Canadians have an endearingly annoying tendency to call out and identify anyone or anything that is Canadian to non-Canadians when it's brought up in conversation — even if it has nothing to do with the conversation at hand.
"The Alessia Cara album is so effortlessly effervescent, and it really captures her spirit from track-to-track."
"She's Canadian, you know."
Some have called it The List, which remains unspoken, but for some reason we all know it more-or-less by heart. So we took the slightly inane liberty of creating this list. As a reference point, of sorts, so you are fully equipped with all the things — people, animals inventions, movies, TV shows, music, slang, companies, organizations, cuisine — that are Canadian.
1. 15/love
2. 19-2
3. 6teen
4. A. Y. Jackson
5. A. J. Cook
6. A&W
7. Aaron Ashmore
8. Adam Beach
9. Addition Elle
10. Adventures of Shirley Holmes
11. Air Canada
12. Air Transat
13. Alan Thicke
15. ALDO
16. Alessia Cara
17. Alex Trebek
18. Alexander Graham Bell
19. Alexander Ludwig
20. Alexisonfire
21. Alison Crowe
22. Alison Pill
23. All Systems Go!
24. All the Degrassi kids
25. All-Dressed chips
26. Almost Heroes
27. The AM Radio
28. Amanda Marshall
29. Amanda Tapping
30. The Amazing Race Canada
31. Ananas
32. Andrea Martin*
33. Angela Anaconda
34. Anna Paquin
35. Anna Silk
36. Anne Of Green Gables
37. Anthony Lemke
38. The Anti-Gravity Room
39. Antiviral
40. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
41. Arcade Fire
42. Arctic Air
43. Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
44. Ari Millen
45. Aritzia
46. Avan Jogia
47. Avril Lavigne
48. Away From Her
49. B'y
50. B4-4
51. Babar
52. Bad Boy Furniture
53. Bagged milk
54. Bahamas (the band)
55. Bank of Montreal
56. Bank of Nova Scotia
57. The Barbarian Invasions
58. Barenaked Ladies
59. Barney's Version
60. Basketball
61. Battle Of The Blades
62. The Beachcombers
63. Beaver
64. Beavertails
65. Being Erica
66. Bell
67. Bell Media
68. Ben Mulroney
69. Bench
70. The Big Comfy Couch
71. Big Wolf On Campus
72. Billy Bishop
73. Billy Talent
74. Black Christmas
75. Blackberry
76. Blarfs (Ginormous Aritzia blanket scarves)
77. The blue jay
78. Bobby Orr
79. Bollywood/Hollywood
80. Bonhomme
81. Boston Pizza
82. Braceface
83. Bradford How
84. Breakfast Television
85. Brendan Fraser
86. Brent Butt
87. Brian Mulroney
88. The Brick
89. The Bridge
90. Bristol board
91. Bryan Adams
92. Buckley's
93. Bulk Barn
94. Bunnyhug
95. Bush
96. Butter tarts
97. The Caesar (drink)
98. Cahiers
99. Caillou
100. Call Me Fitz
101. Canada Day
102. Canada Dry
103. Canada Goose
104. Canadian Idol
105. Canadian National Railway Company
106. Canadian Thanksgiving (or just "Thanksgiving," as we call it)
107. Canadian Tire
108. Canadian Tire money
109. Canola
110. Care Bear
111. Caribou (the band)
112. Caribou (the animal)
113. Carly Rae Jepsen
114. Caroline Rhea
115. Carrie-Anne Moss
116. Catherine O'Hara
117. Catriona LeMay Dion
118. Catwalk
119. CBC
120. Celine Dion
121. Chad Kroeger
122. Chantal Kreviazuk
123. Chapman's Ice Cream
124. Chapters-Indigo
125. Chef At Home
126. Chloe
127. Chopped Canada
128. Chris Hadfield
129. Christine Sinclair
130. Christopher Plummer
131. Chromeo
132. CIBC
133. Cineplex
134. Cirque du Soleil
135. Clara Hughes
136. Club Monaco
137. Cobie Smulders
138. Coffee Crisp
139. Coffee Time
140. Colin Mochrie
141. Comeback Kid
