"[2] Chilly Beach plays on nearly every conceivable stereotype that people have about Canadians in a satirical manner.

[5] The first iterations of the concept began in 1998 as a cartoon demonstration for Daniel Hawe's firm Infopreneur.

[6] The show launched in 2000 as an animated Flash site on the Web with short episodes made available for free on its website.

[9] An early version of the Chilly Beach feature film, The World Is Hot Enough, made its theatrical debut at Cinéfest in September 2005, and was released to DVD on February 4, 2008.

[11] Guest stars on the show have included William Shatner, Joe Flaherty, Leslie Nielsen, Elvis Stojko, Lawrence Gowan and David Suzuki.