Yeah! It's a difficult thing to describe... It's like it can be used almost as an expression of gratitude. Acknowledging someone has made an effort for your benefit.
Yes I feel this way, I'm sorry it puts you off but I'm not sorry I'm doing it. I don't mean you any discomfort or bad feelings but I feel I have to do it. Sorry.
yeah we sorry a lot , someone bumped into me recreantly they we not watching where they were walking . We both said sorry at the same time . While I was walking away I was like why did I say I was sorry 🙃
Fun fact - Canadians don’t describe distance so much in kms or miles as we do by time… if I want to drive from my home in Winnipeg to my brothers home in Edmonton, Alberta, I would say it’s a 12 hour drive, vs 1300 kms or 850 miles… 100 kms is an hour. You’ll hear it a lot as Canada is so big to travel across…
I've never described a big ride over 30 minutes to 1 hour in km- heck I don't even check them most of the time- I just call it "5 minutes away" most of the time
I remember European friends being confused when I’d say a three hour drive wasn’t too long. I guess when you’ve driven over 8 hours to spend two nights in a place the relativity stays with you haha
I was born and have lived my entire life in Canada. I am Native so my family goes back many generations living here. Even though its obviously not perfect I still wouldn't want to live any where else in the world.
I'm terribly sorry for everything your people have gone through. You are incredibly special to want to live here after all that went before. Sending love and respect!!
I think that most of the people who complain the loudest don't have a clue what it's like beyond our borders. They are insular and can't seem to see the bigger picture. Faulty wiring? Sorry. 🫣
If you write a letter to Santa and address it to "Santa > North Pole > H0H 0H0 > Canada," employees and volunteers with Canada Post will respond as "Santa." I kid you not.
Another interesting tidbit, Canada and Denmark were in a 50 year war called the “ whiskey war”that went on from 1978 to 2022 over Hans island. Both countries laid stake to the island and by doing so would lay claim by putting in their flag and a bottle of liquor ( whiskey for Canada and schnapps for Denmark ). The other country would take the alcohol and put in their flag removing the other country’s flag. In 2022 , the 2 countries ended the war and split the island in half. Canada now officially shares a border with Denmark! 😂
The Canadian "sorry" has many reasons. "I regret doing that to you", "I'm sad that is happening to you" "I should have been paying more attention" "Can I just sneak by here", "hey, get out of my way", etc...
And also when someone is talking and you missed what they said. So we say I'm sorry what did u just say, or sorry man, what was that. I love being Canadian. I once apologised to pillar for running into it. I was reading and walking. My sister laughed so hard she was crying. 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🇨🇦
I think the infographic is not intended to actually represent the distribution of the population, rather just showing the "10%". There are huge swaths of Canada that are essentially uninhabited.
Actually 50% or so of the population lives in the "Windsor-Quebec Coridor" (Which is actually the dip into the US, basically, half Canadians live south of the Canada-US border)
The Pincher Creek temperature change was due to a Chinook, where air heats up and loses its moisture as it travels from the Pacific ocean, across the Rocky mountains. It's a natural occurrence that happens most commonly in Alberta. It's the primary reason it's so windy in Pincher Creek.
I grew up in Wales but emigrated to Canada in 1983. I landed in Vancouver but moved to Alberta a couple of years later for better job opportunities. I then spent 10 years working overseas (Asia) for a US based company but was hugely happy to return to Canada in 2010 when I was offered an opportunity near Toronto, Ontario. In August 2022, my wife and I relocated back to Alberta and we drove the Trans Canada No 1 Highway from Toronto to Calgary. Wow, what an experience! Just getting out of the Province of Ontario takes a couple of days. Then, the drive along the north shore of Lake Superior is spectacular! Even the drive through the prairies was a lot more interesting than I was expecting. It's a drive that every Canadian should take at some point to pick up an appreciation for how great and beautiful our country is.
@@bhministry, too many times. My wife still had family on Vancouver Island and we would drive out from Calgary for Christmas and summer holidays most years.
Fun fact. The day my 5 year old daughter became a Canadian citizen, she walked up and down the streetcar in Toronto saying sorry to everyone on the trolley. That was the most Canadian thing I have ever seen and she did it without any prompting from me. Proof that being Canadian is having to say you're sorry. 🇨🇦
The National Hockey League (NHL) has 32 teams and only 7 of them are Canadian... but almost half of all NHL players are Canadian. We don't really play much lacrosse, but it's the national sport because it was an indigenous sport that was here before British settlers came. We play it in school and there are pro teams, but you don't really hear much about it.
Saying we don't play much lacrosse is pretty incorrect, Canada essentially has its own national league (the NLL) with numerous American teams but Canadians dominate the league with it being 80% Canadian players. The US has its own outdoor league (the PLL) but it also has a very large Canadian player base. Lacrosse is huge in BC, Alberta, and Ontario; and growing rapidly in Sask, Manitoba and a couple other provinces :)
@@MrBOOM546 but who actually watches? Among the people who love sports where I live I've never heard lacrosse come out any of their mouths, we learned about it being an indigenous sport and played it for like a week or two in phys ed, even on TSN you can't look at the sports tabs on lacrosse lol
@@AL-fl4jk I don't even think there's a stadium for lacrosse in Edmonton (closest city to me), let alone would there ever be one that would get more wild than an NHL game, especially something like the battle of Alberta or something, if I'm not wrong there have been riots over hockey games in Edmonton at least
I was surprised that this video didn't mention that the Bay of Fundy, between my province of New Brunswick and the province of Nova Scotia, has the highest tides in the world, averaging 47.5 feet and having reached 53.6 feet on at least 1 occasion.
@@miladysteevesYes, that is confusing.But I know it's St. John, NB. I wasn't sure about the river name. Thinking it was connect to St. John is why I used the possessive John's. Been there, stayed there and went through there a number of times. My older brother lived in PEI. I've known about the tide since high school - 78 years ago.
The big temperature change is due to a chinook. Basically, a warm wind rolling off of the Rocky Mountains entering Alberta. We get them several times a winter and they can raise temperatures from a deep freeze to above freezing for anywhere from a day to several weeks. This winter we actually went from extreme cold to one rolling through Christmas day. On December 27th, we actually woke up to rain instead of snow. One side effect of the chinook winds is migraines. Southern Alberta experiences some of the highest migraine episodes in Canada because of them. Ottawa isn't the 2nd largest city in Canada. It's the 2nd largest in Ontario. It's probably about 6th largest. Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Edmonton are all larger. The loonie was basically named such because it has a picture of a loon on the front. When the $2 coin came out it was named a toonie- 2 loonies. Another name that was in the running was doubloon- double loonies. The Mclobster is only an east coast thing. We don't have it on the prairies. Wood Buffalo National Park, located mainly in Alberta, with a small bit in the Northwest Territories, also contains the worlds largest beaver dam. A multigenerational dam, its currently at 850 meters long and still growing. To put in perspective for a Brit, the park is about twice the size of Wales. Its the 2nd largest national park in the world, surpassed only by one in Greenland. Montreal is no longer the 2nd largest French speaking city. 2 cities in Africa have surpassed it.
The dollar coin was originally going to have a Voyeur but the dies disappeared for over a week between Ottawa and Winnipeg so they had to go with the second choice.
I live in Ottawa. I've lived all over Ontario but Ottawa is my absolute favorite. It's the hardest city for weather -45 wind chill winter, +47 humidex in the summer , but it's more like a big town than a city. There's consistently something happening. You don't hafta travel far to get out of town, there's lots of museums, parks, trails. We have all the sports teams. Not Major league except for our NHL Ottawa Senators. (GO SENS GO). I Really love living in Ottawa. Plus I may be a lil bias being Algonquin. Haha
Saying sorry a lot is not a stereotype, I think most of us Canadians have even caught ourselves apologizing to inanimate objects such as chairs or doorways that we have bumped into. We are in general a polite and kind people however it's easy enough to find the jerks here too. Churchill Manitoba does have a polar bear jail. Nuisance polar bears are trapped and detained there until they can be relocated. Temperature extremes are just part of Canadian life in most parts of the country.
I have apologized so many inanimate objects it's not even funny,, I think there's nothing more Canadian then apologizing to the door jamb or the table you just stubbed your foot on
Most of the "British" influence in Canada was Scottish influence. Scotland had about a dozen times more cultural influence on Canada than England ever had.
Especially in the Maritime provinces. My Paternal Grandfather (Born in PEI) was 50% Scottish 50% Irish , whose ancestors came over in the early 1800's. I carry a good old Scottish Clan last name.. I do have English ancestry as well though through my maternal grandmother (Ontario region) Here in Saskatchewan, I would say people are more of an Eastern European ancestry due to the encouraged immigration/settlement time frame (Late 1800's early 1900's). My paternal Grandmother was from Romania.
South-western Ontario has any number of towns bearing Scottish names. We even have a Scotland, Ontario and Tobermory at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. New Edinburgh is part of Ottawa. So, yes, The Scottish influence is very strong.
@@jameslatimer3600 There were large settlements of Highlanders in Glengarry County in Eastern Ontario, and in Lambton County in South-western Ontario. Lowlanders settled more in the cities. The 19th Century ruling class of Toronto was overwhelmingly Scottish, as a glance at the tombs in any old cemetery will show. In the far north of Ontario, many Cree and Ojibway bear Scottish names and "old time Cree fiddling" music and dance are identical to Highland, Hebridean and Orkney styles. I recently found a newspaper photo of the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway line in 1966 --- and the ribbon-cutters were surrounded by kilt-wearing men and bagpipers, so Toronto Scottishness was still going strong even as late as the Beatles era.
Your face and reaction to "polar bear jail" made me abruptly laugh out loud. I am so glad I had finished my dinner or I may have made quite the mess. LOL A Canadian in Alberta here.
We took the Trans-Canada Highway when we moved from Ontario to Alberta. We left southern Ontario near the end of September, and northern Ontario was *beautiful*. All the fall colours! Manitoba was chock full of trees, in Saskatchewan you could see for kilometers, and as we got further into Alberta, the Rocky Mountains appeared on the horizon. It was unforgettable!
I hope you’ve had the opportunity since to drive from Alberta to Vancouver!! I’m from Calgary and have made the trip over a dozen times in my life, half of it underage with my family to visit family in Vancouver. It is THE most gorgeous road trip (at least, in my small world) during Spring/Summer/Fall. Coming from the Foothills you drive through and up over the Rocky Mountains and then down into BC where you get closer and closer to sea level. All along the way you have the yellowish green colour of Alberta grass and dark green evergreen trees and then it slowly lightens into the beautiful bright green tones of BC as you get closer to the coast. I will say it’s a bit depressing going the other way hahaha but hey, it’s home!
When we first drove to the west coast and saw that dark line across the horizon getting bigger as we drove we thought it was an approaching storm. Awesome beyond belief.
as someone from Saskatchewan its always so interesting to see how people react to the landscape here. I remember when I was a kid I thought it was the most boring thing in the world to take the three hour drive up to our cabin and didn't really start to appreciate it's beauty until much later. I'll never forget taking the bus to Cypress Hills with a group of exchange students from Ontario and seeing how excited they got by how far they could see
7:03 Here’s your explanation. Pincher Creek, ALBERTA (they failed to mention the province) is in an area on the leeward (rain shadow) side of the Rocky Mountains, which experiences a weather phenomenon called a Chinook (pronounced SH not Ch), which-when atmospheric conditions are right-causes the air to heat up. I live in Calgary and we get chinooks all the time. You can tell by the chinook arch in the sky: a line of clouds that forms just past the Rockies. I’ve seen crazy temperature swings before. I’ve seen it be -15° during the day and then a chinook came in that evening and at midnight it was 10° out. I’ve also seen a nice, beautiful 22° day turn into -3° and a snowstorm in the span of about 5-10 minutes. I’ve seen roasting hot 15° days in the middle of winter, and I’ve also seen snow in every single month of the year. On the other hand I’ve also seen -40° and -55° in central and northern Alberta, and I’ve seen 37° here and 46° in southeastern BC. We live in a land of extremes, and thankfully sometimes the extremes cancel each other out and make it mild.
