Quantifying history by how bloody the battles were is the most American thing I've heard in a while.

There were trade wars. The history of the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Trading is bloody as hell. They shaped the country. No one really knows how many people died in their skirmishes. They built forts that still stand today, and they're why a lot of towns/areas are called Fort(name.)

Louis Riel is a fascinating figure, like a tricksy, bloody, charming asshole who literally beheaded a diplomatic envoy. He, himself, was beheaded. The whole history of the Metis people is fascinating.

The Acadians and their connection to the Cajuns (a condensed slang of Acadian. Cadian. Cajian..) is pretty neat. It's a whole other French culture most Canadians don't even know about.

Not to mention all the whitewashed history of indigenous peoples, their histories and cultures. Indigenous leader's push for justice reform, based on their cultures and needs, is changing the way the justice system works in Canada, and influencing the world.