Hi Tyler. As some people in the comments have pointed out, rich people are not generally revered in Canada as in the US. Rags to riches stories are celebrated in American culture (as your reaction sort of highlighted), but not so much in Canada. Rather, rags to riches stories are highly respected, but there is an underlying assumption that you will give back to the community when you become wealthy and that you will remain humble. Therefore, the super wealthy are expected to not flash their wealth, but rather help others. One of the reasons for this, is that most Canadians idealistically value equitable treatment regardless of wealth. Although not always true, there is an expectation by most Canadians that you cannot simply buy extra privileges (for example get better service) in all instances. This is mostly true in healthcare and in retail stores. However, this equity has been slowly disappearing in the service industry over the decades as Canada has begun incorporating a more US-style service model (basic no frills service with plenty of add-ons). Our airline and banking industry is a good example of that. I hope that this helps explain why many of our wealthy people remain rather anonymous. Good reaction 😊
You'd be surprised about how little Canadians know about our wealthy, likely because we're not as obsessed with individual wealth as our American counterparts. That isn't to say we don't know any of them, but it just doesn't enter into our day to day lives as much.
@@macgyveriii2818 Can't hardly blame them. I wouldn't mind having the cash to build a garage and other lovely things the monied take for granted. I don't buy them often but I sure would like to win maybe the Stars lottery or something.....
Hey there, French Canadian girl living in Montreal here 👋 "Couche-Tard" literally translates to "Go to bed late" which means the convenience stores stay open late and some are open 24 hours. The cheese brand Saputo is in Quebec. The soccer stadium for our soccer team in Montreal was named Saputo Stadium. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Shopify is based here in Montreal. Galen Weston is very well known in Canada, for he's in his own commercials for his grocery store chain. I have to say, he's kinda charismatic. Tyler, if you ever have questions about the Province of Quebec, DM me!
Julie, je ne veux pas t'obstiner mais pour bien faire comprendre à un américain le sens de " Couche-tard ", ça devrait être " night owl " au lieu de " Go to bed late ". Bonne idée quand même ! :)
Okanagan is pronounced as Oka-noggin, the narrator got it completely wrong I'm a Vancouver guy (born here) and actually met Jim Pattison twice, both times at his Save-On stores. There was a big story , roughly 20 yrs ago about how his daughter had been kidnapped but eventually found
lol I commonteded above questioning how many people were triggered by the way the narrator/AI pronounced Okanogan..phonetically (oh-kah--naw-gan). lol and honestly some of these are misinformed. Like Tobias Lutke, he isn't Canadian, well, he IS he came over here worked at a resort in the mountains; like many do, and met his wife, who was from Ottawa. He is actually from Germany. I was applying for a job and did some research, then found out he was German, so I just followed the Dopamine. He has a sock store that no one can find on shopify :D very misleading.
As a Canadian, I don't understand the hate Americans have for Bagged Milk. Its actually a very convenient way to sell milk and uses far less plastic that the Gallon jugs. There are just special containers you place the bag in and it works quite well.
It's funny. I'm born and raised in Alberta. I've never seen a bag of milk. We use cartons and jugs here. We have 2 popular brands here. Saputo and Dairyland. Saputo is imo the one that's far superior.
@@toddr037 Yeah I'm in BC and we don't either, it's definitely an Eastern/Prairie thing. Some Saskatchewan, but for sure Manitoba, Ontario, possibly Maritimes.
Don't have bagged milk all across the country. I never liked bagged milk when we had it in Alberta back in the 80s. Cartons and jugs are more hygienic. And easier to recycle.
So in reference to Galen Weston, and I'm specifically talking about Galen Weston Jr., yes most Canadians know his name. Can you imagine in the US any average person knowing who the CEO of Kroger or Walgreens is if you asked them point blank? That's how huge his company "Loblaws" is in Canada
he is the guy that runs the "No Name" brand. Yellow packaging. We get to see Jr. on ads all the time. I seen one this morning, Weston Jr. announcement was due the rising cost of food, no name will not continue to increase prices. Hope it is true.
The Westons, who have been making money hand over fist, with soaring record profits through the pandemic, cut the small pay bump (an extra $2 per hour) as soon as it wasn't giving them good publicity any more. Not when the pandemic was over, but when the pay bump was not longer creating good press for Loblaws. The Westons are vile.
David Thompson and his family once owned THE oldest and largest company in North America - The Hudson's Bay Company. At one point it owned a large part of Canada 🇨🇦 and it dominated the fur trade, trading beaver pelts with the native tribes and selling them throughout Europe. It would be great if you could include HBC in one of your Canada lessons. Perhaps start with a focus on Hudson Bay, and how the "Company of Adventurers" shaped the history of both the US and Canada.
I did not know that DT owned any shares as the HBC was English owned, I thought. In fact, David Thompson stopped working for the HBC when he was 27 years old to work for the Northwest Company, not really friends of the HBC.
Slight correction on the excellent info you offered here - although David Thompson started his career (as an indentured servant) as a clerk, then a surveyor and cartographer for HBC, he soon moved on to work for HBCs competitor, the North West Company, where he spent the majority of his career, eventually becoming a partner shareholder. His biggest rival was HBCs surveyor and cartographer, Peter Fidler. They began their careers around the same time under the same mentor Philip Turnor.
My typo mistake. David Thomson (not thomPson) is who I was referring to.. You are correct in your info about David Thompson the surveyor/cartographer so good research on your part! David Thomson is the current head of HBC,
Thomson (not Thompson) -- Thomson started out owning small town newspapers and radio stations in Ontario. He became Lord Thomson of Fleet when he bought the Times of London. Then he bought Hudson's Bay Company... just a few decades back.
@@billdaverne9389 indeed! I first met David Thomson when his Dad asked me to help him learn about Retail.... wow, he was a quick learner, and a terrific young man (and I take no credit for the small contribution I made. It was just an honour to have met him)
Chris Sacca was the “Uber” guy on Shark Tank but I believe he was just an early investor of that (along with investing in the startups of instagram and Twitter). And interesting fact about Shark Tank, two of the sharks (Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjovek) are Canadians and were originally on Dragons Den which is the Canadian version that Shark Tank is modelled from.
Technically, both Dragons Den and Shark Tank are localized version of a format from Japan, where I think its name translates as Tigers of Money. The British version was called Dragons' Den and many other countries have used that name. The US version chose to call itself Shark Tank and that name has also been used in several countries. In fact, Australia has had two versions of the show, one called Dragons' Den and a later one called Shark Tank.
Couche Tard is french Canadian and means, sleep late as in go to bed, late. It's a convenience store chain. In QC, they are relatively modern, clean and brightly light.
Couche-Tard (pronounced Kush-Tar *Kush as in weed strains* and also known as that in Quebec) is a HUGE convenience store also known as Mac's outside of Quebec (which now merged under the Circle K brand). If you think of a convenience store, that's the one you think of first over here.
They actually re branded all the Mac’s (at least in western Canada) to Circle K after Couche-Tard purchased the American chain of Circle K stores. I’m guessing so travellers between the 2 countries would recognize a familiar brand
Very little is known about the Irving family wealth. Their companies are not publicly traded but are family owned. The Irving Oil refinery is the largest in Canada, the newest and most modern in North America and provides at least half of the automotive gas and oil in New England as well as a large portion of the jet fuel used in the major east coast U.S.A airports. Irving Woodlands, besides being a large lumber supplier is a major supplier of tissue products and owns 1 of only 3 or 4 diaper factories in North America. As well as owning tissue plants in Eastern Canada they have recently invested about 1 billion dollars in a tissue plant in Macon, Georgia. To say James Irving is worth 6 billion is just speculation. The family owned companies are worth much much more than that. In conclusion, the richest Canadian is actually Elon Musk.
I always think of the Irvings more as a lovecraftian hive mind, feasting on the life essence of New Brunswick with the help of their minons, kind of like was depicted in the classic cartoon Raccoons, lol.
Elon Musk was actually born in Pretoria, South Africa. He didn’t move to Canada til he was 17. And acquired citizenship thru his Canadian mother. He went to American universities. So I don’t really consider him Canadian.
