In Canada we celebrate everything with a box of Tim Hortons Donuts.
Here is mine....
What are your favourite Donuts ? How will you celebrate the day in Lock down ?
I’ll start with 2 donuts, a large double double ( 2 cream 2 sugar coffee) then head down to the river for a kayak. We will do a BBQ with hotdogs and burgers in the afternoon. Drinking lots of beer along the way.
In the evening we will watch fireworks out the kitchen window since everyone buys fireworks and fires them off until 2:00 am.
The country “Canada” is 153 years young, but the Original people have been living here for at least 25,000 years.
Happy Canada Day from the Big Rideau !
I Hope you are all having an awesome Canada Day so far ... Or should we say... Cannada Day eh ! I think they should rename the Country ... Cannada.... pronounced Cann-uhh-duh.
Aboriginal roots
The name “Canada” comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kannata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.” In 1535, two Aboriginal youths told French explorer Jacques Cartier about the route to kannata; they were actually referring to the village of Stadacona, the site of the present-day City of Québec. For lack of another name, Cartier used the word “Cannada” to describe not only the village, but the entire area controlled by its chief, Donnacona. **
The naming of a nation
Leading up to the proposed confederation, a number of names were suggested for the northern half of the continent of North America, including: Albertsland, Albionora, Borealia, Britannia, Cabotia, Colonia, EfisgaFootnote 1, Hochelaga, Norland, Superior, Transatlantia, TuponiaFootnote 2, and Victorialand.
The debate was placed in perspective by Thomas D’Arcy McGee, who declared on February 9, 1865:
“I read in one newspaper not less than a dozen attempts to derive a new name. One individual chooses Tuponia and another Hochelaga as a suitable name for the new nationality. Now I ask any honourable member of this House how he would feel if he woke up some fine morning and found himself instead of a Canadian, a Tuponian or a Hochelagander.”
Fortunately for posterity, McGee’s wit and reasoning – along with common sense – prevailed, and on July 1, 1867, the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick became “one Dominion under the name of Canada.”
Source- https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/origin-name-canada.html
** some liberties taken with spellings
Make sure to have some munchies on hand for the Virtual Fireworks tonight... Maybe I will post a video here for all to view. We sure have lots to Celebrate here in Canada these days.
Those look delish ! I had wondered lately if our local donut store had opened back up.
I have always loved the creme filled ones with vanilla cream, but in the last year or two, they have started making some that have maple flavored glaze with bits of bacon on the top....OMGoodness when you get on of those that is really fresh ?? ..donut heaven for sure !
I had one of the maple bacon ones last year.... not a fan. I took photos though.
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Happy Canada Day, all from a world's away! I've some mates studying in Canada, and I'm wondering if they've got some donuts to teleport over here. I couldn't tell at first from the thumbnail on my tiny phone, but I had that suspicion it was going to be Tim Hortons. You Canadians are stuck to Tim Hortons, like us Malaysians are to durian fruit. But I will say, that chocolate glazed donut looks absolutely scrumptious 😋🍩🍫