142. Comedy Inc.
143. Comedy Now!
144. Computerized Braille
145. Continuum
146. Corner Gas
147. Cory Monteith (<3)
148. Cottage season
149. Countdown (MuchMusic)
150. Country Style
151. Crash (Cronenberg version)
152. C.R.A.Z.Y.
153. Crispers
154. Da Vinci's Inquest
155. Daily Planet
156. Dallas Green
157. Dan Aykroyd
158. Dan Levy
159. Daniel Powter
160. Dark Matter
161. Datsik
162. Dave Thomas
163. David Foster
164. David Sutcliffe
165. David Suzuki
166. Dead Ringers
167. Deadmau5
168. Death From Above 1979
169. Deepwater Black
170. Degrassi
171. Deryk Whibley
172. Devon
173. Diana Krall
174. Disband
175. DJ A-Trak
176. Dollarama
177. Don Cherry
178. Donairs
179. Donald Sutherland
180. Donovan Bailey
181. Doug Ford
182. Dragons' Den
183. Drake
184. Due South
185. Duo-tangs
186. Durham County
187. Dylan Bruce
188. The Edison Twins
189. Egg cartons
190. "Eh"
191. Electric Circus
192. Electric Cooking Range
193. Electric Wheelchair
194. The Elephant Show
195. Elisha Cuthbert
196. Ellen Page
197. Emily Carr
198. Emily VanCamp
199. Emmanuelle Chriqui
200. Enrico Colantoni
201. Epic Meal Time
202. Eric McCormack
203. Erica Durance
204. Erin Karpluk
205. ET Canada
206. Eugene Levy
207. Evangeline Lilly
208. Evelyne Brochu
209. Existenz
210. Exotica
211. Extended French
212. Family Day
213. Fefe Dobson
214. Feist
215. The Fifth Estate
216. Finger Eleven
217. Five-pin bowling
218. Flashpoint
219. FM Static
220. Fraggle Rock
221. Francesco Yates
222. Frank Gehry
223. Freaky Stories
224. French Immersion
225. The Friendly Giant
226. FUBAR
227. Garage (the brand)
228. Garburators
229. Garlic fingers
230. George And Martha
231. George Nozuka
232. George Shrinks
233. George Stroumbolopous
234. George Stroumbolopous Tonight
235. Gerry Dee
236. Ginger Snaps
237. "Give'r"
238. Goalie masks
239. Gordie Howe
240. Grace Park
241. Graham Greene
242. Grey-horned owl
243. The Group of Seven
244. The Guess Who
245. Hailey Wickenheiser
246. Hammy the hamster
247. Hard Core Logo
248. Harry Rosen
249. Harvey's
250. Haven
251. Hayden Christensen
252. The heart pacemaker
253. Heartland
254. Hedley
255. Helen Slater
256. Helix
257. Herschel
258. Hickory sticks
259. Hit List
260. Hockey
261. Hockey Night In Canada
262. Holt Renfrew
263. Homo milk
264. "Hoser"
265. Hot Hot Heat
266. House Hippo
267. Housecoat
268. Howie Mandel
269. Hudson's Bay Company
270. "I smell burnt toast"
271. IMAX
272. InnerSpace
273. Instant mashed potatoes
274. Instant replay system
275. Insulin
276. It's Alive
277. Jacob Tremblay
278. Jacob Two Two
279. James Cameron
280. James Doohan
281. Jann Arden
282. Jared Keeso
283. Jason Priestley
284. Jay Baruchel
285. Jay Manuel
286. Jeff Healey
287. Jessi Cruickshank
288. Jessica Lowndes
289. Jessica Paré
290. Jewel Staite
291. Jonathan Torrens
292. Jim Carrey
293. Jimmy Two-Shoes
294. Jodelle Ferland
295. Joe Fresh
296. Joe Shuster
297. John Candy
298. Jolly Jumper
299. Jon Dore
300. Joni Mitchell
301. Jordan Gavaris
302. Jos. Louis
303. Josh Vokey
304. Joshua Jackson
305. Jully Black
306. JUNO Awards
307. JusReign
308. Just For Laughs
309. Just For Laughs: Gags
310. Justin Bieber
311. Justin Nozuka
312. Justin Trudeau
313. k-os
314. k.d. Lang
315. K'naan
316. Kalan Porter
317. Kardinal Offishall
318. Keanu Reeves
319. "Keener"
320. Keifer Sutherland
321. Kelly Rowan
322. Kenny vs. Spenny
323. "Kerfuffle"
