On July 1st, Canada celebrated its 158th birthday. As a tribute to the country I love, I have made a list of 230 special people, places and thigs associated with Canada. I want to make it clear that my list is highly subjective. It is impossible to please everyone. My choices were limited to 230, so I expect to be criticized for what I have left out. Of course, readers will have issues with some of my selections, especially some of the people I have chosen. However, the Canadians on this list are not perfect. Some have feet of clay. I did not choose them because of their perfection. I did not choose them because I approve of everything they did or said. I chose them because of their talents, their contributions to humanity and to arts and sciences, sports and entertainment. They are nation builders. In many ways, they define this country. They are quintessentially Canadian.
1, The vastness and natural beauty of this country. Canada's motto: A mari usque ad mare " From sea to sea."
2. The foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Alberta
3. Lighthouses
4. Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
5, Hockey and all the great Canadian hockey players
6. Indigenous peoples of Canada
7. Maple trees, maple syrup and the maple syrup festival in Elmira, Ontario
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| Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, Elmira Ontario |
8. Octoberfest in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
9. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and the Shaw Festival
10. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
11. Frederick Banting and Charles Best, the discovery of insulin
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| Frederick Banting |
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| Charles Best |
12, Terry Fox, athlete, humanitarian, cancer research advocate
13. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
14. The Chateau Frontenac and historic Old Qucbec (Vieux Québec), UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quebec City
15. The St. Lawrence River and the St. Lawrence Seaway, laker at the seaway at Montreal
16. The red soil of Prince Edward Island and P.E.I. potatoes
17. Atlantic Canada seafood
18. Lucy Maud Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables and Green Gables Heritage Place, L.M. Montgomery's National Historic Site in Prince Edward Island National Park, Cavendish
19. Stratford Festival, Stratford Ontario
20, The CN Tower, Toronto Ontario
21. The St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario
22. The Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario
23. Parks, national and provincial, especially Gross Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Jasper National Park, Alberta
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| Gross Morne National Park, Newfoundland |
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Jasper National Park, Alberta
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24. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the TIFF Lighthouse
25. Ed and Anne Mirvish and the Mirvish theatre district, Toronto, Ontario
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| Toronto's Entertainment District at night |
26. Inuit art
27. Signal Hill and Cabot Tower, St. John's Newfoundland
28. L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland - Viking Settlement
29. Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
30. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
31. Kensington Market, Toronto, Ontario
32. Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Quebec
33. Canada's democratic institutions and parliamentary system of government. Parliament Hill and the Parliament Buildings and Peace Tower in Ottawa, Ontario
34. Byward Market, Ottawa, Ontario
35. The Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Grey Cup
36. The Canadian Human Rights Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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37. The Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba
38. Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
39. Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
40. Niagara Falls, Ontario
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41. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, St. Mary's Ontario
42, Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, Ontario
43. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, basilica, Quebec
44. Montmorency Falls, Quebec
45. The Niagara Parkway and Queenston Heights, Ontario
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| Niagara Parkway |
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| Queenston Heights |
46. Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, immigration museum
47. The Tragically Hip and Gord Downie (rock band)
48. Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter, musician
49. Shania Twain, singer
50. The Guess Who (rock band)
51. Bay of Fundy and Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
52. Banff and Banff National Park, Alberta, including Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, Columbia Icefield
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| Banff National Park |
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| Lake Louise |
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Moraine Lake
53. The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) or the Es and Princes' Gates, Toronto, Ontario  |
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| Princes' Gates - arch at entrance to CNE |
54.. The prairie wheat fields of Saskatchewan
55. Fans of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders
56. Canadian Music Hall of Fame, National Music Centre, Calgary Alberta
57. Multiculturalism and diversity, immigrants
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58. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and Bluenose II
59. Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto
60. Toronto Islands
61. Halifax waterfront, Nova Scotia
62. SkyTrain, Vancouver, British Columbia
63. The Maple Leaf flag, the official flag of Canada since February 15, 1965
64. Tommy Douglas, politician, premier of Saskatchewan, NDP leader, advocate of universal healthcare
65. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, scientist, engineer
66. Emily Carr, artist
67. Acadians of Canada
68. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
69. The Fabulous Five - Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Irene Parlby
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| Nellie McClung |
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| Emily Murphy |
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| Irene Parlby |
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| Henrietta Muir Edwards |
70. Viola Desmond, Civil and women's rights activist businesswoman, challenged racial segregation at movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia by refusing to leave a white's only area of the cinema.
