Old Canadian here: I would bet that the vast majority of Canadians know much more about the United States (history, politics, culture, etc.) than a large percentage of Americans. Sorry; had to state it, because it’s very true. You are correct in your view that Americans are generally not taught much about “overseas” countries…where those same overseas countries tend to get a larger view of the world and the U.S.A. combined. Great video; nice to see you tackling a subject like this. Cheers.
As an american I would fully agree with you. However, the key word was majority. Not all Americans are so clueless. And I have no idea what is taught in American schools these days, but most of what was in this video was taught at my school. Up until the world wars, after which I do not recall being taught much about Canadian history after that other than some very basic info like when it became independent, etc. But for fudge sake this guy did not even know John (Jean) Cabot ... which I am pretty sure is still taught in American school today. So makes me wonder if the real answer is most americans lack of caring, plus I would admit while it was taught at least once upon a time, it was never really stressed or took up as much of the classroom period like ofc they did with US history was.
As an American, it disgusts me that people here take great pride in their ignorance; as if making it to adulthood without being "edjukated" is an achievement.
Not the same program in Québec. In Québec education system in my time (1987-1993) we have only Canada (and Québec) history and global history (greek, roman, middle age, etc)
As a U.S. public school graduate, I moved to Canada 40 years ago. My Canadian husband could name every state and capital while I didn't even know how many provinces (or States) were in Canada, or what they were named. It is time for the U.S. to start learning about the world they are part of and not expecting everyone to be like them.
Well said. I can get through all provinces/territories and many capitals, over 40 states and probably 20 capitals, but also the biggest and most influential cities and what the states are typically known for.
When the french Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia they went to Louisiana and south.... since the people could not pronounce the french word Acadian (A-ca- jen) .. the locals called them "Cajens' ... leading to the Cajun culture and of course the Fleur de Lis (Iris) which is prominent in the southern regions.
As a Canadian, my brain nearly exploded when I heard his pronunciation of "Cartier" and "Vimy"! We don't mark 1931as our independence. We consider 1867 as our founding as a nation, but yes, our full independence was an evolution, ending in 1982.
Just to tie everything up here: the Prime Minister that completed the independence of Canada is Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the father of current PM Justin Trudeau.
As a french canadian, Frontenac, Samuel de Champlain and Jean Talon, are all well known in province of Quebec. Many places are named after them. They teach us their stories at school.
In new brunswick also. I studied that in history in grade school. Look up "The Treaty of Utrecht", ending the French-English War, leaving England in control of North America. USA separated in 1776. Louisiana, the state, was bought from France, in a deal known as "The Louisiana Purchase".
Laval, as well, for Quebec. Frontenac is a familiar one here where I am, in Ontario, since my neighbouring county is Frontenac County. Other than being familiar with their names mostly because of places named after them, the big ones I remember learning about are Cabot, Champlain and Cartier. Then to a lesser extent, Alexander Mackenzie.
@@teribirrell In Cape Breton is the beautiful Cabot trail which has a lot of history ... Alexander Graham Bell Museum is there in Baddeck and many are not aware that he helped Helen Keller to speak and invented the iron lung among many aviation inventions.... and many I cannot recall ...maybe even the typewriter??? It has been many years since I have had rhe pleasure of being there but I surely left a big piece of my heart in Cape Breton...it's beauty is breathtaking....and unique.💖
I’m from Slovakia (a small 5 milion people country in Europe) and I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that WE learned more about Canada’s history and current relations than people in the US 🤯… I can’t imagine learning so little about our neighbouring countries - especially when there’s shared history. These types of videos made me look very differently at our slovak education system. I mean, lots of things still need to be improve on, but I definitely appreciate it more now. Also appreciate your selfawereness and respect towards other nations (including the indigenous ones) 👏👌
Unfortunately American schools are very US focused and they also leave out a lot of their more unpleasant history. It does vary hugely depending on where people live too.
For a long while (pre-2006, after which Stephen Harper shut down that program) Canada had a decent 'outreach' program where the Canadian government funded education about Canada worldwide, improving public relations worldwide and encouraging immigration. Its one of the reasons Canadians generally enjoy a much more positive attitude overseas than the US (instead of being seen as US-like despite a lot of social similarities).
The US are a country of their own... And the problem is: the US are all in propaganda for making them look good. Even with not talking about the truth.
@@Journey-of-1000-Miles Not in Nova Scotia! It was 10 to 14C here a few days ago! Typical December daytime temperatures however hover around the freezing mark these days.
As French Canadian who’s also a history student at the Université de Montréal, it amazes me that American people aren’t even aware that Canada was originally a French settlement. Thank you for sharing this knowledge/ interest with your viewers. You probably don’t know but it remains a struggle for French speaking people to be respect in a country where we are undermine by many (not all). Which is why almost all Quebecois are bilingual. Sorry for the mistakes it’s my second langage ❤
I'm from Lac St-Jean, and I lived in a few Quebec regions. I'm now in Montreal. I wouldn't say that "almost all Quebecois are bilingual". Almost none of my friends and collegues in Lac-St Jean, Quebec region, Bois-Franc, Côte-nord or Beauce speaks english. In Montreal, and greater Montreal though, it's true that maybe 50 to maybe 60% of french Canadians (mostly younger generation) are somewhat fluent in english.
Not by every Canadian, thankfully. Many Canadians appreciate the French presence in Canada! I am one of them. I studied at Laval University, in fact. Interestingly, I am of French Acadian descent, the first French people to arrive to the New World and remained almost 150 years in Acadie until the English authorities deported everyone ( those who did not manage to escape) to foreign lands- the New England colonies, the Carribean and France beginning in 1755 and lasting years. They are a people who should be bitter against the English, but they are not. Instead, they rose above their contempt and pain, using their pride and courage to regain their rightful place in Canadian society. For those who may not know this history, Acadie was the modern day Maritime provinces as well as the northern part of Maine and the Gaspé Peninsula. The French spoken by the Acadians is one which was used before Parisienne French became the official "standard" in France years after the Acadians arrival in the New World. These early colonists originated from a distict region of France and their isolation in the New World meant their old dialect and vocabulary did not evolve much over time. Mi'kmaq words did become part of their vocabulary however, due to their mutually close relationship that evolved over 150 years. Sadly, many French people from France, Quebec and other places do not understand this historic fact and so have been known to belittle the Acadian people for their French, saying it is not "real" when in fact, it is a purer, older version of their own language. Having said that, the anomosity towards French speakers that you describe is not felt so strongly in the Maritime provinces. It may be because the Acadians are a fully accepted part of the Maritime provinces' cultural make up now and have been a part of our region's history since colonization of the New World was established by Europeans. Considering what they went through and how they were treated during the Expulsion, and the oppression they experienced for two hundred years afterwards, they have every right to be hateful and bitter towards the English. But they are resilient. They adapted to their unfortunate circumstances. They learned that no one can ever take away their cultural identity from them no matter the circumstances. "Acadie" is not a place, it is who they are in their hearts! The only ones who can take the "Acadian" out of the proud Acadian people is the people themselves!
@@garysaltern7490 St. Pierre et Miquelon are part of France and that is why they fly the French flag. If you take the ferry from Newfoundland to St. Pierre you must present your passport.
As a Canadian it's very refreshing to see one of our southern cousins actually care about knowing something about us considering we know everything about them!
Canada's, Lazy, Good For Nothing, Maple Loving, Dry Backs! Who Burnt the White House Down? Canada? Or Ross! Major General Robert Ross! Don't try to Swagger Jack my People!
As a French Canadian, I can tell you that Jacques Cartier, Jean Talon, Samuel de Champlain and Frontenac are indeed very well known, at least in Québec. These guys are very important and very much taught in history classes from elementary to high school, and they all have major structures or landmarks named after them. (Think Jacques-Cartier bridge and Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Lake Champlain, which spans the Quebec/New-York border, the city of Laval, Château Frontenac in Québec city, Fort Frontenac in Kingston, Ontario etc... As for the French empire spanning across the modern southern US, Louisiana (original French name: Louisiane) is actually named after French king Louis XIV, and this is (in part) why there is a strong French heritage in that region (New Oleans is actually a French name: Nouvelle Orléans, and so is Lake Pontchartrain and many other landmarks in the area have franch names). Cajun language shares the same roots as Canadian French Acadian French, but I understand that Cajun was mostly killed off from the 1920's and there are very few cajun speakers in the US today.
Your knowledge of Canadian history and our education system is very impressive ! I can only hope , Xenorias , that you are a professor or a teacher . I am from Ontario, and I am a Canadian through and through. All our provinces , people , geography , and even Governments are so varied , but thats whats best about this Amazing Country ! I haven't lived in any other countries so I don't have the knowledge to claim I live in the best country . But I do believe life in Canada is better than life in the majority of the other nations of the globe.
I think they were jewelers and one guy built a hotel in Montreal. Others like Cadillac, Pontiac, Hudson and DeSoto made cars. Yeah. I have history covered man.
I totally agree and glad your getting it out there 😊
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Hello Tyler, The map at 6:20 is not known to many English-speaking Canadians either. In Quebec, however, because of the history of the French colony, it is widely taught in schools. France had conquered a very large territory that went all the way down to Louisiana, hence the name since it paid tribute to King Louis XIV. This is also why there are so many towns and villages with French names. And also why there are still about 100,000 French-speaking people in Louisiana, with French surnames. Even the state of Maine came from a former French region called... Maine. There is much, much more French heritage in the United States than the vast majority of usanians realize. For example, there are nearly 10 million people in the United States who have French-American ancestry, of course mostly in New England, near Quebec.
In Ontario at least this map is covered EXSTENSIVELY in grades 6-8. While the history of the region that is covered focuses primarily on the upper/modern Canadian lands, the entirety is discussed indepth in regards to land expansion and loss
I would add the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia settlements was a tragedy and cornerstone of the French in Louisiana .The word Cajun comes from the French Acadians that travelled down to the gulf coast.
This was really gracious and humble. I really appreciated your note of things you never heard, and the whole posture you took toward it. As a Canadian, I’m grateful for Americans like you :)
As a French Canadian, I must salute your candour and your honesty, and commend your desire to expand your horizons. If you ever come to Montreal, dinner is on me!
One thing the video didn't mention was the expulsion in the late 1700's of the Acadians from Eastern Canada. Acadians are of French descent. Many of them ended up in Louisiana, to became known as Cajun's. That is another thing that can be studied for days.
Hello! Canadian here. we are pretty well versed in our own history but not only that we are also taught about US history as well as UK, France, Germany (mainly world war 2), and even Aztec and the Mians. My personal favourite was learning about the fur trade routes that spanned all across Canada. It was so cool seeing the map of all the different routes and the way people traveled through the land. We do have our bad but we also have our beautiful and our history is rich. Thank you for taking an interest in our natural beautiful country. I also invited you to pay us a visit sometime we have some of the most beautiful sights to see. Hope you have a wonderful day and/or night.
Canadians also don’t know our own history. They didn’t mention that the Canadian government and churches took our aboriginal children and put them in schools and stripped our culture. The horrible abuses that went on. The children that haven’t come home. Google Canadian residential schools
@@marielachance8131 yes I know that but at least our cops aren’t murdering poc in their own homes for no reason or shooting autistic kids for not being able to follow instructions or the countless kids being murdered in their own school right now by their own classmates the past is horrible but im thankful that unlike the USA we are getting better everyday and don’t have to live in constant fear of when a shooting is going to break out
i take pride in reading this comment. im a friendly manitoba bush guy LOL just a young, part time carptenter that took over my dads trapline near the hudsons bay. very amazing place and its pretty cool. people still pay for pelts nowadays but trapping isnt sustainable. so, i started building houses. LMAO
Re: Canadian flag - The two bars on the sides represent the Atlantic and Pacific. They were made red instead of blue because we didn't want to be associated with Britain with red/white/blue. The white backing is meant the represent snow and the red maple leaf is meant to represent the spirit and heart of our citizens. Strong, adaptable, useful, and beautiful. Seriously... we're a GORGEOUS people.
Close but inaccurate expression.although very common artistic interpretation of the flag. The flag is based on the RMC flag and the only symbolism is it was pure white and red as a deliberate choice not to be red, white and blue: The colours of France, the United Kingdom and the United States. The designer is still alive and I'm fairly sure it's been put on record of where the design truly came from. As this guy said "it's iconic" , "fun" and "distinct".
If you want some bite-sized bits of Canadian history, be sure to check out the Heritage Minutes by Historica Canada. They played on CBC - our national channel - originally and are now on TH-cam. They helped a lot of us get through history class, citizenship tests, and pub trivia nights. The best part? They're just a minute.
I was listening to my FIL (a teacher) talk about a few moments in Canadian history and I think he was expecting me to be newly educated on those moments, or at least not remember learning them in school. But I kindly laughed and said, yeah I know, it was a Heritage Minute and those are burned in my memory forever 😂
Surly as an American you must of heard of the Louisiana purchase of 1803? Basically the United States bought the territory/Empire that France controlled/had in 1803 in what is today the modern USA , These lands included parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana and North and South Dakota. After the British Empire France had the second biggest Empire at that time
The source of so many names like New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Names from the British American colonies were British origin like New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Baltimore, etc and names of Spanish derivation in the west.
I'm glad that you mentioned The War 1812 and the fact that America lost that war. When I was in junior high school the American troops were coming home from Vietnam and they were treated horribly by the American people. One of the reasons for this was that American's were told that Vietnam was the first war that the country had lost, which was not true. The trreatment that the Vets received used to make me mad because the government lied to it's people. Thanks for your interest in my country. I will definitely be checking out all of your videos.
A little note though that although this war was fought in present day Canada and is part of Canadian and American history, the battle was between the British and the New America.
@@kathysmall6303 - The USA was the one to start the War of 1812 when they declared war against BRITAIN. The reasons for this were: * BRITAIN developed a BLOCKADE with their ships to prevent The USA from trading with anyone except them; and * BRITAIN was kidnapping US sailors and forcing them to work in the Royal Navy. (This activity is known as “impressment”.) It was estimated that Britain had impressed approximately 10,000 US sailors. With the treaty negotiations, both of these actions by Britain were stopped. Both of The USA’s goals that started the war were met. The USA won.
I'm Canadian and didn't know some of this history. This video seemed to brush over 1867, the year we were taught was Canada's birthday. It also ignored the fact that Newfoundland was a separate British dominion until 1949. John Cabot's voyage was funded by the King of England but he was Italian. His real name was Giovanni Caboto.
Also Canadian here and literally everything in that video is taught in school. The video was a very general overview, but I definitely recall everything mentioned. Although some of those things are more focused on in the East; so if you grow up in the West you may not know as much about the quiet revolution for example. I hate how the video mispronounced all of the names. It even mispronounced Vimy ridge 😑
Its also worth noting that because Canada is quite regionalized, some topics of history are either focused on more or taught differently. Apparently in Alberta and Ontario, the Louis Riel's Metis rebellion is taught as an act of treason, whereas in Manitoba and Saskatchewan we were taught that it was an act of bravery and heroism
@@robbieplayter2654 , yes I grew up in the 50's and 60's in Montreal and so was very aware of the Quiet revolution. When I moved to Alberta in the late 70's I was shocked at how little they knew about Quebec but of course at the time didn't realize how little I knew about western Canada other than the Canadian Railway. I was taught that the Louis Riel rebellion was treason and again shocked to find out it wasn't when my kids went to school in Calgary lol. We are a diverse country
Notice many of the cities midwest and mississippi valley were settled by the French. New Orleans, Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Detroit, Des Moines, Louisville, Champaigne, Eau-Claire.
Detroit was first settled by Dutch settlers from Montreal, hence the heavy Dutch influence in Michigan and it's neighboring states. Ever hear of the Pennsylvania Dutch ? On a side note. I can't believe he doesn't know about the Louisianan purchase, that the US bought off France, like they bought Alaska from Russia. Murikan education, it's the goodest...lol
I read that there are still families in Vermont and Louisiana where French is spoken at home and taught to the kids as their first language. This is disappearing though.
Fond du Lac in Wisconsin, Dubuque in Iowa, Duluth in Minnesota, St-Joseph and Sault-Ste-Marie in Michigan, Pierre in South Dakota, Coeur d'Alène and Boisé in Idaho, Provo in Utah, the Willamette valley and the Dalles in Oregon, the (French-)Canadian river in Oklahoma, etc.
Yes, these are big guys in Canadian history - I grew up in the city of Laval just outside of Montreal (I'm an Anglo-Quebecer with European parents). We have towns, roads and monuments to these guys. Now living in Ottawa for many years. The official languages of Canada are English and French although the biggest concentration of French speakers are in Quebec. Rather than watching videos you should visit. Interesting things all over the country. As a kid I often wondered why American kids didn't get taught about Canada in school whereas we were taught about the US and Europe.
Yep - west coast Canadian here. Talon and Frontenac were in my history books too. Also quick note the original indigenous “Kanata” would have started out referring to a much much smaller area than what is called Canada today.
Your comment made me realise that in France we are also taught about the USA at school. Like full on courses about the population, the economy, the history but little close to nothing about Canada. Except the involvement of France in its history and the French Empire, not once about Canadian population, economy and rest of history ( and nothing about Quebec. It would have made more sense.
Great video, thank you. My line settled Quebec City as founding fathers. They did fight the British and lost but we are all mixed now and have ancestors on both sides of that war. Interesting stuff. I was happy to see the video accurately talk about our history and specifically say we are Canadienne. My French ancestors also were part of the British Canadian Militia that defended Canada from the invading Americans.
I lived in a border town ( Niagara Falls) most of my life. When you are a young adult you generally end up working in the tourist industry while attending school. Americans provided no end of amusement because of their general lack of knowledge of our country. Ski racks in July, thinking we all spoke only French, etc. At this stage we travel a lot and although we could find most Americans’ total lack of knowledge insulting I think that, instead, we still find it amusing. And the funny thing is that most Americans have no idea that Canadians walk away from those type of conversations shaking their heads and smiling to themselves. Probably the reason Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans ( TV special) is so hysterical! Kudos to anyone who is open minded enough to try to learn about other countries particularly when their educational system does not provide that information in the early years
Most US citizens I've encountered in Niagara Falls were well aware of the expected climate and language. They are for the most part indistinguishable from the tourists from Canada, except for accents (southern especially). I've lived here for over 40 years and except for the traffic issues they cause really enjoy meeting them.
I am also Canadian from the Niagara Falls area. When I worked at the gift shop that overlooks the falls, I literally had an American come to the cash register and ask me what country they are in. I asked what did they think when they were crossing the border. I had other American tourists not know that Canada has its own currency. They thought we used US dollars in Canada
@@sunlan3971 I went to Ohio and tried to use Canadian money and they didnt know what it was.... OHIO!! Its like a 6 hour drive. The further south you go the worse it gets. I was in Arizona and they think we all live in igloos...
As a proud Acadian and French Canadian just want to mention that in 1755 a big portion of us got deported to a lot a place…Europe and multiple U.S and South America. But for my American friends check out why Louisiana is call Cajun and as to this day so many French street and still to this day as small French community!!!! Zachary Richard a well known Acadian folk signer was trying to keep the heritage of the French legacy to be known in that state!!! Thanks for going to this link to educate everyone!!!!!!
