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Top 10 Symbols of Canada


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hey it’s the True North strong and free
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten symbols of Canada I think I should
have turned left at that last tree for
this list we’ve decided to stick with
things and not people number 10 the Loon
kicking off our list is a symbol of the
Canadian wilderness many Canucks spend
their summers at cottages or camping and
that’s where most hear the loons iconic
call it was a toss-up between the loon
and the Canada Goose to see which would
make our list but their $1 coin is
called a loonie so that’s gotta be worth
something
Canada’s new dollar coin convenient
currency and it’s here now go with it
number nine mm-hmm maple syrup one
benefit to six months of winter is maple
syrup not mrs. Butterworth’s and Jemima
or some other imposter real maple syrup
from maple trees over 80% of the world’s
maple syrup comes from Canada so that’s
why it’s such a hot commodity in
souvenir shops plus they put that on
everything pancakes
Canadian bacon or as they call it back
bacon beans even snow it’s really good
on snow number eight wilderness contrary
to popular belief most Canadians don’t
live in igloos but it can be cold we’re
talking minus 40 in the dead of winter
cold and yes that’s Celsius Canada Wow
must have been cold what makes living in
Canada worth it among other things is
the striking natural scenery aside from
the fact that the Canadian side of
Niagara Falls is way better the
landscapes got everything mountains
valleys prairies forests glaciers
beaches hey they don’t call it the great
white north or nothing so the whole
thing is the great white north and the
blue like the ocean right cuz waters
blue he’s a genius hey number seven
beer with a drinking age of either 18 or
19 Canucks get a leg up on their
American counterparts when it comes to
boozing here may not be the most
sophisticated beverage on the market but
Canadians love making it and they love
drinking it even more grab a 2/4 Molson
Orla bats tuck into heckle Coaches
Corner
now that’s a Saturday night cow I’m rich
I’m richer you you can speak great so
don’t start telling me how to spike and
cow take off hoser number six moose this
Canadian icon is a brunette beauty with
nice legs and a great rack sorry guys
we’re talking about the moose the moose
is a symbol of Honor durability and
determination plus they’re absolutely
everywhere in the Canadian wilderness
they also make great mascots mementos
and money okay technically that’s a
caribou on the quarter but you get it
number five the beaver note not Bieber
fever
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another important animal the beaver was
historically at the center of Canada’s
hunting and fur trade it even became a
symbol for the iconic Hudson’s Bay
Company as early as 1678 it’s on stamps
it’s on the nickel it’s been the
national animal since 1975
Canadians really love their beavers get
your mind out of the gutter
number four Tim Hortons if you’ve ever
visited the great white north you may
have ordered a double-double and some
Timbits or at least seen how pervasive
timmy’s is why don’t we go to Tim’s
drink this one around here
obviously think of it this way Starbucks
has just over 30% of the u.s. coffee
market Tim Hortons has over 60 percent
of Canada’s that’s like more than one on
every corner plus only Canadians would
name a coffee chain after a hockey
player
I mean it’s the best of all Canadian
worlds it’s named after a hockey player
you got doughnuts you get a coffee and
the help is very polite number three oh
but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
coming in just ahead of the lumberjack
as a representation of Canadian bran is
the RCMP according to the stereotype a
Mountie is polite stoic and always gets
his man
so yeah Dudley do-right I know it must
be hot food believe you with your eyes
as blue and hot so true whether or not
that’s true
the RCMP is a symbol of Canada and the
uniform of a red Serge Stetson and
jodhpurs is iconic
you know firemen are hot it’s kinda like
that number two hockey Canadians spend
their childhoods playing it on frozen
ponds their Saturday nights watching it
on the CBC and their summers waiting for
it to start again hockey is the true
national sport of Canada and it props up
another Canuck icon the beer industry
Canadians take their hockey seriously
like riot seriously and they practically
worship their Holy Grail Lord Stanley’s
Cup the Stanley Cup emblematic of the
world’s champion tip number one
the maple leaf taking the top spot on
our list is the definitive symbol of
Canada the maple is the king of the
Canadian forest and its leaf is on the
penny and the flag a head of beer
beavers and Timmy’s the maple leaf is
the symbol of peace unity and tolerance
that Canadians identify with most Canada
is a great country a tell us which
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what an education a say good day good
day
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