NationStates Jolt Archive

As a Canadian I'm just curious about what you know about this country. :D (Also include where you're from in your answer.)

I'm from America and I know it's north of us.

its big and full of ice

and they have a factory here

im from belfast in northern ireland

You end your sentences with "eh," eh? :D

It's so damned cold! My igloo froze. ^_^ from Toronto, Canada! ^_^ I don't have to say what I know because I'd just give away the answers.

If memory serves the canadian air force is responsible for the deaths of the baldwin brothers- so Canada is a o k with me.

It's really big.
People say "Eh."
There are funny men on horses!
Some people speak French.

:D

I know it's the second largest country in the world, and it's somewhere I'd like to visit. It's really cold.... and.... not much, really.

and for your info... Scotland, UK.

That we need teleportation devices to bring other members of NS from other countries in! ;)

(btw, White Rock Beach - British Columbia!)

You end your sentences with "eh," eh? :D

I once heard some Canadian comedians say they use the term "beauty" there too, as in "I'm going out to Alberta. Beauty, eh?" :D

its big and full of ice

and they have a factory here

im from belfast in northern ireland
I'm pretty sure we have more than one factory here. :cool:

The CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) has more employees than the military!

I once heard some Canadian comedians say they use the term "beauty" there too, as in "I'm going out to Alberta. Beauty, eh?" :D
We use pretty too.

Context: pretty cold out, eh?

I'm pretty sure we have more than one factory here. :cool:
no...i meant you have a factory here, in Belfast. Bombardier

It's really big.
People say "Eh."
There are funny men on horses!
Some people speak French.

:D
Haven't seen many funny men on horses lately but people do speak french! (I'm happily bilingual. :D )

Haven't seen many funny men on horses lately but people do speak french! (I'm happily bilingual. :D )
No men with horses?
:(
The RCMP rock.

no...i meant you have a factory here, in Belfast. Bombardier Oh yeah.. osps.

We use pretty too.

Context: pretty cold out, eh? Oohhh yea! Today was especially so... minus 28 and with the windsheild minus 41 (celsius)! You really have to bundle up here, eh! :p

The CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) has more employees than the military!Lol! True, and proud of it :D

Canada, eh?

Some of it is very, very cold.
Some of it is not so cold.
The capital is Ottawa.
You have a parliamentary/prime minister system.
You still have the queen on your money. (Which you have to admit is a bit weird.)
There are ten provinces and three? territories, though British Columbia is more unlike the others than it is similar.
You have almost as bad a history with respect to native peoples as the U.S. does.
Beer is very popular. So is hockey. Strangely enough, so is lacrosse.
You participate in NORAD.
Gay marriage is legal and marijuana is decriminalized. (You wicked, wicked Canucks :) )
You, so far, have had the good sense to stay out of the Iraq mess.

Oh yeah... Wisconsin "the 4th Canadian territory" U.S.A. here, eh. :D

Greetings from Australia!

What do I know about Canada, eh? I know where BC is, plus Yukon, Northern terrortries, Alberta and Seskerswshan (but cannot say/spell it) plus I watch "Yvone of the Yukon." I know there are mounties, eh? It sometimes snows, there's a city called Uranium city. You have some funky potato chips (putin, poutine or something) in a underground shopping centre/mall. Qubec is half french and you fought against the Brits in the US war of independance because of the French connection. Celine Dion, William Shatner and that cartoon guy all hail from your area. Wolves, some deer and polar bears are in Canada. Maple syrup, leaves and ice hockey where people beat each other up and sometimes a game of hockey will break out! A commonwealth country, not into cricket too much, but the fastest half century scored in one day internationals was done by a Canuk. A Canadian once told me that Vancouver has similar weather to Sydney (so watch out for the bush fires, droughts and a 100 degree autum, or what I think you call 'fall'). Some people don't lock their doors, there are better gun laws than in the USA with other progressive social policies that I can't think of, although some seem a little odd. Canadians don't like spray deodorants, and would rather sticks. Did I forget anything?:D

I'm from Malaysia.

I studied your pre-u (Grade 12) here in Malaysia. Lots of great canadian teachers. Nearly went to University of Alberta, or UBC to study there.

Is it true that Vancouver is 50% Asian?

Well, anyway, I think you should be like Australia, except just colder in certain places.

I'm American.


Your the second largest nation in the world
Your Prime Minister is Paul Martin
Your main language is English, but also French
Provinces I know: Yukon, British Columbia, NW Territory, Quebec
Free healthcare
People that claim to be the "good" counterpart to Americans

I'm American.


Your the second largest nation in the world
Your Prime Minister is Paul Martin
Your main language is English, but also French
Provinces I know: Yukon, British Columbia, NW Territory, Quebec
Free healthcare
People that claim to be the "good" counterpart to Americans

Should I be anal and point out that the Yukon and NWT are not provinces?

Nahhhhhh....

Should I be anal and point out that the Yukon and NWT are not provinces?

Nahhhhhh....
That would be quite anal indeed, cut me some slack. Never saw a map that specifically said they weren't really provinces. Hell, knowing that Yukon and NWT exists is pretty significant.


