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Big Rock from Alberta is top notch.
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Just as long as you avoid their Grasshopper wheat ale, which tastes intriguingly like grass (so not really false advertising, other than the fact that they have hidden the 'wheat' component atonishingly well).
Don't be put off by Keiths (great article, btw: starts off subtle and slowly degenerates into a rout), as there are actually, as mentioned above, some very good IPAs in Canada. I've found that the best ones seem to come in upwards of 500ml bottles, if that's any help when you go to a liquor store (generally speaking, don't go for a carton of 330ml bottles).
Also, don't expect much from British IPAs. Although we may have invented the style (I'm not actually sure on this), you clever Americans have developed and improved it in a very tasty way.