Doctor offices is pretty common where I'm at. The daycare my son goes to. My dentist and chiropractor. Not grocery stores, but basically places where the employees are responsible for mopping I suppose. I'm in BC
We moved to Central Alberta from the West Coast. We didn’t do that where we came from but here we do it at schools, all medical buildings including the hospital, field house, dental, offices. It does make sense though, not to drag dirty snow through.
I'm Canadian and I've never seen people ditching their footwear in public places. In winter we often do so when visiting someone's house or apartment, so as not to track slush into the residence. But any place with a cleaning staff, no.
Every dentists office I've been to, medical clinic, hair dresser, etc expects you to take your outdoor shoes off during the fall and winter and early spring. (Northern Ontario) so it's very common for us. I imagine the libraries due to, but I haven't been (sad to say)
The reason food goes outside is either to cool it down because it's a desert that needs to stay cold, or it's something that needs to harden (Peppermint bark, or Chocolate bark). Drinks outside are to keep them cold. Generally a potluck will have more food than can be handled or have a space on the cupboard, so everywhere that can be used will be used. And not all food in winter will be warm. We still eat ice cream and Slurpees(Slushees) in -40 C weather. Canadians are just strange like that.
I have been to every province and lived in many of them, never ever have I taken shoes off in a public space or work place. In a private home it is normal to remove your shoes unless told not to.
- Mukluks are Inuit/Eskimo snow boots... made pretty much ONLY of leather.. - Potluck is a community sourced dinner... everyone attending the dinner brings a food item to add for the table for all to partake.
sorry , but my Mukluks were made with skinned & tanned Cariboo , not Leather, which denotes beef leather, most Mukluks made by Inuit & Northern ( ie Yukon & N.W.T. Indiginous are made from skinned tanned Moose /Cariboo hide & with Rabbit Fur. Trimming depending on personal choice of who is making them & also decorated with beautiful Bead work !! My Mukluks are 20 years old & still as good & as beautiful as the day they were presented to me, as a Gift for saving an Elders Life.. .
Putting food and drinks to keep them cold at a Christmas party makes perfect sense if space in the fridge is limited. Table cream is 18%, half and half is 10%. Kids take their bots in the children’s section at my local library during the winter and some doctors’ offices request us to take off dirty boots.
1/2 and 1/2 cream is usually 10% butterfat...basically 1/2 milk and 1/2 whipping cream/heavy cream if you need a substitute. People will often us it in coffee.
Canadian here and that list is...not really right at all. The blind thing, I do close my curtains for privacy but that last part makes no sense at all. That shoe thing is completely wrong. I've lived in three provinces, three major cities, and many smaller communities and this just doesn't make sense. The closes I can see this happening is when I was in school and when you took off your winter boots and didn't have another pair of footwear then you walked around in your socks...great fun for sliding around the halls though. lol As for the butter tarts, butter is in the name so...they are so amazing. Potluck is were everyone brings something and everyone eats what they want and as for the food outside, when your fridge fills up why not use the cold weather as another fridge. A friend of mine did this when she first moved out of her parent's home (I think she was 18) and couldn't afford a fridge for a while so she did this and it was great, it even works for things like ice cream. Who doesn't want an iced cool drink like beer? If you have a creek running nearby that would work for those drinks as well. Oh, one last thing, the cowboy hats? Provinces that have farms and ranches like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba will have some walking around with cowboy hats but not usually (sometimes) in cities. I grow up in Calgary and when the Stampede came around you saw those hats everywhere and even on business men, just everyone getting into the spirit of the Stampede.
Okay, pausing to verify the first clip. My husband was raised by a Dutch mom. She moved here during WW2. He does not care if the blinds are open when it gets dark. He does not care if everyone walking by can see him. It's weird.
I walk past an apartment building on Isabella St & Church here in Toronto that installed a community garbage collection pit similar to the one in the video. There are 3 "pits" (recycling, composting, and garbage), I've always assumed that when a pickup is done, a large bag is extracted. To see a picture go to a street view of 79 Isabella St.
I live in Ontario and we always have to take shoes off at doctors, dentists, libraries, however a lot of places offer disposable foot coverings to wear when u remove your shoes
I’m Canadian and only remove my winter boots at my dentist office. As for that garbage waste bin. First fill that bag!!! And I’m not sure where in Canada you are. Most bins are inside or in huge garbage containers. Pot luck dinners are everyone brings something to eat. Those boots are winter boots version of indigenous moccasins. Outside storage of drinks and some foods is used to keep space in the fridge for other foods.
Shoes-shoes are generally worn in public, unless it’s winter, during which time offices might request you remove or cover your shoes. Most places in my city will provide slides or cloth bootie covers. The winters here are messy and a lot of salt and sand is used on the streets & sidewalks; it corrodes the flooring. Otherwise you keep your shoes on. most single-use plastics have been banned in my province. Very few places provide plastic bags now, which sucks because they make great garbage bags. Putting food outside only works in winter and is generally used when the fridge is full. My mom would put the turkey outside at Christmas because the fridge was too full. Most often it would go out in the shed to keep the animals away.
I live in Central BC and you take off shoes in winter at doctor offices and medical places. There are a few libraries also that get you to do that in small towns. As to the tipping, I have no idea where that guy lives, but most people don't tip except for good service. People do get a livable wage working in the service industry.
The food outside thing is because at the holidays the fridge is filled to overflowing with food for parties, holiday dinners, etc. People put food outside that needs to stay cool to , since the back porch is basically nature's fridge. We're not keeping hot food outdoors.