EDIT: VERY anal....mmhmm.....

as an American, i can say your prime minister debates are a great deal more open and feisty than US's debates, your Prime Minister is an interesting mix of business and political background, your music kicks, i love your women (i very well could be the father of a few dozen Canadians) and generally the populace has a great deal more interest and information about politics. Too bad it is so damn cold and hockey is a dead sport (nhl strike) in North America. bad things are the smug wish to be more French, the silly belief that insulting America wll only get you either ignored or punished (80% plus of your exports are consuemd her, you need us).

I generally like and respect Canadians a great deal, but that Quebec and its' pseudo French is a boil on the ass of humanity....course, France is the anus of humanity, lol.

sorry, the canucks are real friends, they are telling America that they are acting a bit like 300 lb roid raged buffoons lately....

I find it funny people know about Yukon and NWT yet very few people actually live there.

Canadian here, Nova Scotia!

By the way, please shovel us out! We've gotten about 4 feet of snow in the last week...not that that compares at all to White Juan we got last year. Fear the snow, the snow...

<freaks out>

I know that Canada is only the FUCKING MOST AMAZING COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE FRIGGIN WORLD. (deep breath).

Now I'm from Hamilton, Ontario, which could be considered the "Pittsburgh of Canada", or if your feeling really cruel, "the Armpit of Canada", but I'm a Canadia patriot that believes our Healthcare system is THE role model all countries should follow for the medical care systems. Plus, there are so many extremely talented Canadians in the international and especially American arts and business scenes that no one knows are Canadian because unfortunately, the media from other countries doesn't like admitting that someone from such a small Canada is good at all.

That's the paranoid nationalist in me... :D

Seriously, Canada rules, and so does New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. We should all break off and form our own uber-cool continent, where the national pastimes are footy, hockey and aussie rules football, and we have doughnuts with our afternoon tea and every child gets a large croc-skinning knife for their tenth birthday.

(Sorry to all those I offended with my blatant stereotyping.... :p )

According to South Park, the best Canada is French Canada. You also only have one road. :p

I generally like and respect Canadians a great deal, but that Quebec and its' pseudo French is a boil on the ass of humanity....course, France is the anus of humanity, lol.


Try standing on a streetcorner in New Orleans and describing French as a "boil on humanity".

But leave an address first so we know where to send the flowers....

That we need teleportation devices to bring other members of NS from other countries in! ;)

(btw, White Rock Beach - British Columbia!)

Hey, you and I live in the same town! I live over near the intersection of King George highway and 16th avenue.

I'm from America and I know it's north of us.
Thank you!!!!

As a Canadian I'm just curious about what you know about this country. :D (Also include where you're from in your answer.)
I'm from America. Let's see. Capital is Ottawa. Gained formal independence from Britain in 1867. Largest city is Toronto. Provinces include Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Yukon Territories. Prime Minister since 2003 is Paul Martin, who replaced Jean Chretien. European-style parliament. Rather cold in winter. National sport is lacrosse. Two official languages--English and French. This is all from memory, too!

I'm from America. Let's see. Capital is Ottawa. Gained formal independence from Britain in 1867. Largest city is Toronto. Provinces include Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Yukon Territories. Prime Minister since 2003 is Paul Martin, who replaced Jean Chretien. European-style parliament. Rather cold in winter. National sport is lacrosse. Two official languages--English and French. This is all from memory, too!

You're good. You only missed, Newfoundland, and the Territories of Nunavut and NWT.
Also Prince Edward Island, which is the Canadian eqv of Rhode Island. :)

You're good. You only missed, Newfoundland, and the Territories of Nunavut and NWT.
Also Prince Edward Island, which is the Canadian eqv of Rhode Island. :)


Isn't Prince Edward Island where Anne of Green Gables lived?

"Most people know as much about homosexuals as Americans do Canada."
- Scott from Kids In the Hall.

I'm from the US. More specifically, I live a half an hour from Lake Ontario. Canada looks and feels like the US, except that civilisation ends north of Toronto and west of the St. Lawrence.

And the age of consent is 14. Trust me Anthrus, you don't want to go there.

I'm from the US. More specifically, I live a half an hour from Lake Ontario. Canada looks and feels like the US, except that civilisation ends north of Toronto and west of the St. Lawrence.
It does not; it just becomes the sticks when you get into eastern Ontario into the Ottawa-Arnprior-Cornwall area.

Hamilton is NOT the armpit of Canada - Ottawa is.

It's pronounced: Sa-skat-chew-won (Saskatchewan).

Nunavut is between all-of-it and some-of-it... :D

hockey - it's not just a sport, it's a way of life.

We have a national church - Tim Hortens.

Everyone knows that if you live in Atlantic Canada, getting 10 feet of snow is normal.

If you live on the west coast, getting drenched year round is also normal.

If you live in Ontario, you're hated by the rest of Canada.

I'd just like to say it's an overstatement to say that same sex marriage is legal in Canada. It has been ruled on by most Provincial Supreme Courts.. 7 by now, if I recall correctly, and one of the territories... the Yukon. Supreme Court (federal) ruled them constitutional, BUT a bill is yet to be passed on the matter. Prime Minister Martin promises he's willing to go to the polls over it, and I suspect that he'll win the day if he does (though I don't think it will be necessary, even with a minority government)... but it's not done yet.

