We can absolutely pick out the Americans most of the time, not always but most of the time. I think it’s the demeanour and attitude. I don’t necessarily mean that in a negative way, it’s just different.
I lived in Spain for 5 years as a teen, so I have many friends there. Anyhow, in 2010 when we had the Olympics in Vancouver, my Spanish friends asked me if I was going to the games. (I live in Montreal). I said hell no, it's way too far! So they replied, But it's in Canada! You're in Canada! So I told them, in a straight line, there is 4700km between Montreal and Vancouver. And also in a straight line, there is 4300km between Montreal and the town in Spain where I lived. So it's technically closer to go to Spain from Montreal than to go to Vancouver. They couldn't believe it...🤣🤣
"Can Canadians pick out an American with just a brief interaction?" OMG YES. Dude. Every. Time. For starters, you're twice as loud as anyone else around you, and you're completely unaware of it.
Road hockey is popular too. Kids play hockey in the streets. When a car comes they yell car, car, and move to the side to let the car pass, then resume.
Yes, a Canadian can pick out an American in about 5 seconds. Attitude and behaviours, accents, differences in language, what you're wearing, how familiar you are with a stranger....all good clues.
Your accent would give you away instantly. Canadians across the country are more reserved and formal in their speech and interactions, no matter if they are from cities, small towns or rural areas. Americans are more direct and personal, even with strangers.
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Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres. In 2017, Horton was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
@@neuralmute Actually, he set up Tim Horton's donuts as a retirement thing, but, died in a car accident, coming back from a game in Toronto, he never actually got to retire.
50 years ago I was working pumping gas in Southern Ontario in July. A car full of USAians turned up with skis on their car asking how much farther north that they have to go to find snow.
Hahah I wonder how far they got before they gave up 😂 have heard similar stories from people here in southern Ontario. Or American’s asking how much further Whistler is from Toronto lol
In Canada, we do not include the sales tax in the price because, when it was introduced and included in the price Canadians made it clear they wanted to know the price for the item and how much tax. It was very quickly separated. Most Canadians can spot a citizen of the USA by the way they dress and how loud they are even before we discern which accent they use. The man in the video mentioned there were probably no hiking trails in Toronto. Actually, Toronto is an incredible city for hiking with 128 scenic trails, ranging from easy to challenging. Real Canadian maple syrup (not maple flavoured syrup) is fabulous on or in many food items. A real treat is maple syrup poured over bacon (both peameal bacon and side bacon) and eggs. Try it, you will love it. Outside of Quebec, there are many areas in Canada where heavy concentrations of Francophones can be found. There is a large number in New Brunswick, the only Province that is officially bi-lingual, Toronto has a large concentration of Francophones, as does Northern Ontario, areas of Manitoba, and a number of other areas across the country. Most, if not all Provinces offer students to be educated in English or French, with a large number of English-speaking students opting to attend French-speaking schools. There is French-language TV across the country as well as radio stations and newspapers. Throughout my life, even up to today, I have never been apprehensive about walking anywhere in the City of Toronto at any hour of the day or night. With streetcars and buses running 24 hours a day and the subway running between 6 AM to 2 AM Monday through Saturday and 8:00 AM to 2 AM on Sundays, that provides an additional feeling of security. That said, no matter where one is in the world, one should be aware of their surroundings at all times. Toronto, with nearly half of its population born outside of Canada, is often referred to as the most multicultural city in the world, with over 200 ethnic groups and over 140 languages spoken. The City of Toronto provides services and programmes in 180 languages. Don't be afraid to ask Canadians for directions. We are, for the most part, reserved because we respect each other's space; but, we are always willing to offer sightseeing advice, directions, and assistance. Welcome to Canada. Bienvenue au Canada.
“They never show hockey on TV in America!” Now, THAT made me laugh out loud! ESPN, ESPN+, Hulu, TNT and ABC carry the NHL games, including the Stanley Cup playoffs.
@judes1948 Canadian living in USA here. Yes, they do show hockey on TV, especially in the cities where they have hockey teams. I have lived on both coasts, in the Midwest and the south of the USA, and I have noticed that Tyler says things about America that may be true in his experience, but are not true about the US. It may depend on where you live.
It's also not well known (even to most English speaking Canadians) that there is French immersion and there is French (as a first language) school. The latter is exactly the opposite of English schools in that English isn't taught until 4th grade (in Ontario) the same way that French starts in English schools.
14:22 Don't feel dumb - there's Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls is on both sides of the river/border. It's just that the Canadian side has the better views and is geared towards tourists more.
Agreed. Niagara Falls on the Canadian side is also "family friendly" with many things you can do with your children. Indoor playgrounds, indoor waterpark, indoor butterfly garden, indoor bird garden, so regardless of the weather outside there are lots of things to see and do. Also a lot of "haunted houses" for teens and older (people paid to scare you if they can).
Hi, just a Canadian passing through this video, and figured i would answer a few of your questions! 1) Yes there are Tim Hortons EVERYWHERE here lol like one on every other block in the major cities and at least one in most small towns. 2) The 7 Canadian professional hockey teams are part of the NHL and 76% of players in the NHL are Canadian born. The minor league is called the AHL, and is where young players of teams go to play after they are drafted until they are ready to earn a spot on the NHL teams. This league also encompasses Canadian and American teams. 3) Quebec is a Province in Canada and also a City within the Province of Quebec called Quebec City (similar to the way New York is both a state and a city) Yes their primary language is French but most people there also speak at least some English, although they mostly prefer to speak French in their every day lives. Also all road signs, public information signs, and product labels have both English and French printed on them in Canada. 4) The host of this videos joke about bears liking people is sort of true! Bears are opportunists and and are attracted to people because they create interesting food smells. They often raid garbage cans and try to break into camp grounds, cottages or rural homes in search of easy food. In cities you really never have to worry about coming across a bear but it isn't impossible as they do wander in from time to time, especially in the more northern cities, but if you are spending time in bear territory it is best to keep food locked up or risk having a visitor in your camp. One more important thing to note about bears is they are very protective of their babies! Don't risk getting to close to a bear cub or you could end up getting a royal ass kicking from Momma Bear if she sees you! 5) If you look on a map 27 states are either entirely or party north of the southern most part of the Canadian border (Middle Island, Ontario) The states with a star beside them are entirely above this point in latitude: Alaska*Maine*, New Hampshire*, South Dakota*, California, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Connecticut, Michigan*, North Dakota*, Vermont*, Idaho*, Minnesota*, Ohio, Washington*, Illinois, Montana*, Oregon*, Wisconsin*, Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Iowa, Nevada, and Rhode Island. Also keep in mind that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border so in actuality there are plenty of Americans who live farther north latitudinally than most Canadians. Anyway just thought some of this would be informative! thanks for trying to understand the cool things about your Neighbours to your north through these cool videos!
He shows up on the hottest day of summer, and freezes to death. Not really, but still. The way some Americans act towards anything except the hottest days of summer, is pretty alarming
Canada is officially bilingual, and we all study French in school in every province, starting at around grade four of five. It doesn't mean that we are all fluent in French, of course.
To understand the importance and ubiquity of Tim Horton's you only need to know one thing: when Canadian troops were deployed to Afghanistan, a Tim Horton's opened on base. I'm Canadian, but I've spent a lot of time in the US and in various parts of Europe. Tbh, I've found that the average American is also friendly, kind, and helpful. I think a lot of it comes down to how you approach people. To address your conjecture: Canada is about 20% larger than the US, but we only have about 10% of the population. If you only went to tourist shops and restaurants, you could very well conclude that we are obsessed with maple syrup. Btw, when he says Québec, he's referring to the province, not just the city. This includes Montréal, the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. In truth, though, the population of Montréal is very bilingual and often trilingual.
After listening to Tyler speak about more Americans might want to visit Canada, it brought to mind a lovely couple from central Wisconsin we met while vacationing in The Hill Country of Texas for 3 winters. We invited them to visit us in Ontario, just east of Toronto on Lake Ontario; a beautiful area! “No, don’t think so. It’s too different. We wouldn’t be comfortable.” What?! Same language, same food, similar money, easy peasy! “Nope. Would never feel safe. Can’t bring my gun and ammo.” … BUT YOU WONT NEED A GUN! … “Nope. Not going to happen, thanks anyway.” University educated engineers……..
I live in downtown Toronto, in a neighbourhood with a thick concentration of night clubs, pool halls, huge apartment buildings full of recent immigrants, and where there's the biggest concentration of street people. Cannabis stores and bars everywhere. Anonymous buildings and thousands of people coming and going. The street I live on is full of party-goers at 2 A.M. Last week I realized that I had left my backpack at a sidewalk cafe the day before (I didn't realize it was missing until I looked for it the day after). This backpack was an old one that I loved because I had been in Europe, Africa, Australia, the Arctic, etc. with it. It was my usual hitch-hiking pack. Yet I fully expected there was a good chance it was still there at the cafe.... and it was. Even though it was outside on the sidewalk, a customer had brought it in and given it to the staff, who had carefully set it aside to patiently wait for me to turn up. In my mind, I had assumed that it PROBABLY would be waiting there for me, though it MIGHT have disappeared. That's in what most Canadians would consider a "dangerous" and "uncaring" urban environment. A few years ago I lost a monthly bus pass on the very day I bought it -- worth $110, which anyone could have used for the full month. Before I could buy a new one, I got a phone call from someone who had found it, and looked me up in the phone book, trying everyone with my name. They wanted to know where they could mail it to me, or if I could come by and pick it up. Across the hall from me there once was a Vietnamese family. Their little girl (about 12 or 13) was learning to play a classical concert flute. The family had scrimped and saved for it --- even the cheap ones for students cost around $300-400. She had dropped it somewhere, had no idea where it was, and was utterly heartbroken and ashamed of having lost it. Someone found it in a parking lot halfway between her school and her home, still in its case but with no identifying name. They realized that it was valuable, reasoned that it must have been bought at the most well-known downtown music store, and phoned them up to find out if they had recently sold a concert flute of that make and type to someone. The store went through their files to find the most recent sale and gave a name and address, to which the finder promptly delivered the flute --- taking a little Vietnamese "lucky cake" as their only reward. There are criminals around in Toronto, people do get robbed, there are some unsavory characters and pickpockets --- even some gangsters. But people expect other people to be honest most of the time --- and these examples are merely the recent ones that come to mind off the top of my head. I could list hundreds of others.
@@teebosaurusyou Indeed... "lucky cake" or "moon cake" is scrumptious. Returning lost items can sometimes be frustrating, especially when you are dealing with people who consider themselves important. I once found a set of construction site blueprints in a parking lot, obviously dropped out of someone's car seat when they were leaving. There was a pile of them, and I know that each one was worth about a thousand dollars just to make a copy (it has to be done on a huge machine). The project they were for was a remodelling of one of the city's most historic buildings, a project costing tens of millions. I dutifully tracked down the contractor involved, and told them I had found the plans. They told me to deliver them to an office, not too far away, but definitely using up some time. I went there, and dropped them off, and was acknowledged with nothing but a surly grunt. Not even a thankyou. Similarly, I returned a visiting (from another province) politician's wallet, and an insurance executive's personal laptop, both found on the subway. In both cases, I had to drop the item off with some bored receptionist and was not given even an indirect "thankyou", let alone the courtesy of a personal one. These kind of people seem to think that, as our natural superiors, it's just our place and duty to pick up after them. Since they would never do such a favour themselves, the rich "alphas" operate on the assumption that the only reason you could possibly have for returning it would be to demand a reward, so they engineer a situation where the object will be out of your hands with speed before you can do so. On the other hand, whenever I've returned a lost item to a normal person, there was the proper politeness and goodwill.
