Humour is an integral part of the Canadian identity. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions...
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Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from...
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Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, also known as the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Leacock Medal, is an annual Canadian literary award presented...
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Toilet humour, potty humour or scatological humour (compare scatology), is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation (including diarrhea and...
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by American and British culture and humour. They blend the comic traditions of these cultures with Canadian humour while maintaining an outsider perspective...
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British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life. Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults...
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culture of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humour, musical, political and social elements that are representative of Canadians. Throughout...
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Canada conducts a country-wide census that collects demographic data every five years on the first and sixth year of each decade. The 2021 Canadian census...
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caricatured within Canada itself. The fact that others are perceived to know surprisingly little about Canada is a frequent theme in Canadian humour and such examples...
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Canadian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship...
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Herb Curtis (category Canadian humorists)
schools throughout Atlantic Canada and Quebec. In 2006, Curtis was a contributing author to The Penguin Anthology of Canadian Humour. The Americans are Coming...
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Canadian Army's motto is Vigilamus pro te (we stand on guard for thee). The lyrics have been translated into several indigenous languages of Canada,...
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Linwood Barclay (category Canadian humour columnists)
American-born Canadian author, noted as a novelist, humorist, and (former) columnist. His popular detective novels are bestsellers in Canada and internationally...
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Richard J. Needham (category Canadian humour columnists)
J. Needham (May 17, 1912, in Gibraltar–July 1996 in Toronto) was a Canadian humour columnist for The Globe and Mail. He previously worked at the Calgary...
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Stephen Leacock (category Canadian economists)
Leacock Award was created to meet the best in Canadian literary humour. In 1969, the centennial of his birth, Canada Post issued a six-cent stamp with his image...
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United States. Canadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of many years following the formation of the Canadian Confederation...
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the 2021 Canadian census, over 450 "ethnic or cultural origins" were self-reported by Canadians. The major panethnic origin groups in Canada are: European...
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Neil Crone (category Canadian humour columnists)
Neil Crone (born May 29, 1960) is a Canadian actor and writer. He is known for portraying Fred Tupper in Little Mosque on the Prairie, Jerry Whitehall...
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Humour in translation can be caused by translation errors, because of irregularities and discrepancies between certain items that translators attempt to...
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The Bandy Papers (category Canadian humour)
with Stalin's paranoia and secret police. The books are noted for their humour and word play, as well as technical and historical accuracy (except possibly...
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Quebec nationalism (redirect from French Canadian Nationalism)
within Canada, such as the Coalition Avenir Québec, also claim to be Québécois nationalists. Quebec nationalism was first known as "French Canadian nationalism"...
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According to the 2021 Canadian census, immigrants in Canada number 8.3 million persons and make up approximately 23 percent of Canada's total population....
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Canadian ethnicity refers to the self-identification of one's ethnic origin or ancestral roots as being Canadian. It was added as a possible response for...
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raised as a coping mechanism. Noting the many Canadian comedians, Canadian humour is discussed. Canada's juxtaposition between the dominant British and...
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Paul Bellini (category Canadian humour columnists)
Paul Bellini (born September 12, 1959) is a Canadian comedy writer and television actor best known for his work on the comedy series The Kids in the Hall...
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memoir by David Small, 2009 Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour, a Canadian humour magazine Stitch, a 1995 album by Klinik Stitches, a 2003 album...
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policy statement was the Canadian Multiculturalism Act of 1985. In 1982, multiculturalism was recognized by section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and...
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security of Canadians." The issuance and control of Canadian passports and other travel documents that facilitate the travel of Canadian citizens, permanent...
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through the Canadian National Film Act of 1950, which increased the authority of the government's National Film Board to finance and promote Canadian culture...
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Humour Resources is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2021. The series stars Jon Dore as a fictionalized...
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