@@Rachel_lyn Thanks for the reply Rachel. Musk went to McGill University in Montreal for his first year then won a fellowship to an American university which he did not complete. He was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate by that school a few years later. He holds citizenship in South Africa, Canada and the United States. I like to think of him as an exceptionally brilliant African-American.
It was fun to find CircleK convenience stores and gas stations throughout Norway when I traveled there. They even had some products I could recognize from the original Couche-Tard brand in Québec!
Weston is well known in Canada At one time the Weston family owned a very large property in an area of Algonquin Park It is a huge place that they used as a cottage type property. Galen Weston donated the property to the Salvation Army for use as a camp called Madawaska. When it was donated my parents and the rest of the family went up to take inventory at the request of the Salvation Army. We were there for at least a week, maybe longer. We inventoried everything there. I really enjoyed sitting with an oil lamp on the huge railing around the fireplaces and reading the fWeston family diaries that went back through years and years. I also enjoyed getting to choose the bedroom with all of the old stuff on the main floor. Also did a canoe trip with my dad and stayed in the little cabin on the island in Lake Victoria. The water was so unbelievably clear and clean. Have stayed up there a number of times. Eventually, the Weston family wanted it back and it was returned to them. I remember that the Weston family paid for the caretaker couple to stay on and continue with their job. Don’t know what has happened since it was returned to the family. It was a magical place.
We don't talk about rich people as much in Canada as they do in the US. Same with celebrities. The only one on the list I could have guessed before would be Irving. They are huge in the oil business with gas stations (with restaurants and convenience stores) pretty much in every bigger town with more in cities plus they provide heating oil to a lot of homes. They hit a sore spot with me when they built this massive boring gigantic white box of a building for ship building that blocked my view of the scenery of Halifax, Nova Scotia from my waterfront apartment on the Dartmouth side of the Halifax Harbour. It's like right on the Halifax waterfront taking up a substantial amount of property. They could have made it at least nice to look at like a lot of the other large buildings. Others on the list I knew a lot of the products but not the owner/major shareholders. As always, great job!
Irving owns so much of eastern Canada; oil & drilling, forestry all over New Brunswick, Gas Stations, Rest stops & so much more I probably don't know about
Jim is a delightful man. Jim Pattison Motors is where I bought my first car after I got to Vancouver. His portfolio of companies is as eclectic as you can get from neon companies, the Canadian Fishing Company - Gold Seal Seafoods - and so many more. He also produced the documentary "Over Canada" which describes each province and territory. Fabulous. Thanks for this Tyler. And no, we are not that caught up on wealth in Canada. We do our thing and get along. We like it that way. Very laid back so to speak.
Yeah the Weston group of brands is very well known. Most of their stores can be considered an upscale version of Walmart (with less departments). If your town has any kind of grocery store, and it’s not a Walmart, it’s got like a 75% chance it’s connected to the Weston brand in some way.
I wouldn't say they're like Walmart... they're specifically grocery stores, not department stores. The Empire chain would be the big competitor. (Sobeys/Foodland/Safeway)
@@kmacgregor6361 Fair enough, you’re totally right. I know some of the Superstore/Zehrs near me have pharmacy/cosmetics/housewares and fashion but it’s certainly not like Walmart. I probably should’ve made that connection I used to work at Walmart lol.
I’ve been bingeing your videos and they’re awesome! As a Canadian from Alberta it’s really fun to watch, I wish I could just spend a few hours chatting with you about all of my favourite random bits of Canadian history and culture from my area! Your doing a great job with the videos!
Americans seem to be much more recognized because of their wealth. Riches are not a big point of influence in Canada and as a relatively knowledgeable Canadian senior, I recognized many of the companies but few of the people mentioned.
@@chrisjansen1943 Without Googling tell me a bit more about Couche Tard then. What other names does the convenience giant operate under that Tyler may be more familiar with?
Like the first comment said. You're doing awesome bud. As a Canadian I am enjoying the heck out of this show. Be good to be getting you some snacks and such to try. Shark Tank is a rip off of Canada's Dragon Den btw. should give it a watch. Something I haven't seen you discover yet is that Tim Horton''s is nothing like 711 (which we have as well). Tim Hortons is more like a Dunkin Donuts. Its all tables and a food service area with pastry racks, coffee, 7 kinds of basic teas, iced drinks, soup and stew... and a whole menu of stuff. But Timmies was mucccch better back when they focused on the coffee and donuts. A little coffee trivia is McDonalds uses Tim Hortons old coffee recipe. Take care bud. Joel - Newfoundland.
Wow. I'm surprised another person knows that Timmies lost the contract to McDonald's. It happened back when Timmies first introduced the dark roast blend. I can't drink anything but McDonald's now. Timmies is disgusting. So many peopleare not aware that it changed.
Heya Tyler, Came across your channel randomly and been really enjoying your content. We Canadians aren’t interested in our billionaires as they are in the US ….a lot of it was interesting to me, but not surprised that Bell was on top …. Bell and Rogers are the two top media outlets for phone, tv and internet here in Ontario and surprised that the owner of Rogers wasn’t on the list
Thompson also co-owns True North Sports and Entertainment which includes the Winnipeg Jets, their farm team the Manitoba Moose, the building in which both teams play, their training facility (MTS Multiplex) and a local camp along with a charity organization. And yes, Reuters is the Reuters in the US.
Yes the Weston family is very well known in Canada. They made headlines recently after being caught in a bread price fixing scheme, and again this year for earning record profits while artificially raising the prices of groceries under the guise of “inflation.”
Hey Tyler your reaction videos are always fun to watch!.. I've seen every one so far.. I just saw a cool documentary called Two Countries, One Street by NFB on TH-cam.. it was filmed in the 1950s and interviewed locals in a border community and the border guards from both countries working together to keep everybody honest and to keep the bad guys from engaging in illegal activities.. was cool to see the street that straddles the border line with Canadian houses on one side and American homes on the other.. my favourite part was seeing an RCMP officer commanding a fleeing suspect to "STOP!.. IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN!!!" 🤣
Dragon's Den started in the UK and then came to Canada. (Checks wiki, apparently it started in Japan and spread) Shark Tank happened because they saw how successful the shows were, but they had to put a different spin on it. As noted elsewhere, when Shark Tank debuted, they "stole" two Dragons, Kevin and Robert to be sharks. And this year, Robert is both a shark and a dragon; he's returned to the Dragon's Den while still on Shark Tank.
Yeah, Mattamy homes builds great houses. I used to work for a largest kitchen manufacturer, providing kithens and bathrooms for Mattamy building sites.
I love your take on all these. Your facial expressions are so funny. I’m addicted to your channel and I’m like 52 years old haha. You keep things real you don’t try to make shit up. I wish you the best
hey Tyler, i'm a Canadian and don't know either of these billionare guys. thanks for the video, i've been watching your videos over the past few days, very interesting, there are still lots of things i still don't know about Canada so thanks for the infor.
7:00 That little owl logo was on convenience stores known as "Mac's" around here. At least here in lower BC anyways they seem to have all transformed into Circle K's haha
Tyler you should do an episode of Canadian maple syrup. It's regulated prices, & there's like a fort Knox but with syrup. Seriously it's true, & there was a major maple syrup heist once 😂 I think they got away in skidoos
Mattamy is a combination of his first two children’s names, Matt and Amy. One of the younger sons was a year ahead of me in high school. Peter Gillgan always seems like a stand up guy. A huge portion of the Oakville Hospital (his home town) is named after him along with the YMCA because he donated a lot to have them built.
Irving Doesn't plant trees where there were none. They replace forests they cut down with fast growing white spruce uni-cultures so they can re-cut them when mature.
Couche-Tard is the french name for Mac's Milk Variety btw. They bought out Circle K so they rebranded as that now. They are ubiquitous here. Multiple in each town generally. Btw we have 6 Tim Hortons in our small village of Brooklin, Ontatio
couche tard is the original name but they had to translate it when they expanded outside of quebec ! cause rest of canada don't like or don't understand french lol
@@tryviousse not true it is a practical easily made business move that has nothing to do with Quebec anxieties. Funny how much many Quebecers seem to feel everything is somehow a slight. I spent much of my youth in Quebec and was lied to consistently in school. Quebec has it's version of reality but none of the other provinces share that distrust. I was lucky enough to be educated in 6 of the ten provinces ( some east ,some west ) and find that outside of the political scope of Quebec there is little of the dislike Quebecers fear.
