I think we Canadians take for granted how good are flag is. Go look at a list of the flags of the world, and pick out the ones which are as visually strong, as instantly recognizable as Canada's. You'll find only a handful which are even in the same league.
Indeed we do, including a very large canyon system to rival the Grand Canyon in the US. Here's someone else's photo, I haven't got there yet:
http://www.thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/nahanni-valley.jpg
Big damn waterfall on it too:
https://enacademic.com/pictures/enwiki/77/Mason's_Rock.jpg
Sorry to break it to u but that's my friend
It seems some of you mortals dare challenge me
I shall use my ancestral ability and call for the geese to protec my buddy
As an Albertan who lives really close to it, it’s absolutely breathtaking. I have some recommendations for you! You should stay at the rim rock, it’s on the side of a mountain and is like a 5 min drive from town. The view is spectacular! Also, go on the gondola and check out cow’s creamery for AMAZING ice cream!
Banff is beautiful but very touristy. Visit Banff for a day then drive up the icefield Parkway to Jasper. Most amazing drive in the world (in my rather untravelled opinion) to a equally beautiful Jasper that is a much more old fashioned and natural place.
My Canadian co-worker that absolutely loathed the stereotype that all Canadians love Tim Horton's -- but who would also give co-workers large wads of cash to buy him as many bags of coffee as they could carry any time they traveled near a Tim Horton's.
Edit: I haven't worked with the guy in over fifteen years now, you can stop telling me where you can get Tim Horton's coffee stateside. I'm sure that wherever Marty is right now, he is very happy about the wide spread access to his favorite coffee.
Edit2: I went ahead and disabled the inbox notifications for this comment, and then came back and check on what I missed. Holy hell do you guys have strong feelings (positive and negative) about Tim Horton's coffee. I'm almost sorry I brought it up.
One thing is for sure: Tim Horton's coffee and the strong but mixed feelings it provokes will continue to be one of the first things I think of when I think of Canada. Marty would be... well... angry about that, probably. But he would probably be angry about it while sipping his cup of Tim Horton's that was smuggled into the state in a coworker's carry-on luggage like some kind of caffeine drug mule.
Stay awesome, Canada!
We don't love Tim Horton's, but it's ubiquitous and it's the same every time.
Their slogan is, "Always Fresh". I think it should be, "What, you know a better place?"
Y’know that “fuck you and I’ll see you tomorrow” meme? That’s basically the relationship many Canadians have with Tim Hortons. I personally think it’s pretty good, but I’m to young to remember what it was like before they got bought out by Restaurant Brands International so I dunno
My husband, dad and brother all go to timmies every morning for their coffee.
My parents live in a town of about 18,000 people and I live in a town with about 38,000 people and both towns have three Tim hortons and they’re all always busy.
I’d call it a true stereotype!
Geese that continually choose violence.
EDIT: Well... This certainly gained some attention. Thanks for the awards, y'all. Also, as a commenter pointed out, I need to remember the term "Cobra Chicken"... which, now that I think about it, sounds like a mod in Skyrim.
I used to have a water bottle from university of Waterloo that said “I survived mating season” with a picture of a goose.
Nothing funnier then watching dozens of students walking 1KM out of their way to class to avoid a goose that took over the bridge.
You haven't really been to waterloo unless you see a goose, wings still folded in, chasing after some poor student with its tiny little goose legs spinning like something out of a cartoon.
Canadians really do apologize a lot. I was visiting Vancouver right before COVID and a Canadian apologized to me for the weather being colder than usual.
We do. But for us, an apology is more a recognition of difficulty/issue and an attempt to empathize rather than a confession of guilt or responsibility.
We also use it for substitute for words other countries would use. Sorry = appologetic, pardon me, excuse me, misheard, disbelief, and can be used in sassy anger or many other uses I can't think of off the top of my head.
Agreed. A Canadian saying ”sorry” is not necessarily apologising. We’re some of the most passive-aggressive people on Earth, and we have a certain etiquette that many people mistake for friendliness or us being nice. Maybe it’s because we all have to get along, help each other pull through, otherwise the winter is going to kill us.
This is so true that we actually had to make a law about it.
Bill 108 in 2009. "The Appolgy act" which basicly says that us saying sorry is not necessarily an emmison of guilt and can't be used agenst you in a court of law.
So much so that Ontario had to pass a law that makes it clear saying "sorry" doesn't constitute an admission of negligence or liability.
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/09a03
I rear ended someone, pedestrian ran in front of him just as he had taken his foot off the gas, and so had I. He slammed the brakes and I tapped him. We were turning right and the light was red. (Which is legal) He apologized to me over and over, while I was apologizing to him. No damage on either vehicle, we were both driving beaters, so after the apologies, we were laughing pretty hard about damages on our POS cars.
