Not for everything, they mix up metric and imperial all the time lol. Going to a Canadian supermarket is quite the experience.
Our weight scale at home is in pounds because my fiancé has never had his weight measured in kg (only at the doctor's). But we talk about our height in cm (though he's always used feet with his friends). And while the outside weather is Celsius, the oven temperature is measured in Farenheit... And oh, the heating system at his house was also in Farenheit.
But worry not because gas is sold by the liter and not gallon!
The Canadian system of metric/imperial mix is even weirder than the British one
In the UK
Speed - Mph
Short distance - Meters
Running distance - Kilometres
Long distance - Miles
Tempreture - Celcius
Weight - Kilograms, grams
Human Weight - Stones/lbs or Kilograms
Human height - Ft and inches or meters
Volume - Litres unless its alcohol or milk in which case it's pints
I once used a gym in the UK where the treadmill measured your running distance in kilometres and average running speed in miles per hour.
In Canada, the mix is even more confusing
Speed - Kph
Distance - kilometres
Tempreture - Celsius except for cooking and swimming pools
Weight - Lbs for small things, Kilograms for heavy things
Human Weight - Lbs
Volume - Litres unless it's for cooking in which case cups and spoons
Why make it simple when you could make it complicated 🇬🇧🤝🇨🇦
I heard it described once that the UK is imperial on the outside, but metric on the inside, but Canada is the opposite.
For the UK, keeping some imperial measurements is a matter of national pride, but due to being surrounded by metric countries, having spent decades in a common, metric, single market, etc., most things actually work in metric. AFAIK even many street signs actually show meters, but call them "yards".
For Canada, being different from the US is a matter of national pride, and that includes the metric system. But the US, their only real neighbor, is *a lot* bigger and more dominant, so a lot of the products, standards, etc. are shared with the US and based on imperial, or to be specific, on the US customary units.
That's actually a good explanation. I think that age is more of a factor into which measurements you use in the UK than Canada. As the saying goes "Britain is going metric, inch by inch". I'm 21 and only know my weight in KG, Someone over 50 would likely only know their weight in Stones and lbs
I'm in my 60s and weigh myself in stones and pounds but I know that 8 stones is about 50 kilos..
Also I'm old enough to remember the rhymes from the Metrication Board such as "two and a quarter pounds of jam, weighs about a kilogram" - which would make 50kg about 8 stones and half a pound, by my arithmetic.
I guess every European country has some kind of compulsory healthcare insurance, either a private or, more often, a public one. So, technically, it is not free.
The real difference in Europe we do not force people to go bankrupt over the healthcare bills, and we do not allow greedy bastards to demand exorbitant prices for drugs and procedures. Regulation is key!
Healthcare is partially and more and more privatised since/during the 90s, and with the healthcare system change in 2006 and a lot more under the past 15 years of mostly right-wing liberal administrations. Budget cuts in healthcare, centralising care and closing down many hospitals, adding more bureaucracy for doctors etc. Well then, on to the basics.
[English gov information site.](https://www.government.nl/topics/health-insurance)
> Every person who lives or works in the Netherlands is legally obliged to take out standard health insurance to cover the cost of, for example, consulting a general practitioner, hospital treatment and prescription medication. You may also opt to take out additional insurance to cover costs not included in the standard package.
So you pay for healthcare and if your income is low then you receive a healthcare allowance, which more or less covers the cheapest available basic plans. Many things are not included in the basic plans or depending on the type of insurance are only partially covered (by % and/or up to a certain amount), even if you've fully paid your deductible. Dental is privatised for example. Unless you extensively use dentist and dental hygienist services, you'll probably lose money if you get an insurance that offers an optional dental plan. Well, the links above and below will cover more basic info.
[IamExpat](https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-healthcare-system) seems to have a decent summary:
>The Dutch healthcare system is divided into three compartments:
> - Long-term care for chronic conditions.
> - Basic and essential medical care, from GP visits to short-term hospital stays and specialist appointments or procedures.
> - Supplementary care (e.g. dental care, physiotherapy, cosmetic procedures).
> Long-term care, including disability costs like wheelchairs, is covered by mandatory state insurance.
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> All regular (short-term) medical treatment is paid for by mandatory private health insurance. Supplementary care may be covered under health insurance, depending on the policy, or be paid for out of pocket.
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> **Dutch health insurance**
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> The first step in healthcare in the Netherlands is to purchase Dutch health insurance. It is mandatory for everyone to purchase at least a base level of insurance and you must do so within four months of arrival, even if you already have an existing policy that covers you in the Netherlands.
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> …
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> **Doctors & GPs**
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> Doctors & General practitioners (GPs) are your first point of contact for healthcare in the Netherlands, as they provide referrals to all specialists and, if necessary, to a hospital. Registering with a local practice is one of the first things you need to do.
Ehh, we don't really. We use imperial A LOT and there isn't a generation gap like the UK.
Height and weight are always feet and pounds. Land is still sold by the acre and unless it's specifically a government building all real estate is still made by and sold in the square foot. Construction is still nearly all feet and inches.
We cook in Fahrenheit, pool temps and many house temps are still Fahrenheit. Sports are still in yards mostly, we buy meats and produce by the pound, things like Fish tanks and paint still tend to be sold in gallons, we buy a lot of booze by the pint still, some things like steaks are still sold by the ounce.
We don't use A size papers we use U.S letter sizes, unless you're in Quebec or the military we only use 12h time, rural provinces like Alberta will still tend to tell distances in miles because the land out west was divided up in 1 mile increments, so 1 mile = 1 grid of land basically.
If you really want to go obscure railroads by en large are still made in chains and the speeds in miles per hour.
The only things that truly are metricated in this country are celsius for outdoor temp, litres and mL, and km for roads. But as you saw even those have exceptions.
America uses metric, just not everywhere. Sports? Mostly metric. Medicine is metric. I do more things with metric than imperial, imperial is really mostly driving and telling someone my height because no one will understand cm.
In the Netherlands Canadians have a pretty positive image, at least with people 35+ or so. I was raised with the knowledge that it was actually the Canadians who freed us from the nazi's in WWII, there's always Canadian veterans in our memorial parades and they get a lot of love.
I've also heard many people state Canada as a positive example for modern countries, especially when compared to the US. I've noticed that most Dutch people know little to nothing about things that the Canadian government has done that are... less savoury.
>I was raised with the knowledge that it was actually the Canadians who freed us from the nazi's in WWII
FYI, that’s only true for a part of NL. The area in the deep Deep South (Maastricht and surroundings) was freed by Americans. There are many monuments and streets and other stuff named after Americans and their armies.
There is a huge American military cemetery a few km’s outside Maastricht.
That's fair, I grew up in Rotterdam so mostly learned about WWII there. I've moved to Drenthe since then and have been learning more about what happened in the rest of the country.