Couche-Tard is a convenience stores chain open 24 hours, 7 days, open on holidays--in fact it never closes. It started in Québec, the name is in french, meaning going to bed late (that's why it never closes)
Hi Tyler! About Couche-Tard (a "Couche Tard" is someone who goes to bed late, in French; the stores either close past midnight or never, hence the name), it started as a regular corner store here in Québec, than became a corner stores chain. It is VERY common! Like, every town have at least one Couche-Tard (and they sometime serves as gaz stations too). In Québec, they were once very popular amongst teenagers because of their grossly named slushies (like, "squished chick" for lemon ou "zombi's brain" for strawberry). Now, it operates under the banner Circle K along side other stores chains, mainly Circle K, Statoil, Mac’s (which is Couche-Tard's equivalent, with the same owl logo and all, in English Canada) and Kangaroo Express. Maybe you do know them under one of these names.
As a Canadian I have to admit I don’t know any of these names, but I don’t think a lot of Canadians necessarily would……it’s not really a thing here to be aware of super wealthy people ( I may be wrong ). Some one did beat me to the pronunciation of Okanagan though….lol
we don't worship wealth here in Canada. I have heard of some of the brand names, but none of the rich people. they might be worth knowing if they paid their employees well or treated them decently.
5:50 Couche-Tard (Originally a french expression for someone who stays up late) is a very large chain of conviniant stores. They became popular for staying open till late and then staying open 24/7. I live in a subburb town and if I go see my friend who lives two town over, I'll come across at least 5 of these stores.
I'd say everybody in Canada knows Galen Weston - he has been in Loblaws commercials for ages. Also, he recently had a bit of a Marie Antoinette style controversy - it's worth a trip to twitter to chuckle at all of the "let them eat specifically this cake" memes
Tyler, your almost at 20k subs my guy...I've been watching you from the beginning..when you had 150 subscriber. Congrats on getting to 20k!! 😃 👍 👏 From a Canadian in Ottawa.
I haven't got past your intro yet but I wanted to say this: I can't think of who the truly rich are in Canada. I really don't pay attention to rich people. So this video will be a learning experience for me too!
I had brunch a few years ago at a downtown Vancouver hotel. Jimmy Pattison was at the next table over. Although you could tell he was affluent, he wasn't flaunting and when I said hello, he engaged me for a couple of minutes. That's as close to a billion as I will ever get!
@tyler great wolf lodge is a chain of indoor water parks. There are ones all over Canada and the US. As Canadians we can’t go swimming outside in the winter. This is a great way to enjoy water rides in January
Weston family is pretty well known in Canada. They own Loblaws and flanker brands that controls about 30+% of grocery market share in Canada. Think of them as Wal-Mart of Canada.
Hi not sure if this was said , probably was , but just wanted to point out that Couche-Tard was founded in Québec, Couche-Tard (pron: koush•tar ) translates to “Late Sleep” or more appropriately “Late Night” as it is open 24/7 at most locations. Locations outside of Québec are known as “Circle K”, with the exception of Beckers.
So strange...the AI voiceover. Funny how Chip Wilson's name caption stays up over Jim Pattison's profile. The Couch-Tard brand is called that in Quebec only. It's pronounced "Koosh Tar," and that means "Go to sleep late" in French...because the stores are open late. In English-speaking North America, they own and operate all the Circle K stores.
Couche-TARDS is the French spelling, in English it is Winks so you probably have seen their stores in the USA. If you look it up you will see they have the same owl logo.
Hi from British Columbia Canada :) I used Aunt Jemima maple syrup ....butter flavored lol...or no name brand butter flavored. I've only seen what you mentioned as true Canadian maple syrup at tourist shops or specialty stores, but it's expensive here (I guess to get the tourist dollars) so Ive never tried it. I only learned how much heallthier and tastier it is by your channel lol. So thankyou 😁 Im going to indulge and get some and see if it's better than Aunt Jemimas. Hopefully its in the local food store too.By the way I used to live in the Okanagan. Beautiful area. The guy in the video pronounced it wrong. It's pronounced 'Oh ka noggin'
I found maple syrup too strong tasting. I’ve always preferred artificial syrup over real stuff. Now I have found no sugar syrup, which is better for diabetics. It probably does not taste anything like Maple syrup, but it works for me.
Probably the most well known person mentioned in the video is Galen Weston junior as he does the adverts for the Presidents’s Choice brand of products sold in his Loblaws stores. Other stores like No Frills, Canadian Superstore and Fortinos also sell this brand.
No. 2 on the list lives in Vancouver about 1/3 to half of each year and has significant business and charitable companies in BC. Jim Pattinson is a self made BC legend who founded (not just bought) many companies including our largest grocery story chain. These days his charitable work is the biggest focus with the Pattinson family giving generously in health care, medical research, housing and charities for disable Canadians. Notably his son-in-law & chairman of the charitable foundation is Rick Hansen of The Man in Motion tour where he wheel chaired around the world to raise money & awareness for disabled people. The song St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion, written by fellow BC legend David Foster, was originally for Rick and was tweaked slightly when a title track was needed for the movie St. Elmo’s Fire. Final point of interest I went to school with one of the sons of the actual richest family in Canada based in London, Ontario. I still know him, he runs Western Canada from Vancouver. They are worth well over 400 billion dollars & give massive amounts to charity. The family is extremely private and spent a lot to make sure there name is never on lists like these. They are lovely, humble people who try and make every business beneficial but do not wish for notoriety or fame. I have a lot of respect for them.
I've heard of virtually all of these brands however I was unfamiliar with almost all of the owners. Maybe it's just me but I think in general Canadians are not nearly obsessed with public figures and the super rich as Americans are.
Absolutely. US politics is now bought and paid for by the riches Republicans to the tune of 500 million so far. Canada would never allow thus...as a matter of fact we have laws against it
@@SilvanaDil Once again, your idolization of all things American blinds you to the fact that, considering the Canadian market is only one tenth as large, all these guys have accomplished quite a lot.
@@deeporter7369 I think it would be unfair to state it's just one political party that spends a bunch of money in the US. I'm guessing politics makes up a decent portion of the spending in General though.
Checking out your past episodes. Couche Tard is the mac’s and circle k’s. As Bill and Ted say in the movie Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure, “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K”.
Couche-Tard, pronounced "koosh-tar" owned a number of popular Convenience Store chains, including Mac's, and owns Circle K. Also, technically Elon Musk is a Canadian citizen, so the wealthiest person in the world is South African/Canadian/American
"Couche-Tard" is pronounced "Koosh-Tard" and it means "Sleep Late". That's why their symbol is an owl. It used to be called "Provi-Soir" (Night Provisions). It is a convenience store in Quebec and Ontario, one of the largest chains in the country. A convenience store in Quebec is called a "Depanneur" (Day-Pan-Ner) and in Ontario, it has been called Wink's but is now called Mac's after Couche-Tard bought Mac's Milk.
Musk's mom is Canadian and he lived in Canada during his teen years and young adulthood. He went to Queen's University, so I'd say he's at least as Canadian as he is American ir South African.
Saputo is a cheese company for sure. Had no idea who owned it. The same is true for many of these. Only ones I knew by name were the companies that have their name as the brand name. For example: Irving (on trucks I think...), Pattison (on most billboards)
I have been to "Saputo" stadium a number of times in Montréal. As a soccer fan, I watch the CF Montréal games there. The owner is Joey Saputo, who must be one of the sons or grandsons of the fellow they showed in the video. I knew he came from a very wealthy family but didn't know about the dairy angle or just how rich they are.
You probably saw Irving on gas stations; though the gas stations are basically limited to Quebec and east, as well as some states (NH, Vermont and Maine have Irving stations). The truck brands are varied with different names (Sunbury, SMT etc...), and most of the forestry lands you wouldn't see unless you were in Maine or New Brunswick.
