# What is a canuck

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-canuck/79015 "2001-08-30T21:42:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-canuck/79015/5 "2001-08-30T21:55:53Z")

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Well, ok. Back to google with the terms ‘etymology canuck’.

The first [link](http://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/chaseplace/claslink/Canuck..htm) offers some insight onto how the word evolved.

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