71. Bonhomme and the Quebec Winter Carnival in Quebec City
72. Newfoundland comedians - Rick Mercer, Mark Critch, Mary Walsh etc.
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| Rick Mercer |
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| Mary Walsh |
73. Summer McIntosh, swimmer, Olympic medalist
74. Tom Longboat, long-distance runner
75. Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
76. Anne Murray, singer
77. Joey Smallwood, brought Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949, first premier of the province, now officially known and Newfoundland and Labrador
78. Stanley Park and Lion's Gate Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia
79. Leonard Cohen, singer, songwriter
80. Sandy Hawley, champion jockey
81. Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
82. Spinnakers' Landing, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
83. The Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta
84. National Film Board of Canada and animator Norman McLaren
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| Norman McLaren |
85. Canada Health Act
86. Christine Sinclair, soccer star
87. National Anthem - O Canada and Callixa Lavallée, composer of the music for O Canada
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| Callixa Lavallée |
88. Ned Hanlan, rower
89. Foster Hewitt, hockey broadcaster
90. Hayley Wickenheiser, hockey
91. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, politician, journalist, Father of Confederation
92. Norval Morrisseau, Indigenous artist
93. John Peters Humphrey, author of the original draft of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
94. Gastown, area of Vancouver, British Columbia
95. The Eastern Townships, Quebec
96. Agawa Canyon, Ontario
97. Manitoulin Island, Ontario
98. Klondike National Historic Site - Whitehorse, Yukon
99. Lester B. Pearson, 14th prime minister of Canada, winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize
100. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario
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| Franklin Carmichael |
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| Arthur Lismer |
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| Francis "Franz" Johnston |
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| Lauren Harris |
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| A.Y. Jackson |
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| J.E.H. MacDonald |
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| Frederick Varley |
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| Tom Thomson |
101. James Naismith and the invention of basketball
102. David Suzuki, academic, science broadcaster, environmental activist
103 Rick Hansen, "Man in Motion," Paralympic track and field athlete, activist and philanthropist for the disabled
104. Marshall McLuhan, professor, philosopher, author, media theory
105. Pierre Berton, historian, writer, journalist, broadcaster
106. E. Pauline Johnson, poet
107. Norman Bethune, surgeon who served in the Spanish Civil War
108. Marc Garneau, astronaut and politician
109. Chris Hadfield, astronaut
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110. Canadaarm
111. Gordon Pinsent, actor
112. (Johnny) Wayne and (Frank) Shuster, entertainers, comedians
113. Margaret Atwood, author
114. Pierre Trudeau. 15th prime minister of Canada, patriated the Canadian constitution and established the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
115. Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips
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| Nathan Phillips |
116. Fathers of Confederation
Sir John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, and Sir George-Étienne Cartier-Étienne Cartier, statesmen, Fathers of Confederation
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| Sir John A. Macdonald |
117. Donald Sutherland, actor
118. Christopher Plummer, actor
119. Stephen Leacock, writer, humorist
120. Morley Callaghan, writer
121. Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
122. Butter tarts
123. Mary Pickford, silent film actor
123. Marguerite Bourgeoys, religious sister in the colony ofNew France, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal
124. Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter
125. Celine Dion, singer
126. Bryan Adams, singer-songwriter, musician
127. Alice Munro, writer, won Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013
128. Mordecai Richler, author
129. W.P. Kinsella, novelist and short story writer
130. E.J. Pratt, poet
131, Lincoln Alexander, lawyer, politician, first Black member of Parliament in the House of Commons, Lieutenant Govenor of Ontario (1985-1991)
132. Chief Dan George
133. Maureen Forrester, opera singer
134. April Wine, rock band
135. Triumph, rock group
136. Michael Ondaatje, writer
137. Jean Drapeau, Montreal mayor
138. Science North in Sudbury, Ontario
139. David Foster, musician, composer, arranger
140. Lampshades of Avenue Cartier in Quebec City
141. Joseph E. Atkinson, newspaper editor, publisher., philanthropist. Owner of the Toronto Star.
142. Al Waxman, actor
143. Ken Taylor, diplomat, educator and businessman, known for his role in the "Canadian Caper" during the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran
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144. Canadian universities, especially McGill University in Montreal, the University of Toronto and Laval University in Quebec City
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McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
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145. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada. His government secured the passage of the Canadian Bill of Rights, granted the vote to First Nation and Inuit people and opposed apartheid in South Africa. In 1962, the Diefenbaker government eliminated racial discrimination in immigration policy
146. Laura Secord, lived in Niagara region of Upper Canada, warned British forces of American attack during War of 1812
147. Norman Jewison, filmmaker
148, Lorne Greene, CBC broadcaster during World War II, known as "The Voice of Doom," actor
149. High Park, Toronto, Ontario
150. Donovan Bailey, sprinter, Olympic gold mealist
151. Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
152. Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor, businessman
153. Okanagan Valley and Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
154. Stompin; Tom Connors, singer-songwriter
155. Whale watching
156. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, seventh prime minister of Canada, first French speaking Canadian PM
157. Louis Riel, founder of Manitoba, Métis leader
158. Jean Charest, lawyer, politician, premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012
162. Jean Chrétien, 20th prime minister of Canada
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| Skiing whistler mountain |
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229. Peter Gzowski, broadcaster
