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- Reaction To What Canadians Really Think of Each Other's Provinces
This is my reaction to What Canadians Really Think of Each Other's Provinces
In this video I react to people from Canada talk about stereotypes and their thoughts on the other provinces of Canada.
#canada #culture #reaction
Original Video - • What CANADIANS Really ...
25 years ago I bought a cross Canada bus pass. I had time to kill in Quebec so I hoped a short trip north. The people on the bus were extremely polite and eagerly approached me to test their english. They helped navgate my useless french english dictionary and we all enjoyed ourselves laughing at misunderstandings. I'll never forget that random ride in Northern Quebec.
I’m a Manitoban and I’m very proud of my beautiful province! I’m also proud of my heritage - Icelandic. And the Icelandic Festival in Gimli, Manitoba is wonderful. l
Gimli is one of the nicest towns I've ever visited in Manitoba. The town itself is really nice. Great shops. Restaurants.
I went camping in a cabin and it was just beautiful. They also mention Gimli in a Corner Gas episode. The people seemed very nice.
@@carmenbrown3437 , yes the people are super nice. We lived there for a couple of years. Did you get to visit the Museum?
just drove zig zag through southern manitoba for the first time, loved it, the landscape, the little towns, the friendly people. gorgeous! drivers in winnipeg scared me, ngl!
@@annmorgana2848 yes, Manitoba is beautiful - especially on the Eastern side; but I love our flat open prairies too - the beautiful Manitoba Blue (as I call it) sky just goes on forever.
The Hollywood one, Vancouver IS called Hollywood North sometimes, but the makers of the video made a mistake, because they said the capital city, and Vancouver is NOT the capital of British Columbia, Victoria is.
@@hockeyaddict7007 More likely Vancouver, Toronto second, any my city Montreal third.
Toronto has been referred to as Hollywood North also
I'll be honest, I've never heard of Toronto as being called Hollywood North. Though that, of course, could be because I live in Vancouver, which is, you know, quite far away from Toronto, so I have more reason to hear Vancouver be called that.
That said, when I did a search for Hollywood North, everything that I've found comes up with only Vancouver. I had to specifically search Toronto and Hollywood North before I found anything mentioning Toronto having that nickname. But I also wonder if that's due to Google seeing that my ISP is located around Vancouver and is mainly giving me results geared more toward Vancouver?
@@hockeyaddict7007 Vancouver has VIFF, which is just the Vancouver version of TIFF. I don't think it's as big or as well known as TIFF.
Smart
The two guys from Saskatchewan were singing a song that is actually by a band from Alberta. They are a celtic band from the praries so naturally they are called Captain Tractor, and the song was "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate". It's a great track and you should check it out.
I know The Last Saskatchewan Pirate as being by The Arrogant Worms, unless they covered it... highly recommend checking them out, lots of Canadiana songs like Canada's Really Big, Rocks and Trees, We Are The Beaver, and Monty Python type humor songs like History is made by Stupid People, Jesus's Brother Bob, Carrot Juice is Murder...
I don't know if you herd of this or not but when i found this out i found it funny. Canada had a war called the whisky war and they ended the war when Russia started stuff with Ukraine. the whisky war was a war over a small island between where Canada and Greenland no one was killed in it but what they would do was Canada would put their flag and a bottle of Canadian whisky and then after a while the Denmark would come in and remove the things Canada placed and then put their flag and a bottle of Schnapps and they did this for 50 years.
It is a shame that "war" had to be settled...I think participants kind of enjoyed that war. 🙂
That was Denmark.
That's a war I find interesting.
Denmark has never been part of Russia. The whiskey war probably still is happening as it is territorial claim on a spit of land---claimed both by Canada & Denmark. They should put a table there and a pair of chairs and get down to some serious "drinking" to see who goes under the table first.
@@JBond-zf4dj ik it was a war with denmark
Huge difference between different regions of BC. Vancouver, the Island, North/Caribou, Okanagan, West Kootenays, East Kootenays, all have distinct personalities/stereotypes.
That's true for AB, ON, QC, etc., too. These are massive land masses with diverse populations, geography, etc.
Talking about PEI: 'They've got Anne of Green Gables and nothing else, that is it.'
Excuse me we've got potatoes and seafood
And beautiful beaches !
Very shallow people answering questions. Most be a couple of Torontoites among them, concealing their true identities.
