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Transcript — O Canada - Stronger Together
Video length: 00:00:30
[Video opens on a shinny hockey game being played on a frozen lake, with mountains in the background.]
[Four shinny hockey players stand on the ice with hockey sticks. Their boots are grouped together along the cleared ice nearby.]
Narrator: O Canada!
[A scenic view of mountains and a river shrouded in mist.]
Our home and native land!
[At a Canada Day celebration, a person wearing a headscarf smiles at a child who waves a Canadian flag while sitting on another person's shoulders.]
True patriot love
[A motorboat travels along a river. The captain raises their arms in the air while two passengers sit in the back and another passenger sits at the front of the boat.]
in all of us command.
[Close-up of an Indigenous person with long black hair, with city buildings blurred in the background.]
With glowing
[Close-up of a Black person with short curly hair wearing a black hoodie, with city buildings blurred in the background.]
hearts we
[Five members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ride on horseback, each carrying a Canadian flag.]
see thee rise,
[Close-up of the Peacekeeping Monument with a Canadian flag flying nearby.]
The True North
[On a snow-covered tarmac, three military personnel walk toward a parked aircraft.]
strong and free!
[A firefighting aircraft releases water over a forest fire, creating clouds of steam and smoke.]
From far
[Vehicles travel along a highway bordered by homes, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance.]
and wide,
[Residents stand on apartment balconies overlooking the street, while one person waves a large Canadian flag.]
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
[A person wearing a cowboy hat stands on a snowy plain facing distant hills.]
God keep our land
[Two hospital staff push a patient on a gurney down a hospital corridor with one staff carrying an IV pole.]
glorious and free!
[At an evening Canada Day celebration, a child with a maple leaf painted on their cheek gazes upward while being held by an adult waving a Canadian flag.]
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
[On-screen text: "A United Canada is a Stronger Canada"]
[The Government of Canada signature appears.]
Audio: "…musique notes O Canada stinger…"
[The Canada wordmark appears with an animated Canadian flag.]
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In 2025, “O Canada” celebrated its 45th anniversary as our national anthem.
Sing along with the official karaoke version and let your voice join others from coast to coast to coast.
Transcript — Karaoke O Canada
Video length: 00:01:35
This is a bilingual video; the lyrics appear in both English and French. This transcript shows the English lyrics only.
[music]
[On-screen text:
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.]
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