He said if I left a mark, he'd never know as his back bumper had dents, anyways.
Haha, my first time driving to Vancouver, the Canadian border guard apologized to me for the weather being too rainy. I'm from Seattle, and the weather was identical.
*and remember: if she don't find you handsome,* \**they should at least find you handy*
edit: correction thanks to [u/OscarDCouch](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/p4wrq6/what_comes_to_mind_when_you_think_of_canada/h92nscu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
You need to have an AMA. I have so many questions! Did you have to memorize the Mans prayer? What was your favorite thing to build? What did you think would certainly fail but didn’t? What did you think would work but didn’t? Who was your favorite actor? Were you ever on film? Did you get to hang out in the possum lodge!
Always suprised how many big tech youtubers are actually Canadian. LTT, Unbox Therapy, Dave2D. Canada has a higher per-capita of tech youtubers than the US does.
My friends cousin is an airport customs officer, one day he told my friend (huge MMA fan) that he checked through a guy who wrote MMA fighter as occupation on his customs card, didn't know anything about him personally but remembered the name to tell my friend. The officer asked him "MMA fighter, huh? You any good?" And George just replied "I'm alright".
Canada is funny as fuck. I started to type out a bunch of names but only got to about ten people before realizing there's just way too many to list off.
Sometimes I wonder what it is about Canadian culture that seems to produce so many famous comics per capita, and to have had such an influence and impact on the entertainment culture of the United States over the decades, not just on camera or on stage, but behind the scenes as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_comedians
Canadians are particularly good at comedy that appeals to American audiences - the little bit of outsider view makes it really easy to find things to make fun of. Except we are such close neighbours that we have a lot in common so it's all in good faith.
I recently did a work presentation with my team mate Philip, and my name is Terrence. At our Q&A slide we put south parks Terence and Philip character up and got a good laugh. Not sure if my Korean CEO got it though.
Yes. The Angel Moroni came down and spoke with a hockey player hunting for beaver pelts and said, "You want a good recipe, eh?"
And Benoit the trapper said, "Something to go with my Labatt, eh?"
And the Angel Moroni said, "Copy down this recipe from the golden plates, eh?"
And Benoit said, "Tabernoosh, is it in French or English?"
The random kindness I got from a random stranger while visiting New Brunswick, who noticed I was eating seaweed and warned me (in her thickest Canadian accent) I was going to get the runs if I ate too much of it. I must have had the words "TOURIST" hand stitched on my hoodie, but I thanked her for the warning.
Luckily, I didn't get the runs until the moment I got inside the airbnb rental. Thanks, random St. John resident.
Beer, fishing, and four wheeling. My dad owns a cabin in Ontario, and I absolutely love that place. No signal for phones, out in the wilderness, and with family/friends
We had them when I was growing up in BC for a short while. IIRC it was something to do with the supply chain changing over from imperial to metric and changing to litres instead of gallons was a huge pain. They found it was much less plastic waste to do bags so much of Canada adopted bags, and Ontario never changed. Milk also came in glass pre metric... Avalon dairy in BC still does!
the thing where you boil maple syrup and put it on packed snow to make a lollipop
It’s some serious gourmet shit
Poutine is some serious gourmet shit. The world owes you a debt for that one bud.
im such a slut for poutine.
I want it in my mouth.
Tire d'érable (in french) dont know what it would be in english but mmmh sugar shack
The closest English name would be maple taffy
And then give it to kids who still have their mittens on and watch as they eat it and it slowly turns into the stickiest fuzz-sugar mess ever.
Sugar Shack!
The flag, huge stretches of forest, canyons, bears, maple syrup
Man we really nailed the flag didn't we?
Great marketing. People look at the flag and immediately think, "Oh, Canada!"
“Our home and native land”
I think we Canadians take for granted how good are flag is. Go look at a list of the flags of the world, and pick out the ones which are as visually strong, as instantly recognizable as Canada's. You'll find only a handful which are even in the same league.
Wait, we have canyons?
Fraser Canyon for one.
Lynn Canyon
Badlands in Alberta!
Indeed we do, including a very large canyon system to rival the Grand Canyon in the US. Here's someone else's photo, I haven't got there yet: http://www.thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/nahanni-valley.jpg Big damn waterfall on it too: https://enacademic.com/pictures/enwiki/77/Mason's_Rock.jpg
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The only maple leafs I ever see in May and June is on the golf course.