I have lived in BC, Alberta, Yukon, and NWT. I have traveled across Canada from coast to coast several times. The only territory I have not visited is Nunavut. My first trip across canada was by bus from Dawson City, Yukon to Montreal. Best trip ever! Met some amazing people everywhere! Yes, there are always rude people on travels, but remember you just dont know what problems that person is experiencing in that moment. As for beauty, all of Canda is gorgeous, the shores of Nova Scotia, the red eart in PEI, the majestic buildings and history of Quebec, lake country in Ontario and the Niagra falls, land as far as the eye can see in Manitoba and Saskatchean. Gorgeous summer golden wheat fields blowing in soft summer breeze in Alberta, even the territories have their own beauty treasures sunshine at midnight is a sight to behold, and then beautiful BC, so much too see and experience. I am blessed to be able to live my best life in a country like Canada, enjoy every moment!!!
I've lived in Alberta, Ontario, BC, and Newfoundland and travelled to every province and one territory. As much as I love living in Alberta, I would go back to Courtney, BC in a heartbeat. It is a small city on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The weather is amazing, the mountains beautiful, and has everything a city can offer without the traffic congestion.
You spelled it wrong,. It's Courtenay. You sure you lived there? ;)
@@Steve-tf1wv Doh!!! I moved away in 1983. What can I say.
Did I mention I’m beginning to suffer from “Oldtimers”?
Disappointed that the three Maritime provinces were barely mentioned although Maritimers are quite used to being ignored by other Canadians, sadly. We are a best kept secret, however... or we were before the pandemic. We have become the place to move to from other provinces for our laidback lifestyle, amazing scenery and beaches and affordable housing prices ( though that has changed with the large influx of people who can easily afford to pay much more than most Maritimers can for properties). Housing prices here have skyrocketed in the last few years and our healthcare system is struggling with the rapid and huge influx of new people. Having said that, after three climate related disasters in Nova Scotia in the last 11 months, some may reconsider their move and head on to other parts of the country. You've gotta be tough and get along well with your neighbours ( who you may need to call on for help) to live in this beautiful part of the country. Our resilience is generational and ties to one another are historic and strong. We are a very community-minded stock of people. That's how we have survived hard times for centuries. As for rudeness in Quebec, I have never experienced it. I lived in Quebec City for a year and absolutely loved it and the people. I love going back whenever I can. It helps a lot if you speak French or at least try to make an effort to speak it. Being bilingual adds so much to one's life experiences. The effort to learn French is worth it! Of course, there are plenty of French people in the Maritimers so we are no strangers to bilingualism here.
I’m on my way.. My Dad always wanted to go to the Maritimes from Ab, sadly after retirement he developed cancer and passed, so I was just diagnosed with cancer and I want to go to honour him💗😎
It's hard to stereotype Canadian places because there are so many cultures all mixed together. In the end we are all Canadian and there is love for all.
Love for all.....except for Trudeau and Singh
One of the great benefits of Canada is how each province has its own flavour. If one province isn't exactly your preference, one of the others probably will. I don't dislike any of the 10 provinces but I do have my Top 5. In no particular order they are Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and BC. They're all quite different from one another and like them for different reasons. I could live in any of those 5 permanently and be happy as a clam.
Did you realize how little people mention New Brunswick....
@@letekoe How about "Do you realize how little New Brunswick is mentioned." Big people may not mention New Brunswick either.
I grew up in SK and have been in Alberta now for about 10 years. The one thing about Alberta is that there is a growing divide between urban and rural. Urban is becoming more and more diverse and left-leaning. Rural is the exact opposite. Edmonton/Calgary vs. the rest of the province are total opposites.
Alberta seems to be becoming the US of Canada lol
I'm a rural Albertan and you nailed it. The divide here is that so many people move here to the big cities from back east and bring their liberal "progressive" nonsense with them. Edmonton is especially bad. These people leave Ontario because it's such a shithole and then move here and bring with them the same upside down thinking that made Ontario a shithole in the first place.
The song that best represents Newfoundland in my opinion is “Salt Water Joys” by Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers .
Yay for those 3 wonderful fellers! Love them and Great Big Sea!
Indeed. That song would create longing even in those who have never set foot there.
NFLD have awesome music, soul wrenching and, yes, lonesome for some unknown. There is a TV program "The Last Two" who sing some NFLD songs, along with Country/Western. The man is awesome, truly from NFLD, but the woman (I can't call her lady) is a hissy from heavens knows where but one feels it just can't be NFLD, more like Toronto. IMO, of course.
I grew up with summer car trips across the US and Canada I will say, Quebecers are blunt, direct, have a zanny sense of humor and the scarf thing is true, also they are Quebecois not Canadians (people from other areas were "we're Canadian). British Columbia is very Urban and very Rural wilderness and is very much about the Cascadia culture, hip, hippie, outdoorsy and foodies.
We got the Guess Who representing Manitoba, which once again never gets mentioned.
I'm from Ontario. I love the Guess Who & have seen them in concert a couple of times...Actually saw them once & saw Burton Cummings once tbh. Both were great concerts!
