great anthem, but why in god's name would canada or the US want to merge with mexico. about as likely as the EU inviting the entire middle east in. your paranoia is silly, no one is threating canada's soreignty except Québécois nationalists (to québécois in general, don't take this offensively, I love your culture).
me too!! and it just did this time again - I'm serious. It's been favorite part forever, and I've always been stunned at how amazing it is. Merci Calixa Lavallée
Yes Lavallee composed the song, Routhier wrote the first lyrics (in French), then Weir wrote the English version decades later.
There's an interesting story to this song, you can check it out on wikipedia. It was composed as the anthem for the French Canadian nation. In late 1800s, Canada was still the name of the nation of the descendants of French settlers. Anglophones here still called themselves British, and God Save the Queen was still their official national anthem.
As a "southern neighbour", I get shivers at the string swell at 0:47 and throughout the following "God keep our land" verse.
As much as I love your anthem, however, I would prefer to hear the "Star Spangled Banner" play after the men's Olympic hockey game on February 28, 2010. ;-)
The fans in Vancouver were chanting "We want USA...we want USA" - well, we were chanting "We want Canada...we want Canada!"
It's a great thing that we are such good friends! "May these gates never close."
@OldsVistaCruiser - On the other hand, a friend of mine who has lived in Ottawa his entire life, is rooting for the Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. Although I'm a lifelong resident of the U.S., I'm rooting for the Canucks! (As a Flyers fan, there is a small animosity vs. the Bruins)
I always liked this animation, but I think the Maritimes got shortchanged. From the time it leaves Percé, you see a trawler, some woods, and it's back out to sea again. You'd think they's at least show a confused Newfie :-)
Im looking for the montage they had in the 80's come on people this MUST be on youtube. Anyway to be honest this anthem thing on the cbc just depresses me. It really does. The end of programming/beginning of programming thing with the anthem they've always done. It depressed me as a kid and still does now. I can't explain it.
Having travelled Canada by train, I can say that I am a proud Canadian patriot and consider myself blessed amongst the lucky few of this planet to have been born in such a beautiful, prosperous, peaceful, and historic land.
yes i am sorry but the french settled here too, so u are apart of canada and always will be... french ppl are apart of canadian history... but alas the days of canada in general are coming to an end so u will never be free, u will be apart of canada usa and mexico, along with the rest of the continent, and one day we will be the same nationatity as australi,a nd france, and russia etc etc screw the North american union and the new world order... 2010 can go die!!! (NAU comes out)
You don't speak for everyone apexee. You Quebecers with that braindead Jacques Pariseau wanted to split but the Canadians worldwide agreed that Quebec should not seperate. I find Quebec women honest and caring than the average woman in Canada.
What I love about this that it's showing all of canada from the cities, wilderness and the oceans. I'm not canadian and I enjoy this masterpiece................GO ALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also remember that before they would air this they would have on the logdrivers walz, If your Canadian you will remember that, I am almost in tears seeing all this old global late night programming again, I also loved Night walk and night ride, Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood for a few minutes.
Wow I remember as a kid seeing this all the time and then as soon as it would be over the screen would just go to the coloured bar screen with the annoying noise. Great video brings back memories.
seriously the best ever version of O Canada.. if we could hear it more often arranged this way.. especially the last part with the climax, if somebody could sing on it that would be very intense!! i do get the goosebumps too, every time I see it! I could not believe when I saw that it is still played at Radio-Canada Montreal (saw it last week after the Olympics)
it's a big country though. People from England and Germany could do a drive across their country and back on a weekend. Here you would need at least a few weeks to cover the distance from east to west and back and that's not including the northern reaches.
I thought your Trans-Canada Highway was similar to the U.S. Interstate highway system! Am I wrong? I've heard tales of the 401 in Ontario.
Even at your 100-klick speed limit (62 mph), wouldn't it still only take 4-7 days to cross Canada?
Interstate highway speed limits are as high as 80 mph or 130 km/h (in western Texas), but are usually anywhere from 65/105 (East Coast) to 75/120 (Midwest & Rockies).
It takes about 3-4 days to cross the U.S. on I-80.
It's 110 in most western provinces and 100 in most eastern areas
I-80 will be faster because for one, in Canada the road is not a straight line because of the great lakes and some areas don't have a lot of people like in northern ontario, so the road turns south or north.
