I once had friend of mine from the U.S. try to tell me that Maple Syrup is actually American and not Canadain and it was the first time I felt insulted on behalf on my country. I still feel salty about it.
I grew up in suburban Buffalo, NY, across Lake Erie from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. I always felt like I was part-Canadian. There were stories about Canada in the Buffalo daily paper. In addition to our five local television stations, we could get broadcasts from Toronto and Hamilton. And, of course, we heard Canadian radio stations. I could watch Canadian parliament broadcasts on the educational channel (Ch. 19). I could watch the Maple Leafs every Wednesday and Saturday night on "free" TV, when the Sabres could only be seen on cable. A highlight of each summer was crossing the Peace Bridge into Ontario to go to the Crystal Beach amusement park. No passport required. You just said you were born in the USA. I always felt Canada was America with a better conscience.
Mike I spent every summer of my youth at Crystal Beach. I was related to the manager and baker at the Stoodleigh Restaurant.Many fond memories of the beautiful young ladies that came over from Kenmore and Tonawanda.
@@Tredemptation The Okanagan is a region the straddles the settler border. No, in Washington they spell it Okanogan, so ppl are more likely to pronounce it correctly maybe.
What are you babbling about ? Canadian military snipers hold the longest military kill records in Afghanistan and Iraq , Canada had the third largest combat role in. Afghanistan after the States and the UK , and provided special forces teams
You mean like Canadians were the first to use trench warfare? (hInt :- Battle of Paardeberg in the Boer War.) Or that Germans "Blitzkrieg" was based on the CANADIAN assault on Vimy Ridge (after French lost 250,000 troops trying to take it) with a loss of 3,598 men, mostly due to "friendly cannon" fire. The heavy cannon shelling (WW2 by air) (see also "mostly friendly cannon fire" above), Immediate attack before defending troops emerged from bunkers and the heavy reliance of troops on the "front line" (and little resistance once through the front line) were all first done at Vimy Ridge. Sorry world.
It's crazy how America and Canada are so close but still different as countries. If you took a picture on a normal street in each countries (minus flags, teams, etc.) you couldn't tell which country you were on sometimes.
unless its winter. Then you know you're in Canada(except vancouver area) or the northern US so that limits your option. Also if you see french, your probably in Canada too
You can, just by looking at the SIZE of the people and how clean the streets are. The USA is the world leader in obesity and it's got so many homeless people that keeping it clean is impossible.
@@TheJimprez While we aren't the US, Canadians also have really high numbers of fat people and homeless people (especially in Vancouver and Toronto. Also I think Nauru is the world leader in obesity (if not, it's one of the other Pacific island nations)
Re: the temperature change in Pincher Creek. This town is in Alberta and due to our proximity to the Rocky Mountains and the fact that the Pacific Ocean isn't that far away, we get a weather phenomenon known as "the Chinook". I've personally experienced a temperature swing of -35C to +5C in two hours - and it can go the other way just as fast. It has to do with winds carrying warm air from the Pacific over the mountains suddenly dropping down to the prairies of Alberta, pushing out the cold air and replacing it quickly with warm air (or vice versa). The Blackfoot people referred to these winds as "snow eater". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind
I had a regrettable Calgary day of skirt and sandals, when they didn’t mention the temperature high for the day was at 9 AM. And I had to take the bus.
"It's probably can't find a rude Canadian even if you try" me: remembers when a lady almost hit us with her car and yelled at us while she was speeding
There was a rude Canadian border guard giving me hard time with my passport my first time there. Then he made fun of my name because he had hard time pronouncing it. It was a bad experience.
There's a few hockey tournaments by country. Men, women, and different age groups, as well. (Invitational International Hockey Federation, or IIHF for short) The big 5 national hockey teams are Canada, USA, Russia, Sweden, & Finland. Norway, Germany, & Czech Republic also produce great talents & teams
There is only one Norwegian in the NHL: Mats Zuccarello (he's part Italian). Another country that produces elite hockey players is Slovakia, although there might be fewer than in the past.
My family, friends and I only drink tap water, and for the poutine thing, it’s everywhere haha, we have so many restaurants that are just different types of poutine! It’s also one of the favs for movies, sporting events or concerts!
Canada is like a more progressive, less populated version of the States. We're very similar and different in many ways. I love it here, wouldn't leave even for warmer climate. Although it has been between 30-40 degrees celcius for the past week so it's not like we freeze
@@BanterSage Have you considered Victoria BC? There are only a few quite cold weeks, but from winter ocean storms and rarely snow. If there is any, it doesn't last. Seriously, I know people that grow figs there...
Omg Luca you gotta try out real maple syrup from Quebec, that stuff is just out of this world man. If i had more money id buy you a can and ship it over in a heartbeat XD
Yeah but be sure to buy it in French bc if you speak English the Québécois will pretend they don't understand and refused to help (even if you heard them. Speaking English moments ago)
The Fact about the temperature change is because of something called a chinook a hot wind rolls over the mountains and can heat up an area for a few days and then goes back to being freezing
I love that you're watching videos about my country. :) As a Canadian, I do want to nitpick a bit about the metric of the World Championship as the decider of the best hockey country. The World Championship is held every year in May, which is right in the middle of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Many of the best players from all countries are still playing for the Stanley Cup at that point. Even many good players from eliminated teams choose to skip it. It's a meaningful tournament, especially for European players who play for European teams, but it's not a true best-on-best. The better metrics for great hockey teams are who wins the Olympics in years when the NHL participates. Another better metric is who are the best players are in the NHL and which countries have disproportionate numbers players both in the league and at the top of the league. About Canada's problems at 10:05, we are luckier and more fortunate than most countries in important ways, but we have plenty of problems. Our history with indigenous peoples is shameful, from breaking treaties to kidnapping children and putting them in boarding schools, to restrictions on civil liberties, the use of their language, and the expressions of their cultures. The legacy of this still exists. Some aboriginals, especially living on reserves in remote parts of the country, have a difficult time even getting clean drinking water. Poverty, missing and murdered indigenous women, high rates of crime and alcoholism, and disproportionate numbers of indigenous kids in foster care are still problems. There are also the same kinds of problems you will find in any country: homelessness, skyrocketing housing prices, drug abuse, mental health problems, racism, inequality, among others.
