Canada & How Borders Define A Country
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- Canada's Borders Explained!
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"you'll notice how most borders in the world are not straight lines"
*scrolls over to africa*
They wouldn't be if it wasn't for colonialism, their cultural and ethnic lines actually are not the same as their national border lines
why does the thumbnail has alaska in it
Cough cough Middle East too
@@The_Yosh britan and france 👁👄👁
Yeah he's an idiot
*TRIGGERED BY SEEING ALASKA AS PART OF CANADA*
Hell no! Alaska made their pick, you guys made your bed with the USA, and now you bloody well lie in it!
Paul Dilley the US Bought it from russia it wasn’t a decision
Larry David it’s not in Canada, it’s beside Canada.
Larry David you dumbass
Larry David Dumbass, Canada and the U.S. have very good relations, also, NATO & the U.N. exists. Think before you make yourself look like an idiot.
The 49th parallel was suppose to go through Vancouver island but British Columbia moved their provincial capital to Victoria so that they can keep the whole island.
B ß That's partly correct. Victoria was already the capital of Vancouver Island, which was a separate colony, and it was chosen as the capital of British Columbia when the two colonies were united for the reason you said.
Uhm... the thumbnail... why is Alaska part of Canada?
Edit (4/19/2020): Really surprized and thankful that my comment almost has 500 likes, but I wouldn't have guessed that mine would cause a (still ongoing) 2-year long debate.
Edit 2 (1/25/2021): Oh my God why the hell is this still going on
So if I'm wrong about this I'll feel awful - but I tried the thumbnail with just Canada, and Canada in Canadian flag colours seems more recognizable when you include Alaska too, and since it's not likely to cause any confusion about the video I decided to go with it haha
Alaska isn't even that big of a deal to other Americans, I mean they almost never even include it (and Hawaii) in (non-official) US maps
As an Alaskan this bothers me
As it ought to
Dakota Wilson Alaska is Canadian
-25 C isn't really *that* cold...
Sure it *feels* cold but it's *easy* to dress well enough to deal with it.
Now -40 to -50 C on the other hand...
As a person born in Saskatoon and growing up in Edmonton, -40 and -50 isn't really that cold either.
I agree
@@sayedmuaaz8656 I don't know...
To me it is because it burns my lungs when I inhale.
-25 doesn't.
You can't really put cloths on your lungs.
@@Luredreier I have asthma, so my lungs burn very often anyway.
As a person born in southern Ontario, -25 is actually not even close to cold with good clothing.
Never knew that us Canucks annexed Alaska...it must've been conquered by virtue of hockey, double-doubles, and many sorries.
I never realized there was a difference between Canucks and Cancucks lol I see this 2 word frequently and always weird if they are being nice or mean
lol
Well Sara Palin did always have a Canadian twinge in her accent
Me, an American, went with my family to Niagara Falls and we saw both sides. On the Canada side, there’s a tour that goes behind the falls, and you can see the inside of the waterfall.
Cheers from Ontario mate! Been a fan for awhile :)
Cheers from Alberta!
Much love from Ontario, Canada! Keep up the good work bro!
As far as the French language go, and as a French speaker, one of the interesting thing is that French Canadian have no problems understanding the French dialect from France. On the other hand, they tend to have a hard time understanding us. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but one of the notable things of the French Canadian dialect is that it has a number of expressions which do reflect just how hard it was to live off the land when the first few settlers arrived. The 50s era and the rejection of the church as an institution also colored our dialect quite a bit. Most of our the swears you will hear are church related words.
In France we rarely hear the Québec accent. We're more likely to hear a black accent than a Québec accent
Wow a half hour vid about my country. Cool!
Red Naxela isn't your country Uganda????
Cory in the closet shoot better change my image this meme is dead
Red Naxela eh sry but u r ugandan
This is a really great and thorough video! I live in Canada, but I still learned a lot from this video. I hope you continue to make videos like this and look forward to the next. I can't wait to see what country or border or whatever you make a video about next!
OMG so proud you mentionned the path!!!! Love from Toronto :) (you can be jealous of me)
Whoah there buddy. Alaska isn’t a part of the empire. We didn’t throw that tea in the ocean for nothing.
