The Tragically Hip, one of Canada's most popular rock bands, appear in this film as team Kingston. All five members hail from Kingston, and four still reside there permanently.
James Allodi, Polly Shannon, George Buza, Beau Starr along with Leslie Nielsen all appeared on Due South with Paul Gross.
In an attempt to help make this Canadian-made film successful, Alliance Atlantis put on an advertising campaign that was on par with a campaign for a Hollywood-made film.
The line "It's not the size of the army, it's the fury of the onslaught" was originally used in another Paul Gross production - Asylum (1997).
The University of Toronto Men's varsity curling team were used as stand ins for Paul Gross' team.