Two of the Sharks on Shark Tank are Canadians, not that the show admits they are Canadians. Robert Hercjevic and Kevin O'Leary were old hands at that show since they were in Dragon's Den for about 8 years (the Canadian show like Shark Tank and licensed from the original British show) Oh the Couche Tard store you will see only in Quebec. They are Mac's stored in Ontario and I suspect the stores they own in the US go by their old names and they just rebranded the old logos and signage along with changing their distribution
maple syrop is a canadian cooperative - all the production is either sold directly from the producer and the remaining syrop is stocked at the coop. There are no brands of maple syrop - cans are basically all the same.
I love your channel and I get a real laugh at how little most Americans know about Canada their closest neighbour's. I still like to visit the US because you have "warm" states in our cold winters.
He is cute and his personality is very endearing. I love his reactions and his reviews are awesome and informative. I even learn something about my own country. Shame on me 😕😄
It's amazing how many comments are about Couche Tard there are! I haven't heard this name in Western Canada. Mac's, yes. It just goes to show how Big our country is. Woo Hoo!
Yes, Weston is a well known company. The company bearing that name is a huge bakery operation, selling bread, buns etc. They also own the Loblaws grocery store chain which in turn owns about 7 or 8 other store chains, including No Frills, Valu-Mart and Shoppers Drug Mart as examples.
David Thomson is actually a very down to earth type of guy and I’ve met him a couple of times. The first time very informally when he was President of Zellers sister company of HBC in the early 90’s. I was a sales representative for a major supplier of Zellers and I met him in one of the Zellers stores in the department where my merchandise was being sold. He was 36 -37 at the time and seemed to have a keen interest in sales figures for all the stores in my region. I thought he was a new store Manager at the time and told him I’ll be in the coffee shop in 10 minutes and we can go over the numbers. I met him for coffee and we discussed all the stores in the region for about 40 minutes as they pertained to my product lines, he dismissed himself and I continued writing up orders for the store. I went to administration desk to have orders signed and the familiar Manager comes out and says David is really impressed with your work and what you bring to the region for Zellers. You’ve been talking to our President David Thomson; a week later I get a call from my CEO telling me how well I handled myself in my meeting with David Thomson. I didn’t get into the details that I mistook him for being a new store Manager, but David Thomson started in the retail business as a department Manager and store Manager so he had a ground floor perspective.
I'm Canadian, the only one I recognize is Galen Weston. The other man you saw with him in the pictures, Galen Wesotn Jr is in the commercials for some of the Loblaws brands.
Tsai holds Canadian and Hong Kong dual citizenship. He's donated a ton of money to various educational institutions in the USA. Miriam Bergen donated (bequeathed) 500 million to the Winnipeg Foundation.
Galen Weston owns Loblaws, which runs numerous retail chains across Canada, but the largest one is "Real Canadian Superstore". It''s a big-box store just like Walmart (or the fictitious 'Cloud 9' from the tv series 'Superstore'), and I'd say they're still more prominent and successful than Wal-mart is in Canada. Walmart had a disadvantage though, they didn't enter the Canadian market until the 1990's, when they bought out the struggling Canadian retail giant 'Woolco", and the Woolco stores became the first Walmarts in Canada
Hi Tyler. As some people in the comments have pointed out, rich people are not generally revered in Canada as in the US. Rags to riches stories are celebrated in American culture (as your reaction sort of highlighted), but not so much in Canada. Rather, rags to riches stories are highly respected, but there is an underlying assumption that you will give back to the community when you become wealthy and that you will remain humble. Therefore, the super wealthy are expected to not flash their wealth, but rather help others. One of the reasons for this, is that most Canadians idealistically value equitable treatment regardless of wealth. Although not always true, there is an expectation by most Canadians that you cannot simply buy extra privileges (for example get better service) in all instances. This is mostly true in healthcare and in retail stores. However, this equity has been slowly disappearing in the service industry over the decades as Canada has begun incorporating a more US-style service model (basic no frills service with plenty of add-ons). Our airline and banking industry is a good example of that. I hope that this helps explain why many of our wealthy people remain rather anonymous. Good reaction 😊
They keep pushing that private health care! It seriously better not happen out health care system is already falling so let's not make it worse
So true!
This was well written lol 👍
Nicely done. I started reading expecting to disagree with your comment but nope, great points..
Beautifully said!! Thank you!!!
The text to voice narrator in the original videos pronunciation for anything french or aboriginal is BRUTAL!
Yep. Couch Tard. Lol.
I'm a 61 year old Canadian and I don't have a clue who the richest Canadians are. Most of us in Canada just don't care about these things.
I only know David Tomson because he owns the Winnipeg Jets
😂 true...and same age as you
me neither
@@thatreidguyexactly lol I only know Katz cause he owns the oilers
Does anyone anywhere?
You'd be surprised about how little Canadians know about our wealthy, likely because we're not as obsessed with individual wealth as our American counterparts. That isn't to say we don't know any of them, but it just doesn't enter into our day to day lives as much.
Makes sense. Though we do have our share of people blowing millions on lottery tickets with that same dream.
Agree
I’m surprised Mr. Wonderful (Kevin O’Leary) didn’t make the top 15
You're so very right!!!! Thank you for what you said!! Perfect!!
@@macgyveriii2818 Can't hardly blame them. I wouldn't mind having the cash to build a garage and other lovely things the monied take for granted. I don't buy them often but I sure would like to win maybe the Stars lottery or something.....
Hey there, French Canadian girl living in Montreal here 👋 "Couche-Tard" literally translates to "Go to bed late" which means the convenience stores stay open late and some are open 24 hours. The cheese brand Saputo is in Quebec. The soccer stadium for our soccer team in Montreal was named Saputo Stadium. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Shopify is based here in Montreal. Galen Weston is very well known in Canada, for he's in his own commercials for his grocery store chain. I have to say, he's kinda charismatic. Tyler, if you ever have questions about the Province of Quebec, DM me!
me too, though I live in Gatineau
Julie, je ne veux pas t'obstiner mais pour bien faire comprendre à un américain le sens de " Couche-tard ", ça devrait être " night owl " au lieu de " Go to bed late ". Bonne idée quand même ! :)
Couch tard lmaoo...literally almost peed myself the way they prounced it 🤣🤣🤣
I live in Ottawa I couldn’t stop laughing when he said couch tard 😂 maxs milk is what most English speakers around here know it as 😉
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Okanagan is pronounced as Oka-noggin, the narrator got it completely wrong I'm a Vancouver guy (born here) and actually met Jim Pattison twice, both times at his Save-On stores. There was a big story , roughly 20 yrs ago about how his daughter had been kidnapped but eventually found
Pretty sure the narrator is an AI and not an actual human being.
Definitely an AI ... O'Can'Again lol .. and Couch Tard lmao ...
lol I commonteded above questioning how many people were triggered by the way the narrator/AI pronounced Okanogan..phonetically (oh-kah--naw-gan). lol and honestly some of these are misinformed. Like Tobias Lutke, he isn't Canadian, well, he IS he came over here worked at a resort in the mountains; like many do, and met his wife, who was from Ottawa. He is actually from Germany. I was applying for a job and did some research, then found out he was German, so I just followed the Dopamine. He has a sock store that no one can find on shopify :D very misleading.
@@carebear032007 lmao i did too.
@@kongJr Couchtard is priceless.
As a Canadian, I don't understand the hate Americans have for Bagged Milk. Its actually a very convenient way to sell milk and uses far less plastic that the Gallon jugs. There are just special containers you place the bag in and it works quite well.
It's funny. I'm born and raised in Alberta. I've never seen a bag of milk. We use cartons and jugs here.
We have 2 popular brands here. Saputo and Dairyland. Saputo is imo the one that's far superior.
@@toddr037 Yeah I'm in BC and we don't either, it's definitely an Eastern/Prairie thing. Some Saskatchewan, but for sure Manitoba, Ontario, possibly Maritimes.
@@toddr037 Don't we have Beatrice as well?
Prefer Dairyland myself. Other brands taste off.
Don't have bagged milk all across the country. I never liked bagged milk when we had it in Alberta back in the 80s. Cartons and jugs are more hygienic. And easier to recycle.
@@toddr037 We had 'em in the 80s - I remember them well. Glad they're gone frankly. I prefer the cartons.