Manitobian here... lived in ontario for a few years and then moved back. I know Ontario gets a lot of flack but I miss it. It's a beautiful province. However I wouldn't want to move back. Love Manitoba.
Enjoyed this video. I think it was pretty predictable as far as how we all feel about the provinces. Bottom line is we are all Canadians!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I didn't hear much about Nova Scotia other than a brief mention of Prince Edward Island. Being from a small town outside Boston we have a long standing relationship with Nova Scotia . The loudest explosion pre nuclear happened there where a munitions ship exploded . Ships and trains came to help with medical aid ,food etcetera. It was deemed the largest explosion and loss of life before Hiroshima. It's worth looking into .
People who live on the South Shore of NS have a similar accent to Boston...which makes sense if you think about port to port back in the day.
Mert covered the Halifax Explosion in a past video.
PEI isn't in Nova Scotia. It's a completely separate province.
I met some of the loveliest people in Halifax......✌️
However, none of them were from nova Scotia.
Too busy trying to be a big city I guess 😕.
Apathy and cold snottieness has been honed to an art form.
Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to starve there.
Ridiculously expensive too.
3 years I regretted deeply.
Don't be fooled by the commercials. 🤕
@@FurtiveSkeptical you're the first person I've ever heard say something like that about Halifax. Most people absolutely love it, call it their new home, love how chill everyone is, etc. I'm from a rural part (but lived in Halifax for ten years) and if you didn't like Halifax, you definitely don't want to go to the country. You won't survive.
We’re a great country with many cultures let’s keep it together we know what we have to do
About the government-owned beer and wine stores, each province has its own liquor control board, that sets where any kind of alcohol can be sold. Most provinces, it's a specific store run by the board, or specific franchisees that can only sell certain kinds of alcohol. There was a huge deal her in Ontario about 5 years ago about grocey stores finally being allowed to sell beer and wine. Hard liquor is still only sold at LCBO stores (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Each province also sets its own legal drinking age and what time bars have to stop selling alcohol. In Quebec, legal drinking age is 18 and last call is 3am, in Ontario (and based on the video, i assume in New Brunswick too) legal drinking age is 19 and last call is 2am. So here in Ottawa you have the 18 year olds crossing the river to Hull for their first drinking experiences, and those bars also see a last call surge between 2 and 3 am
All provinces have a wild city/rural cultural difference. I live in Northwestern Ontario, more than a 20 hour drive from Toronto or Ottawa. People don’t think of folk like me when they think of Ontario.
Edit: Saskatchewan might be the exception lmao
🎶 Good things grow-oh-oh, in On-tario! 🎶 😅
Alberta also has privately owned liquor stores and Ontario only started to allow grocery and convenience stores to have beer and wine on the shelves about 5 years ago.
Love Saskatchewan. Most other provinces would not understand.
Yes!! They just say omg it's just flat . Clearly never seen the northern half of our province ❤
I understand! My mom came from near Vanguard and I spent a few summers there. Wonderful memories!
So beautiful both land and people. Love from West Coast ❤
I live in Saskatchewan. I USED to love living here, but conservative politics is mad out of control and some people have lost their damn minds.
@@knittingnickelYup, same in Alberta now! :(
I would LOVE for you and your wife to visit Canada and its different Provinces if you can swing it, and see your reaction to being in Canada! Thanks for these, I find this so interesting!
As a Manitoban, it's always a bummer when we're excluded from lists or labeled as the "worst" province. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. BC is too expensive, ON is too full of itself, AB is way too conservative, QC is too rude. The north is too isolated, SK is also pretty conservative. The maritime provinces are probably the only other place I could see myself potentially enjoying.
Manitoba and Winnipeg have their problems, but people here are generally kind, we have lots of interesting festivals (including a two-week, city-wide festival called "Folklorama" which celebrates different communities' cultures from around the world), the only national museum outside the capital (Canadian Museum for Human Rights), a rich history, and more.
Man, that’s a lot of misconceptions for all the other provinces people and nothing really nice and this coming from a rude québecois. Breathe in, breathe out slowly, everything will get better.
BC is expensive, but worth every penny. “Beautiful” British Columbia….the whole province is so STUNNING ! 💕💜💕
Alberta is beautiful and the people are really friendly.
You just showed why you are excluded
Try living in the Maritimes (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI). Canada ends at Quebec ya know! 🙂
I’ve lived in 4 provinces, and have to go with Vancouver to live, even just based on weather.
Live here and do love the weather. Summers from March to November are amazing and June and July hols at about 75F. Doesn't get better than that.