As a Norwegian, i'm triggered by Alaska in the thumbnail
*Alaska secretly belongs to us*
Tamu Audwodia alaska belongs to russia tbh
So true, and i’m a Norwegian too
aufdemtrip
Alaska belongs to its inhabitants, not foreign powers.
yes, of course
as far as alaskian natives are orthodox - approved by russian)
La oss fokusere på å okkupere Øst-Grønland før vi forsøker oss på Alaska, karer.
Nova Scotia also has a New Glasgow, it's also a declining industrial town but with less hope. It also has a New Canada right next to New Germany, I'm 100% serious someone must of had a sense of humor when naming these places. That is not even all of the absurd names
Thanks for another great video.
My internet is shit today, and will be so forh another two days, but I found out if I watch the video in 240p and at 0.75 speed then I can watch it without having to load for half an hour first.
Works out fine cause you're the only youtuber I could watch in slower speed and not feel like I'm high :D
improvise adapt overcome
We should've bought Alaska from Russia when they were selling
Garret Jacobs At the time Russia and the UK were enemies and the US was enemies with the UK and Russia was afraid of loosing it to the UK, so Russia sold it to the US because the enemy of an enemy is a friend, and at the time Canada was the UKs bitch and still is pretty much
eggrollsoup tbh I never actually looked in to why our border with Alaska is where it is.
My understanding is Russia did offer to sell it to Canada, but Sir John A McDonald had virtually bankrupted Canada building the Canadian railway. It was necessary to be able to deploy troops as fast as possible to western Canada to defend against American expansionism.
"It was necessary to be able to deploy troops as fast as possible to western Canada to defend against American expansionism"
lol did this guy thought he was gonna stop Menefist Destiny with 6 million people??? Lots of Canadian lands was lost because of idiots like him. UK too, they were all shit at negotiating.
US: ok so we do 48th and you get more land than us! its such a good deal!
UK: OMFG! so much land ! well take it!
Canada: What the fuk i am supposed to do this this icey hell hole???
well if you look at what happened in comparison to Mexico--which lost more than half its size. Canada actually succeeded. BC was almost going to go to the US.
Gotta love when toycat makes a video of the country that you’re from!
Thankyou for covering Canadian borders. I enjoy your videos and I agree Toronto's PATH is neat.
I no
I’m surprised how interested you’ve made this stuff. Highly informative and entertaining Mr. Cat
I live in Manitoba (about 2 hours from that weird Minnesota /Manitoba border) and nobody I know has even visited it to see what it was like. I am thinking of driving there this summer to check it out
Did you end up going there?
The yellow lines are just for driving. Double solid yellow lines means that the traffic is traveling in opposite directions and no passing is allowed
Great video. Love from 🇨🇦
Lake of the Woods is massive. The people at Angle's Inlet would probably go to school in Warroad, MN. That's gotta be at least 1.5 to 2 hour's drive. I can't imagine going that far to school every day.
I am in love with this channel Toycat! Been binge watching your videos for two days now
Finally one on my home country!
19:16 the “saloon” was actually a salon, like a hair salon. I also thought it was a saloon for a second too, and we do have some saloons in America.
Laurier is actually a French name. Before it was conquered by England, it belonged to France. Everything along the Mississippi all the way to the great lakes belonged to France.
I admire your passion about maps! Keep up the good work.
Just a few points:
Canada has provinces and territories, not states. While I can understand getting confused, you did make a video about Canada specifically. I think I can safely say that sort of things like can even make us Canadians upset.
Canada hasn't been independent for less than 100 years, we recently celebrated our 150th birthday. One could argue the Statue of Westminster made Canada more independent but I think that would just be naive as we fought and acted as our own country on numerous occasions. You mentioned British North America as well which effectively ended a long time ago as well. :)
If you want to say Québec super properly you would say "kay-beck" :)
Also, -21c in Alert??? Hit me up with that warm weather wth.
Also very cool thing in Toronto, I didn't even know about that! :)
Good video! :)
DatCanadianSimcrafter why would that make you upset? Genuinely interested
@Big Bobey Calling provinces and territories states? Provinces act similarly to US states, but not quite. They all have a provincial legislature, with a Lieutenant Governor in them all, similar to Canada's Governor General, but for the provinces specifically. But the territories act almost no where close to the American States, Nunavut and N.W.T have a consensus government, where they have to, oddly enough, come to a consensus. Yukon territory acts similar to the provinces. They are very similar, but just for reason to be different than the US, we prefer the use of "provinces" and "territories". :)
The states thing was most likely for simplicity. His audience is generally younger and wouldn't pay much attention to the little details, but it would be nice to still call 'em provinces; that's what they are.
