The terms “historical” and “heritage” are sometimes used interchangeably depending on the province or territory. Both are generally defined to mean artifacts, features, or places that are significant to our understanding of the past. This can mean our recent past (such as Historic buildings, farmsteads, etc.); the shared heritage of Indigenous Peoples (Indigenous Archaeological sites, Traditional Use sites, etc.); or the distant ancient past (ice-age megafauna sites, dinosaur fossil sites, etc.).