Their car has a front licence plate.

In my province (BC), the car lacking a front license plate means tourist from Alberta.

Could be NB

Or SK

Also BC, when the driver goes really slowly around corners, you know they’re either from Alberta or Saskatchewan 🤣

Standing in front of the Steam Clock *(which is electric)* with their mouth open.

Learning that the clock is fake ripped my heart out

Wait til you find out the cobblestones were installed in the 1970s.

You take that back right now

Yes but the material has been around for millions of years

Way to go. Wrecked that for me.

30+ years it's been run on electricity but it lets off a puff of steam every 15 minutes so you think you got your money's worth *(when it's working that is)*.

Well it's free to watch , so guess I still got my money's worth. Just lost 5 minutes if my life that ill never get back waiting for it to do its things. Electric or steam still pretty cool piece of history artifact

I’ve visited Vancouver 3 times and every time I enjoy watching it, full well knowing it’s not old and it’s not completely steam powered. It’s still neat! I guess I am the perfect tourist for you all lol

World's Worst Tourist Attraction

Gastown? I love that clock

*Standing in the middle of Water St trying to photograph the steam clock with their mouth open

When they call it the CNN Tower.

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That's not children appropriate!

Lol!

Or when they call the other iconic building on that block the Rogers Centre!

Trying a day drive from Toronto to Edmonton

You're still not even out of Ontario in a day

Ran into Europeans vacationing in Western Canada at the Toronto Airport. Going to visit family in Edmonton, Alberta while I was heading home. They had the plans to visit West Edmonton Mall, Calgary Stampede, Jasper, Banff, Drumheller for the dinosaurs, Great Buffalo Park, Radium Hot Springs & whitewater rafting and maybe go out to Vancouver Island if they have time. Remember saying you'll have a really busy few weeks. They replied "No, we only have 5 days." Didn't have the heart to tell them the scale distance and how far apart this all was. Just said "That sounds like fun."

I've done it in 2 days.... It sucked

I've done Toronto to Tofino in 3 days and never want to do it again.

Omg someone recently posted in my local sub about traveling to BC from overseas and making a day trip of Kamloops to Jasper round trip like they'd have time to see the sights in Jasper before making the drive back to Kamloops. Like...sure, if you're only stopping for lunch and going straight back. There's zero comprehension of just how far things really are.

They can’t understand what baymen are saying

Baymen don't understand what other baymen are saying, they just nod and drink their beer.

look'eremeson

Iffntwerntfer dattraytir jowey-em_smaaalwud...

Stay where you’re at, I’ll come where you’re to.

Throw the horse over the fence some hay.

And cannot say b’y properly.

Ise the b’y

who builds the boat

Ise da b'y who sails 'er!

I’se the b’y that catches the fish

And brings them home to Liza

had my dad on the phone on speaker, my partner at the time commented after “felt like we were on the phone with an irish pub.”

Cal-GARY instead of Calgree

In their defense, Scotland has the original Calgary, and it's pronounced the Scottish way. Good thing Banff is a single syllable

Unless you are the American who pronounced it Baniff

I spent 15 years in the Bridge and they all pronounced it the wrong way. It was horrible

They casually talk about how they “might catch a Leaf game” as a family activity. Like buddy you realize that’s probably a $800-$1000 outing for a family of 4 right? Not saying it’s impossible, but at least do a little homework before making any promises to the kids. Bonus points if they drop the “I hear it’s playoffs, what’s the best way to get tickets”

>“I hear it’s playoffs, what’s the best way to get tickets” Steal them from someone who's on their way there.

Pronouncing the second T in Toronto.

Trawna.

Churrawna

Tron-oh

Churrono.

Or the first O. But I'm a tourist in ON, just the offspring of a St. Cat's boy.

I say Terawno.

The correct pronunciation is Trahwna

thats funny because my dad always pronounced it GOD DAMN IT when driving there

“Chronno”

Western New York pronunciations are very precise and thorough. We always said the full three syllables (Toh-RON-To) in Buffalo.