I once left my purse on a go train it went from Oakville to Pickering. I got it back minus my wallet. A few days later my mum got a call from the royal bank tower in Toronto saying they had my wallet. This was after I had gone home to get my back up id. When I went to claim my wallet I found that everything was still in it including a 1954 two dollar bill. Years later I left my purse on a bus in Kingston and I got it back in an hour from the bus driver when I got back on the bus. Another passenger had turned it in to him and everything was there
We had a family business in Windsor Ontario, a stones throw to Detroit. Americans would often ask how to get to Downtown Canada. I always enjoyed giving them directions to Ottawa that is around 500 miles away. 🤣
I worked in a bank in Gravenhurst (Muskoka), and in July had an American come in with snow machines on a trailer, asking how much further north he'd have to go to get to the snow. He looked rather dismayed when i told him about 500 km (800 miles) further north. LOL
@@douglasdietrich4174 I think you mean 500 miles and 800 km. That distance will get you to about Kapuskasing. But I think it's still pretty hot in Kapuskasing in July. I don't think you're going to find any snow there.
your channel is great. i love that you are both open minded and intelligent. as for Canadians picking out an American, yea it is obvious. firstly the dialects are the giveaway, even the similar accents are different enough, where for instance: the word “dollar” where it sounds to us that Americans are saying “daller”. beyond that Americans tend to be more pushy in general, and blunt in tone when they speak. i was in France one time. and an American woman was shouting at a shop clerk because the clerk refused to speak english to her. No lie. her argument, fairly enough, was that the store clerk could speak english and had been doing so to customers just before her. the difference was that the American woman just immediately launched in english without acknowledging french culture by at least asking in french if they could please speak english. It’s only polite. but such politeness was beyond her comprehension. i ended up taking her aside and explaining it to her. and i even taught her what to say to not seem rude.
There is an area here in Nova Scotia that speaks Gaelic. Yes we have French class until grade 9 and then it's optional. Though that may vary per province. Though unless you go into French immersion and keep taking it throughout school you don't stay fluent. It's not just Quebec either there are other French speaking communities like parts of New Brunswick.
5:00 yes i did it in montréal suburb in 2007: a couple of tourists our age asked where to party the next day... which was québec's national day so i replied "everywhere"... brought them to a local band show and they had good time despite not understanding any lyrics. They went to check the translated lyrics for the songs they liked. Shoutout to Ben & Maggie from Harrisburg PA.
A, that boat, not barge is called the Maid of the Mist from the New York side and Hornblower Tours from the Ontario side and B, it's only an hour from Toronto. I'd recommend reading your comments because a lot of us are adding commentary to the videos, correcting or adding to what is being shown.
One thing about Canada - there's a lot of it. When I was an over the road semi driver I usually travelled to the US. One time when crossing into Canada, the customs officer asked me my nationality. When I said "Canadian", he then asked "how long have you been a Canadian ? " I looked at my watch and said "well lets see". That started a very amusing encounter. WARNING!!! A border crossing is NOT the place for levity.
When I drove semi long haul (about 38 years ) I found that customs had very little sense of humour U S worse than Can. Canadian spell the word customs the U S spell it God. and they believe it.
In my hometown of around 50 000 people, I kid you not there is literally 14 Tim Hortons locations. From my house there is 3 within walking distance alone and I don't even live downtown. The part that's always entertaining to me though is that even with so many locations, almost every single one is full. Needless to say we love our Timmies here
Bit of trivia: Tim Horton was a professional hockey player so you see how deeply integrated in Canadian culture hockey is :) And yes they're everywhere. There must be 3 Tim Hortons for every McDonald's
@@douglasdietrich4174 I have to agree with you, sadly. I remember back in 2007 I would have a double-double every morning and that was the best coffee on Earth but for the past 4-5 years it tastes almost nothing. I prefer McDonald's coffee nowadays.
my drive from work I pass 4 timmies and 2 Macca's my house to my friends house across town one star bucks 5 or 6 timmies and 1 Macca and a BK they are EVERYWHERE up here and part of the "social fabric" :lets grab a tims sometime" OR how about you and me get a tims after work = basically grab a drink and chat when they renovate a tims they have special trailer they place in site to serve customers while the store is closed
@@Trygvar13 LMFAO. I'm exactly the same way but I also know something many people don't seem to which is weird. If you remember back a few years now, Timmies came out with their dark roast coffee and advertised it like crazy. The reason they did that is because the specific roast of bean they were using that made their coffee so good, they lost the contract for and you'll never guess who got that contract, MCDONALD'S!!! If you drank McDonald's coffee before that, it was awful but once they got the contract, it was good. I purposely go out of my way to McDonald's for my coffee instead of hitting up Timmies next door. Haven't had a Timmies anything in well over a year.
Something I learned by living in Montreal that would actually surprise most Canadians is getting lost in Montreal. If you ask for directions a Montrealer will not tell you how to get there. Instead they will take you by the hand and take you to the place you are looking for. And they will not leave you until you are securely there. A little weird the first time but you get used to it.
Years ago my family and I were lost in a small town outside of Montreal. I asked this one lady sitting on her porch for directions (en français tres terrible lol) and she offered to get in our car and show us how to get there. We had to akwardly say we appreciate the gesture but once we get there we'd have to drive her back to her house and we'd just get lost again. She agreed that made sense lol 😆
Been enjoying your reactions. From Calgary here, near the rocky mountains and Banff. Yes Timmies is everywhere. Yes people are generally friendly Yes the natural beauty is everywhere. If you ever come up, make sure to let us know! Us Canadians love showing off our land.
Yes!...to answer your question we can definitely tell if you are an American citizen visiting Canada. I grew up in Windsor and lived in Toronto for 15 yrs and now back in Windsor and trust me you can tell.
Cereal Box French. All Canadian packaging has both French and English, so we spend our youth reading French on the cereal boxes. Gratis. Prix. Sucre. I got five years of French in school, but cannot speak it, because I never hear it or speak it.
@@TSquare7741the Best way to learn French,English, Spanish, Italian is television or books. I never learned English in schools but had a Ukranian friend who only spoke English I was around 5 years old you learn fast and English is an easy language to understand. My ancestors are French it is probably easier to speak Latin language.
@@brentfellers9632 ......more people are killed by moose every year than bears of all kind. I think bears are a little smarter than moose, bear attacks tend to be about protecting their young, Mr Moose sees you as competition for Mrs. Moose, and he wants to Take. You. Out.
Some comments: Maple syrup: not common outside of pancakes. BUT we have maple candy, maple cakes (pudding chomeur), maple flavoured bacon, maple syrup in barbeque sauce, maple-walnut icecream, and maple iced donuts. French: universally spoken first in Quebec. Tourist places don't have much French but it is spoken in communities in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. I live in Toronto and there's a French school a block away from me. Distances in Canada are similar to USA. You COULD drive from Boston to Dallas to San Francisco but it is not highly recommended. Canadians being nice. Canadians are much more polite. We are helpful to tourists. We are also very passive-aggressive. Americans are much more friendly. And yes, we can recognize tourists - even American tourists quickly. Tim Hortons. It's more like Starbucks than like MacDonalds. Coffee and donuts/muffins. I looked at a map of where I live in downtown Toronto and there are 20 Timmies within a half hour walk. ---- Real things I've known foreigners to be shocked at. 1/ A German friend was offended that Toronto street signs can have languages other than English. The Greek neighbourhood, the Portuguese neighbourhood, and the Chinese neighbourhood have bilingual street signs. 2/ I've heard this from a few Americans. Non-Christians and non-Whites aren't as stealth as they are in the USA. I knew one guy who went on for hours about the head of one of the political parties who wears a turban. 3/ Construction signs that say "Your Tax Dollars at Work". At least in Eastern and Maritime Canada there is an expectation that the government works for us. 4/ I heard this from a Ukrainian Canadian TH-camr. Canadians don't have to deal with corruption on a regular basis. 5/ Litter and grafitti are unusual in Canadian cities. 6/ While Americans have heard of some of our tv shows or musicians - they don't know the majority of them. And for the big cities, you'll be surprised how many places you've seen in American shows and movies.
Yes, Tyler - your accent would be a DEAD give-away as well as your constant referral to "America" as the name of the country instead of it's real name - the US(A) or United States of America(the continent that dozens of countries are actually apart of,too)! LOL
America or the USA is part of the North American continent that is made up of only 3 countries not dozens. Canada, The United States of America and Mexico are the only North American countries. 🤔
yeah 99% of everyone I know here in Canada calls it "The US" not America, unless using mockingly like AMERICA!!!! YEAHH!! (I know not all Americans are the patriot Sam Adams stenotype, but it does come up in Canadian comedy a lot)
@@wendylogergren450 he said America. Some people group north america and south america with each other as just america. That being said , central america is still considered north america , along with the carribean , so there are quite a few extras.
Come to Calgary AB in the first two weeks of July. They hold the Calgary Stampede during that time, and we're very close to the Rockies, Canmore, Banff and Jasper are incredible.
I used to live in Whistler with a lot of tourists. We could often pick out Americans. They talk louder, they often look at you funny if you randomly smile at them and if you bump into them they keep going, they don't usually stop or say sorry. They also don't socially chat (as often) while waiting in line (Canadians are small talkers). Once Americans realize your being friendly they become the nicest people you can meet. I think it goes back to the difference in population. Where I'm from if someone honks almost everyone on the street waves at the car because it's might be someone they know honking to say Hi. We rarely lock our doors during the day (in the summer we wouldn't close the doors except for the racoons.) Btw - there is Niagara Falls in USA too but Canadians do think ours are nicer...lol. We're not obsessed with Maple Syrup but maple bacon popcorn is amazing. And maple salmon, and maple cookies. There are as many Tim Hortons as Subway and McDonalds combined. We still say eh but unfortunately have started using the work "like" in almost every sentence...sigh.
I understood “eh” better after hearing an older gentleman in northern Alberta use it at the end of every single sentence. He was tacitly acknowledging that we agreed with what he’d just said, saving himself the trouble of waiting for a response, and perhaps hearing disagreement. He took care of the conversation for everybody, eh?
The picture of the girl in the straw hat with the red hair and freckles, is a character from a book series called Anne of Green Gables. Following the death of her parents Anne is sent to her aunt Marilla on Prince Edward Island (PEI) She has a series of adventures in every book of the series. The character is one of Canada's most loved Icons in not only Canadian literature but worldwide.
Hi Tyler, I'm a French Canadian, working in the video game industry in Montréal, Canada. For that matter, we go get to work with many people from around the world but to answer your question if we can pick up Americans from Canadians... I confirm we can. It's more in the way English Canadians speaks versus English Americans to me. In the end, everyone I work with are very kind so we can't tell from that but we can deffenitely tell if someone pronounces words that ends with OUT like ABOUT. That really makes a difference... at least to me from a French Canadian perspective. I like your videos, that's very interesting to see your reactions. I once had 2 American that I knew over the internet coming to Montréal for the 1st time back in the day, we were playing online combat flight simulators together and we gave them a trou of the city for a few days and they were really astonished... especially by the subway in Montréal which we call the Metro. Anyways, cheers !!!
