Some of the world’s most famous superheroes were imagined by Canadians, including Superman and Wolverine. Even before Deadpool decked the big screen with his anti-hero banter and jokes about Canada, many other superheroes used their powers to fend off American influence, battle invaders, and so much more.
The Canadian strain of superhero is a part of the country’s pop cultural history and lives on in movie screens and comic books all across the world.
Canada's Official Flag
Canada got its very own flag 100 years after it became a country! — on February 15, 1965. In 1964, Canada's Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson formed a committee to resolve the ongoing issue of their official flag, or rather the lack thereof, sparking a serious debate about changing the Union Flag.
Out of three choices, they chose the maple leaf design by George Stanley. The flag then made its first appearance on February 15, 1965, with this date now being celebrated as National Flag of Canada Day.
'Eh?'
The popular and all too well-known Canadian interjection "eh" is entered in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary as a legit word.
The classic Canadian term used in everyday conversation can be used to say "hello," show surprise when you're joking, or nudge a person to respond. It's similar to the words "huh," "right?" and "what?" commonly found in U.S. vernacular.
Now That's a Weird Law
While we're on the subject of Comic books, it is illegal in Canadian to have comics that depict criminal acts. Now, this may sound like some crazy plot, but it dates back to a forgotten stipulation in the Criminal Code of Canada dating back to the 1940s.
A "crime comic," in this case, according to the criminal code, is any magazine or periodical which depicts either the commission of a crime or the events connected with the commission of a crime, before or after."
Banned in Canada!
The supremely intolerant, attention-seeking group known as the Westboro Baptist Church and its members have been banned from entering Canada.
The notoriously homophobic group is known as America's most hated family for protesting funerals of fallen U.S. soldiers with picket signs to disseminate its belief that God hates gays. Well done, Canada!