Thanks for your reaction. Yes there are conflicts inside Canada, but I don't want to go too much into politics, that will pollute your comment section and things can degenerate pretty fast sometimes. Especially about Québec, where I live. There always have been linguistic conflicts here. Still valid today, but mostly from extremists on both sides (french & english). From my own experience, it tends to disappear with time, the younger generations on both sides are more and more bilingual, so we can communicate better nowadays. Much better than before, at the time when many people used to talk only one language. In the past, we used to call it the 2 solitudes (french speakers on one side & english speakers on the other side, insulting each other. Much better today, but still it depends where we live. In Québec, we have some hardcore separatists that hate everything english. Here in Montreal, it's much more smooth than it was before, we gladly mix both languages in the same sentence, and we learned to laugh about our differences, instead of fighting about them. Have a nice day.
I guess you could say that the French vs English and at times, the threat of separation from the rest of Canada, have had a lot of negative cultural influence on relationships with Quebec you could say.
@@robertsitch1415 We're not that bad. I've never had hatred about rest of Canada it's just that we've different ways of managing. But i don't think it really apply anymore. Montreal is having a huge turn over with infrastructures and business that last forever but at least still getting on pace with modernity as a big city. Back in the days and it still happen sometimes, we've also heard some pretty bad things coming from newspapers and media from couple of regions in canada. That was also frustrating because there was so many lies. So i guess it's a big load of crap from both side for the most part because i never felt anything bad when i travelled outside Quebec in Canada and i did coast to coast twice.
@Linerwood2000 I personally find that it was more in the past. There are a few people still that kind of like the tourist dollars from Anglophone visitors, but are a bit condescending, though.
How I wish we all had to have oral French in addition to written French. What a waste for so many years. Love to hear today's young adults shift effortlessly from English to French and back again without any hesitation whatsoever. Wonderful, Congratulations Canada this is indeed progress.
6:30 Would it have been so hard to arrange the Territory graphics in the right order?
I lived in 3 provinces, the differences are more by city than province. Ottawa I found very elitist, snobby and very intolerant of Maritimers. Those I met in Toronto were outgoing, friendly and down to earth. Newfies are so laid back they are horizontal, welcoming and fun. Each province has its own ideocyncracy but together make one heck of a country. I do prefer my home province of New Brunswick, a Herring chocker through and through.
As someone from a more rural area of Ontario, Toronto people from affluent suburbs come across as snobby sometimes. In general only the most small town Canadians tend to seem approachable in the 21st century.
We here in Alberta love Maritimers... they're hard working, easy going and a hell of a lot of fun to hang out with. Possibly the most down to earth people in all of Canada.
Alberta is not only like Texas because it has oil. It is directly connected to Texas as the end of the trail for the cattle drives. It has a big cattle industry and many Texans stayed there, also.
exactly. And Alberta is almost the same size too.
…and sadly…there are a LOT of Trumpians and far-right wing nuts there
And also right wing racist nut jobs like Texas.
@@scipio7837Love Texas as I spent 40 or so years there. Have often heard Alberta and Texas being similar with their Houston's Rodeos and Calgary Stampedes, and, of course oil, and conservative values. God bless the Lone State and Alberta.
What got me was when the guy was putting on a strong Newfoundland accent you were nodding along, having no difficulty understanding him. Those Celtic roots I guess 😆
Im from Alberta and I worked as a snow maker for ice bridges and there is some Areas in the territories Where you can only get there during winter with trucks to bring them gas and oil for the hole year the rest of the year you have to take a boat there and back
Interesting, write w book.
Alberta also has privately owned liquor stores. Most other provinces have liquor stores that are owned by the liquor control boards of their provinces.
Alberta is the richest province, per capita. Alberta is the ONLY province with just 1 tax, no PST/HST here. Alberta is also the only rat free province. We have West Edmonton Mall, & the Calgary Stampede. We have Banff & Jasper National parks, as well as breathtaking mountain views. Southern Alberta also lays claim to the the most chinooks every winter. All in all, Alberta is amazing. 😁🤪
12:00 thr sky is dancing with the northern lights
I've been to every province for extended times, and I can honestly say where we have a lot of cultural differences, we also have one thing in common, and that is welcoming arms.
It's part of what makes this country so unique, the differences of each area can be extreme so it's like visiting a lot of countries within Canada
As a Manitoban I herby announce we’re joining the US because we’re never remembered or included. 🇺🇸
You are remembered by me! I lived there for two years (2017-2019) and I LOVED it. I am originally from Newfoundland and I found Manitobans to be almost as friendly as my home province. I am hoping to move back to Manitoba eventually because I feel very at home there. ♥️♥️♥️
.....and take your mosquitos with you.
@@michaelmarkowski204 errr nope, we can share that part of Manitoba ;p
Beer and wine: some provinces (like Quebec), alcohol can be sold in grocery stores and convenience stores. In other provinces (like Alberta), alcohol can only be sold in liquor stores (that's all they sell). In other stores, alcohol can only be sold in "government-controlled stores."
