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The following is a list of vital articles with significant cultural, political or historical interest to Canada. This is intended to be an open-ended list, so feel free to add anything you believe fits the scope (although, do take care to avoid recentism). These articles should be improved and watched over closely for vandalism. For more information on this list and the process for adding articles, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.

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Awards and honours

• File:Symbol b class.svg Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada

Arts awards

• File:Symbol c class.svg Polaris Music Prize
• File:Symbol start class.svg Félix Award
• File:Symbol start class.svg Gemini Awards
• File:Symbol b class.svg Juno Award
• File:Symbol b class.svg iHeartRadio MMVAs
• File:Symbol start class.svg Prix Gémeaux

Halls and walks of fame

• File:Symbol start class.svg Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Error creating thumbnail: Canada's Walk of Fame
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Football Hall of Fame
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Music Hall of Fame
• Error creating thumbnail: Hockey Hall of Fame

Honours (national)

• File:Symbol b class.svg Cross of Valour (Canada)
• Error creating thumbnail: Order of Canada
• Error creating thumbnail: Victoria Cross (Canada)

Honours (provincial and territorial)

• File:Symbol c class.svg Alberta Order of Excellence
• File:Symbol c class.svg Order of British Columbia
• File:Symbol b class.svg Order of Manitoba
• Error creating thumbnail: Order of New Brunswick
• File:Symbol c class.svg Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Error creating thumbnail: Order of Nova Scotia
• File:Symbol c class.svg Order of Ontario
• File:Symbol c class.svg Order of Prince Edward Island
• File:Symbol c class.svg National Order of Quebec
• File:Symbol c class.svg Saskatchewan Order of Merit
• File:Symbol c class.svg Yukon Territory Order of Polaris

Sports awards

• File:Symbol list class.svg Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
• Error creating thumbnail: Lionel Conacher Award
• Error creating thumbnail: Lou Marsh Trophy

Commerce

Businesspeople

• File:Symbol c class.svg Jim Pattison

Construction

• File:Symbol c class.svg SNC-Lavalin

Equity

• File:Symbol start class.svg Onex Corporation

Manufacturing

• File:Symbol b class.svg Bombardier Inc.
• File:Symbol c class.svg Massey Ferguson

Mining

• File:Symbol c class.svg Barrick Gold
• File:Symbol start class.svg Rio Tinto Alcan

Retail

• File:Symbol start class.svg Birks & Mayors
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Tire
• File:Symbol b class.svg Eaton's
• File:Symbol c class.svg Holt Renfrew
• File:Symbol b class.svg Hudson's Bay Company
• File:Symbol c class.svg La Maison Simons
• File:Symbol c class.svg Loblaw Companies
• File:Symbol c class.svg Sears Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Simpsons (department store)
• File:Symbol c class.svg Walmart Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Woodward's

Telecommunications

• File:Symbol b class.svg Nortel

Culture

• File:Symbol b class.svg Culture of Canada

Main topics

• File:Symbol c class.svg Architecture of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian art
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian identity
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian literature
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian values
• File:Symbol b class.svg Cinema of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Demographics of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Disability in Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg LGBTQ rights in Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Multiculturalism in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Music of Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Religion in Canada

Museums and galleries

• File:Symbol c class.svg Art Gallery of Alberta
• File:Symbol c class.svg Art Gallery of Ontario
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canada Aviation and Space Museum
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Museum of History
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Museum of Nature
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian War Museum
• File:Symbol c class.svg Glenbow Museum
• File:Symbol c class.svg Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Musée de la civilisation
• File:Symbol start class.svg Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
• File:Symbol start class.svg Museum of Anthropology at UBC
• File:Symbol c class.svg National Gallery of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Pier 21
• File:Symbol start class.svg Royal Alberta Museum
• File:Symbol c class.svg Royal Ontario Museum
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Rooms
• File:Symbol start class.svg Vancouver Art Gallery

Peoples

• Error creating thumbnail: Indigenous peoples in Canada
• Error creating thumbnail: Canadians
• File:Symbol b class.svg First Nations in Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Inuit
• File:Symbol c class.svg Métis in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Québécois people