I'm wondering what is the history behind New Orleans, you can't deny the french influence I mean read the name, or I wonder if there are Americans who wonder were the name of some cities or states come, like New Mexico, Texas, Santa Barbara, California, Florida (full of flowers) ,Nevada (it means snowy or something with snow)
@@tazylab6233 actually, the states of texas, new mexico, california etc were populated by hispanic people. Thats why the spanish is so well integrated there. That’s what I know at least!
I am a teacher in the province of Alberta. Yes we do teach our students about the fur trade history of Canada. Those three French explorers are also taught first in grade 5. They are covered more completely later on. Thank you for your respectful curiosity!
Ontario resident here, by 8th grade we not only knew about Canadian history & geography but European and all of North American history and geography. I remember my colouring pencils getting a workout filling in all the countries lol.
You teachers need to show CANADIANA on Y.T. to teach some proper history of how the French lost aswell as some very interesting facts that are not taught in school. Trump's fortune, carbide Wilson or even canadian camels 🐫 .
as an Albertan I would say not much was taught about South America, Middle East, Africa or much of Asia. But we definitely learn about the Canada and major influences of our country... like USA, UK, France, aswell as other allies and axis countries of ww1 and ww2.
As an American, who has permanent residence status in Canada, and will eventually try to go for full citizenship (dual citizenship), watching these videos is extremely entertaining and at times quite informing. I appreciate what you’re doing with this channel.
I am a Filipino and migrated to Canada. We had World History, US History and Oriental History in High School. Thanks to our educational system we had this privilege of learning and appreciating History.
Immigrants have the advantage of learning a more indepth history of Canada than those of us born here. The knowledge you have to know to pass the citizenship test is crazy!
I absolutely adore how humble and enthusiastic you are in this video about learning all these new things about a country outside the United States! It’s so refreshing to see as a Canadian.
As a Canadian, I’m proud to say I knew all this history before I was even in high school. And we had to study American history too. And I still remember what I learned. It’s very common for Americans to know much about us because, no offence intended, the world ends at the US/Canadian border as far as education is concerned.
"the world ends at the US/Canadian border as far as education is concerned." As Tyler pointed out the world is globalized, with trade and travel all that is changing fast. Over 100,000 American's and Canadians have been moving to Mexico, there are large expat community's building south of the U.S. border. Alot of people from Latin America are moving to Canada too. Spanish is the second language in the U.S., there is a large population of Latino's in the U.S. too. People are moving around and exploring the world.
As ignorant as this boy Tyler is, he's probably the sharpest pencil in the drawer. I've been watching GenZ interviews along the sidewalk, and the poor idiots literally can't tell time, or tell you who fought in the Mexican-American War. 'Europe' is the common answer to 'what country borders the US to the North?'!
It ENDS,,at the border because Americans know all we need to know about canadians (aka. Canucks). We like them. Plus we Americans always keep Pancake makings and syrup around should Canadians choose to INVADE. Then we can have a good meal together,laugh,and talk about the invasion with them before they go home happy. Some of the Mounties are buttheads,,but they like pancakes also and just in case,,we have bacon and sausages. yup,,love Canadians.
Also, within our borders, Ontario's south province ends at Mississauga. To find someone from Toronto in the southern cities is unheard of. Had in-laws that came to visit 3 times in 32 years. Although, I've heard Toronto has expanded to Guelph now for the commuters.
@@weo-mum-mum I lived in Toronto for close to 20 years only because my job was there. Left that hell hole for a nice, semi-rural southeastern Ontario town and never regretted it. Toronto served its purpose for me, but it’s not the centre of the universe. Haven’t been back there for over 10 years once my kids moved to the area with their families.
American here: Actually, we were taught World History, but that covered Europe, Asia, and Russia. Even I, today, am shocked that we weren’t taught about Canada. I am trying to make up for that now.
Everywhere on the planet is more concerned about local history. As a kid I was schooled in several Canadian provinces... and they focused on that province or region. I lived in New Brunswick and learned Maritimes’ history there. And upper Canadian history in Ontario.
I am Canadian and I gotta say it’s really good to get to see an American researching our country. Canadians seem to know a lot more about America than Americans know about Canada because of news media pop culture. this video has definitely restored my faith in some Americans.
I traveled extensively in the US for work...and found out, shockingly, that I knew more history of the US than the local folks taking driving me around. A simple cross roads was the sight of a famous civil war battle and I was the one to explain the fight to locals... Canadians are taught world history... US are taught only the good things about their personal history
I'm Canadian, it used to really bother me in school when we watched American movies and on maps above the USA it was always blank, never said Canada. We learnt about your country and many others throughout school. I will put a wager that Canadians definitely know more about your history from school than the majority of Americans about our history which is really sad considering we are neighbors.
I am still triggered when United Staters called themselves "Americans". It is so egocentrical, as if the rest of America (North, Central and South) didn't exist or worst, were theirs... Find your own name, dudes!
Well, no offense but Canada isn’t really very relevant on the world stage, so not much attention is given to it. It’s a beautiful country, though and I love how inexpensive it is in Canada, especially the favorable exchange rate. And you guys kick ass in hockey, so there’s that. 🤷🏻♂️
@@sean5675 Not if it can be interpreted as me being from the United States, no thanks. I rather keep the quality if live I have here. No one wants to be bankrupted from a broken leg. It is very United Statian to think everyone want to be like them. Oh heck no!
Hello Tyler I am french canadian living in Montréal Québec I whant to tell you how much i love your vidéos they are extremely interrestting to watch i hope someday you will tell us more about yourself because here im sure every one in Canada loves you you are very intelligent and respect full of Canada keep doing what you do so well you are the best Marcel your canadian friend
Bravo!! I wish that more Americans had your interest in Canada, and presumably other countries. As a Canadian I have learned a lot about US history, geography, politics and more. I think that's important since the US and Canada are so closely intertwined economically, socially and historically. I hope many more Americans decide to do what you're doing in investigating Canada's history...and hopefully the culture and politics unique to Canada. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
@@weardo05respond The precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provided law and order before settlers, gold seekers, etc came. They protected native people but unfortunately by limiting them to specific undesireable land area. There was no government supported mass killing of indingenous people in Canada. But we tried to assimilate them through Residential schools, an action we are trying to rectify through Truth and Reconcilliation awareness and compensation.
This is hilarious. I'm in New Zealand and I know about the Louisiana purchase from France. We also study Canada in geography. Do they not have geography in the US?
@@icebergrose8955 We are really only required to learn US geography in schools here in America. We are taught about our 50 states, their capitals and where they are on the map. We only learn about world geography in the last couple years of high school if you sign up for that class (it's not required). I hope this helps.
As an aging Canuck, I welcome your interest. You might enjoy the movie "the Devil's Brigade", the true story of a joint Canada-U.S. commando unit that helped turn the tide against Hitler's army in Italy in 1943. The cultural differences between us at the time are humourously (no, I didn't spell that wrong - I'm Canadian, eh?) portrayed, but the seriousness of their mission binds the men into an elite fighting force that scared the hell out of the Wehrmacht.
You asked if We (Canadians) knew these men and such. I can assure you that by grade 8 we knew not only Canadian Historical events but all of North America. I remember learning about the Inca's civilization by 8th grade. The Mayflower, Paul Revere, the Salem witch trials, American history regarding the way you mistreated the Indians and the buffalo.We also knew quite a bit of European history as well. Not to mention the geography of all these places. Social Studies was a huge deal when I went to school.
To be fair we didn't learn anything of the mistreating of our own indigenous peoples. So we learned a lot in Canada with geography and history but it definitely was tailored to make us look more benevolent than we actually were.
@@m1sterpunch Weird, during my years in school we talked about indigenous people, residential schools, and other negative aspects of our history every year in social studies beginning in probably third grade all the way through high school
@@aremarkablecow I don't know how old you are but I was raised Roman Catholic in rural Nova Scotia in the 80s so I get why they didn't tell me a lot of the stuff that went on that the church not only supported but actually controlled. I sincerely hope the curriculums are changed to reflect actual history now.
We were also studying world history and early civilization in gr.8 (not so much about the mistreatment of the indigenous though, this is back in the 70s)
The Province of Québec’s official language is French, New-Brunswick is the only officially bilingual Province and the rest of the Provinces are English, although federal services have to be provided in both languages everywhere in Canada.
Back in the day, I'm 74 by the way, as part of my history study we had to learn all of the States and their Capitals and place them on the map. I've found out that the few people that know much about Canada are long haul truck drivers.
I once opened a discussion about North American History with an attempt to establish that Canada had existed long before the States while talking with some people in Florida. My direction was actually aboriginal politics which in the 80s in Canada were just beginning to open up to First Nations Self Government. BUT these dudes were so racist against not only blacks but the French in the southern states that I was iced out and called stupid by Ivy Leaguers. 😂. So no, they didn’t get it even at uni.
Canada has 48 National parks with forest laws that are among the strictest in the world. On another note, Canadian history is very interesting. We were taught extensively on this subject and this included the various indigenous tribes, how settlers interacted and the interactions between tribes themselves. During my schooling we did Canadian, American and world history. Keep up the great work on learning about Canada. Love from Montreal!
I'm from Quebec. Most of the French names are absolutely well-known. Jean Talon less so (in History classes), but there's a boulevard Jean-Talon, Jean-Talon Market and Jean-Talon subway station amongst other Jean-Talon "things" in Montreal. So yes, even less well-known historical figure names did end up trickling down into everyday life here. Re: Canadian "independence". We're not fully independent like the US. The UK monarch (was Queen Elizabeth but obv she just passed away) is still technically our head of state. But the monarch is literally just a figurehead; we are self-governed. Just... part of the Commonwealth. Re: Quiet Revolution. Basically religion was everywhere, including politics, the schooling system, healthcare, etc. The Quiet Revolution overthrew religious figures from those spheres.
Nahbwere fully independent The uk monarch isn’t our head of state btw We have a fully seperate crown form them that we coincidentally give to whoever they have as monarch But they have been fully seperate since thr 80s
@@ShmuckCanuck as much as I don't like it, technically the British monarchy is still our legal head of state as exercised by the governor general. The governor general has no real authority, as neither does the monarchy. It's basically an outdated traditional practice in government that I'd rather our tax dollars cease paying for. But for all realistic purposes, our head of state is the Prime Minister.
@@furriass3978 the British monarchy is not the Canadian monarchy They are two entirely different thrones The same person sits on each one but the monarchy of Canada is the monarchy of Canada Has been for almost 40 years now
@@ShmuckCanuck You need to learn the difference between the Head of State and the Head of Government. Canada's Head of State is the monarch, but has NO power. Our Head of government is the Prime Minister. In some countries, Head of State and Head of Government is the same, but not always. In France, the Head of State is the President (Macron), and the Head of Government is the Premier ministre (Élisabeth Borne).
Everything up to the 5 minute mark is taught in elementary school, especially if you live on the east coast as we have a significant Acadian descended population, which coincidentally, is who your Cajuns descended from. Louisiana was settled by the French Acadians. If you really want to learn about Canada, lookup "heritage moments Canada" on TH-cam. They're a bunch of bite-sized historical bits that originally started airing on TV during commercial breaks back in the 80's or 90's.
As a Canadian, I really appreciate your interest in our history. Canadians are aware that the US only teach their own history. Perhaps, it has more history to teach in a relative timeframe. It was quite interesting to listen to, as I have forgotten some of the early Canadian history. Thanks for the refresher course. In Canada, not only do we learn our history, we also learn US history, as well as, notable periods of European history and ancient Greek and Roman history. I asked my history teacher why we learn all this history and he said "so we learn not to make the same mistakes". I guess we all need a refresher course in history.
Holy crap, you got Greek & Roman history? Most of Europe's history was also a blank, unless it was directly connected to how French policies affected New France. I'm a bit envious here. That would have been cool.
Absolutely. Everything here applies to my experience as a canadian student in the 90s as well. My oac history teacher told me American education is alot more introverted compared to ours, at the time. More state focused as opposed to ours by lookin at the whole continents experience and growth pains. It also gladdens me to know that some americans are taking to time to expand on their knowledge of our continent on their own. Thanx.
@@1michelemichele1 also Aztec, China, USSR/Russia, and early civilization (Mesopotamia to Egypt/Fertile triangle) in my mid 80’s-90’s Alberta education.
@@1michelemichele1 the Greek and Roman history is mostly leaning towards the history of democracy, and philosophy, at least from what I remember. But that drove an interest for me to take world history, where you do a deep dive into Roman and Greek history, the middle East, and Asia. Also a large unit on the barbarian cultures that occupied the UK and western europe over the years like the Saxons, Celts, Gauls, etc
They forgot a couple of interesting and important facts... Canada has more lakes than any other country in the world. Canada has 2 official languages, English and French. Everything you purchase in Canada must have ingredients, instructions, etc written in both languages. Oh, and just a fun fact, our Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October.
Hey there, it's just your neighbour to the north saying thanks for a valiant effort! I thoroughly enjoyed that. You did more for the American education system's History Department in five minutes than America has done for it in decades. Seriously though, as many of my fellow Canucks(slang for "a Canadian".... there is something else you've learned!) have pointed out that we've been taught history of many nations, but even if that weren't the case, we would be VERY WELL VERSED in all things AMERICANA because so much of your politics, culture, lifestyle, and yes, history is broadcast nonstop to us directly. Even indirectly. Think of it like a constant stream of continuous, random, information flowing north from your border like a raging river. LOL I think it's not even a stretch to say that for some of Americans - we know you better than you know yourselves. I saw how shocked you were about the War of 1812.... look up the story of Laura Secord. You'll LOVE this wee nugget of history. Sincerely Your newest subscriber 😀
Whether one grows up in the US, Canada, France, India, etc. one can't rely on what we're taught in grade school. Some education systems are better than others but they all tend to fall well short. Good on you for taking the time to do this. Continually learning and supplementing what we know is the gift that keeps on giving. There's no shame in not knowing, only in not trying.
Fun fact: Kingston Ontario was the 1st Canadian capital starting in 1841, but the capital was relocated in 1844 since Kingston was considered vulnerable to attacks because of our proximity to the United States (it was a different time) and our location on the water.
I'm in Ottawa. In a way, Kingston would have been a nice choice. But you've always got to remember historical context. Tha concern would have been still "fresh".
I was born in Kingston, whilst my parents attended Queens University, and I never knew this! How interesting:). I was raised in Nepean and we often rode our bikes to Ottawa on Sundays. I always thought of Ottawa as our original capital. We did move to America when I was in middle school so I’m sure I missed a lot of our history. How fun to learn there is more information I never thought to research about and sources where I can learn about my country of origin and heart ❤️.
@@ohmoflife1 When I lived in Kingston, I rented half of an old limestone house that had a plaque outside it saying Sir John A. Macdonald had lived there (as a young lawyer).
Canada wasn't actually a sovereign nation then, still a colony, the "Dominion of Canada". I have a penny from New Brunswick from 1861 that's technically older than Canada. :)
I was born in Kingston and grew up between a small town nearby and Napanee, where I currently live. Because of the proximity to Kingston, this was definitely a fact we were taught early and even took field trips to Fort Henry to see demonstrations on how they would’ve attempted to protect the area in case of an attack.
A lot of old Canadian history involve French-Canadians. The Quiet Revolution is mainly pertinent to the province of Quebec. And yes, 19% of Canadians are French speakers... 1 out of 5.
From Saskatchewan. I dont recall being taught about the Quiet Revolution at all, or really much at all about eastern Canada's history. Outside of the broadly applicable key points (colonization, 1812, world wars, british independance), most of what I remember from our history classes dealt with the Lois Riel Rebellion.
@@NeoclassicalRadagast The 1 out of 5 stat is for French as a first language. It's for 7.2 million Canadians, mostly in Quebec. According to the same 2016 census, 29.8% country wide would be able to conduct a conversation.
Hey dude, Canadian here! I can answer a few questions that video raised: -How we treated the Natives? Not much better than in the US to be honest, especially after the British took over -Canada is indeed sparsely populated. More than 50% of the population lives in the corridor between Quebec City and Toronto/Niagara Falls -Frontenac, Jean Talon and Laval are known figures and taught in elementary school. Some adults don't remember since they've been taught a long time ago, but they're not unknown figures. -French is indeed spoken in only some parts of Canada. The majority of the Quebec population speaks french as a first language. Except New Brunswick, the french speaking communities are quite small outside Quebec. We're a majority of catholics as well, compared to mostly protestant rest of Canada -We were indeed at war in 1812. Did you know we burned also the under-construction Capitol building during this conflict? -Before the American independance and British rule, the French had skirmishes with the 13 colonies. One of the commanders for the 13 colonies was none other than George Washington! :P -We indeed have a "bond" with the UK: Our constitution states that we are a monarchy with a democratic parliement. Our head of state is therefore not Justin Trudeau, but King Charles III! Even if he or his representative in Canada (General Governor Mary Simon) doesn't have real power, they have, in theory, the power to make and break the governements and call for elections!
While we treated our Indigenous people terribly, I would still say we were far better than the Americans. Custer, and many others basically attempted to exterminate them.
@@rp5707 Canadian historian here: when it comes to genocide, I don't think it's productive to think in terms of better or worse. Genocide is genocide. Canadians also attempted, in various ways, to exterminate Indigenous people.
@@122jaw sorry, but like most things, there is better and worse. If you are truly a historian, you would understand the difference between the American and Canadian policies towards the Indigenous people. Again, it was not good in Canada, but compared to America it was better.
People say we were better with our treatment of Aboriginal people. Not so. We had it down to a science. Instead of outright killing them and driving them off their land we systematically tore their families apart and reprogrammed them in residential schools, and splintered their ability to get any traction in our modern government with the appointed chiefs and hereditary chiefs always being at odds with each other
Wow, ok, so I teach Grade 9 social studies and in the BC curriculum we cover most of the history of Canada. This video has jumped over a lot of important points like the red River rebellion, the soured relationship with the First Nations peoples which lead to mistreatment including the residential school system. Also the discovery and history of the west coast itself. The Hudson’s Bay Company. A lot to cover.
To be fair, the biggest one for me is the Residential Schools and how we are really only being taught NOW what really happened. I know when I was in the school system, the genocide was glossed over. It was spewed out like it was some sort of grand partnership between the colonizers and Indigenous People. I am glad things are finally coming to light and being taught properly.
As a Canadian in his 40s, I have to say the schools taught us more US history then Canadian. We were be forced to be taught each state and it's capital when we didn't even know all our provinces and territories were, I didn't even know what a territory was un till we all got together and asked the teacher about why were weren't learning about our own country then the next days things changed and it was all Canada learning.
@@tirreal3756 I don’t remember ever learning about the states in school. I’m not sure what province you went to school in. In BC I focus on Canadian geography as it’s important to understand our history. I do talk about the 13 colonies though and it’s important to understand a bit of American history because it’s intertwined with ours.
@@ryanlarocque2571 I also went to school in BC, in Abbotsford, 10min from the US border, maybe it was just my broke school that couldn't afford new material lol
@@tirreal3756 sometimes teachers improvise. But I do know that our history isn’t completely removed from American history so that’s why it’s important to know both.
John Cabot was actually Giovanni Coboto. He was hired by the English king to explore and claim territory. But Giovanni Coboto wasn't a good English name, so, John Cabot.
