Best Canadian Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Of course, I would say I am a Korean Canadian American woman filmmaker, but those things could not possibly fully encapsulate what it's like to really exist in the body that I have in the world that I live in. With my history, with my family, with my relationship to language, with my connection to my own community.”

“When we are afraid of talking about important topics, we don't do anything to improve life for Canadian women.”

“I take pride in both my Indian heritage and Canadian upbringing, and I bring that out in my music.”

“Especially in Canada, I feel the Canadian fans are a little bit more exciting than the American fans, they're wild, they're rowdy, they love a good fight and it's an honor to be there.”

“I don't read much about the Canadian Football League.”

“I took my Canadian perspective over to Ireland and dug around, and I found a very interesting story and brought it back.”

“I really think the Canadian audiences are underserved and underappreciated, along with Canadian talent.”

“I used to take part in the gold rush of pilot season, when all the Canadian actors would flock down to Los Angeles to try to scare up some work. I would drive down and take a different route each time because I thought it would be interesting to see a little bit of America.”

“I'm the little Canadian who could.”

“The plain Canadian fact is that relative to other Western democracies, the U.S. in particular, there isn't much difference between our two main political parties.”

“I've been pretty lucky in general but when I was a teenager the first job I ever got was working at a store very similar to Cloud 9. It was a Canadian chain similar to a Kmart.”

“If a Canadian novel hasn't been a box-office success, say, 'The Republic of Love,' then producers are reluctant to try again.”

“But Akshay Kumar is not even an Indian citizen. He holds a Canadian passport and Wikipedia describes him as an Indian-born Canadian actor.”

“There's hardly a single show that doesn't have a Canadian on it.”

“We have to put Canadian working families first. I'm going to do that, from trade to our own domestic economic response post-COVID.”

“We would love to see Canadian federal and provincial governments establish a new business entity class like the CIC or L3C for social enterprises. Our governments should also offer tax incentives to entice more entrepreneurs into the social economy, and encourage foundations and impact investors to put their capital into social enterprises.”

“I feel like I am very welcome at TIFF and I think it's because I'm Canadian and I've been there a bunch of times.”

“American artists, Americans in general, don't take the U.K. rap scene too seriously, yeah, but thing is though, they wasn't taking Canadian artists that seriously either. And now we have Bieber, The Weeknd, Tory Lanez, Drake - massive, massive Canadian artists.”

“It's tough to be a designer. It is really tough to be a Canadian designer.”

“On CBC Radio, the Canadian national radio, there's a show called 'WireTap.' The host is Jonathan Goldstein. It's amazing.”

“You can be of any ethnic background or faith and be a Canadian if you share fundamental Canadian values, learn about our history and culture, and integrate in our society.”

“I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I'll use a Canadian one-dollar coin. I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I'm not superstitious.”

“Everybody knows I'm Canadian, and I'm proud of that. I'll never deny that fact that I'm Canadian.”

“Conservatives want to see every Canadian prosper.”

“I view Indigenous Canadians as an integral part of our society, proud of their contribution to Canadian history, great deal of respect for all they did pre-Confederation, the way that they have been partners in building this society we have, and I'm very proud to represent a dozen First Nations communities in my own riding.”

“For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it - the American, the British, the Canadian, and the Native American.”

“What could be more Canadian than working hard to figure out something new and sharing it with the world? The world wants to hear from us!”

“We have very close relationships with our Canadian customers.”

“I think my generation is defining themselves as Canadian artists.”

“My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.”

“As a Canadian, I feel like we all have a stake in the business here. And no matter how far you stray - and I've been down in L.A. for a long time - no matter how far you stray you have a stake in the state of the business... It really does matter and I'm always rooting for the entire country.”

“I've got a room full of gold and platinum records, a lot of them are Canadian, and I've got a very soft spot for that country.”

“I think it's the Canadian spirit that encourages people to dream a little bit.”

“I want to be that guy who comes to mind when you think of Canadian basketball one day.”

“Many came to the USFL after being cut by NFL teams or failing to even make a roster, some were Canadian league players who wanted to make a step up, and every one of them wanted to prove he was good enough to make the NFL.”

“For as long as we're using fossil fuels at all, globally, Canadians should be using Canadian sources.”

“A person that wants to come to our country must share our Canadian values.”

“The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.”

“President Donald Trump has made it very clear he wants to move Canadian jobs to the United States. There's no reason why Justin Trudeau should be helping him.”

“The Canadian government has had a field day apologising for past policies towards a series of ethnic groups: Italian, Ukrainian, Sikh, Chinese, Japanese and Jews.”

“It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need.”

“Here's the truth: Keystone XL won't make America energy-independent. It will threaten our land and livelihoods to pump Canadian tar sands' heavy crude through America and out to foreign countries, like China.”