I think you may know of A.A. Milne ‘ Winnie the Pooh! That has a strong Canadian connection. Harry Colebourn, was a veterinarian living in Winnipeg. He got on a train to Montreal, to enlist in the army during WW1. On a stop in White River, Ontario, he bought a bear cub for 20.00. He named HER Winnipeg Bear, after his hometown. The bear became a mascot for Harry’s troop the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. The brigade got orders to go to England, and Winnie was allowed to go with them. Once in England, they were ordered to France, but Winnie was not allowed to go, so the London Zoo “ borrowed “ Winnie. The loan, would become permanent. It was there that A.A. Milnes’s son, Christopher Robin, would fall in love with it, and inspired, wrote the classic Winnie the Pooh. You could do a video on Vimy Ridge, and also Canada role in the Whiskey war with Denmark, which was sadly, finally ended in 2022! Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
I've heard that if you get lost in the woods in England, you only need to walk in one direction long enough and you'll find 'civilization'. As a Canadian, I know that, if you get lost in the woods, you're pretty much done for.
ha, walk down hill until you find running water then go down stream, you will have food and water until you find signs of human habitation. Even on the prairies, there is a slope to the land, as slight as it is, so the above works all across Canada.
I was a boy scout as a youth. We were taught bushcraft and survival skills. Because our country is so sparsely populated and so covered in forest, it is incredibly useful to have that kind of knowledge for when we go hiking/camping out in the woods. Which is something we Canucks love doing.
What part of Canada are you from? We were taught wilderness survival skills in elementary school (Calgary, AB, an hour's drive from the Rockies), on school outdoors trips, at summer camps, and in options classes in Jr. High. Lots of other activities, too. Basics like how to best use a garbage bag for protection from the elements, avoid stopping under trees in the winter, how to purify water and what to avoid, using the powder from the bark of aspen poplars as sunscreen, tying shiny/reflective items to branches to aid search and rescue rather than just hanging them to keep birds from stealing them, the importance of checking bear warnings and how to use bear spray, evaluating avalanche risk... the list goes on. Most importantly, ensure that someone knows where you are going, your planned route, and how long you expect to be out so that they can alert the appropriate authorities and provide as much information as possible if you don't return. You are more likely to end up in trouble on a ski slope than out hiking, although the majority of wilderness fatalities in my area occur due to avalanches in the backcountry.
@@nicelliott1175 They didn't have that in schools when I was still in school, at least not in the lower mainland of BC. The only places where you could learn them were Scout/ Guides or the Cadets. In this area it's falls down into valleys, rivers that cause the most injuries and fatalities from hikers not paying attention to basic safety and staying away from the cliff edges.
That's true. Witness any huge snowfall and everyone is helping dig each other out. My son regularly shovels the walkways of his nonagenarian neighbours and he's not unusual.
The drastic weather changes within one day is a unique and very rare occurrence in Canada. It can only happen during the first 12 months of the year And usually on a day that ends with Y Here in Saskatchewan, we call it Thursday 👵🏻🇨🇦
Drove across from ocean to ocean several times. Must haves; No. 1 mechanically sound vehicle No. 2 best tires you can afford No. 3 excellent paper maps in case Hwy1 is closed (don’t trust google earth) No. 4 food, water, first aide kit, blankets and bear spray.
It got to nearly-50C in winnipeg (where i live) this winter And yes, the sorry thing is NOT a stereotype, we are well known for being polite and take pride in it. One of my favourite jokes is “your not canadian till you apologize for saying sorry too much” Me and my family when moving, drove 2,300KM on the trans canada highway, going from the rockey mountains (absolutely GORGEOUS), to the plains of Manitoba, it was a long but beautiful road trip And yes, the Canadian national teams often dominate hockey, probably because we have free outdoor ice rinks across alot of the country that people grow up on
We got nearly +50C in BC (where I live) a couple summers ago. So that's an almost 100 degree difference (it officially clocked in at 49.6 degrees... in the shade)
The History channel has a years long running show that features the many cultures across the globe that have secreted treasure and artefacts on a tiny little island in Nova Scotia. You must watch it, try and find some early shows - so you get a good history of what these 'searchers' have uncovered. Spanish marks of 8, gold and silver, artifacts from soldiers as far back as the 1100's ..... all found on this tiny little island. The Knights Templar have a strong footprint that connects to island to Castle Rosslyn in Scotland.... it is mind blowing. Maps from antiquity describing the voyage and location are astounding. OAK ISLAND is the name of the series, and you will love it.
I’m also a military history buff, and I would recommend watch a video on Léo Major, a one man Canadian army in World War Two, especially in the Netherlands campaign.
In terms of the "rude people" there are lots. Now, most are not. If you live in a cold place or otherwise dangerous place, the only way to survive is to rely on others. I think this is why we are the way we are.
If you are at all interested in sports, the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Vancouver rank as the greatest sporting achievement in Canadian history. Up until then, Canada had hosted the Olympic Games twice before, the summer games in Montréal in 1976 and the winter ones in Calgary in 1988. Unlike most host nations who win more gold medals than usual on home soil, in both those games Canadians won no gold medals at all, which kept the IOC from awarding the games to Canada for a long time. In the meantime, successive Canadian governments put more emphasis on helping athletes with the result that in Vancouver Canadians won 14 gold medals, a record that still stands for most gold medals by a home country at the winter Olympic Games. There’s a great video that shows all 14 golds that I think you would get a great reaction from. As well, I recommend watching two videos on Canadian reactions to winning the men’s Olympic ice hockey gold in Vancouver on the last day of the games in overtime against the USA. I’m totally impressed by your interest in things Canadian, and keep watching the government heritage minutes for great information on all things Canadian. I’m from Vancouver and although I wasn’t in attendance at that final game, I was with the crowds in the streets for hours afterwards. What a fantastic party!🇨🇦🍁🏒
I was on the street outside during the final game, too! It was hard to see what was happening on the huge screens, but people would yell bits of info across the crowd, and it was so tense during overtime! Then when they won, it was so crazy and happy. Though, there were a few minutes there where the crush of the packed crowd was genuinely frightening. Thankfully it didn't turn bad.
I was there then, too :) I'm a Vancouverite relocated to Calgary and was so happy to go back for a course during the Olympics. Great atmosphere in the streets, loved seeing all the foreign teams having a blast downtown - it was a memory I'll have forever.
As for your question about hockey, yes in any Olympics or World Championships Canada is expected to win gold and it's a big surprise when we don't. US, Russia and Sweden are also very good at hockey.
I'm starting to think how we say 'aboot' came from our Scottish influence 😂 You'd love Nova Scotia (New Scotland, as I'm sure you already know). It's got a little of everything, except the Rockies. Some of us say 'eh'. I use it quite a bit...it can be used to ask a question, make a comment, or just to throw into the end of a sentence. Wait until you learn about Newfoundland....they have their own dictionary.
I think aboot is more an East Coast thing. I never hear it in the Western provinces. Just like Canadian bacon, until I went out for breakfast in Ontario, I had no idea that Canadian bacon was ham. I just thought it was pork belly bacon. 😂
@@22Energies def not an east coast thing, I'm from Prince Edward Island and have never heard people talk like that, nor in fact anywhere I've been across the country (unless in a joking way) the closest I've heard was in Alberta where some seem to pronounce "ou" words like "ow" The only accent I've ever heard this was actually Scottish. We def do say "Eh" and "bud/buddy" here though and we use the "F" word excessively but always say we're sorry lol
This video talks of the largest mall in the US being owned by Canadians. The first mall they built is actually the largest in North America & it is in my home city of Edmonton Alberta, it is West Edmonton Mall. There is a water park, NHL size ice rink, amusement park, a full size replica of the Santa Maria, a hotel & many other things to see & do other than clothes shop…..it’s worth a look.
The world water park in West Edmonton Mall is weird, middle of winter, -30c outside go into the mall and see a huge water park with about a dozen slides and it looks like you were transported to a beach in California. I also loved the coaster at galaxy land there as well. Too bad is is now shut down and slated to be disassembled.
Claim to be, but in reality it isn't true haha. They try to, will react harshly to any rat sightings. But you're not going to see every rat that lives here.
As a Canadian, living in Thunder Bay, Ontario, I can tell you that since we started recording our weather, Thunder Bay has had snow, every month of the year, at one point or another. It rarely happens in summer, but it HAS happened. :P
I grew up in Thunder Bay and now live in BC. The kids here don't believe me that I would have to choose my Halloween costume based on what would fit over my snowsuit.
Canada has dominated international hockey the past 100 years or so. 52 world championship medals (27 golds), 20 world junior golds (U20), 22 Olympic medals (including 13 golds), 23 u18 world golds, and the past three best on best tournaments, and thats just the men, the women have arguably been even more dominant. Not to mention the best player in the world right now with Connor McDavid and the best prospect with Connor Bedard (maybe the next Mcdavid?). You should check out some world junior highlights if your interested in good young international hockey, the tournament recently ended. If there was a mens best vs best tournament right now, Canada would be the favorite followed by the US and Russia.
also check out how many of our Canadian boys playing hockey are actually playing at the top level for other countries, cities, etc. They come back and play for our Olympic team and world team, but there are so many playing for other leagues around the world.
@@rk74194 The iihf world rankings mean nothing. Finland has never won a mens best on best tournament, and no the world championships are not best on best as the NHL playoffs are still going on. Finland would probably be the fifth favorite after Canada, USA, Russia and Sweden. They have a good roster but lack depth, and no standout star player.
@@tenuousfuzzball7594 Finland has won 5 World Junior best on best tournaments! Tied with the US! Russia is banned, their not ranked anywhere! I know how the World Championships work, thanks!
Some comments on Canada and sports, in answer to some of your questions... Lacrosse is awesome, it is played in major stadiums that thousands of people go and watch. It is the most violent sport imaginable that isn't just people fighting each other, with players attempting to shoot a ball into a net with a netted stick, and the other team doing their best to beat them down and get the ball with those same sticks. You should watch a Toronto Rock lacrosse game, but any NLL (National Lacrosse League) game will be fun. Canada's international "ice hockey" (we call it hockey, without the 'ice') teams are top tier, winning many Olympic golds and World Championships in both men and women's competition.
Pincher Creek, like most of Alberta, experiences a fairly unique winter weather phenomenon called chinooks. They are when warm, wet air from the west coast comes and drops its moisture in the Rocky Mountains and then becomes a warm, dry wind. It can raise the temperature drastically for a week or so at a time. Saskatchewan and Manitoba experience them to a lesser degree as well.
Polar Bear jail is a real thing. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the polar bear capital of the world is Churchill, Manitoba a little over 900 miles north of me. “ naughty “ bears are caught in bear traps . These traps are big “ canister like “ containers. They bait them with raw meat. The bear climbs in the canister and it closes behind him. They are then taken to a large facility, that has 28 individual cells ( bear jail ) They are tranquilized, given a full medical check, and any needed shots, fitted with a tracking collar. Then they are helicoptered miles out onto Arctic ice and released.. Naughty bears are the ones who won’t stop coming into town, scavenging for food and creating a danger for the humans there. The snakes of Narcisse are also in my province. They are harmless garter snakes and it is a fact that this is the largest gathering of snakes in the world. Scientists from all over come to study them. In the winter ( which can be in excess of -30C ) they go deep into the earth, below the frost line and hibernated. In Spring they come out by the thousands to mate and enjoy life in the sun again.
