SFU has been rated as Canada's best comprehensive university ( in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ) in the annual rankings of Canadian universities in Maclean's magazine since 1991.

* Article on Northern Dancer by the Thoroughbred Times, a division of the New York Times, entitled " Canada's Northern Dancer is the 20th century's best sire of sires "

On August 7, 1935, Escobar defeated Peter Santol, who was considered Canada's best bantaweight and held the Canadian Boxing Federation & Montreal Athletic Commission ( MAC ) world titles, by unanimous decision in 12 rounds.

MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 167th best place to live ( out of 190 ), in 2012.

He is a member of the Order of Canada, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and has been described as the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL.

According to a 2009 survey by Maclean's magazine, Burnaby is Canada's best run city.

The trophy, one of Canada's best known symbols, will run out of room for new additions following the 2012 Grey Cup.

In international competition, at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto Arcaro won the 1953 Queen's Plate ( Canada's most prestigious race ); at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, he won the 1954 Washington, D. C. International against the best horses and riders from Europe.

He has been called Canada's best novelist both in Books in Canada and the Toronto Star.

The Okanagan valley area has some of the best beaches and warmest summer temperatures in Canada, as well as Canada's only hot desert around the town of Osoyoos.

Algonquin Park provides some of Canada's best canoeing, with hundreds of navigable lakes and rivers forming a 2000 km long interconnected system of canoe routes.

First published by Maclean's in 2002, this issue profiles the winners of an annual competition to determine Canada's best places to work.

Harper has been criticised for appearing unresponsive and unsympathetic to the uncertainty Canadians were feeling during the period of financial turmoil, but he countered that the Conservatives were the best party to navigate Canada through the financial crisis, and portrayed the Liberal " Green Shift " plan as reckless and detrimental to Canada's economic well-being.

Although The Decadent was sold in only 17 percent of Canadian supermarkets, compared to 98 percent for Nabisco's Chips Ahoy !, " it fast became Canada's best selling cookie.

" In Canada, there's a television show called Canada's Worst Handyman which is a reality-show in which handyman contestants try their best on jobs in order to not be labeled worst handyman.

Black Diamond is nestled in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in the midst of some of Canada's best ranch country.

Afua Cooper states that slavery is, " Canada's best kept secret, locked within the National closet.

Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill.

* Ty Conn ( 1967 – 1999 ), born Tyrone Williams Conn, was a Canadian bank robber and is best known for his escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure and notorious prisons.

The August 23rd, 2004 edition of Maclean's magazine rated Canada's best high schools.

Glebe Collegiate was selected as one of Canada's best schools in the August, 2004 edition of Maclean's news magazine.

The Canadian Heritage Rivers System ( CHRS ) was established in 1984 by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canada's river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to encourage the public to enjoy and appreciate them.

However, in the first two month of 2012, Chrysler took over the lead and became Canada's best selling car manufacturer.

Lloyd is best remembered as the man who piloted Canada's first Medicare program from legislation to implementation in 1962, and overcoming that summer's doctors ' strike to enable it to continue.

With a smaller force structure, a smaller defence budget and more frequent operational taskings, it has become clear that general-purpose capabilities provide the best return on Canada's investment in defence.

Some carriers have been known to disable payphone calls to 958 or 959 test lines, such as Bell Canada's system-wide ANAC line at 958-2580 or ( area code ) 958-6111.

This was during the ensuing second war with Canada's American neighbours, known as the War of 1812.

Canada's largest English science fiction genre publisher is EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, which now also owns the Tesseract Books imprint, well known for producing excellent Canadian speculative fiction.

Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Canadian football history as a triple-threat to pass, run, and kick, he was one of Canada's greatest athletes and also famously known as a " Gold Dust Twin " for his teamwork with Royal Copeland.

While mostly printed on wove paper, a few of the 1 ¢, 2 ¢, and 3 ¢ values were also printed on laid paper ; only two examples of the Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper are known, making it Canada's rarest stamp.

Before it was renamed in 1969 as the Bachelor of Laws degree, the bachelor ’ s degree in common law conferred by Canada's University of New Brunswick was known as the Bachelor of Civil Law.

Though Pelee Island Winery and Hillebrand were Canada's first commercial icewine producers, starting production in 1983, Inniskillin Wines is considered the most widely known Canadian icewine producer as the first Canadian winery to win a major international award, the Grand Prix d ’ Honneur at 1991 Vinexpo in France, with their 1989 Vidal Icewine ( which was technically an illegal import into the EU ), placing Canadian icewines on the world stage.

Home Outfitters ( known as Déco Découverte in Quebec ) is Canada's largest kitchen, bed, and bath superstore, with 69 stores across the country selling bedding, towels, housewares, and other home accessories.

Much of the country's tourism is centered around Canada's four largest cities, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Ottawa, well known for their culture, diversity, as well as the many national parks and historic sites.

Maclean's is also well known for announcing the annual list of Canada's Top 100 Employers, which is featured in a special issue each October.

Located directly across from Kingston Penitentiary, the Correctional Service of Canada Museum ( also known as " Canada's Penitentiary Museum ") explains the history of Kingston Penitentiary and other correctional centres using displays that incorporate artifacts, photographs, equipment, and replicas.

It is most well known for being the former hometown of Canada's famous Moddemann family.

The early Conservatives were known to espouse economic protectionism and British imperialism, by emphasizing Canada's ties to the United Kingdom while vigorously opposing free trade with the United States ; free trade being a policy which, at the time, had strong support from the ranks of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Other parts of Canada's retirement system are private pensions, either employer-sponsored or from tax-deferred individual savings ( known in Canada as a Registered Retirement Savings Plan ).

This work would soon lead to the development of Canada's first satellite known as Alouette 1.

It is sometimes known as Canada's ice fishing capital.

Officially known as the Royal Canadian Air Force's 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Snowbirds are Canada's military aerobatics or air show flight demonstration team whose purpose is to " demonstrate the skill, professionalism, and teamwork of Canadian Forces personnel ".

The modern Royal Canadian Air Force, formerly known as Canadian Forces Air Command, traces its ancestry to the unification of Canada's armed services in 1968, and is one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Korean Business Area, known more generally as Koreatown ( or Korea Town, K-town, South Korea or The K. B. A.

It is known as the area where the city's ' Old Money ' lives, and is home to some of Canada's richest and most famous citizens, including Ken Thomson who was the richest man in Canada at the time of his death.

The bank soon became known as one of Canada's most aggressive.

Banff is a resort town and one of Canada's most popular tourist destinations, known for its mountainous surroundings and hot springs.

299 Queen Street West, also known as Bell Media Queen Street, is the headquarters of the television / radio broadcast hub of Bell Canada's media unit, Bell Media located at the intersection of Queen Street West and John Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Prince Rupert is known as " The City of Rainbows ", as it is Canada's wettest city, with of annual precipitation on average, of that total being rain ; in addition, 240 days per year have at least some precipitation, and there are only 1230 hours of sunshine per year-It is regarded as the municipality in Canada which receives the least amount of sunshine annually.