American Reacts to Americans FAILING Basic Questions About Canada
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2023
- As an American I am verry familiar with how little Americans on average know about Canada and Canadian culture. Today I am both excited and nervous to watch some of my fellow Americans attempt to answer basic questions about Canada. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
John Bartlet Brebner (1895-1957), a Canadian historian, famously said, "Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well-informed about the United States." It's always been this way. I blame the U.S. education system, not Americans.
I blame both education systems
As a Canadian, I absolutely love this quote LMAO
Love the quote but I absolutely concur about the education system. You can only react to knowledge you have or have acquired through your own curiosity.
Trust me history classes were boring 😅. Didn’t know why we had to learn about the USA. Probably more content lol
Sad but true.
I used to get offended by videos like this until I realized that Americans are just as clueless about their own country as they are about Canada. So really, it's nothing personal...
Exactly 😊
Yeah, I think the American education system just doesn't teach students a lot about the world. I was amazed growing up at what my American cousins were not taught(even in good schools) about the rest of the world when compared to myself(Canadian) and my other British cousins. It was wild! And Canadians in particular are taught a lot about America, as it is our nearest neighbour, extremely powerful/big military, we are exposed to a ton of American entertainment, and many of us have family there.
Two other points, Drake is FAMOUSLY Canadian. From his start in entertainment in Canadian tv show Degrassi, to his very famous love of his home Toronto. Nobody loves anything as much as Drake loves Toronto, it is a running joke. So yes, he does live here most of the time and is ubiquitous in terms of people spotting him or being at events with him. Even as recently as last week, he made a sad Instagram post about leaving the city and how much he would miss it (probably to tour) and it was picked up by local media. He was also spotted all over, wearing a jacket for the Toronto transit system. It is a joke at this point. It would be like any New York-based celeb wearing an MTA coat. Also Celine Dion is also famously Canadian, you should look up her wedding for reference.(It was huge in Quebec)
Finally, Pierre Trudeau, former PM and Justin's father, once in the 60's gave a pretty famous speech in DC that beautifully sums up why Canadians know so much about Americans. He compared being next to the States like a mouse sleeping next to an elephant. No matter how friendly the elephant, the mouse can't help but be aware of its every movement. Long way of saying, we stay informed for our safety and security.
Ask an American if they think children should study Arabic numerals…
Buffalo literally boarders Niagara Falls lol
Call center: "you're from New Mexico? we can only help people in the US" . . .
thunk.
In the words of Canadian comedian, Simon Rackoff, “we don’t mind that Americans don’t know much about us - we’ve seen what happens to countries you take an interest in!”
Classic!
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We can thank the US for doing our dirty work that saved our ass countless of times
I had a friend who worked at the US/Canada border (New York/Ontario). She had some funny stories to tell. One American couple arrived perplexed because they could not understand why it was so darn hot and no snow in July. They had brought snow gear, sweaters, ski gear. Apparently, they thought that the weather underwent a cosmic shift when you travel that 3km over the St. Lawrence River.
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Yes! My Mom grew up in Windsor (1950s and ‘60s) and she said every summer there’d be Americans coming over from the Detroit border with skis on top of the cars, asking how much longer to drive until they get to the snow.
@@oatmealshoesI also grew up in that time frame in Windsor. A neighbour was a customs officer at the Ambassador Bridge. I remember him telling of these misguided/misinformed Americans crossing over in July with all the ski equipment, saying they were going to the Laurentian mountains "for the day". They would be back around supper time. The Laurentians are over 1200 km. and a 12 hour+ drive away, northeast of Montreal. So good luck with that, plus snow free in the summer.
I can relate to this so much!! I grew up in Niagara Falls Ontario and worked in the tourist are as a teen. I cannot tell you how many Americans would come over looking for snow and mountains. 🤦♀️
I also Lived in Louisiana for 18 years and was asked by alot of southerners if I lived in an igloo and if we had roads up in Canada. 😂😂😂
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About 20 years ago I was talking to an American lady who asked me where I was from, so I told her I was from Canada. She said oh yeah she'd heard of that place, it is over there beside China someplace. I said no, it is on the other side of the US's northern border, and then she totally lost it, started yelling about how there is nothing there and that I wasn't fooling her any.
Too funny!
That’s insane. Mind blowing ignorance.
