O Canada
"O Canada" (French: Ô Canada, French pronunciation: [o kanada]) is the national anthem of Canada.
Calixa Lavallée wrote the music; Adolphe-Basile Routhier wrote the words in French. It was first sung in French in 1880. Robert Stanley Weir wrote English words for the song in 1908.
It was sung as the national anthem for many years before the government made it official on 1 July (Canada Day) in 1980.
Lyrics
English lyrics
English original | Simple English translation |
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O Canada! Our home and native land, |
Canada, our home and the country where we were born, |
French lyrics
French original | IPA transcription | English translation |
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Ô Canada! |
[o kanada] |
O Canada! |
Multilingual versions
Bilingual version (English and French) | Bilingual version (English and French) | Trilingual version (English, French and Inuktitut) |
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O Canada! |
Ô Canada! |
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ! |
Translations into indigenous language
Inuktitut | Ojibwe | Cree | Mi'kmaq |
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ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ! |
O, Canada, maampii enjibaayang |
Ka Kanata, nikinan nitaskinan. |
O' Kanata, kmîtkinu kinu |