Sales tax and tipping are basically identical in the US and Canada. The price you see on the item when it’s on a shelf is the before tax amount. So if it’s $1.99 the total at the register would be $1.99 plus tax. Now in canada there are 2 different sales taxes… the provincial sales tax (PST) and the goods and services tax (GST). GST is 5% across the entire country. PST varies between 6% and 8% or if you’re in Quebec it’s 9.975% QST (Quebec Sales Tax) because they gotta be different and kinda don’t like being Canadian at times (long history lesson there). This mean that in some provinces you would see 2 different taxes on your final bill. Other provinces (and territories) use HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) to combine PST and GST into one tax. Making it easier for consumers. HST is 15% in all provinces that use HST except Ontario where it’s 13%. The total sales tax in Canada ranges from 5% to 15% with Quebec being special with 14.975%. This is very similar to the US except the US has no national sales tax. Each state has its own sales tax rate ranging from 2.9% to 7.25% and some local governments add a 1%-5% tax on top of their sates sales tax. For tipping in Canada you don’t need to tip but if you don’t you are kinda a dick… however it’s really only for sit down restaurants. You can tip anywhere you wish but it’s most common for sit down restaurants. Usually for me the lowest tip I give is 10%. That’s usually for bad service. 15% is what I give to the pizza delivery driver. 18%-25% for excellent service. These are mainly big shocks for Europeans. Sales tax is listed on the item within its price. So the price you see on the shelf is what you pay at the register. Also tips are (to the best of my knowledge) included in the bill. You don’t get to decide your tip percentage. It’s already chosen, it’s added right in and the price you see on the receipt is exactly what you pay. Tip and tax included.
Being a Canadian from Winnipeg where the Jets are this was a fun video to watch. Been enjoying your reactions. Yes we can generally tell an American not just by accent but also by volume of speaking. Maple flavor (spelt flavour in Canada) is common here but typically for limited time or special promotions on products like a donut or candy bar. Outside of syrup or candies and confections it isn't as widely consumed as you'd think. French is taught in primary school as a secondary language but varies by region. In my province it was mandatory in grades 3-8. Outside of Quebec there are pockets of french speaking that are significant enough to have french road signage.
@@joeystylezleaks I grew up in a small town of about 3,000 people, just outside of Winnipeg, which has 4 schools. 3 of them are K-8, one English, one French Immersion, and one French. The last one is the high school (9-12) and it's shared by the English and French Immersion students. High school French students had to bus to a neighboring town. I was in French Immersion until grade 5, at which point I switched to English. From grades 5-8 we still had mandatory French class, but it was barely comparable to the French in grade 1-2 French immersion.
Maple syrup is an important part of our economy. We have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. I vaguely remember a big news story about stolen maple syrup...
Maple filled sandwich cookies, maple wafer cookies, peach maple upside down cake, maple sugar candies, maple syrup candies, maple sausages, maple bacon, maple pancakes...I can go on!
I really enjoy watching your videos: You are likeable, funny, honest, willing to learn, have a nice voice, you really react instead of just watching the video (and I like that you google at the spot when you have a question) and you are nice to look at. 😁 I am looking forward to many reactions on hopefully many countries!
The barge is called Maiden of the Mist from what I recall, quite a few years ago I visited Niagara falls and had a chance to go onboard. They give you a light rain jacket and get pretty much underneath the falls.
Trivia bit: Canada's most populated region, the lower Great Lakes, is WAY south of the 49th parallel of latitude which is the US/Canada border across most of the continent. My hometown in Southern Ontario is at the same latitude as southern Oregon. There is an Ontario historical plaque at the 49th on Highway 11. It is on the south edge of (fittingly) Tim Horton's hometown of Cochrane...which is two thirds of the way to James Bay (look it up on a map, it's astonishing). We spot Americans by the skis on top of their cars at Niagara Falls in August. 😀
I worked in a bank in Gravenhurst (Muskoka), and in July had an American come in with snow machines on a trailer, asking how much further north he'd have to go to get to the snow. He looked rather dismayed when i told him about 500 km (800 miles) further north. LOL
a long haul trucker friend had one of those singing bass mounts hung in his truck but it had fur on it as a GAG piece from the Hudson bay and he would do Winnipeg PHARR Texas USA and would "get" a lot of Americans with it and they believed it was REAL and that it is THAT cold up here that fish NEED fur to NOT freeze
In most of Canada we have 2 seasons; winter and construction. As for learning French in school, I can't speak for how it is now, but when I was in school (90's) we were taught French from about grade 3 or 4 to grade 10. Also, poutine is the quintessential late night drunk food after leaving the bar.
Love your videos! As a Canadian, its interesting to see how much our Southern neighbours don't know. I appreciate you because you have taken the time to learn about us. Best American Ever. To answer your question, yes, our schools teach us French. In the Province of Ontario, where I am from, there are four paths to go down. There is Core French, French as a Second Language (FSL), French Immersion, and Full French. Core French is where, just like English class, we have a French class that teaches us grammar, speaking, writing, reading, etc. FSL has French class plus two other school subjects that are taught in French. French Immersion is just like FSL, but instead of two other subjects, you can take six per year. Full French is the final option and that is where every class you take is in French except for English class, but Full French is usually reserved for French Canadians who have French as their mother tongue. Hope this helps!
I was in French Immersion from senior kindergarten onward until the end of high school, so half of my classes were in French, including subjects like geography, history, and science. But I know lots of people who just did "core French" so they only had French class and everything else was in English.
I'm a born and bred Ottawan and I was in immersion from kindergarten to grade 6. My youngest brother struggled with French so he was in the core program. My three kids were in what would have been called core as well.
The thing was this channel that you are watching is that it is through the eyes of a tourist. As a tourist, you will be exposed to more maple syrup type food, hockey and all the other tokens that are marketed as Canadian. But ask anyone who lives day to day here, and experiences are usually vastly different. I can't even remember the last time I had maple syrup, and I love baseball and basketball way more than hockey...this is especially true in places like Toronto where the lifestyle and culture would be significantly different that the culture in say Quebec City. It's like how LA culture is significantly different from Chicago culture. You can even say that places like Toronto have far more in common with Midwest and northeastern US cities like Chicago, New York and Boston than it does with many Canadian cities.
Hi, great videos. Canadians aren't obsessed with maple syrup, we just have a lot of it. Canada (Quebec) produces 75% of the world's supply of maple syrup. If you got it, use it.
will say we as Canadians "really lean into" the stereotypes and MAPLE is a BIG one Maple donuts are NORMAL and Maple flavoured coffee drinks and candy bars are common in the FALL season Maple glazed hams are common traditions for holiday dinners any tourist shop will have bottles of Maple syrup often in a maple leaf shaped bottle OR a beaver shaped one to take home with you but in the grocery stores you CAN buy "table syrup" much like "pancake" syrup or Aunt Jemima syrup but the REAL maple syrup will have more shelf space
The "barge" you mentioned at Niagra Falls, it's a tourist ride called, "The Maid of the Mist", and gets much, much closer than is pictured. (Also, there are other areas of the falls, and on the USA side, as it's right on, and split by the boarder. The "Horseshoe Falls" in Canada is unanimously agreed upon as the largest, and most beautiful and magnificent of the different areas of the waterfalls.
As far as taxes are concerned, yes, they're added automatically... for the tipping though, it works pretty much the same as in the U.S. For the maple syrup, we are not obsessed... but since it's a ressource we have just under our nose, we use it a lot... 🙂 Canadian would learn a certain amount of French but wouldn't have an opportunity to speak it a lot unless they live in Québec... where English will have to learn French in school and French will have to learn English in school... TIm Hortons are really everywhere...
Just curious, which state are you in? Yeah, speaking only for myself, i can usually tell when someone's American for two main reasons: their accents, and their general lack of knowledge about the place they're in (Canada). Both are generalizations. I've been surprised a few times.
He has mentioned, though none by name, having lived in a few states. His lack of any specific accent markers would leave me guessing places like Ohio, Oregon, Michigan, maybe Wyoming or Washington.
In the Canadian educational system we are taught basic French in elementary school. However, in senior kindergarten, you can enroll your child in a French Immersion program where their courses are in French up to and including gr 12. The other option you can enroll your child in is the Extended French program that starts in gr 4. Subjects in this program are half English and half French. This goes to gr 12 as well.
The guy in the video isn't Canadian so he's telling this from his POV. You definitely would stand out the second you start talking because you sound American. Sales tax is more in reference to countries where taxes are included prior to Point of sale. I've been to multiple US states and the taxes were added as well so guess it depends on where you are from. I drove from Albert to Manitoba which took almost 12 hours and in that trip I started in Alberta and ended up in Winnipeg so I went through a total of 3 provinces staying on the Trans Canada most of the way. I left at 7 and drove 690 miles by myself. I'm a woman, drove the entire way with a total of 3 stops for food, restroom and fuel all without a gun.
I drove from Edmonton to Winnipeg once and I had stop for a while because I was seeing giant gophers cross the highway... I was so tired. But nothing is worse then crossing Ontario. It takes forever.
@@Trygvar13 did a Winnipeg across northern Ont and back and that was a LONG 24 hours driving and did NOT go to Toronto but a stop near the turn off towards Quebec
@@jasonriddell Winnipeg to Toronto on hwy 17 or 11 is about 2200 kms one way. As a truck driver that has run both routes very often over the years as well as 17 across to Quebec, I absolutely love running Northern Ontario.
@@Trygvar13 I live in Eastern Ontario, East of the Capital, I have done the drive from here to Calgary, Alberta three times. Ontario is by far the longest part of the drive, however the scenery in Northern Ontario is phenomenal. The Prairies are easy driving even with the flat stretches for miles and miles.
@@janshe3597 I agree that it's beautiful. Half an hour before you cross the border to Ontario the prairies suddenly disappear and you are greeted by beautiful trees and countless lakes. It just takes forever :)
I've been following your videos lately. Love it by the way. But cannot wait to see your reaction when you finally visit Canada. Looking forward to that! We welcome you. 💜
Had about 6 years of school where there were mandatory French classes, but if you don't use it in every day life it's easy to forget after a while. All packaging and official documentation does come in both languages though.
Born and raised Canadian here. Yes, in my school district French is a compulsory language requirement from early primary school up until late high school. Unfortunately I didn't pay much attention to my classes, so the one time I went to Montreal City in Quebec I got stumped on how to get around. Funny thing is, I learned that most citizens of Montreal had just about the same level of English as I did French so if I needed to communicate with someone, we would spend a few hilarious minutes fumbling around using only hand signals 😂
I took a trip in grade 12 to NYC and I did what I usually do, holding the door open for people near me and at least 4 times people tried to give me change and it really shocked me. I just had to give it back and say don't worry about it, but I found it odd. Do Americans always give change to someone holding the door? What's the deal with that?
Canadian in the US. Have lived in various places. I think NYC is unique and there are door people in some places that expect to get tipped. This is not normal anywhere I have lived in the US.
In Canada we take French as a language in school for a minimum of 4 years, most take it for at least 5 (technically in high school you can choose to take any language class offered, French will always be offered, my school only had Spanish as an alternative to French, but my son's had French, Spanish, and Latin)
Except if you’re from Quebec( the province, not the city), exact opposite. We mostly are french speaking (except in parts of Montreal) and learn english as a secondary language.
I was born and raised an hour from the Canadian border. So when it came time to select a foreign language, French was the logical choice. But we unexpectedly moved to Arizona in my first year of high school. And I've lived out west ever since. My French has become a lost art. I wish I had taken Spanish. Hardly any one in my school did. But who knew?
Not to shock you Tyler but the NHL was founded in Nov 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and consisted of 6 original teams from 1942 - 1967. The Toronto Maple Leafs, The Montreal Canadiens, The Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and the Detroit Red Wings! It now consists of 32 teams; 25 American and 7 Canadian.
I was in the Caribbean a few years ago, and met 2 friends--one Canadian and one American, and I immediately knew, without even being told, that one was American. It's just a think you can tell a lot of the time.
That is my dream cross Canada trip. All the World’s biggest statues, from the hockey stick and puck in Nanaimo to the nickel in Sudbury. There are a ton of huge sights to see.
Tim Hortons has made it pretty big now. It runs in many countries now, including Spain, UK, India, USA and several others. Also fun fact, Canadians consume the most amount of doughnuts in the world, and yes, we have maple flavoured doughnuts lol.