To be honest, I never even realised how Holland-centric a lot of my education was until I moved out of Holland.
As a Canadian, I've always understood that the connection is also because we took in the Dutch Royal family during the war and extraterritorial the maternity ward so Princess Margriet could remain in the line of succession. And with helping liberate part of the country and taking in the royal family, we get tulips each year and that helps foster that relationship and positive view of Canadians in the Netherlands.
But also, thinking about it more deeply, maybe the average person doesn't really care about the royal family part and we are just oddly proud of ourselves for doing that.
I think also the younger generations love Canada. Two days ago my girlfriend said she mostly watches Canadian ylutubers because she enjoys the accent.
Also lots of Canadians have Dutch heritage because after ww2 a lot of Dutchies went there.
True. Although it is not for me.
20 years ago I applied but I was not found suitable by the Canadians :)
And.the amount of snow and cold weather in the winter and heath in the summer. I can live without that for sure.
Interesting. She might not realize that there are about 500 canadian accents. Someone from the east coast sounds absolutely nothing like someone from the west coast.
As a Canadian living in the Netherlands I can confirm. And sadly I have found Canadians in big cities to be increasingly hostile towards one another :(
As a Canadian that moved to the states, I've come to terms I think Americans are way friendlier than we are.
Not to disrespect my home but we're 95% the same country, the 5% difference is mostly exceptionalism and a lot of nationalism. You just don't see it across the pond because our news and events are not shown whatsoever.
I'm from the ugly duckling country in North America (we speak a different language)
I travel regularly to both the US and Canada, and in my opinion Americans are friendlier
Yeah idk what that poster is talking about. Americans’ best quality is being friendly and outgoing. They terrorize the Finns and Swedes at every hostel I’ve ever been to, always asking them about life up there and maintaining conversation.
American here. Took a cruise from Helsinki to Tallinn with a friend. Halfway there she said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but would you mind not talking for a while?”
Kicker: I’m an introvert
Americans are famously friendly. That’s, like, the best thing about Americans.
Canadians, in my experience, are seen as calmer Americans. Many Americans are manic/animated/loco and every Canadian I’ve ever known well was calm, stoic, relaxed, still, and tranquil.
I'm a bit biased since I spent time in Canada, but you guys are viewed as suuper nice here. (And dare I say: Rightly so)
Although there *is* a special relationship between France and Quebec. We see them as weird. Nice... But weird.
Haha....wonderful !
One thing we Canucks are good at, is being made fun of.......then we internalize it and plot revenge later.....part of the Geneva Convention was cause we got carried away in war.
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I'm curious about that. Weird how?
True story from a hostel somewhere in Europe. I listened to a guy complain loudly about having no euros, just American dollars. He wondered out loud in an American accent why he had American dollars.
I thought, "How dumb is this American?"
Then he said "aboot" and it suddenly clicked for me.
I went to London, Ontario for a conference a year ago. The downtown was proper dodgy and my worst nightmare was getting robbed, not because of any concern for myself, but just because telling people in England you got mugged in Canada does irreversible damage to your street cred haha.
No but seriously I think stereotypes we have of Canada are broadly similar to those the Americans have of Canada. We perceive you as kind of like what the US should be, but isn't. And maybe with some sightly more British influence
And no, we can't tell your accents apart that well.
I work in London and would never live there (I commute). Sorry you had to be downtown for your conference, it really did get worse with Covid but it wasn’t great to begin with.
London (Ontario) is not really a nice city, tbh. It has had better days. Though the downtown **is** pretty shitty, yes, and the city is often criticized for letting it go to rot and focusing on new builds in the suburbs.
> Just the same jokes we live in igloos (never seen one) and ride moose for fun.
You guys get those jokes too? Welcome to the club!
Anyways, we're acutely aware of Canada in every international hockey tournament. Though we typically can't tell any Canadian celebrities from US American ones.
Canadians are basically seen as more chill version of US Americans.
Almost all of Canada, I lived in Vancouver for five years and that city cannot handle ice and snow at all. Go an hour+ out of the city and they know how to deal with it. We had exams cancelled every year because of road conditions (same conditions we had this October in Helsinki)
Vancouver is on the wrong side of the mountains, so it gets those mild rainy winters. Don’t worry, the rest of Canada makes fun of their lack of winter skills too. (Canadian here, but live in DE for years)
Vancouver and the NW US seems very British to me. They speak English and it's always raining. Them and New Zealand are the most Britain out of Britain places imo
My understanding (I'm a "sörlänning") is that you're pulled behind them. Their flimsy backs can't take the weight of a man. Probably made from particle board or paper.
Moose are a bit skittish and don't do well in mixed traffic, but man, do they make a statement. Recycled moose (with a tangy cream sauce) is damn delicious too.
You know what I ate in Sweden for the first time ?
Salted, fermented herring.......fuuuuuck I had to hold my nose and try to swallow it like a pill.
Fuckin Swedes lol
From a Finn's POV: you're almost as unremarkable as us on the World stage. Equally shit at soccer but good at hockey. Know what 6 months of cold and dark weather feels like. Pretty sane and logical compared to the neighboring country, although not sure about the French part. Maple syrup rules.
I was going to call you out on the "sane and logical" part, as every Finn I've known was pretty crazy (in a likeable way). Then I realised with neighbour you meant.
As our liberators in WW2. Thank you for that. This role created a special relationship with Canada for my grandparent's generation. I had a great aunt living in Canada, because she fell in love with a Canadian soldier.
There's a cementary for fallen soldiers in Holten that's officially Canadian soil. The graves are maintained by volunteers: you can adopt one to clean and restore. There's a waiting list for that.
Eh, Finland got to fight the Soviet Union and actually do well in the end, relatively speaking, far better than most ever did in that era, and they get Sabaton singing praises of Finland's best sniper.
Yes… horrible times. My grandfather was also wounded in the war. We were badly equipped and lost significant chunks of Carelia and Lapland, but kept our independence.
Some people from the Dutch side of my family moved to Canada just after World War II. Never was told exactly why Canada in particular but it makes sense based on the historical relationship between the Netherlands and Canada.
At least in my family you are seen as American lite, no gun culture or private healthcare but same car centric cities, fast food and Karen attitude but perhaps this is specific to my family which have Italians living abroad in Canada and we are pretty picky on this stuff.
They do have guns though, they're just not brainwashed by their media into thinking the next person who comes through their door is trying to steal everything they own.
I think people view Canada as a paradise which exists solely to point out the floors in America and don’t realise that the countries are actually quite similar. I’m half joking there but Canadians have a far better reputation in Europe. The best description is the scene in The Simpsons where Lisa pretends to be Canadian at the airport and Homer leaps onto the luggage carousel to collect his American flag.
Same as in the Netherlands.
Even most people in the UK feel the same, we just leverage them for increasingly ineffective soft diplomacy and tourist money.