So in reference to Galen Weston, and I'm specifically talking about Galen Weston Jr., yes most Canadians know his name. Can you imagine in the US any average person knowing who the CEO of Kroger or Walgreens is if you asked them point blank? That's how huge his company "Loblaws" is in Canada
Yeah, I may have heard of Weston, but could not connect him to the well known Loblaws name.
It helps that he appears in commercials for the brand
he is the guy that runs the "No Name" brand. Yellow packaging. We get to see Jr. on ads all the time. I seen one this morning, Weston Jr. announcement was due the rising cost of food, no name will not continue to increase prices. Hope it is true.
The Westons, who have been making money hand over fist, with soaring record profits through the pandemic, cut the small pay bump (an extra $2 per hour) as soon as it wasn't giving them good publicity any more. Not when the pandemic was over, but when the pay bump was not longer creating good press for Loblaws. The Westons are vile.
@@lyndas2767 that's what I was going to say. Most Canadians know Jr because he's in the ads
Lol! Couche-tard (pronounced “coosh tahr” ) is a french expression meaning something like “staying up late”, hence the owl logo. Love your videos 😊
Night owl. Macs convince store in Western Canada. Bought the shell oil convince stores Circle K chain.
It is simply "bed late".
A lot of mispronounced names in there by the video lol
@@susanterhorst782 you can tell it was a computer doing the narration.
Your show is great, mad props for wanting to expand your knowledge outside your own borders. ATB from Canada
David Thompson and his family once owned THE oldest and largest company in North America - The Hudson's Bay Company. At one point it owned a large part of Canada 🇨🇦 and it dominated the fur trade, trading beaver pelts with the native tribes and selling them throughout Europe. It would be great if you could include HBC in one of your Canada lessons. Perhaps start with a focus on Hudson Bay, and how the "Company of Adventurers" shaped the history of both the US and Canada.
I did not know that DT owned any shares as the HBC was English owned, I thought. In fact, David Thompson stopped working for the HBC when he was 27 years old to work for the Northwest Company, not really friends of the HBC.
Slight correction on the excellent info you offered here - although David Thompson started his career (as an indentured servant) as a clerk, then a surveyor and cartographer for HBC, he soon moved on to work for HBCs competitor, the North West Company, where he spent the majority of his career, eventually becoming a partner shareholder. His biggest rival was HBCs surveyor and cartographer, Peter Fidler. They began their careers around the same time under the same mentor Philip Turnor.
My typo mistake. David Thomson (not thomPson) is who I was referring to.. You are correct in your info about David Thompson the surveyor/cartographer so good research on your part! David Thomson is the current head of HBC,
Thomson (not Thompson) -- Thomson started out owning small town newspapers and radio stations in Ontario. He became Lord Thomson of Fleet when he bought the Times of London. Then he bought Hudson's Bay Company... just a few decades back.
@@billdaverne9389 indeed! I first met David Thomson when his Dad asked me to help him learn about Retail.... wow, he was a quick learner, and a terrific young man (and I take no credit for the small contribution I made. It was just an honour to have met him)
Chris Sacca was the “Uber” guy on Shark Tank but I believe he was just an early investor of that (along with investing in the startups of instagram and Twitter). And interesting fact about Shark Tank, two of the sharks (Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjovek) are Canadians and were originally on Dragons Den which is the Canadian version that Shark Tank is modelled from.
Skark tank is the American version of Dragon's Den which started in 2001, Shark Tanks was 2009
Technically, both Dragons Den and Shark Tank are localized version of a format from Japan, where I think its name translates as Tigers of Money. The British version was called Dragons' Den and many other countries have used that name. The US version chose to call itself Shark Tank and that name has also been used in several countries. In fact, Australia has had two versions of the show, one called Dragons' Den and a later one called Shark Tank.
They missed Guy Laliberté, creator of Cirque du Soleil. He started as a fire eater and acrobat on stilts. He was the first canadian space tourist.
Guy Laliberté net worth is around 1.2-1.6 B$ so he didn't make the cut in top15 list
Couche Tard is french Canadian and means, sleep late as in go to bed, late. It's a convenience store chain. In QC, they are relatively modern, clean and brightly light.
Couche-Tard (pronounced Kush-Tar *Kush as in weed strains* and also known as that in Quebec) is a HUGE convenience store also known as Mac's outside of Quebec (which now merged under the Circle K brand). If you think of a convenience store, that's the one you think of first over here.
Its koosh not kush..that would be like hush lol
@@NaggyPat24 Exactly right: Koosh, as in Koosh Woosh ;)
They actually re branded all the Mac’s (at least in western Canada) to Circle K after Couche-Tard purchased the American chain of Circle K stores. I’m guessing so travellers between the 2 countries would recognize a familiar brand
@@NaggyPat24 it's pronounced like Kush like the kind of "weed" , because the chain is québécois aka French, so "koosh" is not accurate
@@chasec9011 yep, the security company I work with has gone through that transition with their names lol
Very little is known about the Irving family wealth. Their companies are not publicly traded but are family owned. The Irving Oil refinery is the largest in Canada, the newest and most modern in North America and provides at least half of the automotive gas and oil in New England as well as a large portion of the jet fuel used in the major east coast U.S.A airports. Irving Woodlands, besides being a large lumber supplier is a major supplier of tissue products and owns 1 of only 3 or 4 diaper factories in North America. As well as owning tissue plants in Eastern Canada they have recently invested about 1 billion dollars in a tissue plant in Macon, Georgia. To say James Irving is worth 6 billion is just speculation. The family owned companies are worth much much more than that. In conclusion, the richest Canadian is actually Elon Musk.
I did not know Elon musk had citizenship in Canada, interesting ☺️
I always think of the Irvings more as a lovecraftian hive mind, feasting on the life essence of New Brunswick with the help of their minons, kind of like was depicted in the classic cartoon Raccoons, lol.
Elon Musk was actually born in Pretoria, South Africa. He didn’t move to Canada til he was 17. And acquired citizenship thru his Canadian mother. He went to American universities. So I don’t really consider him Canadian.
@@Rachel_lyn Thanks for the reply Rachel. Musk went to McGill University in Montreal for his first year then won a fellowship to an American university which he did not complete. He was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate by that school a few years later. He holds citizenship in South Africa, Canada and the United States. I like to think of him as an exceptionally brilliant African-American.
It was fun to find CircleK convenience stores and gas stations throughout Norway when I traveled there. They even had some products I could recognize from the original Couche-Tard brand in Québec!
Weston is well known in Canada At one time the Weston family owned a very large property in an area of Algonquin Park It is a huge place that they used as a cottage type property. Galen Weston donated the property to the Salvation Army for use as a camp called Madawaska. When it was donated my parents and the rest of the family went up to take inventory at the request of the Salvation Army. We were there for at least a week, maybe longer. We inventoried everything there. I really enjoyed sitting with an oil lamp on the huge railing around the fireplaces and reading the fWeston family diaries that went back through years and years. I also enjoyed getting to choose the bedroom with all of the old stuff on the main floor. Also did a canoe trip with my dad and stayed in the little cabin on the island in Lake Victoria. The water was so unbelievably clear and clean. Have stayed up there a number of times. Eventually, the Weston family wanted it back and it was returned to them. I remember that the Weston family paid for the caretaker couple to stay on and continue with their job. Don’t know what has happened since it was returned to the family. It was a magical place.
We don't talk about rich people as much in Canada as they do in the US. Same with celebrities. The only one on the list I could have guessed before would be Irving. They are huge in the oil business with gas stations (with restaurants and convenience stores) pretty much in every bigger town with more in cities plus they provide heating oil to a lot of homes. They hit a sore spot with me when they built this massive boring gigantic white box of a building for ship building that blocked my view of the scenery of Halifax, Nova Scotia from my waterfront apartment on the Dartmouth side of the Halifax Harbour. It's like right on the Halifax waterfront taking up a substantial amount of property. They could have made it at least nice to look at like a lot of the other large buildings.
Others on the list I knew a lot of the products but not the owner/major shareholders. As always, great job!
Irving owns so much of eastern Canada; oil & drilling, forestry all over New Brunswick, Gas Stations, Rest stops & so much more I probably don't know about
Jim Pattison is a kind and very generous man. He gives away a significant portion of his wealth to charities. He is a decent and down-to-earth person.
