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10 Recipes & Crafts to Celebrate Canada Day

June 16, 2017 by Deanna Tousignant 13 Comments

Canada’s 150th birthday is coming up! How are you planning to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation? It’s amazing what differences an invisible border between us and our cousins in the south can do, but divisive it is, and it’s led to some interesting foods that we can call uniquely Canadian.

In Canada, eh…

  • Milk might be something found the world over, but we confuse the south (and even some neighbours here in the north,) by purchasing our milk in bundles of 1.3L bags.
  • Ketchup is totally a legit flavour of chips.
  • We love our coffee so much, it must naturally be paired with chocolate for an afternoon snack, known as Coffee Crisp. (And we call ’em chocolate bars, not candy bars.)
  • It’s been estimated that about 15% of Canadians visit Timmies daily, can you imagine how many whisper the code words “double-double” with their order? I’ll give you a hint: It’s uttered so frequently, that it graces the pages of a Canadian English Oxford dictionary.
  • Butter tarts and poutine! If nothing else warrants a visit to Canada, these two Canadian foods are a must.

Want more? Here are 10 delicious recipes, and ultimately fun crafts that are all Canadian.10 Truly Canadian Ways to Celebrate Canada Day

Butter Tarts from Ann’s Entitled Life

Canada Day Chocolate Covered Pretzels from Little Miss Kate

Canada Day Red Velvet Cake Pops from Ottawa Mommy Club

Canada Day Word Search from Thrifty Mommas Tips

Canadian Burger Recipes from Simply Stacie

Celebrate Canada Day with a Fun Noisemaker from Preschool Toolkit

Easy Poutine Recipe from The Starving Chef Blog

Handprint Canada Day Flag from Mom vs the Boys

Maple Glazed Pound Cake & Candied Bacon Pecans from The Weeknight Chef

Maple Leaf Sandwich Cookies from An Italian In My Kitchen

What is your favourite thing about Canada? Is it our colourful currency? Do you have a more than healthy penchant for the Canadian tuxedo?

Whatever makes you a Canuck, you do you, and have a fantastic Canada150!

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Butter Tarts, Canada 150, Canada Day, Canuck, Chocolate Bars, Double-Double, Maple, Recipes

Comments

  1. paula schuck says

    June 28, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    Thanks for including my word search. I appreciate that! Hope you have a great weekend!

    Reply
  2. Wanda Tracey says

    October 29, 2017 at 12:00 am

    Thanks for sharing these awesome recipes and blog sites.This is a nice collection to refer to.

    Reply
  3. lori galbraith says

    October 30, 2017 at 7:28 am

    Butter tarts are a great Canada Day celebration desert, never would have thought of them.

    Reply
  4. Darren Scrubb says

    November 2, 2017 at 1:04 pm

    Great looking recipes that I will have to try out.

    Reply
  5. Nate says

    November 6, 2017 at 8:54 pm

    Thanks for the list

    Reply
  6. Jenny B says

    November 8, 2017 at 9:50 pm

    Those Canadian facts are so accurate! Poutine is favourite food ever but i have yet to try making it myself! I’ll have to give The Starving Chef Blog’s recipe a try!

    Reply
  7. Mike Gismondi says

    November 9, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    All of these look great!

    Reply
  8. janine a says

    November 15, 2017 at 11:26 am

    So true, we definitely do like our Tim Hortons! haha (I say, while sipping my tim hortons french vanilla)

    Reply
  9. Susan T. says

    December 15, 2018 at 4:35 pm

    Butter tarts and poutine for sure but don’t forget the Nanaimo Bars and Beaver Tails too! 🙂

    Reply
  10. wendy hutton says

    December 16, 2018 at 1:42 pm

    thanks for the list all great recipes, we love butter tarts

    Reply
  11. Shirley O says

    July 3, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    A great list of recipes! I am going to try the Canada Day Red Velvet Cake Pops.

    Reply
  12. kathy downey says

    July 15, 2019 at 9:42 am

    Thanks for shring alll these great recipes !

    Reply
  13. micheline says

    July 20, 2019 at 6:38 pm

    Love these ideas, my favourite would be the Handprint Canada Day Flags.

    Reply

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