Uh, I hate to bust your bubble here, but have you heard of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Report? It's been in the news about 9 years now and the myriad stories point out the decades of genocidal policies and ongoing consequences with 94 calls to action to not only heal them and more, but to end the lack of to outright fallacious understanding of Canadian history. Which most certainly is known by all the Indigenous and most Cdns. 

Maybe you also weren't around for his 200th anniversary in 2015, during which huge numbers of stories were printed regarding his entire history.