324. Kerosene
325. Ketchup chips
326. Kevin Hanchard
327. Kevin Zegers
328. Kids In The Hall
329. Kiefer Sutherland
330. Killjoys
331. Kim Campbell
332. Kim Cattrall
333. Kim Coates
334. Kobo
335. Kraft Dinner
336. Kreesha Turner
337. Kristian Bruun
338. Kristin Kreuk
339. La Senza
340. Labatt
341. Last Night
342. Laura Secord
343. Laura Vandervoort
344. Lawn Sprinkler
345. Lawren Harris
346. Le Chateau
347. Leah Miller
348. Leonard Cohen
349. Leslie Nielsen
350. Less Than Kind
351. Lester B. Pearson
352. Letterkenny
353. LIGHTS
354. Lilly Singh (Superwoman)
355. Lionsgate Entertainment
356. The Listener
357. Little Mosque On The Prairie
358. The Littlest Hobo
359. Loblaws
360. The loon
361. Loonies
362. Lorne Green
363. Lorne Michaels
364. Lost Girl
365. Louis Riel
366. Love It Or List It
367. Luke MacFarlane
368. Lululemon
369. Lynx
370. Mad Child
371. Made In Canada
372. Maestro
373. Magic!
374. Majid Jordan
375. Maniac Mansion
376. Maple syrup
377. MAPLE EVERYTHING (consummable)
378. MAPLE EVERYTHING (nonconsummable)
379. Margaret Atwood
380. Margot Kidder
381. Marilyn Bell
382. Marshall McLuhan
383. Mario Lemieux
384. Martin Short
385. Mary Pickford
386. Matthew Perry
387. Maurice Richard
388. Maynards
389. Meatballs (the food) — JK, the 1979 comedy, Meatballs.
390. Megan Park
391. Melissa O'Neil
392. Men With Brooms
393. Mendocino
394. Metric
395. Mexx
396. Mia Kirshner
397. Michael Bublé
398. Michael Cera
399. Michael Hogan
400. Michael J. Fox
401. Michael Mando
402. Michael Smith
403. "Mickey"
404. Mike Duffy
405. Mike MacDonald
406. Mike Myers
407. Mike Weir
408. Missy Peregrym
409. Mitsou
410. The Moffatts
411. Molson
412. Mona The Vampire
413. The monarch butterfly
414. Monty Hall
415. The moose
416. Mountain Equiment Co-op
417. Mr. Sub
418. Mr. Big
419. Mr. D
420. Mr. Dressup
421. MSTRKRFT
422. MuchMusic Video Awards
423. MuchOnDemand
424. Murdoch Mysteries
425. The muskoka chair
426. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
427. My Pet Monster
428. My Secret Identity
429. Naheed Nenshi
430. Naked Josh
431. Nanaimo bars
432. Nanalan'
433. Naomi Klein
434. Nathan Fielder
435. Nathan Fillion
436. National Bank of Canada
437. The National
438. The Nature of Things
439. Ned's Newt
440. Neil Young
441. Nelly Furtado
442. Nelvana
443. Neve Campbell
444. New Waterford Girl
445. The Newsroom (the CBC version, not the Sorkin version)
446. Nia Vardalos
447. Nickelback
448. Nina Dobrev
449. Norm Kelly
450. Norm Macdonald
451. Numb Chucks
452. The odometer
453. The Odyssey
454. Old Dutch
455. One Week
456. Orphan Black
457. Our Lady Peace
458. OVO
459. The pager
460. Paint rollers
461. Pamela Anderson
462. Parkades
463. Passchendale
464. The Passionate Eye
465. Patrick Chan
466. Patrick J. Adams
467. Paul Anka
468. Paul Campbell
469. Paul Shaffer
470. PD days
471. Peaches
472. Peanut butter
473. Picnicface
474. Pierre Trudeau
475. Pizza Nova
476. Pizza Pizza
477. Polka Dot Door
478. Polkaroo
479. Popular Mechanics for Kids
480. Porky's
481. Postmedia
482. Poutine
483. President's Choice
484. Prom Night
485. Property Brothers
486. The prosthetic hand
487. Purex
488. Pylons
489. The Raccoons
490. (Actual) Raccoons (or just Conrad)
491. Rachelle Lafevre
492. Rachel McAdams
493. Radio Active
494. Readalong
495. Ready Or Not
496. ReBoot
497.The Red Green Show
498. Red Olympic mittens
499. The Red Violin
500. ReGenesis
501. Reitmans
502. Remembrance Day
503. Remi Shand
504. Republic Of Doyle
505. Restaurant Makeover
506. The Rez
507. Ricardo And Friends
508. Rick Fox
509. Rick Hansen
510. The Rick Mercer Show
511. Rick Moranis
512. Rick "The Temp" Campanelli
513. RIM
514. The Ripping Friends
