Complete Clue List
Across
1. Goes back to the start
5. Québécois small dress sizes?
9. Ouster
10. Canada has coastlines on ____ of the world's oceans
11. Canada, USA and Mexico: ____ America
12. A first, second or third place getter at the Montréal (1976) or 26A (2010) Olympics
13. One of four main regions: ____ Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba)
15. House of ____ of Canada: Parliament's lower house
17. New Brunswick's biggest urban centre
19. Hunting cry (5-2)
21. Someone heading to (or working in) Fraser Canyon in 1858 or the Klondike in 1896 (4,5)
23. Understood
25. Monastery wear (holy hoods?)
26. Most populous city in British Columbia
27. Canada is the world's second-____ country by 6D area
28. "Fancy meeting you here!" (2,5)
Down
1. Strangely coloured precipitation; title of 2019 Canadian war film and 2021 US horror comedy (3,4)
2. Canada has the world's highest proportion of fresh ____ lakes
3. Forerunner of the RCMP: ____ Mounted Police, established in 1873 (5-4)
4. Legendary sleep inducer
5. PICADOR strangely mimicking (anag.)
6. Complete, absolute
7. Region whose local government powers are delegated by the Parliament of Canada
8. Protective casings used by "coureurs de bois" for their knives
14. Manitoba crop grown for oil or roasted snack food confections (sing.)
16. One of a kid's temporary 20 (4,5)
17. Enchanting, like most Canadian vistas
18. Canada's newest 7D in 1999
19. Home of hockey's Maple Leafs
20. Canadian province bordering the Great Lakes
22. Montréal exhibition site
24. Canada ranks highly in international measures for ____ liberties