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I grew up in Northern Minnesota and have had a lot of interactions with Canadians. I've never met a Canadian I didn't like! Great people! 👍🏻
I'm in Minneapolis minnesota, feel the same.
Agreed. I live in NYC and there are plenty of Canadian ex-pats here working. Great people. But it does irritate them that we don’t know jack about their cultural and historical differences. I get that. We should pay more attention to our neighbor and bestie.
That's aussies for me.
I lived in Fort Frances Ontario and could see Minnisota from my livingroom window. I'd go to International Falls to play poker every week. Great people there!! The love flows both ways. ✨️
@@Justtc my family went up to Thunder Bay on a canoe trip. We canoed and camped on the Rainy River after the jaunt up to Thunder Bay. Gorgeous!!
In 2015 I took my motorcycle over to western Europe for a 70 day trip. When I reached Dublin I bought a ferry ticket for Wales. On the ticket I was listed as American. I went to the clerk for a correction explaining I am Canadian. She just said "What's the difference?" I replied "So because you have a funny accent I can assume you are English." She made the change. I'm not anti-American, but I am pro-Canadian. We are different.
Great anecdote! Especially the "ouch" the Irish clerk felt being called "English". Good on you.
Canada became a country because they did not want to become part of the USA. That's what the war of 1812 was about. Canada became a country in 1867 so the British colonies wouldn't be taken over by the USA...even 50 years after 1812.
You are still North “American”.
@@timothycole213 The people of the U.S.A. have appropriated the term "America " and "American " to mean the country and its citizens. They do not use it to represent North America.
I'm American and moved to Canada a few years back. Pretty much everything is the same apart from obvious stuff like money, measurements and other minor things. I've never felt homesick because homes pretty much the same thing, same goes with the landscape. I sometimes even forget i live in a different country. I call both lands my home.
That depends entirely on your culture. You must have been a city slicker or from the west coast to say they're the same. Trudeau's actions and beliefs are in no way similar to a Southerner.
@@Swearengen1980Trudeau is a bad example, as he's hardly the average Canadian.
@@terryomalley1974 Did the people vote for him?
@@Swearengen1980 31% of those who voted did, but 33% voted for the Conservatives, so that doesn't mean much.
@@terryomalley1974 I admit I don't know shit about the Canadian election process. America has the electoral college so the popular vote doesn't decide the election (and rightfully so). Is it similar in Canada if he didn't get the popular vote?
Interesting fact: I live in Northern New York, about 40 miles from the Canadian border (think way up in the top part of NY state), and I live in a farmhouse that was built in the 1840s. My home was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The home has gone through remodels over the years of course, but the hatch in the kitchen floor and the hiding space for those trying to get to Canada has been preserved and is still there. It is under the flooring, so the flooring would have to be taken up to see it, but it’s there. There are other cool facts about this home and land as well, but I think that one is the best ❤️
That is cool. You live in an important part of history.
And my fw
Oops! My family ran one in West Virginia. They were the McCoys of the famous feud. Wonder if some of the slaves passed thru both stations?
@@leecarlson9713 wow very interesting! Does make you wonder. 🤔 How cool that your family is such a part of our history 😊
Woaw that is really cool
Americans and Canadians are the siblings of North America: so similar but individualistic in several ways.
Many individuals along the southern US border say the same thing about Mexico and the US.
@@mtwomn8940i was going to say that same thing. Just imagine if the US, Canada and Mexico all started working together.
@@mtwomn8940It's not the same though.
They recently (during the pandemic, I think) started requiring a passport to go between the US and Canada. I don't have a passport, but I waved at Canada when I went to Niagara Falls.
@@lynnw7155this was changed after 9/11, before that it was not required.
I don’t know why he thinks we don’t know about the war of 1812. I learned about it in school and so did my 4 children.
Indeed lmao.
I know I learned about it growing up...but mostly what I remember is that's when we got the "Star-Spangled Banner."
Exactly what I was thinking. The war of 1812 was a huge part of our history.
The burning of the White House & Dolly Madison saving the portrait of George Washington
Fort McHenry & The Star Spangled Banner
Tecumseh & the Native American confederacy…
I agree. If you pay any attention to U.S. history at all, you will learn about the War of 1812. To be sure, Canadians and Americans have completely different takes on the conflict, including its causes and results.
I had ancestors that fought in the war of 1812. Why wouldn't we Americans know about it?
You probably know of many Canadian entertainers without knowing they're Canadian.
like (god forbid) nickelback. But yes, there are many great Canadian musicians/entertainers/any industry (and nickelback isn't one of them) 😆
Michael J Fox, William Shatner are two I remember.
@@WokerThanThou Justin Bieber, Seth Rogan, Ryan Reynolds, Rush.. those are probably some of the more well known ones. But as a Canadian, I was subject to that certain % of media being Canadian only. Music in general: Protest the Hero, The Tragically Hip, Billy Talent, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, (obviously) Celine Dion, Reel Big Fish, The Planet Smashers....
idk I'm drunk and going off the top of my head. Long story short, you've probably heard of a good handful of these acts/people.
@@joystick2212three days grace is canadian? the more y’know
Pamela Anderson
Fun fact: nearly 90% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. No wonder we’re pretty much the same that like a quick drive for most Americans.
Wasn't this stated in the video ?
That's only because the big cities Formed along the St. Lawrence River and the Great lakes, and remember that many of these cities Predate the US, Canada Border in the way we know it today. People act like everyone just decided to live close to the border, people also act like their aren't people living else where. Many of Us aren't in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal
@@gamexsimmonds3581 That is true but also over time the U.S population did spread out
with the Louisiana purchase and the land annexed from Mexico. Unlike Canada they never populated north or industrialized it.
@@gamexsimmonds3581 it's true nonetheless. The vast, vast majority of habitable land in Canada is also within that 100 mile range of the US border. The only non-coastal exception is the western half of the prairies leading up to the Rocky Mountains, which is still sparsely populated except for Edmonton, Saskatoon, and a few much smaller cities, which still only account for a small fraction of Canada's population. The vast majority of Canadians live in the area you describe in Ontario and Quebec near the St Lawrence, but those are literally the only habitable areas of those provinces. The Canadian Shield is no joke.
@@noah766 - It's called climate and geology.
Fun fact: the economy of the state of Texas is as large as the entire country of Canada.
Indeed, Texas has a larger economy than Canada. It joins California in having that distinction.
@@user-kq5ke5yb6k with Californian industry fleeing we may very well see Texas take the top dog spot in economic growth. Truly sad the way California has fallen into decadence and rampant crime.
Screw texas
@@user-kq5ke5yb6kthat fact would be having nearly the same population lol.😂
Californias economy is as big as the United Kingdoms.
In the US you can get official government documents in any language you want. You just have to request it
Being a country of immigrants it would be hard to make an official language. English is the most spoken language, but just about every language from around the world can be heard here.
The national language of the US was almost made German when the country was founded. A little known but true fact.
@@ToddSauve German ancestry is the highest percentage of people in the USA.
