From a an all-skateboarder crew in Calgary to a multigenerational household in Toronto to a single mom and her kids in Montreal, here are our favourite pics of Canadian families doing what they do best?being awesome at being themselves!
Montreal, Quebec

Our family: Nicki Tatola, son Seve James, 9½, and daughter Nia Leance, 7½
Photos: Nicki Tatola
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Nicki: This picture was taken in Trinidad, where we were visiting my mom?s family. I like it because I have very few photos with the three of us because I?m always taking the pictures! It?s also cute that we?re all dressed up for my uncle’s 70th birthday party.
This post is part of The Canada Project. You can find out more by clicking the image above. Airdrie, Alberta

Our family: Dad Navdeep Ghali (deceased), mom Simaran Pandher-Ghali and daughters Aradhana, 2½, and Navaiyah, 1½
Photo: Mila Boekestyn/Milashka Photography
This is from the newborn shoot for Navaiyah, and Nav?s presence (Nav passed away from a Stage IV peritoneal carcinomatosis on February 4th, 2017 when Simaran was 24 weeks pregnant) was represented everywhere. We wore hoodies during our engagement photos, so we wore the same hoodies during Ara?s newborn photo shoot and incorporated the same hoodies into Nava?s newborn photo shoot to continue our story. We are very relaxed and simple people, and we love?and live in?hoodies. These are our favourite ones, so it?s only natural that they join us on this life journ...