Food and drink

• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian cuisine

Overviews

• File:Symbol c class.svg Beer in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian wine
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian whisky

Main articles

• File:Symbol start class.svg Butter tart
• Error creating thumbnail: Caesar
• Error creating thumbnail: Maple syrup
• File:Symbol start class.svg Montreal-style bagel
• File:Symbol start class.svg Montreal-style smoked meat
• File:Symbol b class.svg Nanaimo bar
• Error creating thumbnail: Poutine

Brands

• File:Symbol start class.svg Harvey's
• File:Symbol c class.svg Labatt Brewing Company
• File:Symbol start class.svg Molson Brewery
• File:Symbol start class.svg Sleeman Breweries
• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Tim Hortons

Geography and geology

• File:Symbol b class.svg Geography of Canada

Regions

• File:Symbol c class.svg Atlantic Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Calgary–Edmonton Corridor
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Prairies
• File:Symbol start class.svg Central Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Golden Horseshoe
• File:Symbol c class.svg The Maritimes
• File:Symbol start class.svg Northern Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Western Canada

Land

• File:Symbol c class.svg Baffin Island
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Rockies
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Shield
• File:Symbol b class.svg Cascade Range
• File:Symbol c class.svg Coast Mountains
• File:Symbol c class.svg Laurentia
• Error creating thumbnail: Mount Edziza volcanic complex
• File:Symbol c class.svg Mount Logan
• File:Symbol start class.svg Mount Robson
• File:Symbol c class.svg Vancouver Island

Water

• File:Symbol b class.svg Bay of Fundy
• File:Symbol b class.svg Great Lakes
• File:Symbol c class.svg Hudson Bay
• File:Symbol c class.svg Mackenzie River
• File:Symbol c class.svg Saint Lawrence River

History and military

• File:Symbol b class.svg History of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Featured article star - cross.svg Military history of Canada

Overviews

• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian Armed Forces
• Error creating thumbnail: Canadian peacekeeping
• File:Symbol b class.svg History of monarchy in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg History of immigration to Canada
• Error creating thumbnail: Territorial evolution of Canada

People

• File:Symbol list class.svg Persons of Historic Significance
• File:Symbol c class.svg Billy Bishop
• File:Symbol c class.svg Jacques Cartier
• File:Symbol b class.svg Samuel de Champlain
• Error creating thumbnail: Terry Fox
• File:Symbol c class.svg Marc Garneau
• Error creating thumbnail: Louis Riel
• Error creating thumbnail: Laura Secord

Events

• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Centennial
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian Confederation
• File:Symbol b class.svg Expulsion of the Acadians
• Error creating thumbnail: Expo 67
• File:Symbol b class.svg Great Depression in Canada
• Error creating thumbnail: Halifax Explosion
• File:Symbol c class.svg October Crisis
• File:Symbol c class.svg Quiet Revolution
• File:Symbol b class.svg Red River Rebellion
• File:Symbol c class.svg Winnipeg general strike

Battles and warfare

• Error creating thumbnail: Battle of Vimy Ridge
• File:Symbol b class.svg Battle of Passchendaele
• Error creating thumbnail: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canada in the War in Afghanistan
• File:Symbol c class.svg Military history of Canada during World War I
• File:Symbol c class.svg Military history of Canada during World War II
• File:Symbol c class.svg Second Battle of Ypres
• File:Symbol c class.svg War of 1812

Historic sites

• File:Symbol list class.svg Lists of historic places in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg National Historic Sites of Canada

Holidays

• File:Symbol start class.svg Public holidays in Canada

Main articles

• File:Symbol b class.svg Canada Day
• File:Symbol start class.svg National Acadian Day
• File:Symbol c class.svg Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
• File:Symbol c class.svg Remembrance Day
• File:Symbol start class.svg Thanksgiving (Canada)
• File:Symbol b class.svg Victoria Day

Language

• File:Symbol b class.svg Languages of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Official bilingualism in Canada