On par with our hockey pride we are very proud of the fact the Canadian beer drinking team beat out the Germas! The tap water is highly influenced by where you live. I grew up in Guelph Ontario and they get their water from an underground aquafir. When the Queen would visit Canada they would get water from Guelph to serve her. That made me very sensitive to taste in water. I now live in another city but buy Aberfoyle springs bottle water which is Guelph water.
Oh dude, I drink Brita'd tap water but I remember growing up in a tiny hamlet in Alberta called Bluffton, and it has a big sulfur problem, most of the town runs on wells, and the moment you turn on the tap or the tub the whole house smelled like rotten eggs. Lucky my Uncle lived just outta town and had his own well and we'd fill water cooler bottles with it to take home for drinking, but ever since then I've not cared a bit of the water is a little off, as long as it doesn't make me puke when someone washes their hands
Ayyyy I was born and have been living in Guelph my whole life! Yeah the tap water here is really good. I've only had tap water from 2 other places, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone were to tell be we have the best tap water in the world. Edit: NVM, I totally forgot we have hard water lol. It's still really good tho.
Read the history of Lord Stanley’s Cup it was lost once and stolen twice. It has a hilarious history, each winner on the team spends one day with The Cup. It is kept guarded and cleaned by Tiffany in a special vault and it is the oldest sports trophy.
Ottawa is not the 2nd largest city in Canada. I live there and actually went to the 2nd largest Canadian city today, which is Montreal. It's about 3 times the size of Ottawa. By the way, it's generally warmer in large parts of southern Canada than it is in the UK from May to September. Right now it's 11C in London and 13C where I am.
Fun fact, Canada post processes lots of mail from children around the world directed to Santa Claus, North Pole H0H0H0 That last bit, (with zeros, for the o) is a valid format for a Canadian postal code (naturally grouped as H0H-0H0)
Santa Claus is Canadian, and has a Canadian address. Many kids write to him every year, addressing the envelopes "Santa Claus, The North Poll, H0H 0H0" Yes, Santa's postal code is ho ho ho.
@@lino9222 usually it’s just tuna. Tuna salad. Tuna sandwich. Bluefin tuna. When talking about the actual living fish, it’s always just called a tuna. Only the canned food is sometimes called tunafish by some people.
Fun fact about ice hockey. In 1936 Great Britain won Olympic gold in the sport. The team was compiled of mostly British Canadians but it's still cool 😎
The Canadian post office started a Santa letter program for kids to write to Santa. These letters are answered by volunteers. All 3 of my kids growing up wrote to Santa. The letters get addressed to Santa at the North pole and the postal code is HoHoHo. We used to get letters even from the US, but I think they may have their own program now, but am not sure. Didn't research that one.
I live in Canada where we get a traveling fair and most of the concession workers are foreigners. Canadians always say thank you to cashiers but those workers always just look at you weird when you say it. And they never say "You're welcome" back.
I really liked your video! Though, you seem to lump Vancouver in with Montreal and Toronto in the East. A train from Toronto to Vancouver takes 4 days.
There's a channel on YT called Discover Montreal. It's a tourism channel, so there's obviously a bias, but as a Montrealer, I do find the videos show all kinds of different parts of Montreal. It's a good way to visit the city without actually coming here. LOL
you wont see a polar bear in any of the major cities, however there was a black bear in my city a few weeks ago (London Ontario) and I'm sure out west they get grizzlies occasionally
My sister had a friend from the Yukon city Whitehorse, where they love to scare the tourists by warning them about ‘great big grizzly bears’ going through downtown. 😂
I'm not sure when the video you're commenting on was made, but it should be updated to also mention the HIGHEST temperature ever recorded in Canada which happened just in the summer of this year. It was 49.6 Celsius - about 121 Fahrenheit. That was in a village (Lytton) 40 miles from where I live. Two days later, something sparked a fire outside of town (probably a train). The area was so dry by this time from the heat that within a few minutes, the fire quickly spread to the town and burned down 90% of it.
To answer your question about people living "higher up" and going to cities much, it's a huge trip to go to the next city. For example, I used to live in Fort St. John, BC, which is approx 15 hours north of Vancouver driving and about 6 hours south of the Yukon border. The more north you live, there are towns yes, but you'll have to drive say an hour to the next small town, and if you're in the Yukon, the distances are even bigger. To go to the nearest city, for example the one closest to me would have been Edmonton, Alberta, it was about a 7 hour drive from me, so no, most people are not going to the nearest city very often. It was strange for me when I moved there from my home, Vancouver Island. Because you can drive 10 minutes here and you're in a different town, sometimes even 5 minutes. But as soon as I started driving north for the first time, I was really surprised by how very little population there is for long stretches of area. There was one area where there was 1 house in a 4 hour drive! And then there would be population 0 towns, or population 50. Pretty wild!
Yes, the snakes hibernate underground and each spring, come writhing to the surface in a giant frothing boil of snakes. There are few other locations in Canada with large concentrations of snakes like this, just not as numerous.
I'm sure when your PO Box is up you'll get sent some real maple syrup. 👍 You'll love it. Just make sure you've got a good pancake or waffle recipie to go with it.
Southern and central Alberta is known for its crazy weather changes, I live in Calgary, I could wear a parka in the morning but walk home from work in a t-shirt. I also used to live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Polar bears are more of a northern Manitoba problem.
I’m also in Calgary. One day I checked the temperature high for the day when I wore the skirt and shoes. They neglected to mention that the high was at 9 AM. It dropped around 20 degrees, and I had to take the bus and walk. 🥶
Just for a little extra, in my Quebec's home town wich is called Becancour, peoples grow pumkins every years from spring to fall to compete in the biggest pumpkin contest. The (world) record to date is a 920 pounds pumpkin with wich they baked 647 pies. After the weight competition, contesters carved their pumpkins to make small boat and race down the Becancour river.
The only thing I know that people hate about Canada is we can be brutally honest if pushed too much. You also have the be keen about Maple Syrup, to be sure your getting True Maple Syrup the bottle must read **100% Pure Maple**, for most brands just label it maple flavoured but is not actually maple but corn starch or melted sugar.
