Popular Canadian Foods Everyone Should Try At Least Once

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Popular Canadian Foods Everyone Should Try At Least Once By Brian Boone Oct. 20, 2025 11:40 am EST

Canada and the United States have historically enjoyed a friendly but distant relationship, culturally speaking. Both countries share a language (or at least one of them; French is one of Canada's two official tongues, along with English) and certain standards of living. Canadian artists and entertainers often make their way south to try their luck in the larger American market, and many U.S.-based restaurants have thrived for decades after expanding into Canada. We all even eat a lot of the same foods, heavily influenced by a shared legacy of Western European colonialism and heritage. But if one looks closely, beyond the plethora of A&W burger joints and Tim Hortons coffe