Loved the reaction! I’m an American from Maine and I’m an Acadian. I knew all of this growing up. French Acadians are living all over places like New England, Minnesota, and their southern cousins, the cajuns, are famous in Louisiana. I live in Missouri right now and French is still spoken in some parts of the cape area. What happened between the French and English has had a massive impact on us and for most, continues to impact us. This video glosses right over the forced removal of Acadian people. An event that is well documented by historians and had a direct effect on U.S. culture as well. I’m not surprised by the glossing over of this event. Or how First Nations ore treated there. Americans may feel bad about their history, but they took us in when our lands were taken from us and so many of us died. I wish there was a video about this part of Canadian history.
You are absolutely right. Acadian history is taught in our schools outlining a tragic and horrendous point in our history. As a country, we are slowly becoming less myopic about our own. history. Unfortunately this video has some information that is incorrect around the history of the indigenous people in Canada, and praises colonialism. I would suggest watching stories told by the indigenous people.
I am surprised that you don’t learn about the French history in your own country. The French built fort Niagara in New York State. That is the fort where Major Armistead was stationed before going to fort McHenry and drew his inspiration for the star spangled banner from the flag at fort Niagara when he commissioned Betsy Ross to make it. And don’t forget about the French settlers in New Orleans. They do have an area called the French quarter
Except they weren’t “settlers” 🥴 we got deported in an ethnic cleansing exercise….😬 (and I say we here cause I’m half Acadian, half Métis). We learned extensively about the 1755 Great Deportation in schools (and even before then) for obvious reasons - our ancestors got decimated! And still to this day, huge efforts to keep our culture going (and separate from the backwards Québécois). As if, had no idea people whitewashed history to the point of calling them settlers 😳 Oh, and that’s where the US got its Cajun cuisine…deported French Canadians and natives, just saying!
@@jessehachey2732 Cousin, I do respect your culture and the great resilience of the Cajun people, but I'd still like to know why you call us "backward". And do you think we should tell them that "Louisiana" was named after Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil?
Short story difference between Canada and the Britain and the US and Britain is that Canada was formed with loyalty to Britain. It fought under the British Army during the First World War, but not under the Second. Canada's sovereignty was peacefully agreed upon, rather than as a violent uprising. Strong ties were maintained, but as equal partners. This is true of a whole host of other countries that were once colonized by Britain. Collectively, we remain part of a Common Wealth - a collection of formerly British-controlled states that share a common history. To be fair, a lot the formalizations of things (like the constitutional amendments) were, de facto, already fully Canadian. It was just left over traditions. No British parliament nor the monarchy ever held up a constitutional amendment in Canada in at least 100 years.
“John Cabot from England” 😂 his name was Giovanni Caboto and he was an Italian explorer and navigator that was just commissioned by the English King, Henry VII, to explore North America on behalf of England. This is why full, complete and slightly more complex sentences are required when presenting history! 🤭
As a Canadian we learned most of the information presented in the first few minutes in Elementary School. I looked up your channel and I am very interested in watching all of them over the next few weeks. Thank you for taking the interest in our country. I am sure you have learned a few interesting pieces of information. 😮
Yes, we know most of these names, dates, events and wars before we graduate high school, much of it elementary school. We learn a huge chunk of American history as well. Thank you for taking the time to learn.
It really blows my mind when I hear Americans talking, about their history classes in particular. Most of elementary in Canadian history courses is spent on geography, our “founding fathers” aka explorers, natural resources, the indigenous peoples of Canada, government structures and historical and modern immigration. As junior high continues we build on those topics while also focusing on the exploration of the interior and exploitation of the natives, worldviews specifically Japan from pre edo to Meiji restoration, renaissance Europe and the Aztecs and more government and citizen structure of Canada. High school is mainly based on European and American history throughout the colonial period as well as Quebec’s identity in Canada. It’s such a diverse variety of topics and in my opinion gives a wider worldview that helps us Canadians understand the world in a broader sense. (No hate to Americans by the way just crazy how little history outside of the states your curriculum covers)
Technically, Our stories say we all started in the Americas. Important to know, it would make no difference because we all adjusted to our climate and began as the People.
Back when I was in school ('75-'87) we had a similar curriculum. Didn't really go in-depth on other nations but it wasn't cursor either. Not sure what they're teaching now if anything.
Dude, I grew up in the US. We learned about all of global history. I knew about most of this Canadian history personally. This dude didn’t even know France controlled Louisiana up through Quebec, I would bet he didn’t pay any attention in history class. I learned about ancient Hawaiian history, native American history, Asian history, middle eastern history, European history and US, Canadian and Mexican history from 1600- present. Sadly George Bush’s “no Child left behind” program basically pushed kids through high school even if they were failing and were not retaining any information. The goal was to make sure kids graduated, not to make sure they actually did well in school and learned anything. All these things were taught. But did most kids actually retain this information? Probably not. Then again I wouldn’t really gauge the intelligence of the overall US population from millennial you tubers.
That is much more than we were taught in Ontario public education just 20 years ago. In the 90's-00's it was mostly focused on colonialism, though they had started admitting to the bad side of Canadian history by that point, so we were taught about how First Nations were treated. Also, because it was North American colonialism we did learn about American history, at least in broad strokes
Thanks for your interest in our country's history, Tyler. I have a few thoughts: 5:50 - Your confusion about the extent of the French presence in North America in the 1700's surprises me. Surely you've heard of the Louisiana Purchase? That's more your history than ours... 7:40 - Did your history teachers not mention the French and Indian War (known here as the Seven Years' War) at all? 8:40 - The residents of the newly-independent USA who moved north out of loyalty to the UK were known as (go figure) Loyalists. Again, I would think this would have come up at some stage in your history curriculum... 9:30-ish - Regarding the War of 1812: It was more of a draw, really. Britain wanted to wrap it up fast because they needed to fix Napoleon's wagon, pronto (which they eventually did at Waterloo), so they offered a "Status-quo Ante Bellum" arrangement to the US, which was accepted. Canada won in the sense that the British didn't lose. 10:50 - Canada attained its independence in 1867, really. The Statute of Westminster just gave us (and every other independent British colony) the freedom to make our own decisions in important matters - like deciding whether or not to go to war, for instance... 11:50 - "There's some kind of relationship between the UK and Canada..." - Correct. We refer to her as The Queen. 12:00 - "I feel like I need to watch another video..." - Yeah, it wouldn't hurt. Hopefully you find some that don't oversimplify our history to the ridiculous extent that this one does, and that they have narrators that know how to pronounce words like "Newfoundland", "Port Royal", "Jean Talon", "Habitant", "Canadien", "Vimy"... 13:00 - The Quiet Revolution is a big deal in Quebec's accounts of its own history, but not understood very well in English Canada (For starters, it really wasn't quiet at all...). So, don't sweat it, you're not alone on this one... You're correct, there's an awful lot to know. Thanks for posting!
Yeah, reaction videos are strange ways of proving you didn’t pay attention in school. I tuned out when the video spelled “Kanata” wrong. It’s “Kanata”, not “katana” - isn’t that a Japanese sword? So, best to react to a more accurate video.
The people who went to Canada during and after the American revolution were given the honorary title of United Empire Loyalists. Their decendants still have an organization today. They operate a campground and museum at the site of the first arrivals
Technically, Our stories say we all started in the Americas. Important to know, it would make no difference because we all adjusted to our climate and began as the People.
I homeschool my 11 year old daughter and even though I'm a Canadian citizen I was raised in Australia. I have had to learn everything from scratch to teach it! I was as shocked and excited about our history. Thank you for being so open and honest about the state of understanding public education lacks in oversimplifying and ignoring other countries legacies. I hope you continue to explore the world this way :)
This is pretty much the history I learned while in elementary and high school growing up in Quebec. We certainly didn't spend much time if any on how badly we treated the aboriginal peoples - that was glossed over pretty much. That was back in the 70's and 80's so hopefully we are teaching a fuller account of history to today's young Canucks. Enjoy your videos!
Hm, well im in highschool in Quebec now, and I can assure you we talk a LOT about the first nations, their culture, the war, all the different nations, etc etc :)
Everywhere whitewashes their own history. No one wants their children growing up in shame I guess. We all have regrettable to awful history in our past... as the victors survive and thrive.
The 2 red sides of the Canadian flag represents the blood of our soldiers who died in W.W. 1 and W.W. 2. The white background represents peace, and the maple leaf represents the nature that abounds in our country. Thank you for your interest in Canada. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
No, red and white are the official colours of Canada, decreed by King George V in 1921, when he sanctioned our coat of arms. The maple leaf is simply one of the symbols of our country. The flag is based on the design of the flag of the Royal Military College in Kingston.
There were two phases to the War of 1812. From 1812 to 1813, Britain was busy fighting Napoleon. The brunt of the fighting was done by local French and English militias, Native militias notably the Mohawks who had come from New York state with the Loyalist immigration and Tecumseh's Federation who were from areas now in the USA. The British army regulars were mostly recruited in Canada too. After the death of Sir Isaac Brock, the British Army was commanded by General Shaefe (Sp?) a Loyalist from Boston. After the defeat of Napoleon, the British Army and Navy entered the war in earnest attacking Washington and New Orleans. Fewer Canadians were involved in this phase. For this reason, Canadians remember the war as a fight between Canada and the USA, whereas Americans see it as fight between the USA and Britain.
Im not trying to be disrespectful but, how can you not realise Frances territory stretched from Quebec down to Baton rouge (French name) to Louisiana (named after the king of France Louie) New Orleans, French again, named after the Duke of Orlean (I may be mistaken but I think named after Louise 16th of Frances Brother the Duke of Orlean). Canada speak French and English as a "joint national" language. Cajon in America is of French decent. Big parts of Canada fall within the geographical area of the Artic Cycle of freezing cold weather, so few people can live there. I'm English and I know these things. In America names give a good indication of which nations owened or settled there, you have the influence of Spain with "San" for saint like San Francisco as well as the Dutch and the English with Georga named after King George and of course as said France. America was not the best friend to the UK after the American war of Independance or as we call it the American Revolution: example developing the American Dictionary which was a specific manover against Britain, resulted in America spelling English words differently like color and colour to distance itself from England. Hmm ! War of 1812 Canada won!!! No Britain won! Canada at that time was a British colony, not a country in it's own right! The new independent America made a "Land grab" for Canada even if it did or didn't want to be independent of Britain, America didn't care, it wanted it. Today Canada is an independent country governed by itself , not from the British Parliment as was partly done during the British Empire and beyond. But Canada stil recognises the British Royalty as its "figure head of state" and Queen Elizabeth II Head is on their money but she is just a figure head and has no powers, the same as the British Parliament has no powers over Canada . However, Canada did decide to keep ties with the UK through being a part of the Commonwealth a development of the British Empire who's aims are very different to what the Empire stood for. Countries that where part of the British Empire when gaining independance had a choice to join, many do but not all, such as America and Ireland and some Arab countries, for obvious reasons didn't. Some countries that were not part of the British Empire also chose to join the Commonwealth.
@@sueb3747 it really isn't, while Canadian specific history might make less sense to know about to an American, the Louisiana purchase is a well known piece of American history.
I guess education is not a natural thing like eating and sleeping. If you don't make an effort to be educated, you would miss out on many things that were simply facts. No disrespect intended also.
Like your reactions, especially about the war of 1812. It’s because of the Canadians that you have a White House. During the conflict, the Canadians /English had pushed back and down and set fire to the American parliament house. The Americans painted it with white wash. Hence why it is now called the White House.
@@stevewhoknowswhomisreallyw4282 It is thought to Americans in the NE at least. The issue is the insistence in American culture of how Great America is. Of course you'll remember the big achievements and forget everything else. When I studied in the US, history being so heavily focused on itself kind of made history simply... not interesting. You are actively discouraged to be curious, instead hammering uninteresting things in your brain. Variety, curiosity drives the will to learn and remember
For Canadians who do not know the flag version of Today was designed by a québécois French Canadian Jacques ST Cyr . Also for English Canadians n The music for our national anthem, “O Canada”, was composed by Calixa Lavallée a Québécois.The French lyrics to accompany the music were written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier
If you really want to dig in on the subject check out the CBC TH-cam site and watch, Canada: a people's history. As a Canadian, I learned a lot myself. It's quite well done.
I find it amazing that an American who has never even stepped foot in Canada is devoting an entire channel to it. Over 400 videos about Canada, by an American! Wow! I have to ask - WHY??? I can see a short series, maybe, but an entire channel? When you haven't even visited? That's some passion you have for our country! Thank you for your interest; I find your videos a lot of fun. You have to come up here sometime. You're sure making a lot of Canadian friends among your viewers.
Greeting from a Canadian! As many have already stated here, I can confirm that most Canadians probably know more about American history than most Americans do. I do not say this to be rude, it's simply a difference in how our education system works. We learn about the history of our own nation, but there is a significant amount of time spent learning about American and European history as well. America plays such a pivotal role on the world stage that it only makes sense for us to learn about our closest neighbor and most powerful ally. Great video, and keep up your learning journey!
I watch those Jimmy Fallon bits where they go interview random people on the street about American history and most of them don’t even know the most basic things. 😆
OMG! The Canadian flag was adopted in 1965, the same year I was born. Canada had used the red ensign previously which was a variation on the British Union Jack. The story that most Canadians do not even know today is that the colour scheme is wrong. Their was a great debate and many possible flags were submitted. Most of the flags included red, white and blue. Why? Because the British flag included red, white and blue. By the way the reason the American flag is red, white and blue is also because those were traditional colours to the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies. However, the dominant party - and the party in power at the time - was the Liberal Party and their colours were red and white. The Conservative Party colours were blue and white. So we got a red and white flag, Liberal Party colours. Tyler expressed some surprise that much of Canada is sparsely populated. Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia is bigger. Canada is significantly larger than the US but has a population about the same size as California, maybe 1/9th the size of the USA. Roughly 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. That leaves an enormous land mass very sparsely populated. The War of 1812 is a fun story. Remember at this point Canada is not a country it is still very much part of the British Empire. A lot of Americans think they won this war. (Doubling over with belly laughter.) There was a Johnny Horton song in 1959 called "The Battle of New Orleans" which describes an American victory at the end of the War of 1812. Future President Andrew Jackson commanded the US troops in a decisive victory on January 8th, 1815. Because of that song many Americans believe they won that war. The problem is that the war had already been over for 15 days with a treaty having been signed in Ghent, Belgium. Neither side knew of the treaty since news could not travel that fast from Europe to the Americas 200 years ago. The last battle of the American Civil War was fought in Texas in June of 1865 - a Confederate victory - but I am pretty sure the Union won that war. The American invasion into Upper Canada (Ontario) was repulsed and the British at one point burned the White House with James and Dolly Madison escaping so swiftly that they left hot meals in the dining room (which the British soldiers ate). The only piece of real estate which was occupied for any length of time was what is now the state of Maine. When the British evacuated after the Treaty of Ghent they took booty with them back to Halifax. They used that money to establish Dalhousie University (established 1818) which is the largest school in my hometown. The supposed reason the Americans launched their invasion was because the British were boarding American ships and impressing American sailors (usually British born) into their navy. That subject is not even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, which should tell you a lot about who won. Alternatively you could believe that some in America saw an opportunity when Britain was embroiled in a European war with Napoleon Bonaparte. That whole map showing a French Empire spanning from Quebec to Louisiana is a little misleading. Even today you can look around the world and see that populations are far greater on the coasts everywhere than they are inland. At the time of the American Revolution the Thirteen Colonies are on the coast. The French territory is inland. One of the reasons that the natives in the US generally favored the British is that the colonists wanted to move inland and the British were preventing that move. At that time when Americans talked about "The West" they weren't talking about California they were talking about Ohio. It wasn't really a French empire inland nor was it called Canada. Canada was generally a reference to what is Quebec today and later became known as Lower Canada. The French had a trading empire with the natives in the interior which is why you have American cities today with French names like Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans. Generally though this large swath of land was referred to as Louisiana, much larger than the modern state of Louisiana. The number of Frenchmen in this expansive territory was minimal. Those hardy men that trekked there intermarried with the natives and had much in common with the mountain men of a later era. Generally they were called "Coureur des Bois". They established (fur) trading posts that eventually became cities but that is far from establishing an empire. Did you ever ask yourself why George Washington was given command of the Continental Army during the American Revolution? When the Continental Congress met he showed up in a military uniform. John Adams promoted him as the best choice to be commander. Adams, a New Englander, knew that the revolution began in New England and at that point was really a New England revolt. Adams wanted the other colonies to come onside otherwise they might be crushed in New England. Washington was a Virginia planter with a military background. At that point Virginia was the most populous of the colonies. And Washington had already started one world war. Yes, a world war. In 1754 a 22-year old Washington commanded Virginia troops - still part of the British Empire - that moved into the Ohio Valley and ambushed a French force of Canadiens in what is now called Jumonville Glen a little south of what is now Pittsburgh. That kicked off what is now called the French and Indian War in the US. In the larger history that war is folded into what we call the Seven Years War which spanned the globe. It all started with a 22-year old Washington in the wilderness south of Pittsburgh. Backing up a few years the big French cities in North America were Quebec City and Montreal. The fort at Quebec guarded the mouth of the St. Lawrence river and Montreal was further downstream. Quebec City was founded in 1541, 79 years before the pilgrims arrived at Plymouth. The French had also established a fort at Louisbourg (named for King Louis XV) in Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) that guarded the entrance to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. It was insanely expensive. During the War of the Austrian Succession in 1745, a huge European war that spilled into North America the British took the fort. Many New Englanders took part in that British conquest. When the peace concluded the British gave the fort back to the French. The British decided they needed a counter point to Louisbourg and established the city of Halifax on June 30, 1749 to create a military post with a huge natural harbour between Louisbourg and Boston. Edward Cornwallis showed up with 5000 people to establish a new city overnight. Keep in mind that there were only 30,000 people in Boston at that time. (If you ever saw "The Patriot" you saw Mel Gibson grab the supply train of Charles Cornwallis and declare, after reading his journals, that he was a military genius. That Cornwallis was the nephew of Edward Cornwallis.) When the French and Indian War begins (remember that at this point the Americans were the British colonists) kicking off the Seven Years War the British decided to purge the French from North America. Most of the fighting would happen in Canada. Really, Canadian history is American history. The British would launch a campaign that began with taking Fort Beausejour (Aulac, New Brunswick) near the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia today in 1755. From my grandparents farm you could look over the cow pasture and the next hill to Fort Beausejour. In 1758 they would launch an operation from Halifax to take Louisbourg again. Many troops wintered at Louisbourg then went on to attack Quebec City in 1759. The video mentions Wolfe and Montcalm both dying on the Plains of Abraham. This battle was a key battle in Canadian history but really in American history too because it was the end of the French in North America. There was a battle at Montreal in 1760 but the French were already done because the troops in Montreal were already cut off from re-supply from France once the British conquered Quebec. The Britsh defeat of the French in the Seven years War (or the French and Indian War) set the stage for the American Revolution. The British were in debt after so many wars and levied taxes that American colonists objected to. You probably know that story. You may not know that Benedict Arnold led an American attack on Quebec City (December 31, 1775) that failed miserably. I noticed in the video they mentioned Habitants/Canadiens. Canadiens is a French version of Canadians. If you watch hockey you will know that the Montreal Canadians are often referred to as "The Habs" which is short for Habitants. I was impressed that in this video they mentioned the Statutes of Westminster in 1931 as a point where Canada truly became independent. Americans fought a war of independence so they have a pretty good idea when their independence happened. That isn't true in Canada. Our process was gradual and evolutionary. Most Canadians think we became independent in 1867. That was one of the milestones but we were still very much part of the Empire. While Americans didn't enter World War I until April 6, 1917 Canada was in the war in 1914. We never declared war. It was just assumed that if Britain went to war so did we. In World War II Canada declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939. It was more than two years before the USA but a week after Great Britain. We were still closely tied to Britain but independent enough to decide for ourselves if we were going to war. I could go on and on but I think that is enough.