Fun fact! Wher ei live in Canada it's low-key rude to NOT hold the door open for the person behind you. Not a big deal but a "who poured vinegar in their cereal this morning" kinda way
Hello Luka. I am a. 61 year old Canadian. Here are a few extra facts about the Great White North. July 1st is Canada Day when I was a child it was called Dominion Day. It is the day Canada became a country. We are a country that at one time was greatly influenced by Great Britain. I'm sure you know that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is also the Queen of Canada and she is represented on all Canadian coins and several of our dollar bills. If Great Britain goes to war so does Canada. During WW2, Canada joined in when England declared war on Germany before the US, just like Australia and New Zealand did. Not all Canadians are polite and friendly all the time, but we do try. Parts of Canada make world class wines and a unique wine called "ice wine" it is made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine. It is a sweet wine. Golden syrup and maple syrup are not the same. Golden syrup is delicious on french toast and maple syrup is delicious on waffle and fluffy thick pancakes, also it is fantastic on Atlantic salmon. If you want to learn more about Canada watch youtuber Downie live and another youtuber called Sprouht. Downie live is a young man from British Columbia and Sprouht is from Quebec. Right now they are teamed up and are going across Canada by train and stopping in each province. Have a good day and stay safe. Also I just found your channel and I'm enjoying your content very much. Thank you, sorry if this message is too long.
Kinda made me sad when he said “out of the 25 000 polar bears left on the planet…” Also yes, polar bears come down to Toronto in the winter time and roam the streets. It’s a bit inconvenient eh
The only polar bears you will see in Toronto are at the Toronto zoo. I have yet to see a polar bear walking down Yonge Street in Toronto. Unless of course you were joking about the polar bears in Toronto. Cheers! 🍻
i live in canada and i find it rare to find genuenly rude people. most of the time, they are trying to protect someone or accidentally say something awful. it's rarely out of bad intentions. fun fact: a lot of people take ''maple syrup shots'' where they gulp down maple syrup. we also have a lot of maple syrup alchohol and coffees
FYI the snake dens in Narcisse, Manitoba are limestone caves and I do believe these (non poisonous) garter snakes are the only snakes who hibernate in this fashion. There's a nice nature walk where you can visit the multiple snake dens in spring (mating season) and fall (hibernating season) and at peak snake viewing times the snakes are so numerous the hissing and other noises they make all together sound like running water.
-Here in Alberta, we got lots of rattlesnakes, and it can pass temperatures below -50c. Hybernation underground. -I'm not sure on the state of Wood Buffalo, due to the Wood Buffalo/Ft. McMurray wildfires few years ago. -Bunny hug? I never hear that term.
Canada still considers itself to have the best hockey players in the world. About 45 % of the National Hockey League players are Canadian. Connor McDavid is considered the world's best player and is from Toronto.
On her way out the door to go to school one day, my foster daughter bumped into the dishwasher, mumbled "sorry", and headed out the door. It's a good thing she was headed out, because I think I would have hurt myself trying not to laugh.
I've heard Americans tell eachother that they should claim to be Canadian when travelling the world. You get less hate that way, haha. Also you haven't had maple syrup!? It's pretty good. It also makes a great flavor profile for cookies and donuts.
It's true. Yes when I travel I have a Canadian flag on my baggage tag and I make it very clear where I am from. But I was born, raised and have lived my entire life in Canada but you do truly get treated better if people know. It happened twice while traveling through Europe where I saw people claiming to be Canadian so of course I tried to make friends because I figured they'd be friendly and we can communicate easily. Both eventually informed me that they were actually from the U.S. but they claimed to be Canadian because people treated them better. I was so disappointed.
Okanagan= Oh-Can-Aw-Gan, Loonie and Toonie... and no, Polar bears cannot be found wandering the streets of Vancouver, Ottawa nor Montrèal. The bathtub races, here in Nanaimo, where I live, are pretty cool to see. On a side note; 'Nanaimo Bars' are, too, from Nanaimo (Curious Fact)! The 'Rivalry', of which you asked, that exists (and there are many) with Montréal, is not with Vancouver, but with Toronto, in relation to hockey. Les Canadiens de Montrèal vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. Vancouvers' rival, usually, is Calgary (in relation to the NHL, or National Hockey League) Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames.
The great NHL rivalry is the Battle of Alberta - between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. Each team only views Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets a distant second rivalry. And, both teams (and their fans) would rather work together than cheer for the Montreal Canadiens.
@@hrayz - Indeed. The fashioned rivalry betwixt Vancouver and Calgary may not run as deep as the naturally born Edmonton/Calgary rivalry, I was using it as an example, as apposed to splitting hairs.
Canada used to not do as well in Olympic hockey because it was restricted to non-professionals. And all of Canada's best players would be on contract with international hockey teams.
Pincher Creek, Alberta is located on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The winds coming from the Pacific and over the mountains are rainless and dry, but still warm, and in Alberta it’s called the Chinook winds. They can come and go in a short time. I have experienced the extreme temperature changes in Calgary. The day started mild, but dropped about 20 degrees in a couple hours to well below freezing and then it snowed. I regretted the footwear and skirt. 🥶😫
6:00 I couldn't even imagine the temp changing that fast and I live in Oregon; can you imagine how many windows and supports must have just broke from the strain?
When a warm wind blows in over the mountains during winter (called a Chinook) the temperature can change by +10C per hour. Fast enough to make your ears pop (like riding a plane or very fast elevator.) People not used to it get a lot of nose bleeds. I personally look forward to as many as possible during winter - I like going out in a t-shirt and no jacket when it was -20C the previous day...
Tap water is not the same everywhere in Canada. The Prime Minister promised certain areas that he would work to improve their water a couple of elections ago. He is still Prime Minister. They are still waiting.
not only is the maple syrup reserve thing true, there was a heist there a while back. they stole 9571 barrels. it was a really big deal around here lol.
I would like you to react to Canada’s Ice Road Truckers. These are truck drivers who only work in winter and drive big loads over the Canadian frozen lakes. I think one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Hi not to be rude, but you do understand that Canada is not covered in snow all the time right. For example where I live in bc it usually only snows , December, January, February and part of March. In the summer and spring the temperatures range from the teens to 40+ degrees Celsius. Have a good day, sorry for being blunt.
The snake pits are used because they are some of the very few places snakes can go deep enough into the earth to avoid the -50 degrees Celcius winter temperatures.
13:18 umm so that video actually dipicts a muskrat not a beaver as seen by the rat tail...sorry but they are mixed up often and so the tail is the key ID feature.
We have 4 seasons in Canada and deep do g where you live it can be milder in winter. We are a large country and have many climates, terrains, and water. Some places rain a lot like the UK or is very dry and desert like.