We also measure distances in time. So if you ask for directions you’ll probably get an answer like “ oh drive 15 mins that way and turn right, drive another hour and your there”. And we are taught French from grade school. Most government jobs in certain areas you need to be bilingual. And poutine is the bomb! Best food ever! And yes there are Tim’s everywhere. You’ll have no problem finding one. Tim Horton was a Canadian hockey player that just loved a good cup of coffee.
I used to work in a refrigerated warehouse and they gave us cold weather gear .At lunch we would go to the local Burger King ,but we rarely took off our gear...Took too much time. It was awesome during heat waves because tourists noticed us in our gear and assumed there was snow nearby . One British family assumed we were the local bobsled team.Americans would ask us if the snow was "just over that hill"
French Canadian here. In Canada, most people speak English. However, in the province(state) of Quebec where the cities of Montreal and Quebec city are located, people speak French as a first language. These people have French ancestries instead of British. There are other pocket areas in Canada where French is the first language too, but nothing as big as in the province of Quebec. If you stay in tourist areas in the province of Quebec, you'll be fine without knowing french, but we'll appreciate if you try using a couple words like please (S'il vous plaît), thank you (merci).
I have a video suggestion for you. The Gander, Newfoundland response and handling of flights that were diverted to their small town on 911. Just an amazing community and a beautiful story.
I loved that story as a Canadian. There are people who still communicate with each other all these years later! Life long friendships created over a dark day/period.
I’ve lived in Canada for six decades and I’ve never seen maple flavoured chips. Maple flavoured bacon, yes. Chips, no. As to safety: when I had a colicky newborn, I used to put her inside my coat and take her for walks at 3 in the morning never once fearing for our safety, at the time we lived just a few miles from the US border.
With this channel, you kind of have to visit Canada now lol. I think the maple syrup thing is over-rated. Yes you can get it everywhere but I think more tourists buy it than Canadians. Every so often I will have a maple flavoured something to be a good Canadian but then I am good for a few months.
We cook a lot of thing with maple sirup instead of sugar and we cook meat with it. It is way better than the maple sirup flavoured things for tourists. Maple sirup is regularly on my grocery list to cook with it or just as an ice cream topper.
If you travel to Quebec, northern Ontario and New Brunswick, there are many French speaking people. However, many do also speak a bit of English. Be respectful of the culture. If you were travelling in Europe, you’d learn important phrases. Do it the same in beautiful Quebec and New Brunswick.
Even when I'm just going to the store, people i have never met before just say hello, how are you doing today, it makes me so happy to be around complete strangers that are just so nice
I was working at a campground one summer here in northern British Columbia, Canada. One evening a tourist was chatting with me and I asked if he was from California. He was surprised and asked me how I knew. It was his accent.
it would roughly take a month to drive across Canada. And a Moose coming through a windshield are basically a widow maker's, also Deer. Canada also love's baseball. There are many black bear's, grizzly's and cougars, deer's are actually more dangerous during the mating season, but unlikely to actually run into a deer at this time unless you are trying to hunt. Food quality is unreal in Canada but also more expensive. and yes Tim Hortons is everywhere. Poutine is a must!. You will hear more Eh's if your are in the northern and eastern part's of Canada.
Maple chips were promotional thing from Frito Lay's. Poeple proposed flavours on their website and they put four in production. There were Mac'n cheese flavoured too and poutine from what I remember. People had to vote for their favorite. It lasted like 2 or 3 month.
Since both English and French are official languages nationwide, French is taught in elementary and high schools. At least the basic stuff. Since my mother tongue is Spanish, the French I took in high school I picked it up rather quickly compared to my English speaking classmates but yeah they teach you French everywhere in Canada (federal law)
I grew up in a farm town of 5000 in Alberta. We had French home rooms, but they were a seperate class and it was only offered grade 1-9 I never once took a French class. Not in Elemantary or high school.
I believe all the education is provincial and each province has it's own 'rules' as to what applies. In BC I believe you must be taught a second language, and if, in your area, a high number of people speak something other than French, the school board can decide to offer that instead. French is the default 2nd language, so it is taught in grades 4? To 8? I think....unless you specifically opt out to learn a different one. My experience, anyway.
Quebec is the only official French province. New Brunswick, which borders Quebec, is officially bilingual. But you'll still find a lot of French speakers in Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island even though these are English provinces.
I'm a Canadian A,,,with 4 seasons, spring summer fall and winter and yes it does get cold in the winter as cold as -37 - 42,, try working outside for 8 hours in this weather
About Poutine, I'm sure you would absolutely love it, it's very good. There are variations as well, be it poutine with smoked meat, cut-up hot dogs, cut-up veggies, roasted chicken, etc., (you get the idea). The most important thing that cannot be ignored is the cheese. It has to be fresh cheese curds (never been pressed nor refrigerated). The cheese will squeak in your teeth and taste great. Many regions in Canada don't really sell unrefrigerated cheese curds, but in Quebec, you can buy fresh cheese curds everywhere (even in most convenience stores). One warning though, make sure your life insurance is paid up because poutine is a heart attack on a plate... Just kidding, it's not that dangerous, but you don't want to eat it every day.
the quality fo Poutine does VERY a LOT and lower end joints often use processed cheddar OR "nacho cheese" type with some instant gravy on soggy fries and that is NOT GOOD or even Poutine!!!
@@jasonriddell That sound disgusting, In Nova Scotia its very common for places to use Shredded mozzarella cheese, there are places that do curds also.
I know that in some provinces, there's an automatic service charge (aka the mandatory tip) for parties of 8 or more at restaurants, because it's extra work for BOH and FOH to coordinate service.
Yes, french is taught here. I'm in Alberta Canada. Born and raised here. French is mandatory in school. Most kindergarten teachers will start their kids with some basic french. It is a course we all have to take up until about grade 9. Some choose to take it throughout high school as well. For us elementary is grades 1-6, middle school or junior high is grades 7-9, and high school is grades 10-12. Maybe 80% of Canadians know french or a high percentage of it. I personally don't know much french. I've never been in a position where I needed it, so I've actually forgotten it over time. But I do know both American and Canadian sign languages, Danish, and a little bit of German. Bilingual is highly encouraged here.
new brunswicker here and elementary for us is k-4,middle school is 5-8 and high school is 9-12(graduated in 2010 so it could be different) but yeah french was mandatory until high school which ive forgotten nearly all of it
Tyler, you should check out Tim Horton on Wikipedia. He was a real person and was a Canadian hockey player. His story is actually quite interesting. I find it odd that Hockey is not shown on American TV since there are 32 teams-25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
I used to work front desk at a hotel. I definitely could sense the Americans from the way they spoke. Usually more aggressive, some would make fun of our accents (which we all have accents, even Americans, it's just apart of life). We do have a tendency to make fun of the fact that Americans don't know we are not cold all year round. Had someone come up with their ski doos looking for snow in the middle of July! I live 4 hours north of the board and we were in a middle of a heat wave.
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 - February 21, 1974)[1][2][3] was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leaf's, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabers. In 2017, Horton was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history
"That would not fly in America" understand that price tags in Canada and the USA are actually not complete since the taxes are added afterwards, much of the world puts the tax on and then that is the price on the tag. I'm pretty sure you misunderstood the comment he was making.
And taxes are different in each province. Entire country has the 5% GST which is added to the total bill. Most other provinces have some form of provincial sales tax with the exception of Alberta. All we have here is the goods & services tax.😊
In my experience, the first clue I get that I'm speaking to an American is when they ask me if I speak "American". Edit: Tipping in Canada is different than in the USA. Unlike the USA, our minimum wage is not set by employment type which means a server is paid the same as a retail worker so they are not as dependent on tips as they are in the states. Regarding the size of Canada: I once picked up a couple of brothers from Germany in New Brunswick who were planning on hitch-hiking to Vancouver from Halifax. It had taken them almost a day to get from Halifax, NS to Moncton, NB. I drove them to the Quebec border, about a 5 hour drive and, as I dropped them off, they asked if I thought they could make Vancouver before dark. I barely had the heart to tell them that they had only covered about 15% of their trip and it was another 3 days of straight driving to get to Vancouver. Canada is really big. th-cam.com/video/XhiDILWFXBE/w-d-xo.html
Yes, we are taught to be somewhat bilingual. I've lived in Ontario where French is taught from kindergarten to high school. In Saskatchewan, French is available in high school, but not mandatory. There are also French Immersion schools, where French is the language of instruction subject-wide.
A Canadian can see an American from a mile away
Thank you - I was about to say that!
Or 1.6 km.
Starting with how they say Canada!
We can absolutely pick out the Americans most of the time, not always but most of the time. I think it’s the demeanour and attitude. I don’t necessarily mean that in a negative way, it’s just different.
Facts.
I lived in Spain for 5 years as a teen, so I have many friends there. Anyhow, in 2010 when we had the Olympics in Vancouver, my Spanish friends asked me if I was going to the games. (I live in Montreal). I said hell no, it's way too far! So they replied, But it's in Canada! You're in Canada! So I told them, in a straight line, there is 4700km between Montreal and Vancouver. And also in a straight line, there is 4300km between Montreal and the town in Spain where I lived. So it's technically closer to go to Spain from Montreal than to go to Vancouver. They couldn't believe it...🤣🤣
"Can Canadians pick out an American with just a brief interaction?"
OMG YES. Dude.
Every. Time.
For starters, you're twice as loud as anyone else around you, and you're completely unaware of it.
lol I was thinking this too! YES, every time.
It's so true: the volume is a big give away.
Actually that sounds like my Canadian in-laws. But they’re also Italian-Canadian, sooooo…
So, so true
I know. No concept of 'inside voice' EVER
Road hockey is popular too. Kids play hockey in the streets. When a car comes they yell car, car, and move to the side to let the car pass, then resume.
Truth! 🙌
Yes, a Canadian can pick out an American in about 5 seconds. Attitude and behaviours, accents, differences in language, what you're wearing, how familiar you are with a stranger....all good clues.
Set you bar high, but you sill have to pay for your beer!!
There's a Canadian law that essentially reads:
Saying the word "sorry" specifically does NOT constitute admission of guilt
Your accent would give you away instantly. Canadians across the country are more reserved and formal in their speech and interactions, no matter if they are from cities, small towns or rural areas. Americans are more direct and personal, even with strangers.
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League.
He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres. In 2017, Horton was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
And then he made the world a better place by opening a coffee and donut shop after he retired from hockey. A truly great man.
Tim Horton’s is Not a fast food place. It is a Donut and Coffee Shop….predominantly+ Delicious sandwiches and Muffins .
@@neuralmute Actually, he set up Tim Horton's donuts as a retirement thing, but, died in a car accident, coming back from a game in Toronto, he never actually got to retire.
50 years ago I was working pumping gas in Southern Ontario in July. A car full of USAians turned up with skis on their car asking how much farther north that they have to go to find snow.
So is this a joke or were there actually a group of Americans aimlessly driving northwards until they find snow. I can believe both options.
@@lucky247365 Really happened; I wasn't mean or insulting to them. In fact, I arranged a swim visit to a local farmer's irrigation pond.
🤣🤣
I had a similar experience in Winnipeg in the '70's. They were in a big motorhome with two snowmobiles on a trailer in July!
Hahah I wonder how far they got before they gave up 😂 have heard similar stories from people here in southern Ontario. Or American’s asking how much further Whistler is from Toronto lol
In Canada, we do not include the sales tax in the price because, when it was introduced and included in the price Canadians made it clear they wanted to know the price for the item and how much tax. It was very quickly separated.
Most Canadians can spot a citizen of the USA by the way they dress and how loud they are even before we discern which accent they use.
The man in the video mentioned there were probably no hiking trails in Toronto. Actually, Toronto is an incredible city for hiking with 128 scenic trails, ranging from easy to challenging.
Real Canadian maple syrup (not maple flavoured syrup) is fabulous on or in many food items. A real treat is maple syrup poured over bacon (both peameal bacon and side bacon) and eggs. Try it, you will love it.
