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Canada is a young country, having only been formed in 1867. We didn't have a flag until the 1960's, didn't have a constitution until 1980, the last province didn't join until 1950(?) and we even formed a new territory a few years ago. Canada has no identity though. When travelling I ask people what they think about Canada, usually they say "I don't". When pressed, they may say something about nature, snow and Canadian bacon... and if they have been here they will talk about politeness and how clean things are. But this isn't a national identity. Is Canada thee most boring/faceless country... or do these things take time?

After I hear some opinions, I will post how Canadians view their identity, and see if it jives with what others think.
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There was an interesting interview with Mike Myers on Bravo yesterday night. One of the questions he answered was along your lines. He spoke about the lack of identity. Canadians are not French, they are not English, they are not Americans, they are not natives. Almost everybody's father was born outside of Canada. They do not have a national food. When was the last time that you said "Honey, lets go out for dinner tonight, I'm in the mood for Canadian..."

Note: I like Canada. Beatiful country. I have several frineds there. But it somehow bugs me that most of the Canadian Pesos do not have a national hero printed on them, or even a moose, just some other country's queen!

The best thing Canada produced was probably Second City, SCTV, John Candy and the McKenzie bros.!