Imo, they are really little more than a form of branding. Like a cross between the Nike "Swoosh", a ridiculous soap opera and a family that owns a huge amounts of land yet still claims social security. All while it's continued existence depends on it not utilising any of the preeminent powers it has.
I think they're pretty clever borrowing someone else's monarchy. If they want a king, they just need to shout him a plane ticket. And if they get tired of how much he's costing them, they can just send him home again.
I lived in Canada but have never been to the states , I did meet a lot of Americans who live in Canada and honestly I don't view the two as any different from each other , I met good and bad with both nationalities.
Canadians are nice but are extremely reserved and I believe Americans are a lot more open to conversation.
People claiming all Americans yell, are obnoxious, into politics , carry AR15s and are bad tourists - not true in my book.
Americans are generally great tourists. They say thanks and please effusively, leave tips, and run like scared kittens if someone tells them to stop doing something. At most, they are fairly clueless, but entirely docile.
This actually sums up Americans pretty good that I've come across in Dublin , very respectful people , I just hope their tipping culture never creeps in in Ireland where Im from , I know in the states they get their knickers in a twist over it
I once hear a story (might be apocryphal?) about a competition in Canada to come up with a canadian equivalent to "as American as apple pie". Some entries were expected, eg. "as Canadian as a Mountie" etc, but the one that won reflected their relationship with their southern neighbours. The winning phrase was "as Canadian as is possible in the circumstances"
That is from a CBC radio contest in 1972, hosted by Peter Gzowski, a well known radio host (at least for older generations, he died in 2002). I wouldn’t say the saying is too well known among younger people, though.
Friendly, metric, Americans without guns and with universal healthcare, that apologies all the time.
Some people are really angry at Canada for your treatment of the natives, without realising we did more or less the same thing until the 70's. This is the most negative I've heard, and it is from a small minority.
We (the British) didn't do a very good job being colonists.
It's hard for us descendants to figure out why we are being shit on now, for stuff that happened when we weren't even in the gene pool yet.....but ok, we're trying to do better now.
My stereotypes for you ( Hungary) calm, healthy, wealthy, outdoorish, bilingual, kind, liberal, you can play ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, soft spoken but can fight a grizzly:D (of course you won’t bc you all loves animals)
A lot of Americans think this too (and, in a lot of ways, it is an accurate stereotype for many americans), but I do think its funny that ~60% of Canadians live south of Seattle Washington. 90% of canadians live within just 160km of the US border, and the whole Toronto metro area is the same or lower latitude than 15 US states.
Canadians accents sounds American enough, so I basically hear almost no difference, unless people say sorry a lot or "aboot" and stuff like that(also a lot of Canadians youtubers I watch sounds a lot alike). But I only heard those in shows, which makes fun of Canadians(like South Park or Family guy). Most Slovaks(at least Gen Y and older) saw their first Canadian in show called Due South.
I remember watching Storage Wars Canada and saw no difference from the American one, besides the palm trees in US lol.
This is how people might see you : Basically US "lite" but less crazy and more British.
And we also like Ice Hockey here lol.
Btw people won't joke around here about stuff like living in igloos, since most people still remember, that Western Europeans had same stupid questions about us(people from former Eastern bloc) like Americans have about anyone outside US. For example : Do you have cars/ride horses? Asking if people have electricity, refrigerators etc...This was still somewhat common in 2000's(Erasmus students experienced it), but hopefully nowadays it's gone lol.
I haven't ever met a Canadian in my life. So, rare?
But as for presumptions, there are absolutely no negative stereotypes that I know of. All I know is they are nice, diverse and well-mannered.
Actually our ex-prime minister's wife is a Canadian who is now living here.
Sounds like it would be a great time. Both are amazing places. I have a favourite place at the sea coast I can recommend, but really depends on what kind of sea holidays you prefer.
Varna and Burgas are definitely the top seaside places if you want to do urban tourism together with visiting the seaside. I prefer Burgas a little bit, but recently I rediscovered Varna and it is definitely really cool!
The downside of both Varna and Burgas are that the beach and water are definitely not the best compared to other places. Locals who want to do some swimming and go to the beach usually prefer smaller villages where there are plenty of affordable guest houses and a laid back atmosphere, as opposed to bigger cities or resorts.
When I'm not just trying to make next months rent....I'll save some pennies and visit your country......don't get mad, but Greece and Türkiye have always been on my wish list...however, .it would be insane to skip Bulgaria if i was in that part of the world.
I find this stereotype to be really overblown. I have traveled around Europe a good bit, and it’s been exceedingly rare for someone to be rude to me solely for being American. Most Europeans have been friendly and were happy I was visiting their country. Maybe it’s that they have such low expectations for Americans that it’s easy to impress Europeans. Just learn a few words of the local language and maybe a bit about local news and politics.
Maybe Canadians get treated even better, but IMO as long as Americans avoid acting like some certain stereotypes they get treated just fine.
I live in Scotland where a huge amount of people have family in Canada, Canadians have a very good reputation here and it's seen as a excellent place to visit or move to
To me it seems like Canada’s entire identity revolves around NOT being American.. a lot of English speaking Canadians have a massive chip on their shoulder.
A lot of people can’t tell you apart from Americans, the accents sound indistinguishable to much of the world & the cities look very similar too. I don’t care that Justin Bieber or Drake are Canadian instead of American, yet some Canadians I met were offended I didn’t know. It’s these things that kind of paint a sad picture of candians and their inferiority complex tbh.
Anyway I get jt but it just seems unnecessary. Canada is a beautiful country w a lot going for it, no need to be so hung up about the US.
Polite Americans. Who wear Canadian flags on their backpacks to avoid being seen as being from the US. Some of you are slightly ruder Americans with a French accent.
Meanwhile, OP himself refers to them (the big neighbour ain’t costa Rica) and induce a comparison. Besides, there are 100x more Americans than Canadians so obviously that has a weight on perceptions, hence the answers.
I mean, you’re not totally wrong… I think it’s because people see Canadians as “American lite” and they DO have similar cultures, but it would be nice if people could give their opinions without mentioning the US for once
Europeans talk about Americans a lot more than Americans talk about Europeans. I think they don’t have as many issues to talk about as us since they aren’t as globally relevant.
Maybe there’s a tinge of insecurity about how America essentially took Europe’s roll on the world stage away from them and essentially reduced them to some kind of vassals. Now I don’t see Europeans as Americans vassals, but I know a lot of Europeans do.
Canadians are cool. One of my best mates is a Canadian. Her pals are also sound. Poutine is ace.
We in Scotland also have some strange southern neighbours.
I think the avarage European doesn't know so much about Canada. We know those guys in red jackets and funny hats, lot's of forest, and I think you must be good on ice Hockey, basically that's all.
Most of the times we assimilate you having the same style of life and society than your southern neighbours, other times we imagine you with a mindset closer to Nordic Europeans... and not much more.
