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Caffeine dependency is a profitable industry. In the first three months of 2014 alone, Tim Hortons made $766 million Canada-wide, up almost five per cent from the same quarter last year.

Bottom line: Tim Hortons continues to make a killing in the Canadian coffee shop market, despite having a wide range of competitors. But we can safely say Canadians are addicted to coffee in general, no matter where they buy it.

Canadians know how to make love in canoes?

“A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.” That’s a quote often attributed to Pierre Berton, though no one seems to be able to prove he actually said it.

Though statistics on canoe-dling are hard to find, it’s a bucket-list item for many Canadians.

Nathalie Poulin, 31, crossed it off hers in Frontenac Park in the summer of 2012. A fellow camper had told her, “You’re not a true Canadian until you’ve done it in the canoe.” The next day she and her partner canoed by his campsite and she told him, “I’m a real Canadian now!”

“It was fun, but a little bit mosquito-ey,” said Poulin, who works at Adult Fun Superstore in Ottawa’s east end.

Trailhead Paddle Shack on Scott Street in Ottawa rents out canoes for between $17 and $45 a day. Ottawa Valley Canoe and Kayak will rent canoes out for $35 on the first day and $30 subsequent days, or $200 a week.

The intrepid are cautioned that indecent exposure is a criminal offence. People can be charged for committing indecent acts in places of public access, where they are visible to others.