@@briancallaway1690 My great grandfather brought that part of the family up to western Canada from Iowa about 1912 for farmland. His father came to the US from Germany about 1840 or so. In 1939, when WW2 started, the RCMP in Milestone, Saskatchewan went out to my grandfather's farm and confiscated all his guns because his grandfather was German. So 100 years after coming to North America that part of the family was still not trusted by the federal government. It was largely the same in the US from what people on social media have told me about their families. Anyway, the RCMP officer apologized profusely to my grandfather because they were friends but he had to keep all his weapons until the war was over. Ridiculous, but Ottawa and Washington often are. 🤷♂
@ToddSauve yeah, they did that here, too. Mostly to the Japanese people.
I grew up across from Canada along Lake Erie. I love the Canadian people they are truly so kind. ❤
I’m an American when serving in Germany I met two Canadian soldiers I am still humbled to have met such fine young soldiers God Bless Canada❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Something many, many people around the world do not know is that when the Allies invaded Normandy in WW2 on D Day, the greatest losses were suffered by Canada on Juno beach. The US's Omaha beach had more total casualties but there were a great many more troops landed there. Expressed as a percentage of soldiers killed in action compared to how many troops assaulted the beaches on June 6, 1944, more were killed on Juno beach, 359. Juno also featured more armoured combat, as in tank on tank battles than any other beach. Juno was generally flat and wide open, by far the most so of any of the five beaches, thus this was where the Nazis had to counterattack with their armoured divisions. Really, really nasty tank battles and killing of POWs between the Nazi SS and the Canadian troops. Probably the bitterest fighting in all of Normandy. We really hated each other in a big hurry!
The video also said that Canadians aren't very religious, so we don't require blessings from an imaginary, invisible, magic sky wizard.
@@ToddSauve
No, the greatest losses were suffered at Omaha Beach. I thought only Americans were too dumb to Google.
@@JB-yb4wn okay guy
Canada here God Bless North America period. Dam proud to be North American!
Proud Canadian here 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canada actually has a little bit over 40 million people now. And I live in New Brunswick one of Canada's first province. Also I live in Florenceville Bristol which is the headquarters of McCain a French fry frozen food and appetizer family owned company by two brothers. 🙂🇨🇦
A fun fact about new Brunswick is that new Brunswick is Canada only official bilingual province English and French. Most of northern and Eastern part of the province is French and the rest is English but also French. And the city of Moncton is Canada's only official bilingual city.
Hello fellow NBer I am in Saint John but used to live up river in Millville, have been to Florenceville and Hartland many times love the beautiful river drive.
Canada can be said to be the first (and only) country that became independent by asking nicely.
While Canada and the USA are very similar, there are some critical differences, at a very foundational level.
The rights of the individual are limited in Canada, in comparison, because we chose to make the rights of society as a whole more important than those of the individual legally (the Notwithstanding Clause).
We also treat the concept of immigration and refugees *massively* differently. In the US, their goal is a "melting pot" when they allow immigration... to fit in. Canada's goal is truly multicultural; we quite enjoy alternate cultures, and actively try to boost them up.
Our beers are far closer to those in the UK, whereas beers made in the USA are... less filling. More polite to leave it there.
Speaking of politeness, Canada and the USA are *very* different when it comes to common courtesy. I know, we're stereotyped in the "I'm sorry" club. Sadly it's true. Sorry. We also know how to, and instinctively *do* queue. Most Americans can also line up... but... everyone in a crowd is first in that line. Looks a lot like a semicircle.
Americans, as the video mentioned, do sometimes know metric... but mostly in kilograms. And only for *one* kind of thing. Knowing too much about kilograms and how much they weigh by feel might get one into trouble though.
Canada's national animal is the beaver; so industrious it can cause a mess. Fitting, I'd say.
(edit) Oh, and one minor correction regarding the ar of 1812. When a country invades, and the other defends, and the border *doesn't move* then the war is not a draw. It is a victory, for those defending. Since at that time, Canada was still a colony of Great Britain, makes Upper and Lower Canada the defender.
"On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War of 1812." - Library of Congress, USA.
And since the border did not move... obvious there as a winner. *Not* a draw.
Multi-Culturalism was tried in the U.S. at one point but never really worked and works, in general! It didn't work in Western European countries, either! I'm surprise that Canada doesn't try to assimilate it's immigrants!
Right!? It’s like “Hey, remember that big, bloody war with America you just finished losing? It’d be a shame to do it again, wouldn’t it? Just sign here and we’ll show ourselves out.” Biggest bluff in history.
@@simongilchrist3329 Actually was the British North America Act (today known as the Constitution Act, 1867 ) that created Canada. Long after any conflict with the USA.
In 1926 (after our assistance in WW1) through 1931 Canada was made co-equal. Canada was independent in reality, and the Patriation of the Constitution in 1982 noted that fact in legality to match.
After we fought under their banner during multiple wars, without hesitation, nor with compromise, demonstrating we were allies in the truest sense, the process was easy.
Most historians of war have always been both amazed and slightly horrified by our troops acts of both bravery, and savagery in defense of the UK.
Definitely not a bluff.
Plus we did ask nicely. To a proven ally, from a proven ally.
'Muricans really didn't factor into it at all. Just very long term respect.
I’m from northern Ohio. Right across the lake from Canada. Have been there many times and love it. I feel like Canada keeps the US honest. The States want to be all extreme and then there is our neighbor Canada reminding us by example to calm down.
I love living in a border state and having a timeshare in Canada. Love visiting the mountains in BC. Beautiful country. So many great spots.
We love the US, too!
Almost a quarter of Canadians are immigrants from somewhere else, so a lot of languages are spoken here, not just English and French. I find that really fun. It makes for great cuisine, too!
I'm American and my 2nd favorite country behind my own is Canada. Fell in love with Canada because of the Anne of Green Gables TV miniseries in the 1980s set in beautiful Prince Edward Island. That love continues today as an avid fan of the Canadian TV series Heartland, the longest running 1 hour drama in Canadian history with 17 seasons. Heartland is set in the gorgeous Canadian Rockies in Alberta. I love the Canadian accent, too! Eh? Plus, you gotta love an Iced Capp from Tim Hortons. Yum!
Yes, Yes and Yes!!! Ann with an E. Your screen name is awesome. 🎉
@@patrickwelch7168 Thank you!
Canadians don’t have accents
Glad you like Anne of green gables. I never watched it but I do live on Prince Edward Island and have been to the green gables house before. Our island is very laid back and fairly safe. Never have to drive far to a beach. Mostly farming and fishing here. People are mostly friendly and obliging though there’s always an odd jerk like anywhere else. Lol
@@cmccullough12C Sounds great there. PEI is a place I would love to visit.
My dad was canadian.. we would visit Canada when I was a kid. There were very few differences between the two. The biggest difference is Canadians enjoy free healthcare.😊
Nothing is free. The government pays for it with your tax dollars.