Jim is a delightful man. Jim Pattison Motors is where I bought my first car after I got to Vancouver. His portfolio of companies is as eclectic as you can get from neon companies, the Canadian Fishing Company - Gold Seal Seafoods - and so many more. He also produced the documentary "Over Canada" which describes each province and territory. Fabulous. Thanks for this Tyler. And no, we are not that caught up on wealth in Canada. We do our thing and get along. We like it that way. Very laid back so to speak.
Yup! Imagine if all rich people were like him!?
Yeah the Weston group of brands is very well known. Most of their stores can be considered an upscale version of Walmart (with less departments). If your town has any kind of grocery store, and it’s not a Walmart, it’s got like a 75% chance it’s connected to the Weston brand in some way.
I wouldn't say they're like Walmart... they're specifically grocery stores, not department stores. The Empire chain would be the big competitor. (Sobeys/Foodland/Safeway)
@@kmacgregor6361 Fair enough, you’re totally right. I know some of the Superstore/Zehrs near me have pharmacy/cosmetics/housewares and fashion but it’s certainly not like Walmart. I probably should’ve made that connection I used to work at Walmart lol.
Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Extra Foods, Loblaws, Western Groceries. I don't imagine it's an exhaustive list. Just helping
@@kmacgregor6361 Superstore is a grocery store with a large retail section. Walmart is a retail store with a large grocery section.
I’ve been bingeing your videos and they’re awesome! As a Canadian from Alberta it’s really fun to watch, I wish I could just spend a few hours chatting with you about all of my favourite random bits of Canadian history and culture from my area! Your doing a great job with the videos!
Americans seem to be much more recognized because of their wealth. Riches are not a big point of influence in Canada and as a relatively knowledgeable Canadian senior, I recognized many of the companies but few of the people mentioned.
As a young Canadian, I am familiar with all the people mentioned. Seniors are very outside the loop on a lot of things.
@@chrisjansen1943 As a young Canadian, you have a lot to learn.
@@chrisjansen1943 Without Googling tell me a bit more about Couche Tard then. What other names does the convenience giant operate under that Tyler may be more familiar with?
@@chrisjansen1943 a new spelling of ignorant anal presence
The most popular brand of maple syrup is "bought directly from the sugar bush"... it basically doesn't have a "brand"
Like the first comment said. You're doing awesome bud. As a Canadian I am enjoying the heck out of this show. Be good to be getting you some snacks and such to try. Shark Tank is a rip off of Canada's Dragon Den btw. should give it a watch.
Something I haven't seen you discover yet is that Tim Horton''s is nothing like 711 (which we have as well). Tim Hortons is more like a Dunkin Donuts. Its all tables and a food service area with pastry racks, coffee, 7 kinds of basic teas, iced drinks, soup and stew... and a whole menu of stuff. But Timmies was mucccch better back when they focused on the coffee and donuts. A little coffee trivia is McDonalds uses Tim Hortons old coffee recipe.
Take care bud.
Joel - Newfoundland.
Wow. I'm surprised another person knows that Timmies lost the contract to McDonald's. It happened back when Timmies first introduced the dark roast blend. I can't drink anything but McDonald's now. Timmies is disgusting. So many peopleare not aware that it changed.
Both Dragons' Den and Shark Tank are loccalized versions of a show format from Japan.
@@rjcurrie61 really? ill have to loo kthat up
Heya Tyler,
Came across your channel randomly and been really enjoying your content. We Canadians aren’t interested in our billionaires as they are in the US ….a lot of it was interesting to me, but not surprised that Bell was on top …. Bell and Rogers are the two top media outlets for phone, tv and internet here in Ontario and surprised that the owner of Rogers wasn’t on the list
Thompson also co-owns True North Sports and Entertainment which includes the Winnipeg Jets, their farm team the Manitoba Moose, the building in which both teams play, their training facility (MTS Multiplex) and a local camp along with a charity organization.
And yes, Reuters is the Reuters in the US.
Yes the Weston family is very well known in Canada. They made headlines recently after being caught in a bread price fixing scheme, and again this year for earning record profits while artificially raising the prices of groceries under the guise of “inflation.”
So many companies are doing this. It’s toxic.
I mean, by these rules they should have counted Elon Musk, as one of his three citizenships is Canadian
I was also expecting to see Stewart Butterfield on the list (Flickr, Slack). Slack recently sold to Salesforce for about 30 billion.
@@kjmorley I think that video is a couple of years old.
Hey Tyler... Your channel is so addictive.....I'm learning so much about the only country I ever lived in... Thank you!
Hey Tyler your reaction videos are always fun to watch!.. I've seen every one so far..
I just saw a cool documentary called Two Countries, One Street by NFB on TH-cam.. it was filmed in the 1950s and interviewed locals in a border community and the border guards from both countries working together to keep everybody honest and to keep the bad guys from engaging in illegal activities.. was cool to see the street that straddles the border line with Canadian houses on one side and American homes on the other.. my favourite part was seeing an RCMP officer commanding a fleeing suspect to "STOP!.. IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN!!!" 🤣
Wow! I as a Canadian still learn so much watching your clips! So interesting!
Shark Tank is the American version of Dragons Den, a Canadian show of the same idea that pre-dates Shark Tank by 5-8 yrs.
But still has Kevin O'Leary on both.
Canadians invented Shark Tank.
Dragon's Den started in the UK and then came to Canada. (Checks wiki, apparently it started in Japan and spread)
Shark Tank happened because they saw how successful the shows were, but they had to put a different spin on it.
As noted elsewhere, when Shark Tank debuted, they "stole" two Dragons, Kevin and Robert to be sharks.
And this year, Robert is both a shark and a dragon; he's returned to the Dragon's Den while still on Shark Tank.
And I think the Canadian one was preceded by one in the UK.
Yeah, Mattamy homes builds great houses. I used to work for a largest kitchen manufacturer, providing kithens and bathrooms for Mattamy building sites.
Also surprised Charles Bronfman of Seagrams and Jean Coutou the pharmacy tycoon weren’t mentioned
I had fun with this. Only knew about half of these names. Thanks for sharing.
Just a FYI for you, Kevin O'Leary and Robert Herjavec - investors on Shark Tank (Dragon's Den in Canada) are Canadian.
I tried to send you an e-mail at the above e-mail address, but it wouldn't go through. Any suggestions?
I love your take on all these. Your facial expressions are so funny. I’m addicted to your channel and I’m like 52 years old haha. You keep things real you don’t try to make shit up. I wish you the best
hey Tyler, i'm a Canadian and don't know either of these billionare guys. thanks for the video, i've been watching your videos over the past few days, very interesting, there are still lots of things i still don't know about Canada so thanks for the infor.
The pronunciation in this video is... creative.
I'm calling it "Couch Tard" from now on.
I believe it’s an AI. Getting harder to tell these days.
It was an annoying robot reading it. Not a fan of using speech programs on the videos.
Okanagan
7:00 That little owl logo was on convenience stores known as "Mac's" around here. At least here in lower BC anyways they seem to have all transformed into Circle K's haha
Tyler you should do an episode of Canadian maple syrup.
It's regulated prices, & there's like a fort Knox but with syrup.
Seriously it's true, & there was a major maple syrup heist once 😂
I think they got away in skidoos
Mattamy is a combination of his first two children’s names, Matt and Amy. One of the younger sons was a year ahead of me in high school. Peter Gillgan always seems like a stand up guy. A huge portion of the Oakville Hospital (his home town) is named after him along with the YMCA because he donated a lot to have them built.
Irving Doesn't plant trees where there were none. They replace forests they cut down with fast growing white spruce uni-cultures so they can re-cut them when mature.