Oh, and one more thing: It's goddamned COLD in Southern Ontario right now. Good -30 plus windchill where I am.

Then stay inside! No one in their right mind goes out in this damned nippy weather! My ass will freeze!

You have flapping heads.

Newfoundlanders are called Newfies.

The capital of Canada is Ottawa.

Provinces and territories of Canada that I can remember right now: Quebuc, Ontario, Alberta, Yukon territory, British Columbia, New Foundland, Northwest territory...

You pwn us in hockey.

We pwn you in baseball and basketball except for the Blue Jays in the early 90s.

The Liberal Party is the one in control right now.

GAy marriage is legal in Ontario.

Free healthcare.

Quebec speaks French. Bastards.

One-line facts are illegal.

Then stay inside!
Oh, I intend to, but a guy has to take out the recycling.

Isn't Prince Edward Island where Anne of Green Gables lived?

Yes, at least it is where the author lived and based the stories.
The books are hugely popular in Japan and tourists from Japan
flock to the Island every year.
Go figure?

I'm from Malaysia.

I studied your pre-u (Grade 12) here in Malaysia. Lots of great canadian teachers. Nearly went to University of Alberta, or UBC to study there.

Is it true that Vancouver is 50% Asian?

Well, anyway, I think you should be like Australia, except just colder in certain places.

Not all of Vancouver, certain areas certainly are, I live in Richmond
and more than 50% of the population here is Asian.
Of course there are every type of ethnic background living here, there is also a very large Indo-Canadian population.

Hrm. I stayed for some number of weeks in what was frequently called T-dot, and found that it had all kinds of heat during the night, which put me off no end. People lead me to believe that Canada was cold, but no, the hottest open-air temperatures that I have ever experienced occured during my time in Canada. The warmest nights I've ever known were experienced in Canada. I didn't see one single mounted policeman, though I can see plenty where I live (the UK), all be it not in flashy crimson uniform, anymore. I learned that we export the good Boddington's to Canada, which annoys me to this day, and that it is really friggin' easy to impress Canadians by being able to speak this wacky new dialect called, "English". In T-dot, the children don't have faces, they have billboards with cigarette ads. It is illegal to possess brightly-coloured balloons, illegal to own brightly coloured balloons! Children with cigarette adds for faces hold black balloons... and there's a tax on wicker goods.
Candians may say, "eh" a lot, but they don't pronounce it so, they pronounce it, "A" or "ay", and I assume that the, "eh" thing is born of the rebel colonies, which are even more easily impressed by an English accent, and can't spell for shit.
Canada is really forking large, and so are its buildings, flags, and waistlines. And boobs. Unless that's just my kind Canadalian host.

i know i went to toronto, edmonton (near) PE island, all of manitoba, and should have never left. that place, along with the rest of alberta, and NB, was WICKED AWESOME!!!!

As a Canadian I'm just curious about what you know about this country. :D (Also include where you're from in your answer.)
Almost nothing.

I have yet to have the oppurtunity to travel outside my own country. :( I am trying though. And due to the relative proximity of Canada, it will be one of the first places I visit.

i know what else. the guys in canada were very tall. the flags are huge, and , my best boast yet, is that i "know" a canadian male who can't ice skate!!!!

I live in the riding of Toronto Centre, comprised of at least 8 distinct, dense urban neighbourhoods with approx. 115,000 people living in an area 8.5 square miles. There's Canada's largest gay community, as well as one of Canada's richest communities, one or two semi-historic communities, and a number of highly successful mixed social-and-private housing projects. There are more ethinicities living within walking distance of each other here than I can most likely remember to mention, but here goes: Jamaican, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Somalian, Nigerian, Lebanese, Iranian, Iraqi, Afghani, Sri Lankan, Tamil (yeahhh, I know but whatever makes people happy - what's in a name, anyway?), Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Filipino, Koren, Vietnamese, Chinese, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and...and my head hurts.

*slaps head*

Stop sloshing around up there, will you? I'm trying to write, here.

Well... canada's got a cool flag, some awesome places to canoe and uhm. well. I've met some nice french-canadians...you guys don't lock your doors (or did you just make that up for all foreigners to have something to talk about when they come back?)
Seems to me like you have so much more space than we do here (Switzerland). Is it true that you have huge areas where there's just ...nature ??
Over here Canada is considered by most to be very similar to the US, just without all the negative US-stereotypes. Make of it what you want, I think it's supposed to be a compliment .
(no offense to any americans around :p)

Well... canada's got a cool flag, some awesome places to canoe and uhm. well. I've met some nice french-canadians...you guys don't lock your doors (or did you just make that up for all foreigners to have something to talk about when they come back?)
Seems to me like you have so much more space than we do here (Switzerland). Is it true that you have huge areas where there's just ...nature ??