It is not free. Just like anything else in life it has to be paid for and is. But it only costs about 2/3 of what it does in the US.
Not really free. Taxes are STUNNINGLY high! (and wait times have increased greatly, used to be hours, is now days)
CANADA IS NOTHING LIKE AMERICA, I LIVED IN TORONTO, AND ONTARIO . AMERICA IS NOT SIMULAR
Also no open carry laws in Canada
Think of it like this, Canada, The U.S.A and Mexico are like siblings and the U.S.A. is the middle child. The middle child plays with both siblings equally while Canada and Mexico are farther apart in age so they dont interact as much but are still related. The Northern part of the U.S.A. is the part that has more similarities to Canada (landscape, climate, culture etc) while the Southern part has more similarities to Mexico. The middle section is a good variety of both, but as a whole, the U.S.A. definitely has its distinct identity seperate from Canada and Mexico.
I'd call England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Australia cousins to the U.S.A....not as similar as sibling countries but we definitely have A LOT in common with one another.
You definitely should do a video on the Canadian film and television industry. It'll blow you away.
Québec in itself is so special in that way when you thing this minority has a complete star system able to produce movies, tv series, music, books, etc. with French Canadians being a minority in America.
Forever Knight was epic!
That cool Castle looking building 17:25 is The Hôtel Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac in Old Quebec City. I was traveling back East & visiting a friend in Connecticut. We talked about going to the Montreal Jazz Festival and then going up to Quebec City & his friends (a snobby couple) who wanted to stay there came along. They were a young couple of upper middle-class professionals- NO KIDS, who bought expensive wine & went on expensive vacations and weren't shy talking about it. So of course we ended up staying there (Not cheap for a mostly broke musician) even my cheap room- luckily split with my friend - was expensive (Around $200 in 1998). They joked about our room probably being in the basement, and there regular room was going to be so nice & we could come up and visit. I really don't care either way because I was so poor as a kid being inside is enough to be grateful for, and I even joked that it was probably a broom closet made into a room. Which they loved and now referred to our future room as our closet and laughed about it the whole way there. So we get to the hotel and they check in all happy and smug. Then my friend & I checked in, at that point they informed us that they didn't have any cheap rooms with two beds available and that We'd "Have to" be bumped up to a two bedroom + living room sweet ( They gave us an inner sweet with limited view, but, still a suite). Their faces went from smug to Karen in about a millisecond. They whined the whole trip home and I loved every minute of it.
Materialism is a plague on both the US and Canada. It wears out really quick with me too.
The atmosphere alone is different. I can see it in movies and tv shows filmed in Canada. I was raised in the south eastern USA. I met Canadians at a Christian summer camp 20yrs ago in TN when I was a teenager. A mother and two sons. They turned the cafeteria into a hockey rink. Haha
Absolutely love my Canadian neighbors ❤!!
Me too!!! Americans are just crazier
Americans are more restless, and even prior to D-Day, the troops had to go through rigorous training, even on Sundays, because Americans were restless and we’ll always find something to get into and the Canadians would be behaving nicely and going to prayer. Will Americans would go to church service also but once it was 12 PM all hell broke lose. Just typical crazy stuff like they would take bets on some of the sailors who would fight for money and they were all bet on who would be the winner of the boxing match.😂😂
@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 ???
Black face trudoeu
Trucker account shutting down for protesting trudoew
Dont you love 1 party dictatorship countries posing as democracies. Reminds me of russia china and north korea.
Keep it up canada.
To bad this dude will never recat to Canadian content again. People outside of Canada don't really care about Canada, rhey are all obsessed with America, especially here on TH-cam
The province of Quebec (to my immediate north) is the only officially French speaking part of Canada. Many others, in other provinces, also speak French and many Quebecers speak English/French. Keep in mind also, that a number of the differences between our two two countries can be directly linked to the massive population difference. Things like income, education, life expectancy and so on are going to be different because of a much smaller population in Canada.
More or less, New Brunswick (east of Quebec) is officially bilingual, so French is also an official language there. Despite that, all provinces, territories and the central government are mandated to provide services in both French and English across the country, and the norm is that every product has bilingual packaging across the country.
And for some reason, there are some odd enclaves speaking almost exclusively one of the two languages surrounded by areas that almost exclusively speak the other, and not necessarily where you would expect it.
Also, no, some of the things you mention (like life expectancy) are not that way because of population size differences. Specifically for healthcare, Canadians have universal health care and seek medical help whenever they need it, while Healthcare bills are the #1 source of bankruptcy in the US, and is sadly common for people to defer seeking medical help until whatever they have is out of control. Meaning that overall, Canadians are more likely to find a disease in a window where treatment is possible (and cheaper), and chances are that makes a significant portion of the difference.
As with everything in life, is not a matter of simple solutions; there are other factors like gun violence and opioids deaths that are more prevalent in the US and account for part of the life expectancy deficit, and those are exacerbated with higher population density.
But lets make one thing clear: the population of Canada is concentrated in a few places with density comparable (if not higher) than big US cities (for instance, Toronto is denser than LA, with a density of 7997 people per sq mile vs 6999 in 2021). The issue is NOT population density by itself, otherwise Canada would have comparable statistics to the US; higher population densities multiply the effect of other factors, but is NOT the cause of the problem.
Life expectancy in Canada is 81.75 years (2020) versus life expectancy in United States is 77.28 years. (2020)...so a smaller population but with universal health care ....
The video said America is a Democratic Republic. That is incorrect. We are a Constitutional Republic. This is not semantics. There is a huge difference.
Would you elucidate that difference, please?
calm thyself, sweetie
Technically Canada is a *Federal* parliamentary constitutional monarchy which is a pretty important distinction too.
America is a representative democracy operating through the framework of a federal constitutional presidential republic. You clearly don't understand civics from this comment
Here are some facts I have noticed about Canada and the UK... Canadian people love tea, write words like favourite, colour, humour etc, whereas, American people spell it without using the u in these words 😅 and don't love tea as the same. I was brought up with tea,as Brits do 😅. Apparently, it's my Dad's Canadian roots that formed me. I think it's awesome
Canada also uses metric, write D/M/Y. So more similar to UK than US
@@harryballsak1123 OH yes!! I was taught,in primary school the metric system because it was important and we never converted 😔. The way we use mm/day/year doesn't make sense, either. I'm a born and raised Californian and it's ridiculous to me. My country has some problems LoL 🤣😆
@@kimnapier8387 M/D/Y make sense. how do you say the dates? Also how do calendars work? Do you look for the day then the month? No your flip to the month then the day just like we speak and write it. Ina fling system that is ordered by date is it easier to look for file with the month first or the day?
Sorry but why I'd funny if Americans don't use u in several words?
@@ChadSimpson-ft7yz I think thr point is UK and Canada are more alike in a lot of way than US and Canada
3:04 no Canada does not pay more taxes than USA. That is a big misconception.
Canadians pay a higher *income tax* rate, but yeah on overall average people in the USA have a higher total tax burden when you add up all the various other taxes (property taxes, municipal taxes, etc).