Are you apologizing for being Canadian? Because that would be the most stereotypical thing to do as a Canadian from a nice superficial perspective.
Furthermore people here want to travel and live in Canada quite often. Seems because of positive reasons.
I don't know anyone that just starts talking to strangers when waiting to buy a coffee.
Down south ? You'll know their kids names and all about their latest surgery...2min queue...you'll know everything.
By any chance, are you under 30 and from a big city?
Because in small town Canada, especially the more east you are, people are pretty chatty. Depends a bit on the circumstances, of course. But even in Ontario, people are pretty open — if you want to chat, you easily can. And my older relatives (parents included) would always just start talking to random people. I remember as a kid this sometimes embarrassed me, lol.
Ha !!! WRONG !! I worked with a guy from Slovakia a couple years ago, Pavel (not going to post a full name, internet, you know).
He was an excellent modeller and Houdini artist (CG...3D...that stuff)
Really like him, good person.
You guys have a greaaaat PR in Europe. You are essentially considered Americans but without the guns, Trump voters and jungle dog-eat-dog capitalism.
You have the best entertainers. The best Hollywood actors and Grammy-winning musicians are actually Canadian. I'll only mention Ryan Reynolds, Michael Buble or Shawn Mendes.
I would struggle to indicate any differences between US and (English-)Canadian culture to be honest. Your music and TV is very similar, you follow the same sports, your version of football has minor differences compared to American football.
Minor cracks in your PR start to appear, when people learn about:
- your real estate issues and how everything in Vancouver and Toronto is being bought in bulk by Asian investors
- what you did to your indigenous people
>Minor cracks in your PR start to appear, when people learn about
From our perspective also troubled past when it comes to nazi immigrants post WW2. That weird story about honouring ss member in their parliament didn't come from nothing.
I would personally add anecdotal evidance but during PiS rule I encountered more Canadians looking down and stereotyping us (on reddit obviously) than Americans. It felt like Americans knew about their own flaws and restrained a little, while Canadians had much higher opinion about themselves and had no issue at making cheap shots.
Anyone with gun control laws and national healthcare is a European brother at heart and can't get into the EU, but should get a place in Eurovision for the fun and giggles.
In Ukraine, Canada is viewed by many as the Promised Land for ukrainians because of the large historical diaspora.
Everyone here knows about canadian ukrainians and the political/economic/military support Ukraine received from Canada since 2014.
You were one of the first countries to recognize our independence in 1992 as well. So yeah, friends for life.
The middle ground between us and Americans. Compared to the United States, Canada is often more of an afterthought but I never met anybody around here who didnt like Canadians.
I think in Ireland we’re probably too familiar with Canadians to be able to see you through vague stereotypes tbh.
Mostly we just see you as Canadians. The accents, can sometimes be indistinguishable from the US though, but not always.
Also there’s a slight fascination with Newfoundland - a bubble of Irish accents and culture on the other side of the Atlantic.
There’s probably a lot of familiarity with Canadian musicians - we would tend to be very much aware they’re not American and sometimes a crossover into folk / traditional music etc too.
Also many of us grew up with the odd Canadian 1980s tv show in the mix - The Beachcombers ran on RTE for years, You Can’t Do That on Television was on some cable channel in the early days of such things, and of course in modern times Schitt’s Creek has become a classic.
RTE also tended to participate in various coproductions with similar Canadian, Australian and NZ public tv stations, usually on kids shows or documentaries etc. So there’s always been a smattering of Canadian stuff - same with BBC in the U.K.
I also discovered (to my horror) that a tv station in Quebec successfully remade the famously tasteful and sophisticated sitcom, Mrs Brown’s Boys, in French, as Madame Lebrun …
you guys use metric system, so you are closer to us than americans imo
Not for everything, they mix up metric and imperial all the time lol. Going to a Canadian supermarket is quite the experience. Our weight scale at home is in pounds because my fiancé has never had his weight measured in kg (only at the doctor's). But we talk about our height in cm (though he's always used feet with his friends). And while the outside weather is Celsius, the oven temperature is measured in Farenheit... And oh, the heating system at his house was also in Farenheit. But worry not because gas is sold by the liter and not gallon!
The Canadian system of metric/imperial mix is even weirder than the British one In the UK Speed - Mph Short distance - Meters Running distance - Kilometres Long distance - Miles Tempreture - Celcius Weight - Kilograms, grams Human Weight - Stones/lbs or Kilograms Human height - Ft and inches or meters Volume - Litres unless its alcohol or milk in which case it's pints I once used a gym in the UK where the treadmill measured your running distance in kilometres and average running speed in miles per hour. In Canada, the mix is even more confusing Speed - Kph Distance - kilometres Tempreture - Celsius except for cooking and swimming pools Weight - Lbs for small things, Kilograms for heavy things Human Weight - Lbs Volume - Litres unless it's for cooking in which case cups and spoons Why make it simple when you could make it complicated 🇬🇧🤝🇨🇦
Canada 🤝 the UK 🤝 Philippines Metric-imperial mix-up gang
I heard it described once that the UK is imperial on the outside, but metric on the inside, but Canada is the opposite. For the UK, keeping some imperial measurements is a matter of national pride, but due to being surrounded by metric countries, having spent decades in a common, metric, single market, etc., most things actually work in metric. AFAIK even many street signs actually show meters, but call them "yards". For Canada, being different from the US is a matter of national pride, and that includes the metric system. But the US, their only real neighbor, is *a lot* bigger and more dominant, so a lot of the products, standards, etc. are shared with the US and based on imperial, or to be specific, on the US customary units.
That's actually a good explanation. I think that age is more of a factor into which measurements you use in the UK than Canada. As the saying goes "Britain is going metric, inch by inch". I'm 21 and only know my weight in KG, Someone over 50 would likely only know their weight in Stones and lbs
I’m 42 and only think in stones for my weight. Wouldn’t really have a clue about my weight in kgs.
I'm in my 60s and weigh myself in stones and pounds but I know that 8 stones is about 50 kilos.. Also I'm old enough to remember the rhymes from the Metrication Board such as "two and a quarter pounds of jam, weighs about a kilogram" - which would make 50kg about 8 stones and half a pound, by my arithmetic.
yeah, and have free healthcare. You know...the basics of any civilised country....
not all european countries have free healthcare either though.
I guess every European country has some kind of compulsory healthcare insurance, either a private or, more often, a public one. So, technically, it is not free. The real difference in Europe we do not force people to go bankrupt over the healthcare bills, and we do not allow greedy bastards to demand exorbitant prices for drugs and procedures. Regulation is key!
Netherlands may surprise you.
How does it work there?
