"Fairy floss" is cotton candy. It is known as fairy floss in Australia and as candy floss in South Africa, the UK, New Zealand, and Ireland.
The U of T campus scenes were filmed at McMaster University, Hamilton.
Invented in the Victorian era, smoking concerts were live-music concerts for all-male audiences, during which the spectators would smoke and discuss politics. One of their purposes was to introduce new kinds of music. The term is still used at some UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, to describe student-organized events.
Inspector Brakenreid scoffs when Rebecca James comments about Canadian women playing at the Olympics. The Canadian Women's National Soccer Team won Bronze at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
The soccer scenes of this episode were shot at Sanctuary Park in Dundas, Ontario.