@@JeremyLevi - For our taxes we get many more benefits than US citizens and the income tax rates are very similar if you compare the actual charts.
"Americans say restroom and Canadians say washroom"
"Toilet"
Made me laugh so much lol
It is completely superfluous. All the terms are used commonly in Canada too. So I don't know what the narrator was talking about. But he is young and hasn't any real grasp about what it is like to live in Canada except for the last 25 or maybe 30 years.
I’m western Canadian. I say bathroom.
Really enjoy your videos. Born and raised in Michigan. Every summer, outside of COVID, I go to northern Ontario Canada to vacation. Great fishing, great hiking, great hunting, and amazing camping! You can camp anywhere on crown land with the right permit.
The median income is higher, but their medical insurance and expenses are higher, which actually reduces the disposable income in the US.
“Never heard of the war of 1812” he says after reacting to how the US Navy stood up to the Barbary Pirates
Ya. In America we don't have a national language or religion. This is something that we learn in 8th grade before going to high-school, but so many people forget as we are adults. Our forefathers wanted us to be free to speak any language and practice any religion without ridicule or punishment.
Think you should read the founding fathers.
@@dianethomas9384 Google it.
@@dianethomas9384 Elaborate your comment that contradicts the Bill of Rights.
@@Swearengen1980 Conservatives think the Bill of Rights means they are always right and we pay the bill.
Or not to practice any religion.
As an American I can tell you Canada gifted the world with one of the greatest TV shows Trailer park boys
Filmed in my hometown of Truro, Nova Scotia.
I love Trailer Park boys they are the best !!❤
The Red Green show is better.
That little part of the US where you have to go through Canada is called Point Roberts just south of Vancouver. There's a great video on the US/Canadian border that mentions this and a few other quirks.
As a Canadian, I loved this. There are a lot of similarities in terms of history, but our politics and mindsets are different. I would love if you did more videos to learn about Canada, we're actually pretty interesting.
Canada isn’t interesting lol
Why the US doesn't have an official language:
Back when the American Revolution was being set up, the Founding Fathers realized that there were a lot of communities that didn't speak English. At the time, the biggest other language groups in the US were the Dutch (and we even had a president later on from New York I think it was whose first language was Dutch) , and German. But if you're going to fight a war, you need ALL the people you can get behind you. So they decided there would be no official language, and they sent out notices in Dutch and German, as well as copies of the Declaration of Independence in those languages when they declared their new country.
As a matter of habit, most people in the US speak English. Government in conducted in English as are the courts. But you can get copies of all things in any language you want. The government and most public facing companies will have translators on dial for whatever language you want to speak.
One of the funniest things I've ever had to do as a transcriptionist was a deposition where the witness and both lawyers present were bilingual in Spanish and English, but they had an interpreter for the witness anyway. Sometimes they'd jump in and say things before the translation was even started just because they had understood the witness. But this was their choice to do things in English with an interpreter. Legal language is trickier than day to day language, and if you want to avoid being misquoted, it's easier to do the interview in your first language.
I believe the highest percentage of ancestry of Americans is German. Many would automatically think English.
Good post. U.S. history always had bilingual communities, and many of those had their own newspapers in languages like German, Chinese and Yiddish, etc. Allowing those communities to retain their cultures helped to enrich our own culture today.
This is why it pisses me off when someone says "speak english" especially given there is no official language in the US
tbf that might be true of England/UK as well 😆Either that, Danish, Italian (romans) or French. But most likely germanic. @@briancallaway1690 hell even the english language itself is mostly germanic.
ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, NOT BRITISH ENGLISH
I live in Buffalo, NY and can literally see Canada across the river. There are always Canadians here crossing the border to shop and Americans crossing the border to go to concerts, camping, etc. In Buffalo hockey is also just as popular as football.
lol as the famous comedian Robin Williams once said, "Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party."
We are similar but also so different. Generally here in the US we don't tend to think too much about Canada but when we do its like "oh ya that's our cute little brother over there" and then we forget about him again. Canadians probably aren't so fond of us but most of the time we don't even realize it. We still think Canada's our best little buddy while they probably view us as their loud neighbor
Most Americans know very little about Canada as studying our country is not part of your school curriculum , but we know lots about yours. In fact, most Americans from what I understand never give us any thought at all. We mostly go about our own business here, but certainly your pop culture and politics have an influence on us in Canada so we could not ignore you even if we wished to!
you don't ignore who you call your best little buddy :) so no i wouldn't say we are best buddies if you ignore us :)
Canadians feel like we are living above a meth lab.
that depends entirely upon the curriculum, as a honors/ap/college/university etc student i studied plenty of countries and their cultures, including canada. and including on my own time afterward outside of school because i find it both interesting and important. but yes, you're probably right unfortunately, but i think that goes for most countries and most people. Education is certainly something we need to improve upon as a species. And specifically, education to understand our fellow man. @@dorisbetts3012
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING " ABOOT " HAHAHA 😂HAHAHA @@darlenelim8972
Loved the description of Canada with the right side and left side . I kinda guess most use east or west lol the " crazy animals" part was good too i suddenly pictured mentally deranged animals wandering around banging their heads against trees.
You mean the moose is loose. The bear is on a scare. Or is it the geese are off the leash.
Except Cocaine Bear was in Georgia, right?
Sometimes moose and caribou get drunk feeding on rotting fruit, and do run into trees, or try to climb them.
Canadians are our brothers and sisters we love each other where you guys in Britain are our brothers and sisters who got adopted and moved away lol
No, we don't love Americans, we just tolerate them.
I'm Canadian, and really the biggest difference between us is health care. I can go to the doctor,then get surgery for basically nothing. My friends in the states have to pay so much they can lose their car and house and still be in Dept for the rest of their lives. That sucks. My friend in the states doesn't even go to the doctor because she can't afford it. That is unimaginable to me and my fellow Canadian's cheers from British Columbia Canada 🎉😊
Our universal healthcare system is something we should never take for granted in Canada. It is not perfect and had its challenges during the worst of the pandemic as we do not have the private capital for infrastructure the American system has, but most Canadians wouldn't trade places with the Americans on that topic.
I don't go to the doctors either for the same situation, don't even have health care , if I were to hit the fan then so be it.
Sorry but our Healthcare is sh$t
Unfortunately our politicians want to be like the Americans and it'll be all about money. I waited 6 months for an appointment normally I only have to wait a week however after waiting 6 months they canceled my appointment and told me I had to go to a private clinic beware beware beware times are changing and they want us to be like the US and pay for our health care please beware.
As Canadian I can say we might die in the emergency room before we actually get to see a doctor more than they would be the United States. We have the longest wait times in the entire developed world. People in this country dying of cancer before they can even get an appointment with a cancer doctor
3:45 the King of Great Britain is also the King of Canada. But not the King of the USA; we have no King, no Peers, no Lords, no Knights. We fought a war over that and won. 🙂
Hopefully we don't have to fight another one over the same thing. Some Americans still desperately want a king.
