Beautiful and talented this great land of Canada is! Nature at it's finest and musical talent all around us. Let's talk Canada blooms first.
While we don't have a national flower, as the Ontario provincial flower and one of the most intriguing flowers in Canada, the Trillium is here and gone each spring just as the trees start to bud. They are a beautiful flower, about the size of child’s palm, and have three or six petals. The colours of a Trillium are dependant on the soil from which it grows and the most common ones seen in Ontario are white petals with a yellow stamen, pink petals with yellow stamen, white and brilliant pink centred petals with pink and/or white stamen, and red, burgundy, or deep fuchsia petals with grey and/or cream stamen. Walking through a forest in early spring, just as the world is transitioning from winter, and seeing the Earthen floor covered in blanket of white is simply breathtaking.
Commonly overlooked, the mighty tulip deserves a nod. According to the official website of the Canadian Tulip Festival, it was “established to celebrate the historic Royal gift of tulips from the Dutch to Canadians as a symbol of international friendship while preserving the legacy of the role of the Canadian troops in the liberation of Europe, and the birth of Dutch Princess Margriet in Ottawa during World War II—the only royal personage ever born in Canada.” As one of the world’s largest tulip festivals, Ottawa hosts half a million visitors that come to enjoy the more than 1 million flowers in bloom.
Canada hosts it's largest flower show, Canada Blooms, in Toronto each spring!
Now, let's talk music. While we could be here all day as we have such a vast musical fabric, we'll touch on a few! The music that has come from Canada reflects the diversity that we strive upon as a country. Artists such as Drake, Michael Buble, Neil Young (our very own Director of Customer Happiness Jen's cousin!) and Celine Dion are inspirations that have shaped this country showing the world who we really are. The music industry in Canada is vastly growing as it is now the sixth largest music industry in the world. Canadian artists such as Joni Mitchell, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Anne Murray, Sarah MacLachlan, The Barenaked Ladies, The Tragically Hip, Rush, Alanis Morrisette, Justin Bieber, and The Weeknd and SO MANY MORE have dominated music charts for decades. The diverse landscape of the Canadian music scene features everything from jazz to rock to country and everything in between. In 2016 we lost Leonard Cohen, musician and poet, however his words will fill our hearts for years to come. Here's our favourite :)
This hour we want to share a prize package that includes our brand new summer issue, our brand new Celebrate Canada stamps we revealed earlier today along with our loonie and toonie for one lucky winner!
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For an opportunity to win this hour's prizes be sure to leave a comment below by July 7th and we will randomly select one lucky winner this hour to win them! After leaving your comment here we hope you'll take a moment to visit us on Facebook and Instagram (@sctmagazine) and leave a comment there as well for THREE chances to win! We'll be compiling all the comments each hour.
Next hour we will share a little Canadian mystery :)
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Fun Fact: Contrary to popular belief, lacross, not hockey, is the national sport! One more? Roughly 30% of Canada's total landmass is occupied by forest. Makes for great photo ops.
Well, I haven’t had to miss the trillium’s in Canada as we have then here in Michigan.
Adorable stamp set…Love that Moose!!!
Happy Birthday Canada!!!
Love the stamp set, especially the moose. Real maple syrup is absolutely the best. Happy Canada Day!
What beautiful flowers! I love these sets of stamps and dies! I would use them to scrap an across the border poutine run! TFS!
I am born and raised in Ontaio and have never seen a trillium! I will keep looking each Spring!
Beautiful flower, love the bear in the stamp set and the maple leaf.
Love the floral themed post. Keep up the good work.
I’d love to visit!
Beautiful flowers. Saskatchewan’s provincial flower is the Tiger Lily!
There is nothing more Canadian right now than the Canada Stamp and Die set. So great for making cards, tags and scrapbooking, to name a few projects this set would work with.
Beautiful flowers! Thanks for all the great trivia!
