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Canadian public debt

Canadian public debt, also known as debt of Canada, is the money owed by Canadian governments; net debt was 11.9% of GDP in 2024, the lowest in the G7.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes): Canada's independent quasi-judicial regulator of broadcasting and telecommunications, founded 1968, renamed 1976, administering the Broadcasting Act, Telecommunications Act, Online Streaming Act, and Online News Act.

Canadian Red Ensign

Canadian Red Ensign: red flag with Union Jack canton and Canadian shield, Canada's de facto national emblem from the 1870s until replaced by the Maple Leaf flag on 15 February 1965; never formally the national flag.

Canadian Securities Exchange

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) is a Canadian stock exchange founded in 2003 and headquartered in Toronto, offering streamlined, low-cost listings for emerging and entrepreneurial companies.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) is Canada's federal civilian security and intelligence agency, created July 16, 1984 under the CSIS Act. It investigates terrorism, espionage, and foreign interference, conducts threat reduction measures, and is overseen by NSIRA and the Federal Court.

Canadian Solar

Canadian Solar is a Canadian-incorporated solar photovoltaic module and battery energy storage manufacturer founded by Shawn Qu in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2001 and listed on NASDAQ since 2006.

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), Canada's high-readiness special operations command, created 1 February 2006; about 2,550 personnel; five units including JTF 2, CSOR, 427 SOAS, CJIRU, CSOTC; commanded by MGen Steve Hunter since May 2024.

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a Canadian retail conglomerate founded in 1922 by the Billes brothers, operating more than 1,400 dealer-owned stores plus a bank and a real estate trust.

Canadian tort law

Canadian tort law: private-law compensation for civil wrongs. Common law torts (negligence dominant) in the provinces, extra-contractual liability under the Civil Code of Quebec in Quebec; bijural federal drafting, apportionment, SCC developments.

Canadians

Canadians are the people of Canada, about 41.8 million in 2026, including citizens by birth and naturalization, shaped by bilingualism, multiculturalism, and sustained immigration.

Canal de Craponne

Canal de Craponne: French Cour de cassation case of 6 March 1876 (Commune de Pélissanne v marquis de Galliffet) rejecting judicial revision of contracts for imprévision, upholding a 3-sol sixteenth-century watering fee, governing French civil contracts until Article 1195 of the Civil Code in 2016.

Canal Hotel bombing

Canal Hotel bombing: 19 August 2003 suicide truck bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 22 people including Sergio Vieira de Mello; deadliest attack on UN staff, led to UNDSS creation.

Canal+ Group

Canal+ Group is a French pay-television, streaming, and studio company, founded in 1984 as France's first private encrypted pay channel and operating StudioCanal and myCanal.

Canapi Ventures

Canapi Ventures is a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm investing in early- to growth-stage fintech, founded by Gene Ludwig and Chip Mahan and backed by an alliance of banks.

Canara Bank

Canara Bank is a major Indian public sector bank headquartered in Bengaluru, founded in Mangalore in 1906 and majority owned by the Government of India.

Cañari

The Cañari (Kañari) are an indigenous people of the southern Ecuadorian Andes whose pre-Inca culture flourished from about 500 BC to 1460 AD, known above all for ceramics.

CANARIE

CANARIE (Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education) is a Canadian non-profit, founded in 1993, that operates Canada's national research and education network backbone.

Canban (参半)

Canban (参半) is a Chinese oral-care brand launched in 2018 by Shenzhen Xiaokuo Technology, known for probiotic mouthwash and ranked third in China's oral-care market.

Canberra-class landing helicopter dock

The Canberra class comprises two Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter docks, HMAS Canberra (L02) and HMAS Adelaide (L01), based on Navantia's Juan Carlos I. 27,800-tonne amphibious ships carrying over 1,000 personnel, four landing craft and up to 18 helicopters; largest ships built for the RAN.

Cancel culture

Cancel culture is the public calling out and ostracism of norm transgressors on social media, involving shaming, boycotts, and deplatforming. Rooted in Black Twitter callout practice, widely discussed after #MeToo and the 2020 Harper's letter.

Cancelled plans for 2020 Republican National Convention in Jacksonville

Cancelled 2020 Republican National Convention plans for Jacksonville, Florida: after a dispute with Governor Roy Cooper over COVID-19 capacity limits in Charlotte, the RNC moved celebratory events to Jacksonville for August 24–27, 2020, before Trump cancelled them on July 23, 2020 amid Florida's case spike.

Cancer Artificial Intelligence Alliance

The Cancer Artificial Intelligence Alliance (CAIA) is a research consortium of four NCI-designated cancer centers and technology companies, announced in October 2024 to train AI models on multi-institution cancer data.

Cancer medicine

Cancer Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open access, interdisciplinary oncology journal published by John Wiley & Sons, launched in August 2012 and indexed in MEDLINE under the abbreviation Cancer Med.

Cancer science

Cancer Science is the monthly open access official journal of the Japanese Cancer Association, published by Wiley. Founded in 1907 as Gann by Katsusaburo Yamagiwa, renamed Japanese Journal of Cancer Research in 1985 and Cancer Science in 2003; 2025 impact factor 4.9.

Candabha Thera

Candabha Thera was an arahant, a wealthy brahmin's son of Rajagaha whose navel gave off moon-like light, and who attained enlightenment soon after ordaining under the Buddha.

Candace Newmaker

Candace Newmaker (born Candace Tiara Elmore, 1989) was a 10-year-old American girl who died of asphyxiation on April 18, 2000, during a rebirthing attachment-therapy session in Evergreen, Colorado; her death led to therapist convictions and to rebirthing bans in Colorado and North Carolina.

Candace Owens

Candace Owens (Candace Amber Owens Farmer, born 1989), American conservative commentator, podcaster, and author; TPUSA communications director, Blexit founder, Daily Wire host until the March 2024 split, author of Blackout (2020).

Candace R. Jackson-Akiwumi

Candace R. Jackson-Akiwumi, born 1979, is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2021.

Candanangalika

Candanangalika (चन्दनङ्गलिक) was a lay disciple of the Buddha at Sāvatthī who, moved by inspiration, praised him with a red lotus verse and gave five robes back.

Candar dynasty

Candar dynasty (Candaroğulları, İsfendiyaroğulları): Oghuz Turkic beylik ruling Kastamonu and Sinop on the Black Sea from the early 1300s until Ottoman annexation by Mehmed II in 1461; second-longest-lived Anatolian beylik after Karaman.