Bizarre Breakfasts/ Outrageous Eats
Weird Canada
ODDITIES
Wacky Canadian Laws
strange Canada
100
In the 1800's, this crunchy, Doctor invented breakfast staple was basically served as Dry, indigestible bricks that had to be soaked in Milk
Granula or Grape Nuts, or Shredded Wheat
- Shredded Wheat (12 oz to 16 oz box): 15¢ – 20¢
- Granula / Grape-Nuts (Family size box): 15¢ – 20¢
100
What is a Slurpee? wheres the weirdest place to have one
This frozen treat and gas station drink is slurped by more people in Winnipeg, Manitoba, than any other city on Earth.
100
This massive, 31-foot-tall Easter Egg located in Vegreville, Alberta, was built to celebrate the town's Ukrainian heritage.
What is Pysanka
100
To prevent slippery accidents, it is completely illegal to drive this winter vehicle on the sidewalks of Hay River, Northwest Territories
What is a Dogsled
100
This common breakfast staple is sold in clear plastic bags instead of jugs in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. [1]
What is Milk
200
Canned, a gelatinous goo, this popular wartime meat made from pork shoulder meat and potato starch?
What is SPAM (Special Processed American Meat)
200
You would need to eat a lot of these folded snacks in Alberta, where it is completely legal to keep the animal that lays them as a pet.
What is margarine?
200
Shediac, New Brunswick, proudly displays a 35-foot-long, 90-ton concrete statue of this ocean creature.
What is the world's largest lobster?
200
According to the Canadian Currency Act, a store can legally refuse your payment if you try to pay for an item over five dollars using only these coins.
What is a Nickel
200
Because Canadians use this word so much, a 2009 law states that saying it is an expression of sympathy, not an admission of guilt in
What is "SORRY"
300
What infamous North American Casserole favorite combined canned soup, grated cheese, crushed potato chips, and green beans
What is Green Bean Casserole
also called funeral bake, or green bean bake
300
This iconic, smelly sandwich meat was invented in Canada. Most people in other countries simply call it "Canadian bacon".
What is peameal bacon?
300
In Glendon, Alberta, you can visit a giant, 27-foot-tall roadside sculpture of this comfort food on a fork.
What is a Perogi
300
If you are building a snowman in Souris, Prince Edward Island, local law states it cannot legally be taller than this many inches.
What is a Snowman
300
Canada has more of these sugar-glazed pastry shops per capita than any other nation on Earth—mostly thanks to Tim Hortons.
What is Donut Shops
400
To save money, Airlines once served caviar like salt cured delicacy made from black fish eggs to economy passengers
Cheap mans caviar - such as lumpfish or paddlefish roe—are widely enjoyed as affordable caviar substitutes
400
This common, stretchy construction item was originally invented in Canada to seal leaky pipes.
What is Duct Tape
400
This town in Saskatchewan built a massive, 1,400-kilogram red office supply statue to celebrate a man who traded his way up from one of them to a real house.
What is a Paper clip
400
In Petrolia, Ontario, a strict municipal noise law makes it totally illegal to shout, hoot, or make this musical sound with your mouth.
What is Whistling
400
In 2012, thieves in Quebec pulled off the sweetest heist in history by stealing $18 million worth of this sticky breakfast topping. [1]
What is Maple Syrup
500
Boiled so it smells distinctively,pungent, this fermented fishis traditional Scandinavian delicacy that some dare to eat outdoors
What is Surstromming 
500
What is a Cowichan Sweater
This specific type of cardigan sweater with a zipper and deer or maple leaf patterns was made famous by a company in British Columbia.
500
Despite its tropical name, this controversial pizza flavor featuring ham and pineapple was actually invented in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962.
What is a Hawaiian Pizza
500
Weirdest law in Canada is from Alberta, about a ladder... what is it
You cannot paint a ladder on the wall
500
Every spring, the Narcisse Dens in Manitoba fill with over 100,000 of these slithering reptiles, making it the largest gathering of its kind on Earth.
What is Garter Snakes