Oh wow 😂 I am as well from Canada
In 1967 I was a golden blonde deeply tanned teen. In AZ I was asked why I had blue eyes and blonde hair because...weren't we all eskimos living in igloos? Duh. Where did they think I got the tan? I lived in Windsor Ontario right across from Detroit separated by the Detroit river. Wow. The sun didn't stop at the border in summer and the snow doesn't stay in Canada in winter. It's an awful lack of common sense and critical thinking. Having said that today I know very intelligent people in USA ...mind....they were raised in Canada and moved to the states!🤣🤣🤣👏🏻 just joking. There are very intelligent American born people but still are islolationist. That's a serious issue.
Far too often American maps just show the contiguous states with Hawaii and Alaska tucked in beside California. No Canada or Mexico and no U. S. territories.
Majority of Americans barely know their own country's history. How can we expect them to know Canada's?
Exactly
True !
Lol
Most Canadians know more about the U.S. than the residents there, Canadians are actually American too we live in North America ?
@@psefti true except that we don't call ourselves "American" just "Canadian" as a rule. It's probably easier than explaining why don''t live in the U.S. which is a different country and not part of the commonwealth.
Celine Dion is (for Canadian) know as well for one refusing an American award because she was called American (US citizen I should specify) instead of Canadian. I have to say that I was proud of this as she maintained her origin.
Nobody said Ann Murray who is the best Canadian singer, in my opinion!
I would say Anne Murray is the queen of Canadian music bar none
Have you see C. Dion line of children s clohting a few years back? all with demonic symbols. it s a click a way.
Gordon Lightfoot (Bob Dylan's favourite artist), and Joni Mitchell spring to mind. We also have Diana Krall from my neck of the woods. Maybe Bruce Cockburn? I know I'm missing very meny.
Since there are Tim Horton’s in the U.S., some may know that.
Hockey is Canadian's official winter national sport and lacrosse is Canada's summer national sport.
To all of my fellow Canadians HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! I am so proud to be a Canadian and am happy to have found this channel. Keep going Tyler.
You too!!!😊❤
Happy Canada Day!
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!❤🤍❤
YES A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA AND MANY MORE TO COME.
Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day to everyone, the finest people in the world in the world's greatest country.
An American friend of mine used to debate about Canada vs U.S.
I told him one day that Americans barely understand what happens outside their county, let alone global politics. He scoffed at it until he went back to Missouri.
He came back and apologized
Yep. Stupid is a way of life in Missouri.
A few years back I was at the Lake louise hostel in Banff park. I met an American who had spent the last year living in Edmonton. He was in his early twenties and had grown up in St. Louis. I am from Edmonton. He said that living in a Canadian city for the last year had forced him to change his view of world events. He said that growing up in St. Louis all the news was about the USA with a little bit of world news thrown in. He admitted that living in Canada had changed his perspective on current events.
@@roberteaston6413u mean hotel not hostel
@@NickVaters-od8kp No. I was at a Youth Hostel. The Lake Louise Hostel is a member of Canada's Youth Hostel Association.I could not afford to stay at a hotel in Lake Louise.
They aren’t taught about the world. It’s like the King of Siam. Their maps are mostly US with Canada a vague fuzz to the north but it’s because they don’t get world news like every other country does. When I worked there I had to get papers sent from home to know what was going on and this was during the Cold War.
As a Canadian, I'm impressed that you knew about Lacross even existing. I think we learned how to play it in grade schools. Once.
I know about lacrosse from American Pie.
in 1983, I went to the US. People there asked me how long our Igloos lasted before melting. I went along with it, and told them I walked 20 miles in Snow Shoes, then traveled 200 miles by Dogsled, then got on a Snowmobile to get to a place where I was able to get a Car.... The 1st Trip across the Border was also the Last
Tyler, you have earned the title of an honorary Canadian good sir.
One of us! One of us!
@@jomac841 He's part of the tribe now?
okay 👌
Agreed 💯
I concur.
@@MysteriousMrXpart of the village.
Me before it started: How bad can it be?
Lady: Is Canadian a language?
Me: I was too kind
Edit: I literally once saw a quiz that asked something about a state in Canada and it wasn’t a trick question…
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Most Canadiens speak Oxford English !
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As a Canadian kid in the 80's, I had to learn all the states and capitals too some time in primary school.
As a kid growing up in Quebec in the 60's and 70's, I never had to learn that. I'm not sure if the difference is due to the difference in time or location.
@@MarieAnne. Born in the late 1950s, we had to learn all the US states and their capitals in grade 7 or 8. Maybe because you were educated in Quebec. I should ask my wife as she was also educated in Quebec.
