101 things that define Canada, and 20 that don't

101 things that define Canada, and 20 things that don't.

1. Maple Leaf

2. Hockey

3. Canadian Flag

4. Beaver

5. Canadarm

6. Canada Day

7. Peacekeeping

8. Pierre Trudeau

9. Universal health care

10. Niagara Falls

11. The Rocky Mountains

12. Wayne Gretzky

13. Parliament Hill

14. Ottawa

15. Frederick Banting and the discovery of insulin

16. The RCMP

17. CN Tower in Toronto

18. Quebec City

19. Terry Fox

20. Confederation

21. Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

22. First and Second World Wars

23. Canadian Constitution/Charter of Rights/Bill of Human Rights

24. Multiculturalism

25. Stanley Cup

26. Calgary Stampede

27. Celine Dion

28. Canadian National Railway

29. Toronto

30. Vimy Ridge

31. Plains of Abraham

32. Sir John A. Macdonald

33. David Suzuki

34. Montreal

35. Wilderness

36. Tommy Douglas

37. Loonie

38. Freedom

39. Quebec

40. Maple syrup

41. Moose/caribou

42. Wildlife

43. Stephen Harper

44. Lester Pearson

45. Grey Cup

46. Olympics

47. Expo 67

48. Bilingualism

49. Vancouver

50. Avro Arrow

51. Democratic Nation

52. Quebec Winter Carnival

53. Banff National Park

54. Hydroelectricity

55. St. Lawrence Seaway

56. Curling

57. Remembrance Day

58. Tim Hortons

59. Maurice Richard

60. Trans-Canada Highway

61. Snow

62. Canada geese

63. Medical/scientific/technical inventions and advancements

64. Rene Levesque

65. Great Lakes

66. Chateau Frontenac

67. Immigration policy

68. Environmental conservation/concerns

69. Blue Nose

70. Oil

71. 1972 Summit hockey series

72. National Anthem

73. Bombardier

74. Montreal Jazz Festival

75. Jean Chretien

76. Don Cherry

77. War of 1812

78. 2010 Vancouver Olympics

79. Charlottetown

80. Repatriation of the Constitution

81. Friendly, polite country

82. Victoria Day

83. The Prairies

84. Discovery of the polio vaccine

85. Winter

86. Halifax

87. Queen Elizabeth

88. Hudson Bay

89. Anne Murray

90. Canadian beer

91. Pierre Berton

92. Victoria

93. Quebec referendum

94. Fleur-de-lis

95. National parks

96. Olympic Stadium

97. Juno Award

98. Rideau Canal/skating on the canal

99. Aid/helping other countries

100. Space exploration

101. Canadian elections

Below are a few aspects of Canadiana that didn't score enough points to be included in the Top 101, finally putting to rest "EH" as the great Canadian definer:

102. the Group of Seven

103. Legalization of same sex marriage

111. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

119. Afghanistan mission/ war

120. Basketball

138. Louis Riel and the 1885 Rebellion

141. The seal hunt

143. Quebec City founded

182. Signal Hill

186. The BlackBerry phone

206. Bobby Orr

225. "EH"

238. Meech Lake Accord

240. Gordie Howe

290. Taxes

316. Igloo

338. Invention of the zipper

340. Billy Bishop

374. Anne of Green Gables

381. Sir Sanford Fleming

Source: Dominion Institute of Canada