There's a great story about how the flag committee of the 1960s ended up voting for the current design, which was not the first choice of the governing Liberals. In a nutshell, the Conservatives on the committee didn't want any new flag to be adopted, so they voted for the actual red and white design we have today.. They were hoping to deadlock the vote (and prevent any change) because the Liberals on the committee favoured another design (with multiple leaves and some blue). Instead, the Liberals threw their support to the red and white design during the key vote, to the surprise of the Tories. (Second choice was better than no new flag for the Libs). The outmaneuvered Tories were furious, and former Prime Minister Diefenbaker cried when they lowered the Red Ensign for the last time.
Canada is still part of the British Commonwealth countries. Australia and New Zealand as well.. our collective head of state until recently, was our beloved Queen Elizabeth 11, and now King Charles 111. The history provided is fabulous and well done!! Still so much more across Canada.. I personally think blue on either side with the white background and glorious Maple 🍁 would have been a sharp looking contrast for our flag.. but hey.. all 3 flags from UK, Canada and USA are so different that the colours didn't hurt anything We studies all about the USA in grade school and high school.. memorized all states and capitals.. import exports, geography as well.. We are your neighbours 😀
Outstanding, was going to write basically the same..and you saved me from from texting with my thunbs. Both our nations have such a rich and intertwined history of the birth of ours two County's..we're more then " Cousins the North / South but brothers ( Brothers on the short bus)
Yes, those explorers are all indeed pretty well known here in Canada; Jean Talon even went door to door himself in the 1660's to take a full census of New France. Most of the facts are well known here. Franch is spoken in many places but mostly in Quebec. And most people live within a day's drive to the US border because higher up North it is COLD!
Glad you did this - you asked about Canadian Native-Settler relations. At first, the French and Canadian First Nations were partners in the fur trade and military allies, attacking the English colonies in New England and New York. The Mohawks & other Iroquois were allies of the English and fought against the French. But after the American Revolution, the US took the Mohawks' land (American colonists always resented that the British protected the territory of their Native allies and wouldn't let colonists go west of the Appalachians into 'Indian country') so the Mohawks joined other American "Loyalists" taking refuge in Canada. When the US invaded Canada in 1812, Mohawks were our fiercest defenders. Other formerly "American" Natives defended Canada, notably Tecumseh (a great hero, an amazing story) If it wasn't for them, Canada would have been captured and might have become part of the US. But the War of 1812 was the beginning of the end for the eastern First Nations, as nations. As more and more settlers arrived Native land was taken. Later when the buffalo were exterminated the Western nations had to give up their land for food. A sad story. But worth knowing.
I went to school in the US, and we covered quite a bit of this. I'm actually surprised that he hadn't at least heard of the "Louisiana Purchase" - that big colored area on the map that the US bought from the French.
As a Canadian I truly appreciate you taking the time to learn about some of our history. Not only are we your neighbour we’re one of your biggest trading partners, the other being Mexico, hence the NAFTA treaty we had all signed trying to make it easier for products to go back and forth between the nations. True story years ago I was on vacation with my parents, I was maybe 12-13 at the time, we visited Charleston SC, we were sightseeing and stopped in one of the beautiful mansions located there. This particular home had a view of Fort Sumter site of the start of the war between the states, our tour guide asked a few questions regarding the war, I was able to answer everyone she posed, she then asked where I was from and I told her I was from Toronto, even though I wasn’t. Most Canadians will tell Americans they are from a large city like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver even Ottawa because these tend to be places most have heard of, anyway she was surprised about how much knowledge I had about the Civil War and the fact it started at Fort Sumter. She then asked the rest of the people on tour where they had come from only to learn my family were the only non-Americans in the group, she then said it surprised her that someone from another country knew more details about your country than it’s own citizens. And France had established a colony in 1534 in NA so they did expand down the coast line and into what would become the USA, that’s the reason why there are French people in places like Louisiana, especially around the New Orleans area.
We learned a lot about American History in school. I live in the Sonora Desert in Canada. Canadians call it the Southern Okanagan. Most Americans don't even know there is a desert here. I do not speak French at all. Born and raised on the west coast of Canada.
We had a full year of studying American history and politics. We had to learn about your government and had to learn all your states and capitals. A large portion of our high school programme
I'm Canadian but spend a LOT of time in the states. I can tell you that my friends are highly educated, most have degrees, and yet when it comes to world history, even geography, i was taken aback by how little any of them know about the rest of the world in those two fields of study. This isn't an "American's are Dumb" post, on the contrary. But when you say "hopefully people outside of America are maybe not so familiar with important names in American history, that's when i have to break out the sad news. The whole world learns about america to a certain extent, and usually at the highschool level. In gradeschool, when i was 10 in Canada, I had to memorize all the states and all their capitals, a fact that blew my US friends' minds. And of course because USA culture and influence is all over the world, and so much depends on America, like the world economy, innovation, etc, that it can't be ignored. I believe, and so do my previously mentioned, educated american friends, that the root cause of this knowledge gap comes from some form of American exceptionalism. Many countries call themselves "the best", but in america that's a culture, being #1, which they are at certain things, but definitely not in others like healthcare, EDUCATION fittingly, social security, and even quality of life which seems odd considering it's the richest country by far. I'n fact, I'd go even further and say that I bet the rise of nationalism in the states in the form of trumpism has to do with the fact that many american's truly believe this concept at being the best at everything, mostly because they know so little about the rest of the world compared to what is being taught elsewhere, and if they aren't taught that there are things that they can learn from other nations, then the logical conclusion is why bother learning about anywhere else if we're the best, what can knowing about inferior countries possibly teach us. So I think that's worth thinking about. For the record, I love America with all my heart, not so much the government, or the minority of people trying to get an economic stranglehold on the middle class to make the rich richer. But this is a BIG problem the way i see it, the less people know about other countries, the less likely they are to accept adopting better ideas from other successful countries, and the more the country looks inward, not taking hints from the rest of the world about certain things they can do better. Things in this list include: REAL Maple Syrup, not that brow sugar based stuff you get at iHop, healthcare systems that are cheaper for the government, have better outcomes, and free care to patients, gun laws, etc, etc, etc, the list is quite long.
I am a fellow Canadian and a proud conservative. I have to call you out you basically said only one side of the story.. Our country is just as divided as the United States we have a Prime Minister who is dividing us just as the American president is these days. If you remember it was our country that started the worldwide trend of truckers rallies. What you called trumpism Actually just the other 50% of the population saying they've had enough of bending over and cow towing to left wing values. The only difference between Canadian and American politics is that Canadians tend to be a little bit more contrite and polite We aren't as vicious as our neighbors to the South when it comes to political leanings.
@@eurekatheeverythingstore1253 The trucker convoy rose from a very loud but quite small minority. Even among Albertans, people who support those views and antics are in the minority, usually split along urban/rural lines. We can’t deny Trumpism has given rise to right wing conservatism in Canada. People feel emboldened to express previously taboo opinions, especially those which infringe on letting others people simply live their lives and enjoy equal rights. The me-first attitude of Trumpism is eroding Canada’s social fabric and politics. The pandemic made it really easy to see people for who they really are. As a military vet, I found it irksome how selfish and loud so many people were who screamed about freedom when it was a time for self-sacrifice for the greater good, for the most vulnerable. I shudder to think if there was another world war where we had to fight fascism, how many people would turn their back and shirk responsibility and duty with a “you can’t make me” attitude. We can only hope the pendulum starts to swing back towards the centre before disinformation and corruption tips over into autocracy, or in the case of the US, Christian theocracy.
As a Canadian I'm a little tickled by how respectful you are of the idea of the war of 1812, because every Canadian I know associates it with the Arrogant Worms song or just 'that time we took the whitehouse from Madison'
Good stuff! Always glad to see an American with a humbling attitude. You should react to History of Canada in 10 minutes and Geography Now! Canada there’s lots of cool facts in those videos.
Or the Heritage Minutes... there is several of them relating the history and the making of today's Canada... short stories of one minute each! They're all on TH-cam.
You are truly the USA citizen that everyone should be! Knowing more is always better! In high school, we were obviously continuing on Canadian history. But I did pick specific classes that were 'American History." I always wanted to learn more about the countries around me. :) Sorry, I'm a Canadian: I forgot to tell. :P
Also, becoming fully independent from the UK was a 120+ year process that started in 1867 with an Act in the British Parliament which gave us the right to self governance and concluded in 1982 with the implementation of the Canadian Constitution.
I guess this is a little known fact: John Cabot’s real name is “Giovanni Caboto” and you guessed it, he was Italian, from Italy who served under the English king of that time. His English name would then become John Cabot with the illusion he was English “from England”.
Tyler, you need to also know that although Canada is an independent nation, it is still one of the 15 other countries that makes up the British Commonwealth of Nations. Thus, Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State in Canada (she is the Queen of Canada) represented by a Governor General who is based in Canada. This is mostly ceremonial, and the Queen or Governor General have no law-making power. That falls to the elected Prime Minister, the House of Lords, and the Canadian Senate.
@@2727rogers but only some are Commonwealth Realms, where the Queen is sovereign. Other members merely accept The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth with no constitutional authority over them - Her Majesty is instead the symbol of their free association within the organisation.
she is Queen of Canada by our upgraded 1981 constitution not by any relation to the old empire. The commonwealth is entered into by choice of the nation not a British decision.
Don't feel embarrassed. I was born in Canada but spent most of my life in California, and was educated in the US. I have family from both my mother's side and dad's side that settled in the US, and while looking into my genealogy I discovered my family was one of the first families to arrive in the Massachusetts's Bay Colony. They weren't Loyalists to the Crown when the Revolution broke out but sort of just wandered across the border one day to farm the land in Nova Scotia. Then they took a long trek to Ontario. The border was very porous in those days.
Canada respects the Queen of the commonwealth yes but Queen Elizabeth is Queen of Canada by constitutional decree of 1981 not by commonwealth acceptance
Yes, we are all North Americans, but Canadians are from Canada, and Americans are from the United States of America. They are the official names of two countries. We share a continent which is NORTH America, we are North Americans, not Americans. Just like how South Americans are South American, not American. Unless Canada was called The Provinces of North America, The USA and Canada couldn't both be called the same thing. The States, The Provinces... yes, but simple America, no. They need and have distinct names. Leave off the America part and The USA is The United States. Put the America part back on and it can be shortened to America. It's just a NAME. Mexico is North American too, but it's not American.
Hey! French Canadian talking here!!! :) Did you know that in French, their are two official titles for a person living in USA : américain et états-uniens ;) so I think you both have a point!
@@noemiecloutier4630 As a French Canadian, I would never call them américains, but always états-uniens, it's just what makes the most sense. I understand that there's no other word in English, but talking about "America" as a country can never sound right to anybody but états-uniens 😜
@@allister.trudel United States of America is the whole official NAME of the country. So it can be shortened to America just like how it can be shortened to the States, United States, USA, US.... It doesn't matter that the country name also includes the name of the continent. Look a little deeper than the surface.
I’m also Canadian and I live in city which borders Detroit, MI. I went to school in Detroit for a while and when I told some Americans in my class that I live in Windsor, Ontario, they didn’t even realize that was the city directly across the Detroit river. I was shocked. Also had a student think that Toronto was in Texas lol Great video 🙋🏻♀️👏🏼🙌🏼👍🏼💜🇨🇦
I live in Windsor too…so…I’m shocked. Awhile ago I was in Mexico and met a gentleman that thought Ontario was a part of the USA. He wasn’t quite sure where it was, but he knew it was American. I didn’t correct him, I just smiled and walked away
Fellow Windsorite here - I’ll never forget when my friend’s hockey team went to play a tournament in Northern Michigan in the SUMMER and the Americans were asking if it was snowing where they came from in Windsor 😳 further south geographically than where they were in Michigan
@@herstory_thrift 😂 that’s a good one! Yeah some of them really be thinking we live in igloos. Their ignorance can be entertaining at times. I was born and raised in Stratford, ON but have been in Windsor for a long time now.
haha yes! I'm from New Brunswick and people in Maine know nothing about us. I've been asked if we really live in igloos; dude, we're less backwoods than you, lol
Quebecker here. My history & geography class did talk a bit about the USA, though I must say, that I don't remember much of the states's names or placement on maps. The Quiet Revolution "La Révolution Tranquille" was really important and honestly, really interesting to learn about.
Certainly appreciate your interest Tyler in learning about our nation , it’s so refreshing to see. American and British history were definitely part of our school curriculum in the fifties and sixties. I have several relatives and friends in the US and I find it surprising how little they really know about Canada. Most often they don’t seem interested in knowing either. Thanks for pursuing this and getting to know your neighbour.
Old Canadian here: I would bet that the vast majority of Canadians know much more about the United States (history, politics, culture, etc.) than a large percentage of Americans. Sorry; had to state it, because it’s very true. You are correct in your view that Americans are generally not taught much about “overseas” countries…where those same overseas countries tend to get a larger view of the world and the U.S.A. combined. Great video; nice to see you tackling a subject like this. Cheers.
Oh I can name every state and all their capitals find me an American that can do that 😉
As an american I would fully agree with you. However, the key word was majority. Not all Americans are so clueless. And I have no idea what is taught in American schools these days, but most of what was in this video was taught at my school. Up until the world wars, after which I do not recall being taught much about Canadian history after that other than some very basic info like when it became independent, etc. But for fudge sake this guy did not even know John (Jean) Cabot ... which I am pretty sure is still taught in American school today. So makes me wonder if the real answer is most americans lack of caring, plus I would admit while it was taught at least once upon a time, it was never really stressed or took up as much of the classroom period like ofc they did with US history was.
Hey Mark. Quit stealing my name.
As an American, it disgusts me that people here take great pride in their ignorance; as if making it to adulthood without being "edjukated" is an achievement.
I bet most Canadians know very little about Canada,. Name Canadas first five prime ministers. LOLZ
I am a Canadian, and in our high school curriculum we were exposed to the history of not only Canada, and Great Britain but also American History.
Not the same program in Québec. In Québec education system in my time (1987-1993) we have only Canada (and Québec) history and global history (greek, roman, middle age, etc)
@@melissacourchesne2121 Small poart of US history when it is related to canadian events.
This guy obviously slept through school , my canadien brothers this guy only represents his school system
@@alliberges Who? What guy? What system? Many people can pretend to be "this guy".
@@melissacourchesne2121 I was born and raised in Quebec and in secondaire 3 we spent 2 months on American history
As a U.S. public school graduate, I moved to Canada 40 years ago. My Canadian husband could name every state and capital while I didn't even know how many provinces (or States) were in Canada, or what they were named. It is time for the U.S. to start learning about the world they are part of and not expecting everyone to be like them.
Well said.
I can get through all provinces/territories and many capitals, over 40 states and probably 20 capitals, but also the biggest and most influential cities and what the states are typically known for.
I'm a Canadian trucker who spends most of his time in the US. I'm shocked at how many Americans don't know where North Dakota is.
We had States and Capitals taught in a lesson. With a quiz. But decades later I’d likely only get 50% aot the 95% I got back then...
Great comment! I'm Canadian and appreciate everyone's interest in my country!
Also french canadian settlers helped shape the food in Louisana cuisine, a fun little history fact 😀
When the french Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia they went to Louisiana and south.... since the people could not pronounce the french word Acadian (A-ca- jen) .. the locals called them "Cajens' ... leading to the Cajun culture and of course the Fleur de Lis (Iris) which is prominent in the southern regions.
You have brought shame and ridicule to the American education system. You are a true dunce. May God have mercy on your soul.
As a Canadian, my brain nearly exploded when I heard his pronunciation of "Cartier" and "Vimy"! We don't mark 1931as our independence. We consider 1867 as our founding as a nation, but yes, our full independence was an evolution, ending in 1982.
Dude I cringed so hard at "vymey" that I almost turned into a black hole.
Sadly, I hope this video is not made by a Canadian. Many things are off.
Right? LOL And Habitant and a few others
@@pattichisholm4832 Habitants is accurate - that's where the Canadians hockey team got their nickname, Habs (as in Go Habs Go!)
Just to tie everything up here: the Prime Minister that completed the independence of Canada is Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the father of current PM Justin Trudeau.
As a french canadian, Frontenac, Samuel de Champlain and Jean Talon, are all well known in province of Quebec. Many places are named after them. They teach us their stories at school.
In new brunswick also. I studied that in history in grade school.
Look up "The Treaty of Utrecht", ending the French-English War, leaving England in control of North America. USA separated in 1776. Louisiana, the state, was bought from France, in a deal known as "The Louisiana Purchase".
And New Brunswick too.
Laval, as well, for Quebec. Frontenac is a familiar one here where I am, in Ontario, since my neighbouring county is Frontenac County. Other than being familiar with their names mostly because of places named after them, the big ones I remember learning about are Cabot, Champlain and Cartier. Then to a lesser extent, Alexander Mackenzie.
@@teribirrell In Cape Breton is the beautiful Cabot trail which has a lot of history ... Alexander Graham Bell Museum is there in Baddeck and many are not aware that he helped Helen Keller to speak and invented the iron lung among many aviation inventions.... and many I cannot recall ...maybe even the typewriter??? It has been many years since I have had rhe pleasure of being there but I surely left a big piece of my heart in Cape Breton...it's beauty is breathtaking....and unique.💖
Be aware that if you get Canadian citizenship the US will not recognize it. Canada recognizes dual citizenship, the US does not.
I’m from Slovakia (a small 5 milion people country in Europe) and I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that WE learned more about Canada’s history and current relations than people in the US 🤯… I can’t imagine learning so little about our neighbouring countries - especially when there’s shared history. These types of videos made me look very differently at our slovak education system. I mean, lots of things still need to be improve on, but I definitely appreciate it more now.
Also appreciate your selfawereness and respect towards other nations (including the indigenous ones) 👏👌
Unfortunately American schools are very US focused and they also leave out a lot of their more unpleasant history. It does vary hugely depending on where people live too.
For a long while (pre-2006, after which Stephen Harper shut down that program) Canada had a decent 'outreach' program where the Canadian government funded education about Canada worldwide, improving public relations worldwide and encouraging immigration. Its one of the reasons Canadians generally enjoy a much more positive attitude overseas than the US (instead of being seen as US-like despite a lot of social similarities).
The US are a country of their own... And the problem is: the US are all in propaganda for making them look good. Even with not talking about the truth.
Greetings, from Canada! Where it is currently -30°C! 👍🏽🍻
@@Journey-of-1000-Miles Not in Nova Scotia! It was 10 to 14C here a few days ago! Typical December daytime temperatures however hover around the freezing mark these days.
As French Canadian who’s also a history student at the Université de Montréal, it amazes me that American people aren’t even aware that Canada was originally a French settlement. Thank you for sharing this knowledge/ interest with your viewers. You probably don’t know but it remains a struggle for French speaking people to be respect in a country where we are undermine by many (not all). Which is why almost all Quebecois are bilingual. Sorry for the mistakes it’s my second langage ❤
Quand j'étais jeune, dans les années 80-90, on allait souvent en Floride et la très grande majorité des gens ne connaissaient même pas le Canada 🥴
I'm from Lac St-Jean, and I lived in a few Quebec regions. I'm now in Montreal. I wouldn't say that "almost all Quebecois are bilingual". Almost none of my friends and collegues in Lac-St Jean, Quebec region, Bois-Franc, Côte-nord or Beauce speaks english. In Montreal, and greater Montreal though, it's true that maybe 50 to maybe 60% of french Canadians (mostly younger generation) are somewhat fluent in english.