The blinds thing is more about creating the POTENTIAL for there to be someone home. It's more that if they can't immediately see for sure that no one is home, then someone COULD be home. It's also part of why everyone I know leaves at least one light on when they aren't home and they also often will leave the TV going. It's like Schrodinger's Cat -- if they can see signs of life at home, but can't see for sure if anyone is in, its safer to assume someone is inside. Its actually working precisely because it causes enough doubt that most thieves will case places out for days before robbing AND they'll look for places they can easily see into. It might not work in other cultures, but it works here because of that mentality that MAYBE someone is inside. It's not even close to a guarantee though, so its best to have actual security and stuff. :'D
As a Canadian living in Ontario having moved around Ontario from northern most to southern, and who has visited the coast provinces as well... That shoe thing is weird. I've never once had it suggested to me that it was anything short of APALLING bad manners to take your shoes off ANYWHERE public that isn't, like, a swimming pool or something. The idea of taking my shoes off to enter a library (here in Canada) is just pure insanity to me, let alone any other venue. I would literally be confused and horrified to be asked to do this, and even more so if I was expected to wear communal slippers or something... I can assure you, there is NOT ONE city in all of Ontario province where that is considered "a norm" and IDK why anyone would suggest it outside the province either. It makes perfect sense for when you enter a home or private space, but public and municipal spaces all tend to sport the "no shirt, no SHOES, no service" notices somewhere and if they don't it's still usually expected that you keep your shoes on (and shirts) on.
In many of the medical offices in my city there are signs that say, "if it is wet outside please take off your shoes." My dentist offers little disposable blue booties that you can wear once you take your shoes off. It is because the medical field does not have someone to constantly clean up after people all day, and they often have carpets. In the winter there is salt everywhere to keep the roads and walkways less slippery, and it is not easy to clean. There are often so few people coming into the offices at once, so you usually do not have to worry about your shoes being taken. Different cities have different rules because there are different weather conditions (and budgets), so the way each city tackles those conditions are different, and if it is known that they can get away with asking you to take off your shoes others will follow. I am assuming that person lives in an apartment building, and they have a large garbage bin and recycle bins. Oftentimes in that kind of situation there are bins specifically for certain types of recyclables, and the owner/manager pays for the garbage/recycle people to come and empty them when they get full. Being able to put your garbage out whenever you want is a perk to live in that kind of apartment building. I think they are making butter tarts. They are yummy. It could be mini sugar pies, but my bet is on butter tarts. Some people also put pecans or raisins in them. Mukluks are traditional indigenous boots. I know people who swear by them. Potlucks are when everyone brings a dish of some kind of food. During big social events there rarely is enough space in the fridge for everything, but if it is as cold as a fridge outside why not put them outside? Though, most would put it in a bin or something to keep the animals away. The food is usually already cold, and if it needs to be reheated it can be popped into the microwave. I do not think I ever purposefully put my face in the snow, but I have made snow angels (where you lie down in the snow and swing your arms and legs, carefully get up and admire what looks like an impression of an angel that fell into the snow).
Cowboy hats is a very Western Canada thing. Started with cowboys and cattle ranching and now extends to people who like country music and identify as Westerners. To be fair if you are outside all day like a farmer, wearing a cowboy hat makes sense as they shade more of your head then a baseball cap, and they don't fop around in the wind like a safari hat.
Apartment 'bins' are outdoors because they are picked up by big commercial trucks, each bin is for specific things, trash, organics, recycling, and electronics. Some have boxes for glass containers.
It must very by city but I have lived all, over Alberta and it's been the same everywhere that I have been. Nobody takes their shoes off in public buildings but we do stamp our feet and wipe our shoes on the carpet at the entrance, not nice carpet but a heavyduty mat specificallyput there to catch the water and mud. Privately owned buildings like doctor clinics may ask you to take off your shoes in the winter or when it is muddy some even offer you disposable footwear.
public places that demand that you take your shoes off tend to have slippers or crocs for you to replace your outdoor footwear with. No clinic or medical office, dentist etc would dare let you walk in with your outdoor shoes on during anything but late spring to summer.
I'm Canadian. And I've heard of a lot of these things. Pulling the blinds down for privacy isn't unheard of. I don't know about the second half, though. Mukluks are a kind of Indigieonus footwear. Our winters are so cold, you can let your food cool off outside or in the garage right before you begin serving or popping it into the oven. I've actually had to take my shoes off in public buildings before. I've done it at the dentist's office, doctor's office and at gyms. I've also had to take off my shoes at the bowling alley. And I've done it at public swimming pools. Usually, there's a sign that will say, "Take off your shoes before entering" or "No outdoor footwear beyond this point". Or at the very least, it'll be something like that written or typed on a sign and posted on the door. Potlucks are a big gathering where everybody contributes. They contribute by bringing some sort of dish. It's usually for an occasion like Thanksgiving dinners for example. Half and half cream is something I don't know how to describe. Cowboy hats are a staple for some Canadians. The Prairie provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan etc., have farmers and ranchers and sometimes a rodeo. And you would see Canadians wearing a cowboy hat at some events or worn by some people. Butter tarts are a tasty dessert. You can eat them with or without walnuts, I believe. I grew up in Saskatchewan. So, my experience or knowledge may be different from other Canadians in the comments. But I hope this helped clarify a few things.
Freezing winter temperatures causes me on overcast days to close my drapes to keep the heat in my studio. If a bright sunny winter day pull drapes halfway down to enjoy natural light yet keep out cold. If going away for a few days just leave drapes drawn halfway down.
Pretty Sure One Of Things We Do In Canada That Is Odd To Non Canadians, Is That We Return Used Beer Cans & Bottles For Cash At The Beer Store. Context:The BeerStore(That Is The Store Chains Actually Name Btw The Other Alcohol Store Here Is The LCBO Not Associated With The BeerStore) If You Have A Lot Of Empties(Used Liquor Bottles Or Beer Cans/Bottles) You Can Bring Them In For Cash Depends On How Many Empties You Have(its 80 Cents For Each Empty You Have) They've Had This Program For A Very Long Time. Don't Know Why Other Countries Don't Have This Program As Well. BTW? Your Empties Must Have No Alcohol In Them & Wash Them Before Bringing Them In
The odd thing about whatever city she was in that did this was how they didn't do it for medical buildings. I have a Korean wife and when we went to visit her mom in a Korean care hospital we had to take our shoes off when we got to the floor patients were on; you would wear your shoes in the lobby area. This was a great idea IMO and one I thought we should adopt in Canada. The patient areas were so clean that it helped both the staff and the patients. Of all the public buildings where we should have to take off our shoes this is the place that should require it.