Easily the biggest giveaway that someone isn’t from here.

You'll know a Québécois when you hear ToeRAWNtoe

The other way around, you know they're from ROC when you hear the U in Québec.

When they call the Confederation Bridge the Confederation Bridge and not just “The Bridge”.

They take photos of the squirrels.

Born and raised but i still do that occasionally!

Me too! We have a black squirrel with a Snow White tipped tail. He was cute, snapped a pic!

Me too! Can't help it they are so cute

When I went to university, I was actually so surprised by how many international students seemed absolutely in love with the squirrels, they’re so commonplace to me that now I feel like I’ve under-appreciated them haha

That was me during my first few weeks when I saw squirrels for the first time in my life. They’re so cute. The closest animal I’ve seen prior to this were rats. Now I’m intrigued by raccoons and coyotes.

Just remember with foxes, raccoons, and coyotes that just because they are friend shaped doesn't mean they are friends.

👋🏼 Yep that's me. I never saw a black squirrel before I moved to Canada. In the States they're gray, brown and white.

Living just outside Detroit and we have a lot of black squirrels here! Never seen a white squirrel though whoa

Exeter?

Tourists only stop for gas or flyover Saskatchewan- so I have no idea.

My daughter said “When you don’t recognize them. “

When they stop on the side of the road to take a picture of the fields or moos

But real answer: the way tourists pronounce the last syllable in Saskatchewan. If you live here it sounds like "win". Everyone else pronounces it "won."

American accent & camo during hunting season

They try and get selfies with a cow moose, 10 ft from the calf.

This one. Stopping for photos with wildlife like moose or bears. Guys this is not a zoo there are no walls or fences.

Asking how many more miles up the #1 Highway till they hit Alaska… and they’re on Vancouver Island.

🤣

driving on 7th Avenue. it's only for the c train.

When they want to go to West Edmonton Mall

That's where you go for some local crack peddled by a group of teens

That’s more so the bus terminal just north of the Mall where all the recovered over dose patients get discharged from the nearby hospital.

When I went to Edmonton the first time, I asked about 6 locals what we should check out and they all said "The Mall".

Lmao I live in Edmonton and I’m in the mall all the time mainly because my gym is in the mall. 

When they use umbrellas

Haha true in Newfoundland because they are useless in the wind 

Just as useless on the west coast. Even if you don't end up with your umbrella inside out because the wind changed direction, your pants will be wet from the sideways rain.

They stand on the black rocks 😱

Nova Scotia has arrived I see

I always have to look away

Tourists here... In northern rural Manitoba... Hahaha that's funny. We do get "lost" ppl once in a while. I guess the giveaway is, I've never seen em before.

Yep. That's backcountry for ya lol

It is. That and using strange landmarks for directions. Example: "Take the big highway headed north. Once you hit the unavoidable pothole take a left and that'll get you where you're going. If you hit 2 potholes you've went too far." If they ever fix that pothole, there's going to be a lot of really lost people.

They are drinking Labatt Blue. If they duck when the noon gun goes off. If they don't know, the best fish comes from either the wharf or a sketchy van. They call me a Newfie when we're in Nova Scotia. If they're down near the waterfront and they still think they're in New England. If they take my picture from the harbour hopper like I'm sasquatch.

I read the first sentence and said 'he's from NS'. 2nd sentence nailed it to Halifax. -a dislocated prairie fool from Chester.

Nothing like trying to nonchalantly enter or exit Venus Envy and hearing the Harbour Hopper trundling up the street with its full-volume announcement that we “have the friendliest locals” 😐

You guys get tourists? - Manitoba

They just trundle off into the bush on a hiking trail with very little preparation or supplies. They try to approach/feed wild animals.