Also France still flys its flag of off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Tyler check out Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Not by every Canadian, thankfully. Many Canadians appreciate the French presence in Canada! I am one of them. I studied at Laval University, in fact. Interestingly, I am of French Acadian descent, the first French people to arrive to the New World and remained almost 150 years in Acadie until the English authorities deported everyone ( those who did not manage to escape) to foreign lands- the New England colonies, the Carribean and France beginning in 1755 and lasting years. They are a people who should be bitter against the English, but they are not. Instead, they rose above their contempt and pain, using their pride and courage to regain their rightful place in Canadian society. For those who may not know this history, Acadie was the modern day Maritime provinces as well as the northern part of Maine and the Gaspé Peninsula. The French spoken by the Acadians is one which was used before Parisienne French became the official "standard" in France years after the Acadians arrival in the New World. These early colonists originated from a distict region of France and their isolation in the New World meant their old dialect and vocabulary did not evolve much over time. Mi'kmaq words did become part of their vocabulary however, due to their mutually close relationship that evolved over 150 years. Sadly, many French people from France, Quebec and other places do not understand this historic fact and so have been known to belittle the Acadian people for their French, saying it is not "real" when in fact, it is a purer, older version of their own language. Having said that, the anomosity towards French speakers that you describe is not felt so strongly in the Maritime provinces. It may be because the Acadians are a fully accepted part of the Maritime provinces' cultural make up now and have been a part of our region's history since colonization of the New World was established by Europeans. Considering what they went through and how they were treated during the Expulsion, and the oppression they experienced for two hundred years afterwards, they have every right to be hateful and bitter towards the English. But they are resilient. They adapted to their unfortunate circumstances. They learned that no one can ever take away their cultural identity from them no matter the circumstances. "Acadie" is not a place, it is who they are in their hearts! The only ones who can take the "Acadian" out of the proud Acadian people is the people themselves!
@@garysaltern7490 St. Pierre et Miquelon are part of France and that is why they fly the French flag. If you take the ferry from Newfoundland to St. Pierre you must present your passport.
As a Canadian it's very refreshing to see one of our southern cousins actually care about knowing something about us considering we know everything about them!
Canada's, Lazy, Good For Nothing, Maple Loving, Dry Backs! Who Burnt the White House Down? Canada? Or Ross! Major General Robert Ross! Don't try to Swagger Jack my People!
Agree completely
I know right it's about goddamn time did somebody started paying an interest and understanding what's going on🤔
As a French Canadian, I can tell you that Jacques Cartier, Jean Talon, Samuel de Champlain and Frontenac are indeed very well known, at least in Québec.
These guys are very important and very much taught in history classes from elementary to high school, and they all have major structures or landmarks named after them. (Think Jacques-Cartier bridge and Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Lake Champlain, which spans the Quebec/New-York border, the city of Laval, Château Frontenac in Québec city, Fort Frontenac in Kingston, Ontario etc...
As for the French empire spanning across the modern southern US, Louisiana (original French name: Louisiane) is actually named after French king Louis XIV, and this is (in part) why there is a strong French heritage in that region (New Oleans is actually a French name: Nouvelle Orléans, and so is Lake Pontchartrain and many other landmarks in the area have franch names). Cajun language shares the same roots as Canadian French Acadian French, but I understand that Cajun was mostly killed off from the 1920's and there are very few cajun speakers in the US today.
We learned about them, too, in the other provinces.
I learned about Frontenac when I lived in Kingston as a kid and Kingston celebrated its 300th in 1973
Your knowledge of Canadian history and our education system is very impressive ! I can only hope , Xenorias , that you are a professor or a teacher . I am from Ontario, and I am a Canadian through and through. All our provinces , people , geography , and even Governments are so varied , but thats whats best about this Amazing Country ! I haven't lived in any other countries so I don't have the knowledge to claim I live in the best country . But I do believe life in Canada is better than life in the majority of the other nations of the globe.
Anyone who is Canadian and knows history knows all those names.
I think they were jewelers and one guy built a hotel in Montreal. Others like Cadillac, Pontiac, Hudson and DeSoto made cars. Yeah. I have history covered man.
Dude. Thanks. I’m Canadian and this makes me super proud. You are so open minded. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
💯💯💯
He is that for certain
I totally agree and glad your getting it out there 😊
Hello Tyler,
The map at 6:20 is not known to many English-speaking Canadians either. In Quebec, however, because of the history of the French colony, it is widely taught in schools. France had conquered a very large territory that went all the way down to Louisiana, hence the name since it paid tribute to King Louis XIV. This is also why there are so many towns and villages with French names. And also why there are still about 100,000 French-speaking people in Louisiana, with French surnames. Even the state of Maine came from a former French region called... Maine. There is much, much more French heritage in the United States than the vast majority of usanians realize. For example, there are nearly 10 million people in the United States who have French-American ancestry, of course mostly in New England, near Quebec.
In Ontario at least this map is covered EXSTENSIVELY in grades 6-8. While the history of the region that is covered focuses primarily on the upper/modern Canadian lands, the entirety is discussed indepth in regards to land expansion and loss
I'm from Alberta and we were taught using that map.
Hey, alberta here, WE were def taught about the french empire and shown that map. it is well known out west
I would add the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia settlements was a tragedy and cornerstone of the French in Louisiana .The word Cajun comes from the French Acadians that travelled down to the gulf coast.
Canadian her , was taught between grades 4 - 8 of Canadian History, and Geography from Vikings to Lower/Upper Canada, 1812 war, Riel rebellion.
This was really gracious and humble. I really appreciated your note of things you never heard, and the whole posture you took toward it. As a Canadian, I’m grateful for Americans like you :)
As a French Canadian, I must salute your candour and your honesty, and commend your desire to expand your horizons. If you ever come to Montreal, dinner is on me!
salut 👋🏻
Generous offer, but he might like his dinner on a plate.
@@lazyayye1143 ha ha ha 😂
I honestly feel like Quiet Revolution isn't covered that much in the ROC, this coming from an anglophone (but biligual) Montrealer.
@@lazyayye1143 No kink shaming please😉
One thing the video didn't mention was the expulsion in the late 1700's of the Acadians from Eastern Canada. Acadians are of French descent. Many of them ended up in Louisiana, to became known as Cajun's. That is another thing that can be studied for days.
the way Canadian French is, Acadian sounds like ah-kay-gin and shortened to cajun
@@kevinb7551 Oh wow, j'la savais pas celle-là
@@Gzaerix it makes so much sense when you hear it condensed
It also glossed over the Metis and the Red River Rebellion. It was VERY sparse.
1755
Hello! Canadian here. we are pretty well versed in our own history but not only that we are also taught about US history as well as UK, France, Germany (mainly world war 2), and even Aztec and the Mians. My personal favourite was learning about the fur trade routes that spanned all across Canada. It was so cool seeing the map of all the different routes and the way people traveled through the land. We do have our bad but we also have our beautiful and our history is rich. Thank you for taking an interest in our natural beautiful country. I also invited you to pay us a visit sometime we have some of the most beautiful sights to see. Hope you have a wonderful day and/or night.
ya hear Trudy and Sleepy sayin muslims involved in fur trade ? lmfao or maybe not....
Canadians also don’t know our own history. They didn’t mention that the Canadian government and churches took our aboriginal children and put them in schools and stripped our culture. The horrible abuses that went on. The children that haven’t come home. Google Canadian residential schools
@@marielachance8131 yes I know that but at least our cops aren’t murdering poc in their own homes for no reason or shooting autistic kids for not being able to follow instructions or the countless kids being murdered in their own school right now by their own classmates the past is horrible but im thankful that unlike the USA we are getting better everyday and don’t have to live in constant fear of when a shooting is going to break out
i take pride in reading this comment. im a friendly manitoba bush guy LOL just a young, part time carptenter that took over my dads trapline near the hudsons bay. very amazing place and its pretty cool. people still pay for pelts nowadays but trapping isnt sustainable. so, i started building houses. LMAO
Re: Canadian flag - The two bars on the sides represent the Atlantic and Pacific. They were made red instead of blue because we didn't want to be associated with Britain with red/white/blue. The white backing is meant the represent snow and the red maple leaf is meant to represent the spirit and heart of our citizens. Strong, adaptable, useful, and beautiful. Seriously... we're a GORGEOUS people.
Not entirely true. The Canadian flag is actually based on the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada that has a maple leaf on it.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Military_College_of_Canada#:~:text=The%20Royal%20Military%20College%20of,classes%20on%20June%201%2C%201876.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada
maple leaf is for the HEALING OF THE NATIONS. Canada has a destiny....Biblical.
Close but inaccurate expression.although very common artistic interpretation of the flag. The flag is based on the RMC flag and the only symbolism is it was pure white and red as a deliberate choice not to be red, white and blue: The colours of France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The designer is still alive and I'm fairly sure it's been put on record of where the design truly came from. As this guy said "it's iconic" , "fun" and "distinct".
If you want some bite-sized bits of Canadian history, be sure to check out the Heritage Minutes by Historica Canada. They played on CBC - our national channel - originally and are now on TH-cam. They helped a lot of us get through history class, citizenship tests, and pub trivia nights. The best part? They're just a minute.
I feel like This Hour as 22 Minutes does the Heritage Minutes better. 😉
I remember seeing those on tv. I can still recall the music that played
I love those!!
Also the source of some great memes:
"Doctor, I smell burnt toast!" 😀
A collection if you care to partake: th-cam.com/play/PL1848FF9428CA9A4A.html
I was listening to my FIL (a teacher) talk about a few moments in Canadian history and I think he was expecting me to be newly educated on those moments, or at least not remember learning them in school. But I kindly laughed and said, yeah I know, it was a Heritage Minute and those are burned in my memory forever 😂
Surly as an American you must of heard of the Louisiana purchase of 1803? Basically the United States bought the territory/Empire that France controlled/had in 1803 in what is today the modern USA , These lands included parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana and North and South Dakota. After the British Empire France had the second biggest Empire at that time
The source of so many names like New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Names from the British American colonies were British origin like New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Baltimore, etc and names of Spanish derivation in the west.
@@susieq9801 Even New York started out as something different it was the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam before it was controlled by the English.
@@nikkidarkangelpnope8400 - Yes, NYC was a Dutch colony. They gave up some prime real estate very cheaply! 😜
@@susieq9801 Actually, the European settlers conned the local Indians out of it for some beads. 🤷♂
@@ToddSauve - I know. Those beads would have to be about a ton and solid gold now.
I'm glad that you mentioned The War 1812 and the fact that America lost that war. When I was in junior high school the American troops were coming home from Vietnam and they were treated horribly by the American people. One of the reasons for this was that American's were told that Vietnam was the first war that the country had lost, which was not true. The trreatment that the Vets received used to make me mad because the government lied to it's people. Thanks for your interest in my country. I will definitely be checking out all of your videos.
USA won the 1812 war
A little note though that although this war was fought in present day Canada and is part of Canadian and American history, the battle was between the British and the New America.
Still lost lol sorry, just teasing a little
@@kathysmall6303 - The USA was the one to start the War of 1812 when they declared war against BRITAIN. The reasons for this were:
* BRITAIN developed a BLOCKADE with their ships to prevent The USA from trading with anyone except them; and
* BRITAIN was kidnapping US sailors and forcing them to work in the Royal Navy. (This activity is known as “impressment”.) It was estimated that Britain had impressed approximately 10,000 US sailors.
With the treaty negotiations, both of these actions by Britain were stopped. Both of The USA’s goals that started the war were met. The USA won.
@thegreypath1777 🫡
I'm Canadian and didn't know some of this history. This video seemed to brush over 1867, the year we were taught was Canada's birthday. It also ignored the fact that Newfoundland was a separate British dominion until 1949. John Cabot's voyage was funded by the King of England but he was Italian. His real name was Giovanni Caboto.
It's a 5 mins video so much of our history was skimmed over! lol
Also Canadian here and literally everything in that video is taught in school. The video was a very general overview, but I definitely recall everything mentioned. Although some of those things are more focused on in the East; so if you grow up in the West you may not know as much about the quiet revolution for example. I hate how the video mispronounced all of the names. It even mispronounced Vimy ridge 😑
@@md28stads As a guy from BC I can say I don't recall the quiet revolution at all...
Its also worth noting that because Canada is quite regionalized, some topics of history are either focused on more or taught differently. Apparently in Alberta and Ontario, the Louis Riel's Metis rebellion is taught as an act of treason, whereas in Manitoba and Saskatchewan we were taught that it was an act of bravery and heroism
@@robbieplayter2654 , yes I grew up in the 50's and 60's in Montreal and so was very aware of the Quiet revolution. When I moved to Alberta in the late 70's I was shocked at how little they knew about Quebec but of course at the time didn't realize how little I knew about western Canada other than the Canadian Railway. I was taught that the Louis Riel rebellion was treason and again shocked to find out it wasn't when my kids went to school in Calgary lol. We are a diverse country
Notice many of the cities midwest and mississippi valley were settled by the French. New Orleans, Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Detroit, Des Moines, Louisville, Champaigne, Eau-Claire.
Detroit was first settled by Dutch settlers from Montreal, hence the heavy Dutch influence in Michigan and it's neighboring states. Ever hear of the Pennsylvania Dutch ? On a side note. I can't believe he doesn't know about the Louisianan purchase, that the US bought off France, like they bought Alaska from Russia. Murikan education, it's the goodest...lol
I read that there are still families in Vermont and Louisiana where French is spoken at home and taught to the kids as their first language. This is disappearing though.
Fond du Lac in Wisconsin, Dubuque in Iowa, Duluth in Minnesota, St-Joseph and Sault-Ste-Marie in Michigan, Pierre in South Dakota, Coeur d'Alène and Boisé in Idaho, Provo in Utah, the Willamette valley and the Dalles in Oregon, the (French-)Canadian river in Oklahoma, etc.
And hence the French culture in Louisiana (which was named after King Louis of France, BTW).
Surprised about the extent of the French Empire in what is now USA? To find out what happened to it, read up on the Louisiana Purchase.
Yes, these are big guys in Canadian history - I grew up in the city of Laval just outside of Montreal (I'm an Anglo-Quebecer with European parents). We have towns, roads and monuments to these guys. Now living in Ottawa for many years. The official languages of Canada are English and French although the biggest concentration of French speakers are in Quebec. Rather than watching videos you should visit. Interesting things all over the country. As a kid I often wondered why American kids didn't get taught about Canada in school whereas we were taught about the US and Europe.
Yep - west coast Canadian here. Talon and Frontenac were in my history books too.
Also quick note the original indigenous “Kanata” would have started out referring to a much much smaller area than what is called Canada today.
@@fromhgwaii Interesting enough "Kanata" becomes "Kanada" and after becomes Canada ;)
Your comment made me realise that in France we are also taught about the USA at school. Like full on courses about the population, the economy, the history but little close to nothing about Canada. Except the involvement of France in its history and the French Empire, not once about Canadian population, economy and rest of history ( and nothing about Quebec. It would have made more sense.
Perhaps because the US is 10x our size and a superpower?
The two languages we are taught in our US schools are English and Spanish. Although, French is also offered, very few take it.
Great video, thank you. My line settled Quebec City as founding fathers. They did fight the British and lost but we are all mixed now and have ancestors on both sides of that war. Interesting stuff. I was happy to see the video accurately talk about our history and specifically say we are Canadienne. My French ancestors also were part of the British Canadian Militia that defended Canada from the invading Americans.
I lived in a border town ( Niagara Falls) most of my life. When you are a young adult you generally end up working in the tourist industry while attending school. Americans provided no end of amusement because of their general lack of knowledge of our country. Ski racks in July, thinking we all spoke only French, etc.
At this stage we travel a lot and although we could find most Americans’ total lack of knowledge insulting I think that, instead, we still find it amusing. And the funny thing is that most Americans have no idea that Canadians walk away from those type of conversations shaking their heads and smiling to themselves.
Probably the reason Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans ( TV special) is so hysterical!
Kudos to anyone who is open minded enough to try to learn about other countries particularly when their educational system does not provide that information in the early years
those with post HS education are better fo sho but overall poor Geography skills indeed.
Most US citizens I've encountered in Niagara Falls were well aware of the expected climate and language. They are for the most part indistinguishable from the tourists from Canada, except for accents (southern especially). I've lived here for over 40 years and except for the traffic issues they cause really enjoy meeting them.
I am also Canadian from the Niagara Falls area. When I worked at the gift shop that overlooks the falls, I literally had an American come to the cash register and ask me what country they are in. I asked what did they think when they were crossing the border. I had other American tourists not know that Canada has its own currency. They thought we used US dollars in Canada
@@sunlan3971 I went to Ohio and tried to use Canadian money and they didnt know what it was.... OHIO!! Its like a 6 hour drive. The further south you go the worse it gets. I was in Arizona and they think we all live in igloos...
I can't even count how many times people asked me if I knew Wayne Gretzky. Finally I just say " yeah, he's my cousin."
As a proud Acadian and French Canadian just want to mention that in 1755 a big portion of us got deported to a lot a place…Europe and multiple U.S and South America. But for my American friends check out why Louisiana is call Cajun and as to this day so many French street and still to this day as small French community!!!! Zachary Richard a well known Acadian folk signer was trying to keep the heritage of the French legacy to be known in that state!!! Thanks for going to this link to educate everyone!!!!!!
Yes! So surprised they didn't touch more on Acadia!
Was going to write something similar re: Cajun, but saw you wrote something much more thorough.
I'm wondering what is the history behind New Orleans, you can't deny the french influence I mean read the name, or I wonder if there are Americans who wonder were the name of some cities or states come, like New Mexico, Texas, Santa Barbara, California, Florida (full of flowers) ,Nevada (it means snowy or something with snow)
@@tazylab6233 actually, the states of texas, new mexico, california etc were populated by hispanic people. Thats why the spanish is so well integrated there. That’s what I know at least!
I am a teacher in the province of Alberta. Yes we do teach our students about the fur trade history of Canada. Those three French explorers are also taught first in grade 5. They are covered more completely later on. Thank you for your respectful curiosity!
We teach this in grade 5 in Ontario social studies, as well!
albertan here too, fully educated in french immersion in this province and BC. nothing new to me in this... rather.. rien que je connaitre deja
Ontario resident here, by 8th grade we not only knew about Canadian history & geography but European and all of North American history and geography. I remember my colouring pencils getting a workout filling in all the countries lol.
You teachers need to show CANADIANA on Y.T. to teach some proper history of how the French lost aswell as some very interesting facts that are not taught in school. Trump's fortune, carbide Wilson or even canadian camels 🐫 .
as an Albertan I would say not much was taught about South America, Middle East, Africa or much of Asia.
But we definitely learn about the Canada and major influences of our country...
like USA, UK, France, aswell as other allies and axis countries of ww1 and ww2.
As an American, who has permanent residence status in Canada, and will eventually try to go for full citizenship (dual citizenship), watching these videos is extremely entertaining and at times quite informing. I appreciate what you’re doing with this channel.