Main topics

• File:Symbol start class.svg Acadian French
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian English
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian French

Law

• File:Symbol c class.svg Law of Canada

Main topics

• File:Symbol b class.svg Abortion in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Aboriginal law
• File:Symbol b class.svgFile:Featured article star - cross.svg Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Canadian property law
• File:Symbol b class.svg Capital punishment in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Constitution of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Euthanasia in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Human rights in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Insolvency law of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg LGBT rights in Canada

Case law

• File:Symbol start class.svg Edwards v Canada (AG)
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Patriation Reference
• File:Symbol start class.svg R v Morgentaler
• File:Symbol start class.svg R v Zundel
• File:Symbol start class.svg Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage
• File:Symbol start class.svg Reference Re Persons of Japanese Race
• File:Symbol c class.svg Reference Re Secession of Quebec
• File:Symbol start class.svg Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG)
• File:Symbol start class.svg Roncarelli v Duplessis
• File:Symbol start class.svg Delgamuukw v British Columbia

Legislation

• File:Symbol start class.svg Civil Code of Quebec
• File:Symbol start class.svg Criminal Code
• File:Symbol b class.svg Charter of the French Language
• File:Symbol c class.svg Potlatch ban

Media, artists, authors and actors

• File:Symbol b class.svg Media of Canada

Media and communications

• File:Symbol c class.svg Astral Media
• File:Symbol b class.svg Bell Media
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• File:Symbol c class.svg Cogeco
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Gesca
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Globe and Mail
• File:Symbol start class.svg Le Devoir
• File:Symbol c class.svg Postmedia Network
• File:Symbol start class.svg Quebecor
• File:Symbol start class.svg Rogers Media
• File:Symbol c class.svg Shaw Communications
• File:Symbol c class.svg Telus
• File:Symbol c class.svg Thomson Reuters
• File:Symbol start class.svg Torstar

Artists

• File:Symbol start class.svg Group of Seven
• File:Symbol b class.svg Emily Carr

Authors

• Error creating thumbnail: Margaret Atwood
• File:Symbol b class.svg Douglas Coupland
• File:Symbol b class.svg Farley Mowat

Actors

Literary Works

• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian literature
• Error creating thumbnail: "In Flanders Fields"
• Error creating thumbnail: The Hockey Sweater

Movies

• File:Symbol b class.svg Cinema of Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Cinema of Quebec
• File:Symbol c class.svg National Film Board of Canada
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Evangeline (1913 film)

Musicians

• File:Symbol b class.svg Bryan Adams
• File:Symbol b class.svg Justin Bieber
• File:Symbol b class.svg Leonard Cohen
• File:Symbol b class.svg Drake (musician)
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Guess Who
• File:Symbol b class.svg Glenn Gould
• File:Symbol b class.svg Gordon Lightfoot
• File:Symbol b class.svg Joni Mitchell
• File:Symbol c class.svg Anne Murray
• File:Symbol c class.svg Nickelback
• File:Symbol c class.svg File:Featured article star - cross.svg Rush
• File:Symbol start class.svg Stompin' Tom Connors
• File:Symbol c class.svg The Tragically Hip
• File:Symbol c class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg ‪Neil Young‬

Musical works

• Error creating thumbnail: O Canada
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Canada (1967 song)
• File:Symbol start class.svg Gens du pays
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Hockey Song
• File:Symbol b class.svg The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Television programmes

• File:Symbol start class.svg Bye Bye (TV series)
• File:Symbol b class.svg Corner Gas
• File:Symbol start class.svg CTV National News
• File:Symbol c class.svg Degrassi
• File:Symbol b class.svg Due South
• File:Symbol start class.svg Front Page Challenge
• File:Symbol b class.svg Hockey Night in Canada
• File:Symbol stub class.svg La famille Plouffe
• File:Symbol start class.svg La Petite Vie
• File:Symbol stub class.svg Le Téléjournal
• File:Symbol b class.svg Little Mosque on the Prairie
• File:Symbol start class.svg Mr. Dressup
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Beachcombers
• File:Symbol start class.svg The Friendly Giant
• File:Symbol start class.svg The National (TV program)
• File:Symbol start class.svg Tout le monde en parle (Canadian talk show)
• File:Symbol c class.svg Trailer Park Boys
• File:Symbol start class.svg Virginie