For your question about fact #9: In Canada (Especially near the Rockies), there are such things as Chinooks, really warm winds that travel from the Gulf of Mexico (I think), and they warm up the air, it's not uncommon that where I live in Calgary that during the winter months the weather is -30 degrees Celsius, and it just jumps up to 10 degrees Celsius for a week before jumping back down again. I'm not surprised to hear about that jump, since Pincher Creek is so close to the Rocky Mountains. For the Winter Olympics: Canada is leading in Ice Hockey, freestyle skiing and curling, though it has the 4th highest medal count at 226 and is 5th on the leaderboard because of the gold medal count.
I’ve been going through your videos and it’s awesome to see your reactions and learning about Canada! I live about 20 minutes from Pincher Creek and the temperature changes are always quite drastic year round. I wasn’t around when the historic temperature change happened, but it’s quite regularly changing because of the high winds we get (have reached 100-120km/hour). We call it the Chinook winds!
I live in Ottawa and we have influence from both the British and French. It is just 1 million population and it's so lovely in the summer but it can get very cold and snowy in the winter with temperatures going down to -30C or greater.
A bit more about Canada and weather extremes. When I was on exercise with the army at CFB Wainwright, in JUNE, some buddies and I took a 3 day trip to Edmonton. It snowed. In June. Cold Lake, Alberta - reason it's called Cold Lake to me is that on Canada Day (July 1st) the dang lake was STILL FROZEN lol. Around 1992 we had to cancel a winter warfare exercise in late January - it was too warm and the snow melted.
When I was on RV-83 (May-Jun), it wasn't unusual to find wash water you left out a frozen block in the morning. It could hail so hard you had to put your helmet on, followed by a heat wave. Wearing the NBCW suit was really fun during the latter.
@@JayM409 I was on RV-87. We had a bunch of weird weather. At times warm as heck, others well snow lol. And the caterpillars... ugh. Still, better than CFB Gagetown - it's either dry AF or wet AF, no in between. One ex no one, I say again, no one, had dry socks or boots for weeks.
Ottawa is such an interesting city. It's where we have the majority of our museums and art galleries. I visited the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Aviation Museum this past February and learned so much. The Gothic revival architecture of the Parliament and other government buildings is a pleasant reminder of the city's history.
I am a born Canadian, lived in Ottawa for 30 years and am always impressed by this city. It is the 'stereotype' for tourists, with nature and tech and friendliness and big multiculturalism. We embrace everyone and take care of our city with beautiful flowers and festivals and cleanliness. A great family city (which is why the party people like Toronto a bit more) we are a secure environment and roll up our sidewalks at bedtime hahaha 🤣
In 2010, I travelled the Trans-Canada from the Pacific (Victoria on Vancouver Island) to the Atlantic (Cape Spear, just outside St. John's, Newfoundland) four times. Beauty. Yes!
There is some confusing information in this video. 07:50 Canada has 2 national sports: Hockey for the winter and Lacrosse for the summer. Hockey had been the unofficial national sport for decades until the Parliament passed the "National Sports of Canada Act" in 1994, which proclaimed that both Hockey and Lacrosse were the national sports. This came as a surprise to many Canadians, as hockey is much more popular, although Lacrosse has been around much longer. 11:10 Ottawa is not Canada's 2nd largest city. By population size, Ottawa is Canada's 4th largest municipality. However, the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area is the is the 6th largest urban region in the country, after Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. 16:44 The rodents shown here are not beavers, but nutrias, which are from South America, not Canada. 21:52 The McLobster was only available for a short period in 1991. It was released again in 2016 for a limited time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its original release. Don't look for it, you won't find it anywhere. 25:08 There are rude people in every country, and that includes Canada.
Before George Stanley came up with the Canadian Flag, it was the Union Jack. My little town in New Brunswick - Sackville - was the home of George Stanley and after he passed, the down had a sculpture made of him and put downtown, sitting on a bench. It's an attraction for sure, but it's funny that there are people who will leave scarves or hats on him in winter, and when Covid hit, even HE wore a mask. As for Climate change; my area is a little microdome of weather that can change in relatively short periods of time, or short distances. When I was a kid, our winters had snow in amounts and drifts you could make snow tunnels and igloos from December right up until end of March or so. Now we're lucky to get that much snow period. We might get half the amount now but nowhere near as packed. And it's not as cold, either, or the days it is, it can get really cold. The big change is summer though. The max temp we used to get when I was young was 25 or so, with maybe a few days here and there in August getting up to 30+ degrees. Now? We hit mid 30's and are bordering 40's sometime. Tornadoes were also rare, but lately I've seen more watches and warnings for them in parts of the province.
1:41 The scene from How I Met Your Mother, when Robin and Marshall go to the Canadian Bar in NY City is SPOT ON! (Other than the "fear of the dark", which I never understood?) "Ok, YOU bumped into HIM, HE apologized, and then offered you a donut On The Hoose?" "It's like home!"
I live in Ottawa. There’s no huge hustle and bustle like other metropolitan cities. It is very laid-back, very calm, yet very exciting with lots of Festivals and family cultural events. We have the Ottawa Bluesfest, which is a massive ‘concert in the park’, with many popular bands/artists playing over the course of 10 days. These concerts are held at LeBreton Flats (24 hectares of land), located in the downtown area. Ottawa is absolutely a beautiful, beautiful City!
Climate change is big in Canada, especially in the far north, where the Permafrost is melting, and buildings sink into it - including my own house. The are built on blocks above the ground, but still need shoring up every few years. I have seen the icebergs floating offshore in Newfoundland (new-fun-LAND), and they are amazing. They carve "bergie bits" off of them which are good in drinks, as they are slower to melt. If you like snakes, you can head for that place in Manitoba. If not, head north - there are none in the Yukon! There was a Scottish comedian who visited Canada who talked about the size. He pointed out that you can drive for two full days, and look at a map, and you haven't moved! Depending on the scale of the map, that can literally be true.
Alberta has Chinooks... Its a weather phenomenon. The word is indigenous, as it happens every winter and contrary to Leonardo decaprio it's NOT climate change.
I am first nations , my wife fire 35 years was British funny in Scotland I had such a time omg real Scots and natives so much the same , even to the feathers , clans or families, fun time
Not only are we in Ottawa a cold capital, we’re used to drastic temperature changes. We go from -20/30 degrees Celsius in the winter (sometimes as low as -50) to 30 plus degrees. Some days can go from below zero to the mid to high 20s.
I'm a Canadian and very proud of our kind, generous and welcoming nature. In Ottawa (where I'm from) when the boat people from Vietnam needed a hand our Mayor IMMEDIATELY mobilized church groups and the entire city to welcome 4,000 of them and I can give you dozens of examples, ie. we went short of medical supplies shortly after the pandemic hit because we shipped tons of it to China when they had the most pressing need.
I lived in Ottawa for 25 years. Beautiful city with lots of parks. However, the weather can be brutal…down to -40C in the winter and up to +40C in the summer. Used to love skating on the longest skating rink in the world…aka the Rideau Canal. For a couple of years I was able to skate to work.
Some things to add to the list: 1 - Santa Claus not only has Canadian citizenship, but his own postal code too - H0H 0H0 2 - In the end of June 2021 over 20 places in British Columbia and Alberta (the province next to it) broke the all time temperature record for hottest temperature ever recorded in those towns. The oldest record to be broken was set in 1898. 3 - On June 27th 2021 Lytton, British Columbia broke the all time Canadian record for hottest day ever recorded at 46.6 °C (115.9 °F)[. The previous record was 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan July 5th 1937. Lytton then set the record again on June 28th at 47.9 °C (118.2 °F) and again on June 29th at a whopping 49.6 °C (121.3 °F). On June 29th 2021 several British Columbia towns broke/tied the old record of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F): Osoyoos, British Columbia 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) tied the record while Kelowna, British Columbia 45.2 °C (113.4 °F)[, Lillooet, British Columbia 46.8 °C (116.2 °F), Kamloops, British Columbia 47.3 °C (117.1 °F), and Ashcroft, British Columbia 48.1 °C (118.6 °F) broke it. 4 - Even the far north was no exception to the heat as Nahanni Butte in the Northwest Territories, one of the three most northern parts of Canada, broke a record at 38.1°C (100.6 °F). 5 - Every year Canada receives a thank you gift from the Dutch for our efforts in liberating their country during World War 2. This comes in the form of approximately 20 000 tulips to be planted in 2 different locations in Ottawa: Queen Juliana Gift Bed in Commissioners Park and the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus where the Dutch Princess Margriet was born in 1943. This has been an annual tradition since 1945, that's over 75 years of tulips with the largest amount received in 1945 to the tune of 100 000. Usually takes place in the middle of the month of May.
The Bathtub Boat Races are great fun! I'm born and raised in the city of Nanaimo where they take place and its an annual event every year that is near and dear to many of the Nanaimo locals hearts! I have a few friends who have competed in it, I go watch most years from the beach where theres always a wealth of food trucks and stands, as well as live music and beer gardens!
Part of the remoteness of the North is because there are no roads and places where no vehicle can get through, some places have roads in the winter only, when lakes are frozen and can be driven on. If you are into aviation, Canadas North has been the driving force behind some remarkable aviation. The Beaver plane was designed purely for the Canadian wilderness, and still serves many remote areas, as well as being the backbone of some airline companies. Along with the Beaver, there are the Otter and the Twin Otter. Although dating back to the fifties, these planes are in daily use, landing on floats, wheels and skis. At least a couple of times there have been emergencies at the South Pole in the middle of winter. With international teams based down there, all airforces were asked if they could do a rescue - traditionally the teams left there over winter are on their own. No countries airforce would undertake the mission, regarding it as impossible. Then a bunch of Canadian bush pilots stepped up and said they’d give it a go. The mission was pretty insane and you can see why everyone else said it was impossible, but they pulled it off and have repeated it at least once.
That would make sense, especially since they are built with cargo in mind - even the Beaver was designed with the requirement that a full size fuel barrel will fit through the door. Another testament to their adaptability is that my “local airline” - Harbour Air are working to convert their fleet to electric powered within the next few years, they’ve had a Beaver converted for a few years now. They were designed with one engine in mind, that was changed before they went into production. They were built with a radial engine, many were already converted to a turbo prop, and now will likely be the first to have an electric fleet
Harbour Air is , I believe, the only airline that operates from downtown of a major city. It is litterly in the business district of Vancouvers Coal Harbour. Hence the name.. Harbour Air. You can walk out of a business office tower and be on your plane on the waters edge within a 10 min walk.
I have driven across Canada numerous times during different times of the year and the fall is the prettiest time to drive the TCH. The different colours of all tree species is stunning.
When you apologise you are taking the onus off the other person and it tends to calm them down. The truth is that it doesn't really matter who is at fault for what because that doesn't give you a solution. I made a mistake at work once and my boss said, "doesn't matter don't worry about it." and it was a pretty big screw up. I asked him later why he didn't care that it was my fault and he said, "Does knowing who messed up fix it? Is the situation going to be fixed by deciding it's your fault? Fault is a distraction from finding a resolution and dealing with the problem. It's important for you to know you messed up so you can learn from it. Everyone else knowing you screwed up does nothing for anyone. I'm glad you recognized it, and I know you won't make that mistake again. Aside from that I don't care."
Lacrosse is a fun game, played for 8 years (Think Hockey with all the hits, fights and speed but with sticks with nets, shorts and shoes. Yes Canada is considered the best at Hockey but the USA and Russia are very good competitors who always give us a good run for our money (Male and Female teams at all levels). Ogopogo is an hour away from me but still haven't seen it! lol
To clarify, the Federal Government passed a resolution that officially names hockey as the country's official "winter" sport, while Lacross will be the country's official summer sport.
