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'''Canada''' is the second largest country in the world by area, and has a population of
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Three of the most memorable moments to most Canadians in their history include: the [[The War of 1812]]; the Battle of Vimy Ridge in [[World War I]], using tactics by Canadian General Arthur William Currie to capture the ridge from the Germans; and finally, Game 8, 1972, Canada v. Soviet Union<ref>[[Moment of Awesome|They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!]]</ref>.
Insisting that Canada is still a Dominion of the United Kingdom (it hasn't been since 1949 and the UK completely gave up any sort of legislative rights in Canada in 1982) or is in any way in some sort of union with the United States is bound to [[Berserk Button|stir up some backdraft]] amongst Canadians, as will suggesting Quebec should be independent (outside of Quebec, minus certain parts of Montreal).
Culturally, Canadians are perceived as being modest, quiet, and a bit like a backwards rustic neighbour. The [[Canucks With Chinooks]] page shows just how inaccurate that is. Similarities to America are profound, but those similarities are heatedly protested by Canadians. [[Canada, Eh?|If one is asked to think of "Canada", generally the idea of plaid-wearing lumberjacks in a snow-filled pine forest where moose and beavers frolic about and bears savagely roam is imagined. Somewhere, ice hockey is filled in.]] Maple syrup (as well as the maple leaf, which is on Canada's flag) is commonly associated with Canada, and--like Alaska--it's hard to imagine not covered in snow and freezing.
Canada isn't all wine and roses (or beer and skittles), though. The "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tcCpKtoU0 residential schools]" -- a systematic program of cultural genocide against the native peoples -- is a part of living memory... but, while we're willing to admit it, taking steps to atone is something that has barely if at all started. And, in our own way, we're just as racist as the USA; we're just better at convincing ourselves (and the rest of the world) that we aren't.
If you're looking for Hollywood Canada, see [[Canada, Eh?]].
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[[File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg|thumb|Flag of Canada]]
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] / [[Beware the Quiet Ones]]: Canada has a reputation for being polite and prefers to take an international role out of the spotlight, but the [[Canucks With Chinooks]] page exists for a reason. Also, Canada's "Joint Task Force 2" is considered by [[The Pentagon]] to be a Tier One special forces unit.
{{quote|Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line, they prepared for the worst.|[[The Men of Downing Street|British Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]]}}
* [[The British Empire]] / [[The Commonwealth]]: Canada was part of the Empire and is part of the Commonwealth. It's one of the Commonwealth's biggest boosters, not that that's saying much.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Speaking both English and French helps you ''tremendously'' in Canada. Quebecois can't complain that you're one of the ''maudit Anglos'', the Anglo-Canadians can't complain that you're one of the stuck-up Quebecers, and a lot more government jobs are open for bilingual people. This is also the reason why most successful Prime Ministers were all from the "Laurentian Elite", i.e. people from the Ottawa to Montreal region - they grew up bilingual.
* [[The Federation]]: Canada is a fairly centralized example of one - crime prevention, for example, is entirely controlled by the federal authorities, not the provinces (though the provinces may also have their own police service - the Sureté de Québec is probably the most famous). This is due to the Constitution Act of 1867 laying out a very wide set of powers the federal government explicitly has. Another good example is marriage - most family law is provincial law, ''but'' marriage regulation is a federal power. It's also the reason Canada became the fourth country in the worldto allow same-sex marriages on a national scale in 2005 - because regulating marriage was a federal power, all it took was three readings in the House of Commons, three readings in the Senate and Governor (well, Royal, but it's ''de facto'' Governor) Assent, rather than the long-term state-by-state approval process seen in the US.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Canadians Love Curling]]: Curling originated from Scotland, yet it's Canada that dominates curling in international competitions.
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: According to legend, when Jacques Cartier asked the Huron-Iroquois people where he was, they replied that they were taking him to "kanata", meaning "the village". He interpreted it as "we are in the nation of Kanata". So he wrote "Canada" on all the maps.
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* [[Montreal]], the largest French speaking city in the Americas.
* [[Toronto]], the biggest city and the financial hub of Canada, but is not the national capital (that's Ottawa, also in Ontario but a bit to the east-northeast; Toronto is the provincial capital), and definitely not the centre of the universe no matter how much Torontonians may wish for it.
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* [[Niagara Falls]]: There's one of these in the USA, too, but the Canadian one gets all the publicity.
People (an incomplete list):
* [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]
* [[Emily Carr]]
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