Money and finance

• File:Symbol c class.svg Economy of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Economic history of Canada

Banks and credit unions

• File:Symbol b class.svg Bank of Montreal
• File:Symbol start class.svg Desjardins Group
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• File:Symbol start class.svg National Bank of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Royal Bank of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Scotiabank
• File:Symbol c class.svg Toronto–Dominion Bank

Currency

• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian dollar
• File:Symbol start class.svg Canadian Tire money
• File:Symbol c class.svg Loonie
• File:Symbol start class.svg Toonie

Institutions

• File:Symbol b class.svg Canada Post
• File:Symbol b class.svg Royal Canadian Mint
• File:Symbol start class.svg Toronto Stock Exchange

Sectors

• File:Symbol b class.svg Agriculture in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Electricity sector in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Petroleum industry in Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Tourism in Canada

Organizations and events

Organizations

• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• File:Symbol c class.svg Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Events

• Error creating thumbnail: Calgary Stampede
• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian National Exhibition
• File:Symbol start class.svg Just for Laughs
• File:Symbol start class.svg Pride Toronto
• File:Symbol start class.svg Quebec Winter Carnival
• File:Symbol c class.svg Toronto International Film Festival
• File:Symbol start class.svg Winterlude

Places

• Error creating thumbnail: Canada

Provinces and Territories

• File:Symbol c class.svg Alberta
• File:Symbol b class.svg British Columbia
• Error creating thumbnail: Manitoba
• File:Symbol b class.svg New Brunswick
• File:Symbol b class.svg Newfoundland and Labrador
• File:Symbol b class.svg Northwest Territories
• File:Symbol b class.svg Nova Scotia
• File:Symbol b class.svg Nunavut
• File:Symbol b class.svg Ontario
• File:Symbol b class.svg Prince Edward Island
• File:Symbol c class.svg Quebec
• File:Symbol b class.svg Saskatchewan
• File:Symbol b class.svg Yukon

Cities

• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Calgary
• Error creating thumbnail: Edmonton
• Error creating thumbnail: Hamilton
• Error creating thumbnail: Montreal
• File:Symbol b class.svg Ottawa
• File:Symbol c class.svg Quebec City
• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Toronto
• File:Symbol b class.svgFile:Featured article star - cross.svg Vancouver
• Error creating thumbnail: Winnipeg

Politics and government

• File:Symbol c class.svg Government of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Politics of Canada

Events

• File:Symbol start class.svg British North America Act, 1867
• File:Symbol c class.svg Charlottetown Accord
• File:Symbol b class.svg Constitution Act, 1982
• File:Symbol c class.svg Halibut Treaty
• File:Symbol b class.svg Meech Lake Accord
• File:Symbol start class.svg Quebec referendum, 1980
• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Quebec referendum, 1995
• File:Symbol c class.svg Statute of Westminster 1931

Legislative buildings

• Error creating thumbnail: Parliament Hill
• File:Symbol start class.svg Parliament Building (Quebec)
• File:Symbol start class.svg Province House (Prince Edward Island)

Parties

• File:Symbol b class.svg Bloc Québécois
• File:Symbol c class.svg Conservative Party of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Liberal Party of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg New Democratic Party

Official residences

• File:Symbol c class.svg 24 Sussex Drive
• File:Symbol b class.svg Citadelle of Quebec
• File:Symbol b class.svg Rideau Hall

Positions

• File:Symbol b class.svg Governor General of Canada
• File:Symbol b class.svg Monarchy of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Official Opposition
• File:Symbol c class.svg File:Featured article star - cross.svg Parliament of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg Prime Minister of Canada
• File:Symbol c class.svg File:Featured article star - cross.svg Senate of Canada