Not any more. The Sk Party sold off the liquor stores, so they are no longer run by the government. They are all privately owned now.
your red green get up sold me on this channel.
B.C.....born and raised...been across this country a few times and will always come back to Vancouver island everytime!
Well Mert, I did not read all the comments but about liquor distribution in Canada it is controlled by provinces…so in Ontario, liquor is sold by a government run retailer know locally as the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario); beer is sold by “Brewer’s Retail” which is mainly a distribution of breweries managed by breweries. Always been that way except of late, say last 10 years or more, beer and wine is now available at grocery stores; however no hard liquor is sold. It’s been a welcome change as grocery stores have longer hours than than the controlled stores do.
Songs that represent Nova Scotia: We Rise Again - The Rankin Family. Man of Steel -Lennie Gallant The Island [home of our hearts, Cape Breton]- Barra McNeils
I traveled to Toronto a few years ago for my wedding anniversary. I found folks were mostly nice and friendly everywhere we went. [Of course, just walking along the street, not everyone would look at you or say hi or anything. And as a Nova Scotian, that's crazy to me, we always say hi to people we walk by but I've had unfriendly people experiences in Halifax, NS when I lived there.]
We had a late lunch in a restaurant and our service person was so kind. When they found out we were there for our anniversary, they gave us a free dessert sampler of all their items. Then, they took the time to write out the best places we should go for "local experiences". Our primary experience was a Jays game as both hubby and I are long time fans. But we managed to get to a couple places on their list. I also now live in Ottawa, and when we first moved, the #1 question we would get from folks we meet is what is your impression of people here? Are we nice? I think Ontario people are aware that there is a culture shift between East Coast approachability and Ontario seriousness or standoffishness if you prefer. It's like traveling through Quebec is a portal that strips you of friendliness. I don't think that's true on the whole of people. But I do think it's more true of big cities where people are focused on their ability to afford things they need.
Alberta is a very conservative -right wing province. They consistently vote in Conservative leaders. They're mostly anti-liberal policies. But that said, many many many east coast folks move to Alberta to work in the Oil Industry or other industries so there are lots of friendly people there. I can't count on one hand the number of people I personally know from home who have moved to Alberta to work in oil. The general perception of Alberta is they are self centered money focused people who only care about oil. Like you said in the video though, it's a lot of generalizations.
Good, maybe some of Alberta's conservative values will rub off on the liberal and happy dirt poor Maritimers who live off of the other provinces.
I'm a Quebecer and I've lived in 5 different provinces - we are the rudest. Of course, that's by Canadian standards which means we're actually pretty polite.
I fairly disagree with you, of course there are mean people in Quebec but, I mean, are there people like that everywhere? I don't we are the rudest of the entire country though, really doubt it
In the one part at the 5:26 mark the guy mentions Yonge and Dundas. That intersection always has things going on, street entertainers, it's where City TV, the Eaton's Center, are all there. It's within walking distance to Maple Leaf Gardens. It's also within walking distance to Bay Street which is the financial hub of Canada. Bay Street is Canada's equivalent to NY's Wall Street.
Since you mention being the equivalent of NY, we will assume you are talking about Toronto, otherwise, not everyone knows Yonge and Dundas Streets are in Toronto. Not a world known fact, sorry.
@Mert Check out the alcohol laws and sales across Canada by province, it's an interesting subject and done differently across Canada. With government run stores, different laws for beer or spirits, laws like hours that sales can be made etc.
I was born and raised in Toronto, so I come by my a-hole attitude naturally.🤣 I moved to Victoria about 15 years ago and promptly got yelled at by some random guy when he found out I was from Toronto. I do love living here in BC, the vibe is a lot more chill here which may or may not have something to do with the abundance of weed.
As for the song to represent our nation, I would have to choose, The Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot......
Yep - pretty accurate. I'm from BC. The Coast tends to be more laid back (affectionately called the Left Coast). Interior is more ranching, farming, forestry etc - but also lots of fabulous lakes and mountains, tourism etc. So its a mixed bag. Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Ontario summary is pretty accurate - its not the centre of the world, but they think it is..... In most of Canada, alcohol is sold at government liquor stores, not grocery stores. Its more about the government making the money on liquor taxes than any moral reasons
British Columbia, the WHOLE PROVINCE, is one of the most beautiful places in the world! ♥️
15:51 east coast forlife
The roots to Ireland are strong. My ancestors came to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia from Ireland in mid 1600s as the british redcoats moved their genocide from Scotland to ireland to rid the jacobites. They gave up county cork, and 2 other counties they owned. The Welshmen of Tiraweley (Barrett) had a notorious reputation as they owned 3 counties in Ireland (granted by James I). Fled to Canada from the redcoats. If you've seen the show Outlander, and saw what the redcoats did to the clans, you'll understand why many fled ireland when the redcoats went there. The Barrett pirateers founded many towns in thearitimes.
