150 Things We Love About Canada (from a 9 and 10-year old point of view)
1. Freedom 2. Architecture and beautiful buildings 3. Education 4. Nature 5. Weather 6. Safety 7. Transportation 8. Shelter 9. Stewards of the earth 10. A welcoming country 11. Charitable 12. Four seasons 13. Celebrations 14. Fresh water 15. Fresh food 16. Hockey 17. Our National Anthem – O Canada 18. Our great Prime Minister 19. Our national flag 20. Peace 21. Freedom of speech 22. Our history 23. Universal Health care 24. Good athletes 25. National animal – the Beaver 26. Father Sean O’Sullivan, the late Hamilton MP who initiated the process of making the Beaver our national animal 27. Beautiful scenery 28. RCMP 29. Shopping 30. Technology – Blackberry 31. Environmentally conscious 32. Toronto Raptors 33. Toronto Blue Jays 34. Cleanliness 35. Toronto Maple Leafs 36. Montreal Canadiens 37. Edmonton Oilers 38. CN Tower 39. Hamilton Tiger Cats 40. MP Filomena Tassi 41. Sean Mendes 42. Drake 43. Algonquin Park 44. Ripley’s Aquarium 45. Canada goose 46. Justin Bieber 47. French language 48. Ottawa Senators 49. Tim Hortons 50. Second biggest country 51. Canada’s Wonderland 52. Maple syrup 53. Andre Degrasse 54. Bonhomme 55. Arkells 56. Hedley 57. Right to vote 58. Immaculate Conception School, Ancaster, Ontario 59. Joseph Brant 60. First Nations 61. Indigenous people 62. Baseball bats – Canadian made 63. Sir John A. MacDonald 64. Gordie Howe 65. Wayne Gretzky 66. Tragically Hip 67. Roots 68. Bobby Orr 69. Canadian Tire 70. James Naismith 71. Alessia Cara 72. Penny Oleksiak 73. “The Weeknd” 74. Poutine 75. Toonie 76. Loon 77. Fathers of Confederation 78. Dan Akroyd 79. Longest street in the world – Yonge Street, Toronto 80. Mario Lemieux 81. Sidney Crosby 82. Caramilk 83. 2014 Olympic medals 84. McCain fries 85. Skylon Tower 86. West Edmonton Mall 87. Niagara Falls 88. Marineland 89. Six Nations 90. Martin Short 91. Sherman Falls 92. Dundurn Castle 93. Ice hotel in Quebec – Hotel de Glace, Quebec City 94. Rattlesnake park 95. Tiffany Falls 96. Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls 97. McMaster University 98. African Lion Safari 99. Alexander Graham Bell 100. Ripley’s Believe it or
Not, Niagara Falls 101. University of Ottawa
campus 102. Rainforest Café, Niagara
Falls 103. Flying Squirrel,
Hamilton 104. Ribfest 105. Hospitality – Canada takes good care of its people 106. Muskoka 107. Fishing 108. Boating 109. Sauble Beach 110. Swimming in Lake Erie 111. Sherkston Shores 112. Port Dover 113. Paris, Ontario 114. Cottage life 115. Grand Bend 116. Winona Peach Festival 117. Mayor Fred Eisenberger 118. Historical churches 119. House of Commons 120. Clean water 121. Curling 122. Lacrosse 123. Our hospitals 124. Team Canada 125. Abandoned ship station
at Sherkston 126. Blue Mountain 127. Inukshuk 128. Highway of Heroes 129. Clifton Hill, Niagara
Falls 130. Toronto Zoo 131. Princess Point,
Hamilton 132. Banff 133. Rocky Mountains 134. Toronto FC Soccer 135. Great Wolf Lodge,
Niagara Falls 136. Confederation Park 137. Royal Botanical Gardens 138. Anne of Green Gables 139. Toronto Island 140. Hornblower Cruise,
Niagara Falls 141. Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Whitby 142. Bissell’s Hideaway,
Ridgeville, Ontario 143. Rogers Centre 144. Turkey Point 145. Ontario Science Centre 146. Queen Elizabeth 147. Medieval Times 148. Hockey Hall of Fame 149. 24 Sussex Dr. 150. Canada’s Kids at Immaculate Conception School, Ancaster