A few other countries’ capitol cities aren’t there largest as well. For example, DC in the US, Canberra Australia, Wellington New Zealand, Brasilia Brazil
after the "canadians are some of the friendliest people in the world" they need a disclaimer that says "except french-canadians when interacting with americans"
"Except French Canadians interacting with *rude* Americans". Most French Canadians live their daily life in French, which is their mother tongue and *THE* official language of the province of Québec. If you come in Québec, act like you own the place and expect every single person to interact with you in English, you're in for a surprise. Would you go to Japan, Colombia or China and expect everyone to interact with you in English? Again, you'd be in for a surprise. Also, people here take mandatory English classes for 13 years, but it doesn't mean: 1) They like speaking English; 2) They feel comfortable enough to speak English with a stranger; 3) They want to go out of their way to please you. Want a tip? Just show French Canadians a good attitude. A "Bonjour, désolé, my French is bad, can you help me?" will go a loooong way, and most people will answer you in English and do their best to help you.
Fun fact: Belgium fits 52x times in my province of Quebec and my region is call Laurentians and is the same size as of Belgium/ Fun fact: Montreal is an island you can visit his cavern by kayak/ hockey team CH Montreal was won 24 stanley cup still waiting for 25...
I can vouch for the polar bear jail as I’m a Manitoban. The jail is in the polar bear capital of the world Churchill, Manitoba. If a bear gets to be a “ nuisance “ by coming into or hanging around town too much…..they are put in jail. This is a large facility that has 28 “cells”. They allow the bears to get hungry ( feeding them will only encourage them to return ). They are tranquillized, get a full medical checkup, which may include shots if needed, like antibiotics. They are fitted with a tracking device. Then they are air lifted by helicopter miles away from Churchill onto the Arctic ice. Also in Churchill it is against the law to lock your car ( as you might need a place to escape quickly if you encounter a bear.
The "Maple Syrup Reserve" is real. There was actually what we refer to as "The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist". Where over 3000 tonnes of syrup was stolen. Instead of outrage most of the people of Canada find it funny and give credit to the effort it must have taken. Also, where I live our water (from the tap) actually tests better than that required for bottled water. We actually had a company bottling tap water for sale to tourists. They charged $1, offered free refills and refunded the $1 if the bottle was returned. We had so many tourists who weren't used to recycling and would buy water and then throw the bottles away. It was a surprisingly successful campaign and had over 90% on the bottle returned. Also, there is a difference between being polite and being nice. If someone says something nasty to you it would not be uncommon to answer "Sorry?" This is not an apology and in this instance would be a dare to say it again.
"Sorry" in Canada is an expression of empathy, whereas other places it's an expression of guilt.
As well, "sorry?" is used interchangeably with "pardon?".
No, sorry is an expression of passive-aggressiveness. Two Canadians saying sorry to one another actually mean to say "it's your fault".
@@louisd.8928 bs
@@louisd.8928 that’s ridiculous. Where you from, bud?
@@clarissathompson Canada?
I once had friend of mine from the U.S. try to tell me that Maple Syrup is actually American and not Canadain and it was the first time I felt insulted on behalf on my country. I still feel salty about it.
actually, it's the natives who made it but the europeens inherited it so that statement is truly false
That would go to the natives not a country.
@@erinnswan7063 natives within the country so yeah it still goes to the country for its origins
You folks get insulted very easily! What’s with that?
Depends on where the Maple Syrup is made. We make quite a bit in Wisconsin.
Ottawa definitely isn't the 2nd largest city in Canada. It's 6th largest after Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary & Edmonton.
Ya, that was pretty ridiculous. You have to take these stats with a grain of salt.
I agree. I live in Ottawa. It's very spread out though. Being the coldest and hottest capital in the world not much fun lol. Still love it though
@@arbof9467 hottest?
He was talking about Ottawa being the second largest city in Ontario and not Canada.
Also not the coldest capital
I grew up in suburban Buffalo, NY, across Lake Erie from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. I always felt like I was part-Canadian. There were stories about Canada in the Buffalo daily paper. In addition to our five local television stations, we could get broadcasts from Toronto and Hamilton. And, of course, we heard Canadian radio stations. I could watch Canadian parliament broadcasts on the educational channel (Ch. 19). I could watch the Maple Leafs every Wednesday and Saturday night on "free" TV, when the Sabres could only be seen on cable. A highlight of each summer was crossing the Peace Bridge into Ontario to go to the Crystal Beach amusement park. No passport required. You just said you were born in the USA. I always felt Canada was America with a better conscience.
So you guys don’t have Hockey Night in Canada? 😢😢
Mike I spent every summer of my youth at Crystal Beach. I was related to the manager and baker at the Stoodleigh Restaurant.Many fond memories of the beautiful young ladies that came over from Kenmore and Tonawanda.
I lived in northern NY State near the border and I used to watch the CBC in French and English all the time. The news covered both NY and Quebec.
Yo i live there too
THANKS EH!
The videos pronunciation of "Okanagan lake" is so bad, I didn't even know what he was referring to at first lolololol. It's pronounced "oak-a-noggin"
I was like, what? The Ogopogo is in Okanagan Lake, not... oh, they pronounced that very wrong.
There is a place in Washington called that I believe, trips a lot of Americans up
@@Tredemptation The Okanagan is a region the straddles the settler border. No, in Washington they spell it Okanogan, so ppl are more likely to pronounce it correctly maybe.
Pronounced so wrong it made me spit out my maple syrup!!!
Would love to see you react to “Canadians change when they hear the word war”
What are you babbling about ? Canadian military snipers hold the longest military kill records in Afghanistan and Iraq , Canada had the third largest combat role in. Afghanistan after the States and the UK , and provided special forces teams
@@squamishfish Watch the video. It is worth babling about.
You mean like Canadians were the first to use trench warfare? (hInt :- Battle of Paardeberg in the Boer War.) Or that Germans "Blitzkrieg" was based on the CANADIAN assault on Vimy Ridge (after French lost 250,000 troops trying to take it) with a loss of 3,598 men, mostly due to "friendly cannon" fire. The heavy cannon shelling (WW2 by air) (see also "mostly friendly cannon fire" above), Immediate attack before defending troops emerged from bunkers and the heavy reliance of troops on the "front line" (and little resistance once through the front line) were all first done at Vimy Ridge. Sorry world.
Also watch “the one eyed scout who liberated a whole town” about Sgt. Leo Major in WWII
Comment "Canadians changé whent he hear the word war"
Canadians in the comments proving it right:
As a Canadian I can attest that we don’t apologize as frequently as portrayed. I’m sorry , I just don’t see it that way
I, as a Canadian, respectfully disagree. (PEIslander here) we apologize for everything all the time
we dont say sorry much northern manitoba lol, lots of scrapping.