Outside of Quebec, there are many areas in Canada where heavy concentrations of Francophones can be found. There is a large number in New Brunswick, the only Province that is officially bi-lingual, Toronto has a large concentration of Francophones, as does Northern Ontario, areas of Manitoba, and a number of other areas across the country. Most, if not all Provinces offer students to be educated in English or French, with a large number of English-speaking students opting to attend French-speaking schools. There is French-language TV across the country as well as radio stations and newspapers.
Throughout my life, even up to today, I have never been apprehensive about walking anywhere in the City of Toronto at any hour of the day or night. With streetcars and buses running 24 hours a day and the subway running between 6 AM to 2 AM Monday through Saturday and 8:00 AM to 2 AM on Sundays, that provides an additional feeling of security. That said, no matter where one is in the world, one should be aware of their surroundings at all times.
Toronto, with nearly half of its population born outside of Canada, is often referred to as the most multicultural city in the world, with over 200 ethnic groups and over 140 languages spoken. The City of Toronto provides services and programmes in 180 languages.
Don't be afraid to ask Canadians for directions. We are, for the most part, reserved because we respect each other's space; but, we are always willing to offer sightseeing advice, directions, and assistance.
Welcome to Canada. Bienvenue au Canada.
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“They never show hockey on TV in America!” Now, THAT made me laugh out loud! ESPN, ESPN+, Hulu, TNT and ABC carry the NHL games, including the Stanley Cup playoffs.
@judes1948 Canadian living in USA here. Yes, they do show hockey on TV, especially in the cities where they have hockey teams. I have lived on both coasts, in the Midwest and the south of the USA, and I have noticed that Tyler says things about America that may be true in his experience, but are not true about the US. It may depend on where you live.
It's also not well known (even to most English speaking Canadians) that there is French immersion and there is French (as a first language) school. The latter is exactly the opposite of English schools in that English isn't taught until 4th grade (in Ontario) the same way that French starts in English schools.
14:22 Don't feel dumb - there's Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls is on both sides of the river/border. It's just that the Canadian side has the better views and is geared towards tourists more.
Agreed. Niagara Falls on the Canadian side is also "family friendly" with many things you can do with your children. Indoor playgrounds, indoor waterpark, indoor butterfly garden, indoor bird garden, so regardless of the weather outside there are lots of things to see and do. Also a lot of "haunted houses" for teens and older (people paid to scare you if they can).
@@redmarvel Fun Street is definitely what I remember about going as a child.
And the Canadian Horseshoe Falls are infinitely better…
I’ve actually always enjoyed the American side more. It’s just quieter and the water is closer. And I’m Canadian btw.
Hi, just a Canadian passing through this video, and figured i would answer a few of your questions!
1) Yes there are Tim Hortons EVERYWHERE here lol like one on every other block in the major cities and at least one in most small towns.
2) The 7 Canadian professional hockey teams are part of the NHL and 76% of players in the NHL are Canadian born. The minor league is called the AHL, and is where young players of teams go to play after they are drafted until they are ready to earn a spot on the NHL teams. This league also encompasses Canadian and American teams.
3) Quebec is a Province in Canada and also a City within the Province of Quebec called Quebec City (similar to the way New York is both a state and a city) Yes their primary language is French but most people there also speak at least some English, although they mostly prefer to speak French in their every day lives. Also all road signs, public information signs, and product labels have both English and French printed on them in Canada.
4) The host of this videos joke about bears liking people is sort of true! Bears are opportunists and and are attracted to people because they create interesting food smells. They often raid garbage cans and try to break into camp grounds, cottages or rural homes in search of easy food. In cities you really never have to worry about coming across a bear but it isn't impossible as they do wander in from time to time, especially in the more northern cities, but if you are spending time in bear territory it is best to keep food locked up or risk having a visitor in your camp. One more important thing to note about bears is they are very protective of their babies! Don't risk getting to close to a bear cub or you could end up getting a royal ass kicking from Momma Bear if she sees you!
5) If you look on a map 27 states are either entirely or party north of the southern most part of the Canadian border (Middle Island, Ontario) The states with a star beside them are entirely above this point in latitude: Alaska*Maine*, New Hampshire*, South Dakota*, California, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Connecticut, Michigan*, North Dakota*, Vermont*, Idaho*, Minnesota*, Ohio, Washington*, Illinois, Montana*, Oregon*, Wisconsin*, Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Iowa, Nevada, and Rhode Island. Also keep in mind that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border so in actuality there are plenty of Americans who live farther north latitudinally than most Canadians.
Anyway just thought some of this would be informative! thanks for trying to understand the cool things about your Neighbours to your north through these cool videos!
I live in Kitchener, Ontario. A few years ago there were THREE Timmies within maybe 150 metres apart.
Tyler, we need a video of you while you’re visiting in Canada. That would be the ultimate. 🙋🏻♀️👍🏼👏🏼🙌🏼💜🇨🇦
He shows up on the hottest day of summer, and freezes to death.
Not really, but still. The way some Americans act towards anything except the hottest days of summer, is pretty alarming
Canada is officially bilingual, and we all study French in school in every province, starting at around grade four of five. It doesn't mean that we are all fluent in French, of course.
To understand the importance and ubiquity of Tim Horton's you only need to know one thing: when Canadian troops were deployed to Afghanistan, a Tim Horton's opened on base.
I'm Canadian, but I've spent a lot of time in the US and in various parts of Europe. Tbh, I've found that the average American is also friendly, kind, and helpful. I think a lot of it comes down to how you approach people. To address your conjecture: Canada is about 20% larger than the US, but we only have about 10% of the population.
If you only went to tourist shops and restaurants, you could very well conclude that we are obsessed with maple syrup. Btw, when he says Québec, he's referring to the province, not just the city. This includes Montréal, the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. In truth, though, the population of Montréal is very bilingual and often trilingual.
I cant believe right after talking about hockey influence in Canada the guy never brought up that Tim Horton was a hockey player 😂
After listening to Tyler speak about more Americans might want to visit Canada, it brought to mind a lovely couple from central Wisconsin we met while vacationing in The Hill Country of Texas for 3 winters. We invited them to visit us in Ontario, just east of Toronto on Lake Ontario; a beautiful area! “No, don’t think so. It’s too different. We wouldn’t be comfortable.” What?! Same language, same food, similar money, easy peasy! “Nope. Would never feel safe. Can’t bring my gun and ammo.” … BUT YOU WONT NEED A GUN! … “Nope. Not going to happen, thanks anyway.” University educated engineers……..
I live in downtown Toronto, in a neighbourhood with a thick concentration of night clubs, pool halls, huge apartment buildings full of recent immigrants, and where there's the biggest concentration of street people. Cannabis stores and bars everywhere. Anonymous buildings and thousands of people coming and going. The street I live on is full of party-goers at 2 A.M. Last week I realized that I had left my backpack at a sidewalk cafe the day before (I didn't realize it was missing until I looked for it the day after). This backpack was an old one that I loved because I had been in Europe, Africa, Australia, the Arctic, etc. with it. It was my usual hitch-hiking pack. Yet I fully expected there was a good chance it was still there at the cafe.... and it was. Even though it was outside on the sidewalk, a customer had brought it in and given it to the staff, who had carefully set it aside to patiently wait for me to turn up. In my mind, I had assumed that it PROBABLY would be waiting there for me, though it MIGHT have disappeared. That's in what most Canadians would consider a "dangerous" and "uncaring" urban environment. A few years ago I lost a monthly bus pass on the very day I bought it -- worth $110, which anyone could have used for the full month. Before I could buy a new one, I got a phone call from someone who had found it, and looked me up in the phone book, trying everyone with my name. They wanted to know where they could mail it to me, or if I could come by and pick it up. Across the hall from me there once was a Vietnamese family. Their little girl (about 12 or 13) was learning to play a classical concert flute. The family had scrimped and saved for it --- even the cheap ones for students cost around $300-400. She had dropped it somewhere, had no idea where it was, and was utterly heartbroken and ashamed of having lost it. Someone found it in a parking lot halfway between her school and her home, still in its case but with no identifying name. They realized that it was valuable, reasoned that it must have been bought at the most well-known downtown music store, and phoned them up to find out if they had recently sold a concert flute of that make and type to someone. The store went through their files to find the most recent sale and gave a name and address, to which the finder promptly delivered the flute --- taking a little Vietnamese "lucky cake" as their only reward. There are criminals around in Toronto, people do get robbed, there are some unsavory characters and pickpockets --- even some gangsters. But people expect other people to be honest most of the time --- and these examples are merely the recent ones that come to mind off the top of my head. I could list hundreds of others.
As a Hamiltonian, I have on two occasions tracked down owners of items. And, "lucky cake" is a fair reward/trade for anything!
@@teebosaurusyou Indeed... "lucky cake" or "moon cake" is scrumptious. Returning lost items can sometimes be frustrating, especially when you are dealing with people who consider themselves important. I once found a set of construction site blueprints in a parking lot, obviously dropped out of someone's car seat when they were leaving. There was a pile of them, and I know that each one was worth about a thousand dollars just to make a copy (it has to be done on a huge machine). The project they were for was a remodelling of one of the city's most historic buildings, a project costing tens of millions. I dutifully tracked down the contractor involved, and told them I had found the plans. They told me to deliver them to an office, not too far away, but definitely using up some time. I went there, and dropped them off, and was acknowledged with nothing but a surly grunt. Not even a thankyou. Similarly, I returned a visiting (from another province) politician's wallet, and an insurance executive's personal laptop, both found on the subway. In both cases, I had to drop the item off with some bored receptionist and was not given even an indirect "thankyou", let alone the courtesy of a personal one. These kind of people seem to think that, as our natural superiors, it's just our place and duty to pick up after them. Since they would never do such a favour themselves, the rich "alphas" operate on the assumption that the only reason you could possibly have for returning it would be to demand a reward, so they engineer a situation where the object will be out of your hands with speed before you can do so. On the other hand, whenever I've returned a lost item to a normal person, there was the proper politeness and goodwill.
I once left my purse on a go train it went from Oakville to Pickering. I got it back minus my wallet. A few days later my mum got a call from the royal bank tower in Toronto saying they had my wallet. This was after I had gone home to get my back up id. When I went to claim my wallet I found that everything was still in it including a 1954 two dollar bill. Years later I left my purse on a bus in Kingston and I got it back in an hour from the bus driver when I got back on the bus. Another passenger had turned it in to him and everything was there
You need to be sent a few Canadian treats and do a reaction video trying them out!
maple syrup!
He's planning to come here and test these Canadian "things" I bet. I can't wait to watch
We had a family business in Windsor Ontario, a stones throw to Detroit. Americans would often ask how to get to Downtown Canada. I always enjoyed giving them directions to Ottawa that is around 500 miles away. 🤣
I worked in a bank in Gravenhurst (Muskoka), and in July had an American come in with snow machines on a trailer, asking how much further north he'd have to go to get to the snow. He looked rather dismayed when i told him about 500 km (800 miles) further north. LOL
I'm just a half hour from Windsor :)
Haha I wonder if they really drove to Ottawa
@@douglasdietrich4174 I think you mean 500 miles and 800 km. That distance will get you to about Kapuskasing. But I think it's still pretty hot in Kapuskasing in July. I don't think you're going to find any snow there.
@@arseliopereira2541 From Gravenhurst, 800 kms would put you around Cochrane, maybe Hurst.
your channel is great. i love that you are both open minded and intelligent.
as for Canadians picking out an American, yea it is obvious. firstly the dialects are the giveaway, even the similar accents are different enough, where for instance: the word “dollar” where it sounds to us that Americans are saying “daller”.
beyond that Americans tend to be more pushy in general, and blunt in tone when they speak.
i was in France one time. and an American woman was shouting at a shop clerk because the clerk refused to speak english to her. No lie.
her argument, fairly enough, was that the store clerk could speak english and had been doing so to customers just before her.
the difference was that the American woman just immediately launched in english without acknowledging french culture by at least asking in french if they could please speak english. It’s only polite. but such politeness was beyond her comprehension.
i ended up taking her aside and explaining it to her. and i even taught her what to say to not seem rude.
