We get the local CBC channel in these parts (CBET), but other than Hockey don't watch much on it since the advent of cable and it's offspring.

I used to enjoy Elwy Yost  and his movies thru a channel farther down the dial.

I like poutine okay, but I don't search it out.

However, I never had the staying power to watch school figures. Exquisite talent and literally measured on a razor's edge. But if you've seen one, you've literally seen them all, as far as the activity is concerned. No real surprise that it was removed.

That skit also made mention of Bonhomme de neige as if it was a big Canadian thing. To me that seems more a Quebec thing than a Canada-wide thing, though.

Since poutine has been mentioned many times, let's run through some other culinary things relating to Canada. Obviously maple syrup. Kraft Dinner is insanely popular in Canada. Though it originates from the US (being Kraft and all), it's pretty much part of the national cultural make-up of Canada.

Drinks-wise, if there is a national cocktail of Canada, it is the Caesar. This is like a bloody mary, except with Clamato juice instead of tomato juice (Clamato juice is a weird frankensteinian mix of clam broth and tomato juice. For autheticity, use Mott's Clamato juice. Mott's is American; go figure).

I've mentioned this Nova Scotian 'delight' before: the Donair. It's like a doner kebab, but with beef and weird sweet sauce. The sauce is so popular that if you order a pizza here, they will inevitably include numerous portions of donair sauce with it.

We also have dulse here. A type of seaweed...that you eat dried like crisps (potato chips).

 Ice Wine is a dessert drink that can only be made in Niagara and Germany.   White grapes are left on the branch until the first deep frost, which creates ultra high sugar levels.  The wine is then fermented as usual, and the result is a very sweet white wine, very expensive, usually paired with a sweet pastry dessert.   The Chinese love ice wine so much that more "Niagara ice wine" is sold in China each year than is actually made in Niagara.  This is the result of counterfeiters rebottling ordinary Reisling wine, adding sugar, and then slapping on fake Niagara labels.  Please try the real thing if you ever visit.   

International reputation is quite different between Canadians and Americans. Many a Canadian has met an American tourist with a Maple Leaf on their backpack.