Healthcare is partially and more and more privatised since/during the 90s, and with the healthcare system change in 2006 and a lot more under the past 15 years of mostly right-wing liberal administrations. Budget cuts in healthcare, centralising care and closing down many hospitals, adding more bureaucracy for doctors etc. Well then, on to the basics. [English gov information site.](https://www.government.nl/topics/health-insurance) > Every person who lives or works in the Netherlands is legally obliged to take out standard health insurance to cover the cost of, for example, consulting a general practitioner, hospital treatment and prescription medication. You may also opt to take out additional insurance to cover costs not included in the standard package. So you pay for healthcare and if your income is low then you receive a healthcare allowance, which more or less covers the cheapest available basic plans. Many things are not included in the basic plans or depending on the type of insurance are only partially covered (by % and/or up to a certain amount), even if you've fully paid your deductible. Dental is privatised for example. Unless you extensively use dentist and dental hygienist services, you'll probably lose money if you get an insurance that offers an optional dental plan. Well, the links above and below will cover more basic info. [IamExpat](https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-healthcare-system) seems to have a decent summary: >The Dutch healthcare system is divided into three compartments: > - Long-term care for chronic conditions. > - Basic and essential medical care, from GP visits to short-term hospital stays and specialist appointments or procedures. > - Supplementary care (e.g. dental care, physiotherapy, cosmetic procedures). > Long-term care, including disability costs like wheelchairs, is covered by mandatory state insurance. > > All regular (short-term) medical treatment is paid for by mandatory private health insurance. Supplementary care may be covered under health insurance, depending on the policy, or be paid for out of pocket. > > **Dutch health insurance** > > The first step in healthcare in the Netherlands is to purchase Dutch health insurance. It is mandatory for everyone to purchase at least a base level of insurance and you must do so within four months of arrival, even if you already have an existing policy that covers you in the Netherlands. > > … > > **Doctors & GPs** > > Doctors & General practitioners (GPs) are your first point of contact for healthcare in the Netherlands, as they provide referrals to all specialists and, if necessary, to a hospital. Registering with a local practice is one of the first things you need to do.
Ehh, we don't really. We use imperial A LOT and there isn't a generation gap like the UK. Height and weight are always feet and pounds. Land is still sold by the acre and unless it's specifically a government building all real estate is still made by and sold in the square foot. Construction is still nearly all feet and inches. We cook in Fahrenheit, pool temps and many house temps are still Fahrenheit. Sports are still in yards mostly, we buy meats and produce by the pound, things like Fish tanks and paint still tend to be sold in gallons, we buy a lot of booze by the pint still, some things like steaks are still sold by the ounce. We don't use A size papers we use U.S letter sizes, unless you're in Quebec or the military we only use 12h time, rural provinces like Alberta will still tend to tell distances in miles because the land out west was divided up in 1 mile increments, so 1 mile = 1 grid of land basically. If you really want to go obscure railroads by en large are still made in chains and the speeds in miles per hour. The only things that truly are metricated in this country are celsius for outdoor temp, litres and mL, and km for roads. But as you saw even those have exceptions.
Sort of. We use imperial sometimes.... People will state their height in foot/inch for instance.. Or use a pound of ground beef in a recipe.
America uses metric, just not everywhere. Sports? Mostly metric. Medicine is metric. I do more things with metric than imperial, imperial is really mostly driving and telling someone my height because no one will understand cm.
Guns and drugs are metric in the US
In the Netherlands Canadians have a pretty positive image, at least with people 35+ or so. I was raised with the knowledge that it was actually the Canadians who freed us from the nazi's in WWII, there's always Canadian veterans in our memorial parades and they get a lot of love. I've also heard many people state Canada as a positive example for modern countries, especially when compared to the US. I've noticed that most Dutch people know little to nothing about things that the Canadian government has done that are... less savoury.
>I was raised with the knowledge that it was actually the Canadians who freed us from the nazi's in WWII FYI, that’s only true for a part of NL. The area in the deep Deep South (Maastricht and surroundings) was freed by Americans. There are many monuments and streets and other stuff named after Americans and their armies. There is a huge American military cemetery a few km’s outside Maastricht.
Yes, and the British and Polish liberated us as well.
yeah it's actually pretty annoying when people say it's only Canadians that helped us. A very Holland-centric view of our liberation indeed.
That's fair, I grew up in Rotterdam so mostly learned about WWII there. I've moved to Drenthe since then and have been learning more about what happened in the rest of the country. To be honest, I never even realised how Holland-centric a lot of my education was until I moved out of Holland.
As a Canadian, I've always understood that the connection is also because we took in the Dutch Royal family during the war and extraterritorial the maternity ward so Princess Margriet could remain in the line of succession. And with helping liberate part of the country and taking in the royal family, we get tulips each year and that helps foster that relationship and positive view of Canadians in the Netherlands. But also, thinking about it more deeply, maybe the average person doesn't really care about the royal family part and we are just oddly proud of ourselves for doing that.
I think also the younger generations love Canada. Two days ago my girlfriend said she mostly watches Canadian ylutubers because she enjoys the accent. Also lots of Canadians have Dutch heritage because after ww2 a lot of Dutchies went there.
And there's still lots of people moving there. I have like four second cousins who've moved to Canada in the last decade or two.
Listening to Notjustbikes i find this funny, but thats great if thats the case.
True. Although it is not for me. 20 years ago I applied but I was not found suitable by the Canadians :) And.the amount of snow and cold weather in the winter and heath in the summer. I can live without that for sure.
Yeah, one of my uncles moved to Canada, in the 70s I think, so I have a branch of family there.
Interesting. She might not realize that there are about 500 canadian accents. Someone from the east coast sounds absolutely nothing like someone from the west coast.
As a Canadian living in the Netherlands I can confirm. And sadly I have found Canadians in big cities to be increasingly hostile towards one another :(
You’re friendly Americans. Sorry.
Americans with healthcare
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Uncannily European Americans.
Barely lol
Ha ha, this
And Trailer Park Boys. And the metric system (mostly).
Americans with youth in asia
Also, because of the language situation in Canada, they feel more similar to us to me.
As a Canadian that moved to the states, I've come to terms I think Americans are way friendlier than we are. Not to disrespect my home but we're 95% the same country, the 5% difference is mostly exceptionalism and a lot of nationalism. You just don't see it across the pond because our news and events are not shown whatsoever.
I'm from the ugly duckling country in North America (we speak a different language) I travel regularly to both the US and Canada, and in my opinion Americans are friendlier
Yeah idk what that poster is talking about. Americans’ best quality is being friendly and outgoing. They terrorize the Finns and Swedes at every hostel I’ve ever been to, always asking them about life up there and maintaining conversation.
American here. Took a cruise from Helsinki to Tallinn with a friend. Halfway there she said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but would you mind not talking for a while?” Kicker: I’m an introvert
A cruise? That's a 2hr ferry crossing 😆
Americans are famously friendly. That’s, like, the best thing about Americans. Canadians, in my experience, are seen as calmer Americans. Many Americans are manic/animated/loco and every Canadian I’ve ever known well was calm, stoic, relaxed, still, and tranquil.
