Canada has much in common with Australia. Most relevantly, both countries have problems facing their histories of genocide against Indigenous peoples. A key focus of Canadian identity has been the hegemonic idea that it is the ‘nice’ half of the North American continent, a national myth problematised here. Canada lives a paradox, promoting its own niceness, while also officially recognising that it has committed genocide against Indigenous peoples. This chapter starts with myths of hegemonic niceness which promote a positive image of Canada while also acting to make substantive criticism almost unsayable. Following this is a short section outlining some of the means by which the Canadian state has committed genocide against Indigenous peoples, while tracing the evolution of genocide recognition over the past two decades. The chapter also engages with the recent threat to Canadian sovereignty posed by the Trump administration, which has increased a style of Canadian patriotism which may leave little rhetorical and political space for articulations of Indigenous rights and self-determination. The chapter concludes with a few relevant comparisons with Australia, which has some similarities but also differences in terms of hegemonic discourses, settler colonialism, and genocide recognition.