I am a Filipino and migrated to Canada. We had World History, US History and Oriental History in High School. Thanks to our educational system we had this privilege of learning and appreciating History.
Mabuhay!
Immigrants have the advantage of learning a more indepth history of Canada than those of us born here. The knowledge you have to know to pass the citizenship test is crazy!
I absolutely adore how humble and enthusiastic you are in this video about learning all these new things about a country outside the United States! It’s so refreshing to see as a Canadian.
As a Canadian, I’m proud to say I knew all this history before I was even in high school. And we had to study American history too. And I still remember what I learned. It’s very common for Americans to know much about us because, no offence intended, the world ends at the US/Canadian border as far as education is concerned.
"the world ends at the US/Canadian border as far as education is concerned."
As Tyler pointed out the world is globalized, with trade and travel all that is changing fast. Over 100,000 American's and Canadians have been moving to Mexico, there are large expat community's building south of the U.S. border. Alot of people from Latin America are moving to Canada too. Spanish is the second language in the U.S., there is a large population of Latino's in the U.S. too. People are moving around and exploring the world.
As ignorant as this boy Tyler is, he's probably the sharpest pencil in the drawer. I've been watching GenZ interviews along the sidewalk, and the poor idiots literally can't tell time, or tell you who fought in the Mexican-American War. 'Europe' is the common answer to 'what country borders the US to the North?'!
It ENDS,,at the border because Americans know all we need to know about canadians (aka. Canucks). We like them. Plus we Americans always keep Pancake makings and syrup around should Canadians choose to INVADE. Then we can have a good meal together,laugh,and talk about the invasion with them before they go home happy. Some of the Mounties are buttheads,,but they like pancakes also and just in case,,we have bacon and sausages. yup,,love Canadians.
Also, within our borders, Ontario's south province ends at Mississauga. To find someone from Toronto in the southern cities is unheard of. Had in-laws that came to visit 3 times in 32 years. Although, I've heard Toronto has expanded to Guelph now for the commuters.
@@weo-mum-mum I lived in Toronto for close to 20 years only because my job was there. Left that hell hole for a nice, semi-rural southeastern Ontario town and never regretted it. Toronto served its purpose for me, but it’s not the centre of the universe. Haven’t been back there for over 10 years once my kids moved to the area with their families.
It’s wild how the American school system just fails to teach kids about WORLD history.
Love that you’re getting into it :) love your content
American here: Actually, we were taught World History, but that covered Europe, Asia, and Russia. Even I, today, am shocked that we weren’t taught about Canada. I am trying to make up for that now.
Everywhere on the planet is more concerned about local history. As a kid I was schooled in several Canadian provinces... and they focused on that province or region. I lived in New Brunswick and learned Maritimes’ history there. And upper Canadian history in Ontario.
1.) Tyler knows very little about his own country, the USA.
2.) Let's be real: The USA is far more important in the world than Canada is.
He is talking as if this is canadain history only. This is the landing of the europeans. In North America, and the being of our two countries.
I am Canadian and I gotta say it’s really good to get to see an American researching our country. Canadians seem to know a lot more about America than Americans know about Canada because of news media pop culture. this video has definitely restored my faith in some Americans.
"researching" lmfaooo
I traveled extensively in the US for work...and found out, shockingly, that I knew more history of the US than the local folks taking driving me around. A simple cross roads was the sight of a famous civil war battle and I was the one to explain the fight to locals... Canadians are taught world history... US are taught only the good things about their personal history
Very accurate.
I'm Canadian, it used to really bother me in school when we watched American movies and on maps above the USA it was always blank, never said Canada. We learnt about your country and many others throughout school. I will put a wager that Canadians definitely know more about your history from school than the majority of Americans about our history which is really sad considering we are neighbors.
It’s still like this. Watch an American news station. Canada often has little shape and no lights on.
I am still triggered when United Staters called themselves "Americans". It is so egocentrical, as if the rest of America (North, Central and South) didn't exist or worst, were theirs... Find your own name, dudes!
Well, no offense but Canada isn’t really very relevant on the world stage, so not much attention is given to it. It’s a beautiful country, though and I love how inexpensive it is in Canada, especially the favorable exchange rate. And you guys kick ass in hockey, so there’s that. 🤷🏻♂️
@@sandralachance1424 so call yourself American 🇺🇸 if you want. Most people want to anyway so join in. 😂
@@sean5675 Not if it can be interpreted as me being from the United States, no thanks. I rather keep the quality if live I have here. No one wants to be bankrupted from a broken leg. It is very United Statian to think everyone want to be like them. Oh heck no!
Hello Tyler I am french canadian living in Montréal Québec I whant to tell you how much i love your vidéos they are extremely interrestting to watch i hope someday you will tell us more about yourself because here im sure every one in Canada loves you you are very intelligent and respect full of Canada keep doing what you do so well you are the best Marcel your canadian friend
Bravo!! I wish that more Americans had your interest in Canada, and presumably other countries.
As a Canadian I have learned a lot about US history, geography, politics and more. I think that's important since the US and Canada are so closely intertwined economically, socially and historically.
I hope many more Americans decide to do what you're doing in investigating Canada's history...and hopefully the culture and politics unique to Canada. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
Canadian history is just not that interesting unless your talking about your slaughter of natives
@@weardo05respond
The precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provided law and order before settlers, gold seekers, etc came. They protected native people but unfortunately by limiting them to specific undesireable land area. There was no government supported mass killing of indingenous people in Canada. But we tried to assimilate them through Residential schools, an action we are trying to rectify through Truth and Reconcilliation awareness and compensation.
This is hilarious. I'm in New Zealand and I know about the Louisiana purchase from France. We also study Canada in geography. Do they not have geography in the US?
@@icebergrose8955 We are really only required to learn US geography in schools here in America. We are taught about our 50 states, their capitals and where they are on the map. We only learn about world geography in the last couple years of high school if you sign up for that class (it's not required). I hope this helps.
As an aging Canuck, I welcome your interest. You might enjoy the movie "the Devil's Brigade", the true story of a joint Canada-U.S. commando unit that helped turn the tide against Hitler's army in Italy in 1943. The cultural differences between us at the time are humourously (no, I didn't spell that wrong - I'm Canadian, eh?) portrayed, but the seriousness of their mission binds the men into an elite fighting force that scared the hell out of the Wehrmacht.
The 1st Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade) became our special forces.... modern version is CANSOFCOM... which JTF2 is a part of
That's an excellent movie👍
Ditto on aging Canuck, and Devil's Brigade fan
I really love that movie.
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You asked if We (Canadians) knew these men and such. I can assure you that by grade 8 we knew not only Canadian Historical events but all of North America. I remember learning about the Inca's civilization by 8th grade. The Mayflower, Paul Revere, the Salem witch trials, American history regarding the way you mistreated the Indians and the buffalo.We also knew quite a bit of European history as well. Not to mention the geography of all these places. Social Studies was a huge deal when I went to school.
To be fair we didn't learn anything of the mistreating of our own indigenous peoples. So we learned a lot in Canada with geography and history but it definitely was tailored to make us look more benevolent than we actually were.
@@m1sterpunch Weird, during my years in school we talked about indigenous people, residential schools, and other negative aspects of our history every year in social studies beginning in probably third grade all the way through high school
@@aremarkablecow I don't know how old you are but I was raised Roman Catholic in rural Nova Scotia in the 80s so I get why they didn't tell me a lot of the stuff that went on that the church not only supported but actually controlled. I sincerely hope the curriculums are changed to reflect actual history now.
We were also studying world history and early civilization in gr.8 (not so much about the mistreatment of the indigenous though, this is back in the 70s)
The Province of Québec’s official language is French, New-Brunswick is the only officially bilingual Province and the rest of the Provinces are English, although federal services have to be provided in both languages everywhere in Canada.
You should check out "Heritage Minutes" They are 1 minute videos about Canada's heritage. (Good and bad)
And the Log Driver video. That is crucial Canadiana.
*house hippo*
English propaganda!
You should check the film “Canadian Bacon” featuring John Candy and others.
@@KennClarke1 Alan Alda's greatest role. Haha.
And I really like Alan Alda.
Back in the day, I'm 74 by the way, as part of my history study we had to learn all of the States and their Capitals and place them on the map. I've found out that the few people that know much about Canada are long haul truck drivers.
Hi from Canada.Nice reaction, Tyler. You seem to have an open mind, and an enthusiasm to learn about the world around you; keep it up!
I once opened a discussion about North American History with an attempt to establish that Canada had existed long before the States while talking with some people in Florida. My direction was actually aboriginal politics which in the 80s in Canada were just beginning to open up to First Nations Self Government. BUT these dudes were so racist against not only blacks but the French in the southern states that I was iced out and called stupid by Ivy Leaguers. 😂. So no, they didn’t get it even at uni.
It’s quite cool that you’re wanting to learn just something new ! I am addicted to documentaries and I think it’s a pretty good hobby.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 Aboriginal is capitalized and respected. Dudes are not in charge of Canada. Racism? As an American you would be the expert.
Canada has 48 National parks with forest laws that are among the strictest in the world.
On another note, Canadian history is very interesting. We were taught extensively on this subject and this included the various indigenous tribes, how settlers interacted and the interactions between tribes themselves. During my schooling we did Canadian, American and world history.
Keep up the great work on learning about Canada. Love from Montreal!
I'm from Quebec. Most of the French names are absolutely well-known. Jean Talon less so (in History classes), but there's a boulevard Jean-Talon, Jean-Talon Market and Jean-Talon subway station amongst other Jean-Talon "things" in Montreal. So yes, even less well-known historical figure names did end up trickling down into everyday life here.
Re: Canadian "independence". We're not fully independent like the US. The UK monarch (was Queen Elizabeth but obv she just passed away) is still technically our head of state. But the monarch is literally just a figurehead; we are self-governed. Just... part of the Commonwealth.
Re: Quiet Revolution. Basically religion was everywhere, including politics, the schooling system, healthcare, etc. The Quiet Revolution overthrew religious figures from those spheres.
Also from québec and yes those names are everywhere
Nahbwere fully independent
The uk monarch isn’t our head of state btw
We have a fully seperate crown form them that we coincidentally give to whoever they have as monarch
But they have been fully seperate since thr 80s
@@ShmuckCanuck as much as I don't like it, technically the British monarchy is still our legal head of state as exercised by the governor general. The governor general has no real authority, as neither does the monarchy. It's basically an outdated traditional practice in government that I'd rather our tax dollars cease paying for. But for all realistic purposes, our head of state is the Prime Minister.
@@furriass3978 the British monarchy is not the Canadian monarchy
They are two entirely different thrones
The same person sits on each one but the monarchy of Canada is the monarchy of Canada
Has been for almost 40 years now
@@ShmuckCanuck You need to learn the difference between the Head of State and the Head of Government. Canada's Head of State is the monarch, but has NO power. Our Head of government is the Prime Minister. In some countries, Head of State and Head of Government is the same, but not always. In France, the Head of State is the President (Macron), and the Head of Government is the Premier ministre (Élisabeth Borne).
Everything up to the 5 minute mark is taught in elementary school, especially if you live on the east coast as we have a significant Acadian descended population, which coincidentally, is who your Cajuns descended from. Louisiana was settled by the French Acadians. If you really want to learn about Canada, lookup "heritage moments Canada" on TH-cam. They're a bunch of bite-sized historical bits that originally started airing on TV during commercial breaks back in the 80's or 90's.
Totally, heritage minutes are great
@@NotTheBeees That and Hinterland Who's Who?
Heritage Minutes and Hinterland Who’s Who are great bits of Canadiana! Also, just for fun take in some old episodes of The Beachcombers or Danger Bay
Heritage Moments!!!!! Good call. I remember seeing them in “commercial like” distribution on tv, when I was growing up. Good stuff!!
It was not settled, they were deported there during the ethnic cleansing going on in Acadia.
As a Canadian, I really appreciate your interest in our history. Canadians are aware that the US only teach their own history. Perhaps, it has more history to teach in a relative timeframe. It was quite interesting to listen to, as I have forgotten some of the early Canadian history. Thanks for the refresher course. In Canada, not only do we learn our history, we also learn US history, as well as, notable periods of European history and ancient Greek and Roman history. I asked my history teacher why we learn all this history and he said "so we learn not to make the same mistakes". I guess we all need a refresher course in history.
Holy crap, you got Greek & Roman history? Most of Europe's history was also a blank, unless it was directly connected to how French policies affected New France.
I'm a bit envious here. That would have been cool.
@@1michelemichele1 Yup. Greek Mythology in English class was my favourite class!
Absolutely. Everything here applies to my experience as a canadian student in the 90s as well. My oac history teacher told me American education is alot more introverted compared to ours, at the time. More state focused as opposed to ours by lookin at the whole continents experience and growth pains. It also gladdens me to know that some americans are taking to time to expand on their knowledge of our continent on their own.
Thanx.
@@1michelemichele1 also Aztec, China, USSR/Russia, and early civilization (Mesopotamia to Egypt/Fertile triangle) in my mid 80’s-90’s Alberta education.
@@1michelemichele1 the Greek and Roman history is mostly leaning towards the history of democracy, and philosophy, at least from what I remember. But that drove an interest for me to take world history, where you do a deep dive into Roman and Greek history, the middle East, and Asia. Also a large unit on the barbarian cultures that occupied the UK and western europe over the years like the Saxons, Celts, Gauls, etc
It is why so many notable places have french names on the east side. Example - St.Lois
They forgot a couple of interesting and important facts...
Canada has more lakes than any other country in the world.
Canada has 2 official languages, English and French. Everything you purchase in Canada must have ingredients, instructions, etc written in both languages.
Oh, and just a fun fact, our Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October.
Not everything you purchase has to have both languages.
@@alukuhito Vous avez bien raison ! Voir que mon gouvernement me parlera en français à Vancouver !
Canadians give thanks more quickly than Americans.
Careful. You don't want to give him too many facts at once and confuse him.
OMG! Wait till he gets a hold of our currency. Loonies twoonies and colours oh my!
Hey there, it's just your neighbour to the north saying thanks for a valiant effort! I thoroughly enjoyed that. You did more for the American education system's History Department in five minutes than America has done for it in decades.
Seriously though, as many of my fellow Canucks(slang for "a Canadian".... there is something else you've learned!) have pointed out that we've been taught history of many nations, but even if that weren't the case, we would be VERY WELL VERSED in all things AMERICANA because so much of your politics, culture, lifestyle, and yes, history is broadcast nonstop to us directly. Even indirectly. Think of it like a constant stream of continuous, random, information flowing north from your border like a raging river. LOL
I think it's not even a stretch to say that for some of Americans - we know you better than you know yourselves.
I saw how shocked you were about the War of 1812.... look up the story of Laura Secord. You'll LOVE this wee nugget of history.
Sincerely
Your newest subscriber 😀
Whether one grows up in the US, Canada, France, India, etc. one can't rely on what we're taught in grade school. Some education systems are better than others but they all tend to fall well short. Good on you for taking the time to do this. Continually learning and supplementing what we know is the gift that keeps on giving. There's no shame in not knowing, only in not trying.
Horse shit. Canadians are taught far more than Americans about things outside our borders.
@@canadianmonte This is true, but we cannot speak to what they learn in the US, France & India :)
Fun fact: Kingston Ontario was the 1st Canadian capital starting in 1841, but the capital was relocated in 1844 since Kingston was considered vulnerable to attacks because of our proximity to the United States (it was a different time) and our location on the water.
I'm in Ottawa. In a way, Kingston would have been a nice choice. But you've always got to remember historical context. Tha concern would have been still "fresh".
I was born in Kingston, whilst my parents attended Queens University, and I never knew this! How interesting:). I was raised in Nepean and we often rode our bikes to Ottawa on Sundays. I always thought of Ottawa as our original capital. We did move to America when I was in middle school so I’m sure I missed a lot of our history. How fun to learn there is more information I never thought to research about and sources where I can learn about my country of origin and heart ❤️.
@@ohmoflife1 When I lived in Kingston, I rented half of an old limestone house that had a plaque outside it saying Sir John A. Macdonald had lived there (as a young lawyer).
Canada wasn't actually a sovereign nation then, still a colony, the "Dominion of Canada". I have a penny from New Brunswick from 1861 that's technically older than Canada. :)
I was born in Kingston and grew up between a small town nearby and Napanee, where I currently live. Because of the proximity to Kingston, this was definitely a fact we were taught early and even took field trips to Fort Henry to see demonstrations on how they would’ve attempted to protect the area in case of an attack.
A lot of old Canadian history involve French-Canadians. The Quiet Revolution is mainly pertinent to the province of Quebec. And yes, 19% of Canadians are French speakers... 1 out of 5.
But a majority in Quebec province for those who don't know.
From Saskatchewan. I dont recall being taught about the Quiet Revolution at all, or really much at all about eastern Canada's history. Outside of the broadly applicable key points (colonization, 1812, world wars, british independance), most of what I remember from our history classes dealt with the Lois Riel Rebellion.
A large percentage of those people speak French as a second language, like myself.
@@NeoclassicalRadagast The 1 out of 5 stat is for French as a first language. It's for 7.2 million Canadians, mostly in Quebec.
According to the same 2016 census, 29.8% country wide would be able to conduct a conversation.
@@JazzyScat Actually its New Brunswick that is the only official bilingual province in Canada. My in laws and hubbie are French Acadian from NB
Hey dude, Canadian here! I can answer a few questions that video raised:
-How we treated the Natives? Not much better than in the US to be honest, especially after the British took over
-Canada is indeed sparsely populated. More than 50% of the population lives in the corridor between Quebec City and Toronto/Niagara Falls
-Frontenac, Jean Talon and Laval are known figures and taught in elementary school. Some adults don't remember since they've been taught a long time ago, but they're not unknown figures.
-French is indeed spoken in only some parts of Canada. The majority of the Quebec population speaks french as a first language. Except New Brunswick, the french speaking communities are quite small outside Quebec. We're a majority of catholics as well, compared to mostly protestant rest of Canada
-We were indeed at war in 1812. Did you know we burned also the under-construction Capitol building during this conflict?
-Before the American independance and British rule, the French had skirmishes with the 13 colonies. One of the commanders for the 13 colonies was none other than George Washington! :P
-We indeed have a "bond" with the UK: Our constitution states that we are a monarchy with a democratic parliement. Our head of state is therefore not Justin Trudeau, but King Charles III! Even if he or his representative in Canada (General Governor Mary Simon) doesn't have real power, they have, in theory, the power to make and break the governements and call for elections!
While we treated our Indigenous people terribly, I would still say we were far better than the Americans. Custer, and many others basically attempted to exterminate them.
@@rp5707 Canadian historian here: when it comes to genocide, I don't think it's productive to think in terms of better or worse. Genocide is genocide. Canadians also attempted, in various ways, to exterminate Indigenous people.
@@122jaw sorry, but like most things, there is better and worse. If you are truly a historian, you would understand the difference between the American and Canadian policies towards the Indigenous people. Again, it was not good in Canada, but compared to America it was better.
@@rp5707 okay, sure, I'll bite. What was better about Canada's genocide?
People say we were better with our treatment of Aboriginal people. Not so. We had it down to a science. Instead of outright killing them and driving them off their land we systematically tore their families apart and reprogrammed them in residential schools, and splintered their ability to get any traction in our modern government with the appointed chiefs and hereditary chiefs always being at odds with each other
Wow, ok, so I teach Grade 9 social studies and in the BC curriculum we cover most of the history of Canada. This video has jumped over a lot of important points like the red River rebellion, the soured relationship with the First Nations peoples which lead to mistreatment including the residential school system. Also the discovery and history of the west coast itself. The Hudson’s Bay Company. A lot to cover.
