O, Canada! Keep your food glorious and tasty! While Canadian cuisine tends follow two major lines of influence — English and French — this larger divide can overshadow a multitude of culinary impacts, both native and from afar.
The original population of Canada contributed to an emphasis in Canadian cooking on wild ingredients, including game, salmon, berries, wild rice and maple syrup. Slavic and Scandinavian immigrants brought their warming dishes to the Canadian heartland. Asian immigrants carried their style of cooking to the coastal cities.
Typical Canadian Dishes
A list of typical Canadian dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Canadian-style meal, party or festival.
Soups and Stews
- Borsht (Beet soup)
- Pea Soup
Eggs and Dairy
- Oka Cheese (Québécois semi-soft mild cheese)
Noodles and Dumplings
- Pierogies (Stuffed dumplings)
Meats
- Buffalo Steak
- Donairs (Seasoned meatloaf in a pita)
- Ginger Beef (Deep-fried beef with sweet ginger sauce)
- Jigg’s Dinner (Canadian braised brisket with vegetables and pease pudding)
- Peameal Bacon (Pickled pork rolled in cornmeal)
- Pemmican (Beef or buffalo jerky)
- Pogos (Batter-fried hot dogs)
- Tourtière (Pork pie)
Fish and Seafood
- Fish-and-Brewis (Salt cod with hardtack)
- Cedar-Plank Salmon (Salmon grill-roasted on aromatic wood)
Vegetables and Beans
- Maple Baked Beans (Beans baked with maple syrup)
- Poutine (Canadian fried potatoes with gravy and cheese curds)
- Sauteed Fiddlehead Ferns
Breads and Grains
- Wild Rice Pilaf (Wild grain pilaf)
Sauces and Condiments
- Maple Syrup (Boiled maple tree sap)
Desserts
- Beaver Tails (Fried dough sprinkled with sugar)
- Butter Tarts (Pastry shells with raisin and butter-brown sugar filling)
- Nanaimo Bars (Canadian layered chocolate and custard bars)
- Sugar Pie
- Tire sur la Neige (Maple syrup taffy)
Beverages
- Caesar Cocktail (Vodka, tomato and clam juice beverage)
- Icewine (Sweet dessert wine)
Breakfast
- Lumberjack’s Breakfast (Ham, eggs, bacon, sausage and pancakes)
Canadian Recipes
Try these recipes from Canada.
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