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Canadian National Dishes

Browse Canadian dishes through complete recipes, with regional context, practical cooking steps and food-safety guidance.

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A rustic bowl of Québec broad bean soup with barley, carrots, turnip and pieces of salted pork

Canadian National Dishes

Explore the collection

Browse Canadian dishes through complete recipes, with regional context, practical cooking steps and food-safety guidance.

24 published recipes

24 published recipes

A rustic bowl of Québec broad bean soup with barley, carrots, turnip and pieces of salted pork

Soupe à la gourgane

A rustic bowl of Sorel-style fish stew with tomato broth, white fish, potatoes, carrots, green beans, peas and creamy corn.

Gibelotte de Sorel

A Québec hot chicken sandwich of shredded chicken on soft white bread, covered with brown gravy and green peas on a white plate.

Québec Hot Chicken Sandwich with Peas and Brown Gravy

Québec poutine galvaude in a white bowl: golden fries topped with cheese curds, shredded chicken, green peas and glossy brown gravy, a centered hero bowl on a warm stone table.

Québec Poutine Galvaude with Chicken, Peas and Cheese Curds

Québec poutine italienne in a white bowl: golden fries topped with fresh cheese curds and thick tomato sauce with browned ground beef, centered as a full hero bowl on a pale stone table.

Québec Poutine Italienne with Beef and Tomato Sauce

A Québec maple syrup pie in a glass dish, with a golden butter crust and a slice showing the smooth amber filling beside it.

Québec Maple Syrup Pie (Tarte au sirop d’érable)

Thin, lightly golden Québec-style crêpes folded on a ceramic plate with glossy pure amber maple syrup.

Québec Crêpes with Maple Syrup (Crêpes québécoises au sirop d’érable)

A ceramic bowl of glossy maple-molasses beans with visible pork pieces.

Québec Maple Baked Beans (Fèves au lard à l’érable)

A golden Québec sugar-shack omelette cut into portions beside a pitcher of maple syrup.

Québec Sugar Shack Omelette (Omelette de cabane à sucre)

A glossy maple-glazed bone-in ham with carved slices, baked beans, potatoes and a small bowl of glaze.

Maple-Glazed Ham (Jambon à l’érable)

Maple-glazed pork breakfast sausages in a skillet, with eggs and golden potatoes behind.

Québec Maple-Syrup Sausages (Saucisses au sirop d’érable)

A golden Québec meat pie with a wedge cut to show pork, grated potato and onion filling.

Québec Meat Pie (Pâté à la viande québécois)

A crock of chilled Québec pork rillettes beside toast spread with visible shredded pork, cornichons and radish.

Québec Pork Rillettes (Rillettes de porc québécoises)

A chilled Québec-context country pork terrine sliced on a platter beside bread, mustard and cornichons.

Québec Country Terrine (Terrine de campagne québécoise)

A golden Charlevoix-style Québec pie with a cut wedge showing cubes of pork, beef and potato.

Tourtière de Charlevoix

A deep Bas-Saint-Laurent cipâte with a cut face showing meat, potato and pastry layers.

Cipâte du Bas-Saint-Laurent

A bowl of thick Québec yellow pea soup with split peas, salted pork, carrot and celery.

Soupe aux pois à la québécoise

A bowl of Fort Chambly-inspired yellow split pea soup with salted pork fat, onion and dried herbs.

Fort Chambly Pea Soup

Lafayette cake on a platter, with two golden layers and raspberry jam between them.

Lafayette Cake

A molded ivory frozen cream dessert on a white plate.

Iced Cheese à la Bourgeoise

A steaming cup of dark hot chocolate in a ceramic mug on a wooden table.

French Hot Chocolate — Nouvelle-France Style

Two round whole-wheat and rye loaves, one cut to show the crumb, on a wooden board.

18th-Century French Soldiers’ Bread

A bowl of Acadian bouilli with sliced pork loin, cabbage, potatoes, turnip, carrots and green beans in broth.

Acadian Bouilli (Pork and Garden Vegetable Boil)

Golden Acadian pork chiard casserole with a cut serving showing grated potato and browned pork.

Acadian Chiard (Pork and Potato Râpure)