There is an area here in Nova Scotia that speaks Gaelic.
Yes we have French class until grade 9 and then it's optional. Though that may vary per province. Though unless you go into French immersion and keep taking it throughout school you don't stay fluent.
It's not just Quebec either there are other French speaking communities like parts of New Brunswick.
5:00 yes i did it in montréal suburb in 2007: a couple of tourists our age asked where to party the next day... which was québec's national day so i replied "everywhere"... brought them to a local band show and they had good time despite not understanding any lyrics. They went to check the translated lyrics for the songs they liked. Shoutout to Ben & Maggie from Harrisburg PA.
A, that boat, not barge is called the Maid of the Mist from the New York side and Hornblower Tours from the Ontario side and B, it's only an hour from Toronto. I'd recommend reading your comments because a lot of us are adding commentary to the videos, correcting or adding to what is being shown.
Riding on The Maid of The Mist to the base of the falls is really LOUD & Wet (rain capes provided)😁
The Canadian boat is the Hornblower now
One thing about Canada - there's a lot of it. When I was an over the road semi driver I usually travelled to the US. One time when crossing into Canada, the customs officer asked me my nationality. When I said "Canadian", he then asked "how long have you been a Canadian ? " I looked at my watch and said "well lets see". That started a very amusing encounter. WARNING!!! A border crossing is NOT the place for levity.
When I drove semi long haul (about 38 years ) I found that customs had very little sense of humour U S worse than Can. Canadian spell the word customs the U S spell it God. and they believe it.
The pigeons are waiting to become chicken soup.
In my hometown of around 50 000 people, I kid you not there is literally 14 Tim Hortons locations. From my house there is 3 within walking distance alone and I don't even live downtown. The part that's always entertaining to me though is that even with so many locations, almost every single one is full.
Needless to say we love our Timmies here
Bit of trivia: Tim Horton was a professional hockey player so you see how deeply integrated in Canadian culture hockey is :) And yes they're everywhere. There must be 3 Tim Hortons for every McDonald's
I'm from Hamilton, where there are three Hortons for every stoplight... 😀
There are that many Tim Horton's, but the crap they pass off as coffee is gross at every one of them. (I'm a Canadian and can't stand that swill.)
@@douglasdietrich4174 I have to agree with you, sadly. I remember back in 2007 I would have a double-double every morning and that was the best coffee on Earth but for the past 4-5 years it tastes almost nothing. I prefer McDonald's coffee nowadays.
my drive from work I pass 4 timmies and 2 Macca's
my house to my friends house across town
one star bucks 5 or 6 timmies and 1 Macca and a BK
they are EVERYWHERE up here and part of the "social fabric"
:lets grab a tims sometime" OR how about you and me get a tims after work = basically grab a drink and chat
when they renovate a tims they have special trailer they place in site to serve customers while the store is closed
@@Trygvar13 LMFAO. I'm exactly the same way but I also know something many people don't seem to which is weird. If you remember back a few years now, Timmies came out with their dark roast coffee and advertised it like crazy. The reason they did that is because the specific roast of bean they were using that made their coffee so good, they lost the contract for and you'll never guess who got that contract, MCDONALD'S!!! If you drank McDonald's coffee before that, it was awful but once they got the contract, it was good. I purposely go out of my way to McDonald's for my coffee instead of hitting up Timmies next door. Haven't had a Timmies anything in well over a year.
Something I learned by living in Montreal that would actually surprise most Canadians is getting lost in Montreal. If you ask for directions a Montrealer will not tell you how to get there. Instead they will take you by the hand and take you to the place you are looking for. And they will not leave you until you are securely there. A little weird the first time but you get used to it.
Years ago my family and I were lost in a small town outside of Montreal. I asked this one lady sitting on her porch for directions (en français tres terrible lol) and she offered to get in our car and show us how to get there. We had to akwardly say we appreciate the gesture but once we get there we'd have to drive her back to her house and we'd just get lost again. She agreed that made sense lol 😆
Been enjoying your reactions. From Calgary here, near the rocky mountains and Banff. Yes Timmies is everywhere. Yes people are generally friendly Yes the natural beauty is everywhere. If you ever come up, make sure to let us know! Us Canadians love showing off our land.
Yes!...to answer your question we can definitely tell if you are an American citizen visiting Canada. I grew up in Windsor and lived in Toronto for 15 yrs and now back in Windsor and trust me you can tell.
Cereal Box French. All Canadian packaging has both French and English, so we spend our youth reading French on the cereal boxes. Gratis. Prix. Sucre. I got five years of French in school, but cannot speak it, because I never hear it or speak it.
Everyone's favourite now: Winner! Gagnant!
Agreed! I say this exactly thing! 😂 I had 4 yrs in jr/sr high school but really couldn’t hv a convo - but mostly can read the cereal boxes!! 🥳
@@TSquare7741the Best way to learn French,English, Spanish, Italian is television or books. I never learned English in schools but had a Ukranian friend who only spoke English I was around 5 years old you learn fast and English is an easy language to understand. My ancestors are French it is probably easier to speak Latin language.
Back in the 70 ies and 80 ies French was manedtory in english speeking parts of Canada.
the bull moose is the most dangerous animal in canada, especially during rutting season.
Guess you've never met a grizzly face to face! You may change your mind.
@@brentfellers9632 ......more people are killed by moose every year than bears of all kind. I think bears are a little smarter than moose, bear attacks tend to be about protecting their young, Mr Moose sees you as competition for Mrs. Moose, and he wants to Take. You. Out.
Vancouver in the summer is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, truly a gem
Some comments:
Maple syrup: not common outside of pancakes. BUT we have maple candy, maple cakes (pudding chomeur), maple flavoured bacon, maple syrup in barbeque sauce, maple-walnut icecream, and maple iced donuts.
French: universally spoken first in Quebec. Tourist places don't have much French but it is spoken in communities in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. I live in Toronto and there's a French school a block away from me.
Distances in Canada are similar to USA. You COULD drive from Boston to Dallas to San Francisco but it is not highly recommended.
Canadians being nice. Canadians are much more polite. We are helpful to tourists. We are also very passive-aggressive. Americans are much more friendly.
And yes, we can recognize tourists - even American tourists quickly.
Tim Hortons. It's more like Starbucks than like MacDonalds. Coffee and donuts/muffins. I looked at a map of where I live in downtown Toronto and there are 20 Timmies within a half hour walk.
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Real things I've known foreigners to be shocked at.
1/ A German friend was offended that Toronto street signs can have languages other than English. The Greek neighbourhood, the Portuguese neighbourhood, and the Chinese neighbourhood have bilingual street signs.
2/ I've heard this from a few Americans. Non-Christians and non-Whites aren't as stealth as they are in the USA. I knew one guy who went on for hours about the head of one of the political parties who wears a turban.
3/ Construction signs that say "Your Tax Dollars at Work". At least in Eastern and Maritime Canada there is an expectation that the government works for us.
4/ I heard this from a Ukrainian Canadian TH-camr. Canadians don't have to deal with corruption on a regular basis.
5/ Litter and grafitti are unusual in Canadian cities.
6/ While Americans have heard of some of our tv shows or musicians - they don't know the majority of them. And for the big cities, you'll be surprised how many places you've seen in American shows and movies.
and with our booze, maple whiskey or liquors
I dunno - there’s maple everything! Cereal, bacon, brkfst sausages, lots of bakeries hv maple cookies… 🤔
I have heard American Tourists call Canada the 51 st State and demand the right to Open Carry, then call us backward for our gun controls.
Yes, Tyler - your accent would be a DEAD give-away as well as your constant referral to "America" as the name of the country instead of it's real name - the US(A) or United States of America(the continent that dozens of countries are actually apart of,too)! LOL
America or the USA is part of the North American continent that is made up of only 3 countries not dozens. Canada, The United States of America and Mexico are the only North American countries. 🤔
yeah 99% of everyone I know here in Canada calls it "The US" not America, unless using mockingly like AMERICA!!!! YEAHH!! (I know not all Americans are the patriot Sam Adams stenotype, but it does come up in Canadian comedy a lot)
@@wendylogergren450 well that's North America, what about South American countries?
@@proscoviaotim6040 What about it? We are talking about the continent that has the US in it. Again only 3 countries.
@@wendylogergren450 he said America. Some people group north america and south america with each other as just america. That being said , central america is still considered north america , along with the carribean , so there are quite a few extras.
Come to Calgary AB in the first two weeks of July. They hold the Calgary Stampede during that time, and we're very close to the Rockies, Canmore, Banff and Jasper are incredible.
I used to live in Whistler with a lot of tourists. We could often pick out Americans. They talk louder, they often look at you funny if you randomly smile at them and if you bump into them they keep going, they don't usually stop or say sorry. They also don't socially chat (as often) while waiting in line (Canadians are small talkers). Once Americans realize your being friendly they become the nicest people you can meet. I think it goes back to the difference in population. Where I'm from if someone honks almost everyone on the street waves at the car because it's might be someone they know honking to say Hi. We rarely lock our doors during the day (in the summer we wouldn't close the doors except for the racoons.) Btw - there is Niagara Falls in USA too but Canadians do think ours are nicer...lol. We're not obsessed with Maple Syrup but maple bacon popcorn is amazing. And maple salmon, and maple cookies. There are as many Tim Hortons as Subway and McDonalds combined. We still say eh but unfortunately have started using the work "like" in almost every sentence...sigh.
some towns up north it is the LAW you do NOT lock your car
I understood “eh” better after hearing an older gentleman in northern Alberta use it at the end of every single sentence. He was tacitly acknowledging that we agreed with what he’d just said, saving himself the trouble of waiting for a response, and perhaps hearing disagreement. He took care of the conversation for everybody, eh?
The picture of the girl in the straw hat with the red hair and freckles, is a character from a book series called Anne of Green Gables. Following the death of her parents Anne is sent to her aunt Marilla on Prince Edward Island (PEI) She has a series of adventures in every book of the series. The character is one of Canada's most loved Icons in not only Canadian literature but worldwide.
Esp in Japan!
Hi Tyler,
I'm a French Canadian, working in the video game industry in Montréal, Canada. For that matter, we go get to work with many people from around the world but to answer your question if we can pick up Americans from Canadians... I confirm we can. It's more in the way English Canadians speaks versus English Americans to me. In the end, everyone I work with are very kind so we can't tell from that but we can deffenitely tell if someone pronounces words that ends with OUT like ABOUT.
That really makes a difference... at least to me from a French Canadian perspective.
I like your videos, that's very interesting to see your reactions. I once had 2 American that I knew over the internet coming to Montréal for the 1st time back in the day, we were playing online combat flight simulators together and we gave them a trou of the city for a few days and they were really astonished... especially by the subway in Montréal which we call the Metro.
Anyways, cheers !!!
Sales tax and tipping are basically identical in the US and Canada. The price you see on the item when it’s on a shelf is the before tax amount. So if it’s $1.99 the total at the register would be $1.99 plus tax. Now in canada there are 2 different sales taxes… the provincial sales tax (PST) and the goods and services tax (GST).
GST is 5% across the entire country. PST varies between 6% and 8% or if you’re in Quebec it’s 9.975% QST (Quebec Sales Tax) because they gotta be different and kinda don’t like being Canadian at times (long history lesson there).