I haven't gone through the rockies on I-80 but I have done I-90 and the Canadian mountain passes around the BC-Alberta line make the road much more bendy and windy than I-90
The 401 is not like most highways in Canada. It has six lanes and carries very heavy truck traffic. The trans-Canada highway in northern Ontario and in the western provinces, is mostly two lanes so it's not really like the interstate system in the United States. We just don't have a big enough population here for it.
Arguably, one of the best presidents (if not the very best president) in U.S. history was disabled.
Unfortunately, Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose to hide his handicap instead of sending a message to the disabled that they could rise all the way to the top!
MrTantraMan wrote:
If only Canadian government had more disabled people in the Parliament THEN the world would ook at Canada as the innovator as well as a new world order in politics.
I would love to see bright people with Aspergers Syndrome just make a huge impact in politics. Not many people with conditions like mine can make it into politics.
I really enjoy seeing this on YouTube, and, if I may, my eyes have watered from seeing this, so, even though I'm not originally from Canada, I feel very good when I hear this anthem.
Oh crap i think I just shed a tear. Man I love Canada even when I'm not there most of the time. I just love singing O canada to piss off my buddies in Europe cause so few there are patriotic except during football matches.
To which I'll add my favourite moment: When the strings swell and the birds fly past the sun. This really is the climax of this piece and is significant on so many levels. Geographically, that moment would be at Ottawa. The English words there are "God keep our land." Just beautiful!
I remember this on the Windsor CBC station when I lived in Detroit in the late '90s. It's a beautiful piece of animation for a beautiful anthem for a beautiful country.
Vive le Canada !! Les osties de séparatistes manger de la marde. Une chance que le mouvement nationaliste-souverainiste a fini par mourir au Québec...
Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux. Ton front est ceint, De fleurons glorieux. Car ton bras Sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix. Ton histoire est une épopée, des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, protègera nos foyers et nos droits
Thank you for putting this video back on YouTube! As a "southern" neighbour, I love your anthem! O Canada Our home and native land True patriot love In all thy sons' command With glowing hearts, we see thee rise The true North, strong and free From far and wide, O Canada We stand on guard for thee God keep our land...glorious and free O Canada, we stand on guard for thee O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
nice work dude
NachoLuchador1986 7 months ago
Happy Canada Day 2011 to all of our friends north of the border!
OldsVistaCruiser 7 months ago
Great version! But need one with better sound quality lol
nakedgunmusic 8 months ago
Bam Bam. Baddest version!!
pahzel 10 months ago
Canadian cameramen are pretty fast...
stryderzer0 1 year ago
great anthem, but why in god's name would canada or the US want to merge with mexico. about as likely as the EU inviting the entire middle east in. your paranoia is silly, no one is threating canada's soreignty except Québécois nationalists (to québécois in general, don't take this offensively, I love your culture).
philnshit 1 year ago
Every morning before class we would watch this...Ah Memories of high school...
Oniqueen 1 year ago
This is how its to be played.. as an Anthem
not screaming singers or wailing guitars
CanadaguyRudey 1 year ago 6
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MrTantraMan 1 year ago
This animation was done by the Academy Award nominated Michael Mills Productions in Montreal, one of the best animation studios in the nation.
eddybaby58 2 years ago 8
This was played at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal.
t5239857289578947594 2 years ago 4
The violins at 1:03 give me shivers every time.Such a beautifull arrangement.Very powerfull.
t5239857289578947594 2 years ago 4
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me too!! and it just did this time again - I'm serious. It's been favorite part forever, and I've always been stunned at how amazing it is. Merci Calixa Lavallée
macdaddylorenzo 2 years ago
Is Calixa Lavallee the composer?Been looking to get a clear digital copy somewhere.Glad to hear you also like it soo much.
t5239857289578947594 2 years ago
Yes Lavallee composed the song, Routhier wrote the first lyrics (in French), then Weir wrote the English version decades later.
There's an interesting story to this song, you can check it out on wikipedia. It was composed as the anthem for the French Canadian nation. In late 1800s, Canada was still the name of the nation of the descendants of French settlers. Anglophones here still called themselves British, and God Save the Queen was still their official national anthem.
macdaddylorenzo 2 years ago
As a "southern neighbour", I get shivers at the string swell at 0:47 and throughout the following "God keep our land" verse.
