input as to additional events which should be added.
| Month | Year | Day | Event |
| September | 1665 | 12 | With New France under the personal control of Louis XIV, Jean Talon arrives at Quebec as first intendant. |
| September | 1666 | 14 | Carignan-Salieres Regiment leaves Quebec on raids into Iroquois territory that will end Iroquois harassment of New France for 23 years. |
| September | 1668 | 29 | English Ketch Nonsuch reaches Rupert River in James Bay, where crew will build first Hudson's Bay Company post. |
| September | 1697 | 5 | Iberville in Pelican wins control of Hudson Bay. |
| September | 1759 | 13 | At the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Quebec falls to the British. Both commander, Wolfe and Montcalm, are killed. |
| September | 1760 | 8 | New France surrenders to the British. |
| September | 1760 | 8 | Montreal surrenders to the English |
| September | 1783 | 3 | A second Treaty of Paris ends the American War of Independence and cedes fishing rights and land to the United States. |
| September | 1812 | 12 | Selkirk settlers reach Winnipeg |
| September | 1819 | 26 | Edward Parry anchors for a 10 month stay off Melville Island, (He is the first searcher for the Northwest Passage to winter the artic by Choice.) |
| September | 1864 | 1 | Charlottetown Conference opens to discuss the confederation of British North America colonies. |
| September | 1877 | 22 | Treaty No.7 cedes the last big section of Prairie land to the government of Canada. |
| September | 1878 | 17 | Secret ballot used for the first time in a federal general election. |
| September | 1900 | 1 | Boer War-Siege of Ladybrand, OFS |
| September | 1900 | 1 | Boer War-Engagement, Warmbad, South African Republic |
| September | 1900 | 2 | Boer War-Skirmish, Badfontein (Rietfontein) Helvetia/Lydenburg, South African Republic |
| September | 1900 | 4 | Boer War-Engagement, Gatsrand, Tvl; Skirmish: Pan Station, Middelburg,Tvl; Leeuw River Mills, Ladybrand, OFS |
| September | 1900 | 8 | Boer War-Engagement,: Paardeplaats, Lydenburg, Mauchsberg, Tvl |
| September | 1900 | 11 | Boer War-Skirmish, Malopo-oog, Tvl |
| September | 1900 | 12 | Boer War-Skirmish, Nelshoogtepas, Kaapsche Hoop, Tvl |
| September | 1900 | 24 | Boer War-Skirmish, Blaauwkoppie, Bethlehem, OFS |
| September | 1900 | 26 | Boer War-Skirmish, Burger Pass, Pilgrim's Rest, Tvl |
| September | 1901 | 3 | Boer War-Skirmish, Klaarwater, Herschel, Cape Colony |
| September | 1901 | 5 | Boer War-Skirmish, Bouwershoek, Cradock; engagement, Rhenosterfontein, Tvl |
| September | 1901 | 7 | Boer War-Engagement, Moordenaarspoot, Dordrecht |
| September | 1901 | 10 | Boer War-Engagement: Pullenshoop, Carolina, Tvl; Driefontein, Swartberg Mountains, Cape Colony |
| September | 1901 | 12 | Boer War-Engagement, Penhoek Pass, Cape Colony |
| September | 1901 | 15 | Boer War-Skirmish, Tweefontein, Carolina, Tvl |
| September | 1901 | 16 | Boer War-Skirmish: Middeldrif. Carolina; Visserskraal, Hanover, Cape Colony |
| September | 1901 | 17 | Boer War-Battle of Bloedrivierspoort, Tvl/Natal; Engagement, Modderfontein (Elandsrivierpoort, Tarkastad/Cradock |
| September | 1901 | 19 | Boer War-Skirmish, Slangfontein, Bloemfontein, OFS |
| September | 1901 | 25 | Boer War-Engagement, Fort Itala, Natal/Zoeloeland |
| September | 1901 | 26 | Boer War-Attack Fort Prospect, Natal, Zoeloeland |
| September | 1901 | 30 | Boer War-Battle of Moedwil, Selons River , Zeerust/Rustenburg, Tvl |
| September | 1905 | 1 | Saskatchewan and Alberta join Confederation. Immigrants rush to settle in the plains, mainly as wheat farmers. |
| September | 1906 | 1 | Province and territories joined Confederation, or were created from existing parts of Canada: Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| September | 1914 | 4 | Aproximately 32,000 men have assembled at Valcartier. |
| September | 1914 | 15 | Trenches first dug on the Western Front |