People

• File:Symbol b class.svg Tommy Douglas
• File:Symbol b class.svg William Lyon Mackenzie King
• File:Symbol b class.svg Jack Layton
• File:Symbol b class.svg René Lévesque
• Error creating thumbnail: John A. Macdonald
• File:Symbol b class.svg Lester B. Pearson
• File:Symbol b class.svg Pierre Trudeau

Science, medicine and inventions

• File:Symbol c class.svg Healthcare in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Invention in Canada
• File:Symbol start class.svg Science and technology in Canada

Services

• File:Symbol b class.svg Emergency medical services in Canada

Medicine

• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Insulin

Inventions

• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadarm
• File:Symbol start class.svg Pablum
• File:Symbol c class.svg Snowmobile
• File:Symbol start class.svg Standard time
• File:Symbol start class.svg Zipper

People

• File:Symbol c class.svg Frederick Banting
• File:Symbol b class.svg Alexander Graham Bell
• File:Symbol b class.svg William Osler
• File:Symbol b class.svg David Suzuki

Sports and recreation

• File:Symbol c class.svg Sports in Canada

Main topics

• File:Symbol b class.svg Ice hockey
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian football
• File:Symbol b class.svg Lacrosse

Teams and leagues

• File:Symbol b class.svg File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg National Hockey League
  • Error creating thumbnail: Stanley Cup
  • Error creating thumbnail: Calgary Flames
  • File:Symbol b class.svg Edmonton Oilers
  • Error creating thumbnail: File:Featured article star - cross.svg Montreal Canadiens
  • Error creating thumbnail: Ottawa Senators
  • Error creating thumbnail: Toronto Maple Leafs
  • File:Symbol b class.svg Vancouver Canucks
  • File:Symbol c class.svg Winnipeg Jets (current incarnation)
  • File:Symbol b class.svg Winnipeg Jets (1972–96) (previous incarnation)
• File:Symbol b class.svg Canadian Football League
  • Error creating thumbnail: Grey Cup
• File:Symbol b class.svg Toronto Blue Jays
• File:Symbol b class.svg Montreal Expos
• Error creating thumbnail: Toronto Raptors

People

• File:Symbol c class.svg Don Cherry
• File:Symbol b class.svg Lionel Conacher
• Error creating thumbnail: Sidney Crosby
• Error creating thumbnail: Wayne Gretzky
• File:Symbol c class.svg Brooke Henderson
• Error creating thumbnail: Paul Henderson
• File:Symbol b class.svg Gordie Howe
• File:Symbol c class.svg Clara Hughes
• Error creating thumbnail: Angela James
• File:Symbol c class.svg Ferguson Jenkins
• File:Symbol c class.svg Ben Johnson
• File:Symbol start class.svg Cindy Klassen
• File:Symbol b class.svg Mario Lemieux
• Error creating thumbnail: James Naismith
• File:Symbol start class.svg Paris Crew
• Error creating thumbnail: Milos Raonic
• Error creating thumbnail: Maurice Richard
• File:Symbol c class.svg Bobbie Rosenfeld
• Error creating thumbnail: Christine Sinclair
• File:Symbol b class.svg Hayley Wickenheiser

Events

• Error creating thumbnail: Summit Series
• File:Symbol c class.svg 1976 Summer Olympics
• Error creating thumbnail: 1988 Winter Olympics
• File:Symbol c class.svg 2010 Winter Olympics

Recreation

• File:Symbol b class.svg Trivial Pursuit

Transportation

• File:Symbol b class.svg Transportation in Canada

Main topics

• File:Symbol c class.svg Canadian National Railway
• File:Symbol c class.svgFile:Featured article star - cross.svg Canadian Pacific Railway
• File:Symbol b class.svg Confederation Bridge
• File:Symbol b class.svg Northwest Passage
• Error creating thumbnail: Ontario Highway 401
• File:Symbol c class.svg Trans-Canada Highway

National historic designations

• Events of National Historic Significance
• National Historic Sites of Canada
• Persons of National Historic Significance

Most popular articles

• Popular articles about Canada

Category importance

Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
69	940	12,885	142,522	85,988	746	243,150

See also

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