Shoe removal? Um, in private homes shoes are generally always removed just inside the entry door or maybe outside on the covered/enclosed porch. Public places? Not in general though as a child in elementary school we either had indoor shoes or sock feet. One medical office I visit has the papery boot covers for winter or asks clients to remove their footwear...but this cannot be enforced. There are no other situations/occasions I can think of.
we can put food outside to cool down faster around Christmas cause -30C/-22F it a food safe temperature, just not wildlife safe. Potluck is like ByoB( bring your own booze) only with food Bring your own group dish.
Take off your shoes outside of the gymnasium so no dirt or wet from outside shoes in the groomed floors in the gym.. Often homes have variety of shoes/boots in the front door hallway or also the backdoor area left behind.
So... the tipping thing in food industry... We DO put that expectation out because food and service is often still a minimum-wage payrate which is NOT enough to live on for ANYONE here considering what rent is like. THAT SAID, our food and service industry is regulated like all our other minimum wage jobs, meaning that unlike in the USA where their pay is cut down to assume tips, our people are NOT cut down. Tips are still ON TOP of the legal full wages they get as per regulations for minimum wage work. This means that while you should tip, it's not like you're actually paying part of the wages/salary of the worker, unlike in the USA where there's a minimum wage and then there's that weirdly lower amount the food servers get paid to "account for" the tips as if they are part of the wage. Technically, ANYONE working on minimum wage who gets tipped is relying on those tips to live off, because minimum wage in this country can't keep up with the actual cost of living. I worked a job WAY above minimum wage and still had NO chances of ever moving out of my parents house. And it is illegal to take the tips, idk how any business gets away with not properly splitting up the tips among the workers... Usually (in the places my friends and fam have worked at over the years anyways) the tips go into a communal pot and get split up at the end of each shift so everyone (including the kitchen and bussing staff) get some of the tips, as he said, but there is a HUGE difference in pay structure between the minimum-wage workers doing the serving and cleaning and front of house stuff, and the KITCHEN crew. If its an actual sit-down restaurant, cooks, chefs and people who actually work on the food all get paid salaries that are like 30k/year and up, with an Executive Chef being the highest paid position (unless its the owner/operator then they get paid according to what the restaurant brings in lol)... So, IMO, the people making more than minimum wage and who have decent salaries shouldn't be even included in the split for the tips, frankly, not if the rest are working minimum wage. Only time the people NOT making minimum wage should be included is if EVERYONE is being paid MORE than minimums.
And Potlucks are basically referencing that you only know what YOU brought to the party (its a party where each household/guest brings a dish for everyone to eat some of, and when everyone brings one its a feast). As it, its your luck whatever is in that pot! I know there's other more specific origins for the term, but basically it _boils_ (lol) down to being a table full of pots of food that, if you are _lucky_ will be good to eat.
I have lived in Canada my whole life, and traveled extensively through Canada, and I have never, ever heard of everyone taking their shoes off in public spaces. Who would police this? What kind of insurance do these places have to cover themselves if people hurt their feet? This sounds like BS to me.
the street I live on is almost l seniors and every single house has their blinds closed in the front. and if u r close to your neighbours on the side as well. I don’t have any blinds but I am on full display at night but then nobody else has their open
Even in the cities in Saskatchewan, the rural life has a large influence. I spent a lot of time on farms and went to rodeos growing up. Looots of cowboy hats. Alberta is seen as the bigger "cowboy" province though due to a bigger population.
Tipping originally started as a form of gratitude for a job that met my standard. That means if i liked your service I would leave you a tip that I found appropriate. But if your job was not up to par it was also up to me whether or not to leave no tip or a small one. That meant if the person depended on tips to supplement their income would work harder to receive a higher tip
You should dress in layers to regulate your temperature and move around enough to keep warm but not enough to sweat. The military person is right of course, first rule in winter survival-- if you sweat, you die of hypothermia--It would be most wise to take a survival course for cold weather before coming to the colder parts of Canada. And the umbrella would get in your way instead of helping especially if it’s windy, it would be useless. Have a great day from Canada everyone 😊
In Vancouver, we just use paper for single use now. Almost everyone keeps re-useable bags in the car or bring them to the store with us. There is also the group of people who fight all change no matter what it is. Many of those people are the same people that bitched and moaned when we switched to plastic to save the forests. That would be a valid argument if we didnt have 30 or 40 years of reforestation, and a many other easily renewable resources to make paper that we didnt think of back then. Those people just enjoy whining about EVERYTHING.
NOBODY TAKES THEIR SHOES OFF IN PUBLIC UNLESS THEY ARE OUTDOORS ! NO SHIRT , NO SHOES , NO SERVICE is the NORM !!! I have seen bare feet in Carpeted offices but that is uup to management !!!!!! 🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
The shoes in public buildings thing... not sure about. I've really only LIVED in 3 cities but with rare exceptions shoes stayed on. If it was rainy/snowy/mucky yes there were times you left the shoes by the door to not bring in mess... but it was normal to keep them on the rest of the time. Homes were a different story, but "public buildings" it was shoes unless specified otherwise. Toronto is one of the southern most cities in Canada... I suspect compared to Saskatchewan the weather seemed to be less cold and brighter... maybe? Never spent that much time in Toronto... heck I can't remember going there and leaving the airport.🤣 Not hot food, you use the outside as a "walk OUT refrigerator/freezer" saves space in the kitchen and keeps it chilled. Mukluks is a native word. Potluck means each "guest" brings part of it. One family brings salad, one person brings deserts, another family brings... drinks etc.
Craziness about shoes off in public. Born and raised in Canada and NEVER heard of this. Same with keeping food outside. Where is this coming from?! It’s nonsense. Same with the snow thing. Weird.