He only mentioned British North America to explain the border disputes and how they got there, not saying that it's still a thing.
Took French for three years in high school. Can confirm that kay-beck is proper.
Toronto is just cool, man. :b Was looking into their universities and as an American I can tell you it's a really nice city. I wish more cities here were like that.
DatCanadianSimcrafter That's actually pretty interesting. I'm gonna look more into the territories cause they seem to have barely any people but a lot of power over themselves. Also I heard that they are made up of First Nations people so it definitely makes sense. Cheers man
We have that in montreal to (undergroud city) its like a really big shopping mail
How would that street work if one of the countries drove on the left side of the road?
I guess lots of car crashes haha
And we Canadians did drive on the left until about the 1920s. British Columbia was the first province to switch sides, and we switched because the only good highways connecting us to the rest of Canada were through the United States.
Come to the prairie provinces they are the best part of Canada! Saskatchewan number one!
Nope Alberta is greater
Nova Scotia greater'er
Literally an empty field full of ticks, why would you ever choose to go to Saskatchewan?
You should come to Montreal. Wonderful city, European influence, and a larger "underground city" than Toronto ;)
St. Pierre and Miquelon is also really cool. Daily flights from Paris, but I recommend the ferry. It is an experience not to be missed.
I'll come to Montreal just for the underground city!
@Benosoar People treat you that way probably because you misbehaved... People in Québec dont really care when you speak english; its rather what energy or impression you emit that makes the difference...
Lil' background fact: We had serveral attempt by the canadian gov't to get us assimilated to the english culture... But it never worked (propaganda, force, and manipulation...)
Just a point of clarification on the delivery of military equipment during WWII, they were not a gift and were not being given to Canada but rather to the UK. Canada (along with Aus / NZ etc) had its own independent military at the time, but in turn they were a part of the larger collective known as the Commonwealth forces, and Canada was just basically taking delivery of the equipment on behalf of the Commonwealth Forces as a whole. The British government had bought the equipment from the USA (or more specifically from American companies, not from the US government). The US government did however provide financing for the equipment to the UK.
(looks at the thumbnail)
HOW DARE YOU?!
ALJASKA JE SRBIJA!!!
Mr. Dr. Genius xD Yes it is
hahahaahahhaahaa
kosovo is serbia
@@hstochla Kosovo is Canada
This comment shows how annoying Kosovo is Serbia comments are, Lmao
I like the shows that does what you are talking about when it comes to Geography
The Canadian and Denmark Island story is entirely true New York Times CBC and The Business Insider have all reported on it with actual pictures taken by the soldiers who were there.
There's a Danish / Canadian border now, here in the future, m8
Your thumbnail shouldn't have Alaska in there
Ah mate you inspire me so much to travel, thank you
22:34 actually, Frenchville isn't on the wrong side of the river. Artoostook county has a majority ancestral background and many people in Maine speak French.
Canada looks complete with Alaska!
Ikan arts the US would look complete with Canada
Qwerty Jerm it will be natural over time :-)
eggrollsoup no it would look stupid AF, and besides the US never and never will have our land
eggrollsoup Canada shall stay independent. If anything, Canada will look complete with the US in it.
@@Solgaleo791 When you accidentally support imperialism when talking to people arguing for a union
I'm from BC and I hadn't heard about that dispute with Alaska before, very interesting stuff. Keep up the great work!
The most interesting consequence of it to me is the border crossing between Stewart and Hyder. The people of Hyder are proud Americans, yet they use Stewart's emergency services, go to school in Stewart, and use the same area code and prefix as Stewart. There isn't even an American border guard in Hyder, meaning anyone in Hyder has to cross through American customs to enter the rest of their country including Ketchikan, the nearest Alaskan city.
When you cross the border to Hyder to get Hyderized in the pubs It's a local rite of passage
Hi everyone from Croatia 🇭🇷🇭🇷
Me, an Alaskan: looks at thumbnail. “AAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHHAH”
Why Canada have Alaska in thubnail
Thumbnail: *Alaska is part of Canada*
Americans: *REEEEE*
Why is Alaska part of Canada in the thumbnail.
