Editing Culture of Canada (section)

==Symbols==
{{Main|National symbols of Canada|Canadian royal symbols}}
[[File:Stamp Canada 1859 5c.jpg|200px|thumb|One of the national symbols of Canada, the beaver is depicted on the [[Nickel (Canadian coin)|Canadian five-cent piece]] and was on the first [[Postage stamps and postal history of Canada|Canadian postage stamp]], {{circa|1859}}.]]
Predominant symbols of Canada include the [[maple leaf]], [[beaver]], and the [[Canadian horse]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/n-10.7/ |title=National Horse of Canada Act |publisher=Canlii.org |access-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111041749/http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/n-10.7/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/o1-eng.cfm |title=The beaver |publisher=Pch.gc.ca |date=December 17, 2008 |access-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-date=December 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226002505/https://www.canada.ca/home.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/o3-eng.cfm |title=The Maple Leaf |publisher=Pch.gc.ca |date=November 17, 2008 |access-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222010103/http://pch.gc.ca/eng/1363626184104/1363626227047 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many official symbols of the country such as the [[Flag of Canada]] have been changed or modified over the past few decades to Canadianize them and de-emphasise or remove references to the United Kingdom.<ref name=Buckner2005nb>{{cite book|author=Phillip Alfred Buckner|title=Canada and the end of empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27IggObUC9kC&pg=PA86|year=2005|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-0916-0|page=86}}</ref> Other prominent symbols include the sports of [[ice hockey|hockey]] and [[lacrosse]], the [[Canada goose]], the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], the [[Canadian Rockies]],<ref name=symbol1>{{cite book|author=Canadian Heritage|title=Symbols of andCanada|url=http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.693005/publication.html|year=2002|isbn=978-0-660-18615-3|publisher=Canadian Government Publishing|access-date=June 23, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623223342/http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.693005/publication.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and more recently the [[totem pole]] and [[Inuksuk]];<ref name=Nels>{{cite book|title=Sociology in Action, Canadian Edition, 2nd ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0hwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT92|publisher=Nelson Education-McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-17-672841-0|page=92}}</ref> material items such as [[Canadian beer]], [[maple syrup]], [[tuque]]s, [[canoes]], [[nanaimo bar]]s, [[butter tart]]s and the Quebec dish of [[poutine]] have also been defined as uniquely Canadian.<ref name=Nels/><ref>{{cite book| last1=Hutchins| first1=Donna| last2=Hutchins| first2=Nigel| title=The Maple Leaf Forever: A Celebration of Canadian Symbols| publisher=The Boston Mills Press| year=2006| location=Erin| isbn=978-1-55046-474-0|page=iix intro}}</ref> Symbols of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian monarchy]] continue to be featured in, for example, the [[Arms of Canada]], the armed forces, and the prefix [[His Majesty's Canadian Ship]]. The designation ''Royal'' remains for institutions as varied as the [[Royal Canadian Armed Forces]], Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the [[Royal Winnipeg Ballet]].<ref name=MurrayViotti1994pl>{{cite book|first1=Douglas J.|last1=Murray|first2=Paul R.|last2=Viotti|title=The defense policies of nations: a comparative study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MCnY_VN9AjIC&pg=PA84|year=1994|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-4794-3|page=84}}</ref><ref name=Restoration>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2011.08.0889.html|title=Restoration of traditional military service names welcomed|publisher=Government of New Brunswick (Intergovernmental Affairs Office of the Premier)|year=2011|access-date=January 1, 2012|archive-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819174731/http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2011.08.0889.html|url-status=live}}</ref>