I'm born and raised in western canada...i convinced people in Maine US that i ride a polar bear to work, we don't have a shoulder on the side of our roads, it's a polar bear lane.
St. Paul Alberta's Martian landing pad was designed to go off with a loud siren should a UFO choose to land there. Unfortunately, I heard, they had to disconnect the siren after awhile because it mysteriously kept going off at all times of the night. Residents complained and the siren was silenced. At least this way the Martians could come and go without such hoopla.
The 4-6 mths of winter give ppl a lot of time to cool down and relax, and prepare to enjoy the summer. The differences in seasons are, imo, what allows us to be "happy".
I haven't driven the full length in one trip but I did do 90% of the Trans Canada last summer (from Calgary to St. John's). It took me 6 days and 5 nights. It's a very interesting drive as the landscape changes around you, the local driving laws and culture change as you pass from each Province. It was a fun experience overall. Even a lot of Canadian's don't know this but the Trans-canada highway actually splits into two segments at two different points, so you can't actually cover the whole thing in one trip. The section from Ontario and Quebec has both a north route and a south route. The section from Alberta and British Columbia also splits into north and south routes. The sudden weather change in Pincher Creek was due to the Chinook winds in southern Alberta/BC. These winds come in multiple times over the winter, they are powerful warm winds that cause a very sudden break in winter weather. In the affected areas it is common for temperatures to change 20+ degrees in a few hours. -10 to +10 over a 6 hour period is pretty typical. Lacrosse isn't the main sport of Canada. It is the Official Sport, an honorary title. Hockey is the sport of Canada by far. Lacrosse was invented here by Indigenous people's prior to the arrival of the settlers. For this reason it is honored as the national sport, essentially as a sign of respect to indigenous culture. However, it really isn't very popular. There is a professional league (NLL) but the players are very poorly paid, maxing out around $30,000 USD, the league just doesn't bring in the money like the big 4 sports do. By comparison NHL players have an average salary of $3.5 Million USD and a minimum of $750,000 USD. The Canadian National Hockey team is generally considered the best. The US, Russia and Finland come close but Canada is generally considered the king. Canadians make up 43% of all NHL players despite the US having nearly 10x as many people.
Re Trans Canada: A third place it splits is in the Maritimes. From the west: near Moncton, NB you can either go south to Nova Scotia or east to Prince Edward Island. They join back up in Westville, NS.
2:30 - Canada used to have 10% compared to yankland, back in the 1980s. 5:30 - It looked like Australia/New Zealand, but with a red field and a sprig of three yellow maple leaves. 7:20 - That change of +41C is unusual, but +20C temperature changes are normal annual events. Read up on chinook winds, hot Pacific ocean air coming over the Rocky Mountains. 14:05 - Forget the number, focus on the size. Lake Superior is so large (over 80,000sq km) that it has waves up to nine metres, normally sees only on the ocean. Great Slave Lake is used as a winter road to halve the distance to Yellowknife. 14:40 - Whoever recorded that has never been to BC. Okanagan has the same vowels as Yokohama. Yes, Ogopogo (Ogie) is a tourist thing, a copycat of Nessie. It's good clean fun and nobody takes it seriously. 17:35 - The polar bear (and grizzly, same species) is the largest land predator in the world, larger than tigers. They see humans as food, not a threat. Unfortunately, we ARE the threat, warming the sea ice which is starving the bears. 19:40 - The second biggest mall is in Edmonton. 22:20 - Rotten Rons made one of the biggest commercial mistakes in history in Canada. Back in the 1960s, Ray Kroc dimwittedly sold the rights to Rotten Ron franchising for $25,000. For the whole country. 22:30 - Narcisse is pronounced "nahr-cease".
As a Canadian I can say that although the northern parts of the country and less populated, people do still live up there. Lots of small towns that are only accessible by sea plane. I live about 6 hours from the us boarder in central Canada and this year we went from +40 in the summer to -45 in the winter
There's another thing that different between Americans and Canadians. The word "sorry". If you use it, after a car accident, for example, feeling bad for the other person, it can be held against you, as a sign of guilt, in the U.S.. Not in Canada! Because the government acknowledges that we apologize for everything. lol
We’re so big that we have many different dialects and regional slang, so “eh?” is used heavily in some parts of the country and less in others. Similarly, the Canadian “aboot” pronunciation is regional too, being more common in rural areas. Most people I know pronounce the word about more like they are saying “aboat.” There are PLENTY of rude Canadians! There are lots of a-holes in the country. The cultural stereotype is one of politeness, and on a national scale we might be more polite, but I live in Toronto, and people can be pretty rude here. But if we find out you’re a visitor, we will usually crank up the politeness.
The "aboat" thing is quite prominent in southern Ontario, where vowels are wider than in most other places. In Calgary, vowels are taller, so "about" is pronounced as expected. It gradually changes as you go across the Prairies, enough that there is a noticeable difference by the time you get to Winnipeg. Nothing like Toronto, but certainly a different accent. I will say that Toronto is one of the most unwelcoming cities I have visited, second only to Paris, France. I could go on for ages about how the cultural norms throughout the county are directly related to historical settlement patterns, but I won't.
I travelled back and forth across Canada from 1971 to 1981. First time I dipped in a bottle in the Atlantic and poured it in the Pacific and did the same from west to east.
i'm kind of shocked they didn't mention Manitoulin Island. Its the largest freshwater Island in the world if I remember correctly at 2,766 square KM. I go hunting there every year. and yes, we do in fact say sorry and eh a lot (at least, my family does lol) also, if you're interested in the geography of Canada and such, BC is an interesting place. Vancouver is a temperate rainforest, Okanagan valley is sort of like a desert (if not so), my brother has found cactuses on his hikes there, and it has massive rocky mountain ranges. it has a variety of different terrains that's for sure.
-The Canadian "sorry" thing is almost exactly the same thing as the British "sorry". -Ogopogo, is definitely the same as the Loch Ness monster. We know about it from Aboriginal legend. Just like Sasquatch. (Yeti in Nepal) (It's found in the Oak-ah-nah-gun) -The fish lamp is Aboriginal in origin, and is called an Oo-li-cun fish. Not whatever he said. -Climate change on the south west coast of British Columbia is bringing us very long and very hot summers, cooler winters with a little more snow (we usually had almost none), a huge increase in forest fires and annual summer water use restrictions.
I live in Kelowna, home to the Ogopogo. It's a native canadian legend and the locals would sacrifice an animal so the sea serpent didn't kill them. A chief ignored the tradition and his entire family was killed. We have a few statues of it around town and half the kids I went to school with claimed to have seen it. Heck, I claimed it brushed against my leg for years.
I'm in New Brunswick. 85% forest? I'm not surprised. I'm in the city of Saint John and the deer and wildlife are constantly walking through our yard. It's great! The government was going to originally call the toonie the "double loon" but decided not to because Maritimers would've called them doubloons. 😂 Cheese curds are not the same as shredded cheese. The cheese in a properly made poutine should be squeaky. Great episode! Thanks! ❤
The drive is beautiful, albeit a bit boring if you live here. Oh look, a forest, oh look, a moose (which you never want to encounter on a highway, they're huge, and depending on what you drive, can easily kill you if you hit them). As far as the eh, and sorry, both absolutely true. Ive apologized to tables and chairs ive bumped into just out of sheer habit. Haha
Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories have really cold temperatures in the winter but summer might be short but can be really hot we were there in August and it was 32 C and the northern light are beautiful there.
I used to be proud to live in Canada but lately things have changed alot😢 I used to be happy but the last few years have been really sad to see the state of our politics. I'm sure that's the case around the world though. I hope we can turn our politics and economy around and bring back a sense of pride in our country again.
When we say sorry it's not really an apology. It's acknowledging the other person's inconvenience
Yeah! It's a difficult thing to describe... It's like it can be used almost as an expression of gratitude. Acknowledging someone has made an effort for your benefit.
There also laws in canada stopping people from using it against you. Because we use it so much.
Yes I feel this way, I'm sorry it puts you off but I'm not sorry I'm doing it.
I don't mean you any discomfort or bad feelings but I feel I have to do it.
Sorry.
Its the polite way lol
yeah we sorry a lot , someone bumped into me recreantly they we not watching where they were walking . We both said sorry at the same time .
While I was walking away I was like why did I say I was sorry 🙃
Fun fact - Canadians don’t describe distance so much in kms or miles as we do by time… if I want to drive from my home in Winnipeg to my brothers home in Edmonton, Alberta, I would say it’s a 12 hour drive, vs 1300 kms or 850 miles… 100 kms is an hour. You’ll hear it a lot as Canada is so big to travel across…
I've never described a big ride over 30 minutes to 1 hour in km- heck I don't even check them most of the time- I just call it "5 minutes away" most of the time
@@MidnightSummer824 Never realize, but it's true that we do this. Gage distante by time travel.
I remember European friends being confused when I’d say a three hour drive wasn’t too long. I guess when you’ve driven over 8 hours to spend two nights in a place the relativity stays with you haha
I was born and have lived my entire life in Canada. I am Native so my family goes back many generations living here. Even though its obviously not perfect I still wouldn't want to live any where else in the world.
I'm terribly sorry for everything your people have gone through. You are incredibly special to want to live here after all that went before. Sending love and respect!!
I think that most of the people who complain the loudest don't have a clue what it's like beyond our borders. They are insular and can't seem to see the bigger picture. Faulty wiring? Sorry. 🫣
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If you write a letter to Santa and address it to "Santa > North Pole > H0H 0H0 > Canada," employees and volunteers with Canada Post will respond as "Santa." I kid you not.
Can confirm. Even did it as a kid, and got my letter!
No pun intended
Another interesting tidbit, Canada and Denmark were in a 50 year war called the “ whiskey war”that went on from 1978 to 2022 over Hans island. Both countries laid stake to the island and by doing so would lay claim by putting in their flag and a bottle of liquor ( whiskey for Canada and schnapps for Denmark ). The other country would take the alcohol and put in their flag removing the other country’s flag. In 2022 , the 2 countries ended the war and split the island in half. Canada now officially shares a border with Denmark! 😂
I love this
The friendliest war ever fought!
Absolutely correct. Anything off the top shelf Hailey.
I read another interesting timbit lol 😅
All wars and land claims should be settled like this..
Good on the Danes and Canucks.
The Canadian "sorry" has many reasons. "I regret doing that to you", "I'm sad that is happening to you" "I should have been paying more attention" "Can I just sneak by here", "hey, get out of my way", etc...
So true I’ve said it to inanimate objects 😂
Also "could you say that again?"
@@victoriadavislg That's how you know you're a True Canadian - you apologize to the things that don't breathe for doing something to them.
It’s written right in our laws, that ‘sorry’, is not an admission of guilt
And also when someone is talking and you missed what they said.
So we say I'm sorry what did u just say, or sorry man, what was that.
I love being Canadian.
I once apologised to pillar for running into it. I was reading and walking. My sister laughed so hard she was crying.
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I think "sparsely populated" would be more accurate than "uninhabited" for Northern Canada. Sounds like another video idea!
I think the infographic is not intended to actually represent the distribution of the population, rather just showing the "10%". There are huge swaths of Canada that are essentially uninhabited.
The territories are essentially uninhabited. 45,000 people in a territory 4 times the size of Italy, and half of those live in one city.
checks where I live, yeah sparse is good
Actually 50% or so of the population lives in the "Windsor-Quebec Coridor" (Which is actually the dip into the US, basically, half Canadians live south of the Canada-US border)
The Pincher Creek temperature change was due to a Chinook, where air heats up and loses its moisture as it travels from the Pacific ocean, across the Rocky mountains. It's a natural occurrence that happens most commonly in Alberta. It's the primary reason it's so windy in Pincher Creek.