Britsh Columbia alone has set aside 12% or so of its landmass as protected park land. Even many unprotected areas are still pristine and is rivalled in beauty, from what I've seen, only by the Kashmir valley. Recent additions to the BC parks system include the Khutzymeteen Grizzly sanctuary near Prince Rupert and the Kitlope watershed south of Kitimat. It's an enormous hunk of pristine rainforest which was donated by WestFraser Timber: a logging company which had full legal right to clear cut most of it. Go figger.

This I know coz I used to live there. *sigh* :( Stuck in fricking Alberta now.

Britsh Columbia alone has set aside 12% or so of its landmass as protected park land. Even many unprotected areas are still pristine and is rivalled in beauty, from what I've seen, only by the Kashmir valley. Recent additions to the BC parks system include the Khutzymeteen Grizzly sanctuary near Prince Rupert and the Kitlope watershed south of Kitimat. It's an enormous hunk of pristine rainforest which was donated by WestFraser Timber: a logging company which had full legal right to clear cut most of it. Go figger.

This I know coz I used to live there. *sigh* :( Stuck in fricking Alberta now.
Sounds very nice! And here I am, very excited about the fact that I can see part of a tiny little forest from my bedroom window. :)

Sounds very nice! And here I am, very excited about the fact that I can see part of a tiny little forest from my bedroom window. :)

hehe back home there was a large stand of 300-400 year old Sitka Spruce right behind my house. Saw lotsa bears and the odd cougar which is scary coz sometimes they eat people. :eek:

hehe back home there was a large stand of 300-400 year old Sitka Spruce right behind my house. Saw lotsa bears and the odd cougar which is scary coz sometimes they eat people. :eek:
And people here worry about a hungry fox every once in a while, who could attack their sheep. or dogs. or ducks. or whatever.

And people here worry about a hungry fox every once in a while, who could attack their sheep. or dogs. or ducks. or whatever.


We had problems with foxes too. Huge overpopulation and so they began running off with people's pet cats. Before I left it was the grizzly bears sneaking into town looking for a meal. Veyr scary. At least you can scare off a black bear (aside from a momma bear) but a Grizz would laugh and swat your head off... then eat you or stomp you into the muck.

We had problems with foxes too. Huge overpopulation and so they began running off with people's pet cats. Before I left it was the grizzly bears sneaking into town looking for a meal. Veyr scary. At least you can scare off a black bear (aside from a momma bear) but a Grizz would laugh and swat your head off... then eat you or stomp you into the muck.
I've never seen a live bear. Oh yes, I have! Tons of them. In the 'bear ditch' (now don't laugh. It's a 'tourist attraction' over here. Bern, our capital city, has a bear on the cantonal flag, so they decided-back when nobody protested against this sort of thing- to dig a whole and put bears in there. They're still there, trotting in circles, and all the little kids from Bern are dragged there every other weekend to 'go feed the bears'. )
You see...people here don't really know all that much about 'wild animals' ;)

Mounties.

I'm from Windsor, for the Americans it is just south of Detroit (yes, that's right, we're south of Detroit).

I have seen a Mountie, but they don't wear the red uniforms much anymore, and they don't ride into battle.

I do say 'eh' a lot.

I don't drink beer much.

I can't ice skate.

I love my country :)

You're good at hockey, the capital is Ottawa (my mom has cousins who live there), and many people in the French-speaking majority in Quebec want to become their own country and almost did backi in some big vote in the 90's. The capital of Alberta is Edmonton (I've been there) and I'm pretty sure Vancouver is the capital of British Colombia. Ontario is the most ppopulous province with over 10 million, followed by Quebec. Toronto is your largest city, and Montreal is 2nd or 3rd (my friend used to live there and keeps telling me how much better it is than Toronto). I could go on, but I'm probaly getting bored. Oh yeah, I live just north of Chicago. I alomost forgot to mention that when I was in Canada, I liked it much better than America.

You're a Anglo-Gallic mob who beat each other up in hockey rinks.

....course, France is the anus of humanity, lol.
Your confusing the US with France.
Anyway. Canada, or rather New Foundland, was probably the site of the first landing of Europeans in the new world. Long before Columbus was even concieved.

Bonjour!

You also only have one road.

Hehe...yeah that'd be the Trans-Canada Highway. In Toronto it's the 401 I think and here in Laval/Montreal its the 440.

I'm bilingual but I don't like French Canadians. Those people don't know how to drive! They drive opposite the traffic...

Laval is like the best city ever. 500,000 people. That's pretty good compared to most of the towns/cities in Canada. However, we still live in the shadow of Montreal. We deserve to be on the map!

Canada

It's an island off the west coast of Africa.

Sumo Wrestling is the national sport.

People there don't have legs, they move around on hoverpods.

National animal is the Aquatic Emu.

Canada only has 2/3rds the normal gravity of everywhere else on earth.

In Canada the sun looks like William Shatners face.

Everybody loves R.E.M. EVERYBODY!

Notebooks are illegal, punishable by atomic wedgies.

They hate the welsh.

The color black does not exist in Canada.

ANYBODY WHO SAYS DIFFERENT LIES!!!!!!!!

Canada

It's an island off the west coast of Africa.

Sumo Wrestling is the national sport.