Love what you’re doing here today. Lots of great information. Thanks. and I would love to win the new die and stamp set. They look awesome and I did not get my Summer issue yet so I need it.
Can’t wait for the mystery.
Here in NWO, Northwest Ontario, we have a small nodding trillium that blooms in sprig, easily missed but still beautiful. I remember the first time I saw a large swath of large trilliums while visiting Barrie, inspiring.
Waiting for the mystery. Every hour has been very interesting.
We have SO many talented musicians that come from Canada. My favourite rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah was sung by k.d. lang at the Vancouver Olympics.
Love the trilliums in my garden!
We are blessed to have so many talented artists in Canada!! What amazing prizes!
Love the stamp set and Dies, Love your magazine and love my Country and everything that makes it beautiful and blessed!! Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee!!
Happy Canada Day to you!!!
Love what you are sharing, and the fun facts..who knew!?? Thanks for the day and the opportunity to win!
Would love to visit the flower show.
Happy Birthday Canada and thank you SCT for hosting today’s celebration and generous prizes.
I am really appreciating all the wonderful things I’m reading about Canada in your posts today. Our neighbor to the north is awesome!
Such gorgeous flowers!
Oh yeah, Canada’s flowers are amazing. Every time I visit Canada, I make a “Canada Flowers” layout. Thanks for the opportunity to win! Happy Birthday Canada! Bonne Anniversaire au Canada!
Love all the colourful flowers and this truly Canadian stamp and die set is awesome. Love it. We have some Canadian that are so talented and to name just one would not be fair. We have talent and we enjoy them.
Love trilliums! Thanks for reminding us about our flora.
You are just so full f amazing facts about our beloved country today. Thank you.
Love trilliums . When we were young, as a family we walked in the woods behind our farm and there were hundreds of trilliums along the path. I wish I had photos of this memory.
Beautiful flowers.
Love all of those Canadian musicians – Leonard Cohen is a particular favorite!
Flowers, music, and your new stamps – I love Canada! I am really enjoying your celebration today! Hooray for Canada 150! Thank you, SCT!
I love tulips. Happy Canada Day from Saskatchewan ??!
Happy Flower day for Canada’s 150th!!!!
Yesterday, on Sirius channel 90’s on 9, they were celebrating American artists. I heard this announcement just after they finished playing ‘Man, I feel like a woman’ by Shania Twain. Newsflash! …but, as a Canadian, I’m too polite to point out their error!
Loving all this info about Canada. Can’t wait to visit again!
Trilliums have long been my favorite wildflower. We had them in our backyard.
Beautiful flowers and you’re absolutely right about the eclectic array of musicians that has come out of Canada. Love each and every one of them!
What an amazing and beautiful country we live in,
I visited the tulip festival in Ottawa few times. Always enjoyed all the colors and the different kinds of tulips(I made few scrapbook pages with the pictures taken…). Thanks for the chance to win!
Love tulips and wild roses!
Love the stamp set! Don’t forget Great Big Sea in your list of Canadian musicians!
The Trillium looks gorgeous, I have never seen one, so pretty. I love fields of tulips, so gorgeous as well. It would be so cool to be able to visit every province and take a photo of their provincial flower, that would be awesome.
Love our provincial flowers! And now that we’ve moved to Alberta I miss Canada Blooms!
More fun facts this hour! Would love to win the prize! Crossing my fingers!
We love the gardens by the falls. Such fun learning these facts today.
Carpets of trilliums in the spring–a breath taking sight!
What beautiful flowers we have! And amazing talent. I love the stamp set. I’m really enjoying the posts today. Thanks for them.
I love flowers in the springtime, all year long actually but there is something special about the first flowers of spring. I live in Texas and while we don’t anywhere near the winters that Canada does……spotting that first bluebonnet always fills my heart with joy in the spring.
great Canadian facts :)
beautiful flowers beautiful country
Love the fun facts..
Thanks for chance to win..??
Hallelujah is one of my most favorite songs!!!!!