After Russia, Canada is second largest country in North America. Canadian food varies slightly province to province. Canadian food is very much influenced by the family heritage and culture. Canadian food is important to discuss when there are holiday celebrations in Canada. Seafood dishes are very much common to eat in Canada for Atlantic Coast. Canadian maple syrup and other maple products are also very popular. Basically maple signifies the importance of maple tree and maple leaves adorns on the Canadian flag.

Most of the Canadian families go to celebrate “Shake” in which maple tree is boiled in a big pan to prepare maple syrup. However Canadian food is very much similar to food eaten in United States. Canadian people eat three times like breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks time is also enjoyed by Canadian people at 4:00 pm. Canadian people are very much fond of eating dessert foods and some of Canadian desserts are:

  • British Columbia’s Nanaimo Bar
  • Northern Ontario Canadian Butter Tart
  • Newfoundland’s Figgy Duff Steamed Pudding


Canadian food is used by people in several groups like:

  • Grain products
  • Vegetables and fruits
  • Milk and diary products like cheese, butter and yoghurt
  • Meat and alternatives that include poultry, beef, pork and sea food

Canadian people focus to eat healthy food. However modern eating trends of Canada have been changed for novelty in food industry and introduction of junk foods and restaurant foods. Canadian food is very popular for their holiday celebrations and they prepare special dishes on these occasions. Some popular dishes are prepared by Canadians and they are:

  • Canada day cake
  • Thanksgiving
  • Nanaimo bars
  • Maple sundae