19 verified laws from Canada, each checked against the statute and sourced.
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Confirmed TrueNo longer in force
British Columbia, CA
Vancouver prohibited selling stoves on Wednesdays for 40 years
REPEALED! A municipal bylaw prohibited the sale of stoves and ovens on Wednesdays within Vancouver city limits from 1947 to 1986.
Confirmed True
British Columbia, CA
Smithers, BC declared itself a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in 1986
STILL ACTIVE (Symbolic)! Bylaw 771 prohibits the manufacture, testing, storage, or deployment of nuclear weapons within municipal boundaries—though municipalities have no constitutional authority over federal defense matters.
Confirmed TrueNo longer in force
Canada
Canada had a law against pretending to practice witchcraft until 2018
REPEALED 2018! It was an offense to "pretend to exercise or use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration." This anti-fraud provision was repealed by Bill C-51.
Confirmed True
Alberta, CA
Alberta is officially rat-free and strictly enforces it
TRUE! Norway rats are designated as pests, and it is illegal to keep them as pets. Alberta is the largest inhabited rat-free area in the world.
Confirmed True
Canada
Canada legally limits how many coins you can use in a single purchase
TRUE! A tender of payment in coins is legal tender only up to specific limits: $40 in toonies, $25 in loonies, $10 in dimes/quarters, $5 in nickels, and only $0.25 in pennies.
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Canada
It's illegal to remove a bandage in public in Canada
LIKELY MYTH! Despite various sources claiming this (including a York Regional Police tweet from 2014), no one has been able to locate the actual statute or bylaw.
Confirmed TrueNo longer in force
Canada
Canada banned margarine for 70 years, then provinces banned yellow margarine
REPEALED! Canada banned margarine from 1886 to 1948, apart from a wartime lapse from 1917 to 1923. After the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban, provinces prohibited yellow-coloured margarine to protect dairy farmers. Quebec was the last holdout until 2008.
