A Canadian Centennial survey that actually makes sense. During Canada's 1967 Centennial birthday celebration, school children from all over the country learned the song "Canada" (also known as "Ca-na-da" or "The Centennial Song", French version "Une chanson du centenaire"). It was written by Bobby Gimby in 1967 to celebrate both the centennial and Expo 67, and was written in both of Canada's official languages, English and French. The song's recording was performed by the Young Canada Singers, two groups of children — one that sang the French lyrics, and another that sang in English. Ironically, despite the year being Canada's centennial anniversary, only one Canadian song appeared on the year-end Top 100, which was this song. If you were a Canadian student during the Centennial, do you remember learning and singing this son (we also had to sing it in the two languages, and to this day, still remember the French wording as well as the English wording)?

More than 50 recordings were made of the song, plus more than 250 Canadian school choirs and bands recorded it. The song was written for a documentary about the Centennial, but teachers loved the patriotic message of "Ca-na-da" and led the demand to release it as a single. In 1971, Gimby donated the song's manuscript and all future royalties to Scouts Canada. Were you ever in the Boy or Girl Scouts?