Springtime is (mostly) a happy time across Canada. The snow lifts to allow the flowers to bloom, the trees to blossom ... and the streets to ravage your car with deep potholes.

Complaining about holes in our streets is a national pastime in the Great White North, usually occurring just as the temperature warms up. You see them all over the country, in cities such as Calgary, Winnipeg and Halifax.

But a pothole in St. John's, N.L. might be the worst one yet.

Telegram reporter James McLeod appears in a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday that shows him dropping a banana down what he calls a pothole (though it looks more like a sinkhole) outside the Village Mall that he describes as being at least four feet deep.

"That's a really deep pothole," he says.

Now that we've seen that, we thought it appropriate to travel across Canada and see if potholes and sinkholes in any other cities take the cake on this subject.

Halifax

Big #pothole on Quinpool Rd #Halifax by Horseshoe Park. Lots of veering cars. pic.twitter.com/BFsIwv2T5L — Glen Canning (@GlenfordCanning) January 15, 2014

Anna: Pothole alert!! From Clifford Custance- Halifax, Richmond and Devonshire. pic.twitter.com/IMR9GBgYFz — Q104 Halifax (@Q104Halifax) February 24, 2014

You can file claim with HRM if your car is damaged by pothole. They can only be liable if proven negligent. #Halifaxpic.twitter.com/RbxidaLv2f — Rebecca Lau (@RebeccaLau) April 9, 2014

Crews busy w/ pothole repairs in #Halifax.HRM says it's the worst pothole season in years thanks to early/long winter pic.twitter.com/oatXfmm0q0 — Rebecca Lau (@RebeccaLau) April 9, 2014

Wolfville, N.S.

Trois-Rivières, Que.

Montreal, Que.

This #Montreal pothole was as big as the manhole. Battle of the holes! Which will swallow you first? pic.twitter.com/u6vpi09V8l — Dario Ayala (@darioayalaphoto) March 5, 2014

Toronto, Ont.

Toronto Grade A pothole pic.twitter.com/7kQXxRv6sM — Mark (@wxsquirrel) January 12, 2014

Dangerous pot holes in toronto. Young lady almost walked in it. Smh #toronto#getrightpic.twitter.com/7z5syLbhHZ — Caesar (@CaesarsEmpire) April 9, 2014

Winnipeg, Man.

Look at this massive pothole that has developed on Maryland St and Sarah Ave in Wpg on Friday #winnipeg#potholepic.twitter.com/7btfkgJ0Pg — Joe Bryksa (@jbryksa) March 7, 2014

Saskatoon, Sask.

I posted this picture of a pothole in Saskatoon earlier today. pic.twitter.com/xCsgbOP4uj — Darren Dupont (@darrendupont) March 18, 2014

Edmonton, Alta.

Edmonton goes from snow removal season straight to pothole season. Details at 11pm on #cbc#yegpic.twitter.com/DJzgDttWiw — Silvana Benolich (@SilvanaBenolich) January 20, 2014

#LOCKERROOM TOPIC OF THE DAY: Monday, April 7, 2014: Where is the biggest pothole in Edmonton? pic.twitter.com/U0WEughiur — 100.3 The Bear (@1003TheBear) April 7, 2014

The pothole in Trois-Rivières is pretty stunning, but for its illustration of depth and scale, we hand this title to St. John's.

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