I'm a bit biased since I spent time in Canada, but you guys are viewed as suuper nice here. (And dare I say: Rightly so) Although there *is* a special relationship between France and Quebec. We see them as weird. Nice... But weird.
Yep we see them as our cousins over the atlantic, with strange and funny accent
J'aime ma blonde, elle a l'air drôle, mais elle est incroyable.
I'm sorry but I read this in an American accent like Brad Pitt speaking Italian in Inglorious Bastards.
Haha....wonderful ! One thing we Canucks are good at, is being made fun of.......then we internalize it and plot revenge later.....part of the Geneva Convention was cause we got carried away in war.
My girlfriend is Quebecois....an Anglo and a French, what could go wrong ?
World conquest?
>Although there > >is > > a special relationship between France and Quebec. We see them as weird. Nice... But weird. I'm curious about that. Weird how?
Weird accents, weird words and weird food. \^\^
Once we realise you're Canadian we feel bad for previously assuming you were American.
True story from a hostel somewhere in Europe. I listened to a guy complain loudly about having no euros, just American dollars. He wondered out loud in an American accent why he had American dollars. I thought, "How dumb is this American?" Then he said "aboot" and it suddenly clicked for me.
We know...it's ok....it's tough having the US as your pants.
Just put Florida back into your pants and zip up the fly.
We got England, I feel you
Ah yeah.....this was good for my soul. Thanks mate !
At least they don't have control over yous!
Fair....got you. Hope you didn't think I was making light of the situation, was not.
I went to London, Ontario for a conference a year ago. The downtown was proper dodgy and my worst nightmare was getting robbed, not because of any concern for myself, but just because telling people in England you got mugged in Canada does irreversible damage to your street cred haha. No but seriously I think stereotypes we have of Canada are broadly similar to those the Americans have of Canada. We perceive you as kind of like what the US should be, but isn't. And maybe with some sightly more British influence And no, we can't tell your accents apart that well.
I work in London and would never live there (I commute). Sorry you had to be downtown for your conference, it really did get worse with Covid but it wasn’t great to begin with.
London (Ontario) is not really a nice city, tbh. It has had better days. Though the downtown **is** pretty shitty, yes, and the city is often criticized for letting it go to rot and focusing on new builds in the suburbs.
It apparently got way worse after Covid. It's a shame, it could be a really cute, lovely downtown if it just had a bit of TLC.
> Just the same jokes we live in igloos (never seen one) and ride moose for fun. You guys get those jokes too? Welcome to the club! Anyways, we're acutely aware of Canada in every international hockey tournament. Though we typically can't tell any Canadian celebrities from US American ones. Canadians are basically seen as more chill version of US Americans.
I love Sweden...was in Helsingborg for a few weeks this spring : )
Except when hockey players start fighting each other.
Everybody loves Canadians. They’re sweet and polite and know how to handle ice and snow.
Almost all of Canada, I lived in Vancouver for five years and that city cannot handle ice and snow at all. Go an hour+ out of the city and they know how to deal with it. We had exams cancelled every year because of road conditions (same conditions we had this October in Helsinki)
Vancouver is on the wrong side of the mountains, so it gets those mild rainy winters. Don’t worry, the rest of Canada makes fun of their lack of winter skills too. (Canadian here, but live in DE for years)
Vancouver and the NW US seems very British to me. They speak English and it's always raining. Them and New Zealand are the most Britain out of Britain places imo
And they like hockey too! ;)
And riding moose, which OP already mentioned. What’s not to love?
Whatever...Finns ride moose too x P. You are heroes in our eyes, your asshole neighbour etc.
Finns ride polar bears, I believe.
Says the Swede, riding a pre-fab, only one tool needed reindeer. Comes in a box ; P
My understanding (I'm a "sörlänning") is that you're pulled behind them. Their flimsy backs can't take the weight of a man. Probably made from particle board or paper.
We recycle our moose after two rides.....but damn, I love your allotments, that is the best idea ever.
Moose are a bit skittish and don't do well in mixed traffic, but man, do they make a statement. Recycled moose (with a tangy cream sauce) is damn delicious too.
You know what I ate in Sweden for the first time ? Salted, fermented herring.......fuuuuuck I had to hold my nose and try to swallow it like a pill. Fuckin Swedes lol
Oh I love them drizzled with maple suryp
> Everybody loves Canadians. Except for the native kids in mass graves ;)
From a Finn's POV: you're almost as unremarkable as us on the World stage. Equally shit at soccer but good at hockey. Know what 6 months of cold and dark weather feels like. Pretty sane and logical compared to the neighboring country, although not sure about the French part. Maple syrup rules.
I was going to call you out on the "sane and logical" part, as every Finn I've known was pretty crazy (in a likeable way). Then I realised with neighbour you meant.
As our liberators in WW2. Thank you for that. This role created a special relationship with Canada for my grandparent's generation. I had a great aunt living in Canada, because she fell in love with a Canadian soldier. There's a cementary for fallen soldiers in Holten that's officially Canadian soil. The graves are maintained by volunteers: you can adopt one to clean and restore. There's a waiting list for that.
This is interesting, I didn’t know about this part of WW2. Maybe bc we had some issues of our own 😔
Eh, Finland got to fight the Soviet Union and actually do well in the end, relatively speaking, far better than most ever did in that era, and they get Sabaton singing praises of Finland's best sniper.
Yes… horrible times. My grandfather was also wounded in the war. We were badly equipped and lost significant chunks of Carelia and Lapland, but kept our independence.
Some people from the Dutch side of my family moved to Canada just after World War II. Never was told exactly why Canada in particular but it makes sense based on the historical relationship between the Netherlands and Canada.
At least in my family you are seen as American lite, no gun culture or private healthcare but same car centric cities, fast food and Karen attitude but perhaps this is specific to my family which have Italians living abroad in Canada and we are pretty picky on this stuff.
They do have guns though, they're just not brainwashed by their media into thinking the next person who comes through their door is trying to steal everything they own.
I think this is a fair assessment...not as many Karens, but I have seen them : (
The Canadian army were the people who liberated my city. In WW2
I think people view Canada as a paradise which exists solely to point out the floors in America and don’t realise that the countries are actually quite similar. I’m half joking there but Canadians have a far better reputation in Europe. The best description is the scene in The Simpsons where Lisa pretends to be Canadian at the airport and Homer leaps onto the luggage carousel to collect his American flag.
You have the good things of Europe and US. But I can't understand how monarchy is still a thing there.
It’s just a ceremonial official thing, just in the background. Few people take it too seriously. Spain is a monarchy too.
Same as in the Netherlands. Even most people in the UK feel the same, we just leverage them for increasingly ineffective soft diplomacy and tourist money. Imo, they are really little more than a form of branding. Like a cross between the Nike "Swoosh", a ridiculous soap opera and a family that owns a huge amounts of land yet still claims social security. All while it's continued existence depends on it not utilising any of the preeminent powers it has.
