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Canada’s Christian Roots: Key Historical and Cultural Foundations • The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that Canada is “founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.” • European settlement was primarily by French Catholics (New France) and British Protestants; churches founded or ran most early schools, hospitals, and social institutions, with denominational school rights protected in the 1867 Constitution. • Canada’s official motto on the coat of arms, A Mari Usque Ad Mare (“From sea to sea”), comes from Psalm 72:8. • The national anthem O Canada includes the line “God keep our land glorious and free!” (with the French version also referencing faith). • Statutory holidays include Christmas Day (nationwide) and Good Friday (widely observed). • The federal Lord’s Day Act (1906–1985), promoted by Protestant churches (especially Presbyterians via the Lord’s Day Alliance), restricted commercial activity, sports, and work on Sundays until it was struck down by the Supreme Court as a violation of freedom of religion. • Most of Canada’s earliest universities and colleges were founded or controlled by Christian denominations (e.g., Anglican King’s Colleges, Catholic Laval and St. Francis Xavier, Methodist Victoria and Mount Allison, Baptist Acadia and McMaster, and others). At Confederation, the large majority of degree-granting institutions were church-related. • Early Canadian law, marriage rules, and social norms reflected Christian (mainly Protestant and Catholic) moral traditions drawn from British and French colonial sources. Monuments, shrines, and historic sites: • Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal) — major Gothic Revival National Historic Site and Catholic landmark founded by the Sulpicians. • Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec — oldest church in Canada, on the site of Champlain’s chapel, and a National Historic Site. • Martyrs’ Shrine (Midland, Ontario) — national Catholic shrine to the Canadian Martyrs (17th-century Jesuit missionaries). • Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica, Notre-Dame-du-Cap, and Saint Joseph’s Oratory (Montreal) — major Catholic pilgrimage sites. • Canadian National Vimy Memorial (France) — features clear Christian imagery, including a figure of Canada mourning her sons (echoing the Mater Dolorosa / Virgin Mary), a sacrificial figure referencing the biblical Isaac and the Crucifixion, and virtues such as Faith, Hope, and Charity. • Numerous National Historic Sites of churches (Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian, United, and mission churches), many in Gothic Revival style, across the country, including examples in Ottawa, St. John’s, and Western Canada; Parliament Hill’s Gothic Revival buildings reflect the same architectural tradition common to Christian institutions of the era.

Given all the comments online today in Canada (regarding a video of an interaction that occurred in London, Ontario) claiming Canada is not a “Christian country” I asked Grok to put together a list that explains our Christian roots:

BUT CRIME HASN’T INCREASED…. RIGHT IDIOTS WHO VOTED FOR FOUR MORE YEARS OF AN INCOMPETENT TORONTO CITY HALL AND MAYOR???? #TOpoli