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“You are the moose in the clearing and the moosehead on the wall. You are the rapids, the propeller, the kerosene lamp. You are the dust that coats the roadside berries. But not only that. You are the two boys with pails walking along that road, and one of them, the taller one minus the straw hat, is me.” 

Billy Collins dedicated these lines to the one and only Canada. A land filled with myth, politeness, and rivers of maple syrup cascading down into the mouths of various travelers and locals alike. One Facebook group, named Meanwhile in Canada, shares the witty, the silly, and the outright hilarious memes that define the country. 

Dear Pandarandas, please feel free to fill yer boots with this wondrous collection of funny-haha pictures, upvote your favorites, and leave some comments, because why not, eh? And if you’re craving more, here’s another article, and since we’re feeling generous, another here

I’ve got a confession to make, dear reader. I’ve never been to Canada myself. Unbelievable, I know! All the wondrous things that I am missing out on truly burden my soul with craving and desire. Especially if it’s maple syrup flavored. On pancakes. With a fire crackling in the background, its warmth hitting my back…

Enough daydreaming, let’s have a little wander into what people love most about Canada. Catherine Atton, who compiled a list of 11 things Canadians adore about their homeland, presents them to be the incredible landscapes, the wildlife, the craft breweries, the friendliness of the people, hockey, and the food. 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES. No idea what a mile is but I’m 5’9”. It’s currently -12C outside but I cooked my lasagna at 375F earlier. The word “color,” looks weird without the “u,” like it’s missing a certain je ne sais quoi 😉

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hehe, glad it’s not just us Brits that sit on the imperial/metric fence!

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Juliette Deroulede
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha. I'm pure American and speak like one, but because of my obsessive reading of old English novels, I often spell like a Brit and, having taken French for four years, I, too, randomly throw in French words...

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From a German's perspective, Dutch seems similar to this. It sounds like a brutal German accent, with the "ch" throat sounds from Switzerland and random English words in it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, we spell like the French for a lot of things. Americans call serviettes napkins.

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Kristal
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After moving to Canada, I have realized this is very true. Though, my oven has Fahrenheit and Celsius

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my husband got a job in Niagara Falls, Ont. he went there ahead of me to work there. On moving day, I crossed the Peace Bridge in our Corvette and checked in as a resident. While driving up the QEW I phoned him to tell him it was so cool to have that long stretch of road where I could drive 110 (km) I think he spit his coffee when he heard me say that and quickly corrected me. :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

English speaking Canadians do not through in French words, totally opposite. The French with their regional French do this as they don't speak proper French maybe it's an educational thing?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favourite is that we have produce priced in lbs but when you go to pay its converted to g.

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S Mi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Price on the sign for apples is in pounds, pay per kg at the register....

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Andrea Careless
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and we’re supposed to spell the metric stuff this way: metre, kilometre, centimetre, etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Several years ago an older relative was dating a particularly irritating dingbat. We were out at a baseball game one very hot day, and someone made the comment that it had been something like 38C that day, and her response was "Oh, I don't know what that is - I only use DEGREES."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our houses are measured in square feet unless it's a real estate listing, in which case we call up the conversion site online while muttering darkly.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've noticed the variants from watching Highway Through Hell. They used klicks, miles, yards, meters, centimeters, kilograms, and inches. Crazy but I understand them, lol.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Canadian and watch the show too. To appeal to the much larger US audience they use US units. Personally I find it annoying watching Canadian shows which reference Miles. This is something anyone below 50 would stuggle with.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I measure height in feet but, everything else is metric though.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Distance is spoken of in hours of flight time or driving time.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for saying this!!! I moved from the U.S. to Canada ten years ago, and have asked my husband WTF this is all about, can't you people make up your minds?! Recipes here are also not metric, yet everything in the supermarket is...makes life so hard!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

St. Catherine St. Montreal. love Montreal, could eat off subway floor

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We (U.S.) randomly throw in French, as well. English doesn’t have its own word for “a dead-end street with a turn-around”. Lots of loan words/phrases from French. That other stuff is pretty wacky, though. Pick one

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still haven't dared tell my mother that cul de sac means a**e of a bag

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In germany we also throw french words in but we do it for hundreds of years so nobody cares anymore. ^^

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what convinces me that I am supposed to be in Canada. Not only is it the most chill place in North America, they also have my exact speaking and writing tendencies. Seriously I do pretty much all of this. Like, obviously brits are correct about the spelling of everything that exists, but I pronounce them like an American because I am an American, and if I'm actually angry at you I start insulting you in French under my breath because my teachers can't punish me for calling you a salope but they can and will if I do it in english

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Canadians like to say they have french, but many doesn't do anything to protect it. It's almost disappeared outside Quebec.

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Who could forget about poutine? Thick-cut french fries, homemade gravy and melted cheese combined into a mouthwatering treat that fills one up with happiness and salt. The secret of this dish is in the use of real cheese curds. 

