# The most iconic Canadian foods

The foods Canadians call their own, from coast to coast, according to Insight Vacations, Travelsphere and Canadian food guides.

- 38 votes · 16 items
- Sep 28, 2026 · fitfam_victoria
- https://even.best/en/l/873/the-most-iconic-canadian-foods

## Top 12

1. **Maple syrup and maple taffy** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Quebec's liquid gold, poured on snow at the sugar shack.
2. **Poutine** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fries, squeaky cheese curds and gravy, born in rural Quebec in the 1950s.
3. **Nanaimo bars** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No-bake bars of crumb base, custard icing and chocolate, from Nanaimo, BC.
4. **Peameal bacon sandwich** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cornmeal-rolled back bacon on a bun, Toronto's St. Lawrence Market icon.
5. **Caesar cocktail** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Vodka, Clamato and spices, invented in Calgary in 1969.
6. **Montreal smoked meat** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Smoked brisket piled on rye bread.
7. **Butter tarts** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Pastry shells with a gooey butter, sugar and egg filling, an Ontario classic.
8. **Tourtière** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Spiced meat pie from Quebec, eaten at Christmas.
9. **BeaverTails** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Stretched fried dough with cinnamon sugar, from Ottawa.
10. **Bannock** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Indigenous fried or baked bread.
11. **Atlantic lobster rolls** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lobster from the Maritimes in a buttered bun.
12. **Ketchup chips** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A uniquely Canadian crisp flavour.
13. **Montreal-style bagels** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Honey-water boiled, wood-fired bagels.
14. **Saskatoon berry pie** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Pie of native Prairie berries.
15. **Steamies (Montreal hot dogs)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steamed hot dogs topped with mustard, onions and coleslaw, a Montreal snack-bar classic.
16. **Perogies (Prairies)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ukrainian-Canadian dumplings, a staple across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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