To be fair, the biggest one for me is the Residential Schools and how we are really only being taught NOW what really happened. I know when I was in the school system, the genocide was glossed over. It was spewed out like it was some sort of grand partnership between the colonizers and Indigenous People. I am glad things are finally coming to light and being taught properly.
As a Canadian in his 40s, I have to say the schools taught us more US history then Canadian. We were be forced to be taught each state and it's capital when we didn't even know all our provinces and territories were, I didn't even know what a territory was un till we all got together and asked the teacher about why were weren't learning about our own country then the next days things changed and it was all Canada learning.
@@tirreal3756 I don’t remember ever learning about the states in school. I’m not sure what province you went to school in. In BC I focus on Canadian geography as it’s important to understand our history. I do talk about the 13 colonies though and it’s important to understand a bit of American history because it’s intertwined with ours.
@@ryanlarocque2571 I also went to school in BC, in Abbotsford, 10min from the US border, maybe it was just my broke school that couldn't afford new material lol
@@tirreal3756 sometimes teachers improvise. But I do know that our history isn’t completely removed from American history so that’s why it’s important to know both.
Very interesting. As a Canadian in Vancouver, you are teaching me a lot too
John Cabot was actually Giovanni Coboto. He was hired by the English king to explore and claim territory. But Giovanni Coboto wasn't a good English name, so, John Cabot.
CAboto, actually.
@@CaptHollister
Shit...lol... And I knew that.
Often the British claim John Cabot as one of their own but the Italians know better.
@@laurentians4892 Same with "Christopher Columbus" which real name is "Cristoforo Colombo".
Isn’t America named after Amerigo Vespucci.. another I-talian?
Loved the reaction! I’m an American from Maine and I’m an Acadian. I knew all of this growing up. French Acadians are living all over places like New England, Minnesota, and their southern cousins, the cajuns, are famous in Louisiana. I live in Missouri right now and French is still spoken in some parts of the cape area. What happened between the French and English has had a massive impact on us and for most, continues to impact us. This video glosses right over the forced removal of Acadian people. An event that is well documented by historians and had a direct effect on U.S. culture as well. I’m not surprised by the glossing over of this event. Or how First Nations ore treated there. Americans may feel bad about their history, but they took us in when our lands were taken from us and so many of us died. I wish there was a video about this part of Canadian history.
I recently watched one about the forced removal of the Acadians. Some managed to stay and Acadian culture is still alive and well in New Brunswick.
@@sabramottram405 indeed! I live in SE New Brunswick, Acadian culture is alive and well here. :)
You are absolutely right. Acadian history is taught in our schools outlining a tragic and horrendous point in our history. As a country, we are slowly becoming less myopic about our own. history. Unfortunately this video has some information that is incorrect around the history of the indigenous people in Canada, and praises colonialism. I would suggest watching stories told by the indigenous people.
Hey! It was a five minute video, don't you think everything was kinda glossed over?
@@fergusmallon1337 he could definitely go much further, but I respect that he is taking initial steps to learn more about the history.
I am surprised that you don’t learn about the French history in your own country. The French built fort Niagara in New York State. That is the fort where Major Armistead was stationed before going to fort McHenry and drew his inspiration for the star spangled banner from the flag at fort Niagara when he commissioned Betsy Ross to make it. And don’t forget about the French settlers in New Orleans. They do have an area called the French quarter
Yes, we had that in both Junior and Senior high schools. However, Francis Scott Key is credited with writing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Except they weren’t “settlers” 🥴 we got deported in an ethnic cleansing exercise….😬 (and I say we here cause I’m half Acadian, half Métis). We learned extensively about the 1755 Great Deportation in schools (and even before then) for obvious reasons - our ancestors got decimated! And still to this day, huge efforts to keep our culture going (and separate from the backwards Québécois). As if, had no idea people whitewashed history to the point of calling them settlers 😳 Oh, and that’s where the US got its Cajun cuisine…deported French Canadians and natives, just saying!
@@jessehachey2732 Cousin, I do respect your culture and the great resilience of the Cajun people, but I'd still like to know why you call us "backward". And do you think we should tell them that "Louisiana" was named after Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil?
Short story difference between Canada and the Britain and the US and Britain is that Canada was formed with loyalty to Britain. It fought under the British Army during the First World War, but not under the Second. Canada's sovereignty was peacefully agreed upon, rather than as a violent uprising. Strong ties were maintained, but as equal partners. This is true of a whole host of other countries that were once colonized by Britain. Collectively, we remain part of a Common Wealth - a collection of formerly British-controlled states that share a common history. To be fair, a lot the formalizations of things (like the constitutional amendments) were, de facto, already fully Canadian. It was just left over traditions. No British parliament nor the monarchy ever held up a constitutional amendment in Canada in at least 100 years.
“John Cabot from
England” 😂 his name was Giovanni Caboto and he was an Italian explorer and navigator that was just commissioned by the English King, Henry VII, to explore North America on behalf of England. This is why full, complete and slightly more complex sentences are required when presenting history! 🤭
I was literally about to type out a similar response, but glad I came across yours to save me the hassle, lol.
I was aware as well....
This was left out of my Canadian History in Ontario in the early 2000's. John Cabot from
England, yup.
As Caboto was paid to discover what he did that made it an English project and not Italian in this case nationality was not relevant
@@alpearson9158 who is the racialist now? lol jks
As a Canadian we learned most of the information presented in the first few minutes in Elementary School. I looked up your channel and I am very interested in watching all of them over the next few weeks. Thank you for taking the interest in our country. I am sure you have learned a few interesting pieces of information. 😮
Yes, we know most of these names, dates, events and wars before we graduate high school, much of it elementary school. We learn a huge chunk of American history as well. Thank you for taking the time to learn.
Clearly you have no respect for it. Education can change the world.
I'm actually learning things about Canada watching YOU learn about Canada, and I'm Canadian!
It really blows my mind when I hear Americans talking, about their history classes in particular. Most of elementary in Canadian history courses is spent on geography, our “founding fathers” aka explorers, natural resources, the indigenous peoples of Canada, government structures and historical and modern immigration. As junior high continues we build on those topics while also focusing on the exploration of the interior and exploitation of the natives, worldviews specifically Japan from pre edo to Meiji restoration, renaissance Europe and the Aztecs and more government and citizen structure of Canada. High school is mainly based on European and American history throughout the colonial period as well as Quebec’s identity in Canada. It’s such a diverse variety of topics and in my opinion gives a wider worldview that helps us Canadians understand the world in a broader sense. (No hate to Americans by the way just crazy how little history outside of the states your curriculum covers)
Technically, Our stories say we all started in the Americas.
Important to know, it would make no difference because we all adjusted to our climate and began as the People.
Back when I was in school ('75-'87) we had a similar curriculum. Didn't really go in-depth on other nations but it wasn't cursor either. Not sure what they're teaching now if anything.
@Body By Blaha nice criticism bud real helpful
Dude, I grew up in the US. We learned about all of global history. I knew about most of this Canadian history personally. This dude didn’t even know France controlled Louisiana up through Quebec, I would bet he didn’t pay any attention in history class. I learned about ancient Hawaiian history, native American history, Asian history, middle eastern history, European history and US, Canadian and Mexican history from 1600- present.
Sadly George Bush’s “no Child left behind” program basically pushed kids through high school even if they were failing and were not retaining any information. The goal was to make sure kids graduated, not to make sure they actually did well in school and learned anything. All these things were taught. But did most kids actually retain this information? Probably not. Then again I wouldn’t really gauge the intelligence of the overall US population from millennial you tubers.
That is much more than we were taught in Ontario public education just 20 years ago. In the 90's-00's it was mostly focused on colonialism, though they had started admitting to the bad side of Canadian history by that point, so we were taught about how First Nations were treated. Also, because it was North American colonialism we did learn about American history, at least in broad strokes
Thanks for your interest in our country's history, Tyler. I have a few thoughts:
5:50 - Your confusion about the extent of the French presence in North America in the 1700's surprises me. Surely you've heard of the Louisiana Purchase? That's more your history than ours...
7:40 - Did your history teachers not mention the French and Indian War (known here as the Seven Years' War) at all?
8:40 - The residents of the newly-independent USA who moved north out of loyalty to the UK were known as (go figure) Loyalists. Again, I would think this would have come up at some stage in your history curriculum...
9:30-ish - Regarding the War of 1812: It was more of a draw, really. Britain wanted to wrap it up fast because they needed to fix Napoleon's wagon, pronto (which they eventually did at Waterloo), so they offered a "Status-quo Ante Bellum" arrangement to the US, which was accepted. Canada won in the sense that the British didn't lose.
10:50 - Canada attained its independence in 1867, really. The Statute of Westminster just gave us (and every other independent British colony) the freedom to make our own decisions in important matters - like deciding whether or not to go to war, for instance...
11:50 - "There's some kind of relationship between the UK and Canada..." - Correct. We refer to her as The Queen.
12:00 - "I feel like I need to watch another video..." - Yeah, it wouldn't hurt. Hopefully you find some that don't oversimplify our history to the ridiculous extent that this one does, and that they have narrators that know how to pronounce words like "Newfoundland", "Port Royal", "Jean Talon", "Habitant", "Canadien", "Vimy"...
13:00 - The Quiet Revolution is a big deal in Quebec's accounts of its own history, but not understood very well in English Canada (For starters, it really wasn't quiet at all...). So, don't sweat it, you're not alone on this one...
You're correct, there's an awful lot to know. Thanks for posting!
Was going to comment all of the above, but you did ut beautifully.
Yeah, reaction videos are strange ways of proving you didn’t pay attention in school. I tuned out when the video spelled “Kanata” wrong. It’s “Kanata”, not “katana” - isn’t that a Japanese sword? So, best to react to a more accurate video.
@@paulvarga8133 I was surprised to hear that the first people moving into Canada/Alaska from Asia were 'Europeans' ... 2:12
The people who went to Canada during and after the American revolution were given the honorary title of United Empire Loyalists. Their decendants still have an organization today. They operate a campground and museum at the site of the first arrivals
Technically, Our stories say we all started in the Americas.
Important to know, it would make no difference because we all adjusted to our climate and began as the People.
I homeschool my 11 year old daughter and even though I'm a Canadian citizen I was raised in Australia. I have had to learn everything from scratch to teach it! I was as shocked and excited about our history. Thank you for being so open and honest about the state of understanding public education lacks in oversimplifying and ignoring other countries legacies. I hope you continue to explore the world this way :)
This is pretty much the history I learned while in elementary and high school growing up in Quebec. We certainly didn't spend much time if any on how badly we treated the aboriginal peoples - that was glossed over pretty much. That was back in the 70's and 80's so hopefully we are teaching a fuller account of history to today's young Canucks. Enjoy your videos!
Hm, well im in highschool in Quebec now, and I can assure you we talk a LOT about the first nations, their culture, the war, all the different nations, etc etc :)
Everywhere whitewashes their own history. No one wants their children growing up in shame I guess. We all have regrettable to awful history in our past... as the victors survive and thrive.
The 2 red sides of the Canadian flag represents the blood of our soldiers who died in W.W. 1 and W.W. 2. The white background represents peace, and the maple leaf represents the nature that abounds in our country. Thank you for your interest in Canada. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
There are no maple trees on the prairies. That is eastern Canadian imperialism! Ha, ha! 😏
The maple leaf has 11 points, that is for the 10 provinces and the northwest territories
@@Taber01 Hey, if you live in Taber you should be arguing on _my_ side! LOL!
@@Taber01 That's actually a myth.
No, red and white are the official colours of Canada, decreed by King George V in 1921, when he sanctioned our coat of arms. The maple leaf is simply one of the symbols of our country. The flag is based on the design of the flag of the Royal Military College in Kingston.
There were two phases to the War of 1812. From 1812 to 1813, Britain was busy fighting Napoleon. The brunt of the fighting was done by local French and English militias, Native militias notably the Mohawks who had come from New York state with the Loyalist immigration and Tecumseh's Federation who were from areas now in the USA. The British army regulars were mostly recruited in Canada too. After the death of Sir Isaac Brock, the British Army was commanded by General Shaefe (Sp?) a Loyalist from Boston.
After the defeat of Napoleon, the British Army and Navy entered the war in earnest attacking Washington and New Orleans. Fewer Canadians were involved in this phase.
For this reason, Canadians remember the war as a fight between Canada and the USA, whereas Americans see it as fight between the USA and Britain.
Im not trying to be disrespectful but, how can you not realise Frances territory stretched from Quebec down to Baton rouge (French name) to Louisiana (named after the king of France Louie) New Orleans, French again, named after the Duke of Orlean (I may be mistaken but I think named after Louise 16th of Frances Brother the Duke of Orlean). Canada speak French and English as a "joint national" language. Cajon in America is of French decent. Big parts of Canada fall within the geographical area of the Artic Cycle of freezing cold weather, so few people can live there. I'm English and I know these things.
In America names give a good indication of which nations owened or settled there, you have the influence of Spain with "San" for saint like San Francisco as well as the Dutch and the English with Georga named after King George and of course as said France.
America was not the best friend to the UK after the American war of Independance or as we call it the American Revolution: example developing the American Dictionary which was a specific manover against Britain, resulted in America spelling English words differently like color and colour to distance itself from England.
Hmm ! War of 1812 Canada won!!! No Britain won! Canada at that time was a British colony, not a country in it's own right! The new independent America made a "Land grab" for Canada even if it did or didn't want to be independent of Britain, America didn't care, it wanted it.
Today Canada is an independent country governed by itself , not from the British Parliment as was partly done during the British Empire and beyond. But Canada stil recognises the British Royalty as its "figure head of state" and Queen Elizabeth II Head is on their money but she is just a figure head and has no powers, the same as the British Parliament has no powers over Canada .
However, Canada did decide to keep ties with the UK through being a part of the Commonwealth a development of the British Empire who's aims are very different to what the Empire stood for. Countries that where part of the British Empire when gaining independance had a choice to join, many do but not all, such as America and Ireland and some Arab countries, for obvious reasons didn't. Some countries that were not part of the British Empire also chose to join the Commonwealth.
That's a bit harsh. I'm British and I didn't know loads of this stuff. He is educating me.
@@sueb3747 it really isn't, while Canadian specific history might make less sense to know about to an American, the Louisiana purchase is a well known piece of American history.
He must be from Texas. They taught all of this to us just South of Canadian border.
@@sueb3747 How do I reply to that!
What can I say, without being rude!
I guess education is not a natural thing like eating and sleeping. If you don't make an effort to be educated, you would miss out on many things that were simply facts. No disrespect intended also.
I just heard about your TH-cam channel and I love seeing your reactions to Differences between Canada and the United States
Like your reactions, especially about the war of 1812. It’s because of the Canadians that you have a White House. During the conflict, the Canadians /English had pushed back and down and set fire to the American parliament house. The Americans painted it with white wash. Hence why it is now called the White House.
I recently learned that the Americans had burned down parts of York (Toronto) earlier, which is why the Whitehouse was burned down.
It was revenge.
Yes sir, but that will never be taught to amer
@@stevewhoknowswhomisreallyw4282 It is thought to Americans in the NE at least. The issue is the insistence in American culture of how Great America is. Of course you'll remember the big achievements and forget everything else. When I studied in the US, history being so heavily focused on itself kind of made history simply... not interesting. You are actively discouraged to be curious, instead hammering uninteresting things in your brain.
Variety, curiosity drives the will to learn and remember
For Canadians who do not know the flag version of Today was designed by a québécois French Canadian Jacques ST Cyr . Also for English Canadians n The music for our national anthem, “O Canada”, was composed by Calixa Lavallée a Québécois.The French lyrics to accompany the music were written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier
If you really want to dig in on the subject check out the CBC TH-cam site and watch, Canada: a people's history.
As a Canadian, I learned a lot myself. It's quite well done.
Thanks. I'm an old Canadian & I never get tired of learning about my country
Don't click on anything CBC. Canadas #1 propaganda station. While it may be informative history, do not support them!
I find it amazing that an American who has never even stepped foot in Canada is devoting an entire channel to it. Over 400 videos about Canada, by an American! Wow! I have to ask - WHY??? I can see a short series, maybe, but an entire channel? When you haven't even visited? That's some passion you have for our country! Thank you for your interest; I find your videos a lot of fun. You have to come up here sometime. You're sure making a lot of Canadian friends among your viewers.
Greeting from a Canadian! As many have already stated here, I can confirm that most Canadians probably know more about American history than most Americans do. I do not say this to be rude, it's simply a difference in how our education system works. We learn about the history of our own nation, but there is a significant amount of time spent learning about American and European history as well. America plays such a pivotal role on the world stage that it only makes sense for us to learn about our closest neighbor and most powerful ally. Great video, and keep up your learning journey!
Yessss. I completely agree. 🇨🇦
I watch those Jimmy Fallon bits where they go interview random people on the street about American history and most of them don’t even know the most basic things. 😆
Canada is irrelevant.
OMG! The Canadian flag was adopted in 1965, the same year I was born. Canada had used the red ensign previously which was a variation on the British Union Jack. The story that most Canadians do not even know today is that the colour scheme is wrong. Their was a great debate and many possible flags were submitted. Most of the flags included red, white and blue. Why? Because the British flag included red, white and blue. By the way the reason the American flag is red, white and blue is also because those were traditional colours to the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies. However, the dominant party - and the party in power at the time - was the Liberal Party and their colours were red and white. The Conservative Party colours were blue and white. So we got a red and white flag, Liberal Party colours.
Tyler expressed some surprise that much of Canada is sparsely populated. Canada is the second largest country in the world. Only Russia is bigger. Canada is significantly larger than the US but has a population about the same size as California, maybe 1/9th the size of the USA. Roughly 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. That leaves an enormous land mass very sparsely populated.
The War of 1812 is a fun story. Remember at this point Canada is not a country it is still very much part of the British Empire. A lot of Americans think they won this war. (Doubling over with belly laughter.) There was a Johnny Horton song in 1959 called "The Battle of New Orleans" which describes an American victory at the end of the War of 1812. Future President Andrew Jackson commanded the US troops in a decisive victory on January 8th, 1815. Because of that song many Americans believe they won that war. The problem is that the war had already been over for 15 days with a treaty having been signed in Ghent, Belgium. Neither side knew of the treaty since news could not travel that fast from Europe to the Americas 200 years ago. The last battle of the American Civil War was fought in Texas in June of 1865 - a Confederate victory - but I am pretty sure the Union won that war. The American invasion into Upper Canada (Ontario) was repulsed and the British at one point burned the White House with James and Dolly Madison escaping so swiftly that they left hot meals in the dining room (which the British soldiers ate). The only piece of real estate which was occupied for any length of time was what is now the state of Maine. When the British evacuated after the Treaty of Ghent they took booty with them back to Halifax. They used that money to establish Dalhousie University (established 1818) which is the largest school in my hometown. The supposed reason the Americans launched their invasion was because the British were boarding American ships and impressing American sailors (usually British born) into their navy. That subject is not even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, which should tell you a lot about who won. Alternatively you could believe that some in America saw an opportunity when Britain was embroiled in a European war with Napoleon Bonaparte.