If you can’t get cheese curds, the closest possible substitution would be torn chunks of a full-fat block of mozzarella cheese. Seasons & Suppers have a lovely little recipe for this food of the gods if you’d like to try it yourself. Trust me—it’s worth it! 

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One taste of poutine and you’ll be packing your bags, buying one-way tickets, and planning your life in Canada. But hold on there, speedy! Each country has its own positives and negatives that need to be considered before one decides to uproot their life and take up a new culture. 

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In other countries, they have an elf on a shelf. In Canada, we have:

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the plural of goose is geese shouldn't the plural of moose be meese?

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Charlie Clissitt, who researches countries and cities around the world, compiled a list of things to know about Canada as a whole. This is the second time I’ve mentioned a list within a list… I’m getting Inception vibes, but I need to stop myself from getting distracted and give you some of this information you’re curious about, eh? 

The country is the second largest in the world. Charlie explained that it would take you over four years to walk its coastline. To make everything a bit more manageable, Canada is divided into thirteen parts (ten ‘provinces’ and three ‘territories’). However, many cities are world-class, scoring top marks in healthcare, education, environment, infrastructure, and stability.

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Two Canadians die and end up in Hell. Satan decides to pay them a visit, so he walks into their room and sees them talking and laughing. Confused, he asks them why they're happy.
They tell him, "Well, we're so sick of the cold where we're from, and this place is nice and toasty."
Satan, annoyed, storms away and goes to Hell's boiler room, where he turns up the temperature.
He goes back to the Canadians' room, along the way being begged by all sorts of people to put the heating back down. He enters the room to see the Canadians having a barbecue. Furiously, he asks them what they're doing.
"Well, we can't pass up this wonderful weather without getting out the barbecue!"
Satan realizes he's been doing the wrong thing. He goes to the boiler room and turns it down until it's at a colder temperature than ever seen on earth.
He knows he's won now, so he goes back to the Canadians' room, only to see them jumping up and down in excitement. He shouts at them in fury, "WHY ARE YOU STILL HAPPY?!?!?!"
They look at him and shout at the same time, "Hell froze over! That means the Leafs won!"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that guywho wished to live until they won will be paying them an angry visit

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Canada is also very multicultural, with more than 20% of Canadians having been born in another country. Quite frankly, there’s enough space for all to go around. It also has two official languages, which are English and French. 

However, there’s also the good ole Canadian slang. If someone goes to the “biffy” then they’re off to the toilet. A $1 coin is a “loonie” and a $2 coin is a “toonie.” There’s more, but I particularly like these. 

But of course, there are two sides to any coin. It gets freezing cold. Apart from the country’s west coast in British Columbia, the average temperature never exceeds zero in wintertime. Vast parts of the country can dip as low as -30°C (-22°F) or -40°C (-40°F). Also, beware the bears. There are three kinds to worry about, from least to most scary: black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears.

Moving2Canada adds a few other things to consider. Tipping is mandatory for service staff (the standard tip is 15% of the total bill), it takes a long time to secure a job, rent and transport are expensive, it is illegal to smoke in public places, and your driving license may be invalid depending on the province or territory you decided to move to. Fun stuff. 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if the meg was filmed in canada, it would start out like this, than an orca would eat it.

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But we’re here to enjoy the funny side of things. So please, dear reader, forget about your worries in life, forget about your life in general, and enjoy the present moment being surrounded by a whole bunch of funny memes. Take a breath, let it out, and continue scrolling through, upvoting your favorites.

I look forward to seeing you all in the next one, and g’day! 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta agree. Managed to save 4 doggos on my block this week. One had a microchip and I took her home to her mommo myself. Two more appear to be a bonded pair of terriers. We're taking fliers around to every trailer park in the area, because we're pretty sure they got away from an older person. And #4 is a hard case. A white bull weenie I've been trying to get off the road since July. Named her Ghost. Ghost turned out to be a couple weeks preggo. Sad I didn't manage to get her in before that, but I'm gonna help her deliver the pups. They should be due around Christmas. Sorry, I just love animals and wanted to share. Been a very big week. 🐕

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One does not need to be Canadian to experience an angry Canadian Goose. They migrate south....to California. And nest near popular coastal trails in the Bay Area. And, heaven help you if one of their babies decides to get curious and approach you....because you WILL be chased by an angry mother goose.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Overhead shot combined with a bright sun low in the horizon. Perfect shot.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*In a David Attenborough voice* And here we have the lesser spotted Canadian shoveler, searching relentlessly, and in vain, for food.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poutine is pure comfort food 🧡 ETA - my favourite variations are donair poutine, Philly cheesesteak poutine, and butter chicken poutine 😍

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omfg. I’m in Edmonton right now complaining about the -35C we had two days ago. My friends back home in BC, where it’s about 1 degree, were like “yeah but it’s a dry cold, you’ll be fine, it’s not as cold as our wet cold.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually really common to see in parking lots (in Van at least)….and somehow it’s usually a Wrangler lol

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