I also do all those blind things. It just makes common sense. You would put your lamps on a timer while you are gone so some light would shine out but burglers would be obvious looking in. The difference between shops and libraries is that libraries are usually carpeted. Sadly people are no longer honest enough to take off your shoes unless it is a private residence or doctors office. They give out disposeable booties to wear over your socks. I live in a Neighbourhood with those bins. Our Complex houses 8,000 people mix of apartment towers and row housing. The bin has 2/3rds of it below ground and 1/3 above grouund and truck hooks to sides and lifts the whole bin above itself to dump. They are divided into black lids (paper/cardboard) Blue lids (glass/plastics/metals) and Brown (garbage) Some areas also have Green lids (compostable/kitchen/garden waste) This saves time and gas not stopping at over a 1500 homes. Our bins are 1 set approx every 120 houses. Yeah, you need to put your coat over your housecoat and slippers normally but boots for for snow over 3 inches deep. Might be gone about 10 minutes to walk to the bin and back. Real Canadian can do Tshirts but we are less than a quarter of the population now with the huge amount of immigration. Butter tarts look okay but are much better if you add pecans, boubon and maple syrup of course....🙄😂 🥰🥰🥰🇨🇦
It's like it she said a very sensitive city where I live.It's medical offices and when your shoes a monkey.And the place reason why is the floor is most expensive and last to get rid of unrenovations and it's also more expensive to replace
I wouldn't risk taking my shoes off in public unless it is a doctor office or at the pool, beach or splash pad where I can keep an eye on my shoes there are people out there that would steal shoes. By the way just so that you all know I am Canadian
Alberta wears cowboy hats. Be odd if you didn’t see them. Our police wear cowboy hats. That would be Calgary. I have kept a turkey out in the winter if there is no room left in the freezer.
In Edmonton Alberta, there are places that make you take off your shoes. Dentist offices, swimming pools etc. I was wondering why a lot of homeless here had new $200+ shoes!! Well they nick em from all these places.
Yes, I grew up in Edmonton, and while we kept boots and shoes on in most public places, there were individual businesses or churches where it was normal to remove boots at the door and wear inside shoes. Same thing with schools. In non winter months, we left outdoor shoes on, but not in a gym
Those aren't distinctively Canadian habits. I've never heard of rules for closing blinds or taking off shoes indoors. Those are just the quirks of a couple of weird chicks
The taking the ahoes off thing is false. I've lived across Canada and I've been to a docteurs office that was like that or at another medical center they have rubber sandles that you put on and out side each dr's officewill be lign of regular shoes and a lign of these croc like shoes. But the main tradition is you will see, for instance, woman in evening gowns wearing mukluks and men in nice formal wear BUT they all have "indoor shoes" so when you get in you change out of your outdide boots and you but on your heels or whatever in the foyer and just leave your boots with all the other outside footwear in the foyer.
Part of the context missing for the blinds is that every neighborhood has a house that has the windows constantly completely covered and is probably a grow-op... meaning an entire house used for growing hydroponic marijuana. Its very common, or at least was before legalization. So having the windows covered all the way for days or weeks when you go on vacation, makes it look suspicious.
I can't stand being in anybody's house whom close blinds or curtains ! Why !! Claustrophobic and stupid is the reality of blocking windows !! How do your house plants grow !!!! 👎🏿👎🏽👎✌🏼🖖🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
Since no one mentioned it, at least I didn't see any word of it in the comments,. Saskatchewan is the prairies, if you want to see cowboy hats you have to go to Alberta and more specifically, Call Gary (Calgary). most people in the rest of Canada call Alberta, the Texas of the north because they dress up in costumes (there are no real cowboys any more, you might as well wear a pirate uniform and have a parrot on your shoulder), you will see some people wearing cowboy hats there and will see everyone wearing cowboy hats during the Stampede, but more than anything, why the rest of us call it, Tex-Ass of the north is because they are ultra conservatards and it is where Tex-Ass senator and Cuban refugee Theodore Raphael Cruz was born
Potluck, where I live in Canada, means that every person attending will bring one item of food to add to the table. If the person invited is a relative or close friend, the host may be very specific about which prepared food to bring; otherwise, the choice is that of the attendee
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I've never heard of any Canadians taking their shoes off in public buildings. That is very odd and not indicative of all of Canada.
Doctor offices is pretty common where I'm at. The daycare my son goes to. My dentist and chiropractor. Not grocery stores, but basically places where the employees are responsible for mopping I suppose. I'm in BC
Ran into that in northern Ontario as well. Expected to remove boots at medical clinic.
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We moved to Central Alberta from the West Coast. We didn’t do that where we came from but here we do it at schools, all medical buildings including the hospital, field house, dental, offices. It does make sense though, not to drag dirty snow through.
I have never heard of taking shoes off in a public building. Only when you go to a person's house. I live in BC.
I'm Canadian and I've never seen people ditching their footwear in public places. In winter we often do so when visiting someone's house or apartment, so as not to track slush into the residence. But any place with a cleaning staff, no.
We also take our shoes off during the other three seasons
Every dentists office I've been to, medical clinic, hair dresser, etc expects you to take your outdoor shoes off during the fall and winter and early spring. (Northern Ontario) so it's very common for us. I imagine the libraries due to, but I haven't been (sad to say)
@@mitchd4929 I've never had to do that in any of the places I've been
Lots of smaller cities and towns cdo it in the winter and ear.y spring in library’s, Schools etc.
Food is kept outside like it's an extra refrigerator. It often happens at Christmas or for parties
The reason food goes outside is either to cool it down because it's a desert that needs to stay cold, or it's something that needs to harden (Peppermint bark, or Chocolate bark). Drinks outside are to keep them cold. Generally a potluck will have more food than can be handled or have a space on the cupboard, so everywhere that can be used will be used. And not all food in winter will be warm. We still eat ice cream and Slurpees(Slushees) in -40 C weather. Canadians are just strange like that.
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I have been to every province and lived in many of them, never ever have I taken shoes off in a public space or work place. In a private home it is normal to remove your shoes unless told not to.
- Mukluks are Inuit/Eskimo snow boots... made pretty much ONLY of leather..
- Potluck is a community sourced dinner... everyone attending the dinner brings a food item to add for the table for all to partake.
sorry , but my Mukluks were made with skinned & tanned Cariboo , not Leather, which denotes beef leather, most Mukluks made by Inuit & Northern ( ie Yukon & N.W.T. Indiginous are made from skinned tanned Moose /Cariboo hide & with Rabbit Fur. Trimming depending on personal choice of who is making them & also decorated with beautiful Bead work !! My Mukluks are 20 years old & still as good & as beautiful as the day they were presented to me, as a Gift for saving an Elders Life.. .
Leather is literally any skinned and tanned animal skin. Cow is just more common. Its still leather.
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Putting food and drinks to keep them cold at a Christmas party makes perfect sense if space in the fridge is limited. Table cream is 18%, half and half is 10%.
Kids take their bots in the children’s section at my local library during the winter and some doctors’ offices request us to take off dirty boots.
With the winter coats piled on the bed, you have the winter boots in the bathtub, this way the snow melts in the drain and doesn't ruin you floor.
Winter is great for keeping my beer outside to keep cold. Saves room in the fridge.
You keep your drinks outside because the fridge is full, and it's colder outside anyways.
Most multi-unit buildings have multiple bins. Garbage, paper, containers, (plastics, tins etc.), glass and food waste.
1/2 and 1/2 cream is usually 10% butterfat...basically 1/2 milk and 1/2 whipping cream/heavy cream if you need a substitute. People will often us it in coffee.
Canadian here and that list is...not really right at all. The blind thing, I do close my curtains for privacy but that last part makes no sense at all. That shoe thing is completely wrong. I've lived in three provinces, three major cities, and many smaller communities and this just doesn't make sense. The closes I can see this happening is when I was in school and when you took off your winter boots and didn't have another pair of footwear then you walked around in your socks...great fun for sliding around the halls though. lol As for the butter tarts, butter is in the name so...they are so amazing. Potluck is were everyone brings something and everyone eats what they want and as for the food outside, when your fridge fills up why not use the cold weather as another fridge. A friend of mine did this when she first moved out of her parent's home (I think she was 18) and couldn't afford a fridge for a while so she did this and it was great, it even works for things like ice cream. Who doesn't want an iced cool drink like beer? If you have a creek running nearby that would work for those drinks as well. Oh, one last thing, the cowboy hats? Provinces that have farms and ranches like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba will have some walking around with cowboy hats but not usually (sometimes) in cities. I grow up in Calgary and when the Stampede came around you saw those hats everywhere and even on business men, just everyone getting into the spirit of the Stampede.
The only public location I have taken my shoes off is at doctors offices
Library, dentist, hairdresser- places like that. Not the mall or bank etc
Okay, pausing to verify the first clip. My husband was raised by a Dutch mom. She moved here during WW2. He does not care if the blinds are open when it gets dark. He does not care if everyone walking by can see him. It's weird.
I walk past an apartment building on Isabella St & Church here in Toronto that installed a community garbage collection pit similar to the one in the video. There are 3 "pits" (recycling, composting, and garbage), I've always assumed that when a pickup is done, a large bag is extracted. To see a picture go to a street view of 79 Isabella St.
I live in Ontario and we always have to take shoes off at doctors, dentists, libraries, however a lot of places offer disposable foot coverings to wear when u remove your shoes
I’m Canadian and only remove my winter boots at my dentist office. As for that garbage waste bin. First fill that bag!!! And I’m not sure where in Canada you are. Most bins are inside or in huge garbage containers. Pot luck dinners are everyone brings something to eat. Those boots are winter boots version of indigenous moccasins. Outside storage of drinks and some foods is used to keep space in the fridge for other foods.
Half and half is half milk and half cream, usually used for coffee, but we also use it for baking.
Shoes-shoes are generally worn in public, unless it’s winter, during which time offices might request you remove or cover your shoes. Most places in my city will provide slides or cloth bootie covers. The winters here are messy and a lot of salt and sand is used on the streets & sidewalks; it corrodes the flooring. Otherwise you keep your shoes on.
most single-use plastics have been banned in my province. Very few places provide plastic bags now, which sucks because they make great garbage bags.
Putting food outside only works in winter and is generally used when the fridge is full. My mom would put the turkey outside at Christmas because the fridge was too full. Most often it would go out in the shed to keep the animals away.
I live in Central BC and you take off shoes in winter at doctor offices and medical places. There are a few libraries also that get you to do that in small towns.
As to the tipping, I have no idea where that guy lives, but most people don't tip except for good service. People do get a livable wage working in the service industry.
My family usually leaves the tv on if we're going out for a bit and it's visible from the street.
I have lived in various cities in Ontario Canada and I have NEVER heard of taking off your shoes in public places.
Libraries, dentist/doctor, hairdresser etc. Not malls, banks, stores etc
Half and Half, is half milk and half cream, lb of butter is why there called butter tarts and they are the best!!!!
The food outside thing is because at the holidays the fridge is filled to overflowing with food for parties, holiday dinners, etc. People put food outside that needs to stay cool to , since the back porch is basically nature's fridge. We're not keeping hot food outdoors.
they forgot to add the raisins to those tarts :P
The blinds thing is more about creating the POTENTIAL for there to be someone home. It's more that if they can't immediately see for sure that no one is home, then someone COULD be home. It's also part of why everyone I know leaves at least one light on when they aren't home and they also often will leave the TV going. It's like Schrodinger's Cat -- if they can see signs of life at home, but can't see for sure if anyone is in, its safer to assume someone is inside. Its actually working precisely because it causes enough doubt that most thieves will case places out for days before robbing AND they'll look for places they can easily see into. It might not work in other cultures, but it works here because of that mentality that MAYBE someone is inside. It's not even close to a guarantee though, so its best to have actual security and stuff. :'D
As a Canadian living in Ontario having moved around Ontario from northern most to southern, and who has visited the coast provinces as well... That shoe thing is weird. I've never once had it suggested to me that it was anything short of APALLING bad manners to take your shoes off ANYWHERE public that isn't, like, a swimming pool or something. The idea of taking my shoes off to enter a library (here in Canada) is just pure insanity to me, let alone any other venue. I would literally be confused and horrified to be asked to do this, and even more so if I was expected to wear communal slippers or something...
I can assure you, there is NOT ONE city in all of Ontario province where that is considered "a norm" and IDK why anyone would suggest it outside the province either. It makes perfect sense for when you enter a home or private space, but public and municipal spaces all tend to sport the "no shirt, no SHOES, no service" notices somewhere and if they don't it's still usually expected that you keep your shoes on (and shirts) on.
In many of the medical offices in my city there are signs that say, "if it is wet outside please take off your shoes." My dentist offers little disposable blue booties that you can wear once you take your shoes off. It is because the medical field does not have someone to constantly clean up after people all day, and they often have carpets. In the winter there is salt everywhere to keep the roads and walkways less slippery, and it is not easy to clean. There are often so few people coming into the offices at once, so you usually do not have to worry about your shoes being taken. Different cities have different rules because there are different weather conditions (and budgets), so the way each city tackles those conditions are different, and if it is known that they can get away with asking you to take off your shoes others will follow.
I am assuming that person lives in an apartment building, and they have a large garbage bin and recycle bins. Oftentimes in that kind of situation there are bins specifically for certain types of recyclables, and the owner/manager pays for the garbage/recycle people to come and empty them when they get full. Being able to put your garbage out whenever you want is a perk to live in that kind of apartment building.
I think they are making butter tarts. They are yummy. It could be mini sugar pies, but my bet is on butter tarts. Some people also put pecans or raisins in them.
Mukluks are traditional indigenous boots. I know people who swear by them. Potlucks are when everyone brings a dish of some kind of food. During big social events there rarely is enough space in the fridge for everything, but if it is as cold as a fridge outside why not put them outside? Though, most would put it in a bin or something to keep the animals away. The food is usually already cold, and if it needs to be reheated it can be popped into the microwave.
I do not think I ever purposefully put my face in the snow, but I have made snow angels (where you lie down in the snow and swing your arms and legs, carefully get up and admire what looks like an impression of an angel that fell into the snow).
Cowboy hats is a very Western Canada thing. Started with cowboys and cattle ranching and now extends to people who like country music and identify as Westerners. To be fair if you are outside all day like a farmer, wearing a cowboy hat makes sense as they shade more of your head then a baseball cap, and they don't fop around in the wind like a safari hat.
I'm Canadian and I have never heard of taking your shoes off in public, at home yeah but public never.
Apartment 'bins' are outdoors because they are picked up by big commercial trucks, each bin is for specific things, trash, organics, recycling, and electronics. Some have boxes for glass containers.
It must very by city but I have lived all, over Alberta and it's been the same everywhere that I have been. Nobody takes their shoes off in public buildings but we do stamp our feet and wipe our shoes on the carpet at the entrance, not nice carpet but a heavyduty mat specificallyput there to catch the water and mud. Privately owned buildings like doctor clinics may ask you to take off your shoes in the winter or when it is muddy some even offer you disposable footwear.
public places that demand that you take your shoes off tend to have slippers or crocs for you to replace your outdoor footwear with. No clinic or medical office, dentist etc would dare let you walk in with your outdoor shoes on during anything but late spring to summer.
I'm Canadian. And I've heard of a lot of these things. Pulling the blinds down for privacy isn't unheard of. I don't know about the second half, though. Mukluks are a kind of Indigieonus footwear. Our winters are so cold, you can let your food cool off outside or in the garage right before you begin serving or popping it into the oven. I've actually had to take my shoes off in public buildings before. I've done it at the dentist's office, doctor's office and at gyms. I've also had to take off my shoes at the bowling alley. And I've done it at public swimming pools. Usually, there's a sign that will say, "Take off your shoes before entering" or "No outdoor footwear beyond this point". Or at the very least, it'll be something like that written or typed on a sign and posted on the door.
Potlucks are a big gathering where everybody contributes. They contribute by bringing some sort of dish. It's usually for an occasion like Thanksgiving dinners for example. Half and half cream is something I don't know how to describe. Cowboy hats are a staple for some Canadians. The Prairie provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan etc., have farmers and ranchers and sometimes a rodeo. And you would see Canadians wearing a cowboy hat at some events or worn by some people. Butter tarts are a tasty dessert. You can eat them with or without walnuts, I believe. I grew up in Saskatchewan. So, my experience or knowledge may be different from other Canadians in the comments. But I hope this helped clarify a few things.
Freezing winter temperatures causes me on overcast days to close my drapes to keep the heat in my studio. If a bright sunny winter day pull drapes halfway down to enjoy natural light yet keep out cold. If going away for a few days just leave drapes drawn halfway down.
Pretty Sure One Of Things We Do In Canada That Is Odd To Non Canadians, Is That We Return Used Beer Cans & Bottles For Cash At The Beer Store.
Context:The BeerStore(That Is The Store Chains Actually Name Btw The Other Alcohol Store Here Is The LCBO Not Associated With The BeerStore) If You Have A Lot Of Empties(Used Liquor Bottles Or Beer Cans/Bottles) You Can Bring Them In For Cash
Depends On How Many Empties You Have(its 80 Cents For Each Empty You Have) They've Had This Program For A Very Long Time. Don't Know Why Other Countries Don't Have This Program As Well. BTW? Your Empties Must Have No Alcohol In Them & Wash Them Before Bringing Them In
The odd thing about whatever city she was in that did this was how they didn't do it for medical buildings. I have a Korean wife and when we went to visit her mom in a Korean care hospital we had to take our shoes off when we got to the floor patients were on; you would wear your shoes in the lobby area.
This was a great idea IMO and one I thought we should adopt in Canada. The patient areas were so clean that it helped both the staff and the patients. Of all the public buildings where we should have to take off our shoes this is the place that should require it.
Half and half cream is used as coffee cream and is 10 % butterfat while whole cream is 18 %.
Coffee cream is 18% and whipping cream is 35% milk fat.
Shoe removal? Um, in private homes shoes are generally always removed just inside the entry door or maybe outside on the covered/enclosed porch. Public places? Not in general though as a child in elementary school we either had indoor shoes or sock feet. One medical office I visit has the papery boot covers for winter or asks clients to remove their footwear...but this cannot be enforced. There are no other situations/occasions I can think of.
Ya, I'm a 53 year old Canadian in BC and no one in Canada ever takes their shoes off inside unless it's in a home. It's not a thing.
Canadian = strange by definition
we can put food outside to cool down faster around Christmas cause -30C/-22F it a food safe temperature, just not wildlife safe. Potluck is like ByoB( bring your own booze) only with food Bring your own group dish.
I've never been anywhere either of the provinces I've lived in where people take off their shoes in public buildings
also mukluks are what moccasin/animal hide shoes are also called
it's a potluck. many people bring food. so no room in the fridge. so keep outside saving it instead of fridge
The only time Canadians take off their shoes is when they enter someone's home never when they enter a public establishment
As a 54 year old Canadian, living always either in Toronto or the surrounding area. I have never did any of these.
Take off your shoes outside of the gymnasium so no dirt or wet from outside shoes in the groomed floors in the gym.. Often homes have variety of shoes/boots in the front door hallway or also the backdoor area left behind.
When I worked at the keg as a dishwasher I got 3% of the tips but I made a dollar or two more than them.
So... the tipping thing in food industry... We DO put that expectation out because food and service is often still a minimum-wage payrate which is NOT enough to live on for ANYONE here considering what rent is like. THAT SAID, our food and service industry is regulated like all our other minimum wage jobs, meaning that unlike in the USA where their pay is cut down to assume tips, our people are NOT cut down. Tips are still ON TOP of the legal full wages they get as per regulations for minimum wage work. This means that while you should tip, it's not like you're actually paying part of the wages/salary of the worker, unlike in the USA where there's a minimum wage and then there's that weirdly lower amount the food servers get paid to "account for" the tips as if they are part of the wage.
Technically, ANYONE working on minimum wage who gets tipped is relying on those tips to live off, because minimum wage in this country can't keep up with the actual cost of living. I worked a job WAY above minimum wage and still had NO chances of ever moving out of my parents house.
And it is illegal to take the tips, idk how any business gets away with not properly splitting up the tips among the workers... Usually (in the places my friends and fam have worked at over the years anyways) the tips go into a communal pot and get split up at the end of each shift so everyone (including the kitchen and bussing staff) get some of the tips, as he said, but there is a HUGE difference in pay structure between the minimum-wage workers doing the serving and cleaning and front of house stuff, and the KITCHEN crew. If its an actual sit-down restaurant, cooks, chefs and people who actually work on the food all get paid salaries that are like 30k/year and up, with an Executive Chef being the highest paid position (unless its the owner/operator then they get paid according to what the restaurant brings in lol)... So, IMO, the people making more than minimum wage and who have decent salaries shouldn't be even included in the split for the tips, frankly, not if the rest are working minimum wage. Only time the people NOT making minimum wage should be included is if EVERYONE is being paid MORE than minimums.
And Potlucks are basically referencing that you only know what YOU brought to the party (its a party where each household/guest brings a dish for everyone to eat some of, and when everyone brings one its a feast). As it, its your luck whatever is in that pot! I know there's other more specific origins for the term, but basically it _boils_ (lol) down to being a table full of pots of food that, if you are _lucky_ will be good to eat.
I have lived in Canada my whole life, and traveled extensively through Canada, and I have never, ever heard of everyone taking their shoes off in public spaces. Who would police this? What kind of insurance do these places have to cover themselves if people hurt their feet? This sounds like BS to me.
the street I live on is almost l seniors and every single house has their blinds closed in the front. and if u r close to your neighbours on the side as well. I don’t have any blinds but I am on full display at night but then nobody else has their open
Even in the cities in Saskatchewan, the rural life has a large influence. I spent a lot of time on farms and went to rodeos growing up. Looots of cowboy hats. Alberta is seen as the bigger "cowboy" province though due to a bigger population.
Tipping originally started as a form of gratitude for a job that met my standard. That means if i liked your service I would leave you a tip that I found appropriate. But if your job was not up to par it was also up to me whether or not to leave no tip or a small one. That meant if the person depended on tips to supplement their income would work harder to receive a higher tip
You should dress in layers to regulate your temperature and move around enough to keep warm but not enough to sweat. The military person is right of course, first rule in winter survival-- if you sweat, you die of hypothermia--It would be most wise to take a survival course for cold weather before coming to the colder parts of Canada. And the umbrella would get in your way instead of helping especially if it’s windy, it would be useless. Have a great day from Canada everyone 😊
It is very easy to screw up butter tarts. They are not as easy to make as they look. And where was the maple syrup?
the butter tarts are actually sugar tartletts.. much like a sugar pie
In Vancouver, we just use paper for single use now. Almost everyone keeps re-useable bags in the car or bring them to the store with us. There is also the group of people who fight all change no matter what it is. Many of those people are the same people that bitched and moaned when we switched to plastic to save the forests. That would be a valid argument if we didnt have 30 or 40 years of reforestation, and a many other easily renewable resources to make paper that we didnt think of back then. Those people just enjoy whining about EVERYTHING.
NOBODY TAKES THEIR SHOES OFF IN PUBLIC UNLESS THEY ARE OUTDOORS ! NO SHIRT , NO SHOES , NO SERVICE is the NORM !!! I have seen bare feet in Carpeted offices but that is uup to management !!!!!! 🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
The shoes in public buildings thing... not sure about. I've really only LIVED in 3 cities but with rare exceptions shoes stayed on. If it was rainy/snowy/mucky yes there were times you left the shoes by the door to not bring in mess... but it was normal to keep them on the rest of the time. Homes were a different story, but "public buildings" it was shoes unless specified otherwise.
