Anthems
Patriotic music in Canada dates back over 200 years as a distinct category from British patriotism, preceding the first legal steps to independence by over 50 years. The earliest, "The Bold Canadian", was written in 1812.
- "O Canada" - the national anthem adopted in 1980.
- "God Save the Queen" - Royal Anthem of Canada and previously the national anthem until 1980.
- "The Maple Leaf Forever" - unofficial old national anthem 1867.
- "Alberta" official anthem of Alberta.
- "Ode to Newfoundland" - official anthem of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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“Always the seer is a sayer. Somehow his dream is told: somehow he publishes it with solemn joy: sometimes with pencil on canvas: sometimes with chisel on stone; sometimes in towers and aisles of granite, his soul’s worship is builded; sometimes in anthems of indefinite music; but clearest and most permanent, in words.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)