“I subconsciously mimic whomever I'm talking to, so I've been mistaken for a Canadian, a South American, and somebody from the West Country.”

“I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian.”

“The Canadian power line is going to industrialize Patagonia, and it is going to discount the one economic card the region has to play, which is the tourism.”

“How can we possibly say the root of the Canadian approach to citizenship and immigration comes from Europe or the United States? I mean, we just don't do the same things. What I've said, very simply, is that unlike other colonies, for the first 250 years approximately, indigenous people were either the dominant force or an equal force.”

“It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars.”

“I spent 18 years in a small Mennonite town in the middle of the Canadian prairies.”

“I'd always felt like a Canadian living in the U.S.”

“I'm the rogue Canadian in my family - I just happened to be born here while my parents were studying here.”

“The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. You here less about Canadian actresses than actors, I don't know why.”

“I feel like a Mac store! I have a Canadian iPhone, an American iPhone and an iPad. I'm constantly downloading music to iTunes.”

“I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.”

“So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.”

“The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.”

“I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.”

“And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.”

“I didn't know if it was possible, but I wanted to some day be the highest paid Canadian player.”

“My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!”

“My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.”

“Winning five titles in a year is amazing, and I'm happy I was part of that, and I'm happy that I was able to lift those trophies and carry the Canadian flag with pride. I think that everything that came with 2020 was special to me.”

“Whether we make it a condition or just through persuasion or just through popular support, whatever it takes, we really do need to shift through a system of voting where the way the Canadian public votes is the way the Canadian Parliament is formed after the election.”

“Like every Canadian, I have been taught that one of the most important functions of art is to supply and elaborate the myths and narratives of nationhood.”

“I'm a Canadian. I've always been a Canadian.”

“Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.”

“I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain.”

“The trial of Ernst Zundel has gone down in Canadian history.”

“It is well known that I am pro-life... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people.”

“One of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian prime minister is to get our resources to market.”

“If Quebecers want to keep the Canadian dollar, they'll keep it - and nobody can stop that, end of debate.”

“The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.”

“I don't care how any other Canadian team does, other than the Edmonton Oilers.”

“I don't know that endorsement's important, so I'm not necessarily here to endorse, but what I will say is, if I was a Canadian resident, I would support my friend and his party, Justin Trudeau.”

“I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn't want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor's salary.”

“I don't really say toque a lot, to be honest. I hear other guys say it, and I know what it is, but for some reason, I can't really get down with it. I've always said, like, beanie for some reason. I think it's probably just an American thing, maybe. And the toque part is a Canadian thing.”

“I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.”

“I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates.”

“I've been trying to pinpoint what keeps drawing me back to the Gulf of Mexico, because I'm Canadian, and I can draw no ancestral ties.”

“Whenever you put on the Canadian jersey, it's an honor and it would be a huge honor to represent us at the Olympics.”

“I'm happy that I can wear the Canadian jersey with pride. I'm happy that I can say I'm a Canadian playing overseas.”

“I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.”

“I'm a very, very proud Canadian, and having the privilege to represent my country on the international level was the highlight of my 18-year career.”

“If you believe in free markets, I don't want to make any compromise with my principles and I think that's the right policy for Canadians and for Canadian consumers.”

“I'm happy being Canadian and I'm proud of where I come from. So I'll keep my passport.”

“The core of who I am is Canadian.”

“My parents are proud to be Canadian, as I am. They had a lot to do with my success and sacrificed a lot over the years.”

“To be able to stand on the podium and see one Canadian flag raised is one thing, but to see two, it feels like you're not alone.”

“I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.”

“The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.”

“On my first trip to Havana, I was stopped by a woman who turned out to be a Canadian tour guide and who had mistaken me for a woman who had been part of one of her tour groups.”

“I always feel as though I'm not quite Canadian enough for everybody.”

“I was born in Israel, to Canadian parents. My father immigrated in 1948, part of a wave of young men and women who came as pioneers, to fight for a Jewish homeland. Their motive was in large part a reaction to the Holocaust, and their slogan was 'Never Again.'”

“It is time for free nations to stop ignoring or even normalizing tyranny. Not only is it the right thing to do - but it's also the only way to stand up for our national security and the safety of the Canadian people.”

“If the knowledge of the cost of the carbon tax in itself would cause injury to the Canadian economy, then that cost must be even worse than we have imagined.”

“All I can say is I'm proud to be Canadian.”

“I feel like Canadian movies should be as good or better than the competition because of the talent we have here. Someone like Ryan Gosling shouldn't have to come back here because it's a Canadian movie. He should want to come back because some of the best movies are being made here.”

“I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.”

“I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.”

“My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.”

“I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.”