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While majority of Americans eagerly await the Super Bowl XLIX this month, Canadians have their own countdown to EV 10,000, which celebrates the 10,000^th plugin electric vehicle on the roads of Canada.

The celebration was led by Plug’n Drive, an electric car advocacy group based in Ontario. EV 10,000 is highlighted by an electric-vehicle showcase in Brookfield Place, seat of Hockey Hall of Fame, in downtown Toronto.

The milestone event was actually an opportunity to appeal to hockey fans to turn anti-carbon, and people were actually asking how they can do so.

Fortunately, the grid system of the province is clean, which has been ever since Ontario decided to go against coal use.

The good news to owners of Canadian electric cars is that rebates for purchases have no definite end date.

Plug in vehicles were most popular in the province of Quebec. Its residents, which compose a quarter of the country’s population, own about half of the electric vehicles in the whole of Canada. It is why expansion of Tesla’s store in Montreal was inevitable.

Simon-Pierre Rioux of Quebec Electric Vehicle Association hinted that Circuit Électrique, which is public-based charging network may be key to the immense popularity of the plugin electric vehicle this part of Canada.

Currently, 360 charging stations of excellent branding are scattered in all of Quebec.

Nissan is also bound to complement already installed 8 DCFC’s, after having previously pledged its support to 25 DC Quick Charging stations around Quebec for two years.

Its ultimate goal is to add around 50 more all over the province.

Such deployment of charging station is a major part of the Quebec Government’s strategy of achieving transport electrification, which is pegged at a staggering amount of $516 million.

Part of the goal is to provide financial support to activities such as electric vehicle purchase, charging infrastructure, and gradual electrification process of the government fleet, as was announced in late 2013.

Not all is great news about Canada’s electric plug-ins. Just last year, premier automobile manufacturer Volkswagen announced that it is not anymore keen on introducing eGolf car to the country.

On a lighter note, the Automotive Journalist Association of Canada, or AJAC, has awarded the Best New City Car to Kia Soul EV.

It edged out another popular e-car, Smart Electric Drive.

Many are amused that both finalists vying for the award were electric cars.

Another positive news is the open nomination by Plug’n Drive and the Canadian Electricity Association for their 2^nd yearly Electric Vehicle Dealer Awards.

The profiles of the winners last year were posted at the organization’s site. They revealed the fact that plug-ins take a salesperson 5 times longer to close a sale that vehicles with combustion engines.

As this type of award are meant to recognize dealerships dedicated to selling Canadian electric cars, they are also an encouragement for many other organizations and groups to follow suit.

Such efforts to reward plugin sellers and dealers are a major step towards the goal of having every dealership of electric vehicles employ hardworking salespeople eager to entice buyers into considering electricity-driven vehicles over traditional ones.