As much as I love your anthem, however, I would prefer to hear the "Star Spangled Banner" play after the men's Olympic hockey game on February 28, 2010. ;-)
The fans in Vancouver were chanting "We want USA...we want USA" - well, we were chanting "We want Canada...we want Canada!"
It's a great thing that we are such good friends! "May these gates never close."
OldsVistaCruiser 2 years ago 12
May these gates never close, my friend.
mapleavenue77 2 years ago 18
@OldsVistaCruiser - On the other hand, a friend of mine who has lived in Ottawa his entire life, is rooting for the Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. Although I'm a lifelong resident of the U.S., I'm rooting for the Canucks! (As a Flyers fan, there is a small animosity vs. the Bruins)
OldsVistaCruiser 8 months ago
We have the most beautiful country on earth. One nation who cares if you re english or french, you have morons on both sides.
senecalv 2 years ago
I always liked this animation, but I think the Maritimes got shortchanged. From the time it leaves Percé, you see a trawler, some woods, and it's back out to sea again. You'd think they's at least show a confused Newfie :-)
TiocfaidhArLa 2 years ago
At one time it was played before you watch a movie.
sv6civic 2 years ago 4
Im looking for the montage they had in the 80's come on people this MUST be on youtube. Anyway to be honest this anthem thing on the cbc just depresses me. It really does. The end of programming/beginning of programming thing with the anthem they've always done. It depressed me as a kid and still does now. I can't explain it.
Novacoma 2 years ago
Please canada kick the block québecois and Gilles Duceppe out of ottawa
primojet 2 years ago 8
@primojet
United we stand, together we fall
MrTantraMan 2 years ago 15
Having travelled Canada by train, I can say that I am a proud Canadian patriot and consider myself blessed amongst the lucky few of this planet to have been born in such a beautiful, prosperous, peaceful, and historic land.
Vive le Canada libre!!!!!!!!
shlomooo000 2 years ago 7
quebec freee! we in quebec don't want to be a part of that canada! one day we will be free!
apexee 2 years ago
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shlomooo000 2 years ago
yes i am sorry but the french settled here too, so u are apart of canada and always will be... french ppl are apart of canadian history... but alas the days of canada in general are coming to an end so u will never be free, u will be apart of canada usa and mexico, along with the rest of the continent, and one day we will be the same nationatity as australi,a nd france, and russia etc etc screw the North american union and the new world order... 2010 can go die!!! (NAU comes out)
titanicmasters 2 years ago 2
are you saying canada isn't a country
mattmax11 2 years ago
no. im saying that canada will be a state soon enough, a state in the 140-something states in the united nations. of the world.
im saying that i dont want that to happen, and that i want us to have our independence, and to keep it.
basically i am saying canada is a country now, but it wont be for long...the same goes for all the other countries in the world
titanicmasters 2 years ago
You don't speak for everyone apexee. You Quebecers with that braindead Jacques Pariseau wanted to split but the Canadians worldwide agreed that Quebec should not seperate. I find Quebec women honest and caring than the average woman in Canada.
Quebec is part of Canada: end of story!!!
MrTantraMan 2 years ago 7
If you want to be free and French, why not try St. Pierre et Miquelon?
It's right off the Canadian coast, and it's a French overseas department.
AshburnStadium 2 years ago
I love my country...
Gatonejo69 2 years ago 4
I'm usually not one for patriotism, but we do really live in a magical place underneath it all. :)
XYChromosome 2 years ago 3
grettings from ur neighbor down south
HoTEcuaBoy 2 years ago 45
What I love about this that it's showing all of canada from the cities, wilderness and the oceans. I'm not canadian and I enjoy this masterpiece................GO ALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maverickhunter24 2 years ago 13
Absolutely LOVE the Logdriver's Waltz. NFB and this animated anthem are bits of Canadiana I love.
iluvdesmond 2 years ago 2
I also remember that before they would air this they would have on the logdrivers walz, If your Canadian you will remember that, I am almost in tears seeing all this old global late night programming again, I also loved Night walk and night ride, Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood for a few minutes.
Mattblaze1477 2 years ago 2
Wow I remember as a kid seeing this all the time and then as soon as it would be over the screen would just go to the coloured bar screen with the annoying noise. Great video brings back memories.
Mattblaze1477 2 years ago
Same thing for me... :) I have always loved this video!
floaty25 3 years ago 7
I'm a moderate separatist and I actually shed tears watching this...