515. Road to Avonlea
516. Rob Ford
517. Robbie Amell
518. Robert Munsch
519. Roberta Bondar
520. Robin Duke
521. Roger Cross
522. Rogers
523. Rollie Pollie Ollie
524. The Ron James Show
525. Rookie Blue
526. Roots
527. Roots cabin socks (the grey and white ones, you know what I'm talking about)
528. Royal Bank of Canada
529. The Royal Canadian Air Farce
530. Rufus Wainwright
531. Rupert
532. Rush
533. Russell Peters
534. Ryan Gosling
535. Ryan Reynolds
536. Sagwa
537. Sandra Oh
538. Sarah Chalke
539. Sarah McLachlan
540. Satisfaction
541. Saving Hope
542. Saw
543. Saying something is "jokes"
544. Scanners
545. Schitt's Creek
546. The seal
547. Second Cup
548. Seed
549. Sensitive Skin
550. Seth Rogen
551. Shad
552. Shannon Tweed
553. Shaw Media
554. Shawn Ashmore
555. Shawn Desman
556. Shawn Mendes
557. Shay Mitchell
558. Shenae Grimes
559. Shoppers Drug Mart
560. Show Me Yours
561. Sidney Crosby
562. Silken Laumann
563. Simons
564. Simple Plan
565. Sir Frederick Banting
566. Sir John A. Macdonald
567. Skye Sweetnam
568. Sleeman Breweries
569. Sleep Country Canada
570. Slings and Arrows
571. Smarties (the chocolate kind, and OK, maybe the people kind)
572. Smoked meat sandwiches
573. Snow
574. The snow blower
575. The snow mobile
576. The snowshoe hare
577. So You Think You Can Dance Canada
578. Sobeys
579. "Soccer baseball"
580. The Social
581. Sorel
582. Spelling "pyjamas" with the Y
583. Spirit Bear
584. Splice
585. Stana Katic
586. Stargate Atlantis
587. Steamwhistle
588. Stephanie "Sugar" Beard
589. Steven Amell
590. Steven and Chris
591. Stickin' Around
592. Stories We Tell
593. "Storm chips"
594. Street Legal
595. Street Cents
596. Student Bodies
597. Sugar Jones
598. Sum 41, the rest of
599. Sunnyside
600. Superman
601. "Supply teachers"
602. The Sweet Hereafter
603. Swiss Chalet
604. Swiss Chalet sauce
605. System Crash
606. "The medium is the message"
607. "Tabernac"
608. Table hockey
609. Tahmoh Penikett
610. Tamia
611. Tanya Tagaq
612. Tariq
613. Tatiana Maslany
614. Taylor Kitsch
615. Tecumseh
616. Tegan and Sara
617. Telefrancais
618. The telephone
619. Telus
620. Terry Fox
622. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
623. This Hour Has 22 Minutes
624. Three Days Grace
625. Tim Hortons
626. Timbits
627. Timothy's World Coffee
628. A "Tims run"
629. TNA
630. Tobogganing
631. Tokyo Police Club
632. Tom Cochrane
633. Tom Green
634. Tom Longboat
635. Tom Power
636. Tommy Chong
637. Tommy Douglas
638. The toonie
639. Top Chef Canada
640. "Toque"
641. Toronto Dominion Bank
642. Traders
643. The Tragically Hip
644. Trailer Park Boys
645. Tricia Helfer
646. Trivial Pursuit
647. The Tudors
648. "Two-four"
649. Tyler Labine
650. Uh Oh
651. Velcro
652. Victoria Day
653. Video and Arcade Top 10
654. Video On Trial
655. Videodrome
656. Wade Wilson
657. Wagonwheels
658. Walk Off The Earth
659. The walkie talkie
660. "Washroom"
661. Wave
662. Waydowntown
663. Wayne & Schuster
664. Wayne Gretzky
665. The Wedge
666. The Weeknd
667. Westjet
668. Whale Music
669. Wilfrid Laurier
670. Will Arnett
671. William Shatner
672. Wind Mobile
673. Winners
674. Wipeout Canada
675. The wonderbra
676. Wolverine
677. Wunderbar
678. Yakkity Yak
679. Yannick Bisson
680. You Can't Do That On Television
681 You Gotta Eat Here
682. Young Empires
683. Yvon of the Yukon
684. Zoboomafoo
685. The Zack Files
686. The zamboni
687. Zellers
688. The zipper
689. Zoe Busiek: Wild Card
690. Zoie Palmer
691. "Zed"
*Although Ms. Martin was technically born in the United States, due to her involvement in such Canadian productions as SCTV, Little Mosque On The Prairie, and the Canadian Screen Awards, we are claiming her anyway. Sorry not sorry.