CanadaCanadian Apple and Cabbage Slaw
Crunchy cabbage and apple slaw with carrots and a light maple-cider dressing.
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Canada recipes
A generous table of French Canadian favourites, prairie baking and coastal recipes.
32Canadian recipes
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Fresh & make-ahead
5 recipesCanadian salads
Colourful salads built around wild rice, cranberries, apples, beets, cabbage and maple-mustard dressings.
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CanadaCanadian Beet and Apple Salad
Sweet roasted beets and crisp apple with a bright cider dressing, herbs and sunflower seeds.
CanadaCanadian Chicken and Rice Salad
A practical cold salad of chicken, rice, crisp vegetables and a creamy mustard dressing.
CanadaCanadian Maple-Mustard Potato Salad
Tender potatoes in a tangy maple-Dijon dressing with celery, herbs and green onion.
CanadaCanadian Wild Rice and Cranberry Salad
Nutty wild rice, tart cranberries, apple and toasted seeds tossed in a maple-mustard dressing.
Warm & refreshing
4 recipesCanadian drinks
Non-alcoholic Canadian drinks, from a London Fog and maple hot chocolate to blueberry smoothies and ginger root beer.
CanadaCanadian Blueberry Maple Smoothie
A cold blueberry and yogurt smoothie lightly sweetened with maple syrup.
CanadaCanadian London Fog Tea Latte
Earl Grey tea, steamed milk and vanilla combined in the comforting drink associated with Vancouver cafés.
CanadaCanadian Maple Hot Chocolate
Rich cocoa sweetened gently with pure maple syrup and finished with warm milk.
CanadaCanadian-Style Ginger Root Beer
A quick non-alcoholic ginger drink with citrus, brown sugar and sparkling water.
From the oven
4 recipesBreads & Canadian baking
Approachable bannock, tea biscuits, cornbread and sourdough flapjacks with clear, dependable instructions.
CanadaCanadian Homestead Cornbread
A straightforward skillet cornbread with a tender crumb and lightly crisp crust.
CanadaCanadian Skillet Bannock
A simple Canadian quick bread cooked in a skillet until crisp outside and tender within.
CanadaCanadian Sourdough Flapjacks
Tender sourdough pancakes with crisp edges, inspired by northern trail and camp cooking.
CanadaCanadian Tea Biscuits
Flaky baking-powder biscuits served warm with butter, jam or soup.
Comfort food
1 recipeCanadian soups
Hearty bowls inspired by regional Canadian cooking, beginning with a classic Québec-style split pea soup.
CanadaQuébec-Style Split Pea Soup
A hearty yellow split pea soup with vegetables, savoury herbs and optional smoked ham.
Regional favourites
6 recipesCanadian main dishes
Tourtière, Jiggs dinner, Atlantic cod cakes, maple salmon, Montreal smoked meat and Halifax donair.
CanadaAtlantic Canadian Cod Cakes
Crisp fish cakes made with flaky cod, potato, green onion and a little mustard.
CanadaCanadian Maple-Glazed Salmon
Roasted salmon brushed with maple, mustard, garlic and cider vinegar.
CanadaFrench-Canadian Tourtière
A savoury Québec meat pie seasoned with onion, warm spice and herbs beneath a flaky pastry crust.
CanadaHalifax-Style Donair
Spiced roasted beef in warm flatbread with tomato, onion and the signature sweet garlic sauce.
CanadaMontreal Smoked Meat Sandwich
Warm sliced smoked meat piled on rye bread with mustard in the classic Montréal style.
CanadaNewfoundland Jiggs Dinner
A traditional Newfoundland-style boiled dinner with beef, cabbage and root vegetables.
Sweet classics
6 recipesCanadian desserts
Nanaimo bars, butter tarts, blueberry grunt, pouding chômeur, Saskatoon berry pie and maple sugar pie.
CanadaCanadian Blueberry Grunt
Juicy simmered blueberries topped with tender dumplings and cooked until fluffy.
CanadaCanadian Butter Tarts
Small flaky pastry tarts filled with a soft brown-sugar, butter and egg filling.
CanadaCanadian Maple Sugar Pie
A Québec-style sugar pie with maple syrup, brown sugar and a smooth cream filling.
CanadaCanadian Saskatoon Berry Pie
A prairie fruit pie filled with Saskatoon berries and finished with flaky pastry.
CanadaClassic Canadian Nanaimo Bars
No-bake chocolate-coconut bars with a creamy custard centre and glossy chocolate top.
CanadaQuébec Pouding Chômeur
A simple Québec cake baked beneath a generous maple-brown-sugar sauce.
Keep exploring
6 recipesMore Canadian favourites
More familiar Canadian comfort foods, family dishes, sides and baking from the complete collection.
CanadaFrench Canadian Shepherd's Pie (Pâté Chinois)
Meat Recipes Pâté chinois (Chinese pie) is a traditional French Canadian main course, and is often served during the cold months of the year. It is typically served with pickled beets.
CanadaMaple Beans
Cuisine of Ontario Maple beans is a modification of the standard Baked Beans made throughout much of Europe and North America. This variant is common through south and central Quebec as well as most of Ontario and can be purchased in cans across Canada.
CanadaPotato Salad
Canadian Cuisine The origins of potato salad can be traced to Germany before the turn of the 17th century, where it first became popular to use vinegar and spices on potatoes as a side dish. The salad has a bite to it and is served warm as often as not.
CanadaPoutine
Side Dishes Poutine is common dish throughout the Quebec, Ontario, and Atlantic regions of Canada, made of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy. This recipe uses pre-canned gravy and fries the potatoes from scratch.
CanadaSoft Sugar Cookies
Cookies This recipe for sugar cookies has been running with the Gilbert women of Ontario, Canada for more than 100 years. No one knows where the recipe started, but it's been that way as long as any can recall with no real change.
CanadaVeggie Salad
Canadian Cuisine This veggie salad is a light vegetable salad with a dash of spice to it.
Learn the cuisine
A practical guide to Canadian cooking
Start with the ingredients and methods that shape Canada’s regional home cooking.
Build a regional pantry
Keep maple syrup, wild rice, cranberries, apples, mustard, oats and sturdy root vegetables ready for everyday Canadian-style cooking.
Cook the Atlantic way
Handle cod and salmon gently, season simply and pair seafood with potatoes, herbs, pickles or a bright dressing.
Explore French-Canadian comfort
Tourtière, split pea soup, pouding chômeur and sugar pie show how patient cooking turns humble staples into generous meals.
Master breads and baking
Mix quick breads lightly, chill pastry when needed and use clear visual cues—not only the clock—to judge doneness.