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Early 2000s Canadian childhood

» Nostalgic photo story of things only kids who grew up in Canada will recognize

Sonam Kaloti
Arts Editor

 

rowing up in Canada means having a very niche collection of

memories, partly because of CRTC laws regulating entertainment
broadcasters to air at least 50 percent of their daily content to be of
Canadian origin until 20u. Here are some products, television, and places
that kids who grew up in the early 2000s may have buried in the depths of
their memory.

Starting with the old Canadian bills and the infamously outlawed
Canadian penny, if there’s anything a Canadian child didn’t understand but
will remember anyway, it’s money. That, and probably chicken pox.

    
 

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Photo by Anita Hart on Flick

Photo by Page DeWolfe on Flickr

 

Onto the television. Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat was a cute show
about, well, a Siamese cat. This show’s rarely, if ever, talked about, but
anyone who watched it will remember this little dude.

Promotional image for 'Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese Cat'

 

6Teen may have been about teenagers, but most of the viewers of this
show were probably too young to really understand these teenagers’ angst
and peril. Luckily, 6Teen was the kind of show to ingrain itself into the minds
of young kids, thus, making it a forever classic. Despite airing only until 2010,
my 16th birthday in 2016 consisted of texting up my buddies and taking the
SkyTrain to Metrotown to find and drink some lemonade together.

  
 
 

Promotional image for ‘'6teen'

Hockey Night in Canada isn't exactly a “2000s kids only” broadcast
since its original release was as a radio show in 1931 and it’s still running. It
holds importance to anyone who's grown up in Canada just the same.

Hockey Night in Canada' logo

Other classics from this time include Timothy Goes to School, Rolie
Polie Olie, The Big Comfy Couch, Totally Spies, Mighty Machines, and The
Berenstain Bears.

A plethora of public service announcements from the Canadian CCA
(Concerned Children’s Advertisers) made a mark on the minds of millions of
Canadian children. The TV ad featured “An important media literacy lesson
that uses animation to teach kids that they are smarter than the television.” As
written in the caption for the YouTube video posted by CCACanada.