@@Albertarocks I'm sorry, but as a 60-year-old Canadian I have agree we do not say sorry as much as the stereotype would suggest.
Sorry.
It's crazy how America and Canada are so close but still different as countries. If you took a picture on a normal street in each countries (minus flags, teams, etc.) you couldn't tell which country you were on sometimes.
unless its winter. Then you know you're in Canada(except vancouver area) or the northern US so that limits your option. Also if you see french, your probably in Canada too
@@ephraimboateng5239 You could be in louisiana if you saw French
Rue Canusa in Stanstead, Quebec takes that example literally. The houses on the south side of the street are in Vermont
You can, just by looking at the SIZE of the people and how clean the streets are. The USA is the world leader in obesity and it's got so many homeless people that keeping it clean is impossible.
@@TheJimprez While we aren't the US, Canadians also have really high numbers of fat people and homeless people (especially in Vancouver and Toronto. Also I think Nauru is the world leader in obesity (if not, it's one of the other Pacific island nations)
Re: the temperature change in Pincher Creek. This town is in Alberta and due to our proximity to the Rocky Mountains and the fact that the Pacific Ocean isn't that far away, we get a weather phenomenon known as "the Chinook". I've personally experienced a temperature swing of -35C to +5C in two hours - and it can go the other way just as fast. It has to do with winds carrying warm air from the Pacific over the mountains suddenly dropping down to the prairies of Alberta, pushing out the cold air and replacing it quickly with warm air (or vice versa). The Blackfoot people referred to these winds as "snow eater".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind
I had a regrettable Calgary day of skirt and sandals, when they didn’t mention the temperature high for the day was at 9 AM. And I had to take the bus.
We experience chinooks in Flin Flon, MB as well right on the Sask border. Just 2 days aago it was -2 and raining here, now back to -20.
January 10, 1962 I lived in Calgary SW and while we fell short of Pincher Creek's record I can attest to how dramatic the change was.
Somebody send this man some maple syrup
Seriously. Does he have a PO box?
Americans ❤️ Canada they were there for us on 9/11
Gander deserves that lunar namesake
"It's probably can't find a rude Canadian even if you try"
me: remembers when a lady almost hit us with her car and yelled at us while she was speeding
Oh yes there are rude Canadians, but they move south where they fit in better ;)
@@leeneufeld4140 nah there’s a lot up North as well
Yeah road rage is real.
There was a rude Canadian border guard giving me hard time with my passport my first time there. Then he made fun of my name because he had hard time pronouncing it. It was a bad experience.
@@ericdraven201 CBSA, aka the Border N@zis, are the worst
There's a few hockey tournaments by country. Men, women, and different age groups, as well. (Invitational International Hockey Federation, or IIHF for short)
The big 5 national hockey teams are Canada, USA, Russia, Sweden, & Finland. Norway, Germany, & Czech Republic also produce great talents & teams
There is only one Norwegian in the NHL: Mats Zuccarello (he's part Italian). Another country that produces elite hockey players is Slovakia, although there might be fewer than in the past.
IIHF stands for International Ice Hockey Federation and Norway is definitely not a big hockey country.
Norway?
Shout out to my Canadian people 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦.. Much love
My family, friends and I only drink tap water, and for the poutine thing, it’s everywhere haha, we have so many restaurants that are just different types of poutine! It’s also one of the favs for movies, sporting events or concerts!
Polar bears do not get anywhere close to the major cities, the distance is way to vast for that.
bs. one walked through my backyard here in Calgary last week. My moose got really upset.
Canada is like a more progressive, less populated version of the States. We're very similar and different in many ways. I love it here, wouldn't leave even for warmer climate. Although it has been between 30-40 degrees celcius for the past week so it's not like we freeze
@Kev Przy at the end of the day, the world loves Canada and fears America which is a pretty damn good team if you ask me 😂
@@BanterSage Have you considered Victoria BC? There are only a few quite cold weeks, but from winter ocean storms and rarely snow. If there is any, it doesn't last. Seriously, I know people that grow figs there...
Omg Luca you gotta try out real maple syrup from Quebec, that stuff is just out of this world man. If i had more money id buy you a can and ship it over in a heartbeat XD
Yeah but be sure to buy it in French bc if you speak English the Québécois will pretend they don't understand and refused to help (even if you heard them. Speaking English moments ago)
Somebody send Luka some legit Quebec maple syrup
The Fact about the temperature change is because of something called a chinook a hot wind rolls over the mountains and can heat up an area for a few days and then goes back to being freezing
In a couple hours. When I’m wearing light shoes instead of boots. And have to take the bus. 🥶
I love that you're watching videos about my country. :)
As a Canadian, I do want to nitpick a bit about the metric of the World Championship as the decider of the best hockey country.
The World Championship is held every year in May, which is right in the middle of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Many of the best players from all countries are still playing for the Stanley Cup at that point. Even many good players from eliminated teams choose to skip it.
It's a meaningful tournament, especially for European players who play for European teams, but it's not a true best-on-best. The better metrics for great hockey teams are who wins the Olympics in years when the NHL participates. Another better metric is who are the best players are in the NHL and which countries have disproportionate numbers players both in the league and at the top of the league.
About Canada's problems at 10:05, we are luckier and more fortunate than most countries in important ways, but we have plenty of problems.
Our history with indigenous peoples is shameful, from breaking treaties to kidnapping children and putting them in boarding schools, to restrictions on civil liberties, the use of their language, and the expressions of their cultures. The legacy of this still exists. Some aboriginals, especially living on reserves in remote parts of the country, have a difficult time even getting clean drinking water. Poverty, missing and murdered indigenous women, high rates of crime and alcoholism, and disproportionate numbers of indigenous kids in foster care are still problems.
There are also the same kinds of problems you will find in any country: homelessness, skyrocketing housing prices, drug abuse, mental health problems, racism, inequality, among others.
On par with our hockey pride we are very proud of the fact the Canadian beer drinking team beat out the Germas!
The tap water is highly influenced by where you live. I grew up in Guelph Ontario and they get their water from an underground aquafir. When the Queen would visit Canada they would get water from Guelph to serve her. That made me very sensitive to taste in water. I now live in another city but buy Aberfoyle springs bottle water which is Guelph water.
