Canada’s obsession with Tim Hortons just keeps growing

Canadians really love Tim Hortons — and not just its double-doubles.

The national obsession seems to have reached a new high with the affectionately nicknamed "Tim's" regularly making headlines as the place for proposals, weddings, sing-alongs, dance numbers, and pop-culture inside jokes.

Last weekend, Charlie and Natalie Aalders tied the knot in the Scots Bay, Nova Scotia, Tim Hortons where they first met just a few months ago — and they don't even drink coffee.

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"Neither one of us drink coffee, but we figured we could get a hot chocolate," said Charlie Aalders.

After Charlie proposed on Valentine's Day, choosing a wedding venue was an easy choice:

"We didn’t want to spend a lot of money," Natalie told CBC News. "But we wanted everyone to enjoy it. Tim Horton’s was the place we met so it just seemed right."

"I'd say 95 per cent of the people thought it was an amazing idea. It's different, original, fun," said Charlie.

A coffee-shop wedding has its perks:

"We can always come back here and have our coffee and remember it," Natalie told Kings County News.

Of course, the newlyweds couldn't avoid certain Tim's-themed jokes:

"A lot of people commented that Charlie rolled up the rim and won," said Natalie, adding, "I'd rather have Charlie than a Toyota."

Last week, an Etobicoke, Ontario, woman rolled up the rim to find a proposal.

"My boyfriend then told me to roll up the rim on his coffee cup as we were watching TV," Baisley told Canada.com. "It looked like he already rolled it up, so I wasn’t expecting anything."

Baisley's boyfriend had modified the cup to read: "Will you marry me?" underneath the rim.

She doesn't plan on having a Tim Hortons-themed wedding, despite offers from friends to cater the event with all-you-can-eat Timbits.

Some people use Tim Hortons to express their love to one another. Others just really love Tim Hortons.

The Brucker family of Kelowna, B.C., created a musical tribute to their favourite coffee shop. Their video paying homage to the "Tim Hortons Cup" went viral.

A Tim Hortons server at McMaster University recently made headlines for her cheerful dance that celebrates each Roll Up the Rim win.

Elderly crooners breaking out into song at an Oakville Tim Hortons also warmed Canadians' hearts.

"It’s not scripted," said Jack Smye, one of the warblers. "It's a long-standing tradition. Halfway through our coffee, we sing."

This past Christmas, Tim Hortons customers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, started a chain reaction of good will and "paid it forward" for 228 customers in a row.

And last May, a baby girl named Azauria, born in the bathroom of a Windsor, Ontario, Tim Hortons, received the greatest gift of all: free Timbits for life.

"If little Azauria ever had a craving for a Timbit, she can have all the Timbits she wants,” company spokesperson David Morelli told CBC News.

Even the chain is having fun with its recent surge in popularity.

After Jason Priestly mentioned "The Priestly," a Timbit crammed into a strawberry vanilla doughnut, in a Canada-themed episode of How I Met Your Mother, Tim Hortons created the sweet treat.

The photo of the custom doughnut went viral.

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And after Ryan Gosling complained, tongue-in-cheek, that he'd never had his face plastered on a mug, the Canadian coffee chain made him one.