That whole map showing a French Empire spanning from Quebec to Louisiana is a little misleading. Even today you can look around the world and see that populations are far greater on the coasts everywhere than they are inland. At the time of the American Revolution the Thirteen Colonies are on the coast. The French territory is inland. One of the reasons that the natives in the US generally favored the British is that the colonists wanted to move inland and the British were preventing that move. At that time when Americans talked about "The West" they weren't talking about California they were talking about Ohio. It wasn't really a French empire inland nor was it called Canada. Canada was generally a reference to what is Quebec today and later became known as Lower Canada. The French had a trading empire with the natives in the interior which is why you have American cities today with French names like Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans. Generally though this large swath of land was referred to as Louisiana, much larger than the modern state of Louisiana. The number of Frenchmen in this expansive territory was minimal. Those hardy men that trekked there intermarried with the natives and had much in common with the mountain men of a later era. Generally they were called "Coureur des Bois". They established (fur) trading posts that eventually became cities but that is far from establishing an empire.
Did you ever ask yourself why George Washington was given command of the Continental Army during the American Revolution? When the Continental Congress met he showed up in a military uniform. John Adams promoted him as the best choice to be commander. Adams, a New Englander, knew that the revolution began in New England and at that point was really a New England revolt. Adams wanted the other colonies to come onside otherwise they might be crushed in New England. Washington was a Virginia planter with a military background. At that point Virginia was the most populous of the colonies. And Washington had already started one world war. Yes, a world war. In 1754 a 22-year old Washington commanded Virginia troops - still part of the British Empire - that moved into the Ohio Valley and ambushed a French force of Canadiens in what is now called Jumonville Glen a little south of what is now Pittsburgh. That kicked off what is now called the French and Indian War in the US. In the larger history that war is folded into what we call the Seven Years War which spanned the globe. It all started with a 22-year old Washington in the wilderness south of Pittsburgh.
Backing up a few years the big French cities in North America were Quebec City and Montreal. The fort at Quebec guarded the mouth of the St. Lawrence river and Montreal was further downstream. Quebec City was founded in 1541, 79 years before the pilgrims arrived at Plymouth. The French had also established a fort at Louisbourg (named for King Louis XV) in Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) that guarded the entrance to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. It was insanely expensive. During the War of the Austrian Succession in 1745, a huge European war that spilled into North America the British took the fort. Many New Englanders took part in that British conquest. When the peace concluded the British gave the fort back to the French. The British decided they needed a counter point to Louisbourg and established the city of Halifax on June 30, 1749 to create a military post with a huge natural harbour between Louisbourg and Boston. Edward Cornwallis showed up with 5000 people to establish a new city overnight. Keep in mind that there were only 30,000 people in Boston at that time. (If you ever saw "The Patriot" you saw Mel Gibson grab the supply train of Charles Cornwallis and declare, after reading his journals, that he was a military genius. That Cornwallis was the nephew of Edward Cornwallis.) When the French and Indian War begins (remember that at this point the Americans were the British colonists) kicking off the Seven Years War the British decided to purge the French from North America. Most of the fighting would happen in Canada. Really, Canadian history is American history.
The British would launch a campaign that began with taking Fort Beausejour (Aulac, New Brunswick) near the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia today in 1755. From my grandparents farm you could look over the cow pasture and the next hill to Fort Beausejour. In 1758 they would launch an operation from Halifax to take Louisbourg again. Many troops wintered at Louisbourg then went on to attack Quebec City in 1759. The video mentions Wolfe and Montcalm both dying on the Plains of Abraham. This battle was a key battle in Canadian history but really in American history too because it was the end of the French in North America. There was a battle at Montreal in 1760 but the French were already done because the troops in Montreal were already cut off from re-supply from France once the British conquered Quebec.
The Britsh defeat of the French in the Seven years War (or the French and Indian War) set the stage for the American Revolution. The British were in debt after so many wars and levied taxes that American colonists objected to. You probably know that story. You may not know that Benedict Arnold led an American attack on Quebec City (December 31, 1775) that failed miserably.
I noticed in the video they mentioned Habitants/Canadiens. Canadiens is a French version of Canadians. If you watch hockey you will know that the Montreal Canadians are often referred to as "The Habs" which is short for Habitants.
I was impressed that in this video they mentioned the Statutes of Westminster in 1931 as a point where Canada truly became independent. Americans fought a war of independence so they have a pretty good idea when their independence happened. That isn't true in Canada. Our process was gradual and evolutionary. Most Canadians think we became independent in 1867. That was one of the milestones but we were still very much part of the Empire. While Americans didn't enter World War I until April 6, 1917 Canada was in the war in 1914. We never declared war. It was just assumed that if Britain went to war so did we. In World War II Canada declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939. It was more than two years before the USA but a week after Great Britain. We were still closely tied to Britain but independent enough to decide for ourselves if we were going to war.
I could go on and on but I think that is enough.
There's a great story about how the flag committee of the 1960s ended up voting for the current design, which was not the first choice of the governing Liberals. In a nutshell, the Conservatives on the committee didn't want any new flag to be adopted, so they voted for the actual red and white design we have today.. They were hoping to deadlock the vote (and prevent any change) because the Liberals on the committee favoured another design (with multiple leaves and some blue). Instead, the Liberals threw their support to the red and white design during the key vote, to the surprise of the Tories. (Second choice was better than no new flag for the Libs). The outmaneuvered Tories were furious, and former Prime Minister Diefenbaker cried when they lowered the Red Ensign for the last time.
Canada is still part of the British Commonwealth countries. Australia and New Zealand as well.. our collective head of state until recently, was our beloved Queen Elizabeth 11, and now King Charles 111. The history provided is fabulous and well done!! Still so much more across Canada.. I personally think blue on either side with the white background and glorious Maple 🍁 would have been a sharp looking contrast for our flag.. but hey.. all 3 flags from UK, Canada and USA are so different that the colours didn't hurt anything
We studies all about the USA in grade school and high school.. memorized all states and capitals.. import exports, geography as well..
We are your neighbours 😀
Wow shawn coats that was an excellent comment. Thank you from Alberta
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada
Outstanding, was going to write basically the same..and you saved me from from texting with my thunbs. Both our nations have such a rich and intertwined history of the birth of ours two County's..we're more then " Cousins the North / South but brothers ( Brothers on the short bus)
Yes, those explorers are all indeed pretty well known here in Canada; Jean Talon even went door to door himself in the 1660's to take a full census of New France. Most of the facts are well known here. Franch is spoken in many places but mostly in Quebec. And most people live within a day's drive to the US border because higher up North it is COLD!
Hey Catherine my 12th great grand father was Jacques Beaudoin and Anne Collard
It’s not cold all the time, only the far north.
People in Canada settled primarily near the border in Ontario and Quebec where there was water transport via the Great Lakes.
I have ancestors that show up in the 1st Census of Europeans on Canadian soil... My roots here go DEEP! 😅❤️
Yes! Cold but beautiful 😍
Thank you Tyler! My family is one of the founding families!
Glad you did this - you asked about Canadian Native-Settler relations. At first, the French and Canadian First Nations were partners in the fur trade and military allies, attacking the English colonies in New England and New York. The Mohawks & other Iroquois were allies of the English and fought against the French. But after the American Revolution, the US took the Mohawks' land (American colonists always resented that the British protected the territory of their Native allies and wouldn't let colonists go west of the Appalachians into 'Indian country') so the Mohawks joined other American "Loyalists" taking refuge in Canada. When the US invaded Canada in 1812, Mohawks were our fiercest defenders. Other formerly "American" Natives defended Canada, notably Tecumseh (a great hero, an amazing story) If it wasn't for them, Canada would have been captured and might have become part of the US. But the War of 1812 was the beginning of the end for the eastern First Nations, as nations. As more and more settlers arrived Native land was taken. Later when the buffalo were exterminated the Western nations had to give up their land for food. A sad story. But worth knowing.
We are all so ignorant and biased when it comes to each other's histories. Your narrative would make a great 5-minute video!
I went to school in the US, and we covered quite a bit of this. I'm actually surprised that he hadn't at least heard of the "Louisiana Purchase" - that big colored area on the map that the US bought from the French.
Good deal I guess.... Alaska too. ; )
Specifically Napoleon, to finance his war in Europe.
I wonder about Florida. I guess Spain lost it in a treaty.
yeah I am pretty sure he simply forgot about the purchase
I’m American and I learned all this in school. Thankful for my great teachers!
As a Canadian I truly appreciate you taking the time to learn about some of our history. Not only are we your neighbour we’re one of your biggest trading partners, the other being Mexico, hence the NAFTA treaty we had all signed trying to make it easier for products to go back and forth between the nations. True story years ago I was on vacation with my parents, I was maybe 12-13 at the time, we visited Charleston SC, we were sightseeing and stopped in one of the beautiful mansions located there. This particular home had a view of Fort Sumter site of the start of the war between the states, our tour guide asked a few questions regarding the war, I was able to answer everyone she posed, she then asked where I was from and I told her I was from Toronto, even though I wasn’t. Most Canadians will tell Americans they are from a large city like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver even Ottawa because these tend to be places most have heard of, anyway she was surprised about how much knowledge I had about the Civil War and the fact it started at Fort Sumter. She then asked the rest of the people on tour where they had come from only to learn my family were the only non-Americans in the group, she then said it surprised her that someone from another country knew more details about your country than it’s own citizens. And France had established a colony in 1534 in NA so they did expand down the coast line and into what would become the USA, that’s the reason why there are French people in places like Louisiana, especially around the New Orleans area.
We learned a lot about American History in school. I live in the Sonora Desert in Canada. Canadians call it the Southern Okanagan. Most Americans don't even know there is a desert here. I do not speak French at all. Born and raised on the west coast of Canada.
Rattlesnakes, cactus and sagebrush - that often blows Americans minds 😂
Thank you Tyler for expanding your knowledge and learning about your neighbor
We had a full year of studying American history and politics. We had to learn about your government and had to learn all your states and capitals. A large portion of our high school programme
I'm Canadian but spend a LOT of time in the states. I can tell you that my friends are highly educated, most have degrees, and yet when it comes to world history, even geography, i was taken aback by how little any of them know about the rest of the world in those two fields of study. This isn't an "American's are Dumb" post, on the contrary. But when you say "hopefully people outside of America are maybe not so familiar with important names in American history, that's when i have to break out the sad news. The whole world learns about america to a certain extent, and usually at the highschool level. In gradeschool, when i was 10 in Canada, I had to memorize all the states and all their capitals, a fact that blew my US friends' minds. And of course because USA culture and influence is all over the world, and so much depends on America, like the world economy, innovation, etc, that it can't be ignored. I believe, and so do my previously mentioned, educated american friends, that the root cause of this knowledge gap comes from some form of American exceptionalism. Many countries call themselves "the best", but in america that's a culture, being #1, which they are at certain things, but definitely not in others like healthcare, EDUCATION fittingly, social security, and even quality of life which seems odd considering it's the richest country by far. I'n fact, I'd go even further and say that I bet the rise of nationalism in the states in the form of trumpism has to do with the fact that many american's truly believe this concept at being the best at everything, mostly because they know so little about the rest of the world compared to what is being taught elsewhere, and if they aren't taught that there are things that they can learn from other nations, then the logical conclusion is why bother learning about anywhere else if we're the best, what can knowing about inferior countries possibly teach us. So I think that's worth thinking about. For the record, I love America with all my heart, not so much the government, or the minority of people trying to get an economic stranglehold on the middle class to make the rich richer. But this is a BIG problem the way i see it, the less people know about other countries, the less likely they are to accept adopting better ideas from other successful countries, and the more the country looks inward, not taking hints from the rest of the world about certain things they can do better. Things in this list include: REAL Maple Syrup, not that brow sugar based stuff you get at iHop, healthcare systems that are cheaper for the government, have better outcomes, and free care to patients, gun laws, etc, etc, etc, the list is quite long.
The average everyday American is completely “world dumb” lol it is mind boggling at times for me but makes for great TH-cam comment sections haha
American s don't teach geography in school .RBC
I am a fellow Canadian and a proud conservative. I have to call you out you basically said only one side of the story.. Our country is just as divided as the United States we have a Prime Minister who is dividing us just as the American president is these days. If you remember it was our country that started the worldwide trend of truckers rallies. What you called trumpism Actually just the other 50% of the population saying they've had enough of bending over and cow towing to left wing values. The only difference between Canadian and American politics is that Canadians tend to be a little bit more contrite and polite We aren't as vicious as our neighbors to the South when it comes to political leanings.
@@eurekatheeverythingstore1253 The support for that convoy was only by a small minority of Canadians.
@@eurekatheeverythingstore1253 The trucker convoy rose from a very loud but quite small minority. Even among Albertans, people who support those views and antics are in the minority, usually split along urban/rural lines. We can’t deny Trumpism has given rise to right wing conservatism in Canada. People feel emboldened to express previously taboo opinions, especially those which infringe on letting others people simply live their lives and enjoy equal rights. The me-first attitude of Trumpism is eroding Canada’s social fabric and politics. The pandemic made it really easy to see people for who they really are. As a military vet, I found it irksome how selfish and loud so many people were who screamed about freedom when it was a time for self-sacrifice for the greater good, for the most vulnerable. I shudder to think if there was another world war where we had to fight fascism, how many people would turn their back and shirk responsibility and duty with a “you can’t make me” attitude. We can only hope the pendulum starts to swing back towards the centre before disinformation and corruption tips over into autocracy, or in the case of the US, Christian theocracy.
As a Canadian I'm a little tickled by how respectful you are of the idea of the war of 1812, because every Canadian I know associates it with the Arrogant Worms song or just 'that time we took the whitehouse from Madison'
Good stuff! Always glad to see an American with a humbling attitude. You should react to History of Canada in 10 minutes and Geography Now! Canada there’s lots of cool facts in those videos.
Or the Heritage Minutes... there is several of them relating the history and the making of today's Canada... short stories of one minute each! They're all on TH-cam.
You are truly the USA citizen that everyone should be! Knowing more is always better! In high school, we were obviously continuing on Canadian history. But I did pick specific classes that were 'American History." I always wanted to learn more about the countries around me. :) Sorry, I'm a Canadian: I forgot to tell. :P
Also, becoming fully independent from the UK was a 120+ year process that started in 1867 with an Act in the British Parliament which gave us the right to self governance and concluded in 1982 with the implementation of the Canadian Constitution.
a constitution never signed by Quebec, but Canada couldn't care less. Vive le Québec libre, indépendant!
@@jbqu3142 Very interesting..
@@jbqu3142 as a Canadian myself I'd just like to say .. fuck Quebec
I guess this is a little known fact:
John Cabot’s real name is “Giovanni Caboto” and you guessed it, he was Italian, from Italy who served under the English king of that time. His English name would then become John Cabot with the illusion he was English “from England”.
Tyler, you need to also know that although Canada is an independent nation, it is still one of the 15 other countries that makes up the British Commonwealth of Nations. Thus, Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State in Canada (she is the Queen of Canada) represented by a Governor General who is based in Canada. This is mostly ceremonial, and the Queen or Governor General have no law-making power. That falls to the elected Prime Minister, the House of Lords, and the Canadian Senate.
The Commonwealth is made up of 54 member states.
Last time I checked there were 56 countries part of the Commonwealth.
The House of Commons, not Lords. You are cross threading the UK and Canada.
@@2727rogers but only some are Commonwealth Realms, where the Queen is sovereign. Other members merely accept The Queen as Head of the Commonwealth with no constitutional authority over them - Her Majesty is instead the symbol of their free association within the organisation.
she is Queen of Canada by our upgraded 1981 constitution not by any relation to the old empire. The commonwealth is entered into by choice of the nation not a British decision.
Don't feel embarrassed. I was born in Canada but spent most of my life in California, and was educated in the US. I have family from both my mother's side and dad's side that settled in the US, and while looking into my genealogy I discovered my family was one of the first families to arrive in the Massachusetts's Bay Colony. They weren't Loyalists to the Crown when the Revolution broke out but sort of just wandered across the border one day to farm the land in Nova Scotia. Then they took a long trek to Ontario. The border was very porous in those days.
Canada is part of the commonwealth and the Queen is head of state that is their tie too the UK.
Canada respects the Queen of the commonwealth yes but Queen Elizabeth is Queen of Canada by constitutional decree of 1981 not by commonwealth acceptance
Both crowns are separated.
Hopefully for not much longer.
Thank you for taking time to learn about Canada 🇨🇦. I found it interesting you refer to the US as "America". We are all North Americans.
Yes, we are all North Americans, but Canadians are from Canada, and Americans are from the United States of America. They are the official names of two countries. We share a continent which is NORTH America, we are North Americans, not Americans. Just like how South Americans are South American, not American. Unless Canada was called The Provinces of North America, The USA and Canada couldn't both be called the same thing. The States, The Provinces... yes, but simple America, no. They need and have distinct names. Leave off the America part and The USA is The United States. Put the America part back on and it can be shortened to America. It's just a NAME. Mexico is North American too, but it's not American.
Hey! French Canadian talking here!!! :) Did you know that in French, their are two official titles for a person living in USA : américain et états-uniens ;) so I think you both have a point!
@@Bevity shortening USA to America is wrong because America is the name of a continent, not the name of a country 😂
@@noemiecloutier4630 As a French Canadian, I would never call them américains, but always états-uniens, it's just what makes the most sense. I understand that there's no other word in English, but talking about "America" as a country can never sound right to anybody but états-uniens 😜
@@allister.trudel United States of America is the whole official NAME of the country. So it can be shortened to America just like how it can be shortened to the States, United States, USA, US.... It doesn't matter that the country name also includes the name of the continent. Look a little deeper than the surface.
I’m also Canadian and I live in city which borders Detroit, MI. I went to school in Detroit for a while and when I told some Americans in my class that I live in Windsor, Ontario, they didn’t even realize that was the city directly across the Detroit river. I was shocked. Also had a student think that Toronto was in Texas lol Great video 🙋🏻♀️👏🏼🙌🏼👍🏼💜🇨🇦
I live in Windsor too…so…I’m shocked. Awhile ago I was in Mexico and met a gentleman that thought Ontario was a part of the USA. He wasn’t quite sure where it was, but he knew it was American. I didn’t correct him, I just smiled and walked away
Fellow Windsorite here - I’ll never forget when my friend’s hockey team went to play a tournament in Northern Michigan in the SUMMER and the Americans were asking if it was snowing where they came from in Windsor 😳 further south geographically than where they were in Michigan
@@herstory_thrift 😂 that’s a good one! Yeah some of them really be thinking we live in igloos. Their ignorance can be entertaining at times. I was born and raised in Stratford, ON but have been in Windsor for a long time now.
haha yes! I'm from New Brunswick and people in Maine know nothing about us. I've been asked if we really live in igloos; dude, we're less backwoods than you, lol
I just moved from Windsor to New Brunswick. Love telling people I had to go North from Windsor to get to the US.
Quebecker here.
My history & geography class did talk a bit about the USA, though I must say, that I don't remember much of the states's names or placement on maps.
The Quiet Revolution "La Révolution Tranquille" was really important and honestly, really interesting to learn about.
Certainly appreciate your interest Tyler in learning about our nation , it’s so refreshing to see. American and British history were definitely part of our school curriculum in the fifties and sixties. I have several relatives and friends in the US and I find it surprising how little they really know about Canada. Most often they don’t seem interested in knowing either. Thanks for pursuing this and getting to know your neighbour.