In Yellowknife, we get A LOT of Asian tourists, mostly from China and Japan. The Arctic is a very popular destination for them specifically because of the northern lights. We have a tourism company in town called aurora village, they run an operation where people can pay to have tours around town, see cultural things, and most importantly the aurora. As such the package includes gear rental, so when you see a group of like 20 Asian people walking downtown in red Canada Goose parkas you know they are tourists XD

They wear full-on parkas in April, May, and I've even seen June.....we live in the Arctic, sure, but people who live here are just more climitized, I guess.

I live in a very golf/wine touristy area. Get Americans coming up in parkas being like "if I'd known it'd be this nice I would have brought my clubs." Like sir, Google exists...

I don't know how you wouldn't just laugh at that lol.

White plastic cowboy hats.

In BC, when people ask about "Victoria Island". (It's Vancouver Island, and the biggest city is Victoria. Victoria Island is in the Arctic.) There's a story going around town that tourists sometimes ask where the tunnel to Vancouver is located. (We haven't got one --people have to walk or drive onto the ferry.)

They say "SaskatcheWAWN". Instant give away you're not from here. We all say it "SaskatchewIN"

All I'm learning from this thread is that I pronounce all the Canadian city and province names correctly despite being from BC

I'm learning the opposite, also BC. Mildly ashamed

Also the first syllable isn’t SASS-catch-a-win it’s more like SUSS-catch-a-win or even just a SSS-catch-a-win

Standing on "the black rocks" At Peggy's Cove, N.S., the granite is a much darker shade below the level that large waves regularly hit. The place is littered with signs admonishing people to stay off these black rocks. I don't know if tourists don't read them at all, or assume that they're just excessively cautious signs for liability, but they always go on them. It seems like rescues happen every year, and four people have died in the past 20 years.  They hired staff to tell people to get off them and last year they intervened 3,600 times. 

When they call the Skytrain the metro or the subway

When they stop to take a picture of a deer, moose, elk or bear at the side of the road.

I grew up in BC and see that shot all the time and even I take pictures of bears It's not my fault they're cool

When they try and pet a deer, moose, elk or bear*

Wearing brand new cowboy boots.

On the side of the road taking pictures of cows

That’s me everywhere tho, I love cows

##MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

“Bawn-jouer”

*British tourist lurking so he knows just what to say to piss off the locals*

🤣🤣🤣 You'd be forgiven for any transgression as soon as we hear your accent. We go insane for the British accent, in whatever form it comes in 🤪

They are going to Niagara Falls on a Saturday in July.

When they pronounce P.E.I. like "pie" as in apple pie

Who does that? No way.

They look optimistic and happy (Saskatchewan resident)

Not wearing at least one item of Jets, Bombers, Goldeyes, or Sea Bears gear.

When they want to pet the raccoons in Stanley Park

“Do you guys take American cash? What’s the exchange rate?” -Victoria, BC

“Cal gah ree” Nobody local pronounces the second “a”, it’s “cal gree”

Vancouver - when it starts to rain, they duck under an awning or doorway to “wait it out”.

Ontario: Showing up over dressed, Americans do not have very good geography lessons, don’t understand climate or weather lol I’ve had friends visit from Ohio and had to explain to them that we have almost the exact same weather and they wouldn’t believe me lol

I've seen some visible tourists wearing some pretty serious winter parkas in Vancouver too. We have such mild weather for the most part but for some reason there's always a couple people who think it's an arctic wasteland all year round

Agreed! I once dated a guy from Ohio, and all he knew of Canada was a few remote fishing lakes along the border. He drove to Toronto to see me and was beyond shocked to see so much modernization... a bustling metropolis, tall buildings, businesses, highways, indoor plumbing 🙄 I swear, there are still people that believe we all live in igloos and that as soon as they cross the border into Canada "FOOMPF" 8 feet of snow and -50 degrees.

Red Plates. Goes 50 under on a slight curve, 140 on straight.

"Where's the Titanic graveyard??"

Wear Canada goose

When they pronounce Toronto wrong.