People there don't have legs, they move around on hoverpods.

National animal is the Aquatic Emu.

Canada only has 2/3rds the normal gravity of everywhere else on earth.

In Canada the sun looks like William Shatners face.

Everybody loves R.E.M. EVERYBODY!

Notebooks are illegal, punishable by atomic wedgies.

They hate the welsh.

The color black does not exist in Canada.

ANYBODY WHO SAYS DIFFERENT LIES!!!!!!!!


Wow, you sure do know your geography.

Their money can't be used in vending machines here
Their quarters have steel in them and can easily be detected in a role of quarters with a magnet
Drinking age is only 19 instead of 21 but their beer sucks anyways
They think that they're better than everybody else, then again so do we
They can spell Canada only using three letters, but it only works if done out loud
They are separated from the United States by a giant moat of baked beans
Mayonnaise on hamburgers, yuck :mad:
They only have one road
They have flapping heads and beady eyes
They're good at hockey

How's it goin' eh? Canada is awesome. I live in a dusty little hicktown in Alberta...I can be in the mountains hiking in 2 hours...or be in the province capital (Edmonton) shopping in 2 hours. Everyday on my way to school, i walk through a forest. The other day, it was -39 here...-47 with the windchill. We still had to go to school...then it started to rain all of the sudden...so my friends and i went skating on the sidewalks. I love canada. I do not think that americans are stupid. Although i've met a few who want to make me change my thoughts...Europe is awesome, especially Belgium, where the food is just so damned good...Canadian food is...odd...where else would you get french fries, covered in cheese and gravy...for breakfast?? We also eat beavertails. They are very delicious with a bit of sugar and cinnamon...no joke. The NWT isn't completely cold all the time..in the summer, you can go waterskiing and not freeze. And you can go at anytime you want because the sun is up for up to 24 hours in the summer....but in the winter...they have the up to 24 hours of dark...People say eh. I say eh. Even the canadians who think they don't say eh....they say eh. Farm boys are hot. We have too many deer. I hate deer. If you want some deer, come to canada...weve got tons to spare. I don't say aboot. Unless i'm with americans...then i say it just to uphold the stereotype. Canadian guys are, as a general rule, very good looking. Then again, so are Dutch guys...European fashion takes awhile to get to my little town...it makes me laugh....we miss most of the "hottest new trends" or we get them the following year. Canada is awesome. Come for a visit!! With a landmass this big...theres something here for everyone.

Drinking age is only 19 instead of 21 but their beer sucks anyways
They're good at hockey

Here in Alberta...the drinking age is 18!! WHOO and you just need some good buck-a-beer to change your thinking...or Big Rock...now thats some good beer...

Here in Alberta...the drinking age is 18!! WHOO and you just need some good buck-a-beer to change your thinking...or Big Rock...now thats some good beer...

The gray section at the Bell Center in Montreal smells like urine and beer. Not a great place to sit while watching the Habs.

Oohhh yea! Today was especially so... minus 28 and with the windsheild minus 41 (celsius)! You really have to bundle up here, eh! :p

Sorry, but the other night here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, it was -30 and with windchill it was -51... It was so cold I went out for about 2 minutes, and the fabric of my pants froze solid, and my hair froze, too. This summer, we were second only to Siberia for the coldest weather. In short... Winnipeg is a frozen hellscape.

1)Their money can't be used in vending machines here
2)Their quarters have steel in them and can easily be detected in a role of quarters with a magnet
3)Drinking age is only 19 instead of 21 but their beer sucks anyways
4)They think that they're better than everybody else, then again so do we
5)They can spell Canada only using three letters, but it only works if done out loud
6)They are separated from the United States by a giant moat of baked beans
7)Mayonnaise on hamburgers, yuck :mad:
8)They only have one road
9)They have flapping heads and beady eyes
10)They're good at hockey
Let's see what you were right about.

1)Yes... I hate American vending machines. It seems like if the bill is folded in any way, it won't be accepted.
2)Our quarters do indeed have steel in them.
3) The beer is actually pretty good... what kind did you have?
4) No, the WHO says we're better than everyone else.
5) Um... don't know what you're talking about...
6) No... but I know you were joking so I'll let it slide.
7) They do that in the states too. In fact, I think that the main ingredient in McDonalds Special Sauce is Mayo.
8) I assume you're talking about the TransCanada Highway... It's not our only highway, just the biggest one.
9)LOL...I love South Park
10) *sniff* so true....

Of course you can spell it with 3 letters.
C..eh? N.. eh? D.. eh?
Canada.
And here I thought everyone had heard that joke.

Everyone knows that if you live in Atlantic Canada, getting 10 feet of snow is normal.

Really? I thought you guys in Toronto would hold the record. I live in Rochester, and as you know, we compete with Buffalo and Syracuse every year as the snowiest city in North America. We've won for the past couple of years. Anyhow, even though it is only a very small city, Watertown's snow puts us all to shame.