You want to insult us, just say we are like the people from France. First, we protect our language like nothing else. The french use anglicisms like it’s going of style, they use english songs, exclusively in their movies and series. Try finding a french movie in the last 10 years with a french song. Good luck. And, the guy is right about the bagels, they are the best. Even in New York city, they don’t even come close. We might look at english speaking people from other provinces a little “differently” maybe because we are looked at differently because we don’t think alike. Culturely there is a difference. A little more latin culture I guess. The rudenest might come from the fact that english speaking expect us to talk to them in their language, but they never think that they are visiting and they don’t even think of talking to us in french. An exemple, if in a group if there are 4 or 5 french speaking people and 1 english, the 4 or 5 will speak english to make the person confortable. Never in my life, I’m 69, in an other province did this happen to me. That might be the reason for that perception. And we are the only province that sells alcool in most stores.
I was camping in France and the owner, knowing I was Canadian, ask me to translate for a Quebec couple that he couldn't totally understand. That really caught me off guard!
Yes, yes, yes about the bagels and don't forget Montreal smoked meat.....my favourite!
Cheers from Peterborough
@@CharCanuck14 I lived with french in a Montréal coloc and when they get here, some of them really struggle with the accent. But they get it fast, after like 2 or 3 days of immersion.
@@Linerwood2000 I get it now, but back then I was taken back a little. I had to remind myself of the time my neighbour's father came to visit from Newfoundland. I could barely understand him with his accent.
Considering Quebec’s history, they have every freaking right to hate the English (English-Canadian/ the Brits)
Fk yeah, there Bud!🤜🤛
Hilarious that a guy from Quebec is calling other provinces stuck up.
Winnipeg, known for cold winters, sells the most Slurpee ice drinks per capita in THE WHOLE WORLD.
That's right...
...THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD!
Quebec has a lower drinking age than Ontario (where I live) so after we turned eighteen, our only friend with a car would pick everyone up Friday evening (we squeezed way too many people in that little shit car), and we'd make the 40-minute drive to go get drunk with friends who lived just inside the Quebec border. Lol. Oh, and it's like the U.S. where you can buy alcohol at the corner stores but in Ontario you can only buy it from government owned liquor or beer stores.
I've lived in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. I've driven from one coast to the other, several times. Although it's one country, it's also most of a continent. So asking people in Saskatchewan to understand Prince Edward Island, is a bit like asking Portugese to understand what's important to Fins.
So much of Canadian media is based in Toronto, that it's easy for that region to lose sight of other parts of the country. Not really much different than Londoners having little knowledge or interest in, say, Kilmarnock or Mallaig. When I lived in St. John's, in the mid-'70s, the only newspaper you could get from out of town was a Toronto newspaper. Things are a little better now, but the concentration of media into the hands of a few controlling megacompanies, and continuing loss of independent newspapers and radio/tv stations feeds the relentless focus on Toronto. For instance, here in Ottawa, we used to get the English TV station from Montreal, but it was displaced on the dial by a station from Detroit. It generally takes a natural disaster, like the current flooding in Nova Scotia, or BC wildfires, to shift focus away from Toronto.
What we're seeing here in the video is a rather unrepresentative sample of both ages and ethnicities.
That said, I haven't found anywhere in this magnificent country that I wouldn't mind living. My shame is that I have never been to the territories. The territories come here, though. Ten minutes from my home is a facility that houses people from Nunavut who are in town for medical reasons. They are flown the 2100km from Iqaluit to Ottawa for treatment they can't get in their region because the population of Nunavut (Iqaluit has just over 7700 people, Nunavut overall is just under 39,000) can't support a full-fledged hospital.
Yes, TV is very Toronto-centric.
That was fun lol I'm from Quebec and funnily enough did share a lot of those opinions on our provinces. And Montreal bagels are the best! Mind you, I' ve never tried bagels anywhere else LOL
As an Albertan, I would live in Banff, Montréal, or Victoria. I think they are Canada's 3 most amazing places. They are very different place. Banff for hiking and nature. Montréal is one of the most amazing cities in the world, not to mention the most unique. Victoria is beautiful, and the ocean and climate are unmatched in all of Canada. We my poke fun at eachother and we do have several internal issues, but Canada is amazing and beautiful. Historically the French and English have been at eachother for centuries, but in Canada we are trying to be one people. There are struggles, but once we can finally recognize how important the other truly are, we will be far stronger for it. From my point of view, Canada has been becoming stronger because we are finally facing all of our past issues, and we will continue to. 😊
If Quebec seperates, woukd that be called Quexit?