You're totally right - the national sport used to be Lacrosse. Now it's Hockey for winter & Lacrosse for Summer. They actually passed a bill in 1994. We don't have a national dish, but Poutine has become the most famous, I think because it's mentioned so much on American TV. Other dishes that are well known are Butter Tarts, Nanaimo Bars, and Beavertails.
Lacrosse was but given. Back to the natives who actually started it. With human heads instead of balls.... Joke lol. She hokey is now Canadian numb 1 .
I’ve lived in Canada 54 years and still have not tasted Poutine. So my vote for national dish is still pirogies.
I'm from Quebec, and please tell me were lacrosse comes into play. Hockey, football, soccer, baseball...but lacrosse ? Probably shuffleboard is more popular 😅
@@pgpogo I’m in Saskatchewan and have never even seen a game of Lacrosse. But I did have fun playing broom ball every winter at school….so my vote would be for boom ball being our national sport. Unfortunately Canadians knowledge of Lacrosse and broom ball are probably equally.
Zero point zero…so I would have the only vote. ⛸️🥶.
@pgpogo lacrosse is an indigenous sport. I'm in Ontario and I know we played it in school but there are different levels of teams within the province here.
To be fair, Canadians are so inundated with American news, film, and TV that you can't help but learn a huge amount about the US just by osmosis.
So true, I've learnt so much just from movies, TV shows, video games, and music.
I totally agree.
We are also taught in our schools on World history with includes the USA…we knew American history long before internet or cable news …
Just asked my 14 year old grandson who the President of the US is? No hesitation - Biden. So yes, most Canadians know more about the US than the US citizens know about Canada. Thank you for doing these videos. I am blessed to live in a wonderful country.
One little caveat to that is I'd expect people in school to be more knowledgable about some things than adults. When I was going through school I had to learn all of the state capitals and where all the states were on a map. I had to learn the dates for a lot of historical events. Now if I'm lucky I can name the capitals of about 30-35 states and can probably get about 35-40 placed correctly on a map. I remember what happened in a lot of historical events but if you ask me for the year I probably wouldn't remember most of them.
I mean, he's 14, he should know.
Most Canadians know more about America than Americans. Before the last election I was talking to an American and asked if she was going to vote. She asked when the election was and how to do that. It was horrifying. I mean the American election day never changes so that should help.
Remember the show 'are you smarter than a 5th grader'?
In Canadian High-schools - during my high-school years - "Social Studies" was split into History and Geography. And we studied the History and Geography of the ENTIRE WORLD - starting with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc., etc., etc. This included not only their Geography, Agriculture, Art, History, etc. - but also their mythology. We were THOROUGH. In Grades 11 & 12 - History and Geography were two separate classes - and we concentrated on the History & Geography of the Americas (South, Central, North) - from the time of "discovery" 450 yrs ago up to the middle of the Cold War - which was still going on when I graduated.
So we LEARNED - as much about the US as we did about Canada. At one time - the 49th parallel was the world's longest undefended International Border (Bush put an end to that), and we didn't need passports to pass freely back & forth across that Border. To this day - I can recall most of what I learned about the US Constitution. I know stuff about it that most US'ers don't know - including the Federalist Papers that set out the supporting arguments for each of the Amendments. It astonishes me how many US'ers are completely unaware of this aspect of THEIR Constitution they purport to revere and venerate.
And yes - Canada has a Constitution - as do almost ALL of the world's 195 countries - MOST of which are CENTURIES older than the US Constitution.
The state of the US Education system IS your responsibility. It's the responsibility of everyone who has ever gone to school, or has become a parent with children in school. In Canada - we have a NATIONAL standardised education system. Funds are allocated from General Revenue based on one factor alone - population. NOT (as in the US) on a county's income tax bracket - where the richest counties get the best teachers and up-to-date books, computers, etc. In Canada - Education is one of our two "Socialised" essential services (Health Care being the other) - so EVERY child/student has access to the same across-the-board education to the end of Grade 12.
I haven't been to the US since the onset of COVID - when the Border was closed, and T-Rumpf intended to station US Troops along the Border. Trudeau let him know that that was not the best idea he'd ever had - and T-Rumpf backed down on that intention. But relations have been strained since then. So many US TV shows are staffed by Canadian writers - Silicon Valley is staffed by Canadian code hackers - Video game creators seem to be mostly Canadians - Mid-Wife-Trained Nurses in US teaching Hospitals are mostly Canadians - most of the students (and most - if not ALL the RA's) in Applied Maths & Physics at CalTech - are STILL mostly Canadians.