USA would have never won that war without the enormous help from France.
@@noseboop4354
So? First of all most of the help was Naval help. Yes there was Lafayette, he was helping direct troop actions, but most of the fighting on the ground was the Americans.
France was having its own anti-monarchy revolution at the time, hence their support.
And none of this detracts from what I said....we don't have a King or Peers or Lords or Knights. Canada can keep them, we don't want them.
@@neutrino78x In reality, they don't exist in Canada either. It is 99.99% symbolic and you can't really be a Lord or Duke or anything like that and hold Canadian citizenship. They are welcome to visit Canada and invest or buy a home but Charles III is king of Canada mostly only in name. People quite liked Elizabeth II because she made a point of making herself likeable. American presidents like Ronald Reagan and W. were big fans of hers!
@@ToddSauve
" In reality, they don't exist in Canada either. It is 99.99% symbolic "
In the USA, they don't exist symbolically either. The whole point of the USA is that they don't exist here, in any sense.
We are a true republic, with no connection whatsoever to the King of Great Britain. We fought a war over it and we won the war. 🙂
We know that Canada is for all practical purposes a Republic, as is Britain -- neither is some kind of dictatorship -- but the USA is the true republic in every sense of the word. 🙂
You have Lewis -alot of Hollywood stars are Canadians they also film as shitload of TV/movies around Toronto.
And Vancouver as well.
ooooooo i might of just assumed theyre american! would be interesting to look for a list of hollywood stars
Though most of them live in the US now
@@dg1006 can you blame its too damn cold
@@dg1006 It only makes sense to live where you work, doesn't it? There are American mega-stars who have get away homes in Canada because they love both the scenery and the country in general. And when you are that rich you can live anywhere you want and do as you please. The only problem becomes anonymity. For instance, Johnny Depp lives a lot of the time in the English countryside because people just treat him like a normal person and don't really recognize him most of the time.
American, here, who's only been in Canada twice.
1) When I graduated from university in the late 80s, we took an Alaska vacation to celebrate. A big part of that guided tour incorporated western Canada: flying there to board the boat for the first leg, up the rocky coast (hitting Alaskan towns of Ketchikan & Skagway, before boarding a charter bus at the State Capitol of Juneau); then driving through Canada north to the Al-Can Highway (Alaska-Canada Highway) to head west back across the border to Fairbanks. Switched to AmTrak in Fairbanks, Alaska. Flew home from Anchorage, Alaska with an overnight pitstop in Seattle, Washington (USA).
2) Drove from southern Ohio through Michigan into Canada, & headed east along the Great Lakes to Niagara Falls.
Most of my impressions of Canadian scenery came from the Alaska trip. Prior to visiting Alaska, my folks & I had visited most of the United States over the course of several summer road trips. To date, I've visited every State except for California, Oregon & Hawaii. I absolutely love how beautiful most of the US landscape is; but I revised my opinion on one thing during our Alaska trip: the Canadian Rockies are far more beautiful than the Rocky Mountains in the United States!
Well, the Rockies in Glacier National Park in Montana are very impressive!
Agree with you,Rocky Mountains in Canada is stunning and impressive,Banff in Alberta is gorgeous
The multicultural food fair that’s held every summer in my city is to die for. Every food imaginable is there. You have to go back another day to try it all and a lot of us do.
The U.S. and Canada have basically been siblings for a long time. Militarily, the U.S. and Canada conduct operations together all the time, and most of my friends in the military love working with Canadians. The U.S. - Canadian border is the longest undefended border in the world. We both depend on each other a lot, and despite politics, are eternal allies, as much as we cap on each other. Lol 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Well we didn't go into Vietnam, because though we are allies, we aren't stupid. It's that education thing the video mentioned.
I’m an American, live in the north and go to Canada every year. I love my Canadian brothers and sisters.
Canada had wild fires so bad that the east coast of the United States skys were orange and it was so smokey. I live in Detroit and we were under warnings for bad air from these fires.
I’m in Chicago and we did to lol.
Yep. Here in SW PA we had the same.
Northern MN here, hold my beer.
Here in Atlanta we had the Smokey skies from Canada and endless rain for WEEKS. Canada is literally like two thousand miles from metro Atlanta 🫠
Imagine what fun we had with it in Canada!
Heard there's a house right on the border of US and Canada, one part of the house is on the US side and the other part is on Canada.
There is a library like that! If you go into it from one country or the other they insist you leave by the same door! LOL!
I live in South Florida. Our traffic gets noticeably worse from October through May due to all of the Canadians (mostly from Quebec, but have been seeing more from Ontario lately). There have been times where I’ve driven a full mile stretch and saw more than twice as many Quebec license plates as Florida ones. But other than the added gridlock on the roads, we always welcome the snow birds with open arms. Mainly because of the economic boost 😁
I'm American and go to Canada 4-6 times a year. It honestly feels like an extension of the same in many ways, though of course there are differences. If you were to blindfold me, I'd know I was in Canada because of the different metric system on the street signs and maybe a very slight accent on certain words, pretty colorful money and coins, and of course universal healthcare, otherwise not much else superficially. People do seem to be in a "better place" i.e. seem happier, and there seems to be polarized politics though I'm sure that still plays out there as well. I love Canada, and am always excited to discover new parts of it and its lovely residents.
I think that's true, there are more French in Eastern Canada than out west. French isn't only in Quebec, but in the Maritimes provinces as well. Not all Acadians were forcibly removed by the Loyalists during the deportation. There are still pockets of communities who only speak French.
Fun video. You’re a hoot! Thanks for the entertainment. Happy New Year!
I live in Detroit. I can tell you that Canada knows how to party. Those Blue Jays, Maple Leafs and Raptors fans always come to Detroit ready.
American anchor baby here that was raised in Canada and now lives in England can’t wait to come back for the love of the country and its people :)
Hi Lewis,nice video. Hope your New Year starts and stays Happy🤗
I have seen your video showing the beauty of American parks. You should also take a look at a few videos of the Canadian National Parks. Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Jasper National Park, etc. in winter and summer. The Autumn colours are really magnificent, as well. The wildlife, scenery, liberal freedoms, and the Canadian people in general are what I most appreciate about Canada. While the United States is great, Canada is just a bit better.
As someone who grew up on the boarder between the US and Canada, we share a history, and because of that we understand each other better than most countries do. I'm not saying we agree on everything. Just that we sprang from colonies founded in the same time period and had some similar founders. We took land from Native American populations. We had slavery, and then we got rid of slavery all in a very short time period. We didn't do things in the same way, but probably no one gets each other quite so well on the scale of nations. Canada is like the cuter younger brother everyone likes better. The US is more brash and aggressive. That suits the differences in our histories, as Canada stayed attached to the UK, while the US basically had to be kind of mean and aggressive to keep our boarders safe from people who might want to turn us back into a colony.
Look at the two countries national anthems. "O Canada" is kind and passive "True patriot love" while the "Star Spangled Banner" sings about bombs bursting in air.