You're good at hockey, the capital is Ottawa (my mom has cousins who live there), and many people in the French-speaking majority in Quebec want to become their own country and almost did backi in some big vote in the 90's. The capital of Alberta is Edmonton (I've been there) and I'm pretty sure Vancouver is the capital of British Colombia. Ontario is the most ppopulous province with over 10 million, followed by Quebec. Toronto is your largest city, and Montreal is 2nd or 3rd (my friend used to live there and keeps telling me how much better it is than Toronto). I could go on, but I'm probaly getting bored. Oh yeah, I live just north of Chicago. I alomost forgot to mention that when I was in Canada, I liked it much better than America.

The Capital of British Columbia is Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Vancouver (the city) is on the mainland south coast.

Oh yeah... Wisconsin "the 4th Canadian territory" U.S.A. here, eh. :D
Packers suck! :p



Now that that's out of the way:

You have french as your second official language, the CN tower in Toronto is cool, your country should be called Canadia, or you should be called canadans. Celine Dion is the most annoying thing to come out of Canada.

Canada hmm...

Well it is big, your ruler is the english queen (what the hell?), you fought in wwI and wwII, your flag is red-white-red with a red leaf in the middle, O'Canada is the anthem, part french and part english, nova scotia, halifax, toronto, ontario, inuit people, north of the U.S., not far from greenland, the magnetic north is under canada now, in halifax a cannon is fired at 6 in the morning every day, you say about weird, you have a military (Royal Canadian), scottish gaelic is spoken by some in nova scotia (New Scotland), millions live there etc. ...

I know that the canadians are better people than the americans.

Well it is big, your ruler is the english queen (what the hell?)...
Queen's the Head of State, but that's only ceremonial. The Head of Government is the Prime Minister.

I know that the canadians are better people than the americans.
Nothing quite like sweeping generalizations. Ahh. :rolleyes:

Really? I thought you guys in Toronto would hold the record. I live in Rochester, and as you know, we compete with Buffalo and Syracuse every year as the snowiest city in North America. We've won for the past couple of years. Anyhow, even though it is only a very small city, Watertown's snow puts us all to shame.
I live a bare few minutes from Watertown - but across the border, in Kingston. We get barely 1/3 the snow that Watertown does, if memory serves me.

I'm not a fan of upstate New York, though, it always seems a bit unpleasant to me. Pennsylvania even more so. I always get this impression of over-industrialisation in the North, and utter poverty in the South. It's unfortunate - many parts of the United States that were once beautiful have now been laid waste by the rampant industrialisation that your country has undergone.

[QUOTE=International Terrans]I live a bare few minutes from Watertown - but across the border, in Kingston. We get barely 1/3 the snow that Watertown does, if memory serves me.[QUOTE]
Another Kingstonian? Hooray!

Isn't Prince Edward Island where Anne of Green Gables lived?

Now that we got the fixed link bridge, it's known to most maritimers as "Prince Edward on a Stick".

BC's weather is not the same as Sydney Australia. Sydney is overall way warmer and has less rain than BC.

Our drinking age is 18,not 19. But in my case I made it 15 for myself.

Most of the country is snowbound in winter except for the south west coast of BC which gets an occasional dusting, and I'd say the most rain.

Overall,Canada and it's people are decent.

Peace from Canada

Packers suck! :p



Now that that's out of the way:

You have french as your second official language, the CN tower in Toronto is cool, your country should be called Canadia, or you should be called canadans. Celine Dion is the most annoying thing to come out of Canada.
Lol! Celine Dion does get quite annoying after a while.... when you listen to the radio, you're bound to hear her at least once.... *shudder* Oh, and to make things worse, she's the representative person for Air Canada! :eek: I'm not setting foot on one of those planes ever again! Oh and I'd like to thank America for letting us ditch her over there. :D

Lol! Celine Dion does get quite annoying after a while.... when you listen to the radio, you're bound to hear her at least once.... *shudder* Oh, and to make things worse, she's the representative person for Air Canada! :eek: I'm not setting foot on one of those planes ever again! Oh and I'd like to thank America for letting us ditch her over there. :D
She was never not annoying, man. Besides, I don't hear her on the radio, mostly because I only listen to rock and the CBC.

I vowed never to fly Air Canada ever again before I turned 10 years old.

So long, Celine! Don't come back!

Another Kingstonian? Hooray!
Oh, most certainly. Spent 90% of my life here.

Kingston's not terribly small, though.

Nothing quite like sweeping generalizations. Ahh. :rolleyes:

The factual nature of the statement is illustrated by canadian and american foreign and domestic policy.

Oh, most certainly. Spent 90% of my life here.

Kingston's not terribly small, though.
Indeed it's not. It's not terribly big either. Nice weather we're having right now, though, eh? Me, I can't recall being out of Kingston for more than 2 weeks at a time, and that was just the one time. It's kind of depressing: born in KGH, now attending Queen's, it's like I've spent 18 years on this Earth and all I've done is walk down Stuart Street and turn right at University.

The factual nature of the statement is illustrated by canadian and american foreign and domestic policy.
Or maybe we just have different ideas about what's in everyone's best interest.

I find it funny people know about Yukon and NWT yet very few people actually live there.

Canadian here, Nova Scotia!