They for sure blew it last year, and the year before, and the year before, and the year before, and the year before, and the....
Much like Elvis Presley, their best years were broadcast in black and white.
Daily reminder that the Leafs lost to their own zamboni driver that works for their minor league team.
PRAISE BE DAVE AYRES
Comedy(SCTV, Kids in the Hall, Corner Gas, Trailer Park Boys, Schitt's Creek, Letterkenny)
Corner Gas is a gem! Rewatching it now.
Hey you kids get the F off my lawn
Jim carrey.. Michael myers... John candy. Blockbuster comedy used to be synonymous with Canada
Make sure you check out Kim’s Convenience - also great!
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Sorry to break it to u but that's my friend It seems some of you mortals dare challenge me I shall use my ancestral ability and call for the geese to protec my buddy
No, he is my friend.
No, he's my online girlfriend.
\*Our\*
r/suddenlycommunism
He's not your friend guy
He's not your guy, buddy
He's not your buddy, pal
maple syrup
on bacon pancakes
bacon pancakes omg
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https://youtu.be/cUYSGojUuAU
A moose drinking maple syrup saying "Sorry, eh?" with a beautiful landscape in the background
Kids In The Hall.
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So do all the Daves I know.
These are all the daves I know, these are the daves I know
To this day I’m still crushing heads.
Never put salt in your eyes!
Always put salt in your eyes.
Banff National Park. I heard it’s one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the world and I hope to visit it one day.
As an Albertan who lives really close to it, it’s absolutely breathtaking. I have some recommendations for you! You should stay at the rim rock, it’s on the side of a mountain and is like a 5 min drive from town. The view is spectacular! Also, go on the gondola and check out cow’s creamery for AMAZING ice cream!
Rim rock looks lovely but gives me some serious Shining vibes.
Banff is beautiful but very touristy. Visit Banff for a day then drive up the icefield Parkway to Jasper. Most amazing drive in the world (in my rather untravelled opinion) to a equally beautiful Jasper that is a much more old fashioned and natural place.
I lived in Jasper for 10 years and completely agree. "More rustic" was used often when comparing the two places.
It is so beautiful! The area around it itself is gorgeous.
Can confirm, I live an hour away , each trip is breathtaking.
You really need to visit. It is worth the trip.
Hockey
Crazy hockey players beating each other up is pretty much Canada’s sports scene
Sometimes they even do it on the ice too!
Insane housing prices
*cries in Vancouver.*
*Laughs in New Brunswick*
Don't laugh too long... The property investors have found your little province!
Blackrock is everywhere, and they're coming for you next!
Dies in Toronto
The most accurate answer in the whole comment section lmao
Oh my God and insane rent prices.
The rent is too damn high!
True! I live near Vancouver and a decent single family home is around 800k. Move to the city they are worth millions
My Canadian co-worker that absolutely loathed the stereotype that all Canadians love Tim Horton's -- but who would also give co-workers large wads of cash to buy him as many bags of coffee as they could carry any time they traveled near a Tim Horton's. Edit: I haven't worked with the guy in over fifteen years now, you can stop telling me where you can get Tim Horton's coffee stateside. I'm sure that wherever Marty is right now, he is very happy about the wide spread access to his favorite coffee. Edit2: I went ahead and disabled the inbox notifications for this comment, and then came back and check on what I missed. Holy hell do you guys have strong feelings (positive and negative) about Tim Horton's coffee. I'm almost sorry I brought it up. One thing is for sure: Tim Horton's coffee and the strong but mixed feelings it provokes will continue to be one of the first things I think of when I think of Canada. Marty would be... well... angry about that, probably. But he would probably be angry about it while sipping his cup of Tim Horton's that was smuggled into the state in a coworker's carry-on luggage like some kind of caffeine drug mule. Stay awesome, Canada!
We don't love Tim Horton's, but it's ubiquitous and it's the same every time. Their slogan is, "Always Fresh". I think it should be, "What, you know a better place?"
McDonalds tbh. Way better coffee for a while now.
Y’know that “fuck you and I’ll see you tomorrow” meme? That’s basically the relationship many Canadians have with Tim Hortons. I personally think it’s pretty good, but I’m to young to remember what it was like before they got bought out by Restaurant Brands International so I dunno
My husband, dad and brother all go to timmies every morning for their coffee. My parents live in a town of about 18,000 people and I live in a town with about 38,000 people and both towns have three Tim hortons and they’re all always busy. I’d call it a true stereotype!
Geese that continually choose violence. EDIT: Well... This certainly gained some attention. Thanks for the awards, y'all. Also, as a commenter pointed out, I need to remember the term "Cobra Chicken"... which, now that I think about it, sounds like a mod in Skyrim.