@Michelle-vu3fe I don't think it was said with the intent to insult anyone's national anthem. At least I can't detect it in what was actually written.
@Michelle-vu3fe Well, the most I personally would read into it is that the US has a gargantuan military, compared to Canada. And that is for historically reasonable reasons.
@Michelle-vu3fe uh, the united states had invaded canada and started the war of 1812. that's why the british were attacking the fort, you started a war and then whine about it! some things never change.
@Michelle-vu3fe that doesn't even make sense.
I have heard many Europeans refer to Canada as "America". This is dead wrong.
Also, never ever refer to a Canadian as "American". In Canada, this is considered a moderate insult, and will always be immediately corrected. Canadians have a strong relationship with Americans, but Canadians do not want to be American nor do they want anyone to believe that they are American.
We sure do have A LOT of Canadians living here with American citizenship for people who "do not want to be American not do they want anyone to believe that they are American."
@@pinchiguero
If someone has dual Canadian-American citizenship, then that was their choice to either acquire it or keep it.
I am referring to people with solely Canadian citizenship who do not want to be considered as or mistaken for American.
I have to be honest 😅... I'm American and have Canadian relatives, which gives me such love for everyone in Canada, but most Americans give them a hard time. My dad was born there. They are, naturally, lovely people 😍❤. I will stand by this 😊
I would seriously challenge your statement that most Americans give Canadians a hard time. Do you have facts to back that up?
Disagree. Living in Michigan I can attest that we love Canadians and they are lovely people, for the most part.
@@KS-ip5xn I believe the fact that knowing the majority of Americans don't feel the need to learn anything about Canada emphasizes that point. The majority of Americans have no idea what's the capital of Canada. Our proximity, as well as the length of our shared border should have some significance, but it doesn't. I also find a lot of the Canadian stereotypes insulting, especially ones revolving around us living in igloos. I'm not sure why some would think that crossing the 49th parallel magically changes the climate. We do have four seasons!
@@KS-ip5xn
Yeah, you obviously haven't used the US border lately.
I'm a Canadian immigrant to the United States. I am happy to have been an immigrant.
Can you confirm which country parties harder?
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate Napes
@@alhollywood6486 Napes?
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate correct. Big giant Napes. Honestly, the entire point is we are basically the same, except the Quebecois
I'm a French Canadian American citizen. My family is originally from New Brunswick and Québec, Canada.
People don't know the Russians had colonies in California like Ft Ross. That the Americans bought from Russia.
If you live in Canada, you have a 50% chance of someone in the United States living farther north than you.
27 US states are north of part of Canada and only 23 are completely South of it.
No that is Alaska, Not Oregon. I drove from Alaska to Indiana. Had to go Alcan highway through Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, crossed Coutts border into Montana. 1500 miles on that road of the❤breaking, awestruck scenery you will see in your lifetime❤😂
As an american (that lives in northeastern US), I can say that half of the shows I watched in my teen yrs were either made in Vancouver, Canada or were acted by canadians. Some of my favorites. Almost ALL of them were canceled prematurely because of how little funding the canadian media industry really gets. But shows like: Haven (a show that takes place in Maine, US but is a fully canadian show), Bitten (I forget where it takes place but it's fully canadian), Lost Girl (a TV show, not the movie), and most CW shows (CW shows r either canadian or shot in canada. I'm pretty sure only crossovers are ever actually shot in the US). Pretty much all of the shows listed are based around supernatural creatures or superheroes. I mean, the show Supernatural was shot in Canada for the most part. It was a long time before I realized exactly y my favorite shows had such a different, almost uncanny, feel to them. Even one of my childhood favorites, My Babysitter's A Vampire, was a canadian show.
I didn't learn Supernatural was filmed in Canada until they had a very meta-episode where the characters accidentally did some demension hopping, and ended up in our real world as the actors. And a road sign prompted a character to ask why they were in Canada. That was the thread that lead me to also realize how much popular media came from Canada.
Side note, there was a canadiam cartoon called 6teen. 8 years after it's final episode, the creators did a special mini episode about the importance, and responsibility of young adults voting. They spent the whole episode really pushing this topic, and at the end, one character says something like "Wait...we live in Canada."
@@michaelparham1328I love 6 teen and total drama island. Never knew it was set in Canada until I was older tho. As a 7 year old they just seemed like Americans
I know Fringe filmed in Toronto for one season.
I loved Lost Girl and Wynonna Earp( filmed in Calgary I think) Sanctuary was a joint Canadian-American production. Battlestar Galactica was filmed in BC with many Canadian actors. There’s many more.
Born and raised in Michigan. Been to Ontario many times. As an American, being in Canada is sort of like being in an alternate-universe USA. Everything is *almost* the same.
Also when we ask another American if they’ve ever travelled to a foreign country, we often add “and Canada doesn’t count”.😂
Dual US/Canadian Citizen, "Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder." JFK
Canada was challenged a lot economically during the Trump administration, though.
@@dorisbetts3012yeah Trump doesn’t value the Canadian relationship very much it seems. Getting rid of NAFTA was a slap on the face for Canadians (and Mexicans, I’d assume)
Ask any Canadian how far something is from their house, 99 times out of 100, they tell you it's X minutes/hours away. Like I drove from Barrie, Ontario to Cold Lake, Alberta. It took me about 3 days because I was taking my time. Taking the Canada only route, it's about 3300kms. Or driving from Barrie, Ontario to London, Ontario is about a 4 hour drive. Petawawa, Ontario to Fredericton, New Brunswick is about 17 hours. Time is our unofficial measurement of distance
editted to add: the war of 1812, While we burnt down the White House, the Americans came into Canada and THOUGHT they burnt down our Parliament Building (equivalent of the White House) but instead they burnt a barn down...
There was no “they”, it was the British. Canada was still ruled by and under the Brits. The US actually fought a war twice for independence, Canada just signed a paper some 85 years later
@@dg1006 What the actual fuck are you talking about?! Stop trying to sound smart, try reading the full statement before providing your idiotic opinion and making yourself look like a fool. I never once said ANYTHING about Canada or America's independence.
@@dg1006 Citizens and soldiers from both countries shared the same churches in the border communities and were perfectly friendly with each other. Most Canadians were from the US at that time, in Ontario anyway. So it was like a really stupid civil war in a sense.
French is mainly spoken in Quebec. Very few know or speak French anywhere else.
Much of New Brunswick speaks Arcadian which is much more like Cajun French than Canadian French or Paris French.
@@mtwomn8940Yes, Acadian French is spoken in pockets across the four provinces of Atlantic Canada since the 1600s. New Brunswick is officially the only bilingual province but in Nova Scotia we have a French Acadian school system with 22 or 23 schools dedicated to French language and culture.
