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Three of the most memorable moments to most Canadians in their history include: the [[War of 1812]]; the Battle of Vimy Ridge in [[World War One]], 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|Henderson SCORES!!!]]</ref>.
Insisting that Canada is still a Dominion of the United Kingdom 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).
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* [[Canadian Politics]]
* [[Canadian Series]]
* [[CBC]], the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* [[Canucks With Chinooks]]
* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]
* [[The Common Law]]
* [[Ice Hockey]]: The national winter sport. The "ice" part is always assumed in Canada, so just call it "hockey" when visiting.
* [[Niagara Falls]]
* [[Only So Many Canadian Actors]]
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* [[The British Empire]] / [[The Commonwealth]]: Canada is part of this.
* [[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.
** Lampshading this, one of the suburbs of the nation's capital is named "Kanata."
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