Editing Canuck (section)

{{Short description|Term for a Canadian}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Kanak people}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
[[File:JackCanuckOYes.jpg|thumb|An editorial cartoon, c. 1910, portraying [[Johnny Canuck]]]]

'''''Canuck''''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|n|ʌ|k}} {{respell|kə|NUK}}) is a [[slang]] term for a [[Canadians|Canadian]], though its semantic nuances are manifold.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, Third Edition, s.v. "Canuck", def. (1a) |url=https://dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/Canuck |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=dchp.arts.ubc.ca}}</ref> A variety of theories have been postulated for the etymological origins of the term.<ref name="Orkin2015">{{cite book |last=Orkin |first=Mark M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrsBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT175 |title=Speaking Canadian English: An Informal Account of the English Language in Canada |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1970 |isbn=978-1-317-43632-4 |page=175}}</ref>  The term ''Kanuck'' is first recorded in 1835 as a Canadianism, originally referring to [[Dutch Canadians]] (which included [[German Canadians]]) or [[French Canadians]].<ref name="Orkin2015"/><ref name=":1">Dollinger, Stefan (2006). [http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/hsl_shl/DCHP-2/DCHP-2/DCHP-2.htm "Towards a fully revised and extended edition of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (DCHP-2): background, challenges, prospects"]. HSL/SHL Vol. 6.</ref> By the 1850s, the spelling with a "C" became predominant.<ref name="Orkin2015"/> Today, many Canadians and others use ''Canuck'' as a mostly affectionate term for any Canadian.<ref name="Orkin2015"/><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001031 |title=The Mavens' Word of the Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417151050/http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001031 |archive-date=17 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Johnny Canuck]] is a folklore hero who was created as a [[political cartoon]] in 1869 and was later re-invented as a [[World War II|Second World War]] [[action hero]] in 1942.<ref name="Bachle Kulbach Dak 2015 p.">{{cite book | last1=Bachle | first1=L. | last2=Kulbach | first2=A. | last3=Dak | first3=P. | title=Johnny Canuck | publisher=Comic Syrup Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-9940547-0-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4IxrgEACAAJ | access-date=2023-02-15 | pages=17–21}}</ref> The [[Vancouver Canucks]], a professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), has  used a version of "Johnny Canuck" as their team logos.<ref name="The Canadian Encyclopedia 2019">{{cite web | title=Canuck | website=The Canadian Encyclopedia | date=2019-07-08 | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canuck | access-date=2023-02-15}}</ref>

The Canadian military has used the term colloquially for several projects: [[Operation Canuck]], the  [[Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck]] and the [[Fleet 80 Canuck]].

[[Captain Canuck]] is a [[Canadian comics|Canadian comic book]] [[superhero]] who  first appeared in ''Captain Canuck'' #1 (July 1975).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Markstein |first1=Don |title=Captain Canuck |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/canuck.htm |website=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> The series was the first successful Canadian comic book since the collapse of the nation's comic book industry following World War II.<ref name=edwardson>{{cite journal|last=Edwardson|first=Ryan|title=The Many Lives of Captain Canuck: Nationalism, Culture, and the creation of a Canadian Comic Book Superhero|journal=The Journal of Popular Culture|date=November 2003|volume=37|issue=2|pages=184–201|doi=10.1111/1540-5931.00063}}</ref>