Traditional dishes are frequently packed inside the baggage of Lebanese who travel to the diaspora to send to their children and relatives. Besides pastries and Shish barak, kebabs, and other meals are prepared by mothers and sent to their emigrant children.

Lebanese food has become one of the most famous cuisines in Canada, as it has in many other expatriate countries, with expats and foreigners alike requesting meals with a flavor of Lebanon.

Many Lebanese dishes are well-known and popular in other countries.

Restaurants and cuisines from around the world can be found in Canada. Despite this, Lebanese restaurants have built out a unique taste identity for themselves among the Lebanese population, as well as many other communities.