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    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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    Australian humour British humour Canadian humour Deadpan Form-versus-content humour Gelotology, the study of laughing and laughter German humour Humour in translation...
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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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    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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    Toilet humour, or potty or scatological humour (compare scatology), is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, diarrhea, constipation, urination...
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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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    culture of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humour, musical, political and social elements that are representative of Canadians. Throughout...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Arthur Black (humorist) (category Canadian humour columnists)
    also wrote a series of 19 humorous books and for 40 years wrote a weekly humour column which began in 1976 in a local Thunder Bay newspaper called Lakehead...
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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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    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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  • Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour was a print-based Canadian-based humour magazine. It was conceived and founded by Dr. John Cocker, a family physician...
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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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    monarchism in Canada, strong republicanism is not a prevalent element of contemporary Canadian society. The movement's roots precede Canadian Confederation...
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    advantages of bilingualism in Canada, published by the Canadian Council on Learning, page 6 states: ‘Although most Canadian school children are taught English...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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