Most Canadians say they know all the words to "O Canada", survey suggests

Our National Anthem needs to be back in our schools, at least once a week sing it, learn it, know it, to show respect to our troops, past and present, and respect for our country, whether born here or immigrated here. It's about respect, appreciation, gratitude. O Canada.

yawn.

Here is the little history I remember about O Canada. Stanley Weir wrote the anthem. I think he wrote the music. O Canada was composed in 1880. The first words of our national anthem was first written in French, and then came English words. The literal English translation of the French version do not turn out to be the exact same words as we know it in English. I personally do not know the French version off hand. (I learned it in school but the linguistic divisions in Canada caused me not to be able to know it in French). Anyway O Canada has been used as our national anthem for a good number of years replacing God Save the Queen. By 1980, O Canada became the official national anthem of Canada. I learned it since I was 5 years old and I would have to be dead to not remember it. My old church hymnal has all 4 stanzas of O Canada (Adventist Church Hymnal, Reveiw and Herald, 1941 ed.) Whenever I watched Hockey Night in Canada, or see a Canadian win gold, or celebrate a multicultural festival, O Canada is my national anthem to be sung. And you can sing it in any language you want. As long as it is in respect to my country there is no problem.

i dont see why we are complaining the greek anthem is got 158 stanzas

i think this is a lie. i also think that it should have been a crime to change the words to the national anthem with out a referemdom. i suspect not even 40% know the words to the national anthem.

I know the words (in French and English), and I know the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen as well, and In Flanders Fields. Something to be said for being a kid in the early 80s, when we still sang and read all those things...

Some older people are saying that we need to sing it or listen to it once a week.? In Ontario, we listen to it every single day, first thing, and we have to stand at attention to it.

we have to be patriotic hell its on youtube go read it

It must be a REALLY slow day at Yahoo news.
lol!

Because we watch hockey-also know the words for Star Spangled Banner

LOL I know it and I know it in French and only speak a little bit of French. It may have something to do with being SO bored with announcements in school in the morning that I LOOKED forward to singing the National Anthem because that meant I'd be onto more interesting things.... :D OH CANADA!

Must be a slow news day

Saying and doing are very different things.
If this really is the case, why can't they find someone to sing it properly at the start of a game?

I'm assuming they mean they know the first verse of O Canada, I don't think there are many out there who know ALL the lyrics to O Canada, myself included. Heck I'm pretty sure that most Canadians aren't even aware that O Canada has three more verses than what you hear before a hockey game.

Ahhh ... but do they know the words to the original version that was common when we had the blue in our flag ?

surprising considering your not allowed to sing O-Canada at the beginning of school anymore because it offends the immagrents who come here for a better life and do nothing but complain how our culture offends them. fuk this country is going to hell in a hand basket

I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that some schools have taken out the national anthem, we should be patriotic to our country even if you weren't born here, you are now living here and you should take your time to learn the words and want to sing it. In mostly all high schools that I know of students don't even sing along, I think singing it should be enforced. If you want to live in our country then you should be expected to follow our customs, it shouldn't be offensive because you are Canadian even if you weren't born here.

I came from Quebec, I didn't know the lyrics until my children go to Ottawa school. I learned from my children and now I can sing in both English and French.
rgds

that's it? Sad....it's not a long song people...learn it.

OMG!!!! And every Canadian damned well should!!!

O 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,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.