In 1951, Time magazine declared Churchill to be the person of the half-century. In 2002, in a BBC poll he was voted the Greatest Briton of all time. He lived one of the most remarkable lives ever lived… in any century.
When Winston Churchill first arrived in Canada, a visit which coincided with the advent of the twentieth century it was the senior dominion in a far-flung Empire. His final visit, more than a half-century later, was to an independent and friendly ally in a unique political concept, the Commonwealth of Nations.
What was the relationship like between Churchill and Canada's longest serving Prime Minister.
From his birth in 1874 to his death 1965, Winston Churchill took part in most of the most important happenings of the first half of the 20th century. View a timeline of the major events of his life.