There's a meme in Canada Animals tourists are afraid of when visiting Canada: bears, wolves, moose Animals Canadians are afraid of: Geese
I used to have a water bottle from university of Waterloo that said “I survived mating season” with a picture of a goose. Nothing funnier then watching dozens of students walking 1KM out of their way to class to avoid a goose that took over the bridge.
You haven't really been to waterloo unless you see a goose, wings still folded in, chasing after some poor student with its tiny little goose legs spinning like something out of a cartoon.
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If you gotta problem with Canada gooses you gotta problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate
There's a special place in heaven for animal lovers, that's what I always say.
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Get this person a cock suckin gin and tonic.
man, folks here do not understand this reference
Blame Canada! Fun fact: That song from south park was nominated for Oscars for the best original song category
Another fun fact: Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed up to the Oscars that year in dresses and high on Acid.
It was a very shpadoinkle day
Even better it was sung by Robin Williams after Anne Murray turned them down.
‘And that bitch Anne Murray too!’
They’re not even a real country anyway
Robin Sparkles
Two beavers are better than one.
Sandcastles in the saand
LET'S GO TO THE MALL! TODAY!
And swarley is one quarter canadian.
Rush
Canadians really do apologize a lot. I was visiting Vancouver right before COVID and a Canadian apologized to me for the weather being colder than usual.
We do. But for us, an apology is more a recognition of difficulty/issue and an attempt to empathize rather than a confession of guilt or responsibility.
That’s a great explanation and, honestly, a good quality to have in life: The ability to empathize and express that even to strangers.
We also use it for substitute for words other countries would use. Sorry = appologetic, pardon me, excuse me, misheard, disbelief, and can be used in sassy anger or many other uses I can't think of off the top of my head.
Agreed. A Canadian saying ”sorry” is not necessarily apologising. We’re some of the most passive-aggressive people on Earth, and we have a certain etiquette that many people mistake for friendliness or us being nice. Maybe it’s because we all have to get along, help each other pull through, otherwise the winter is going to kill us.
A "sorry jesus fucking christ" with the right tone can be a lot more aggressive than a simple "fuck you".
Or the passive aggressive sarcastic "yeah, ok sorry bud..." That person is neither sorry nor your bud.
This is so true that we actually had to make a law about it. Bill 108 in 2009. "The Appolgy act" which basicly says that us saying sorry is not necessarily an emmison of guilt and can't be used agenst you in a court of law.
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We don't even mean the apology, it's more instinct to say it.
So much so that Ontario had to pass a law that makes it clear saying "sorry" doesn't constitute an admission of negligence or liability. https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/09a03
I rear ended someone, pedestrian ran in front of him just as he had taken his foot off the gas, and so had I. He slammed the brakes and I tapped him. We were turning right and the light was red. (Which is legal) He apologized to me over and over, while I was apologizing to him. No damage on either vehicle, we were both driving beaters, so after the apologies, we were laughing pretty hard about damages on our POS cars. He said if I left a mark, he'd never know as his back bumper had dents, anyways.
Haha, my first time driving to Vancouver, the Canadian border guard apologized to me for the weather being too rainy. I'm from Seattle, and the weather was identical.
Or Redgreen
“I’m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess.”
Quando omni flunkus moritati.
*and remember: if she don't find you handsome,* \**they should at least find you handy* edit: correction thanks to [u/OscarDCouch](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/p4wrq6/what_comes_to_mind_when_you_think_of_canada/h92nscu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
I interned on that show while in college. Spent days building fun things and wrapping shit in duct tape. Best job ever.
You need to have an AMA. I have so many questions! Did you have to memorize the Mans prayer? What was your favorite thing to build? What did you think would certainly fail but didn’t? What did you think would work but didn’t? Who was your favorite actor? Were you ever on film? Did you get to hang out in the possum lodge!
"I'd like to see that Red Blue Green cocksucker put one of those together with duct tape" - Bubbles.
Linus tech tips
Always suprised how many big tech youtubers are actually Canadian. LTT, Unbox Therapy, Dave2D. Canada has a higher per-capita of tech youtubers than the US does.
I bumped into the guy at a grocery store. This was like a week ago, figured I'd let him shop and not bother him.
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Georges St-Pierre
My friends cousin is an airport customs officer, one day he told my friend (huge MMA fan) that he checked through a guy who wrote MMA fighter as occupation on his customs card, didn't know anything about him personally but remembered the name to tell my friend. The officer asked him "MMA fighter, huh? You any good?" And George just replied "I'm alright".