@@mtwomn8940But Acadian French is also Canadian French. Cajuns are cousins to the Acadian people as the English deported by ship almost 10 000 French Acadian colonists ( mostly children) from present day Nova Scotia , New Brunswick, PEI and part of Maine ( formerly known as Acadie) from their farmlands to the British colonies of present day New England and beyond. Many made their way to Louisiana after a time when they could because there was nothing left of their former homeland... Their properties back in Acadie or "Acadia" were given to English colonists... Loyalists, and Planters after the Expulsion. Many died on route or trying to return to their former homeland. It is a tragic part of North American history that many know nothing about, sadly.
Canada has some good shows. My favorite was Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is where the rapper Drake got his start when he was a teenager.
Ok hear me out and I mean this with complete respect to all involved;
Canada is an Americanized UK
Only difference between Americans & Canadians is, a Canadian will say sorry before sticking the knife in.
Not true
We stop saying sorry before sticking the knife in. If you look in history, Canadians are crazy in war. I’m Canadian and rather be polite but will stand up for others! Have a great day/night! 💚😺
The people in the replies don't understand jokes about stereotypes.
Do you use metric for cooking? Or cups, teaspoons, etc.? If you want to understand US government works, watch Schoolhouse Rock - "I'm Just A Bill" and "Three Ring Government." They're short, funny, and catchy. The War of 1812 was also where we get our National Anthem (the video with Francis Scott Key explaining the shelling of the fort, pretty sure you reacted to it). If I remember correctly from when I was a kid, there was a push to make English the official language of the US. But being such a "melting pot," the national government wouldn't declare one. However, some states have English as the official language, or English and Spanish. In practice, English is the official language - you must learn it to get by; but in theory, you could move to the US and never talk to an English speaker if you don't want to. Several government agencies (city halls, police, emergency services) have translators for several languages so if you MUST deal with something, like a court hearing, you can request a translator.
Ah! My specialty! The Evangelical movement is about sharing the Good News. While most Protestant churches focus more on your own relationship with Christ, Evangelicals focus on making their theology shared. Think of those megachurches with people swaying, hands up, singing to the Lord. And on the complete other end of the spectrum are Catholics. Their theology comes from the Pope. End of subject. Somewhere in the middle are the common Protestant churches - Anglican, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc. Their theologies are more like Evangelicals, but services are more like Catholic. If that made any sense to you at all. I'm your go-to for religious stuff, so ask away!
Cups, teaspoons etc. You do see recipes in metric, but since most of our recipes come from the U.S., we generally use the former. Our ovens are in Fahrenheit also.
@@shirleyk7647 And our tires are in inches.
@@shirleyk7647 Our "cups" are technically a different size though. US cups are 8 American customary ounces (237ml) and UK cups used to be 10 imperial ounces (284ml), but Canadian cups are 8 imperial ounces (227ml) because making things intentionally difficult is a Canadian tradition.
@@JeremyLevi My measuring cups are all 8 American ounces, both ones I have had for ages and new ones. I bake a lot from scratch including cakes, from many old handed down recipes - all American measurements. Cakes and such need to be exact or they won’t turn out. I have never seen measuring cups such as you describe. The older ones are just 8 ounces,and the newer ones are 8 ounces one side, and 250 ml on the other. That’s what we have in B.C. anyway. Now the old Canadian gallon, when purchasing gasoline, that was different, but a gallon of milk was always 32 ounces.
@revgurley Cooking is usually in imperial but most of us could work in metric. Canada had the British Imperial which is different from the USA imperial. eg. 1 US quart is 32 oz/ 4 cups, 1 liter is 36 Oz/ 4 1/2 cups, British quart is 40 oz/5 cups. Even growing up with our mother's canning we were aware we had to know where the cookbook was printed. Canada has "half @$$ed" done metric. To an outsider it's probably confusing but it seems to work. I think Britain has probably accepted and adapted to metric better.
Im a Candian from Nova Scotia who now lives in America. Its similar. Canadians are happier though.
Quebec is capital and they speak French. Similar to French fought during American wars and settled in canada.
22:21 again completely wrong. USA is in the 40s on the freedom index while Canada generally places in top 10.
I think one thing the video understated is how much having a large French-Canadian population has impacted the country. A lot of the country's history and government revolves around this and most modern symbols of Canadian culture actually come from Quebec. For example: Maple syrup, hockey, poutine, the flag, the national anthem, the beaver as a national symbol, plaid shirts and lumberjacks, etc.
@@user-og7vp2zw7i Care to explain how it is wrong?
@@user-og7vp2zw7i I actually agree with you that we should acknowledge each others contributions. This was the whole point of my comment, to point out that French Canadians contribution and influence were not recognized in this video event though they are huge.
As for the specific examples I gave in my comment, I mean all those things that are considered Canadian really are all from Québec, look it up.
@@user-og7vp2zw7i True, it's a combined concept for sure. Thanks for making me go read more on the history of the flag, was interesting. I remember being taught in school that the original idea from Stanley/Beddoe was similar to the current flag but was surrounded by gold and had a crown in the middle of the maple leaf, and it was Jacques St-Cyr who modified it to the current design. I believe it is accurate, but it is important to recognize everyone's efforts in this as we said.
I admire your vision for Canada, I had the same when I was a kid and believed in Canada and felt proud to be Canadian. But the more I experienced English Canada and the image they have of us, I became an independentist.
I think as long as people see us as "Canadians that happen to speak French" and not a completely different people with a different culture, this tension will unfortunately exist. Best of luck to you and see you on the ice haha
USA has over 350 spoken languages- fun fact for you.
You should see the video …” 10 Amazing Places to visit in Canada “. Shows some of the different scenery, and “ Tom Brokaw Explains Canadians to Americans “
I speak french - it's the language of my formal education (along with Latin), but if I were to point to a major difference between Canada and the US, it would be how many other languages are spoken here. I cannot walk out my door without hearing Chinese (Mandarin AND Cantonese), Korean, Indo-Aryan, Pakistani, Afrikaan, Senegalese. German, Spanish, Arabic, Finnish, Swedish and just about every other language ever devised. Yes, the USA has many immigrants where they speak a language other than english, but when they speak their language they run the risk of being chastised for "not speaking American". Up here, you are free to bring your culture with you and add it to the cultural mosaic of who we are... in America, you leave such nonesense at home...
"Yer 'Merikun now! Don't want to speak english? Go the hell home you Communist. FREEDOM, Hell yeah!!!!". (also in the US, anything bad is "Communism" while "Freedom" carries a more Orwellian definition.)
If a particular language becomes prevalent in an area of Canada, It is HIGHLY likely that government services will be offered in that language moving forward (Xenophobia would be the only reason NOT to, after all).
Then again, Canada invented "Peacekeeping Forces" (thanks Lester B), the US invented Nuclear Bombs - and used them (after the war had pretty much ended). Kinda says it all.
Finally, being a Constitutional Monarchy means that while we have a homebrew Constitution, the King/Queen of England is our head of state, represented by the Governor General. The Prime Minister is technically just an MP. The Governor General, in the name of the King/Queen of England, outranks him/her.