I grew up in Wales but emigrated to Canada in 1983. I landed in Vancouver but moved to Alberta a couple of years later for better job opportunities. I then spent 10 years working overseas (Asia) for a US based company but was hugely happy to return to Canada in 2010 when I was offered an opportunity near Toronto, Ontario.
In August 2022, my wife and I relocated back to Alberta and we drove the Trans Canada No 1 Highway from Toronto to Calgary. Wow, what an experience! Just getting out of the Province of Ontario takes a couple of days. Then, the drive along the north shore of Lake Superior is spectacular! Even the drive through the prairies was a lot more interesting than I was expecting. It's a drive that every Canadian should take at some point to pick up an appreciation for how great and beautiful our country is.
Your’s is the only recollection that makes me reminiscent
@@bhministry, too many times. My wife still had family on Vancouver Island and we would drive out from Calgary for Christmas and summer holidays most years.
Fun fact. The day my 5 year old daughter became a Canadian citizen, she walked up and down the streetcar in Toronto saying sorry to everyone on the trolley. That was the most Canadian thing I have ever seen and she did it without any prompting from me. Proof that being Canadian is having to say you're sorry. 🇨🇦
That is so funny! I laughed out loud. Thanks for that.
I'm Canadian and I love my country
Once a great country,as Canadian born in the sixties I have witnessed a great decline,mainly influenced by government
I’m a U.S. citizen but I love Canada too.
The National Hockey League (NHL) has 32 teams and only 7 of them are Canadian... but almost half of all NHL players are Canadian.
We don't really play much lacrosse, but it's the national sport because it was an indigenous sport that was here before British settlers came. We play it in school and there are pro teams, but you don't really hear much about it.
I beg to differ! Toronto Rock games are more wild than any NHL game I’ve been to
Saying we don't play much lacrosse is pretty incorrect, Canada essentially has its own national league (the NLL) with numerous American teams but Canadians dominate the league with it being 80% Canadian players. The US has its own outdoor league (the PLL) but it also has a very large Canadian player base. Lacrosse is huge in BC, Alberta, and Ontario; and growing rapidly in Sask, Manitoba and a couple other provinces :)
We have 2 national sports! Hockey and LaCrosse are both official sports!
@@MrBOOM546 but who actually watches? Among the people who love sports where I live I've never heard lacrosse come out any of their mouths, we learned about it being an indigenous sport and played it for like a week or two in phys ed, even on TSN you can't look at the sports tabs on lacrosse lol
@@AL-fl4jk I don't even think there's a stadium for lacrosse in Edmonton (closest city to me), let alone would there ever be one that would get more wild than an NHL game, especially something like the battle of Alberta or something, if I'm not wrong there have been riots over hockey games in Edmonton at least
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I was surprised that this video didn't mention that the Bay of Fundy, between my province of New Brunswick and the province of Nova Scotia, has the highest tides in the world, averaging 47.5 feet and having reached 53.6 feet on at least 1 occasion.
And the tidal bore in Moncton which now can be surfed from the mouth where the water enters up until past Mocton, IIRC...
Highest tides, and the lowest gravity of any place in the world
I watched a seal swimming, both ways, against the 'reversible current' (or is Falls) at St John's River Amazing place.
@@miladysteevesYes, that is confusing.But I know it's St. John, NB. I wasn't sure about the river name. Thinking it was connect to St. John is why I used the possessive John's. Been there, stayed there and went through there a number of times. My older brother lived in PEI. I've known about the tide since high school - 78 years ago.
You tell it sister
The big temperature change is due to a chinook. Basically, a warm wind rolling off of the Rocky Mountains entering Alberta. We get them several times a winter and they can raise temperatures from a deep freeze to above freezing for anywhere from a day to several weeks. This winter we actually went from extreme cold to one rolling through Christmas day. On December 27th, we actually woke up to rain instead of snow. One side effect of the chinook winds is migraines. Southern Alberta experiences some of the highest migraine episodes in Canada because of them.
Ottawa isn't the 2nd largest city in Canada. It's the 2nd largest in Ontario. It's probably about 6th largest. Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Edmonton are all larger.
The loonie was basically named such because it has a picture of a loon on the front. When the $2 coin came out it was named a toonie- 2 loonies. Another name that was in the running was doubloon- double loonies.
The Mclobster is only an east coast thing. We don't have it on the prairies.
Wood Buffalo National Park, located mainly in Alberta, with a small bit in the Northwest Territories, also contains the worlds largest beaver dam. A multigenerational dam, its currently at 850 meters long and still growing. To put in perspective for a Brit, the park is about twice the size of Wales. Its the 2nd largest national park in the world, surpassed only by one in Greenland.
Montreal is no longer the 2nd largest French speaking city. 2 cities in Africa have surpassed it.
And for reference, a similar phenomenon elsewhere in the world is called Foehn winds (from the German: Föhn).
The dollar coin was originally going to have a Voyeur but the dies disappeared for over a week between Ottawa and Winnipeg so they had to go with the second choice.
@@stephenolan5539 I think you mean Voyageur. A voyeur is something else entirely.
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A guy on a canoe.
What would we call the coin if they hadn't lost track of the dies.
@@stephenolan5539 I think I prefer a Canoodle, although that does sound like some sort of dog. ;)
We say sorry when we accidently walk into a pole 😆
Yep, walk into a desk? Oh, sorry!
Been there done that repeatedly.
So true. That was a laugh too!
I live in Ottawa. I've lived all over Ontario but Ottawa is my absolute favorite. It's the hardest city for weather -45 wind chill winter, +47 humidex in the summer , but it's more like a big town than a city. There's consistently something happening. You don't hafta travel far to get out of town, there's lots of museums, parks, trails. We have all the sports teams. Not Major league except for our NHL Ottawa Senators. (GO SENS GO).
I Really love living in Ottawa. Plus I may be a lil bias being Algonquin. Haha
If you noticed on "the happiness list " all the countries above Canada were northern cold countries
Saying sorry a lot is not a stereotype, I think most of us Canadians have even caught ourselves apologizing to inanimate objects such as chairs or doorways that we have bumped into. We are in general a polite and kind people however it's easy enough to find the jerks here too. Churchill Manitoba does have a polar bear jail. Nuisance polar bears are trapped and detained there until they can be relocated. Temperature extremes are just part of Canadian life in most parts of the country.
That is hilarious - inanimate objects - of course I've done it! There ARE jerks here, for sure, but I'd say the ratio is pretty tiny.
I have apologized so many inanimate objects it's not even funny,, I think there's nothing more Canadian then apologizing to the door jamb or the table you just stubbed your foot on
Most of the "British" influence in Canada was Scottish influence. Scotland had about a dozen times more cultural influence on Canada than England ever had.
Especially in the Maritime provinces. My Paternal Grandfather (Born in PEI) was 50% Scottish 50% Irish , whose ancestors came over in the early 1800's. I carry a good old Scottish Clan last name..
I do have English ancestry as well though through my maternal grandmother (Ontario region)
Here in Saskatchewan, I would say people are more of an Eastern European ancestry due to the encouraged immigration/settlement time frame (Late 1800's early 1900's). My paternal Grandmother was from Romania.
No.
South-western Ontario has any number of towns bearing Scottish names. We even have a Scotland, Ontario and Tobermory at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. New Edinburgh is part of Ottawa. So, yes, The Scottish influence is very strong.
@@jameslatimer3600 There were large settlements of Highlanders in Glengarry County in Eastern Ontario, and in Lambton County in South-western Ontario. Lowlanders settled more in the cities. The 19th Century ruling class of Toronto was overwhelmingly Scottish, as a glance at the tombs in any old cemetery will show. In the far north of Ontario, many Cree and Ojibway bear Scottish names and "old time Cree fiddling" music and dance are identical to Highland, Hebridean and Orkney styles. I recently found a newspaper photo of the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway line in 1966 --- and the ribbon-cutters were surrounded by kilt-wearing men and bagpipers, so Toronto Scottishness was still going strong even as late as the Beatles era.
Absolutely. I posted earlier about the Scottish influence in Canada - there are a lot of Alexanders and Mackenzies in our history!
Your face and reaction to "polar bear jail" made me abruptly laugh out loud. I am so glad I had finished my dinner or I may have made quite the mess. LOL
A Canadian in Alberta here.
We took the Trans-Canada Highway when we moved from Ontario to Alberta. We left southern Ontario near the end of September, and northern Ontario was *beautiful*. All the fall colours! Manitoba was chock full of trees, in Saskatchewan you could see for kilometers, and as we got further into Alberta, the Rocky Mountains appeared on the horizon. It was unforgettable!
I hope you’ve had the opportunity since to drive from Alberta to Vancouver!! I’m from Calgary and have made the trip over a dozen times in my life, half of it underage with my family to visit family in Vancouver.
It is THE most gorgeous road trip (at least, in my small world) during Spring/Summer/Fall. Coming from the Foothills you drive through and up over the Rocky Mountains and then down into BC where you get closer and closer to sea level. All along the way you have the yellowish green colour of Alberta grass and dark green evergreen trees and then it slowly lightens into the beautiful bright green tones of BC as you get closer to the coast.
I will say it’s a bit depressing going the other way hahaha but hey, it’s home!
When we first drove to the west coast and saw that dark line across the horizon getting bigger as we drove we thought it was an approaching storm. Awesome beyond belief.
I have gone coast to coast by train. We live in the most beautiful country in the world!
as someone from Saskatchewan its always so interesting to see how people react to the landscape here. I remember when I was a kid I thought it was the most boring thing in the world to take the three hour drive up to our cabin and didn't really start to appreciate it's beauty until much later. I'll never forget taking the bus to Cypress Hills with a group of exchange students from Ontario and seeing how excited they got by how far they could see
7:03 Here’s your explanation. Pincher Creek, ALBERTA (they failed to mention the province) is in an area on the leeward (rain shadow) side of the Rocky Mountains, which experiences a weather phenomenon called a Chinook (pronounced SH not Ch), which-when atmospheric conditions are right-causes the air to heat up. I live in Calgary and we get chinooks all the time. You can tell by the chinook arch in the sky: a line of clouds that forms just past the Rockies. I’ve seen crazy temperature swings before. I’ve seen it be -15° during the day and then a chinook came in that evening and at midnight it was 10° out. I’ve also seen a nice, beautiful 22° day turn into -3° and a snowstorm in the span of about 5-10 minutes. I’ve seen roasting hot 15° days in the middle of winter, and I’ve also seen snow in every single month of the year. On the other hand I’ve also seen -40° and -55° in central and northern Alberta, and I’ve seen 37° here and 46° in southeastern BC. We live in a land of extremes, and thankfully sometimes the extremes cancel each other out and make it mild.
I think you may know of A.A. Milne ‘ Winnie the Pooh!
That has a strong Canadian connection.
Harry Colebourn, was a veterinarian living in Winnipeg. He got on a train to Montreal, to enlist in the army during WW1. On a stop in White River, Ontario, he bought a bear cub for 20.00.
He named HER Winnipeg Bear, after his hometown. The bear became a mascot for Harry’s troop the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade.
The brigade got orders to go to England, and Winnie was allowed to go with them. Once in England, they were ordered to France, but Winnie was not allowed to go, so the London Zoo “ borrowed “ Winnie. The loan, would become permanent.
It was there that A.A. Milnes’s son, Christopher Robin, would fall in love with it, and inspired, wrote the classic Winnie the Pooh.
You could do a video on Vimy Ridge, and also Canada role in the Whiskey war with Denmark, which was sadly, finally ended in 2022!
Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
/raises a glass in tribute to the end of the Whiskey War.
I've heard that if you get lost in the woods in England, you only need to walk in one direction long enough and you'll find 'civilization'. As a Canadian, I know that, if you get lost in the woods, you're pretty much done for.
ha, walk down hill until you find running water then go down stream, you will have food and water until you find signs of human habitation.
Even on the prairies, there is a slope to the land, as slight as it is, so the above works all across Canada.
I was a boy scout as a youth. We were taught bushcraft and survival skills. Because our country is so sparsely populated and so covered in forest, it is incredibly useful to have that kind of knowledge for when we go hiking/camping out in the woods.
Which is something we Canucks love doing.
We were taught bushcraft in elementary school. We also took a course and test called survival swimming.
What part of Canada are you from? We were taught wilderness survival skills in elementary school (Calgary, AB, an hour's drive from the Rockies), on school outdoors trips, at summer camps, and in options classes in Jr. High. Lots of other activities, too. Basics like how to best use a garbage bag for protection from the elements, avoid stopping under trees in the winter, how to purify water and what to avoid, using the powder from the bark of aspen poplars as sunscreen, tying shiny/reflective items to branches to aid search and rescue rather than just hanging them to keep birds from stealing them, the importance of checking bear warnings and how to use bear spray, evaluating avalanche risk... the list goes on.
Most importantly, ensure that someone knows where you are going, your planned route, and how long you expect to be out so that they can alert the appropriate authorities and provide as much information as possible if you don't return. You are more likely to end up in trouble on a ski slope than out hiking, although the majority of wilderness fatalities in my area occur due to avalanches in the backcountry.
@@nicelliott1175 They didn't have that in schools when I was still in school, at least not in the lower mainland of BC. The only places where you could learn them were Scout/ Guides or the Cadets.
In this area it's falls down into valleys, rivers that cause the most injuries and fatalities from hikers not paying attention to basic safety and staying away from the cliff edges.
I love our 🇨🇦 flag, I also think it’s such a perfect flag. Another one I love is 🇯🇵 the Japanese flag! Another perfect flag. ❤
It's the people that make me happy in Canada. They are generally very nice and willing to help each other out.
That's true. Witness any huge snowfall and everyone is helping dig each other out. My son regularly shovels the walkways of his nonagenarian neighbours and he's not unusual.
Lacrosse is the national sport of Canada as the first nations were the first to play it i think
The drastic weather changes within one day
is a unique and very rare occurrence in Canada.
It can only happen during the first 12 months of the year
And usually on a day that ends with Y
Here in Saskatchewan, we call it Thursday
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Drove across from ocean to ocean several times. Must haves;
No. 1 mechanically sound vehicle No. 2 best tires you can afford No. 3 excellent paper maps in case Hwy1 is closed (don’t trust google earth) No. 4 food, water, first aide kit, blankets and bear spray.
It got to nearly-50C in winnipeg (where i live) this winter
And yes, the sorry thing is NOT a stereotype, we are well known for being polite and take pride in it.
One of my favourite jokes is “your not canadian till you apologize for saying sorry too much”
Me and my family when moving, drove 2,300KM on the trans canada highway, going from the rockey mountains (absolutely GORGEOUS), to the plains of Manitoba, it was a long but beautiful road trip
And yes, the Canadian national teams often dominate hockey, probably because we have free outdoor ice rinks across alot of the country that people grow up on
Bruh, I went from Québec to the rockys and forgot to past by Winnipeg
People also get being polite and using your manners mixed up. They aren't also the same thing.
@@gamexsimmonds3581 I think being polite is the same as using manners, but it's not the same as being "nice"
We got nearly +50C in BC (where I live) a couple summers ago. So that's an almost 100 degree difference (it officially clocked in at 49.6 degrees... in the shade)
Not Canadian until you've apologized to an inanimate object you've bumped into.
The History channel has a years long running show that features the many cultures across the globe that have secreted treasure and artefacts on a tiny little island in Nova Scotia. You must watch it, try and find some early shows - so you get a good history of what these 'searchers' have uncovered. Spanish marks of 8, gold and silver, artifacts from soldiers as far back as the 1100's ..... all found on this tiny little island. The Knights Templar have a strong footprint that connects to island to Castle Rosslyn in Scotland.... it is mind blowing. Maps from antiquity describing the voyage and location are astounding. OAK ISLAND is the name of the series, and you will love it.
I’m also a military history buff, and I would recommend watch a video on Léo Major, a one man Canadian army in World War Two, especially in the Netherlands campaign.
In terms of the "rude people" there are lots. Now, most are not. If you live in a cold place or otherwise dangerous place, the only way to survive is to rely on others. I think this is why we are the way we are.
If you are at all interested in sports, the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Vancouver rank as the greatest sporting achievement in Canadian history. Up until then, Canada had hosted the Olympic Games twice before, the summer games in Montréal in 1976 and the winter ones in Calgary in 1988. Unlike most host nations who win more gold medals than usual on home soil, in both those games Canadians won no gold medals at all, which kept the IOC from awarding the games to Canada for a long time. In the meantime, successive Canadian governments put more emphasis on helping athletes with the result that in Vancouver Canadians won 14 gold medals, a record that still stands for most gold medals by a home country at the winter Olympic Games. There’s a great video that shows all 14 golds that I think you would get a great reaction from. As well, I recommend watching two videos on Canadian reactions to winning the men’s Olympic ice hockey gold in Vancouver on the last day of the games in overtime against the USA. I’m totally impressed by your interest in things Canadian, and keep watching the government heritage minutes for great information on all things Canadian. I’m from Vancouver and although I wasn’t in attendance at that final game, I was with the crowds in the streets for hours afterwards. What a fantastic party!🇨🇦🍁🏒
I was on the street outside during the final game, too! It was hard to see what was happening on the huge screens, but people would yell bits of info across the crowd, and it was so tense during overtime! Then when they won, it was so crazy and happy. Though, there were a few minutes there where the crush of the packed crowd was genuinely frightening. Thankfully it didn't turn bad.
I was there then, too :) I'm a Vancouverite relocated to Calgary and was so happy to go back for a course during the Olympics. Great atmosphere in the streets, loved seeing all the foreign teams having a blast downtown - it was a memory I'll have forever.
I grew up on Airforce bases across Canada. So we drove across the country several times. six time zones. Took us six days.
As for your question about hockey, yes in any Olympics or World Championships Canada is expected to win gold and it's a big surprise when we don't. US, Russia and Sweden are also very good at hockey.
And Finland.
@@TheCanadiangirl4 Yes your right Finland too!
Three Newfoundlanders were building a houseboat,two drowned trying to dig the basement 😂
"Vegan" is an old native word for "bad hunter"!
I'm starting to think how we say 'aboot' came from our Scottish influence 😂
You'd love Nova Scotia (New Scotland, as I'm sure you already know). It's got a little of everything, except the Rockies.
Some of us say 'eh'. I use it quite a bit...it can be used to ask a question, make a comment, or just to throw into the end of a sentence.
Wait until you learn about Newfoundland....they have their own dictionary.
I think aboot is more an East Coast thing. I never hear it in the Western provinces. Just like Canadian bacon, until I went out for breakfast in Ontario, I had no idea that Canadian bacon was ham. I just thought it was pork belly bacon. 😂
@@22Energies def not an east coast thing, I'm from Prince Edward Island and have never heard people talk like that, nor in fact anywhere I've been across the country (unless in a joking way) the closest I've heard was in Alberta where some seem to pronounce "ou" words like "ow" The only accent I've ever heard this was actually Scottish. We def do say "Eh" and "bud/buddy" here though and we use the "F" word excessively but always say we're sorry lol
@@jaymaryfred I'm in Alberta and lived in BC as well. Not sure where that is from. 💕
@@22Energies who the F knows eh bud? lol
I kept thinking about how close the Scottish accent is to a Newfie accent.
This video talks of the largest mall in the US being owned by Canadians. The first mall they built is actually the largest in North America & it is in my home city of Edmonton Alberta, it is West Edmonton Mall. There is a water park, NHL size ice rink, amusement park, a full size replica of the Santa Maria, a hotel & many other things to see & do other than clothes shop…..it’s worth a look.
My brother was at west ed mall when the roller coster derailed. He had nightmares for days. Bad bad day for many.
Love WEM
" West Edmonton Mall" is a fantastic place. I thought the waterfront inside the mall was and likely still is unique.
The world water park in West Edmonton Mall is weird, middle of winter, -30c outside go into the mall and see a huge water park with about a dozen slides and it looks like you were transported to a beach in California.
I also loved the coaster at galaxy land there as well. Too bad is is now shut down and slated to be disassembled.
A little surprised that the video did not include that the province of Alberta is rat-free.
Claim to be, but in reality it isn't true haha. They try to, will react harshly to any rat sightings. But you're not going to see every rat that lives here.
I don't think so, seen in Calgary mate
As a Canadian, living in Thunder Bay, Ontario, I can tell you that since we started recording our weather, Thunder Bay has had snow, every month of the year, at one point or another. It rarely happens in summer, but it HAS happened. :P
Same here in Calgary. It snowed in July one year!
I grew up in Thunder Bay and now live in BC. The kids here don't believe me that I would have to choose my Halloween costume based on what would fit over my snowsuit.
@@Illyrian5 Same in Montreal!
@@pamelaknox7487 as a fellow Albertan, i concur. I remember snow on Canada day once, and also 2 days of snow in the middle of August.
I’m living in Thunder Bay (originally from Winnipeg) we didn’t have snow on Halloween, Christmas, or Easter this year.
Canada has dominated international hockey the past 100 years or so. 52 world championship medals (27 golds), 20 world junior golds (U20), 22 Olympic medals (including 13 golds), 23 u18 world golds, and the past three best on best tournaments, and thats just the men, the women have arguably been even more dominant. Not to mention the best player in the world right now with Connor McDavid and the best prospect with Connor Bedard (maybe the next Mcdavid?). You should check out some world junior highlights if your interested in good young international hockey, the tournament recently ended. If there was a mens best vs best tournament right now, Canada would be the favorite followed by the US and Russia.
Too true!! And I don't know the stats for EITHER, but, like you said, I feel like our women's teams have a bit of an edge on "overall victory"!!
also check out how many of our Canadian boys playing hockey are actually playing at the top level for other countries, cities, etc. They come back and play for our Olympic team and world team, but there are so many playing for other leagues around the world.
Finland is ranked higher than the US and Russia!
@@rk74194 The iihf world rankings mean nothing. Finland has never won a mens best on best tournament, and no the world championships are not best on best as the NHL playoffs are still going on. Finland would probably be the fifth favorite after Canada, USA, Russia and Sweden. They have a good roster but lack depth, and no standout star player.
@@tenuousfuzzball7594 Finland has won 5 World Junior best on best tournaments! Tied with the US! Russia is banned, their not ranked anywhere! I know how the World Championships work, thanks!
in 1976 my eldest son, who was 12 at the time and i hitchhiked from Vancouver, B C tp Halifax Nova Scotia. it was a wonderful trip.
Some comments on Canada and sports, in answer to some of your questions...
Lacrosse is awesome, it is played in major stadiums that thousands of people go and watch. It is the most violent sport imaginable that isn't just people fighting each other, with players attempting to shoot a ball into a net with a netted stick, and the other team doing their best to beat them down and get the ball with those same sticks. You should watch a Toronto Rock lacrosse game, but any NLL (National Lacrosse League) game will be fun.
Canada's international "ice hockey" (we call it hockey, without the 'ice') teams are top tier, winning many Olympic golds and World Championships in both men and women's competition.