Also Maine was part of Boston? You mean Massachusetts?
Yes, you're right, Maine was part of Massachusetts until it formally separated as a state on it's own in 1820.
Because it should
Yeah when I was in Europe a weird thing I noticed is that they almost all call Mass “Boston” for some reason. I think that it is too hard to spell lol
Greetings from Atlantic Canada! You should definitely come to New Brunswick next time you come to Canada. Great place, some really interesting sights, a lot of history. Saint John is a great place to start.
Nice Video!!! Coming from Winnipeig, MB, CA
If you like the PATH network, check out the +15 system in Calgary. Way more extensive, and on the second floor instead of underground. Also most Canadian cities have something like this.
Poo Against Trees, Homie
The PATH in Toronto is the best :) Use it everyday~
Its only in a small part of Toronto, and Montreal's is much bigger. Toronto's is more important, considering the buildings its connects with.
Montréal is much better than Toronto
@@xXPyrophorusXx Montreal has underground tunnels with shops linking towers and metro stations in downtown...
The US and Canada have an open border, the largest not patrolled border in the world.
Christopher Maeder true
Not really true. It is monitored and there are areas that are patrolled. Depends on the situation
It’s not really “open”, it’s just unguarded.
@@dmeads5663 And not really "unguarded" but simply not protected by the militaries of either country.
Reilly Walker that’s what I meant
*LAKE ERIE.*
Never Lucky m8 ?
He said Lake Superior was lake Erie.
I worked in the US for four years, and when I moved back to Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region of BC, I discovered that the United States Postal Service wouldn't even let me pay to have my snailmail forwarded internationally, so I had it delivered _poste restante_ to the Point Roberts WA post office, and went once a month to pick it up.
One time a friend drove me down there, and we stopped at the US border crossing, and the guard asked us where we were going, and she said "Point Robert!" The guard just gave us this "no shit" look, so she quickly added "The post office! The post office!"
Also there is a Canadian island in Lake Erie that is further south than parts of 26 US states
More cool border things:
Hyder Alaska, in the panhandle, only connected to Canada by road, can go into from Canada without passport, and has a seaport where if going anywhere you need to show us passport.
And that the 49th parallel would’ve ended at the Mississippi River if it went north of the 49th
As someone from Terrace, the nearest city to Hyder by road, I love it whenever anyone mentions the Stewart-Hyder border. It's such a strange thing. You don't need a passport to enter Hyder, but you at least theoretically need one to get back into Stewart. Also, the border closes from 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM every night, and Hyder depends on Stewart for everything from phone service and electricity to policing and education. It's like they're a part of both BC and Alaska yet neither at the same time.
Nice! I live in Nova Scotia
Minneapolis, Minnesota also has all of its buildings connected because it gets so cold in the winter. There though they are connected above ground through indoor walkways above the streets. Don’t remember the name of it or anything because I’ve only been there once
Good Canada video, thanks! (from near toronto)
I do like the way you speak. As fast as you wished it was over already lol
Talk about Point Robert
i love flags and geography. i have subscribed. also, hello from Alberta Canada!
My hometown is in the City bordering Point Roberts. I'm from Ladner, part of South Delta.
So the Northwest Angle Minnesota isn't always isolated. As I recall most winters the lake freezes solid enough that an ice road is opened. However, I believe it's mostly commercial traffic.
If I'm not mistaken America also disputes Canada's claim to the arctic... I could be mistaken but if the arctic ever opens up to allows passage between oceans America would claim it as international waters to avoid paying Canadian tariffs... and Canada probably can't do anything about it. In other words the arctic may only be Canadian because no one cares enough about it currently to dispute it.
scrolls over Lake Superior, "The border goes through Lake Erie"
slightly triggered.
Very fun to watch these Lol there's so much of history to be unraveled
The problem with borders following rivers is sometimes rivers move. There are a couple of examples between Mexico and Texas where the Rio Grande moved.
Between Belgium and France we also have those streets with the border in the middle, but because there is free travel, there's a bunch of tobacco shops on the one side with the less restrictive laws on tobacco (meaning it is quite a bit cheaper), and on the other side are French delicatessen with champagne and what not.