By the way, please shovel us out! We've gotten about 4 feet of snow in the last week...not that that compares at all to White Juan we got last year. Fear the snow, the snow...

<freaks out>

And to think we're slated for another 25-35 cm!

I definitely DON'T know anything about CSIS. Really.

I know that the nicest city is Montreal, well one of my best housemates ever said so, because he was from there. Though as it has the Grand Prix on an island in a river I'd agree with him. I know that weed is much cheaper than here (UK). Again my housemate informed me of this!

it's the 2nd largest country in the world
it's cold
hockey is popular (understatement)
they have one baseball team now that the expos left for DC.
they have a prime minister.
they have provinces, not states, of which i don't know a lot: BC, Quebec...um...yeah.
capital is ottawa
big cities: toronto, montreal
quebec has signs in french and english
biggest trading partner is the US
good place for draft dodgers
they say "eh"
they have police on horses.
former english colony, became independent w/o a war (wimps...)
to the north of the US.
to the south of the arctic
cheap colleges w/ good academics (at least McGill is)

i'm sure i know more stuff, but that's all for now.
from the USA.

Like good day eh!! My name is Bob MacKenzie and the hoser on the right is my brother Doug. Take off eh!!

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/6756/bd1.jpg

Canada....the Great White North.....strong and free! :D

You're a Anglo-Gallic mob who beat each other up in hockey rinks.
Yeah and when we get really angry, we take it out on the Americans!! :eek:

Packers suck! :p HA! I couldn't agree more. :D

...Celine Dion is the most annoying thing to come out of Canada.Avril Lavign's making a run for the money though. At least Celine has been banished to Vegas. ;)

BC's weather is not the same as Sydney Australia. Sydney is overall way warmer and has less rain than BC.

Our drinking age is 18,not 19. But in my case I made it 15 for myself.

Most of the country is snowbound in winter except for the south west coast of BC which gets an occasional dusting, and I'd say the most rain.

Overall,Canada and it's people are decent.

Peace from Canada

drinking age in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec is 18.
rest of country is 19.

peace from cowtown.

Avril Lavign's making a run for the money though. At least Celine has been banished to Vegas. ;)
Meh, you can at the very least laugh at Avril, if only for her tie getup.

How many of you canucks saw the South Park movie?

Lessee...
Canada spews out the words comedians on earth. There are no exceptions.
Canada has a big hockey culture, yet it's not the 'national sport' or whatever. Fuck me if I remember what it actually was.
Canadian girls don't get it. They just don't.
Canada is, when you compare the two, a weird, positive version of Finland.
Canada is, apparently, the place where Finland dumped all of their obnoxiously happy people. Then they started breeding like rats.
In Canada it's legal to fuck a 14 year old. Oh yes.
Canadians drink wussy beer.
Canadians will only take offence of that last comment.

So yeah. I'm from Finland. As if you hadn't guessed.

Produces good wrestlers.
Also has produced some attractive women.
Has produced some shitty singers, can someone name a good one from Canada? No offence.
When they get mad they say 'Fukenah' I know because I have a shirt from Canada that has that written on it :)
Their rivers flow with maple syrup instead of water, pancakes are regularly cooked by people on the side of the road and given away for free. If you're ever hungry, you just grab a free pancake and dip it in the river syrup and you have yourself a meal.
It's cold.
The country side is nice.

That's all I know.

Is Ottawa the capital?

Ottawa's only the capital during the winter. During the summer Moose Jaw becomes the capital.

You have a good healthcare system that a lot of people who actually live there think sucks the big one. Patch the holes in that, and I'll forget any faults not related to healthcare.

You don't have as many religious lunatics, but the ones you do have make ours look all warm and cuddly. I'm defining "religious lunatic" by US standards in which even most of the really shrill Evangelicals are considered sane.

Alberta is your Texas...or possibly more like your Kansas.

Quebec wants out.

One fifth of your country is also Nunavut.

Your taxes are ridiculous.

A third of your politicians...are freaking slimeballs. Kinda like over here. I can't say for a fact who has it worse.

Your education system is reputed to be better than ours.

Your Indians fought back a little harder. In fact, they gave you absolute HELL.

The weather up there is too freaking cold.

Toronto is like New York but not as interesting.

You have a big, fucking rock that takes up a large fraction of the country.

Your government's foreign policies have been just as Machiavellian...they just aren't as brazen about it.


That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm from North Carolina, US.

Canada is, apparently, the place where Finland dumped all of their obnoxiously happy people. Then they started breeding like rats.


hehehe... I knew a Finnish guy and he was so obnoxiously happy he was gay.:D

Ottawa's only the capital during the winter. During the summer Moose Jaw becomes the capital. And that's absolutely true. ;)

You have a good healthcare system that a lot of people who actually live there think sucks the big one. Patch the holes in that, and I'll forget any faults not related to healthcare.

You don't have as many religious lunatics, but the ones you do have make ours look all warm and cuddly. I'm defining "religious lunatic" by US standards in which even most of the really shrill Evangelicals are considered sane.

Alberta is your Texas...or possibly more like your Kansas.

Quebec wants out.

One fifth of your country is also Nunavut.

Your taxes are ridiculous.

