This past year has been a year of new knowledge, growth and a whole lot of spare time for many people as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of society and the Black Lives Matter movement inspired self-reflection.
Christina Peck, Google Canada trends expert, said the year has been an unusual one when viewed through a search engine lens, too.
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Google compiles top trending searches every year and in this way, 2020 is no different. This year, Peck said, people were asking one big question: why?
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Somewhere in all those emotion was the most-wanted item of the year, toilet paper.
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The third most trending search harkens back to the start of 2020, before most people knew what awaited them this year.
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One that likely hit Canadians the hardest was Alex Trebek, who died just over a month ago after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Despite everything that happened in 2020, Canadians did try to lighten up the mood as they faced months of job losses and pandemic restrictions. They searched for 香蕉视频直播渆asy cookie recipes香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播渟ourdough discard recipes,香蕉视频直播� before turning around and looking for 香蕉视频直播渞esistance band workouts香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淐hloe Ting workouts.香蕉视频直播�
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