Oh dude, I drink Brita'd tap water but I remember growing up in a tiny hamlet in Alberta called Bluffton, and it has a big sulfur problem, most of the town runs on wells, and the moment you turn on the tap or the tub the whole house smelled like rotten eggs. Lucky my Uncle lived just outta town and had his own well and we'd fill water cooler bottles with it to take home for drinking, but ever since then I've not cared a bit of the water is a little off, as long as it doesn't make me puke when someone washes their hands
Ayyyy I was born and have been living in Guelph my whole life! Yeah the tap water here is really good. I've only had tap water from 2 other places, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone were to tell be we have the best tap water in the world.
Edit: NVM, I totally forgot we have hard water lol. It's still really good tho.
Tap water isn't so great if you live on a rez
Read the history of Lord Stanley’s Cup it was lost once and stolen twice. It has a hilarious history, each winner on the team spends one day with The Cup.
It is kept guarded and cleaned by Tiffany in a special vault and it is the oldest sports trophy.
garter snakes do freeze and hibernate, it's an impressive display to see a nest thawing in the spring
Canadians change when they hear the word war is a great video
Ottawa is not the 2nd largest city in Canada. I live there and actually went to the 2nd largest Canadian city today, which is Montreal. It's about 3 times the size of Ottawa.
By the way, it's generally warmer in large parts of southern Canada than it is in the UK from May to September. Right now it's 11C in London and 13C where I am.
Temperature rise like at 6:00 would be attributed to a Chinook. Warm air forced upwards through Alberta. Happens during Winter.
Fun fact, Canada post processes lots of mail from children around the world directed to Santa Claus, North Pole H0H0H0 That last bit, (with zeros, for the o) is a valid format for a Canadian postal code (naturally grouped as H0H-0H0)
Santa Claus is Canadian, and has a Canadian address. Many kids write to him every year, addressing the envelopes "Santa Claus, The North Poll, H0H 0H0" Yes, Santa's postal code is ho ho ho.
No hockey player would ever call the sport “ice hockey” lol.
Yes and like Tuna the Americans call it tuna fish hello is there tuna cow or tuna chicken haha it is just TUNA
@@lino9222 usually it’s just tuna. Tuna salad. Tuna sandwich. Bluefin tuna. When talking about the actual living fish, it’s always just called a tuna. Only the canned food is sometimes called tunafish by some people.
Fun fact about ice hockey. In 1936 Great Britain won Olympic gold in the sport. The team was compiled of mostly British Canadians but it's still cool 😎
We use “sorry” as excuse me
The Canadian post office started a Santa letter program for kids to write to Santa. These letters are answered by volunteers. All 3 of my kids growing up wrote to Santa. The letters get addressed to Santa at the North pole and the postal code is HoHoHo. We used to get letters even from the US, but I think they may have their own program now, but am not sure. Didn't research that one.
I live in Canada where we get a traveling fair and most of the concession workers are foreigners. Canadians always say thank you to cashiers but those workers always just look at you weird when you say it. And they never say "You're welcome" back.
So glad you're finally reacting to Canada! I would recommend you react to Canada and US compared. (Recommend video is by Facts King)
Canada’s comfort food invention is poutine. It’s French fries and gravy snd cheese and a billion calories
I read this as, "...gravy and sad cheese..." and my heart shattered at the thought of sad cheese 🥺💔
I'm glad it was just a typo 😂😂❤️
It's made with cheese curds specifically, regular cheese doesn't work as well
I really liked your video! Though, you seem to lump Vancouver in with Montreal and Toronto in the East. A train from Toronto to Vancouver takes 4 days.
There's a channel on YT called Discover Montreal. It's a tourism channel, so there's obviously a bias, but as a Montrealer, I do find the videos show all kinds of different parts of Montreal. It's a good way to visit the city without actually coming here. LOL
Merci Frederique!
you wont see a polar bear in any of the major cities, however there was a black bear in my city a few weeks ago (London Ontario) and I'm sure out west they get grizzlies occasionally
And cougars
My sister had a friend from the Yukon city Whitehorse, where they love to scare the tourists by warning them about ‘great big grizzly bears’ going through downtown. 😂
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Somebody get this man some maple syrup
Something to note is that lacrosse is the national sport of Canada in summer, and ice hockey in winter.
I'm not sure when the video you're commenting on was made, but it should be updated to also mention the HIGHEST temperature ever recorded in Canada which happened just in the summer of this year. It was 49.6 Celsius - about 121 Fahrenheit. That was in a village (Lytton) 40 miles from where I live. Two days later, something sparked a fire outside of town (probably a train). The area was so dry by this time from the heat that within a few minutes, the fire quickly spread to the town and burned down 90% of it.
To answer your question about people living "higher up" and going to cities much, it's a huge trip to go to the next city. For example, I used to live in Fort St. John, BC, which is approx 15 hours north of Vancouver driving and about 6 hours south of the Yukon border. The more north you live, there are towns yes, but you'll have to drive say an hour to the next small town, and if you're in the Yukon, the distances are even bigger. To go to the nearest city, for example the one closest to me would have been Edmonton, Alberta, it was about a 7 hour drive from me, so no, most people are not going to the nearest city very often.
It was strange for me when I moved there from my home, Vancouver Island. Because you can drive 10 minutes here and you're in a different town, sometimes even 5 minutes. But as soon as I started driving north for the first time, I was really surprised by how very little population there is for long stretches of area. There was one area where there was 1 house in a 4 hour drive! And then there would be population 0 towns, or population 50. Pretty wild!
Ottawa is around 4th-6th for city populations. Toronto is largest, then Montreal and Vancouver next
Yes, the snakes hibernate underground and each spring, come writhing to the surface in a giant frothing boil of snakes. There are few other locations in Canada with large concentrations of snakes like this, just not as numerous.
I'm sure when your PO Box is up you'll get sent some real maple syrup. 👍 You'll love it. Just make sure you've got a good pancake or waffle recipie to go with it.
If you buy maple syrup, be aware that the cheap brands are just flavored corn syrup. Go for the real stuff. Well, when the sound goes out, SING!
Southern and central Alberta is known for its crazy weather changes, I live in Calgary, I could wear a parka in the morning but walk home from work in a t-shirt. I also used to live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Polar bears are more of a northern Manitoba problem.