This mean that in some provinces you would see 2 different taxes on your final bill. Other provinces (and territories) use HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) to combine PST and GST into one tax. Making it easier for consumers. HST is 15% in all provinces that use HST except Ontario where it’s 13%. The total sales tax in Canada ranges from 5% to 15% with Quebec being special with 14.975%.
This is very similar to the US except the US has no national sales tax. Each state has its own sales tax rate ranging from 2.9% to 7.25% and some local governments add a 1%-5% tax on top of their sates sales tax.
For tipping in Canada you don’t need to tip but if you don’t you are kinda a dick… however it’s really only for sit down restaurants. You can tip anywhere you wish but it’s most common for sit down restaurants. Usually for me the lowest tip I give is 10%. That’s usually for bad service. 15% is what I give to the pizza delivery driver. 18%-25% for excellent service.
These are mainly big shocks for Europeans. Sales tax is listed on the item within its price. So the price you see on the shelf is what you pay at the register. Also tips are (to the best of my knowledge) included in the bill. You don’t get to decide your tip percentage. It’s already chosen, it’s added right in and the price you see on the receipt is exactly what you pay. Tip and tax included.
Being a Canadian from Winnipeg where the Jets are this was a fun video to watch. Been enjoying your reactions.
Yes we can generally tell an American not just by accent but also by volume of speaking.
Maple flavor (spelt flavour in Canada) is common here but typically for limited time or special promotions on products like a donut or candy bar. Outside of syrup or candies and confections it isn't as widely consumed as you'd think.
French is taught in primary school as a secondary language but varies by region. In my province it was mandatory in grades 3-8. Outside of Quebec there are pockets of french speaking that are significant enough to have french road signage.
Winterpeg represent! 🤣
@@zepher664 My dad always called it "Winterpeg, Manisnowba! Lol!
I feel for you Jets fans. Not only is your team horrible but you have Jesse on your side (if you know who I'm talking about).
I never touch French in Winnipeg when I lived in Ontario I took it from grade 6 to 8 tho I don’t think it’s mandatory everywhere in Winnipeg
@@joeystylezleaks I grew up in a small town of about 3,000 people, just outside of Winnipeg, which has 4 schools. 3 of them are K-8, one English, one French Immersion, and one French. The last one is the high school (9-12) and it's shared by the English and French Immersion students. High school French students had to bus to a neighboring town.
I was in French Immersion until grade 5, at which point I switched to English. From grades 5-8 we still had mandatory French class, but it was barely comparable to the French in grade 1-2 French immersion.
Maple syrup is an important part of our economy. We have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. I vaguely remember a big news story about stolen maple syrup...
Maple filled sandwich cookies, maple wafer cookies, peach maple upside down cake, maple sugar candies, maple syrup candies, maple sausages, maple bacon, maple pancakes...I can go on!
I was just on that boat at Niagara falls a few weeks. No, it gets much closer. Right into the mist. You'll be wet after. Ponchos are provided.
I really enjoy watching your videos: You are likeable, funny, honest, willing to learn, have a nice voice, you really react instead of just watching the video (and I like that you google at the spot when you have a question) and you are nice to look at. 😁 I am looking forward to many reactions on hopefully many countries!
The barge is called Maiden of the Mist from what I recall, quite a few years ago I visited Niagara falls and had a chance to go onboard. They give you a light rain jacket and get pretty much underneath the falls.
Trivia bit: Canada's most populated region, the lower Great Lakes, is WAY south of the 49th parallel of latitude which is the US/Canada border across most of the continent. My hometown in Southern Ontario is at the same latitude as southern Oregon. There is an Ontario historical plaque at the 49th on Highway 11. It is on the south edge of (fittingly) Tim Horton's hometown of Cochrane...which is two thirds of the way to James Bay (look it up on a map, it's astonishing).
We spot Americans by the skis on top of their cars at Niagara Falls in August. 😀
I worked in a bank in Gravenhurst (Muskoka), and in July had an American come in with snow machines on a trailer, asking how much further north he'd have to go to get to the snow. He looked rather dismayed when i told him about 500 km (800 miles) further north. LOL
a long haul trucker friend had one of those singing bass mounts hung in his truck but it had fur on it as a GAG piece from the Hudson bay and he would do Winnipeg PHARR Texas USA and would "get" a lot of Americans with it and they believed it was REAL and that it is THAT cold up here that fish NEED fur to NOT freeze
@@jasonriddell LMFAO
In most of Canada we have 2 seasons; winter and construction. As for learning French in school, I can't speak for how it is now, but when I was in school (90's) we were taught French from about grade 3 or 4 to grade 10. Also, poutine is the quintessential late night drunk food after leaving the bar.
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You don't understand the maple syrup thing. We don't understand the gun thing.
Quite. And we don't have mass sweetenings...
@@stevetournay6103 That's a good term for a Timbit run haha
It's just a taste you're raised on. Friggin Americans with their gun flavoured stuff.
Love your videos! As a Canadian, its interesting to see how much our Southern neighbours don't know. I appreciate you because you have taken the time to learn about us. Best American Ever.
To answer your question, yes, our schools teach us French. In the Province of Ontario, where I am from, there are four paths to go down. There is Core French, French as a Second Language (FSL), French Immersion, and Full French.
Core French is where, just like English class, we have a French class that teaches us grammar, speaking, writing, reading, etc.
FSL has French class plus two other school subjects that are taught in French.
French Immersion is just like FSL, but instead of two other subjects, you can take six per year.
Full French is the final option and that is where every class you take is in French except for English class, but Full French is usually reserved for French Canadians who have French as their mother tongue.
Hope this helps!
I was in French Immersion from senior kindergarten onward until the end of high school, so half of my classes were in French, including subjects like geography, history, and science. But I know lots of people who just did "core French" so they only had French class and everything else was in English.
I'm a born and bred Ottawan and I was in immersion from kindergarten to grade 6. My youngest brother struggled with French so he was in the core program. My three kids were in what would have been called core as well.
The thing was this channel that you are watching is that it is through the eyes of a tourist. As a tourist, you will be exposed to more maple syrup type food, hockey and all the other tokens that are marketed as Canadian. But ask anyone who lives day to day here, and experiences are usually vastly different. I can't even remember the last time I had maple syrup, and I love baseball and basketball way more than hockey...this is especially true in places like Toronto where the lifestyle and culture would be significantly different that the culture in say Quebec City. It's like how LA culture is significantly different from Chicago culture. You can even say that places like Toronto have far more in common with Midwest and northeastern US cities like Chicago, New York and Boston than it does with many Canadian cities.
Hi, great videos. Canadians aren't obsessed with maple syrup, we just have a lot of it. Canada (Quebec) produces 75% of the world's supply of maple syrup. If you got it, use it.
We make the best Maple syrup
will say we as Canadians "really lean into" the stereotypes and MAPLE is a BIG one Maple donuts are NORMAL and Maple flavoured coffee drinks and candy bars are common in the FALL season
Maple glazed hams are common traditions for holiday dinners
any tourist shop will have bottles of Maple syrup often in a maple leaf shaped bottle OR a beaver shaped one to take home with you but in the grocery stores you CAN buy "table syrup" much like "pancake" syrup or Aunt Jemima syrup but the REAL maple syrup will have more shelf space
@@jasonriddelli agree!!! Maple bacon, maple brkfst sausage, maple cookies…
The "barge" you mentioned at Niagra Falls, it's a tourist ride called, "The Maid of the Mist", and gets much, much closer than is pictured. (Also, there are other areas of the falls, and on the USA side, as it's right on, and split by the boarder. The "Horseshoe Falls" in Canada is unanimously agreed upon as the largest, and most beautiful and magnificent of the different areas of the waterfalls.
As far as taxes are concerned, yes, they're added automatically... for the tipping though, it works pretty much the same as in the U.S. For the maple syrup, we are not obsessed... but since it's a ressource we have just under our nose, we use it a lot... 🙂 Canadian would learn a certain amount of French but wouldn't have an opportunity to speak it a lot unless they live in Québec... where English will have to learn French in school and French will have to learn English in school... TIm Hortons are really everywhere...
Yes we have french class in our education system. Growing up in Ontario we learn french in school.
Just curious, which state are you in? Yeah, speaking only for myself, i can usually tell when someone's American for two main reasons: their accents, and their general lack of knowledge about the place they're in (Canada). Both are generalizations. I've been surprised a few times.
I have never seen him reacting to any question so I don't think he reads the comments?
He's in a state of confusion.
He has mentioned, though none by name, having lived in a few states. His lack of any specific accent markers would leave me guessing places like Ohio, Oregon, Michigan, maybe Wyoming or Washington.
In the Canadian educational system we are taught basic French in elementary school. However, in senior kindergarten, you can enroll your child in a French Immersion program where their courses are in French up to and including gr 12. The other option you can enroll your child in is the Extended French program that starts in gr 4. Subjects in this program are half English and half French. This goes to gr 12 as well.
The guy in the video isn't Canadian so he's telling this from his POV. You definitely would stand out the second you start talking because you sound American. Sales tax is more in reference to countries where taxes are included prior to Point of sale. I've been to multiple US states and the taxes were added as well so guess it depends on where you are from. I drove from Albert to Manitoba which took almost 12 hours and in that trip I started in Alberta and ended up in Winnipeg so I went through a total of 3 provinces staying on the Trans Canada most of the way. I left at 7 and drove 690 miles by myself. I'm a woman, drove the entire way with a total of 3 stops for food, restroom and fuel all without a gun.
I drove from Edmonton to Winnipeg once and I had stop for a while because I was seeing giant gophers cross the highway... I was so tired. But nothing is worse then crossing Ontario. It takes forever.
@@Trygvar13 did a Winnipeg across northern Ont and back and that was a LONG 24 hours driving and did NOT go to Toronto but a stop near the turn off towards Quebec
@@jasonriddell Winnipeg to Toronto on hwy 17 or 11 is about 2200 kms one way. As a truck driver that has run both routes very often over the years as well as 17 across to Quebec, I absolutely love running Northern Ontario.
@@Trygvar13 I live in Eastern Ontario, East of the Capital, I have done the drive from here to Calgary, Alberta three times. Ontario is by far the longest part of the drive, however the scenery in Northern Ontario is phenomenal. The Prairies are easy driving even with the flat stretches for miles and miles.
@@janshe3597 I agree that it's beautiful. Half an hour before you cross the border to Ontario the prairies suddenly disappear and you are greeted by beautiful trees and countless lakes. It just takes forever :)
I've been following your videos lately. Love it by the way. But cannot wait to see your reaction when you finally visit Canada. Looking forward to that! We welcome you. 💜
Had about 6 years of school where there were mandatory French classes, but if you don't use it in every day life it's easy to forget after a while. All packaging and official documentation does come in both languages though.
Born and raised Canadian here.
Yes, in my school district French is a compulsory language requirement from early primary school up until late high school. Unfortunately I didn't pay much attention to my classes, so the one time I went to Montreal City in Quebec I got stumped on how to get around. Funny thing is, I learned that most citizens of Montreal had just about the same level of English as I did French so if I needed to communicate with someone, we would spend a few hilarious minutes fumbling around using only hand signals 😂
I took a trip in grade 12 to NYC and I did what I usually do, holding the door open for people near me and at least 4 times people tried to give me change and it really shocked me. I just had to give it back and say don't worry about it, but I found it odd. Do Americans always give change to someone holding the door? What's the deal with that?
never heard of it - from born in The USA
Canadian in the US. Have lived in various places. I think NYC is unique and there are door people in some places that expect to get tipped. This is not normal anywhere I have lived in the US.
Back in my hometown, There used to be something like 5 Timmies on the same street down from each other.
I love the Ketchup Chips~
In Canada we take French as a language in school for a minimum of 4 years, most take it for at least 5 (technically in high school you can choose to take any language class offered, French will always be offered, my school only had Spanish as an alternative to French, but my son's had French, Spanish, and Latin)
Which province you in? Latin would have been cool. We had French, Spanish and German in Nova Scotia.