Couche-Tard is the french name for Mac's Milk Variety btw. They bought out Circle K so they rebranded as that now. They are ubiquitous here. Multiple in each town generally. Btw we have 6 Tim Hortons in our small village of Brooklin, Ontatio
We only have 3 Tim's in our small town of 50,000 and they are always packed with lineups going thru drivethru
yes but couche tard is the original name of a convenience store chain started in québec
Couche-Tard is the French version of "Macs" for us Westerners. I believe, if I am not mistaken, is now Circle-K
Exactly, I (Ontarian) only recognized the Owl symbol.
couche tard is the original name but they had to translate it when they expanded outside of quebec ! cause rest of canada don't like or don't understand french lol
@@tryviousse not true it is a practical easily made business move that has nothing to do with Quebec anxieties. Funny how much many Quebecers seem to feel everything is somehow a slight. I spent much of my youth in Quebec and was lied to consistently in school. Quebec has it's version of reality but none of the other provinces share that distrust. I was lucky enough to be educated in 6 of the ten provinces ( some east ,some west ) and find that outside of the political scope of Quebec there is little of the dislike Quebecers fear.
@@alpearson9158 im talking about french language not french people but it's good to hear bro ;) love canada and all canadians
Couche-Tard is a convenience stores chain open 24 hours, 7 days, open on holidays--in fact it never closes. It started in Québec, the name is in french, meaning going to bed late (that's why it never closes)
as a canadian ill be learning with you on this one
12:20 - the Great Wolf Lodge is a hotel chain that includes an indoor waterpark in the hotel. Very family oriented.
Couche-Tard is Known as Macs Milk to the English speaking. Its recently been replaced by another brand in my area. Havent seen a Macs in years.
Funny how they still own circle k though . A bunch of our macs never opened back up . Then they all filled with cannabis stores . Win win
Ha ha, yeah, I thought I recognized the owl.
They rebranded all the Mac's to Circle K
@@MyghtyMykey True of the one that I know.
Hi Tyler! About Couche-Tard (a "Couche Tard" is someone who goes to bed late, in French; the stores either close past midnight or never, hence the name), it started as a regular corner store here in Québec, than became a corner stores chain. It is VERY common! Like, every town have at least one Couche-Tard (and they sometime serves as gaz stations too). In Québec, they were once very popular amongst teenagers because of their grossly named slushies (like, "squished chick" for lemon ou "zombi's brain" for strawberry).
Now, it operates under the banner Circle K along side other stores chains, mainly Circle K, Statoil, Mac’s (which is Couche-Tard's equivalent, with the same owl logo and all, in English Canada) and Kangaroo Express. Maybe you do know them under one of these names.
As a Canadian I have to admit I don’t know any of these names, but I don’t think a lot of Canadians necessarily would……it’s not really a thing here to be aware of super wealthy people ( I may be wrong ). Some one did beat me to the pronunciation of Okanagan though….lol
we don't worship wealth here in Canada. I have heard of some of the brand names, but none of the rich people. they might be worth knowing if they paid their employees well or treated them decently.
5:50
Couche-Tard (Originally a french expression for someone who stays up late) is a very large chain of conviniant stores. They became popular for staying open till late and then staying open 24/7. I live in a subburb town and if I go see my friend who lives two town over, I'll come across at least 5 of these stores.
I'd say everybody in Canada knows Galen Weston - he has been in Loblaws commercials for ages. Also, he recently had a bit of a Marie Antoinette style controversy - it's worth a trip to twitter to chuckle at all of the "let them eat specifically this cake" memes
Tyler, your almost at 20k subs my guy...I've been watching you from the beginning..when you had 150 subscriber. Congrats on getting to 20k!! 😃 👍 👏
From a Canadian in Ottawa.
Couche-Tard is french for Sleep in. It own's Mac's convenience stores as well as Circle K.
I haven't got past your intro yet but I wanted to say this: I can't think of who the truly rich are in Canada. I really don't pay attention to rich people. So this video will be a learning experience for me too!
I had brunch a few years ago at a downtown Vancouver hotel. Jimmy Pattison was at the next table over. Although you could tell he was affluent, he wasn't flaunting and when I said hello, he engaged me for a couple of minutes. That's as close to a billion as I will ever get!
@tyler great wolf lodge is a chain of indoor water parks. There are ones all over Canada and the US. As Canadians we can’t go swimming outside in the winter. This is a great way to enjoy water rides in January
Weston family is pretty well known in Canada. They own Loblaws and flanker brands that controls about 30+% of grocery market share in Canada. Think of them as Wal-Mart of Canada.
Loblaws company is the largest grocery chain in Canada. They own alot of different brands. Sobeys is #2 followed by Metro.
Hi not sure if this was said , probably was , but just wanted to point out that Couche-Tard was founded in Québec, Couche-Tard (pron: koush•tar ) translates to “Late Sleep” or more appropriately “Late Night” as it is open 24/7 at most locations. Locations outside of Québec are known as “Circle K”, with the exception of Beckers.
Couche-Tard is in French, It would translate to Sleep Late, it's the biggest, and by far convenience store chain started in Québec.
They're only called Couche-Tard in Quebec. Everywhere else it was called Mac's, now Circle K.
So strange...the AI voiceover. Funny how Chip Wilson's name caption stays up over Jim Pattison's profile. The Couch-Tard brand is called that in Quebec only. It's pronounced "Koosh Tar," and that means "Go to sleep late" in French...because the stores are open late. In English-speaking North America, they own and operate all the Circle K stores.
Couche-TARDS is the French spelling, in English it is Winks so you probably have seen their stores in the USA. If you look it up you will see they have the same owl logo.
couche tard is the original name
but they had to translate it when they expanded outside of quebec ! cause rest of canada don't like or don't understand french lol
@@tryviousse exactly right.
Hi from British Columbia Canada :) I used Aunt Jemima maple syrup ....butter flavored lol...or no name brand butter flavored. I've only seen what you mentioned as true Canadian maple syrup at tourist shops or specialty stores, but it's expensive here (I guess to get the tourist dollars) so Ive never tried it. I only learned how much heallthier and tastier it is by your channel lol. So thankyou 😁 Im going to indulge and get some and see if it's better than Aunt Jemimas. Hopefully its in the local food store too.By the way I used to live in the Okanagan. Beautiful area. The guy in the video pronounced it wrong. It's pronounced 'Oh ka noggin'
Pronounced
Oh Kah nar gan
I found maple syrup too strong tasting. I’ve always preferred artificial syrup over real stuff. Now I have found no sugar syrup, which is better for diabetics. It probably does not taste anything like Maple syrup, but it works for me.
Travesty
Have you done a video on Canadian inventions?
Couche-Tard is french for Sleep Late. It bought Macs Milk in Ontario. Mac's stores now are called Circle K when ACT aquired that chain in the US.
Elon Musk is also a Canadian Citizen... mother is Canadian, he attended university in Canada. Wife was Canadian
Yeah, what the hell, he should be number 1 on the list :D
The US can keep him
@obama potato He's South African, but also holds Canadian and American citizenship. He lived in Canada during his university years.
@obama potato yes I am for real... he hild Canadian Citizenship also
On and off girlfriend singer/artist Grimes is also Canadians.
Probably the most well known person mentioned in the video is Galen Weston junior as he does the adverts for the Presidents’s Choice brand of products sold in his Loblaws stores. Other stores like No Frills, Canadian Superstore and Fortinos also sell this brand.
What's your issue with bagged milk? Smh it makes perfect sense to have them as an option
At the risk of sounding super cheap, I like the bagged milk because I often re-use the bags (e.g. lunches, doggy pick-up bags, etc.) 😁
No. 2 on the list lives in Vancouver about 1/3 to half of each year and has significant business and charitable companies in BC.
Jim Pattinson is a self made BC legend who founded (not just bought) many companies including our largest grocery story chain. These days his charitable work is the biggest focus with the Pattinson family giving generously in health care, medical research, housing and charities for disable Canadians. Notably his son-in-law & chairman of the charitable foundation is Rick Hansen of The Man in Motion tour where he wheel chaired around the world to raise money & awareness for disabled people. The song St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion, written by fellow BC legend David Foster, was originally for Rick and was tweaked slightly when a title track was needed for the movie St. Elmo’s Fire.
Final point of interest I went to school with one of the sons of the actual richest family in Canada based in London, Ontario. I still know him, he runs Western Canada from Vancouver. They are worth well over 400 billion dollars & give massive amounts to charity. The family is extremely private and spent a lot to make sure there name is never on lists like these. They are lovely, humble people who try and make every business beneficial but do not wish for notoriety or fame. I have a lot of respect for them.