Tamerplane 3 years ago 10
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MrTantraMan 2 years ago
good!
Jerryson777 3 years ago
All this patriotism disgust me ( ;) ) but, still, the canadian anthem is very good musically.
handelbaroque 3 years ago
Actually, I listen to it many times in a row. Real good music.
handelbaroque 3 years ago 5
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MrTantraMan 2 years ago
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
primojet 3 years ago 6
best part at 1:02
primojet 3 years ago
omg i teared up a little lol......really
hunnybee84 3 years ago 47
Ahh, wonderful. I remember this old watercolor animation from way back. Thanks alot for uploading this. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
DYBoulet2 3 years ago 4
My absolute favourite rendition of "O Canada". I also love the animation and remember it fondly from my youth...
(Gotta go watch Trailer Park Boys!!!)
mapleavenue77 3 years ago 9
Same with me. It's also as old as me too believe it or not.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 2
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
seriously the best ever version of O Canada.. if we could hear it more often arranged this way.. especially the last part with the climax, if somebody could sing on it that would be very intense!! i do get the goosebumps too, every time I see it! I could not believe when I saw that it is still played at Radio-Canada Montreal (saw it last week after the Olympics)
SneakX2006 3 years ago 13
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
Now THAT'S how you do a fucking anthem!
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 13
it's a big country though. People from England and Germany could do a drive across their country and back on a weekend. Here you would need at least a few weeks to cover the distance from east to west and back and that's not including the northern reaches.
jonathan89765 3 years ago 4
I thought your Trans-Canada Highway was similar to the U.S. Interstate highway system! Am I wrong? I've heard tales of the 401 in Ontario.
Even at your 100-klick speed limit (62 mph), wouldn't it still only take 4-7 days to cross Canada?
Interstate highway speed limits are as high as 80 mph or 130 km/h (in western Texas), but are usually anywhere from 65/105 (East Coast) to 75/120 (Midwest & Rockies).
It takes about 3-4 days to cross the U.S. on I-80.
OldsVistaCruiser 2 years ago
It's 110 in most western provinces and 100 in most eastern areas
I-80 will be faster because for one, in Canada the road is not a straight line because of the great lakes and some areas don't have a lot of people like in northern ontario, so the road turns south or north.
I haven't gone through the rockies on I-80 but I have done I-90 and the Canadian mountain passes around the BC-Alberta line make the road much more bendy and windy than I-90
neilcwright 2 years ago 3
The 401 is not like most highways in Canada. It has six lanes and carries very heavy truck traffic. The trans-Canada highway in northern Ontario and in the western provinces, is mostly two lanes so it's not really like the interstate system in the United States. We just don't have a big enough population here for it.
Jonathan5742 2 years ago
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
jonathan89765 3 years ago 5
This is the best country on earth!!
jonathan89765 3 years ago 9
Since Canada Day is over a week away, what great thing to say.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 4
I'd like to wish my neighbo(u)rs to the north a happy Canada Day on July 1 - as we celebrate our independence "down south" just three days later!
Have a safe and happy holiday from your friends and neighbo(u)rs in the USA!
OldsVistaCruiser 3 years ago 9
Thanks. Happy Independance day.
Love your Canadian neighbours.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 5
I love our country but our political leaders and government sucks!!!!
jonathan89765 3 years ago 4
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
Tantra:
Arguably, one of the best presidents (if not the very best president) in U.S. history was disabled.
Unfortunately, Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose to hide his handicap instead of sending a message to the disabled that they could rise all the way to the top!
MrTantraMan wrote:
If only Canadian government had more disabled people in the Parliament THEN the world would ook at Canada as the innovator as well as a new world order in politics.
OldsVistaCruiser 3 years ago 16
I would love to see bright people with Aspergers Syndrome just make a huge impact in politics. Not many people with conditions like mine can make it into politics.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 5
Ain't any different "down south"! ;-)
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, both for the same reason.
There's a U.S. Senator from New Jersey who's running for a new term that he won't finish until he's 91.
He's long-forgotten as the author of the nationwide 55 mph (88 klicks) speed limit in 1974.
Jonathan89765 wrote:
I love our country but our political leaders and government sucks!!!!
OldsVistaCruiser 3 years ago 3
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
*Salute* to the best country in the world.
Our home and native land...Oh Canada, you're beautiful.