I have travelled the Trans Canada highway 3 times! It is the most beautiful drive you will ever have!😀🇨🇦
Pincher Creek, like most of Alberta, experiences a fairly unique winter weather phenomenon called chinooks. They are when warm, wet air from the west coast comes and drops its moisture in the Rocky Mountains and then becomes a warm, dry wind. It can raise the temperature drastically for a week or so at a time. Saskatchewan and Manitoba experience them to a lesser degree as well.
Polar Bear jail is a real thing. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the polar bear capital of the world is Churchill, Manitoba a little over 900 miles north of me. “ naughty “ bears are caught in bear traps . These traps are big “ canister like “ containers. They bait them with raw meat. The bear climbs in the canister and it closes behind him. They are then taken to a large facility, that has 28 individual cells ( bear jail ) They are tranquilized, given a full medical check, and any needed shots, fitted with a tracking collar. Then they are helicoptered miles out onto Arctic ice and released.. Naughty bears are the ones who won’t stop coming into town, scavenging for food and creating a danger for the humans there. The snakes of Narcisse are also in my province. They are harmless garter snakes and it is a fact that this is the largest gathering of snakes in the world. Scientists from all over come to study them. In the winter ( which can be in excess of -30C ) they go deep into the earth, below the frost line and hibernated. In Spring they come out by the thousands to mate and enjoy life in the sun again.
The snakes are kind of like the rest of us Manitobans lol
@@MormorMb I was Manitoba several times and the people are friendly. I grew up in down town Toronto and the people are pushy and rude.
Sorry about your place of residence, Winterpeg's reputation for the cold spreads everywhere.
I have driven coast to coast. Took 2 months because we took our time - stunned by the beauty and people of our home
I've travelled across the country a number of times (my dad was military). Done it by car, plane, and train. 😊
Quick. Fact ….. Americans have the survival challenge programs ….. Canadians call it going camping on a regular basis for. Fun. !!
For your question about fact #9:
In Canada (Especially near the Rockies), there are such things as Chinooks, really warm winds that travel from the Gulf of Mexico (I think), and they warm up the air, it's not uncommon that where I live in Calgary that during the winter months the weather is -30 degrees Celsius, and it just jumps up to 10 degrees Celsius for a week before jumping back down again. I'm not surprised to hear about that jump, since Pincher Creek is so close to the Rocky Mountains.
For the Winter Olympics:
Canada is leading in Ice Hockey, freestyle skiing and curling, though it has the 4th highest medal count at 226 and is 5th on the leaderboard because of the gold medal count.
I’ve been going through your videos and it’s awesome to see your reactions and learning about Canada! I live about 20 minutes from Pincher Creek and the temperature changes are always quite drastic year round. I wasn’t around when the historic temperature change happened, but it’s quite regularly changing because of the high winds we get (have reached 100-120km/hour). We call it the Chinook winds!
I live in Ottawa and we have influence from both the British and French. It is just 1 million population and it's so lovely in the summer but it can get very cold and snowy in the winter with temperatures going down to -30C or greater.
Skating on the Rideau Canal in winter is pretty good too.
A bit more about Canada and weather extremes. When I was on exercise with the army at CFB Wainwright, in JUNE, some buddies and I took a 3 day trip to Edmonton. It snowed. In June.
Cold Lake, Alberta - reason it's called Cold Lake to me is that on Canada Day (July 1st) the dang lake was STILL FROZEN lol.
Around 1992 we had to cancel a winter warfare exercise in late January - it was too warm and the snow melted.
When I was on RV-83 (May-Jun), it wasn't unusual to find wash water you left out a frozen block in the morning. It could hail so hard you had to put your helmet on, followed by a heat wave. Wearing the NBCW suit was really fun during the latter.
@@JayM409 I was on RV-87. We had a bunch of weird weather. At times warm as heck, others well snow lol. And the caterpillars... ugh. Still, better than CFB Gagetown - it's either dry AF or wet AF, no in between. One ex no one, I say again, no one, had dry socks or boots for weeks.
Hahaha I trained at wainwright. Snow in august as we did are PT at 530 Am and a tornado touched down later that same day….
Ottawa is such an interesting city. It's where we have the majority of our museums and art galleries. I visited the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Aviation Museum this past February and learned so much. The Gothic revival architecture of the Parliament and other government buildings is a pleasant reminder of the city's history.
I am a born Canadian, lived in Ottawa for 30 years and am always impressed by this city. It is the 'stereotype' for tourists, with nature and tech and friendliness and big multiculturalism. We embrace everyone and take care of our city with beautiful flowers and festivals and cleanliness. A great family city (which is why the party people like Toronto a bit more) we are a secure environment and roll up our sidewalks at bedtime hahaha 🤣
The military museum was a special visit
Love the connection of the between Canada and Santa and red and white, I cant believe I never thought of that!!!
In 2010, I travelled the Trans-Canada from the Pacific (Victoria on Vancouver Island) to the Atlantic (Cape Spear, just outside St. John's, Newfoundland) four times. Beauty. Yes!
There is some confusing information in this video.
07:50 Canada has 2 national sports: Hockey for the winter and Lacrosse for the summer. Hockey had been the unofficial national sport for decades until the Parliament passed the "National Sports of Canada Act" in 1994, which proclaimed that both Hockey and Lacrosse were the national sports. This came as a surprise to many Canadians, as hockey is much more popular, although Lacrosse has been around much longer.
11:10 Ottawa is not Canada's 2nd largest city. By population size, Ottawa is Canada's 4th largest municipality. However, the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area is the is the 6th largest urban region in the country, after Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton.
16:44 The rodents shown here are not beavers, but nutrias, which are from South America, not Canada.
21:52 The McLobster was only available for a short period in 1991. It was released again in 2016 for a limited time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its original release. Don't look for it, you won't find it anywhere.
25:08 There are rude people in every country, and that includes Canada.
Somehow I think you're one of them.
@@wysetech2000 Guilty!
Before George Stanley came up with the Canadian Flag, it was the Union Jack.
My little town in New Brunswick - Sackville - was the home of George Stanley and after he passed, the down had a sculpture made of him and put downtown, sitting on a bench. It's an attraction for sure, but it's funny that there are people who will leave scarves or hats on him in winter, and when Covid hit, even HE wore a mask.
As for Climate change; my area is a little microdome of weather that can change in relatively short periods of time, or short distances. When I was a kid, our winters had snow in amounts and drifts you could make snow tunnels and igloos from December right up until end of March or so. Now we're lucky to get that much snow period. We might get half the amount now but nowhere near as packed. And it's not as cold, either, or the days it is, it can get really cold. The big change is summer though. The max temp we used to get when I was young was 25 or so, with maybe a few days here and there in August getting up to 30+ degrees. Now? We hit mid 30's and are bordering 40's sometime. Tornadoes were also rare, but lately I've seen more watches and warnings for them in parts of the province.
1:41 The scene from How I Met Your Mother, when Robin and Marshall go to the Canadian Bar in NY City is SPOT ON! (Other than the "fear of the dark", which I never understood?)
"Ok, YOU bumped into HIM, HE apologized, and then offered you a donut On The Hoose?"
"It's like home!"
I live in Ottawa. There’s no huge hustle and bustle like other metropolitan cities. It is very laid-back, very calm, yet very exciting with lots of Festivals and family cultural events.
We have the Ottawa Bluesfest, which is a massive ‘concert in the park’, with many popular bands/artists playing over the course of 10 days. These concerts are held at LeBreton Flats (24 hectares of land), located in the downtown area. Ottawa is absolutely a beautiful, beautiful City!
Climate change is big in Canada, especially in the far north, where the Permafrost is melting, and buildings sink into it - including my own house. The are built on blocks above the ground, but still need shoring up every few years. I have seen the icebergs floating offshore in Newfoundland (new-fun-LAND), and they are amazing. They carve "bergie bits" off of them which are good in drinks, as they are slower to melt. If you like snakes, you can head for that place in Manitoba. If not, head north - there are none in the Yukon! There was a Scottish comedian who visited Canada who talked about the size. He pointed out that you can drive for two full days, and look at a map, and you haven't moved! Depending on the scale of the map, that can literally be true.
I like the Scottish comedian comment. I remember that exact feeling so many times. Only a centimetre on the map but I saw the names of 4 towns go by.
Alberta has Chinooks... Its a weather phenomenon. The word is indigenous, as it happens every winter and contrary to Leonardo decaprio it's NOT climate change.
I am first nations , my wife fire 35 years was British funny in Scotland I had such a time omg real Scots and natives so much the same , even to the feathers , clans or families, fun time
The Scots are similar, wow, that's very interesting.
Not only are we in Ottawa a cold capital, we’re used to drastic temperature changes.
We go from -20/30 degrees Celsius in the winter (sometimes as low as -50) to 30 plus degrees.
Some days can go from below zero to the mid to high 20s.
I'm a Canadian and very proud of our kind, generous and welcoming nature. In Ottawa (where I'm from) when the boat people from Vietnam needed a hand our Mayor IMMEDIATELY mobilized church groups and the entire city to welcome 4,000 of them and I can give you dozens of examples, ie. we went short of medical supplies shortly after the pandemic hit because we shipped tons of it to China when they had the most pressing need.
The drive is absolutely georgous!
I lived in Ottawa for 25 years. Beautiful city with lots of parks. However, the weather can be brutal…down to -40C in the winter and up to +40C in the summer. Used to love skating on the longest skating rink in the world…aka the Rideau Canal. For a couple of years I was able to skate to work.
That's cool. I always wondered how far you could safely skate.
The hands down best part of living in Canada is Canadians. Such a chill lot.
Some things to add to the list:
1 - Santa Claus not only has Canadian citizenship, but his own postal code too - H0H 0H0
2 - In the end of June 2021 over 20 places in British Columbia and Alberta (the province next to it) broke the all time temperature record for hottest temperature ever recorded in those towns. The oldest record to be broken was set in 1898.
3 - On June 27th 2021 Lytton, British Columbia broke the all time Canadian record for hottest day ever recorded at 46.6 °C (115.9 °F)[. The previous record was 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan July 5th 1937. Lytton then set the record again on June 28th at 47.9 °C (118.2 °F) and again on June 29th at a whopping 49.6 °C (121.3 °F). On June 29th 2021 several British Columbia towns broke/tied the old record of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F): Osoyoos, British Columbia 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) tied the record while Kelowna, British Columbia 45.2 °C (113.4 °F)[, Lillooet, British Columbia 46.8 °C (116.2 °F), Kamloops, British Columbia 47.3 °C (117.1 °F), and Ashcroft, British Columbia 48.1 °C (118.6 °F) broke it.
4 - Even the far north was no exception to the heat as Nahanni Butte in the Northwest Territories, one of the three most northern parts of Canada, broke a record at 38.1°C (100.6 °F).
5 - Every year Canada receives a thank you gift from the Dutch for our efforts in liberating their country during World War 2. This comes in the form of approximately 20 000 tulips to be planted in 2 different locations in Ottawa: Queen Juliana Gift Bed in Commissioners Park and the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus where the Dutch Princess Margriet was born in 1943. This has been an annual tradition since 1945, that's over 75 years of tulips with the largest amount received in 1945 to the tune of 100 000. Usually takes place in the middle of the month of May.
The Bathtub Boat Races are great fun! I'm born and raised in the city of Nanaimo where they take place and its an annual event every year that is near and dear to many of the Nanaimo locals hearts! I have a few friends who have competed in it, I go watch most years from the beach where theres always a wealth of food trucks and stands, as well as live music and beer gardens!
I enjoyed hearing more about the bathtub races. My brother lives there, I'm not sure if he told me. Anyway thank you for that.
Part of the remoteness of the North is because there are no roads and places where no vehicle can get through, some places have roads in the winter only, when lakes are frozen and can be driven on.
