Canada's Magic

Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!

For free, we've published over 6,300 posts, and served well over 3,364,600 page loads. Over eight hundred and fifty of you follow us on Facebook, more than 1500 of you follow us on Twitter, 624 of you have found us on Instagram, and a bunch of you have subscribed to this site's RSS feed or subscribed by email. The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors from United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, and the list goes on.

There are so many of you doing a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!

A special thanks to:

All of my early supporters. Special shout outs to Ariel, Doug, James, and John for your continued encouragement.
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The wonderful wordsmiths that have guest posted here including: Ariel Frailich, The Magic Demon, Kidlet, Clive Court, James Alan, Killarney Sheffield, Ian Crawford, Erin Thomas, Ring 99, Dennis Schick, Phil Matlin, Gordon Precious, Brent Smith, Graeme Reed, and John Smithman, and Ryan Pilling!
And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.

Continued thanks to all of you!

24 November 2025

Brantford: Book launch event [Dec 11]

Proceeds from the sale of "55 The Book" will be donated to Participation Support Services.

This book tells the story of Doug Hunt’s journey to breaking the Guinness World Record for Stilt Walking, told through the writing of Larry Brown and the artwork of Bernadine Van Renne.

From the November 23rd Facebook post by Rene Chouinard:

Congratulations are due to our own Doug Hunt, Ring 49 Member and current President on the release of his new Book: 55, inspiring journey of chasing down a world record. Doug will be holding a Book Release Bash on Thursday December the 11th at 6:30 pm held in the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford ON with prizes, pizza and refreshments. The event is free, and the book is only $25 with proceeds going to Participation Support Services in Brantford. Come on out and support on of our own.

21 November 2025

Blackpool: Jay Sankey lecture [Feb 2026]

Jay Sankey will be joining Richard Sanders and Eric Leclerc at the 2026 Blackpool Magic Convention!

From the November 20th Facebook post by Blackpool Magic Convention:

Previously shared on Facebook November 20.

20 November 2025

Brent and Sarah interviewed on The D'Ascenzo Zone Podcast

Found at the November 13th Facebook post by Brent and Sarah:

If you’d like to hear the noises our mouths make and are curious about what our faces look like when we make those noises, then check out this interview with Mike D'Ascenzo on The D'Ascenzo Zone Podcast!

From the November 12th upload "The Art of Marriage and Magic: Husband & Wife Performers Reveal their Secrets" at the The D'Ascenzo Zone YouTube channel: