Most of the world associate Canada with maple syrup, niceness, and more maple syrup. But the truth is... the country stereotypes aren't that far from the truth, actually. Just with a few extra weird details. Like, super social moose or friendly police officers. Exotic, I know. To give you a better idea about the Canadian stereotypes, Bored Panda has compiled another list of funny photos that perfectly describe the Great White North. So put on your parka, continue scrolling and enjoy.
For more Canadian memes, check out these pictures you probably couldn't take anywhere else.
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Meanwhile In Canada
Here's a fun fact about life in Canada. Canadians like to say "sorry" so much, they passed the "Apology Act" to limit its use. In the past, lawyers in court were probably able establish guilt quite easily. All they needed to do was prove someone apologized at the time of the incident and things would start going their way.
The Things You See In A Northern Canadian Town
So Canadian lawmakers made it clear that an apology of any kind “means an expression of sympathy or regret” and not “an admission of fault or liability in connection with the matter to which the words or actions relate.”
Another Canadian Thing
Canadian Police Clash With Citizens
Found A Pretty Cool Hat At A Local Store Today
Police In Montreal Are Protesting A Labor Dispute By Not Wearing Their Work Pants
Christmas In Canada Is Difficult Sometimes
We’re Living 3 Seasons At Once Right Now (September 15, 2018)
Canadians Are Notorious For Being Kind
Honest Canadian Commuters. The Workers Were Missing And The Automatic Gates Were Broken. This Is The Result
Police Officer Stops To Buy A Drink From A Little Girl At A Lemonade Stand In Kenora, ON, Canada
Canadian Victims Of Theft
"...and if you want a divine rhubarb pie recipe please knock on the door and ask my wife for it."
Canadian Police On The Job
Everything About This Says Canada
This Moose Literally Followed Me Home
Canadian Police Officers Meditating Before They Start Their Day
Meanwhile In Montreal
That’s A Decent Reason To Not Drop The Package Off At My Door
Canadian Parking Ticket
Grocery Store In Summerside, PEI (Canada) Has "Sensory Friendly Shopping"
Most Canadian Thing Ever
A Sign You're Marching In Canada
This Is What Happens When A Canadian Parks In Your Spot
People In Toronto Made Memorial For Dead Raccoon After City Forgot To Pick It Up For 12 Hrs
Every single time a see a dead creature on the road I want to cry—they were just going about their little skunk/gopher/raccoon lives and now they’re bio-waste on the roadside.
This Bathroom Graffiti Is Positive
Your best friend is missing you enormously after Four. Whole. Hours. Apart.
By Quite Aggressive We Just Mean They Become A Hell Spawn
An Officer Saw A Toddler Driving His Truck, Pull Him Over & Gave Him His First Ticket. Fort McMurray, Canada
I Just Got A Wrong Number Text From A Stranger That Said: “Hey Can We Use Ur Pool There’s A Moose In Ours”
In Canada, Even The Robbers Are Polite
Police Stop At A Canadian Half Marathon
And the sign - Do you know how fast you were going? Cool sense of humor.
Canadian Graffiti
Only In Canada, Do The Buses Apologize For The Accident
The Most Canadian Picture Ever Taken
How To Tell You're In Canada
Also, “How To Tell That The Thermostat Wars of 2019 Are Not Yet Resolved”
And Meanwhile, In Canada
Police Playing Ball Hockey With The Neighborhood Kids. Just A Normal Day In Canada
Why Canada
Looks like a map from a Dr. Seuss book. This Street, That Street, The Other Street there. Come to my neighborhood, look out for the bear.
Happy Canada Day! Here Is The Most Canadian Photo I Ever Took
Saw A Beaver On His Way To Assassinate Someone
You misunderstand officer. My teeth are blunt, so I'm using this instead.
Only In Canada
Fashion At My Small Town Canadian Bar
Meanwhile In Canada
Does Canada have special flocks of Snow Goats? Inquiring minds want to know!
They Waited At The Corner On The Side Walk For Traffic To Stop. Then Used The Buddy System To Cross When The Walk Signal Flashed. Overly Polite Animals?
A Guy At My University In Canada Walking To Class
We have moderately terrible winters in our area (below freezing and snow on the ground for a couple of months), my UPS-driver husband and another UPSer had an ongoing tough-guy contest for about 5 years to see who would finally break down and wear pants instead of shorts. After one especially brutal winter my husband gave in and switched to pants, but only after all the hair had fallen off his legs. I've always told him if you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
I'm taking it: "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough."
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I lived on campus for a while and there was only one class I had to walk outside to. Wasn't worth dressing up just to sit inside the rest of the day
He is actually walking back to residence. This is at Durham College/Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, ON.
I spent 8 years at the University of Alberta and once "spring" hit, my winter jackets were stashed away. Once it was 0 degrees, it was T-shirt weather and maybe shorts. Winters were tough because you needed an empty seat next to you in lecture to store your clothing.
Lol. This is how I am in the winter. My preferred temperature is -15C to 5C. I dont wear shorts. But I always wear tank tops or t-shirts. Drives my mother crazy shes the opposite of me and she would actually put on MORE layers depending on how I come over to visit because looking at me would make her cold 😂
There’s always that one person. Shorts and/or flip-flops year round, even in the worst blizzards and lowest freezing temperatures. I’ve gotten more hot-natured as I’ve gotten older, and suffocate in turtlenecks and heavy sweaters (so don’t wear them anymore), but I am nowhere near THAT extreme,
I grew up in Buffalo and never wore anything more than a long sleeve shirt or a sweater and a heavier spring jacket in the winter which usually was from late October to mid-April. You body does adjust to the cold. Now living here in DC for the last 25 years it can be 40 degrees outside and I am in a winter coat.
2WheelTravlr - I remember reading about this contest in the Toronto Star! ;-)
Must have been a different set of crazy UPSers, as far as I know the only people who knew about my husband and his buddy were their customers and the rest of the local UPS employees. It's too bad we didn't think about making it public at the time, it could have been a great way to raise money for a good cause!
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My son would probably do that too. He wears shorts all year round, today is 11degrees Celsius (approx 51 degrees Fahrenheit), pouring with rain and extremely windy and he refuses to wear pants.
Love it love it ... i laughed so loud, my neighbors are wondering if I finally lost it! Thx for the laugh, eh!
I went to college in Ithaca, NY. Just like this. Snowed on graduation day, May 16th.
I only switched to pants in western NY when the wind chill was in the negative or the snow was up to my knees.
The area I live , in Canada at minus 30c to minus 40c no shorts
When you’re used to the dampness of Ontario winters, I lived in Northern Ontario in the winter, the winters out west were pretty much better. Didn’t feel as cold. I went hiking at minus twenty and took my coat off at lunch time. It was nice in the sun.
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Decent country, decent people. Decency matters, at the end of the day.
I live in Italy. Some things showed here seems coming from another planet...
I love Canada's sense of humour. I really want to visit now. Everyone seems so polite.
Choose your cities wisely, my son. A LOT of big cities have a large amount of a##holes (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal). Smaller places are much nicer. I highly recommend places in British Columbia's Okanagan area (Vernon, Kelowna) - absolutely gorgeous to visit in winter or summer! Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park is one of the most beautiful places in the world (IMO). kal_lake-5...53-png.jpg 
I love Canada, we've ridden motorcycles all the way across to Newfoundland, and up through the Northwestern side to Alaska and we've met some of the greatest people along the way. That said, we've also stayed in some oil and industry towns in the Yukon that were downright scary. No police presence for hundreds of miles and a general feeling that things could go really bad really quickly if you said or did just one thing wrong. I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just pointing out that not every part of Canada is populated by the Nicest People on Earth.
I think it's like that in many countries. I've had brilliant experiences with US when I visited twice, but my colleague absolutely hates the place. Depends where you go I think.
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... and this is why I don't understand why some Canadians whine about our stereotypes. I kinda love it. Geez murphy, did you watch the 2010 Winter Olympics? Our closing ceremony was one big finger-poke at ourselves! Never complain about being known as "the nice people" - it's better than the alternative...
Right... I am from USA. And can no longer handle reading our news cycle.. school shootings, mass shootings, abhorrent racism, not to mention the rich have no rules while the poor and minorities are treated like second rate to the rich white power in this hellhole of a place. Police kill at a rate of massive gang violence. And the drugs... The meth and heroin are so easily obtained kids are enthralled at a young age. Education is bleak unless your rich... And don't be sick in the USA they bankrupt you for diabetes, you'll die of cancer because the screenings are so expensive and insurance companies are saying I have to pay out of pocket 12,000. Before they even help with a dime... Its not going to end well for me my chronic disease I can't treat or my twin son's with chronic disease... I'll take Canada and all it has to offer because ya know the alternative is absolutely terrifying. ( I'd move there in a second if I was able)
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Loved all the honesty and manners used. Canada is one place I would love to visit one day.
Message me if you ever do. I'd be pleased to give you advices from a local perspective, since you gave me so many insightful comments about Australia.
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I'm supposed to be visiting Canada in a few days so I hope I can see some of these things...
I am not homesick for shovelling snow and scraping off my car, though. When we move back in a few years, it's going to be somewhere that it doesn't get that cold. Mind you, that's pretty easy. I grew up in Edmonton.
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Gotta wonder how Canada and the U.S. evolved to have such different attitudes on so many things. Both were colonies of the Brits.
Among other things, they abolished slavery thirty years before America did.
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It's so heartwarming! I'd never move to another country but it's so nice to know that there is a place full of kind people! My deep respect to all Canadians, and to everyone reading this comment - please have a great day! :-)
There's a police officer in my local news who helped a beaver cross the road in Halifax today haha. We're not perfect, but I love my country :P
Americans are a rougher, more individualistic, take easy offense breed. We need to embrace our high crime rate, high incarceration rate, politically divided, low social safety, bragging about making money through dubious means, racially polarized, military glorified, patriotism-as-a-weapon of intolerance society, because a large percentage of the people want it that way, and politicians are not going to change anything.
I think your view is what we see in the news, but on the ground most US citizens are pretty nice people.
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Many branches of my family tree lived in Canada for generations, going back to the beginning of Canada. Then they came here. WHYYYYYY? And how can I go back?
I can tell you’re not lying about being Canadian.
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Beautiful country with a much better class of society VS. Southern California weather. I guess I'll tolerate the anti-social SOCAL troglodytes....
Sorta. The winters make you appreciate the nice warm summers that much more. In SOCAL it'll be nice out tomorrow, in 3 weeks and in 6 months so it's no big deal.
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I live in Canada, but right now I'm in China. Compared to Canada, China Sucks. ( No offense China ) In China, there is no Google, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Wattpad, Pinterest, Gmail and other websites. Plus, Many bad people here poison the food we eat so we only eat the food we cook. Also, when the people are walking across the streets, the cars just go by. It is super easy to die in China. I almost got hit by a car twice. But.... China is also beautiful with lots of places to go to. Oh yeah and also, the toilets are the type you have to squat to pee in.
😂😅. Omg dude get out of there and may I suggest go straight to Canada not stay overs no delays get to Canada 😁
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I was in Canada four years ago and absolutely loved it and vowed if anyone ever pulled the plug out of Australia ( Uluru) and it sank that is where I would live. The people the places the humour the sheer niceness of the Canadians they just take the cake. Another trip in the near future I hope.
I know Canadians that moved to Australia. They said it was the only other country they would live in.
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To see the difference in the country's and just the kindness is amazing.
I live in Canada. Its pretty decent. Like, if there's a missing kiddo, they get found in a few hours or a day. But Canada still has some up and downs.
Would love to go see & visit ALL of Canada at least once in my/our (I'm married 19+yrs) life time. Especially while we still can. We all know life throws curve balls our way and we just cannot get put the way or catch em quick enough and sometimes the repercussions/consequences can be such a hard ball to swallow but we've been through many of these things before and always have came up on top. Not Without lots of time, energy, stress, arguments, depression, financial turmoil, many other hardships, hurt, anger, pain, o overwhelmed, discouragement,depression and doubt, guilt, and shame. There is always good after the bad and without these dark times in our lives, we wouldn't appreciate the light when it came. So WOW! YEAH! Ok. I got deep there for a minute maybe just a little TOO DEEP, TOO LONG, & Absolutely lost in some serious thought & flashes of things past but anyways, after all said and done, the point is still the same. We would love to go visit beautiful Canada because that's what we've heard about it, that it's BEAUTIFUL, NICE, WARM, FRIENDLY, & most important to us not as much B.S, MF, INTOLERANCE, PREJUDICE, HATE, IGNORANCE, VIOLENCE, WAR, CRIME, INJUSTICE, POLICE BRUTALITY, UNJUSTIFIED & FALSE ARREST & JACKED UP CHARGES, RACIALLY PROFILED WHEREVER YOU GO BY WHO YOU'RE WITH &/OR WTF WE LOOK LIKE!!! So yes here my a*s goes again on a long rampage in t@
Canadian geese are illegally migrating to my area. They've terrible. They're noisy, aggressive, consume our resources and leave messes everywhere. We need stricter border controls and maybe a really tall fence. Current methods aren't working because they don't really taste that good.
One of my favourite stories to tell people about about being Canadian is the time about 15 years ago, some friends and I were jamming in our garage and lost track of time. The neighbours called the police and said there was some wild party going on next door. Two officers on bicycles showed up and found 3 20-somethings very stoned and kind of drunk, playing instruments. The one cop laughs and says they thought they were coming to break up a highschool party. They say nothing about the huge bag of weed on the table (this is 2003ish, so it wasn't legal yet,) and mentions that he plays drums. So we apologized for the noise, grabbed the acoustic guitars and the brushes (to quiet the drums) and jammed with 2 bike cops for a good half hour before they got a call and had to leave, and wished us a good night.
Lived there for two years while studying from Argentina. The people, places and multicultural society were, are and will be amazing for sure. Best country in the planet, period.
I live in Ottawa, Canada. It is prety accurate haha police is usually very nice too.
One of the things I loved about Canada was that even though the weather was cold and wet and icy, there were so many people walking outside (like I was) and I noticed three things. 1. A lot of them were out walking their dogs. 2. A lot of them were holding hands with someone. 3. Pretty much all of them smiled or nodded when they passed me. Just random strangers, smiling, holding hands and walking dogs. Talk about a perfect place.
Wait for me,Iam moving there too.I thought this was so interesting, please tell us more.
Life seems so comfortable there, even in the cold. That’s crazy! In a good way. I’m a really patriotic American and there’s no doubt we are insane and insist on doing everything as if it were a death match. But my Iranian heart loves that about USA. Still, Canada is like what America would be if America grew up, settled down and raised grandchildren. Right now America is like an angsty teen.
It is not always cold! Summer time- it can be quite hot. Winter- It can be quite cold Spring- Weather is usually perfect. Fall- Like Spring but a bit colder!
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To Aunt Messy: Don't you think that you may be generalizing a bit much? I'm from Quebec city, I speak both languages and I DO NOT WANT to separate from Canada. My opinion on this issue must be shared by many people since the separation has not happened (and will not be happening, I'm sure). You can call me a frog, a quebecoise, a french, what ever make you happy, but I still love my country. Please don't make the actions of a few ruin a good place. Have a great day!
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I'm born and bred in Ontario Canada. Verbally/online the only people that are consistantly(and for decades)rude to Canadians -would be..Americans. Those ones, highly underestimate Canadians. Particularly those of us that live in cold cold crazy weather. They think because we are friendly and say sorry alot makes us weaker then them. Canadians have accepted in approx 9.5million refugees in crisis the last few decades yes, but during attacks eg:911 or tragedies like the Titanic, we have opened our homes(for free) to stranded families all over our country. Literally, in our homes, beds, clothes etc. Most of us believe, "I hope if I ever got stuck like this that someone would take my family in." I think some people don't realize we are the first to volunteer to help people in trouble. Heck we haven't had conscription(the draft) since 1917. America was 73. The reason? We volunteer immed. That being said, now I must say sorry. Sorry for typos or bad grammar. I don't have my glasses on! 🤗😉
Great attitudes great people.......wish some of that would drift south we NEED IT!!!
It's things like this that encourage the smugness i've encountered so often, particularly in relation to out neighbours to the south
My favourite country now is Canada. I will live there in the future.
Just lovely! You are our soul-siblings. Gruezi and love from Switzerland on (nearly) your special day.
Am so proud to be a Canadian especially on this Canada Day. I loved each and every picture, some I laughed out loud and am still smiling. Thank you for posting this
Canada will actually pay you to move there and be a normal working person. I forget what all the stipulations are but I think it's cool they are proud and secure enough to invite people to move there
“My bags are packed, I’m ready to go.... Just not crazy about the winters and moose down Main Street. But it all seems so civilized, especially in comparison with the c**p we’re living in here.
Some people from my cold area, move to British Columbia, however their winter consists of much rain, therefore they move back, well, you don't have to shovel rain, and require no heavy winter clothing, also B.C. is beautiful !!!
Most of these kind posts brought a tear to my eye. Even we 'supposedly' polite Brits can't match up to Canadian courtesy and kindness.
And yet, can we just talk about the treatment of the indigenous people by...shocker...Canadians? Yes, many other cultures are to blame for the same thing but if you promote how nice you are you really need to address other things.
let's say that what these photos show are details, which stand out in the whole. because if really all of Canada has this kind of behavior, this attitude towards justice, loyalty, compliance with laws and rules, then it really is a piece of another planet transported to earth. and in any case I would really like to be able to move to a place where crime has its moral, however, where the police have the time and the numbers, to be able to start playing with children on the street, and above all where the children don't pull molotovs on the machines of the police shouting ACAB, acronym of "All Cops Are Bastards"
I live in California, USA and this stuff is a little weird, but I admire the kindness.
Some parts of Canada, the winters are not so bad, our winters here can be severe !!!
Not where I live on the west coast - Vancouver Island. We moved here from Alberta to get away from the freezing cold winters - had had enough after 44 years! Love the winters here - hardly any snow with temps averaging 47 degrees. Can still sit out on a patio and drink yummy coffees. And the summers are spectacular with the temps averaging between 72 and 85. Just thought I'd let you know.🙂
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So Moving to Canada. My son tells me I am too friendly/polite to be a New Zealander lol. Once I get rid of the kids here I come :)
Now how about talking about all the indigenous communities that don't have access to clean water? What about the enormous disparities between rich and poor? What about the tar sands witch we continue to exploit in the name of "economic growth" even tough it's the DIRTIEST petrol of all? What about police brutality or systemic racism? What about dental care and eye care being out of the free health care system? No, canada isn't all fun and games all the time.
Nicholas, our healthcare system is NOT free. It's paid for through our income taxes and covers basic hospital and doctor fees. In most provinces eye care is covered for children up to 18, and seniors over 65. It is up to you to buy additional coverage for your needs. If you are that unhappy living here, you would be hard pressed to find somewhere better. No country/city is perfect. Good luck in your futile pursuit for perfection.
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I actually discussed moving with my husband. Except I've lived in The deep south for my entire life, out winter is like 45° and I'd prob die if we moved
I'm moving to Canada. But not Quebec cause then I can't have Critical Role.
WTF? You're a little bonkers. Therapy would be a good thing for you. No wonder he left.
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It really is generally that good. People just seem to default to nice.
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Decent country, decent people. Decency matters, at the end of the day.
I live in Italy. Some things showed here seems coming from another planet...
I love Canada's sense of humour. I really want to visit now. Everyone seems so polite.
Choose your cities wisely, my son. A LOT of big cities have a large amount of a##holes (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal). Smaller places are much nicer. I highly recommend places in British Columbia's Okanagan area (Vernon, Kelowna) - absolutely gorgeous to visit in winter or summer! Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park is one of the most beautiful places in the world (IMO). kal_lake-5...53-png.jpg
I love Canada, we've ridden motorcycles all the way across to Newfoundland, and up through the Northwestern side to Alaska and we've met some of the greatest people along the way. That said, we've also stayed in some oil and industry towns in the Yukon that were downright scary. No police presence for hundreds of miles and a general feeling that things could go really bad really quickly if you said or did just one thing wrong. I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just pointing out that not every part of Canada is populated by the Nicest People on Earth.
I think it's like that in many countries. I've had brilliant experiences with US when I visited twice, but my colleague absolutely hates the place. Depends where you go I think.
Load More Replies... ... and this is why I don't understand why some Canadians whine about our stereotypes. I kinda love it. Geez murphy, did you watch the 2010 Winter Olympics? Our closing ceremony was one big finger-poke at ourselves! Never complain about being known as "the nice people" - it's better than the alternative...
Right... I am from USA. And can no longer handle reading our news cycle.. school shootings, mass shootings, abhorrent racism, not to mention the rich have no rules while the poor and minorities are treated like second rate to the rich white power in this hellhole of a place. Police kill at a rate of massive gang violence. And the drugs... The meth and heroin are so easily obtained kids are enthralled at a young age. Education is bleak unless your rich... And don't be sick in the USA they bankrupt you for diabetes, you'll die of cancer because the screenings are so expensive and insurance companies are saying I have to pay out of pocket 12,000. Before they even help with a dime... Its not going to end well for me my chronic disease I can't treat or my twin son's with chronic disease... I'll take Canada and all it has to offer because ya know the alternative is absolutely terrifying. ( I'd move there in a second if I was able)
Load More Replies... Loved all the honesty and manners used. Canada is one place I would love to visit one day.
Message me if you ever do. I'd be pleased to give you advices from a local perspective, since you gave me so many insightful comments about Australia.
Load More Replies... I'm supposed to be visiting Canada in a few days so I hope I can see some of these things...
I am not homesick for shovelling snow and scraping off my car, though. When we move back in a few years, it's going to be somewhere that it doesn't get that cold. Mind you, that's pretty easy. I grew up in Edmonton.
Load More Replies... Gotta wonder how Canada and the U.S. evolved to have such different attitudes on so many things. Both were colonies of the Brits.
Among other things, they abolished slavery thirty years before America did.
Load More Replies... It's so heartwarming! I'd never move to another country but it's so nice to know that there is a place full of kind people! My deep respect to all Canadians, and to everyone reading this comment - please have a great day! :-)
There's a police officer in my local news who helped a beaver cross the road in Halifax today haha. We're not perfect, but I love my country :P
Americans are a rougher, more individualistic, take easy offense breed. We need to embrace our high crime rate, high incarceration rate, politically divided, low social safety, bragging about making money through dubious means, racially polarized, military glorified, patriotism-as-a-weapon of intolerance society, because a large percentage of the people want it that way, and politicians are not going to change anything.
I think your view is what we see in the news, but on the ground most US citizens are pretty nice people.
Load More Replies... Many branches of my family tree lived in Canada for generations, going back to the beginning of Canada. Then they came here. WHYYYYYY? And how can I go back?
I can tell you’re not lying about being Canadian.
Load More Replies... Beautiful country with a much better class of society VS. Southern California weather. I guess I'll tolerate the anti-social SOCAL troglodytes....
Sorta. The winters make you appreciate the nice warm summers that much more. In SOCAL it'll be nice out tomorrow, in 3 weeks and in 6 months so it's no big deal.
Load More Replies... I live in Canada, but right now I'm in China. Compared to Canada, China Sucks. ( No offense China ) In China, there is no Google, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Wattpad, Pinterest, Gmail and other websites. Plus, Many bad people here poison the food we eat so we only eat the food we cook. Also, when the people are walking across the streets, the cars just go by. It is super easy to die in China. I almost got hit by a car twice. But.... China is also beautiful with lots of places to go to. Oh yeah and also, the toilets are the type you have to squat to pee in.
😂😅. Omg dude get out of there and may I suggest go straight to Canada not stay overs no delays get to Canada 😁
Load More Replies... I was in Canada four years ago and absolutely loved it and vowed if anyone ever pulled the plug out of Australia ( Uluru) and it sank that is where I would live. The people the places the humour the sheer niceness of the Canadians they just take the cake. Another trip in the near future I hope.
I know Canadians that moved to Australia. They said it was the only other country they would live in.
Load More Replies... To see the difference in the country's and just the kindness is amazing.
I live in Canada. Its pretty decent. Like, if there's a missing kiddo, they get found in a few hours or a day. But Canada still has some up and downs.
Would love to go see & visit ALL of Canada at least once in my/our (I'm married 19+yrs) life time. Especially while we still can. We all know life throws curve balls our way and we just cannot get put the way or catch em quick enough and sometimes the repercussions/consequences can be such a hard ball to swallow but we've been through many of these things before and always have came up on top. Not Without lots of time, energy, stress, arguments, depression, financial turmoil, many other hardships, hurt, anger, pain, o overwhelmed, discouragement,depression and doubt, guilt, and shame. There is always good after the bad and without these dark times in our lives, we wouldn't appreciate the light when it came. So WOW! YEAH! Ok. I got deep there for a minute maybe just a little TOO DEEP, TOO LONG, & Absolutely lost in some serious thought & flashes of things past but anyways, after all said and done, the point is still the same. We would love to go visit beautiful Canada because that's what we've heard about it, that it's BEAUTIFUL, NICE, WARM, FRIENDLY, & most important to us not as much B.S, MF, INTOLERANCE, PREJUDICE, HATE, IGNORANCE, VIOLENCE, WAR, CRIME, INJUSTICE, POLICE BRUTALITY, UNJUSTIFIED & FALSE ARREST & JACKED UP CHARGES, RACIALLY PROFILED WHEREVER YOU GO BY WHO YOU'RE WITH &/OR WTF WE LOOK LIKE!!! So yes here my a*s goes again on a long rampage in t@
Canadian geese are illegally migrating to my area. They've terrible. They're noisy, aggressive, consume our resources and leave messes everywhere. We need stricter border controls and maybe a really tall fence. Current methods aren't working because they don't really taste that good.
One of my favourite stories to tell people about about being Canadian is the time about 15 years ago, some friends and I were jamming in our garage and lost track of time. The neighbours called the police and said there was some wild party going on next door. Two officers on bicycles showed up and found 3 20-somethings very stoned and kind of drunk, playing instruments. The one cop laughs and says they thought they were coming to break up a highschool party. They say nothing about the huge bag of weed on the table (this is 2003ish, so it wasn't legal yet,) and mentions that he plays drums. So we apologized for the noise, grabbed the acoustic guitars and the brushes (to quiet the drums) and jammed with 2 bike cops for a good half hour before they got a call and had to leave, and wished us a good night.
Lived there for two years while studying from Argentina. The people, places and multicultural society were, are and will be amazing for sure. Best country in the planet, period.
I live in Ottawa, Canada. It is prety accurate haha police is usually very nice too.
One of the things I loved about Canada was that even though the weather was cold and wet and icy, there were so many people walking outside (like I was) and I noticed three things. 1. A lot of them were out walking their dogs. 2. A lot of them were holding hands with someone. 3. Pretty much all of them smiled or nodded when they passed me. Just random strangers, smiling, holding hands and walking dogs. Talk about a perfect place.
Wait for me,Iam moving there too.I thought this was so interesting, please tell us more.
Life seems so comfortable there, even in the cold. That’s crazy! In a good way. I’m a really patriotic American and there’s no doubt we are insane and insist on doing everything as if it were a death match. But my Iranian heart loves that about USA. Still, Canada is like what America would be if America grew up, settled down and raised grandchildren. Right now America is like an angsty teen.
It is not always cold! Summer time- it can be quite hot. Winter- It can be quite cold Spring- Weather is usually perfect. Fall- Like Spring but a bit colder!
Load More Replies... To Aunt Messy: Don't you think that you may be generalizing a bit much? I'm from Quebec city, I speak both languages and I DO NOT WANT to separate from Canada. My opinion on this issue must be shared by many people since the separation has not happened (and will not be happening, I'm sure). You can call me a frog, a quebecoise, a french, what ever make you happy, but I still love my country. Please don't make the actions of a few ruin a good place. Have a great day!
Load More Replies... I'm born and bred in Ontario Canada. Verbally/online the only people that are consistantly(and for decades)rude to Canadians -would be..Americans. Those ones, highly underestimate Canadians. Particularly those of us that live in cold cold crazy weather. They think because we are friendly and say sorry alot makes us weaker then them. Canadians have accepted in approx 9.5million refugees in crisis the last few decades yes, but during attacks eg:911 or tragedies like the Titanic, we have opened our homes(for free) to stranded families all over our country. Literally, in our homes, beds, clothes etc. Most of us believe, "I hope if I ever got stuck like this that someone would take my family in." I think some people don't realize we are the first to volunteer to help people in trouble. Heck we haven't had conscription(the draft) since 1917. America was 73. The reason? We volunteer immed. That being said, now I must say sorry. Sorry for typos or bad grammar. I don't have my glasses on! 🤗😉
Great attitudes great people.......wish some of that would drift south we NEED IT!!!
It's things like this that encourage the smugness i've encountered so often, particularly in relation to out neighbours to the south
My favourite country now is Canada. I will live there in the future.
Just lovely! You are our soul-siblings. Gruezi and love from Switzerland on (nearly) your special day.
Am so proud to be a Canadian especially on this Canada Day. I loved each and every picture, some I laughed out loud and am still smiling. Thank you for posting this
Canada will actually pay you to move there and be a normal working person. I forget what all the stipulations are but I think it's cool they are proud and secure enough to invite people to move there
“My bags are packed, I’m ready to go.... Just not crazy about the winters and moose down Main Street. But it all seems so civilized, especially in comparison with the c**p we’re living in here.
Some people from my cold area, move to British Columbia, however their winter consists of much rain, therefore they move back, well, you don't have to shovel rain, and require no heavy winter clothing, also B.C. is beautiful !!!
Most of these kind posts brought a tear to my eye. Even we 'supposedly' polite Brits can't match up to Canadian courtesy and kindness.
And yet, can we just talk about the treatment of the indigenous people by...shocker...Canadians? Yes, many other cultures are to blame for the same thing but if you promote how nice you are you really need to address other things.
let's say that what these photos show are details, which stand out in the whole. because if really all of Canada has this kind of behavior, this attitude towards justice, loyalty, compliance with laws and rules, then it really is a piece of another planet transported to earth. and in any case I would really like to be able to move to a place where crime has its moral, however, where the police have the time and the numbers, to be able to start playing with children on the street, and above all where the children don't pull molotovs on the machines of the police shouting ACAB, acronym of "All Cops Are Bastards"
I live in California, USA and this stuff is a little weird, but I admire the kindness.
Some parts of Canada, the winters are not so bad, our winters here can be severe !!!
Not where I live on the west coast - Vancouver Island. We moved here from Alberta to get away from the freezing cold winters - had had enough after 44 years! Love the winters here - hardly any snow with temps averaging 47 degrees. Can still sit out on a patio and drink yummy coffees. And the summers are spectacular with the temps averaging between 72 and 85. Just thought I'd let you know.🙂
Load More Replies... So Moving to Canada. My son tells me I am too friendly/polite to be a New Zealander lol. Once I get rid of the kids here I come :)
Now how about talking about all the indigenous communities that don't have access to clean water? What about the enormous disparities between rich and poor? What about the tar sands witch we continue to exploit in the name of "economic growth" even tough it's the DIRTIEST petrol of all? What about police brutality or systemic racism? What about dental care and eye care being out of the free health care system? No, canada isn't all fun and games all the time.
Nicholas, our healthcare system is NOT free. It's paid for through our income taxes and covers basic hospital and doctor fees. In most provinces eye care is covered for children up to 18, and seniors over 65. It is up to you to buy additional coverage for your needs. If you are that unhappy living here, you would be hard pressed to find somewhere better. No country/city is perfect. Good luck in your futile pursuit for perfection.
Load More Replies... I actually discussed moving with my husband. Except I've lived in The deep south for my entire life, out winter is like 45° and I'd prob die if we moved
I'm moving to Canada. But not Quebec cause then I can't have Critical Role.
WTF? You're a little bonkers. Therapy would be a good thing for you. No wonder he left.
Load More Replies... It really is generally that good. People just seem to default to nice.
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