Stupid Laws in Canada





30% of a radio stations output must be of Canadian Content”
Location: Canada | 12 comments

All business signs in the province of Quebec must be in French. If the business operator wishes to have English on the sign, the French must be at least twice as large as the English is. There are no laws governing the usage of other languages on signs. -Bill 101 (Passed 1976)
Location: Quebec, Canada | 27 comments

Apples must be green.
Location: Wawa, Canada | 11 comments

Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
Location: Alberta, Canada | 6 comments

By law your parents or grandparents must have come from France, Scotland or Ireland.
Location: Canada | 13 comments

Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must not be left down more than the width of a hand.
Location: Montreal, Canada | no comments

Children must not be buried alive in snow deeper than six feet.
Location: Canada | 7 comments

Children under the age of 5 must not be locked in a refrigerator.
Location: Ottawa, Canada | 3 comments

Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
Location: Canada | 2 comments

Citizens may not urinate or spit on the street. Punishable by a fine of over 100 Canadian dollars.
Location: Montreal, Canada | 2 comments

Comic books which depict any illegal acts are banned.
Location: Canada | 4 comments

Driving on the roads is not allowed.
Location: New Brunswick, Canada | 22 comments

If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.
Location: Canada | 112 comments

If you have a water trough in your front yard it must be filled by 5:00 a.m.
Location: Cobourg, Canada | no comments

It is against the law to impersonate a foreigner.
Location: Quebec, Canada | 4 comments

It is against the law to leave your doors and windows open if you are away from your house for more than one week.
Location: Uxbridge, Canada | no comments

It is against the law to make burgers out of polar bears.
Location: Canada | 9 comments

It is against the law to swear at your mother in public.
Location: Toronto, Canada | no comments

It is against the law to use dice to play craps.
Location: Alberta, Canada | one comment

It is completely illegal to hit innocent little seal pups over the head with a heavy club – apart from on every day of the year.
Location: Quebec, Canada | 5 comments

It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.
Location: Canada | 10 comments

It is illegal to climb trees.
Location: Oshawa, Canada | 6 comments

It is illegal to curse in any language other than French.
Location: Quebec, Canada | 13 comments

It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.
Location: Ottawa, Canada | 3 comments

It is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man
Location: Alberta, Canada | no comments