- Fleming was born in 1827 in Scotland. Emigrated to Canada in 1845.
- Designed the first Canadian postage stamp, known as the Three-Penny Beaver issued in 1851.
- Was Chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway while being built coast-to-coast. He oversaw the surveys of the prairies and Rocky Mountains.
- While retired, Fleming devised a telegraph communications system for the British Empire.
- Sandford Fleming became Sir Sandford Fleming in 1897, when he was knighted.
- Greenwich England is 0 hour where all time zones start
- Canada has 7 time zones, the USA, 4. The Soviet Union has the most at 9 time zones.