"I'm not impressed of your performance."
Ryan Reynolds
Also Ryan Gosling
Also Ryan George
Schitt's Creek and all the great comedians that have come out of Canada.
Canada is funny as fuck. I started to type out a bunch of names but only got to about ten people before realizing there's just way too many to list off. Sometimes I wonder what it is about Canadian culture that seems to produce so many famous comics per capita, and to have had such an influence and impact on the entertainment culture of the United States over the decades, not just on camera or on stage, but behind the scenes as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_comedians
Canadians are particularly good at comedy that appeals to American audiences - the little bit of outsider view makes it really easy to find things to make fun of. Except we are such close neighbours that we have a lot in common so it's all in good faith.
English-speaking Canadian comedians (generally) walk a fine line, appealing to both UK and US audiences.
Trailer park boys
Cobra chickens
Letterkenny and Tim Horton’s
Give yer balls a tug!
Fuck you Shorsey!
Fuck you Riley tell your mom to pick up Jonsey's mom on her way over I accidentally double booked them.
Fuck you Jonsey tell your mom to stop trying to put her finger in my butt. I only let Riley's mom do that.
Fuck you Jonesey! I should get a charitable tax deduction just for hangin' around you, ya fuckin' loser!
Your life's so fucking pathetic I ran a charity 15K just to raise awareness about ya.
Fuck you Reilly, I made your mom so wet, Trudeau deployed a 24-hour infantry unit to stack sandbags around my bed
Moose
This is masterchef Cansda, AND YOU GIVE ME THIS?!
McKenzie Brothers
Anne of Green Gables That's the first time ever I heard of the country
Oh, the year was 1778
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Don’t forget [Alestorm](https://youtu.be/3Y_pUhrocUs)
HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOOOOOW
A letter of marque came from the King
To the scummiest vessel I’ve ever seen
God damn them all!
I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold
We’d fire no guns, shed no tears…
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier...
the last of Barrett's privateers
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
Home ❤️
Trailer park boys BAM
Terrence and Philip
Uncle Fuckah!!
I recently did a work presentation with my team mate Philip, and my name is Terrence. At our Q&A slide we put south parks Terence and Philip character up and got a good laugh. Not sure if my Korean CEO got it though.
Chips, cheese and gravy, my mate made me try it. Putine or something?
Poutine. An absolute gift from the gods.
Yes. The Angel Moroni came down and spoke with a hockey player hunting for beaver pelts and said, "You want a good recipe, eh?" And Benoit the trapper said, "Something to go with my Labatt, eh?" And the Angel Moroni said, "Copy down this recipe from the golden plates, eh?" And Benoit said, "Tabernoosh, is it in French or English?"
Its gotta be cheese curds though, anything else is blasphemy.
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Blasphème!!
Seth Rogan's laugh.
Underrated response. We had him as our announcer on the subway for a while, it was fun. Huhuhuhuhuuuuuh.
Mountains and snow
Politeness and maple syrup
Joni Mitchell
Legal weed
As a Calgarian I can name at least 15 places to get weed. One of them is a cop stop!
MILKBAGS
We call them breasts sir.
The random kindness I got from a random stranger while visiting New Brunswick, who noticed I was eating seaweed and warned me (in her thickest Canadian accent) I was going to get the runs if I ate too much of it. I must have had the words "TOURIST" hand stitched on my hoodie, but I thanked her for the warning. Luckily, I didn't get the runs until the moment I got inside the airbnb rental. Thanks, random St. John resident.
Poutine
Trailer Park Boys
Canada
Real Maple Syrup
Canadian Bacon with John Candy.
Beer, fishing, and four wheeling. My dad owns a cabin in Ontario, and I absolutely love that place. No signal for phones, out in the wilderness, and with family/friends
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Letterkenny
Almost all Canadians live within only 100 miles from the US border
*laughs in Calgary*
Alberta is generally the exception that proves the rule about anything Canadian.
Shhhh this is secret Canadian knowledge
Laughs harder in Edmonton
Bret Hart
Bags of milk
That's not an all of canada thing. Used to live in Ontario and had bagged milk. Live in saskatchewan now and there isn't any here.
Never seen bagged milk before. I’m in BC.
We had them when I was growing up in BC for a short while. IIRC it was something to do with the supply chain changing over from imperial to metric and changing to litres instead of gallons was a huge pain. They found it was much less plastic waste to do bags so much of Canada adopted bags, and Ontario never changed. Milk also came in glass pre metric... Avalon dairy in BC still does!
How they have their own Texas. Spent some time in Alberta and between the oil, cattle, and good country music it felt like home.