By the way, Montréal also has that kind of underground paths. Very nice video though, I really enjoyed it!
Minneapolis has a skyway system kind of like that underground Toronto thing, except it's above the streets and doesn't go to every building. I hear the University of Minnesota Duluth is designed to have all of the buildings connected, though, so students don't have to go out in the cold during the winter.
29:30 it's -21 degrees where i live right now in Sweden
I believe that American and Canadians actually get along quite well and the war he spoke of in 1812 is old news, most people don't think about it. Before the events of 9/11 crossing the border didn't require a passport for a short visit into Niagara Falls. Our countries maintain a friendly relationship. And really we have alot in common. There really is a good relationship between countries, very neighborly. Yes we are different but not by much.
More airport videos please!
-21°C isn’t that cold. In Winnipeg Manitoba it can get way colder than that during the winter
Good video, I hope it comes one about the fun facts between the US/Mex border. Btw fun facts, there is a canadian campsite, what goes in the forest and the mountains south of the border, but is just reachable from the Canadian side. I think that is worth to tell about it. I just forgot where it is, and can't find informations about it anymore.
can you do argentina next
yes pleaszz
mies1mies miksei SUOMI
Last year we got stuck in Toronto on our way to Florida because of a snow storm (fun fact, the American border agents who work at Pearson stop working at 9 PM no matter what -_- ) and I was totally not dressed for winter... but we still managed to go spend the next day in Toronto thanks to the PATH! We only had a bit of walking to do from the Hotel to the airport train terminal and then took a train all the way to Union station! Pretty nifty indeed. I also once stayed in a hotel in Toronto that had direct PATH access so that was neat!
I lived in Tsawwassen (just north of Point Roberts) for a while, and actually, a lot of American student went to our schools instead. The parents had to pay tuition, but it saved their kids two ridiculously long trips every day. I just can't imagine making the trip from Point Roberts to Blaine twice a day, five days a week. It's a long trip, even before you consider the border line-ups.
I actually like how Canada looks with Alaska and this coming from a Dutchman
let's start a petition, I'm sure the US will give it to them if we ask nicely
ibx2cat denmark owns greenland not america though
Nvm i derped
Wait, do we have a ‘always negative’ stereotype, god, i should know my countries stereotypes much better
weed addict a negative stereotype?
this is the best country in the world please do more Canada videos :D
Rue Canusa is located entirely within Quebec. The border is along the south shoulder of the road. Even if the Streetview image you shared, the speed limit sign was a Canadian sign in Km/h on the side of the street that would be US. Those houses, as you stated, are in Vermont, but their driveways cross into Quebec before they get to the paved road.
CANADA! From Oakville, ON
Hello from Toronto.
Shout out from Canada
Point Roberts is just fine. Most of the properties are owned by Canadians. It is a vacation home location with cheaper gas and dairy.
The second exclave is called the "Northwest Angle". Angle Inlet is just the village name.
You should really look at the San Juan boarder in Washington and BC. There was almost a war fought over where the navigatable passage would be.
The road that was split in betwen translated means Road suprise
As someone who loves and lives in Alaska I feel offended by the thumbnail 😂😂
danotelo224 some else who lives in Alaska
Ibx2cat.
You should do a video on the dixon entrance marine border dispute between Alaska and British Columbia.
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I like how the thumbnail shows alaska as part of canada
Talk about the 10 best and worst flags? Please!!!!
Yes Canada
Intredasting
As a Canadian, the fact that he called New Brunswick and Quebec states instead of provinces is a bullet to the chest.
What is that with all these Geography guys speaking so fast haha, also the guy from Geography now. But you are very clear to understand (even for me as non native speaker)! Love your channel! Love all these fun facts you present. Cant believe I just found out about you channel.
Only thing I dont get all the time is your name btw xD
As far as I can tell there are only two roads across the straight portion of the Alaska/Yukon border. I've crossed the border at both the Alaska Hwy and Top of the World Highway crossings. Both are pretty remote with no nearby town. The Countries share a building at Top of the World, and the US does not even have their customs building at the Alaska Highway crossing - there is a few km of highway between the Canadian and American posts.
I went to Niagara Falls and on the American side you get to go underneath part of the falls but the American part of the falls looks cooler so you should go into Canada and look at the American falls from there
1:21 "the states of yukon territory and british columbia"