I've heard of virtually all of these brands however I was unfamiliar with almost all of the owners. Maybe it's just me but I think in general Canadians are not nearly obsessed with public figures and the super rich as Americans are.
Absolutely. US politics is now bought and paid for by the riches Republicans to the tune of 500 million so far. Canada would never allow thus...as a matter of fact we have laws against it
By American standards, none of these people, certainly not #2 through #15, would be considered "super rich."
@@SilvanaDil Once again, your idolization of all things American blinds you to the fact that, considering the Canadian market is only one tenth as large, all these guys have accomplished quite a lot.
@@deeporter7369 I think it would be unfair to state it's just one political party that spends a bunch of money in the US. I'm guessing politics makes up a decent portion of the spending in General though.
@@terryomalley1974 - (It's 1/9 the pop.) Even on a per capita basis, the numbers don't lie whether it's GDP, billionaires or Nobel laureates.
Checking out your past episodes. Couche Tard is the mac’s and circle k’s. As Bill and Ted say in the movie Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure, “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K”.
Couche-Tard, pronounced "koosh-tar" owned a number of popular Convenience Store chains, including Mac's, and owns Circle K. Also, technically Elon Musk is a Canadian citizen, so the wealthiest person in the world is South African/Canadian/American
Your maple syrup commentary is so funny to me lol 😂😂😂😂 love it
Billionaire of a maple syrup company 🤣 love it.
"Couche-Tard" is pronounced "Koosh-Tard" and it means "Sleep Late". That's why their symbol is an owl. It used to be called "Provi-Soir" (Night Provisions). It is a convenience store in Quebec and Ontario, one of the largest chains in the country. A convenience store in Quebec is called a "Depanneur" (Day-Pan-Ner) and in Ontario, it has been called Wink's but is now called Mac's after Couche-Tard bought Mac's Milk.
Elon Musk also has Canadian citizenship so arguably he's the richest Canadian. Sure not Canadian by birth but he's not American by birth either.
Musk's mom is Canadian and he lived in Canada during his teen years and young adulthood. He went to Queen's University, so I'd say he's at least as Canadian as he is American ir South African.
Couche-Tard is french it means Sleep Late. And in the US they are named Circle K or On The Run
Saputo is a cheese company for sure. Had no idea who owned it. The same is true for many of these. Only ones I knew by name were the companies that have their name as the brand name. For example: Irving (on trucks I think...), Pattison (on most billboards)
I have been to "Saputo" stadium a number of times in Montréal. As a soccer fan, I watch the CF Montréal games there. The owner is Joey Saputo, who must be one of the sons or grandsons of the fellow they showed in the video. I knew he came from a very wealthy family but didn't know about the dairy angle or just how rich they are.
Saputo bought Dairyland Milk in BC.
You probably saw Irving on gas stations; though the gas stations are basically limited to Quebec and east, as well as some states (NH, Vermont and Maine have Irving stations).
The truck brands are varied with different names (Sunbury, SMT etc...), and most of the forestry lands you wouldn't see unless you were in Maine or New Brunswick.
Two of the Sharks on Shark Tank are Canadians, not that the show admits they are Canadians. Robert Hercjevic and Kevin O'Leary were old hands at that show since they were in Dragon's Den for about 8 years (the Canadian show like Shark Tank and licensed from the original British show)
Oh the Couche Tard store you will see only in Quebec. They are Mac's stored in Ontario and I suspect the stores they own in the US go by their old names and they just rebranded the old logos and signage along with changing their distribution
Saputo makes all sorts of Italian cheeses and much more.
maple syrop is a canadian cooperative - all the production is either sold directly from the producer and the remaining syrop is stocked at the coop. There are no brands of maple syrop - cans are basically all the same.
The Canadian version of Shark Tank is called Dragons Den
Its funny because Kevin O'Leary was on both yet he's Canadian.
It's kinda the other way around...Shark Tank is the US version of Dragon's Den.
I love your channel and I get a real laugh at how little most Americans know about Canada their closest neighbour's. I still like to visit the US because you have "warm" states in our cold winters.
I'm just going to say it. Am I alone in finding Tyler cute? LOL Half the reason why I watch.
Cute as in kinda goofy? Yep.
Yes, he's a good looking guy
He is cute and his personality is very endearing. I love his reactions and his reviews are awesome and informative. I even learn something about my own country. Shame on me 😕😄
Couche-Tard used to be a client. Their U.S. stores are usually branded "Circle K", and in Europe "STATOIL".
Actually as a Canadian I have no idea who the richest Canadians are. Of course now that I have watched your video...
Just for your infos...information.... Couche Tard is the same company as Circle K convenience stores all across USA.
It's amazing how many comments are about Couche Tard there are!
I haven't heard this name in Western Canada. Mac's, yes.
It just goes to show how Big our country is. Woo Hoo!
Couche-Tard is a french name, roughtly translatable by ''night owl'', which explains the owl logo
In America these would be comparable to 7-11 convenience stores
Yes, Weston is a well known company. The company bearing that name is a huge bakery operation, selling bread, buns etc. They also own the Loblaws grocery store chain which in turn owns about 7 or 8 other store chains, including No Frills, Valu-Mart and Shoppers Drug Mart as examples.
Saputo is a cheese maker not a milk farmer
Saputo owns dairyland
Yummy, yummy cheese.
That owl logo for the convenience store in western Canada goes by the name of Macs.They're pretty good if you want a change from 7'11
At this point you are slacking on the Canadian Heritage Moments Tyler. Get it done!
So many good ones. I wanna see his reaction to house hippos
@@jeffreycairns767 But hey.. I'm just a TV. Lol
@@jeffreycairns767 I think that was concerned childrens advertisers
@@jeffreycairns767 I told him to watch that a month or so ago, but he didn't see it. :( I'm patiently waiting for him to find the goodies.
@@MagGray 1 thing he should watch but probably won't like is something that some of us grew up seeing, The log riders Waltz.
David Thomson is actually a very down to earth type of guy and I’ve met him a couple of times. The first time very informally when he was President of Zellers
sister company of HBC in the early 90’s. I was a sales representative for a major supplier of Zellers and I met him in one of the Zellers stores in the department where my merchandise was being sold. He was 36 -37 at the time and seemed to have a keen interest in sales figures for all the stores in my region. I thought he was a new store Manager at the time and told him I’ll be in the coffee shop in 10 minutes and we can go over the numbers. I met him for coffee and we discussed all the stores in the region for about 40 minutes as they pertained to my product lines, he dismissed himself and I continued writing up orders for the store. I went to administration desk to have orders signed and the familiar Manager comes out and says David is really impressed with your work and what you bring to the region for Zellers. You’ve been talking to our President David Thomson; a week later I get a call from my CEO telling me how well I handled myself in my meeting with David Thomson. I didn’t get into the details that I mistook him for being a new store Manager, but David Thomson started in the retail business as a department Manager and store Manager so he had a ground floor perspective.
*You* understand poker? I doubted that you understood go fish or crazy eights.
Crazy 8 or crazy 8 countdown
We had another game called Asshole
@@joshjimmy9744 Yes
Lol a part of our cultural heritage
I'm Canadian, the only one I recognize is Galen Weston. The other man you saw with him in the pictures, Galen Wesotn Jr is in the commercials for some of the Loblaws brands.
Tsai holds Canadian and Hong Kong dual citizenship. He's donated a ton of money to various educational institutions in the USA.
Miriam Bergen donated (bequeathed) 500 million to the Winnipeg Foundation.
That was interesting, as a Canadian, I haven't heard of any of these folks. The companies I've heard of, that's really cool.
Galen Weston owns Loblaws, which runs numerous retail chains across Canada, but the largest one is "Real Canadian Superstore". It''s a big-box store just like Walmart (or the fictitious 'Cloud 9' from the tv series 'Superstore'), and I'd say they're still more prominent and successful than Wal-mart is in Canada. Walmart had a disadvantage though, they didn't enter the Canadian market until the 1990's, when they bought out the struggling Canadian retail giant 'Woolco", and the Woolco stores became the first Walmarts in Canada
Never heard of Real Canadian Superstore