@@noseboop4354 Funny.
alberta also no longer has government regulated liquor stores ... and we havent since about 1994
everyone from alberta are pretty laid back and chill people
Uh…no
Ha!
This very light-hearted but factual.
Alberta also has a fast-growing film industry and better affordability than many provinces (not the greatest but better than everyone else). But yeah we are known as the Texas of Canada because of Beef, Oil and extreme conservatism. Also, an intense and non sensical rivalry between Calgary and Edmonton.
8:17 - "We've got Edmonton Mall" .... It's WEST Edmonton Mall! OY!
They didn't talk about Manitoba, New Brunswick, PEI and Nova Scotia. Not what I'd call complete.
for beer/wine Ontario has finally started to lighten up as of the past few years. so beer/wine is now available in grocery stores and will be available in corner stores - supposedly - in a little while as well.
I worked retail in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for a little while. We had a family visit the store who mentioned they were from Ottawa. The manager said, "Welcome to Ontario! Is it your first time here?"
I didn't get the impression that people from there are knowledgeable about the rest of the province, let alone the country. Still nice people though.
The manager did not know that Ottawa is the capital of Ontario? He/she should have been educated on the spot~
@@gwendolyngailstenersen4448 If you want to get technical, Toronto is the capital of Ontario 😅. But they should have known which province the capital of the country is in 😆
@@valeriemcdonald440 Oops, my bad, LOL...I did mean the capital of Canada...My mind & my fingers weren't communicating. 🤣
In most provinces alcohol is sold in Liquor Board Stores or offsale at bars but you wouldn't see alcohol at regular stores, convenience stores, etc.
Alberta: Somehow they managed to skip mentioning the Calgary Stampeed. Alberta has cowboys and rodeos as large and famous as the ones in Texas, which is where a lot of the comparisons between the two come from (that and the oil).
Beer and liquor is controlled in ontario. liquor is sold at LCBO stores (liquor control board of Ontario) and "The Beer Store" sells beer. in the last few years, Beer has been made accessible in most grocery stores, and smaller stores in more remote areas have been given licences to operate LCBO sections of their stores to sell liquor if they follow a strict set of guidelines.
Long ago I worked in a law firm in NYC on Blue Sky Laws. Had nothing to do with Blue Skies, but the selling of any kind of alcohol on Sunday, the Lord's Day. But, slowly laws were changed albeit quite late, but today, USA also have wine and beer for sale in corner shops as well as liquor stores privately owned. There are no government stores.
Ouch about PEI. We are so much more than that.
Also, the Maritime provinces are ignored way too much
Mert Can. Some people recommend Harland Williams. Canadian comedian. Btw great channel. Very quick wit cheers
It should have people from every province. Some provinces weren’t even mentioned.
I don't know about other provinces but in Alberta and Ontario you can buy beer in stores that aren't gov't owned. In BC you can buy beer to go from bars, I used to live there about 30 years ago and after having a few at the bar would grab a six pack to go.
In Alberta, alot of bars offer off sales as well, for when liquor stores are closed.
You can buy alcolhol anywhere in Quebec, beer has a floor price a 21$ for a 24
vancouver is not the capitol of bc, tho... but yes, Hollywood North
I’d like to comment on some of these but I can’t find my eleven foot pole.
I'm a quebecer and we're definitely the rudest most blunt province ever. but we know what we want and we're out to get it... some of us. 😂
That's one way of putting it.
I’d call it most racist (even compared to Alberta).
@@AuntyKsTarot that's what they say.
It makes sense considering our history.
Calgary is Toronto with a big belt buckle. Edmonton people seem to be nice to keep a front against the climate.II live in "Greater Vancouver" ( New Westminster. to be exact) Vancouver itself is astronomically expensive in terms of real estate. After Expo 86, the 1986 Worlds Fair, there was a deluge of immigration, much from Hong Kong as its wealthy fled ahead of the handover to China. There was a landslide of people taking astronomical payments for their property, which in turn drove up the costs of Surreal Estate. I bought my place in the early '90s for $130, 000. I now live in a Million Dollar Teardown. I coud get a Mill and change, but i would have to leave the province to afford a home. great climate, great access to some beautiful natural features.and really some wonderful people, but seemingly the wonder is inversely proportional to the income levels. Just grateful to be on the sane side of 49, though I am seeing some ugly MAGA notions creeping over the border, ignorant and heavily armed.
I'm an Albertan and one of the things that makes us the Texas of Canada other than oil and beef is we are the most independent and conservative province. By a long shot.