Toronto is one of the southern most cities in Canada... I suspect compared to Saskatchewan the weather seemed to be less cold and brighter... maybe? Never spent that much time in Toronto... heck I can't remember going there and leaving the airport.🤣
Not hot food, you use the outside as a "walk OUT refrigerator/freezer" saves space in the kitchen and keeps it chilled. Mukluks is a native word. Potluck means each "guest" brings part of it. One family brings salad, one person brings deserts, another family brings... drinks etc.
Craziness about shoes off in public. Born and raised in Canada and NEVER heard of this. Same with keeping food outside. Where is this coming from?! It’s nonsense. Same with the snow thing. Weird.
I also do all those blind things. It just makes common sense. You would put your lamps on a timer while you are gone so some light would shine out but burglers would be obvious looking in.
The difference between shops and libraries is that libraries are usually carpeted. Sadly people are no longer honest enough to take off your shoes unless it is a private residence or doctors office. They give out disposeable booties to wear over your socks.
I live in a Neighbourhood with those bins. Our Complex houses 8,000 people mix of apartment towers and row housing. The bin has 2/3rds of it below ground and 1/3 above grouund and truck hooks to sides and lifts the whole bin above itself to dump.
They are divided into black lids (paper/cardboard) Blue lids (glass/plastics/metals) and Brown (garbage) Some areas also have Green lids (compostable/kitchen/garden waste)
This saves time and gas not stopping at over a 1500 homes. Our bins are 1 set approx every 120 houses. Yeah, you need to put your coat over your housecoat and slippers normally but boots for for snow over 3 inches deep. Might be gone about 10 minutes to walk to the bin and back. Real Canadian can do Tshirts but we are less than a quarter of the population now with the huge amount of immigration.
Butter tarts look okay but are much better if you add pecans, boubon and maple syrup of course....🙄😂
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Calgary , Alberta has one of the best Cowboy Hat MAKERS IN THE WORLD !!!!!!!!! 🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
Yeah... I'm a 57 year old Canadian and I've never heard of it. Maybe school but that's it.
ppl do be wearing cowboy hats sometimes here in the west
It's like it she said a very sensitive city where I live.It's medical offices and when your shoes a monkey.And the place reason why is the floor is most expensive and last to get rid of unrenovations and it's also more expensive to replace
half and half is what we call 10% fat semi-cream
I wouldn't risk taking my shoes off in public unless it is a doctor office or at the pool, beach or splash pad where I can keep an eye on my shoes there are people out there that would steal shoes.
By the way just so that you all know I am Canadian
I'm surprised you've never heard of a potluck dinner. The word potluck dates back to 1592.
My sister loves to make butter tarts. Unfortunately ! I haven't ever tasted anything so awful in my life!
Alberta wears cowboy hats. Be odd if you didn’t see them. Our police wear cowboy hats. That would be Calgary. I have kept a turkey out in the winter if there is no room left in the freezer.
Tipping in Canada is stupid and out of control. And splitting tips is very common for a lot of places. Absolutely stupid.
Plastic bags aren't legal anywhere in Canada now
Duhhhhhh !!!! BUTTER Tarts !!!!! 🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
In Edmonton Alberta, there are places that make you take off your shoes. Dentist offices, swimming pools etc. I was wondering why a lot of homeless here had new $200+ shoes!! Well they nick em from all these places.
Yes, I grew up in Edmonton, and while we kept boots and shoes on in most public places, there were individual businesses or churches where it was normal to remove boots at the door and wear inside shoes. Same thing with schools. In non winter months, we left outdoor shoes on, but not in a gym
Those aren't distinctively Canadian habits. I've never heard of rules for closing blinds or taking off shoes indoors. Those are just the quirks of a couple of weird chicks
The taking the ahoes off thing is false. I've lived across Canada and I've been to a docteurs office that was like that or at another medical center they have rubber sandles that you put on and out side each dr's officewill be lign of regular shoes and a lign of these croc like shoes. But the main tradition is you will see, for instance, woman in evening gowns wearing mukluks and men in nice formal wear BUT they all have "indoor shoes" so when you get in you change out of your outdide boots and you but on your heels or whatever in the foyer and just leave your boots with all the other outside footwear in the foyer.
She's lying about taking off shoes in office buildings or libraries. I am born here, and in my almost 50 years, I have never heard of that.
For a potluck everyone brings a dish and shares. Takes finacial burden off the host and there is sure to be atleast one thing you like to eat there.
Part of the context missing for the blinds is that every neighborhood has a house that has the windows constantly completely covered and is probably a grow-op... meaning an entire house used for growing hydroponic marijuana. Its very common, or at least was before legalization.
So having the windows covered all the way for days or weeks when you go on vacation, makes it look suspicious.
If they dont have blinds in Europe, Where do European Blinds come from?
Plastic bag are gone in Ontario
WHY DO CANADIANS PUT A PIECE OF BUTTER IN TOMATO SOUP?
I can't stand being in anybody's house whom close blinds or curtains ! Why !! Claustrophobic and stupid is the reality of blocking windows !! How do your house plants grow !!!! 👎🏿👎🏽👎✌🏼🖖🍁🌻💛💙🇺🇦
None of this is practiced by gen x Canadians.
Millennials,they're a different breed..they remove their shoes lol No older generation ever did this!
Yes, they did. Lol.
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Being a Canadian, this is outdated or complete fallacy…sorry😉
Since no one mentioned it, at least I didn't see any word of it in the comments,. Saskatchewan is the prairies, if you want to see cowboy hats you have to go to Alberta and more specifically, Call Gary (Calgary). most people in the rest of Canada call Alberta, the Texas of the north because they dress up in costumes (there are no real cowboys any more, you might as well wear a pirate uniform and have a parrot on your shoulder), you will see some people wearing cowboy hats there and will see everyone wearing cowboy hats during the Stampede, but more than anything, why the rest of us call it, Tex-Ass of the north is because they are ultra conservatards and it is where Tex-Ass senator and Cuban refugee Theodore Raphael Cruz was born
Potluck, where I live in Canada, means that every person attending will bring one item of food to add to the table. If the person invited is a relative or close friend, the host may be very specific about which prepared food to bring; otherwise, the choice is that of the attendee