Jamat786 3 years ago 7
I'm so grateful every day that I live here and not some other part of the world.
jonathan89765 3 years ago 3
I really enjoy seeing this on YouTube, and, if I may, my eyes have watered from seeing this, so, even though I'm not originally from Canada, I feel very good when I hear this anthem.
Thank you.
BootPatrol 3 years ago 3
i honestly cry everytime I hear O'Canada
gaudetgirl 3 years ago 8
I just wished more people would show appreciation for this anthem like you. Thanks for sharing.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 3
Oh crap i think I just shed a tear. Man I love Canada even when I'm not there most of the time. I just love singing O canada to piss off my buddies in Europe cause so few there are patriotic except during football matches.
shmenge71 3 years ago 5
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago 3
To which I'll add my favourite moment: When the strings swell and the birds fly past the sun. This really is the climax of this piece and is significant on so many levels. Geographically, that moment would be at Ottawa. The English words there are "God keep our land." Just beautiful!
rockhopper10r 4 years ago 10
I remember this on the Windsor CBC station when I lived in Detroit in the late '90s. It's a beautiful piece of animation for a beautiful anthem for a beautiful country.
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MrTantraMan 4 years ago
I like that music format of O Canada with animated features. The Best!
pernelldh 4 years ago 3
I like the mountain goats *bah*
jonathan89765 4 years ago 3
*takes hat off and stands*
Darien331 4 years ago 12
Gets me every time -- goosebumps all over. Thanks for posting it!
johnstevens1978 4 years ago 2
Was that a moose in that tree?
Melanstone 4 years ago
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MrTantraMan 4 years ago
Vivla Canada!
NaskaClass 4 years ago 3
God Bless cananda!
NaskaClass 4 years ago 3
Thanks. Canada is without a doubt the most respected nation of all time.
MrTantraMan 3 years ago 7
Great art, and highlights of the land.... it was from the perspective of a plane or bird and not a canoe though... :)
canoepurist 4 years ago 3
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MrTantraMan 4 years ago
my congratulations
totti15ale 4 years ago 3
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
i seriously choke up when i see this on tv late at night...between 1:07 and 1:13 is my favourite part.
trippinballs15 4 years ago 4
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
The actual version of this anthem was released in February of 1976. I know for i have this version on CD and this video kicks serious ass.
MrTantraMan 4 years ago 4
greetings from the uk
samdung91 4 years ago 2
The last time I saw this broadcast was around 15 years or so ago. I love this version of the anthem so much it brought tears to my eyes.
OH CAAAANNNAAAADDAAAAA! WE STAND ON GUUUAAAAARRRDDD FOOOOOORRRRRR THHHEEEEEEEE!
MrTantraMan 4 years ago 5
Vive le Canada !! Les osties de séparatistes manger de la marde. Une chance que le mouvement nationaliste-souverainiste a fini par mourir au Québec...
Lux019 4 years ago 4
For Anglophones "down south" who don't speak "hockey French", please translate!
I did catch the part about "eat $#!+". ;-)
While you're here, please post the French words to O Canada - I already posted the English version.
Cheers from the US,
Bill
OldsVistaCruiser 4 years ago 3
Jester296 3 years ago 12
Merci beaucoup/much thanks!
OldsVistaCruiser 3 years ago 5
Les osties, Lux019???
Crisse de tabernak de câlice!! ;-)
(just random Québeçois sacres posted in fun, as I have a friend from Montréal!)
Bill a/k/a OldsVistaCruiser (signed into my sports screen name at the moment)
Lux019 wrote:
Vive le Canada !! Les osties de séparatistes manger de la marde. Une chance que le mouvement nationaliste-souverainiste a fini par mourir au Québec...
AshburnStadium 3 years ago 7
Agreed! I thank my lucky stars every single day that I was born in Canada.
guymcname 4 years ago 5
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MrTantraMan 3 years ago
my beautiful, vast and peaceful Canada. Best country in the world!
jonathan89765 4 years ago 4
OldsVistaCruiser 4 years ago 12
OldsVistaCruiser: Big thanks for the positive feedback! Cheers!
Esialpha 4 years ago
u have such a beautiful national amthum
from the uk
samdung91 4 years ago 12
nice vid O CANADA!
Doomwish25 4 years ago 2
One of the best vids I have ever seen.
MrTantraMan 4 years ago 2
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