I’m also in Calgary. One day I checked the temperature high for the day when I wore the skirt and shoes. They neglected to mention that the high was at 9 AM. It dropped around 20 degrees, and I had to take the bus and walk. 🥶
Just for a little extra, in my Quebec's home town wich is called Becancour, peoples grow pumkins every years from spring to fall to compete in the biggest pumpkin contest. The (world) record to date is a 920 pounds pumpkin with wich they baked 647 pies. After the weight competition, contesters carved their pumpkins to make small boat and race down the Becancour river.
The only thing I know that people hate about Canada is we can be brutally honest if pushed too much.
You also have the be keen about Maple Syrup, to be sure your getting True Maple Syrup the bottle must read **100% Pure Maple**, for most brands just label it maple flavoured but is not actually maple but corn starch or melted sugar.
Fun fact! Wher ei live in Canada it's low-key rude to NOT hold the door open for the person behind you. Not a big deal but a "who poured vinegar in their cereal this morning" kinda way
Hello Luka. I am a. 61 year old Canadian. Here are a few extra facts about the Great White North. July 1st is Canada Day when I was a child it was called Dominion Day. It is the day Canada became a country. We are a country that at one time was greatly influenced by Great Britain. I'm sure you know that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is also the Queen of Canada and she is represented on all Canadian coins and several of our dollar bills. If Great Britain goes to war so does Canada. During WW2, Canada joined in when England declared war on Germany before the US, just like Australia and New Zealand did. Not all Canadians are polite and friendly all the time, but we do try. Parts of Canada make world class wines and a unique wine called "ice wine" it is made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine. It is a sweet wine. Golden syrup and maple syrup are not the same. Golden syrup is delicious on french toast and maple syrup is delicious on waffle and fluffy thick pancakes, also it is fantastic on Atlantic salmon. If you want to learn more about Canada watch youtuber Downie live and another youtuber called Sprouht. Downie live is a young man from British Columbia and Sprouht is from Quebec. Right now they are teamed up and are going across Canada by train and stopping in each province. Have a good day and stay safe. Also I just found your channel and I'm enjoying your content very much. Thank you, sorry if this message is too long.
Montreal is the second largest city in Canada. Loved your reaction, but I give the actual video you viewed a 6/10.
Maybe the author of that video about Canada never gets out of Ontario. 🤨
ground below a certain deep does not freeze so they hibernate in burrows the snow on top of the door serve as insulation
Kinda made me sad when he said “out of the 25 000 polar bears left on the planet…”
Also yes, polar bears come down to Toronto in the winter time and roam the streets. It’s a bit inconvenient eh
The only polar bears you will see in Toronto are at the Toronto zoo. I have yet to see a polar bear walking down Yonge Street in Toronto. Unless of course you were joking about the polar bears in Toronto. Cheers! 🍻
i live in canada and i find it rare to find genuenly rude people. most of the time, they are trying to protect someone or accidentally say something awful. it's rarely out of bad intentions. fun fact: a lot of people take ''maple syrup shots'' where they gulp down maple syrup. we also have a lot of maple syrup alchohol and coffees
when you said that must stink with the fish candles . i cracked up don't know why lol
A ha-ha is a type of sunken fence that was commonly used in landscaped gardens and parks in the eighteenth century......
FYI the snake dens in Narcisse, Manitoba are limestone caves and I do believe these (non poisonous) garter snakes are the only snakes who hibernate in this fashion. There's a nice nature walk where you can visit the multiple snake dens in spring (mating season) and fall (hibernating season) and at peak snake viewing times the snakes are so numerous the hissing and other noises they make all together sound like running water.
The pincher creek temp increase was caused by Chinook. Warm winds the blow in from the west sometimes in the middle of winter.
-Here in Alberta, we got lots of rattlesnakes, and it can pass temperatures below -50c. Hybernation underground.
-I'm not sure on the state of Wood Buffalo, due to the Wood Buffalo/Ft. McMurray wildfires few years ago.
-Bunny hug? I never hear that term.
Canada still considers itself to have the best hockey players in the world. About 45 % of the National Hockey League players are Canadian.
Connor McDavid is considered the world's best player and is from Toronto.
What they don't tell you is that garder snakes are not poisonous.
I apologize to mannequins when I run into them and someone hit me with their shopping cart last week and I apologized to them 🙃
Lol. I apologize to Suri when I am rude. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
On her way out the door to go to school one day, my foster daughter bumped into the dishwasher, mumbled "sorry", and headed out the door. It's a good thing she was headed out, because I think I would have hurt myself trying not to laugh.
I've heard Americans tell eachother that they should claim to be Canadian when travelling the world. You get less hate that way, haha.
Also you haven't had maple syrup!? It's pretty good. It also makes a great flavor profile for cookies and donuts.
I would never say I’m Canadian
I have also heard that.
It's true. Yes when I travel I have a Canadian flag on my baggage tag and I make it very clear where I am from. But I was born, raised and have lived my entire life in Canada but you do truly get treated better if people know. It happened twice while traveling through Europe where I saw people claiming to be Canadian so of course I tried to make friends because I figured they'd be friendly and we can communicate easily. Both eventually informed me that they were actually from the U.S. but they claimed to be Canadian because people treated them better. I was so disappointed.
Okanagan= Oh-Can-Aw-Gan, Loonie and Toonie... and no, Polar bears cannot be found wandering the streets of Vancouver, Ottawa nor Montrèal. The bathtub races, here in Nanaimo, where I live, are pretty cool to see. On a side note; 'Nanaimo Bars' are, too, from Nanaimo (Curious Fact)!
The 'Rivalry', of which you asked, that exists (and there are many) with Montréal, is not with Vancouver, but with Toronto, in relation to hockey. Les Canadiens de Montrèal vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Vancouvers' rival, usually, is Calgary (in relation to the NHL, or National Hockey League) Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames.
The great NHL rivalry is the Battle of Alberta - between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. Each team only views Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets a distant second rivalry. And, both teams (and their fans) would rather work together than cheer for the Montreal Canadiens.
@@hrayz - Indeed. The fashioned rivalry betwixt Vancouver and Calgary may not run as deep as the naturally born Edmonton/Calgary rivalry, I was using it as an example, as apposed to splitting hairs.
They are talking about the Irish lake... O'Kanagan!!!🤣😂🤣
Santa is Canadian, he lives in the north pole, which belongs to Canada :)
Canada used to not do as well in Olympic hockey because it was restricted to non-professionals. And all of Canada's best players would be on contract with international hockey teams.
The Canadian 1$ coin has 11 sides, echoing the 11 points of the maple leaf.
I did not know that. Glad I do now.
