Being Canadian

Come aboard the historic schooner Kajama and join the crew of a tall ship on Lake Ontario. These modern-day sailors know how to keep Kajama shipshape and can even sing a rousing sea shanty.

Drop in on a herd of Canadian bison and watch them graze the short prairie grass. This GoPro video, captured at Winnipeg’s FortWhyte Alive, takes you unbelievably close to the iconic beasts.

Have you ever heard Canadian music icons Barenaked Ladies pay tribute to the True North, strong and free? Watch Ed Robertson and the gang belt out our national anthem—and show off their bilingual chops, to boot.

Hike along the picturesque forest trails as you make your way up New Brunswick’s Mount Carleton. A favourite hiking spot for nature lovers, Mount Carleton Provincial Park boasts the highest elevation in the province.

It doesn’t feel like cottage season in Ontario unless you’ve leapt into the lake—no matter how chilly the water is. This brave soul shows you how it’s done by jumping into Lake Rosseau on May 24.

Have you ever wondered what’s involved in minting coins? Take a tour of Winnipeg’s Royal Canadian Mint to see the inner workings of the plant that produces billions of Canadian coins each year.

Would you stop and offer HitchBOT a ride? The Canadian hitchhiking robot, who car-hopped all the way from Halifax to Victoria during the summer of 2014, makes for one quirky passenger. This is what it’s like to pick up HitchBOT.

Share the ice with Canadian figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford as they practise choreography for their pairs program. This what it feels like to skate with the duo who won gold at this year’s world figure-skating championships in Shanghai.

Could there be anything more stressful than taking a penalty kick when you’re a member of Canada’s national women’s soccer team? This is what it feels like to train for penalty kicks with some of the best soccer players in the world.

How are your pizza-making skills? Learn from these pizza pros how to master tossing the dough and how to get that wood-fired pizza pie just right.