If you are into aviation, Canadas North has been the driving force behind some remarkable aviation. The Beaver plane was designed purely for the Canadian wilderness, and still serves many remote areas, as well as being the backbone of some airline companies.
Along with the Beaver, there are the Otter and the Twin Otter. Although dating back to the fifties, these planes are in daily use, landing on floats, wheels and skis.
At least a couple of times there have been emergencies at the South Pole in the middle of winter. With international teams based down there, all airforces were asked if they could do a rescue - traditionally the teams left there over winter are on their own. No countries airforce would undertake the mission, regarding it as impossible.
Then a bunch of Canadian bush pilots stepped up and said they’d give it a go. The mission was pretty insane and you can see why everyone else said it was impossible, but they pulled it off and have repeated it at least once.
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Fun fact: Twin Otters and Super Otters (turbine) are also very popular as skydiving aircraft...
That would make sense, especially since they are built with cargo in mind - even the Beaver was designed with the requirement that a full size fuel barrel will fit through the door.
Another testament to their adaptability is that my “local airline” - Harbour Air are working to convert their fleet to electric powered within the next few years, they’ve had a Beaver converted for a few years now.
They were designed with one engine in mind, that was changed before they went into production. They were built with a radial engine, many were already converted to a turbo prop, and now will likely be the first to have an electric fleet
Harbour Air is , I believe, the only airline that operates from downtown of a major city. It is litterly in the business district of Vancouvers Coal Harbour. Hence the name.. Harbour Air. You can walk out of a business office tower and be on your plane on the waters edge within a 10 min walk.
I have driven across Canada numerous times during different times of the year and the fall is the prettiest time to drive the TCH. The different colours of all tree species is stunning.
When you apologise you are taking the onus off the other person and it tends to calm them down. The truth is that it doesn't really matter who is at fault for what because that doesn't give you a solution. I made a mistake at work once and my boss said, "doesn't matter don't worry about it." and it was a pretty big screw up. I asked him later why he didn't care that it was my fault and he said, "Does knowing who messed up fix it? Is the situation going to be fixed by deciding it's your fault? Fault is a distraction from finding a resolution and dealing with the problem. It's important for you to know you messed up so you can learn from it. Everyone else knowing you screwed up does nothing for anyone. I'm glad you recognized it, and I know you won't make that mistake again. Aside from that I don't care."
Better then being an apprentice lol. Motto of any JM is "I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was going to blame you."
Great boss!
Lacrosse is a fun game, played for 8 years (Think Hockey with all the hits, fights and speed but with sticks with nets, shorts and shoes. Yes Canada is considered the best at Hockey but the USA and Russia are very good competitors who always give us a good run for our money (Male and Female teams at all levels). Ogopogo is an hour away from me but still haven't seen it! lol
To clarify, the Federal Government passed a resolution that officially names hockey as the country's official "winter" sport, while Lacross will be the country's official summer sport.
I'm born and raised in western canada...i convinced people in Maine US that i ride a polar bear to work, we don't have a shoulder on the side of our roads, it's a polar bear lane.
St. Paul Alberta's Martian landing pad was designed to go off with a loud siren should a UFO choose to land there. Unfortunately, I heard, they had to disconnect the siren after awhile because it mysteriously kept going off at all times of the night. Residents complained and the siren was silenced. At least this way the Martians could come and go without such hoopla.
The 4-6 mths of winter give ppl a lot of time to cool down and relax, and prepare to enjoy the summer. The differences in seasons are, imo, what allows us to be "happy".
I haven't driven the full length in one trip but I did do 90% of the Trans Canada last summer (from Calgary to St. John's). It took me 6 days and 5 nights. It's a very interesting drive as the landscape changes around you, the local driving laws and culture change as you pass from each Province. It was a fun experience overall. Even a lot of Canadian's don't know this but the Trans-canada highway actually splits into two segments at two different points, so you can't actually cover the whole thing in one trip. The section from Ontario and Quebec has both a north route and a south route. The section from Alberta and British Columbia also splits into north and south routes.
The sudden weather change in Pincher Creek was due to the Chinook winds in southern Alberta/BC. These winds come in multiple times over the winter, they are powerful warm winds that cause a very sudden break in winter weather. In the affected areas it is common for temperatures to change 20+ degrees in a few hours. -10 to +10 over a 6 hour period is pretty typical.
Lacrosse isn't the main sport of Canada. It is the Official Sport, an honorary title. Hockey is the sport of Canada by far. Lacrosse was invented here by Indigenous people's prior to the arrival of the settlers. For this reason it is honored as the national sport, essentially as a sign of respect to indigenous culture. However, it really isn't very popular. There is a professional league (NLL) but the players are very poorly paid, maxing out around $30,000 USD, the league just doesn't bring in the money like the big 4 sports do. By comparison NHL players have an average salary of $3.5 Million USD and a minimum of $750,000 USD.
The Canadian National Hockey team is generally considered the best. The US, Russia and Finland come close but Canada is generally considered the king. Canadians make up 43% of all NHL players despite the US having nearly 10x as many people.
Re Trans Canada: A third place it splits is in the Maritimes. From the west: near Moncton, NB you can either go south to Nova Scotia or east to Prince Edward Island. They join back up in Westville, NS.
@@jarsenaultj whoops I drove through there last summer and didn't notice that somehow.
It splits in Manitoba heading North through Saskatoon to Edmonton.
2:30 - Canada used to have 10% compared to yankland, back in the 1980s.
5:30 - It looked like Australia/New Zealand, but with a red field and a sprig of three yellow maple leaves.
7:20 - That change of +41C is unusual, but +20C temperature changes are normal annual events. Read up on chinook winds, hot Pacific ocean air coming over the Rocky Mountains.
14:05 - Forget the number, focus on the size. Lake Superior is so large (over 80,000sq km) that it has waves up to nine metres, normally sees only on the ocean. Great Slave Lake is used as a winter road to halve the distance to Yellowknife.
14:40 - Whoever recorded that has never been to BC. Okanagan has the same vowels as Yokohama. Yes, Ogopogo (Ogie) is a tourist thing, a copycat of Nessie. It's good clean fun and nobody takes it seriously.
17:35 - The polar bear (and grizzly, same species) is the largest land predator in the world, larger than tigers. They see humans as food, not a threat. Unfortunately, we ARE the threat, warming the sea ice which is starving the bears.
19:40 - The second biggest mall is in Edmonton.
22:20 - Rotten Rons made one of the biggest commercial mistakes in history in Canada. Back in the 1960s, Ray Kroc dimwittedly sold the rights to Rotten Ron franchising for $25,000. For the whole country.
22:30 - Narcisse is pronounced "nahr-cease".
I once apologized to a light pole I walked into... Born and raised Canadian
Lacrosse is a Native People’s sport. It’s very popular in a lot of provinces. Lots of young hockey players play it the summer season.
I feel often Canadians say sorry is more not saying they are at fault but they're sorry the incident happened at all
As a Canadian I can say that although the northern parts of the country and less populated, people do still live up there. Lots of small towns that are only accessible by sea plane. I live about 6 hours from the us boarder in central Canada and this year we went from +40 in the summer to -45 in the winter
Iceberg Alley is where the Titanic sank.
There's another thing that different between Americans and Canadians. The word "sorry". If you use it, after a car accident, for example, feeling bad for the other person, it can be held against you, as a sign of guilt, in the U.S.. Not in Canada! Because the government acknowledges that we apologize for everything. lol
We’re so big that we have many different dialects and regional slang, so “eh?” is used heavily in some parts of the country and less in others. Similarly, the Canadian “aboot” pronunciation is regional too, being more common in rural areas. Most people I know pronounce the word about more like they are saying “aboat.”
There are PLENTY of rude Canadians! There are lots of a-holes in the country. The cultural stereotype is one of politeness, and on a national scale we might be more polite, but I live in Toronto, and people can be pretty rude here. But if we find out you’re a visitor, we will usually crank up the politeness.
The "aboat" thing is quite prominent in southern Ontario, where vowels are wider than in most other places. In Calgary, vowels are taller, so "about" is pronounced as expected. It gradually changes as you go across the Prairies, enough that there is a noticeable difference by the time you get to Winnipeg. Nothing like Toronto, but certainly a different accent. I will say that Toronto is one of the most unwelcoming cities I have visited, second only to Paris, France. I could go on for ages about how the cultural norms throughout the county are directly related to historical settlement patterns, but I won't.
I travelled back and forth across Canada from 1971 to 1981. First time I dipped in a bottle in the Atlantic and poured it in the Pacific and did the same from west to east.
i'm kind of shocked they didn't mention Manitoulin Island. Its the largest freshwater Island in the world if I remember correctly at 2,766 square KM. I go hunting there every year. and yes, we do in fact say sorry and eh a lot (at least, my family does lol)
also, if you're interested in the geography of Canada and such, BC is an interesting place. Vancouver is a temperate rainforest, Okanagan valley is sort of like a desert (if not so), my brother has found cactuses on his hikes there, and it has massive rocky mountain ranges. it has a variety of different terrains that's for sure.
As a British Columbian, I agree. BC is an amazing and beautiful location!
And don't forget the rattlesnakes on rattlesnake point. They used to release hogs out to "milk" them and then go catch the snakes.
-The Canadian "sorry" thing is almost exactly the same thing as the British "sorry".
-Ogopogo, is definitely the same as the Loch Ness monster. We know about it from Aboriginal legend. Just like Sasquatch. (Yeti in Nepal) (It's found in the Oak-ah-nah-gun)
-The fish lamp is Aboriginal in origin, and is called an Oo-li-cun fish. Not whatever he said.
-Climate change on the south west coast of British Columbia is bringing us very long and very hot summers, cooler winters with a little more snow (we usually had almost none), a huge increase in forest fires and annual summer water use restrictions.
I live in Kelowna, home to the Ogopogo. It's a native canadian legend and the locals would sacrifice an animal so the sea serpent didn't kill them. A chief ignored the tradition and his entire family was killed.
We have a few statues of it around town and half the kids I went to school with claimed to have seen it. Heck, I claimed it brushed against my leg for years.
I live in Kelowna and love it! I am also waiting to see Ogopogo myself!
@@SamIamIam It supposedly lives in the tunnel system under half of Kelowna. Dusk in the most common time for sightings.
Thank you for that interesting tidbit.
I'm in New Brunswick. 85% forest? I'm not surprised. I'm in the city of Saint John and the deer and wildlife are constantly walking through our yard. It's great!
The government was going to originally call the toonie the "double loon" but decided not to because Maritimers would've called them doubloons. 😂
Cheese curds are not the same as shredded cheese. The cheese in a properly made poutine should be squeaky.
Great episode! Thanks! ❤
The drive is beautiful, albeit a bit boring if you live here. Oh look, a forest, oh look, a moose (which you never want to encounter on a highway, they're huge, and depending on what you drive, can easily kill you if you hit them). As far as the eh, and sorry, both absolutely true. Ive apologized to tables and chairs ive bumped into just out of sheer habit. Haha
Ottawa resident, I love this city. It’s like a real city, but slowed down and full of trees and grass. Multicultural, polite, etc 😊
Santa's modern look of red and white colors was mostly due to Coca-Cola ads back in the day.
Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories have really cold temperatures in the winter but summer might be short but can be really hot we were there in August and it was 32 C and the northern light are beautiful there.
I used to be proud to live in Canada but lately things have changed alot😢 I used to be happy but the last few years have been really sad to see the state of our politics. I'm sure that's the case around the world though.
I hope we can turn our politics and economy around and bring back a sense of pride in our country again.
Ottawa is a decent city to live in but we were once labeled the city that fun forgot. We tried to fix that but still tends to feel a bit dull.