Except if you’re from Quebec( the province, not the city), exact opposite. We mostly are french speaking (except in parts of Montreal) and learn english as a secondary language.
@@deathpenguin005 Ontario, specifically London Ontario
I was born and raised an hour from the Canadian border. So when it came time to select a foreign language, French was the logical choice. But we unexpectedly moved to Arizona in my first year of high school. And I've lived out west ever since. My French has become a lost art. I wish I had taken Spanish. Hardly any one in my school did. But who knew?
@@dominicleclerc1343 Bilingualism more in Montreal for native English speaker
Not to shock you Tyler but the NHL was founded in Nov 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and consisted of 6 original teams from 1942 - 1967. The Toronto Maple Leafs, The Montreal Canadiens, The Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and the Detroit Red Wings! It now consists of 32 teams; 25 American and 7 Canadian.
I was in the Caribbean a few years ago, and met 2 friends--one Canadian and one American, and I immediately knew, without even being told, that one was American. It's just a think you can tell a lot of the time.
I grew up in Vancouver and we had to learn French until at least 8th grade.
Also in regards to crime, it’s really rising here sadly.
Yes, you always know when you are talking to an American.
That is my dream cross Canada trip. All the World’s biggest statues, from the hockey stick and puck in Nanaimo to the nickel in Sudbury. There are a ton of huge sights to see.
Tim Hortons has made it pretty big now. It runs in many countries now, including Spain, UK, India, USA and several others. Also fun fact, Canadians consume the most amount of doughnuts in the world, and yes, we have maple flavoured doughnuts lol.
We're also the heaviest coffee consumers per capita.
@@jasonarthurs3885 oh wow, I did not know that. I mean, I can definitely see that though.
@@Nikki7B LONG COLD winters and with a "Timmies" up the block it is of little surprise
My favourite timmies is in Manilla
We also measure distances in time. So if you ask for directions you’ll probably get an answer like “ oh drive 15 mins that way and turn right, drive another hour and your there”. And we are taught French from grade school. Most government jobs in certain areas you need to be bilingual. And poutine is the bomb! Best food ever! And yes there are Tim’s everywhere. You’ll have no problem finding one. Tim Horton was a Canadian hockey player that just loved a good cup of coffee.
I used to work in a refrigerated warehouse and they gave us cold weather gear .At lunch we would go to the local Burger King ,but we rarely took off our gear...Took too much time. It was awesome during heat waves because tourists noticed us in our gear and assumed there was snow nearby . One British family assumed we were the local bobsled team.Americans would ask us if the snow was "just over that hill"
French Canadian here. In Canada, most people speak English. However, in the province(state) of Quebec where the cities of Montreal and Quebec city are located, people speak French as a first language. These people have French ancestries instead of British. There are other pocket areas in Canada where French is the first language too, but nothing as big as in the province of Quebec. If you stay in tourist areas in the province of Quebec, you'll be fine without knowing french, but we'll appreciate if you try using a couple words like please (S'il vous plaît), thank you (merci).
I have a video suggestion for you. The Gander, Newfoundland response and handling of flights that were diverted to their small town on 911. Just an amazing community and a beautiful story.
YES! Absolutely. Or see the musical, “Come From Away”.
There are a group of Americans who totally ‘get’ the sweetness of Canadian people.
I loved that story as a Canadian. There are people who still communicate with each other all these years later! Life long friendships created over a dark day/period.
I’ve lived in Canada for six decades and I’ve never seen maple flavoured chips. Maple flavoured bacon, yes. Chips, no.
As to safety: when I had a colicky newborn, I used to put her inside my coat and take her for walks at 3 in the morning never once fearing for our safety, at the time we lived just a few miles from the US border.
Maple cookies are pretty good.
With this channel, you kind of have to visit Canada now lol. I think the maple syrup thing is over-rated. Yes you can get it everywhere but I think more tourists buy it than Canadians. Every so often I will have a maple flavoured something to be a good Canadian but then I am good for a few months.
Yeah, I can see him doing some fun travelogue videos while he's here...
yup the Maple syrup is heavy in tourist districts BUT it is a NORMAL "staple" food in a normal grocery store
We cook a lot of thing with maple sirup instead of sugar and we cook meat with it. It is way better than the maple sirup flavoured things for tourists. Maple sirup is regularly on my grocery list to cook with it or just as an ice cream topper.
I wish one of these videos would show the badlands in Alberta, and drumheller the dinosaur capital of the world. Also the sand dunes in Saskatchewan
If you travel to Quebec, northern Ontario and New Brunswick, there are many French speaking people. However, many do also speak a bit of English. Be respectful of the culture. If you were travelling in Europe, you’d learn important phrases. Do it the same in beautiful Quebec and New Brunswick.
If you come to Manitoba, you'll find Francais as well.
Even when I'm just going to the store, people i have never met before just say hello, how are you doing today, it makes me so happy to be around complete strangers that are just so nice
I was working at a campground one summer here in northern British Columbia, Canada. One evening a tourist was chatting with me and I asked if he was from California. He was surprised and asked me how I knew. It was his accent.
gotta correct him, though : 15% of Vancouverites are Francophones, lots are transplants from Québec and France.
it would roughly take a month to drive across Canada. And a Moose coming through a windshield are basically a widow maker's, also Deer. Canada also love's baseball. There are many black bear's, grizzly's and cougars, deer's are actually more dangerous during the mating season, but unlikely to actually run into a deer at this time unless you are trying to hunt. Food quality is unreal in Canada but also more expensive. and yes Tim Hortons is everywhere. Poutine is a must!. You will hear more Eh's if your are in the northern and eastern part's of Canada.
It doesn’t take a month to drive across Canada and people use eh all over the country
@@Cknight210 if your going to the Alaskan boarder it can, and they do say eh all over the country it's just more often in the parts i mentioned.
Maple chips were promotional thing from Frito Lay's. Poeple proposed flavours on their website and they put four in production. There were Mac'n cheese flavoured too and poutine from what I remember. People had to vote for their favorite. It lasted like 2 or 3 month.
If they did that contest now, by unanimous vote, the new chip flavour would be "your mom"
Since both English and French are official languages nationwide, French is taught in elementary and high schools. At least the basic stuff. Since my mother tongue is Spanish, the French I took in high school I picked it up rather quickly compared to my English speaking classmates but yeah they teach you French everywhere in Canada (federal law)
I grew up in a farm town of 5000 in Alberta. We had French home rooms, but they were a seperate class and it was only offered grade 1-9 I never once took a French class. Not in Elemantary or high school.
There are no federal education laws.
I believe all the education is provincial and each province has it's own 'rules' as to what applies. In BC I believe you must be taught a second language, and if, in your area, a high number of people speak something other than French, the school board can decide to offer that instead. French is the default 2nd language, so it is taught in grades 4? To 8? I think....unless you specifically opt out to learn a different one. My experience, anyway.
If you visited Canada, that'd be the best series on your channel for sure.
Quebec is the only official French province. New Brunswick, which borders Quebec, is officially bilingual. But you'll still find a lot of French speakers in Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island even though these are English provinces.
I'm a Canadian A,,,with 4 seasons, spring summer fall and winter and yes it does get cold in the winter as cold as -37 - 42,, try working outside for 8 hours in this weather
About Poutine, I'm sure you would absolutely love it, it's very good. There are variations as well, be it poutine with smoked meat, cut-up hot dogs, cut-up veggies, roasted chicken, etc., (you get the idea). The most important thing that cannot be ignored is the cheese. It has to be fresh cheese curds (never been pressed nor refrigerated). The cheese will squeak in your teeth and taste great. Many regions in Canada don't really sell unrefrigerated cheese curds, but in Quebec, you can buy fresh cheese curds everywhere (even in most convenience stores). One warning though, make sure your life insurance is paid up because poutine is a heart attack on a plate... Just kidding, it's not that dangerous, but you don't want to eat it every day.
the quality fo Poutine does VERY a LOT and lower end joints often use processed cheddar OR "nacho cheese" type with some instant gravy on soggy fries and that is NOT GOOD or even Poutine!!!
@@jasonriddell That sound disgusting, In Nova Scotia its very common for places to use Shredded mozzarella cheese, there are places that do curds also.
I know that in some provinces, there's an automatic service charge (aka the mandatory tip) for parties of 8 or more at restaurants, because it's extra work for BOH and FOH to coordinate service.
Yes, french is taught here. I'm in Alberta Canada. Born and raised here. French is mandatory in school. Most kindergarten teachers will start their kids with some basic french. It is a course we all have to take up until about grade 9. Some choose to take it throughout high school as well. For us elementary is grades 1-6, middle school or junior high is grades 7-9, and high school is grades 10-12. Maybe 80% of Canadians know french or a high percentage of it. I personally don't know much french. I've never been in a position where I needed it, so I've actually forgotten it over time. But I do know both American and Canadian sign languages, Danish, and a little bit of German. Bilingual is highly encouraged here.
new brunswicker here and elementary for us is k-4,middle school is 5-8 and high school is 9-12(graduated in 2010 so it could be different) but yeah french was mandatory until high school which ive forgotten nearly all of it
@@gizmo12055 I didn't know the grades were different for other provinces. Thank you for teaching me that. 😊
Tyler, you should check out Tim Horton on Wikipedia. He was a real person and was a Canadian hockey player. His story is actually quite interesting. I find it odd that Hockey is not shown on American TV since there are 32 teams-25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
I used to work front desk at a hotel. I definitely could sense the Americans from the way they spoke. Usually more aggressive, some would make fun of our accents (which we all have accents, even Americans, it's just apart of life). We do have a tendency to make fun of the fact that Americans don't know we are not cold all year round. Had someone come up with their ski doos looking for snow in the middle of July! I live 4 hours north of the board and we were in a middle of a heat wave.
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 - February 21, 1974)[1][2][3] was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leaf's, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabers. In 2017, Horton was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history
"That would not fly in America" understand that price tags in Canada and the USA are actually not complete since the taxes are added afterwards, much of the world puts the tax on and then that is the price on the tag. I'm pretty sure you misunderstood the comment he was making.
Yup he was really talking to people around the world, my understanding is tax is not included in the price in the States either
I believe he was talking to European / non Continental US travellers with his "tax shocker"
And taxes are different in each province. Entire country has the 5% GST which is added to the total bill. Most other provinces have some form of provincial sales tax with the exception of Alberta. All we have here is the goods & services tax.😊
Tips are usually added to a receipt at formal restaurants and not necessarily say the local Tim's or McDonald's... .
In my experience, the first clue I get that I'm speaking to an American is when they ask me if I speak "American".
Edit: Tipping in Canada is different than in the USA. Unlike the USA, our minimum wage is not set by employment type which means a server is paid the same as a retail worker so they are not as dependent on tips as they are in the states.
Regarding the size of Canada: I once picked up a couple of brothers from Germany in New Brunswick who were planning on hitch-hiking to Vancouver from Halifax. It had taken them almost a day to get from Halifax, NS to Moncton, NB. I drove them to the Quebec border, about a 5 hour drive and, as I dropped them off, they asked if I thought they could make Vancouver before dark. I barely had the heart to tell them that they had only covered about 15% of their trip and it was another 3 days of straight driving to get to Vancouver. Canada is really big.
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In Québec the minimal wages for jobs that usually have tips is lower.
@@lucieudem Ontario too. or at least it was when I worked in the bar industry 10 years ago
@@lucieudem We all know that Quebec is backwards and resistant to change, but we still love her anyway.
Yes, we are taught to be somewhat bilingual. I've lived in Ontario where French is taught from kindergarten to high school. In Saskatchewan, French is available in high school, but not mandatory. There are also French Immersion schools, where French is the language of instruction subject-wide.