| September | 1915 | 19 | Newfoundland Regiment lands at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli. |
| September | 1915 | 25 | Action of Bois Grenier (part of the Battle of Loos) |
| September | 1916 | 1 | World War I - Pozieres Ridge (Fighting for Mouquet Farm) |
| September | 1916 | 3 | World War I - Battle of Guillemont |
| September | 1916 | 9 | World War I - Battle of Ginchy |
| September | 1916 | 15 | World War I - Battle of Flers-Courcelette |
| September | 1916 | 15 | Battle of Courcelette. First use of the tank and the rolling barrage. |
| September | 1916 | 26 | Wordl War I - Battle of Thiepval Ridge. |
| September | 1917 | 20 | World War I - Battle of Menin Road Ridge |
| September | 1918 | 2 | World War I - The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line. |
| September | 1918 | 12 | Wordl War I - Battle of Havrincourt |
| September | 1918 | 18 | World War I - Battle of Epehy |
| September | 1918 | 27 | The Battle of the Canal Du Nord and Cambrai. |
| September | 1937 | 1 | Trans Canada Air Lines begins regular flights. |
| September | 1939 | 10 | Canada declares war on Germany after remaining neutral for a week following the British declaration. Premier Duplessis opposes war. |
| September | 1939 | 10 | World War II Begins for Canada - Canada declares war on Germany after approval by the Canadian parliament. |
| September | 1945 | 2 | Hostilities in the Pacific basin end. The End of World War II |
| September | 1945 | 5 | The first Canadian nuclear reactor goes into operation. |
| September | 1945 | 5 | Igor Gouzenko defects from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa and reveals the existence in Canada of a Soviet spy network. |
| September | 1952 | 6 | The first Canadian scheduled TV broadcast. |
| September | 1952 | Canada's first television stations begin part-time broadcasts in Montréal and Toronto. | |
| September | 1954 | 9 | Marilyn Bell, age sixteen, is the first person to swim Lake Ontario. |
| September | 1962 | 3 | The Trans- Canada Highway opens. |
| September | 1962 | 29 | Canada launches the Alouette I satellite to study the ionosphere, becoming the third country in space after Russia and United States. |
| September | 1962 | 29 | Canada becomes the third nation in space with the launch of the satellite Alouette I. |
| September | 1972 | 28 | Few Canadian have been credited with deeds as momentous as the goal Paul Henderson scored for Team Canada The converted rebound, with thirty-four seconds remaining in the final game of the first ever Canada-Russia series, turned back a relentless Soviet U |
| September | 1976 | 15 | Team Canada wins the first Canada Cup. |
| September | 1977 | 6 | Highway signs are changed to the metric system. |
| September | 1979 | 5 | The first uniquely Canadian gold bullion coin, stamped with a Maple Leaf, goes on sale. |
| September | 1981 | 23 | Québec bans public signs in English. |
| September | 1984 | 9 | The Pope visits Canada. |
| September | 1988 | 9 | David See-Chai Lam, born in Hong Kong, becomes British Columbia's lieutenant-governor. |
| September | 1988 | 24 | Ben Johnson sets a world record and wins the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in Korea (Sept. 24). Testing positive for steroids, he is stripped of his medal two days later. The Supreme Court strikes down Québec's French-only sign law. |
| September | 1990 | Bob Rae upsets David Peterson and, with a surprising majority, becomes Ontario's first NDP Premier. | |
| September | 1991 | 8 | Canada's Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) is launched aboard NASA's Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) to provide new measurements of the physical and chemical processes taking place at altitudes ten to three hundred kilometers above the eart |
| September | 1994 | 15 | Separatist Jacques Parizeau becomes the premier of Quebec. |