I live in quebec, we get moose, we get black bears, but no polar bear down here
Technically, there are polar bears if you go to places like Ijuvijik, at the northernmost point of the province.
Pincher Creek, Alberta is located on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The winds coming from the Pacific and over the mountains are rainless and dry, but still warm, and in Alberta it’s called the Chinook winds. They can come and go in a short time. I have experienced the extreme temperature changes in Calgary. The day started mild, but dropped about 20 degrees in a couple hours to well below freezing and then it snowed. I regretted the footwear and skirt. 🥶😫
The narrator says Canada is number 7 even with all the cold. I proceed to look at the rest of the list and see they’re all snow areas.
6:00 I couldn't even imagine the temp changing that fast and I live in Oregon; can you imagine how many windows and supports must have just broke from the strain?
When a warm wind blows in over the mountains during winter (called a Chinook) the temperature can change by +10C per hour. Fast enough to make your ears pop (like riding a plane or very fast elevator.)
People not used to it get a lot of nose bleeds.
I personally look forward to as many as possible during winter - I like going out in a t-shirt and no jacket when it was -20C the previous day...
As canadians we do tend to say sorry even if we are not at fault. But the person at fault also says sorry lol
I say sorry to every inanimate object when I bump it or anything, so many mannequins, drawers, doors, etc it’s automatic lol
Lacrosse is Canada's official 'summer' sport, hockey is our official 'winter' sport.
polar bears don't come any wear near Toronto or Ottawa or Vancouver btw lol
Tap water is not the same everywhere in Canada.
The Prime Minister promised certain areas that he would work to improve their water a couple of elections ago. He is still Prime Minister. They are still waiting.
I have lived in Canada all my life and I don’t use the word “eh”.
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, is the polar bear capital of the world. Also, they have pizzley and grolar bears.
Canada National Sport use to be only Lacrosse but in 1994 Hockey became Canada's national Sport also. So we got 2 National Sports now.
The videos pronunciation of Okanagan killed my soul lol
not only is the maple syrup reserve thing true, there was a heist there a while back. they stole 9571 barrels. it was a really big deal around here lol.
I would like you to react to Canada’s Ice Road Truckers. These are truck drivers who only work in winter and drive big loads over the Canadian frozen lakes. I think one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
I can just picture him watching that “OH MY DAYS!!!”
Hi not to be rude, but you do understand that Canada is not covered in snow all the time right.
For example where I live in bc it usually only snows , December, January, February and part of March.
In the summer and spring the temperatures range from the teens to 40+ degrees Celsius.
Have a good day, sorry for being blunt.
Anyone else notice the bass in the background lately? Loud music Neighbor? It isn't very loud but when I have a sub on I can hear it.
The snake pits are used because they are some of the very few places snakes can go deep enough into the earth to avoid the -50 degrees Celcius winter temperatures.
13:18 umm so that video actually dipicts a muskrat not a beaver as seen by the rat tail...sorry but they are mixed up often and so the tail is the key ID feature.
We have mostly black and brown bears in places where people live but they are in low populated areas.
Isn't that African - Canadian bears and Hispanic- Canadian bears ? LOL ( I need more sleep, sorry )
We have 4 seasons in Canada and deep do g where you live it can be milder in winter. We are a large country and have many climates, terrains, and water. Some places rain a lot like the UK or is very dry and desert like.
We actually have only 2 seasons : Winter and July 1st. LOL
A few other countries’ capitol cities aren’t there largest as well. For example, DC in the US, Canberra Australia, Wellington New Zealand, Brasilia Brazil
The channel About That Tho’ needs to do an Only in Canada series.
after the "canadians are some of the friendliest people in the world" they need a disclaimer that says "except french-canadians when interacting with americans"
"Except French Canadians interacting with *rude* Americans". Most French Canadians live their daily life in French, which is their mother tongue and *THE* official language of the province of Québec. If you come in Québec, act like you own the place and expect every single person to interact with you in English, you're in for a surprise. Would you go to Japan, Colombia or China and expect everyone to interact with you in English? Again, you'd be in for a surprise.
Also, people here take mandatory English classes for 13 years, but it doesn't mean:
1) They like speaking English;
2) They feel comfortable enough to speak English with a stranger;
3) They want to go out of their way to please you.
Want a tip? Just show French Canadians a good attitude. A "Bonjour, désolé, my French is bad, can you help me?" will go a loooong way, and most people will answer you in English and do their best to help you.
We passed the Sorry law (or Apology Act) which put into law that saying Sorry could not be used to infer guilt. Ya we do tend to say sorry a lot.
The furthest south that polar bears live is Hudson Bay which is much further north than most people live.
We use Celsius when it is cold. When on vacation down south we tease our friends with the Fahrenheit. 'It's only 80. Cuba is bust. Still not -20!'
Fun fact: Belgium fits 52x times in my province of Quebec and my region is call Laurentians and is the same size as of Belgium/ Fun fact: Montreal is an island you can visit his cavern by kayak/ hockey team CH Montreal was won 24 stanley cup still waiting for 25...
Lacrosse is the national summer sport, hockey is the national winter sport.
I can vouch for the polar bear jail as I’m a Manitoban. The jail is in the polar bear capital of the world Churchill, Manitoba. If a bear gets to be a “ nuisance “ by coming into or hanging around town too much…..they are put in jail. This is a large facility that has 28 “cells”. They allow the bears to get hungry ( feeding them will only encourage them to return ). They are tranquillized, get a full medical checkup, which may include shots if needed, like antibiotics. They are fitted with a tracking device. Then they are air lifted by helicopter miles away from Churchill onto the Arctic ice. Also in Churchill it is against the law to lock your car ( as you might need a place to escape quickly if you encounter a bear.
The "Maple Syrup Reserve" is real. There was actually what we refer to as "The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist". Where over 3000 tonnes of syrup was stolen. Instead of outrage most of the people of Canada find it funny and give credit to the effort it must have taken. Also, where I live our water (from the tap) actually tests better than that required for bottled water. We actually had a company bottling tap water for sale to tourists. They charged $1, offered free refills and refunded the $1 if the bottle was returned. We had so many tourists who weren't used to recycling and would buy water and then throw the bottles away. It was a surprisingly successful campaign and had over 90% on the bottle returned. Also, there is a difference between being polite and being nice. If someone says something nasty to you it would not be uncommon to answer "Sorry?" This is not an apology and in this instance would be a dare to say it again.