The 50 Faces of the War of 1812 interpretive panels show some of the leading military participants in the war including Canadian Militia, Indigenous peoples and the British Army.
Between 1812 and 1815 the six colonies of British North America: Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Lower Canada (modern Quebec) and Upper Canada (modern Ontario) with a population of just over 600,000 people, engaged in a fight for survival against the neighbouring United States. For nearly three years English and French speaking Canadians, and their Indigenous allies, fought alongside the British army and navy to preserve their freedom.
Although there were tensions along the border for nearly half a century after the war, never again did the United States and Canada engage each other in armed conflict.
