# Canuck?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck/238561>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 6, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck/238561 "2004-04-06T15:23:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck/238561/1 "2004-04-06T15:23:16Z")

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I hadn’t thought about the origin of the word either, although of course I knew about Johnny.

See [Johnny Canuck](http://www.lambiek.net/bachle-leo.htm) in the comics!

For a rather less heroic example, there’s the [hockey team](http://www.canuckshq.com/canucks.html).

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck/238561/2 "2004-04-07T13:22:39Z")

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A link to the Staff Report under discussion: [What’s the origin of “Canuck”?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcanuck.html)