Canada (disambiguation)
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Canada usually refers to the country in North America. The word may also have the following meanings or be used in the following notable contexts.
[edit] Companies
- The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company is one of the largest insurance companies in Canada
[edit] Buildings and structures
Buildings and structures with Canada in their name include:
- Canada Dock, a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool
- Canada Square Complex, three interconnected office buildings located in Toronto
- Canada Square, a square on Canary Wharf, Docklands, Tower Hamlets in east end of London
- One Canada Square, the tallest building in London & Britain, commonly known as the Canary Wharf Tower
- Canada Water, an area in south-east London
- Canada Water tube station, a London Underground station at Canada Water
- A section of the Auschwitz concentration camp in which property taken from prisoners was sorted, prior to sending to Nazi Germany. The section was named after the country because it was known for an abundance of land, which Canada is also known for.
[edit] Concepts
The term Canada is associated with the following concepts:
- Canada Day, Canada's national holiday
- O Canada, the country's national anthem
- Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours, a French Canadian song
- Canada, a song also known as The Centennial Song, written to celebrate Canada's centennial
- Canada, an album by Barb Jungr and Michael Parker
- Order of Canada, a civilian honour
- HMS Canada, a battleship in the Royal Navy
- Canadarm and Canadarm2, robotic arms that equip the US Space Shuttle and International Space Station respectively
[edit] Taxonomy
The following species are named for their relation to Canada:
- Canada Buffaloberry, a shrub of the genus Shepherdia
- Canada Goose
- Canada Lynx, a relative of the Eurasian Lynx
- Canada Warbler, a small songbird
- Canadia, an extinct polychaete annelid whose name derives from Canada
[edit] People and organizations
- Canada Lee, an actor who pioneered roles for African-Americans
- David Cañada, sometimes spelt David Canada, Spanish cyclist
- Lisa Canada, a former Playboy model
- Ron Canada, an American actor and former television newscaster
- Tom Canada, a football player from Visalia, California
- Canada First, a movement organized in Toronto in the 1870s to promote the creation of a Canadian nationality
[edit] Transportation
- Air Canada, an airline
- also operates Air Canada Jazz, Air Canada Tango and others (see Category:Air Canada)
- Canada Dock Branch, a railway line in Liverpool, England
- Trans Canada Trail, a 18 078 km long trail in Canada
[edit] Media and communications
- Blame Canada, a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Boards of Canada, a Scottish electronic music duo
- Canada Now, an early-evening national news program aired on CBC Television
- Hockey Night in Canada, a popular television broadcast of National Hockey League games in Canada
- Made in Canada, a Canadian television sitcom, syndicated as The Industry outside Canada
- Occupied Canada, a fictional (alternative) history of the Dominion of Canada since 1863
- Report Canada, a show that aired on TVOntario
- Sounds Like Canada, a radio program which airs weekday mornings on CBC Radio One
- Trans-Canada Network, now known as CBC Radio One
[edit] See also
- Canada's name
- Kanata, Ontario
- Kanada (disambiguation)
- Canadian (disambiguation)
- Upper Canada (disambiguation)
- Canada Dry