A slight difference: the King/Queen of Canada is not the King/Queen of England. The King of England title actually died in 17O7 but in 1931 the Crown was separated and each of the Commonwealth realms has its own crown now they just happened to be held by the same person. Charles is actually king of 15 different places each running under his own laws.
Spend lots of time in British Columbia. The best place to live imho by far. Love the place. Too bad it's prohibitively expensive to buy there. And I live in the San Francisco bay area, so if it's too expensive for us, what does that say?
It says you should sell your home in San Fran and move to Vancouver.
@JB-yb4wn 1) A new law a few years ago that foreigners temporary can no longer buy property in Canada.
2) Even with the equity in my northern California house I would still need to downgrade in size due to the housing costs in British Columbia.
@@sonnystaton
You are correct, I forgot about that law. We should have put that law in before Hong Kong's lease expired.
Being myself,French Canadian, most of the french speaking people are situated in the east part of Canada, in Quebec and New Brunswick
You got small villages of french speaking people spread across Canada to
The US is to Canada what Australia is to New Zealand. Does that help?
Love your videos Lewis ❤️
Here in the US we used to jokingly call Canada "America's Hat", or the unofficial 51st state. We're pretty similar. There's no animosity between the two because we're just so similar.
Most people don't know that there is a massive divide politically in Canada between conservatives and liberals. We refer to Canadian conservatives as "red staters"
Which is strange because in Canada (like the rest of the world outside the U. S.) red represents liberalism while blue represents conservatism. The reason they're inverted in the U. S. is that the two parties swapped political positions about a century ago. The Democrats have since drifted right to become moderately conservative while the Republicans have recently embraced fascism. The U.S. has no party left of political centre.
That political divide widened only after the Progressive Conservatives merged with a Conservative party that was farther right. Prior to that, the Conservative party were more centre right in Canada.
There is no massive political divide between Conservatives and Liberals in Canada. The "mushy middle" makes up a huge portion of the population. Winning over this group is essential in winning elections. School boards, library boards and municipal governments are largely apolitical.
suggestion. increase volume of the video for us. i had to turn the volume way up to hear the video, which made your voice insanely loud
Nooo!!!! Canadians and Americans are siblings, but Americans are crazier!!!!!!!😂😂 way crazier, and way more restless!
USA also calls restrooms Bathrooms too lmao. We just have more than 1 way of saying things.
And vice versa. I thought that was nonsense too.
There are all huge regional differences 8:19 in the US, but I am not sure how regionally different Canada is.
@@gojewla It is fairly consistent across Canada.
I’ve lived in different Provinces and it depends on where you live. I’ve lived mostly in Ontario and Nova Scotia with a stop in Manitoba.
One Province says coloured pencils the other pencil crayons. Aunt pronounced ant in one Province and Aunt as in taunt in the other. Sneakers/running shoes, rubber/eraser, scribbler/notebook, lunch/dinner, dinner/supper etc. Bathroom and washroom are interchangeable and understood across Canada.
@@catherinetodd5163 Good point made..
14:54 brother pls get a Canada channel going. I know you will be amazed at sine facts. You could start with what we call Heritage Minutes.
I'm an American-Canadian. Can confirm both extreme similarities and radical differences. It's irritating and getting in the way of manifesting everyone's destiny(nicely) ... You should visit both!
Your commentary is hilarious! Thank you for making your fun videos. Dave in Kentucky
Yes, you’re correct the French we’re on the right side and they speak French but it’s not like the French speak in France.😂
The French spoken in Canada, both Quebeçois and Acadian French, were greatly affected by history. Naturally, the language changed from its origins in France according to the realities and influences on it from others in the New World, such as the First Nations indigenous peoples that the French population in North America had close ties with. Acadian French has words once spoken in rural parts of 17th century France, they are that old. The modern day French people in France do not even remember this vocubulary. This was before the French spoken in Paris was chosen as the official language of the country. France at one time had many regional dialects depending on where one lived.
Fun fact: In SW Texas, more people speak Spanish than English as their preferred daily conversational language. Also, a parent can choose to enroll their children in 90% Spanish speaking classes in this area (eventually they will transition to English speaking classes over a period of 5 years).
We need to make English the official language 🙄
In Ontario where I live, parents can choose to enroll their children in French Immersion. It’s 100% French speaking from JK- Secondary school and then gradually more English is introduced so when college/university time comes around students aren’t hindered by any language differences, particularly in math and science. If you complete French Immersion you get a diploma that would allow you to be officially bilingual for job opportunities around the world.
Look up the documentary
America before 1492 for a general history of Native Americans, so worth it.
America generally views Canada as its little brother. Sometimes annoying, we give each other crap from time to time, but we have a loving relationship with them. America has more freedom because they're the adult sibling that's moved out of the house and Canada is still a child living under the authority of our parents and they take less crap from other countries that may wish to bully them simply by America existing as their neighbor.
1812 was when England was still butt-hurt and wanted to fight about it some more......they lost.......again.
Lmbo😂😂good way to put it😂😂
Exactly!!! but you don’t mess with American ships😂😂😂 have you seen the fat electrician?? 😂😂 oh my gosh that’s hilarious and I think this guy reacted to it
lol those pesky British did burn down the White House but we did prevail again against the greatest empire at that time.
The US technically started the war, and it ended in a stalemate. No one won.
@@xviper2k The United States declared war on 18 June 1812 against the British.
Living in Washington State, it's a hop, skip, and a jump away from Vancouver, bc. The first time I went there, I thought I was in another state. I love it, I felt welcomed.
We call them provinces.
After the British burnt the White House, a tornado hit the area and drove them out.
One thing you should know about Canada is they Canadians do not like being told they are they same as Americans. It is a constant mistake because they have they have their own history and grew up differently from America. Sure you will find many similarities, but look for them and you will find differences. I found this video made several mistakes including the comment on "tundra". The tundra area of Canada is in the northern part of The areas known as the Territories. Below that is forests prairies and lakes with many towns and cities in them. Did you not hear of how the wildfires in the Northwest Territory last summer forced the city of Yellowknife to evacuate? Also the population of Canada has risen since this video was made. It is catching up with the U.K.at 40.5 million as of 2023. Do not say Toronto is like an American city. Again you will get negative responses. The war of 1812 is not looked upon as a draw by Canadians. Despite what Americans say, Canadians look upon it as a win for them or they would not have remained independent of the U.S..Roman Cathocism is not the official religion of all of Canada. It is in the province of Quebec. The rest of the country stretches from Catholicism and Protestantism to Sikh, Muslim and many other religions. It is also a multicultural country, not a melting pot like America. I saw your eyes light up when the video host talked about the thing to do in America, but he barely spoke of what you can do in Canada. I met a young Irishman at a bus stop last Thursday and asked him where he was from in my family's ancestral country. He said Kildare, but then went on to say in was presently living in Canada in the city of Vancouver and loved it there. He said he had traveled broadly in the province of British Columbia and was very impressed with what he saw and encountered. Do more research than just this video. I have and learned many interesting things about Canada that most Americans do not know.