Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada



Welcome to WikiProject Canada on the English Wikipedia! This project was formed to foster better articles on the country of Canada with a spirit of cooperation. The project is a home base that provides a place for Wikipedians (editors) to discuss issues and share information and resources regarding improvements to Canadian related articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page.

To join WikiProject Canada (anyone may join), simply list your username on the members page. Note: Don't need an account or be listed on the  members page to participate in the project -  as ALL are welcome!

Our project is dedicated to improving articles and coverage related to Canada in a fair and accurate manner, with an emphasis on subjects with national significance. Some project goals are to help improve vital articles, continue  developing quality standards, maintain and expand templates, lists, portals and categories in a manner that helps users browse the articles that fall under this project's scope. Editors are encouraged to participate in the more regional and/or topic specific Canadian Wikiprojects.

As of, there are ' articles within the scope of WikiProject Canada, of which ' are featured and  are good articles. This makes up % of the articles on Wikipedia, % of all featured articles and lists, and % of all good articles (see: Canadian Featured content). Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are  pages in the project.

It is recommended that Project members add each of the following Project pages to their watchlists. The Canadian Manual of Style is a guide applicable to all Canadian Wikipedia articles. It presents Canadian styles, and is intended to help editors to produce articles with proper Canadian language, layout, and formatting that are consistent, clear, and precise.


 * Discussion board – Main talk page for this project
 * Deletion board – Editor generated listing of current deletions
 * Article alerts – Bot generated listing of deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews and move requests
 * Cleanup listing – Bot generated listing of articles that have multiple cleanup tags
 * Unreferenced BLPs – Bot generated listing of Bios with no references
 * New articles – Bot generated listing of new articles that may need assessment
 * Userboxes – Canadian related user page boxes
 * Projects & portals – Listing of Canadian related projects
 * Help & tools – A help page with search option, tips and tools
 * References – Editor generated listing of Canadian databanks & online sources (historical)


 * Vital articles – Editor generated listing of our most important articles that should be improved and watched over closely for vandalism
 * Requested articles – Editor generated listing of articles to be created
 * Requested photographs – A category page of articles lacking images
 * Articles to improve – Editor generated listing of articles that have problems
 * Popular pages – Bot generated listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved  and watched over closely for vandalism
 * Featured content – Bot generated listing of FA and GA level articles
 * Assessment – Article classification system
 * Notice board – Editor generated listing of ongoing discussions (historical)

Below are other Canadian related Wikimedia Foundation groups collaborating with this project. The following is a list of Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.
 * Wikipedia_Education_Program_Canada_logo.svg Canada Education Program – Part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Education Program
 * Wikimedia_Canada_logo.svg Wikimedia Canada – An incorporated non-profit organization acting as the Canadian local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation
 * Commons Canada Project – The Canadian Wikimedia Commons project


 * Outline of Canada LocationCanadaAmerica.png
 * Provinces of Canada: • Outline of Alberta  • Outline of British Columbia • Outline of Manitoba  • Outline of New Brunswick  • Outline of Newfoundland and Labrador  • Outline of Nova Scotia  • Outline of Ontario (Outline of Toronto) • Outline of Prince Edward Island  • Outline of Quebec • Outline of Saskatchewan
 * Territories of Canada: Outline of the Northwest Territories • Outline of Nunavut • Outline of Yukon

The outlines are hierarchical lists of topics. Each outline summarizes an entire subject, and Wikipedia's coverage of it, such as Canada, one of its provinces or territories, or a city. Each outline serves as a guide to its subject, and as a table of contents or site map of Wikipedia on that subject.
 * See also: Index of Canada-related articles.

Project data Featured content - Popular pages - Vital articles

To tag articles under the scope of WikiProject Canada, place WikiProject Canada on the article talk page. For template parameters please see: Template:WikiProject Canada Talk pages of Canadian topic based articles may be tagged with Canadian English to indicate the fact that Canadian English dialect and spelling is being used. Portals may be placed in the See also section of Canadian related articles, there are topic/regional  specific portals available.See: List of Canadian portals Navigational templates may be placed at the bottom of Canadian related articles, there are topic/regional specific navboxs available. See: Category:Canadian navigational boxes Templates used to help identify small Canada-related articles, there are topic/regional specific stubs. See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Stub templates Add the following template to your user page to give yourself quick links to main Canada projects and project pages. Add one of the following templates to your user page to indicate your participation in Wikiproject Canada. For more Canada userbox templates, please see Userboxes/Location/Canada. Both of these awards can be given by any user to any other user who you think is worthy. See also: Awards Use type&#61;Red to give a user a small kudos for a useful series of edits that you saw them make or for one particularly clever edit that deserves mention. The type&#61;Silver level is for completion of a major initiative, such as writing a featured article about Canada or standardizing a series about one Canada-related topic. The type&#61;Gold level is awarded for a user that you have seen put months or years of hard work into all aspects of Canada-related articles.
 * Project banner
 * Canadian English banner
 * Portals
 * Navigational templates
 * Stubs
 * Infoboxes
 * User page
 * Awards
 * The Canadian Content Award
 * The Maple Leaf Award (red, silver, or gold)


 * Invitation