A third of your politicians...are freaking slimeballs. Kinda like over here. I can't say for a fact who has it worse.

Your education system is reputed to be better than ours.

Your Indians fought back a little harder. In fact, they gave you absolute HELL.

The weather up there is too freaking cold.

Toronto is like New York but not as interesting.

You have a big, fucking rock that takes up a large fraction of the country.

Your government's foreign policies have been just as Machiavellian...they just aren't as brazen about it.


That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm from North Carolina, US.

That first point IS true.. now that I think about it, our healthcare isn't all that bad...
Hmmm... havn't heard of a religious luniatic lately... :p
Quebec has been wanting out since the beggining of eternity. :rolleyes:
Our taxes are ridiculous in a good or bad way?
I totally have to agree with the politians being slimeballs... but what can I say.... that's their job.
I thought that your education system was better then ours.... meh.
Correction: The weather in the winter is too freakin cold and too freakin hot in the summer!
Meh I've been to New York... too much pavement, not enough green :D But now I see where Toronto is heading.....
What's the name of the rock? I'm pretty sure we have more than one.... :p

drinking age in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec is 18.
rest of country is 19.

peace from cowtown.

I stand corrected neighbor!

Peace From The Dumbass

I thought Canadians live in Canada.......
Might be mistaken, though.

Well, here's what I know....

When i look around me, i can't believe what i see
it seems as if this country has lost its will to live
the economy is lousy, we barely have an army
but we can still stand proudly because canada's really big
we're the second largest country on this planet earth
and if Russia keeps on shrinking, then soon we'll be first!
(as long as we keep quebec)

The USA has tanks, and switzerland has banks
they can keep them thanks, they just don't amount
cause when you get down to it, you find out what the truth is,
it isn't what you do with it, it's the size that counts
most people will tell you that france is pretty large
but you can put fourteen frances into this land of ours!
(it'd take a lot of work, it'd take a whole lot of work)

we're larger than malaysia, almost as big as asia
we're bigger than australia and it's a continent
so big we seldom bother to go see one another
but we often go to other countries for vacations
our mountains are very pointy, our prairies are not
the rest is kinda bumpy, but man do we have a lot!
(we've got a lot of land, we've got a whole lot of land)

so stand up and be proud and sing it very loud
we stand out from the crowd, cause Canada's really big



Oh, you also have good beer and are letting me come to your university for a good price. Thanks, Canada! :fluffle:

Well, here's what I know....

When i look around me, i can't believe what i see
it seems as if this country has lost its will to live
the economy is lousy, we barely have an army
but we can still stand proudly because canada's really big
we're the second largest country on this planet earth
and if Russia keeps on shrinking, then soon we'll be first!
(as long as we keep quebec)

The USA has tanks, and switzerland has banks
they can keep them thanks, they just don't amount
cause when you get down to it, you find out what the truth is,
it isn't what you do with it, it's the size that counts
most people will tell you that france is pretty large
but you can put fourteen frances into this land of ours!
(it'd take a lot of work, it'd take a whole lot of work)

we're larger than malaysia, almost as big as asia
we're bigger than australia and it's a continent
so big we seldom bother to go see one another
but we often go to other countries for vacations
our mountains are very pointy, our prairies are not
the rest is kinda bumpy, but man do we have a lot!
(we've got a lot of land, we've got a whole lot of land)

so stand up and be proud and sing it very loud
we stand out from the crowd, cause Canada's really big



Oh, you also have good beer and are letting me come to your university for a good price. Thanks, Canada! :fluffle:

The Arrogant Worms are Canadian they're really great! I'm from Toronto Canada and I think I know some stuff about this country but I'd like to know more.

i know alot of guys from canada and man they are all fine as hell, and they all either ska8 board or surf!!! whoaaa sk8erz rockz, oh and im from albuquerque new mexico suck ass state!!!

ROCK THE FUCK ON!!!

-naynay-

I know Canada rocks ^_^

I grew up in Toronto (well, actually Pickering).
But now I live in the USA, and I have to say I don't like it nearly as much.

As a Canadian I'm just curious about what you know about this country. :D (Also include where you're from in your answer.)
I know how it got it's name, eh. There were these three guys sitting around the fire, eh. Like the first guy said, what should we name this place, eh? And, like, the second guy he said let's each pick a letter. Whatever letters we pick, that's what we'll call it, eh? The first guy said, "Okay, I'll pick 'C', eh". The second guy said, "I'll pick 'N', eh". The third guy said, "I'll pick 'D', eh".

And that's how Canada was named. I'm from Georgia, by the way.

I know how it got it's name, eh. There were these three guys sitting around the fire, eh. Like the first guy said, what should we name this place, eh? And, like, the second guy he said let's each pick a letter. Whatever letters we pick, that's what we'll call it, eh? The first guy said, "Okay, I'll pick 'C', eh". The second guy said, "I'll pick 'N', eh". The third guy said, "I'll pick 'D', eh".

And that's how Canada was named. I'm from Georgia, by the way.
I'm so bloody sick of that joke.

I'm so bloody sick of that joke.
Oh, now my feelings are hurt.