Why is the beaver a Canadian symbol?

History. Canada is a place of trees, and was one of the first resources to be exported. The other was fish but fish does not warm your heart on a cold winters day like a maple fire, some maple syrup, or maple sugar cookies

Canada had just the right climate for maple syrup. To the south of us it was too warm, to the north too cold. As a result Canada quickly became a producer of Maple Syrup. It is a part of our culture dating back hundreds of years.

And that makes it a natural symbol for Canada.