Funny joke😂
They only talked about Toronto in the Ontario part😅 as someone from Ottawa, I'm used to it
The people of Montreal are very nice even if, like me, you' don't speak French. Everyone I encountered there spoke English. The way I handle dialogue is to just speak English right from the get-go so they know which language you are using and you're fine. Montreal bagels are good. If you like real bagels (not round shaped pieces of bread with a hole in the middle) with a touch of sweetness, they're for you.
As a Newfoundlander I agree with some of what they said about Newfoundland especially about the drinking part lol 😂 but besides that’s Newfoundland has a mixed between Scottish and Irish culture with a bit of British culture altogether you should search what Newfoundland mummers are they are part of are cultural tradition and of course about fishing and etc
You can definitely buy beers in a corner store in Newfoundland, it’s not just Quebec
Haha! I know the dude from Newfoundland. That's Ryan, he's a stand-up comic, and a stand-up guy.
And remember "New-fin-land" NOT "New-found-lund".
My good friend once put it this way, "Everyone in Toronto thinks they're hot-shit."
It's the politics that breeds the hostility between provinces. My husband was laid off due to shortage of work just b4 Christmas. He has been in touch with his employer regularly and has now been told they have a big job coming up in Fort Mac Murray but they are bringing guys in from Ontario to do it. The government is giving the company financial incentive to hire them. He is our only income as I stay home to care for our son, who is unable to care for himself. This has really hurt relations between provinces. Specially since he has been told on several occasions by company's that he has the skills they are looking for, but they don't hire out of province.
Newfoundland is not an accent but an authentic dialect with a legitmate and distinctive grammatical structure. (from a Bluenoser-NS)😊
I love Texas. I'm from BC but have lived in Alberta for 10 years. BC is awesome too
I'm from Qc, I agree that we are rude. I met so much people aroud the country, they are much friendly.
For Songs:
BC - Surfin' in Tofino by The Planet Smashers
AB - Alberta Bound by Paul Brandt (epic music video btw, showcasing my favourite part of AB)
NL - Rant and Roar by Great Big Sea
PEI - Bud the Spud by Stompin' Tom Connors
Stompin' Tom...Never forget him...he was a great Canadian historian & troubadour. Dad met him many yrs ago when he was playing in the Kemptville Hotel in ON. When he got home he told Mom & brought her the next night. Mom became a member of his fan club (very out of character for Mom, lol). I took Mom & Dad to see him when he performed in Ottawa about 20 yrs later. After Mom passed away, I found a piece of his "stomping" plank that he'd sent her. I still have it.
Long Gone to Saskatchewan
By Corb Lund
from the album
Losin Lately Gambler
I felt a little put off by the people who said that Torontonians are stuck up and rude. I’m from Toronto and I think that only represents a small sample size of what people who visited experienced. Yes, I think there are rude and stuck up people in my city but that’s natural with a lot of other cities. For me, I didn’t really realize that I’m a stereotypical Canadian who says ‘sorry’ a lot and I have experienced some polite people who have said it too. And I’ve been watching a lot of videos lately of people from other countries learning about Canada. The fact that I learn about other provinces shows that me, as a Torontonian am willing to see what other provinces are like. I think all other provinces look beautiful and I don’t like bashing them.
As usual New Brunswick rates barely a mention. Traditionally we are known as the way to get to PEI and Nova Scotia.
I'm embarrassed to say I haven't traveled all of my beautiful country yet, but every part I've seen is beautiful with lovely people.
I really want to see PEI though because I was/am obsessed with Anne of Green Gables. Lol ❤🇨🇦
But I also '"Thank God I'm a country girl" Lol
All Canadians that are not from Toronto say Toronto is stuck up, but being from Toronto I never hear people bad badmouthing out her cities or provinces. Most Torontonians are from other places anyway and talk pleasantly about other parts of the country. The problem is that Toronto is 1/10th of Canada entire population in one metro area. Like it or not, that concentration of people means a lot to the Canadian economy. Also that whole thing of “Torontonians are stuck up because they don’t look at people when they walk by or say hello”… that’s the same in any large city. That’s a rural vs urban issue common across the planet. It’s not a Toronto thing. The main reason why I think Torontonians may not like other provinces is because all the other provinces insult us… so it’s only natural to return the favour.
Agree. I don't live in Toronto, but I do live in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). I love Toronto and every point in between Toronto and Niagara Falls. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. To each his / her own.
PEI has great beaches too
Government owns liquor sales a sells at liquor control stores , the revenue pays for medical, social services and infrastructures in the provinces
These people sound like tourist nod CDNS!
14:29 nfld and ns. You pick which is which
Fun fact: locals don't pronounce the second "t" in Toronto, and they are quite snooty towards anyone who does!