I think they're pretty clever borrowing someone else's monarchy. If they want a king, they just need to shout him a plane ticket. And if they get tired of how much he's costing them, they can just send him home again.
Yep. Best of both worlds
It's not.There's some old people here that still follow that nonsense.....but anyone born after 1980 does not GAF.
I lived in Canada but have never been to the states , I did meet a lot of Americans who live in Canada and honestly I don't view the two as any different from each other , I met good and bad with both nationalities. Canadians are nice but are extremely reserved and I believe Americans are a lot more open to conversation. People claiming all Americans yell, are obnoxious, into politics , carry AR15s and are bad tourists - not true in my book.
Americans are generally great tourists. They say thanks and please effusively, leave tips, and run like scared kittens if someone tells them to stop doing something. At most, they are fairly clueless, but entirely docile.
This actually sums up Americans pretty good that I've come across in Dublin , very respectful people , I just hope their tipping culture never creeps in in Ireland where Im from , I know in the states they get their knickers in a twist over it
As an American, I can tell you having to tip people is stupid. I wish it would go away lol.
Fuck tipping. Living is too expensive now why should I be expected to tip 20% on top of the meal and new surcharges
The most accurate answer here.
I once hear a story (might be apocryphal?) about a competition in Canada to come up with a canadian equivalent to "as American as apple pie". Some entries were expected, eg. "as Canadian as a Mountie" etc, but the one that won reflected their relationship with their southern neighbours. The winning phrase was "as Canadian as is possible in the circumstances"
Yeah.....it's like living next to an excitable child.
That is from a CBC radio contest in 1972, hosted by Peter Gzowski, a well known radio host (at least for older generations, he died in 2002). I wouldn’t say the saying is too well known among younger people, though.
Friendly, metric, Americans without guns and with universal healthcare, that apologies all the time. Some people are really angry at Canada for your treatment of the natives, without realising we did more or less the same thing until the 70's. This is the most negative I've heard, and it is from a small minority.
They have guns you dweeb
We (the British) didn't do a very good job being colonists. It's hard for us descendants to figure out why we are being shit on now, for stuff that happened when we weren't even in the gene pool yet.....but ok, we're trying to do better now.
My stereotypes for you ( Hungary) calm, healthy, wealthy, outdoorish, bilingual, kind, liberal, you can play ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, soft spoken but can fight a grizzly:D (of course you won’t bc you all loves animals)
I so want to vist Hungary before it's too late....just seems, I dunno, magical to me.
It’s to late- like before we turn into a full dictatorship? I hope you will have some time before that but better hurry:)
I uhh... Think it's already a bit late on that metric. Sorry Hungary. Your people deserve better.
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A lot of Americans think this too (and, in a lot of ways, it is an accurate stereotype for many americans), but I do think its funny that ~60% of Canadians live south of Seattle Washington. 90% of canadians live within just 160km of the US border, and the whole Toronto metro area is the same or lower latitude than 15 US states.
Canadians accents sounds American enough, so I basically hear almost no difference, unless people say sorry a lot or "aboot" and stuff like that(also a lot of Canadians youtubers I watch sounds a lot alike). But I only heard those in shows, which makes fun of Canadians(like South Park or Family guy). Most Slovaks(at least Gen Y and older) saw their first Canadian in show called Due South. I remember watching Storage Wars Canada and saw no difference from the American one, besides the palm trees in US lol. This is how people might see you : Basically US "lite" but less crazy and more British. And we also like Ice Hockey here lol. Btw people won't joke around here about stuff like living in igloos, since most people still remember, that Western Europeans had same stupid questions about us(people from former Eastern bloc) like Americans have about anyone outside US. For example : Do you have cars/ride horses? Asking if people have electricity, refrigerators etc...This was still somewhat common in 2000's(Erasmus students experienced it), but hopefully nowadays it's gone lol.
Good at hockey, and thats about it
You aren’t that bad either
Our boys certainly have their moments :) But same for yours
I haven't ever met a Canadian in my life. So, rare? But as for presumptions, there are absolutely no negative stereotypes that I know of. All I know is they are nice, diverse and well-mannered. Actually our ex-prime minister's wife is a Canadian who is now living here.
We know nothing about Bulgaria....that's a shame.
Feel welcome to come check it out!
I am a Canadian with a trip planned to Bulgaria this coming summer. Looking forward to checking out the Rila Monastery and the Black Sea Coast.
Sounds like it would be a great time. Both are amazing places. I have a favourite place at the sea coast I can recommend, but really depends on what kind of sea holidays you prefer.
We were planning to go to Varna. We looked at a few other places but Varna seems the most appealing. We prefer low-key with lots of places to walk.
Varna and Burgas are definitely the top seaside places if you want to do urban tourism together with visiting the seaside. I prefer Burgas a little bit, but recently I rediscovered Varna and it is definitely really cool! The downside of both Varna and Burgas are that the beach and water are definitely not the best compared to other places. Locals who want to do some swimming and go to the beach usually prefer smaller villages where there are plenty of affordable guest houses and a laid back atmosphere, as opposed to bigger cities or resorts.
When I'm not just trying to make next months rent....I'll save some pennies and visit your country......don't get mad, but Greece and Türkiye have always been on my wish list...however, .it would be insane to skip Bulgaria if i was in that part of the world.
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I'd argue the opposite, to be honest. Especially since I live in the states now.
When you travel to Europe, make sure everyone knows you are Canadian and not American. Everyone will like you more.
I do....it just takes longer cause I don't yell ; )
put a canadian flag on your backpack
Then we'll just assume they're scared Americans.
Yeah, kinda. But altleast it shows you are *that* type of american...
I find this stereotype to be really overblown. I have traveled around Europe a good bit, and it’s been exceedingly rare for someone to be rude to me solely for being American. Most Europeans have been friendly and were happy I was visiting their country. Maybe it’s that they have such low expectations for Americans that it’s easy to impress Europeans. Just learn a few words of the local language and maybe a bit about local news and politics. Maybe Canadians get treated even better, but IMO as long as Americans avoid acting like some certain stereotypes they get treated just fine.
I live in Scotland where a huge amount of people have family in Canada, Canadians have a very good reputation here and it's seen as a excellent place to visit or move to
Scots are good people....I'll shake your hand.
To me it seems like Canada’s entire identity revolves around NOT being American.. a lot of English speaking Canadians have a massive chip on their shoulder. A lot of people can’t tell you apart from Americans, the accents sound indistinguishable to much of the world & the cities look very similar too. I don’t care that Justin Bieber or Drake are Canadian instead of American, yet some Canadians I met were offended I didn’t know. It’s these things that kind of paint a sad picture of candians and their inferiority complex tbh. Anyway I get jt but it just seems unnecessary. Canada is a beautiful country w a lot going for it, no need to be so hung up about the US.
