The list of vital Canadian articles is here. Notwithstanding the significance of the article subjects, many of the articles are in need of improvement.
History of Chinese immigration to Canada - this currently is turning into something much more than "immigration" and shoudl be retitled to History of the Chinese in Canada or something like that; or its non-immigration material should be excised; there are tons of overlap between this and other chinese-Canadian articles, which are abundant and disproportionate to coverage of any othe group; and all highly POV due to the POV nature/tone of latter-day press/academic coverage. I've been trying to add gold rush-era material but haven't had a lot of time to do so; when I first found this article it mimicked/transposed US history on Canadian (a fault which Canadian Chinese organizations such as the CCNC seem in no hurry to correct). This article needs de-POV'ing and there's more content that can be added, including immigration/departure figures and a more frank discussion of anti-Chinse-immigration policies/debates than the usual "they were just racists" tone; ethnohistory articles should NOT be written only from the perspective of the ethnic group in question, nor should they be policied to maintain an ethno-biased POV.....(see Talk:Chinese Canadian for a sampling of such ethno-biaed POVs). I know this sounds "testy" and I guess it is; like others in Canada I'm getting tired of having "my" history rewritten to suit ethnic-atonement agendas and the brow-beating tone of such articles (this one's a lot better than when I found it, but still it's been an edit war at times). I'm leaving Wikipedia after next weekend (for quite a while, if not forever) so am leaving notes on things I know need doing; this is a big one, and its existence also implies, for fairness:
History of immigration to Canada talks about the Scandinavian immigration via california and there is zero cited source and I cannot find a source to back this up. Anything I've read says they strictly came from the east. All these sub-sections lack cited sources and its rather annoying when attempting to look up reliable information.
Greater Toronto English A distinctive dialect spoken within the Greater Toronto Area region mostly by younger kids. Needs substantial content improvements though, regarding the fact that both of its slangs and vocabulary words have been mostly shared by Multicultural London English and influences from Caribbean origen.
Philip Owen, former mayor of Vancouver BC **I added this page but it's significantly improved over how it was, maybe it should come off? Maybe someone could check and see what they think?--Anchoress07:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester — a complicated and controversial figure, he's been called the "Father of British Canada" ([1]), the best British general in America during the American Revolution, and credited (or blamed) for inspiring and enacting the Quebec Act of 1774. A hugely important person, but you would not know it from the current state of his Wikipedia article.
Alban Garon, unsolved murder of a Canadian Chief Justice who had retired a few years ago, who was brutally beaten to death with his wife and friend, with no suspects.
List of indigenous Canadian politicians - needs updating in general, and Nunavut section is totally empty, despite having many elected Indigenous territorial politicians
New Westminster should be a priority article for BC; sections could/should be split off and expanded, civic history and more should be added, plus the usual climate etc sections; kinda random right now and cluttery.
Canadian cuisine - Needs general organization and goals. Are we attempting to describe the general landscape of Canadian cuisine in terms of flavours, variation and general foods eaten (not limited to Canadian brands or invented foods) and/or trying to curate a list of uniquely Canadian food brands / inventions? Additionally, for the uniquely Canadian items, what is our cut off? Some of the foods are very regional and niche as opposed to widely accepted examples of Maple Syrup, Tim Hortons and Poutine.
Sometimes, articles are written which mistakenly link to disambiguation pages, or even directly to incorrect topics. These need to be monitored from time to time to ensure that incorrect links are replaced. Some such pages are listed here; if you want to assist in cleaning up links, use the "what links here" page on the given article, and correct the link in any case where you are sure that the actual intended topic is the Canadian one. If you're unsure, please post to WP:CANTALK for assistance. Also please add other pages here which need this type of monitoring, if known.
Please note that as there are always new articles being written, this is a permanent list that needs ongoing monitoring. Accordingly, please do not remove a location from this list just because you've cleaned up all the incorrect links that existed at one specific time, as new incorrect links will invariably exist again in the future.
These should be corrected whenever possible, although since the dab page offers a link to the correct article it's not as crucial to fix these promptly as it is to fix links to the wrong article altogether.
