"Canadian Idiot" is a song by American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on 26 September 2006 from his album Straight Outta Lynwood.

Illustrating this, Hirsch notes that, like Yankovic's 1992 song "Trigger Happy", "Canadian Idiot" satirizes gun culture in the United States.

[2] "Canadian Idiot" is the first parody Yankovic recorded for Straight Outta Lynwood, with production beginning on 19 February 2006.

[15] "Canadian Idiot" was the second song performed on Yankovic's 2007–08 Straight Outta Lynwood concert tour, following a polka medley.

[16] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Yankovic said of the tracks on the album "Canadian Idiot" was "the most fun to perform live".

Rob Williams of the Winnipeg Free Press wrote that the polka medley and "Canadian Idiot" were "the perfect way to start" his return to Canada and rated the concert 4 out of 5 stars.

[21][a] David Schmeichel of the Winnipeg Sun wrote that the song was received well, included the McKenzie Brothers' signature "Call of the Loon" as a chorus and concluded with an explosion of red and white streamers.

"[23] A performance of "Canadian Idiot" at Toronto's Massey Hall on 16 July 2011 is included in the concert video "Weird Al" Yankovic Live!

[18] Fans created homemade music videos, ranging from crude animation to choreographed lip-synchronization, embracing the song's bizarre imagery, which were posted on YouTube.

Many of the young filmmakers were admittedly ignorant about Canada, and perhaps also of the song's irony, drawing criticism in YouTube's comment sections.

[5][30] At the end of 2006, the Toronto Star put the song on its "naughty list" for inviting "hundreds of young Americans [to create] Youtube videos" mocking Canada.

[39] Scott Shetler of Slant Magazine felt it had "predictable jokes" which had been done better on South Park with the satirical song "Blame Canada".

[40] Credits from the liner notes of The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic:[41] At the 2007 NHL Western Conference Quarter Finals, fans of the Dallas Stars voted for "Canadian Idiot" to be played during the intermission of a game against the Vancouver Canucks.