10 Myths About Canada

To end this Cana­dian List of Ten series, I’d like to tackle ten myths peo­ple may have about Canada. And yes, I have per­son­ally heard each one of them, believe it or not!

10 Canadian Political Facts

Cana­dian pol­i­tics takes some time to get used, espe­cially for Euro­peans. The three lev­els of gov­ern­ment are new to us (there are no provinces nor states in Europe) and national pol­i­tics is some­what eclipsed by local news, more rel­e­vant to com­mu­ni­ties in this huge country.

10 Things You Must Eat (Or Drink) In Canada

Let’s not do like Stephen Harper and Gov­er­nor Gen­eral Michaelle Jean vis­it­ing Nunavut: raw seal heart is not for every­one. But I know there are some Cana­dian spe­cial­ties you are dying to try!

10 Things To Experience In Canada

Canada, the best coun­try on earth? Well, I’d hate to brag… but the truth is, there is plenty to expe­ri­ence here and it’s a great coun­try to live in. The stereo­type of a frozen land North of the USA doesn’t do Canada jus­tice.
No mat­ter whether you are a new­comer or a life­long Cana­dian cit­i­zen, here are ten things to expe­ri­ence in Canada.

10 Facts About Canadians

Believe it or not, the stereo­typ­i­cal Cana­dian is not a lum­ber­jack, doesn’t live in an igloo some­where up North, and doesn’t always watch hockey.

Okay, the last part may be true. Hockey Night in Canada is prob­a­bly the most pop­u­lar TV pro­gram here.

10 Canadian Sports

Have you ever heard of curl­ing? Did you know that cricket was pop­u­lar here? Can you name Canada’s offi­cial sum­mer sport?

No?

Looks like you need this 10 Cana­dian sports list!

10 Canadian Expressions

Con­trary to pop­u­lar belief, Cana­di­ans don’t speak Cana­dian. Most speak Eng­lish, or French, or even both. But Cana­dian Eng­lish also has words or expres­sions not found, or not widely used, in other vari­ants of Eng­lish. Do you know these ten?

10 Great Canadians

There are great Cana­di­ans in all fields: sports, sci­ence, arts, social sci­ences… Thou­sands of Cana­di­ans from all back­grounds and all ori­gins helped improve this world, one way or another, through the centuries.