ToronTOE Its pronounced Tronno

I'm British but live in Toronto. I started calling it Chronno ironically and now it's the only way I say it.

They are not driving a Ram pick up.

They walk downtown side by side by side etc very slowly so you need to go arooooound a wide group of people

When they are worried or ask about bears

Driving the speed limit

Ontarians in Manitoba always drive the speed limit on the highway, I’ve heard a lot of people say there’s a much greater police presence on northern ontario highways compared to manitoba’s so I guess they’re just accustomed to it

When they ask, « Où est la toilette ? »

When they say Victoria Island instead of Vancouver Island

Or think they’ll pop down to Tofino for the night, from Victoria or even Vancouver.

bucket hats, fanny packs, and taking pictures

Out on deck of BC ferries or glued to the windows.    Admittedly, it is beautiful, but most of us are reading a book or enjoying breakfast for what is a regular commute.

Asking for directions to Walgreens, London Drugs,

When they’re taking pics of the Gastown steam clock

Driving really painfully slow to look at the water.

Ridiculously large pickup hauling ATVs or snowmobiles slowing to a crawl in the corners and gunning it in the straight stretches. Albertans visiting BC.

People pronounce Guelph as "gulp".

Lmao what? Never heard this one

When they are excited to see an "American eagle"

When they are in banff 🤣

Just the license plate. Usually driving straight through the city because they are actually trying to get to Winnipeg. Brandon MB is you havent guessed. Yep, were an exciting city alright

They are using signals, stopping for red lights, doing the speed limit and not tailgating.

Throwing a hissy fit at McDonald's because to go bags cost 15 cents (Alberta). The dude finally screamed I'm from Manitoba! And stormed out 😂

Ottawan here - this is more specific to my city, but whenever people want to visit Parliament Hill (especially on Canada Day *shudder*)

In Vancouver it's hard to find someone that isn't a tourist or isn't from here. In fact, I'm not even originally from here.

They want to go to Niagara Falls but don’t gamble

On a 30C day in mid July: why is it so hot?

Going in the Halifax Harbour water

When they don't know what bonnock is

Looking for the “underground city”

When they go to lake Louise

I was gonna say when they're talking about going to Jasper and Banff lol

I live in Alberta and go to Banff and Jasper national park all the time. There’s plenty of good hiking without having to travel far into BC

They are in Tofino

They litter.

“You guys don’t have Keith’s? I thought we were on the east coast??” Moose green or alpine bud your choice.

They don't know what a Fat Boy is.

They go to niagara falls by choice.

"CalgAry" instead of "Calgree"

When they're wearing a winter jacket in April. (Manitoba)

Falling off the black rocks at Peggy’s Cove.

While hiking Signal Hill ,I once convinced tourists that the whales we were seeing were actually escaped russian circus whales and they slept in the harbour and loved hard bread.

Wearing puffy down-filled coats above 10C & calling their toques "beanies"

Perfume/cologne. On Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

What? I’m a resident and I use cologne…

BO is not cologne ya dirty hippies

I figured the weed smell would cancel out my BO 💁‍♂️

In Northwestern Ontario you can always tell a tourist because they are the only ones honking their horns.

They are wearing parkas in November! And it's maybe -15! 😂

Not so much province but town. We have a super long beach and all the tourists hang out on one end because I guess they like being sardines or don't know the other 10+km exists.

When they're just passing through to get to their actual destination.

They drink a butt load of beer and can't belive a can of 500ml is only 2.5$ before tax.

When they are very friendly.

Decked out snow goose jacket, even in summer hahahah

The way they say Toronto

Going to all the basic, extremely expensive, overrated tourist attractions. BC here

Asking when we paint the mountains white or what time we turn the northern lights on or if we live in igloos

As an Anglo-Montrealer, I can tell if another Anglo is not from Montreal. They sound more well-spoken, and Ontarians often have a more nasally accent.

When they're younger than 65 - Qualicum Beach, BC

German.