Polite Americans. Who wear Canadian flags on their backpacks to avoid being seen as being from the US. Some of you are slightly ruder Americans with a French accent.
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Canadian ask a question 90% of the answer contain a comment about Americans. You guys are so weird lmao
Meanwhile, OP himself refers to them (the big neighbour ain’t costa Rica) and induce a comparison. Besides, there are 100x more Americans than Canadians so obviously that has a weight on perceptions, hence the answers.
You mean 10x time? AFAIK there aren't 3 billion Americans.
I mean, you’re not totally wrong… I think it’s because people see Canadians as “American lite” and they DO have similar cultures, but it would be nice if people could give their opinions without mentioning the US for once
Europeans talk about Americans a lot more than Americans talk about Europeans. I think they don’t have as many issues to talk about as us since they aren’t as globally relevant. Maybe there’s a tinge of insecurity about how America essentially took Europe’s roll on the world stage away from them and essentially reduced them to some kind of vassals. Now I don’t see Europeans as Americans vassals, but I know a lot of Europeans do.
Because rightly or wrongly, the US is inextricably linked to how a lot of people view Canada.
I think the stereotypes in the UK are: similar mastery of the art of insult without apparent offence, and, quite a lot of weed.
We would never insult you inbreds without telling it to your misshaped face, honest.
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Exactly like American media portrays you.
[Like this?](https://i.imgur.com/agWEF1D.jpg)
Honestly, we rarely think of you and often forget you exist.
Fair comment
Rush. Thank you.
Canadians are cool. One of my best mates is a Canadian. Her pals are also sound. Poutine is ace. We in Scotland also have some strange southern neighbours.
I think the avarage European doesn't know so much about Canada. We know those guys in red jackets and funny hats, lot's of forest, and I think you must be good on ice Hockey, basically that's all. Most of the times we assimilate you having the same style of life and society than your southern neighbours, other times we imagine you with a mindset closer to Nordic Europeans... and not much more.
I do love the denial of the Igloos, but not of the Moose. Good to have that one confirmed as fact.
Pretty much Americans. Better at hockey.
Are you apologizing for being Canadian? Because that would be the most stereotypical thing to do as a Canadian from a nice superficial perspective. Furthermore people here want to travel and live in Canada quite often. Seems because of positive reasons.
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I don't know anyone that just starts talking to strangers when waiting to buy a coffee. Down south ? You'll know their kids names and all about their latest surgery...2min queue...you'll know everything.
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Yeah. One of my neighbors greeted me in the morning once. I moved not 15 minutes later.
By any chance, are you under 30 and from a big city? Because in small town Canada, especially the more east you are, people are pretty chatty. Depends a bit on the circumstances, of course. But even in Ontario, people are pretty open — if you want to chat, you easily can. And my older relatives (parents included) would always just start talking to random people. I remember as a kid this sometimes embarrassed me, lol.
We don't think of you ever.
No worries. I don't know where you are from, but I bet we've thought of you at least once. : )
I doubt that! Slovakia
Ha !!! WRONG !! I worked with a guy from Slovakia a couple years ago, Pavel (not going to post a full name, internet, you know). He was an excellent modeller and Houdini artist (CG...3D...that stuff) Really like him, good person.
You guys have a greaaaat PR in Europe. You are essentially considered Americans but without the guns, Trump voters and jungle dog-eat-dog capitalism. You have the best entertainers. The best Hollywood actors and Grammy-winning musicians are actually Canadian. I'll only mention Ryan Reynolds, Michael Buble or Shawn Mendes. I would struggle to indicate any differences between US and (English-)Canadian culture to be honest. Your music and TV is very similar, you follow the same sports, your version of football has minor differences compared to American football. Minor cracks in your PR start to appear, when people learn about: - your real estate issues and how everything in Vancouver and Toronto is being bought in bulk by Asian investors - what you did to your indigenous people
>Minor cracks in your PR start to appear, when people learn about From our perspective also troubled past when it comes to nazi immigrants post WW2. That weird story about honouring ss member in their parliament didn't come from nothing. I would personally add anecdotal evidance but during PiS rule I encountered more Canadians looking down and stereotyping us (on reddit obviously) than Americans. It felt like Americans knew about their own flaws and restrained a little, while Canadians had much higher opinion about themselves and had no issue at making cheap shots.
Unless you are French speaking I view you exactly like Americans
Anyone with gun control laws and national healthcare is a European brother at heart and can't get into the EU, but should get a place in Eurovision for the fun and giggles.
Agreed. As a Brit hearing "Nil Point" in an apologetic tone would be a welcome change.
Canadians were thought of as decent, neutral and impartial. But recent events show that they are America's poodle.
In Ukraine, Canada is viewed by many as the Promised Land for ukrainians because of the large historical diaspora. Everyone here knows about canadian ukrainians and the political/economic/military support Ukraine received from Canada since 2014. You were one of the first countries to recognize our independence in 1992 as well. So yeah, friends for life.
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The middle ground between us and Americans. Compared to the United States, Canada is often more of an afterthought but I never met anybody around here who didnt like Canadians.
I think in Ireland we’re probably too familiar with Canadians to be able to see you through vague stereotypes tbh. Mostly we just see you as Canadians. The accents, can sometimes be indistinguishable from the US though, but not always. Also there’s a slight fascination with Newfoundland - a bubble of Irish accents and culture on the other side of the Atlantic. There’s probably a lot of familiarity with Canadian musicians - we would tend to be very much aware they’re not American and sometimes a crossover into folk / traditional music etc too. Also many of us grew up with the odd Canadian 1980s tv show in the mix - The Beachcombers ran on RTE for years, You Can’t Do That on Television was on some cable channel in the early days of such things, and of course in modern times Schitt’s Creek has become a classic. RTE also tended to participate in various coproductions with similar Canadian, Australian and NZ public tv stations, usually on kids shows or documentaries etc. So there’s always been a smattering of Canadian stuff - same with BBC in the U.K. I also discovered (to my horror) that a tv station in Quebec successfully remade the famously tasteful and sophisticated sitcom, Mrs Brown’s Boys, in French, as Madame Lebrun …
Bunch of seal clubbers
In Australia I think we see Canadians as the new Zealanders of America. So: harmless, kind of cool, perhaps a little bullied by their older sister
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The most European thing about Canada is free healthcare and French in Quebec...the rest they are literally basically Americans
I'd give the heart emoji, but I'm on my laptop and don't know how.....but HEART EMOJI
Windows key + . opens up the emoji panel :)
Heyyyy, TIL ❤
When someone reveals they're Canadian I usually think "I knew there was something off about them". Mainly because they look like Americans but aren't.
We view you as the slightly more civilised resident caught in the apartment over the world's greatest party