I really hope that Biden has a 2nd term - and that Drl Jill Biden DOES something about laying the groundwork for fixing the US Education "system."
In Canada the provincial and territorial governments are responsible for education. There is no federal Ministry of Education.
I hadn't heard of Trump's plan to station troops along the U.S. / Canada border. It's bad enough he declared Canada "a threat to national security" so he could impose tariffs. His "justification" was that Canada provides the U. S. military with vital supplies such as steel, aluminum, and oil, and we could potentially deprive them of those materials.
I don't know what part of Canada you're from, but I can tell you that this starry-eyed view of history education in Canada is not true everywhere. Growing up in the 60's and 70's in Quebec, I can tell you that we were mostly (almost exclusively?) taught about Quebec history, and it bored me half to death. Math, science, and geography were much more interesting.
It was this way in BC in the 80s/90s and EARLY 2000s
I remember a few years back we went for a trip into the US, stayed just outside of Chicago, and went out for breakfast the next morning. The waitress asked where we were from, we said Canada...wow she said, you speak really good english. A bit stunned, we asked what she thought we spoke, she replied french. I think we chuckled and then she vanished and we had a different waitress :)
My last laptop had the keyboard set to default to the French alphabet, once it detected my location as being in the province of Alberta. I had to keep resetting it to American English so I could type properly.
@@Shan_Dalamani Should have tried Canadian English, or British English if that won't show up.
@@cannedend8915 I did try Canadian English. Whoever programmed it thinks Canadian English includes French letters. So I had to use the American English keyboard.
Tyler, you are becoming more Canadian with every video. The fact that you know that Lacrosse is our summer sport and hockey is our winter sport shows just how far you've come. And just about a week ago we hit 40 million for our population.
Please stop kissing this guy's ass. He doesn't care about Canada and he hasn't learned anything. He's been doing a video every day for a year and he's learned barely anythign.
darrenmacdonald1499, nope not yet. 38 million, 7 hundred thousand something.
@@mau1558 government has announced it passed 40m couple weeks ago, although some sites showing another countdown, and if you are referring to what google says please note the date 2021 was 38m
I’m Canadian myself and Lacrosse isn’t in no way our Summer National Sport! It’s already a sport in itself that the majority of Canadian peoples doesn’t even know, so it’s not our Summer National Sport! The parliament may have made it National, but it isn’t, to be National, we have to at least have the majority of Canadians knowing about that kind of sport as well of loving it! The only thing as much loved and done in summer, is “Hockey Cosom”
I’m from myself from a family of Baby Boomers, our total of members in our family is about 120 to maybe 150 and we all in majority doesn’t even know about Lacrosse!
@@mau1558 All I know is that about two weeks ago, stats Can announced that June 24th we were supposed to hit 40 million.
Fun fact, Canada is larger than the US. It is the second largest country in the world second only to Russia in size.
And most of the population in Canada lives within 100 miles of the US border.
Another fun fact:half of Canada is unihabitable. Who cares if it's larger?
@@kristend344Most US Americans also live on the coasts and borders
CANADA WON the war of 1812 and burnt down the White House....lol.
@@kristend344officially, yes.
Unofficially? We’re amassing a multi-million army in the territory’s to stage an invasion.
Many years ago, I was a tour guide in Halifax. Our standard joke was about American tourists coming up in August with skies on their car roofs! I would explain to them that 50% of Canadian's live at the same latitude as Boston...or maybe Portland, Maine.
Remind them that the most southern tip of Ontario (Point Pelee) is further south than the most northern tip of California (not by much, but it is).
Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and most of Wisconsin are more northern than Toronto.
It shocks the hell out of them.
with skies or with skis?
@kimpanther clearly my outstanding expertise with the English language! And maybe auto-correct!
And significantly further south than any part of the UK.
An American friend told me that "war" was the American method of teaching geography. Pretty funny but sad.
We have issues. You're good up there.
For the first few months living in British Columbia, I didn't even know Victoria was the capital of BC. I was convinced it was Vancouver. Until a Canadian friend asked me in amazement: "What do they teach you at your private school with this elite educational program from Switzerland? You live in Greater Victoria, you are visiting the city very often and you often pass Parliament there, but you have no idea what it's meant for?
It was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. And perhaps one of my most Canadian moments so far as I apologized very verbally and in a colorfully manner for my stupid ignorance. At least I knew that Vancouver Island is paradise, where even any mistakes and stuff can be of a divine nature.
It's definitely paradise here. 🥰
Lol na not overly canadian if you fid so colorfully as opposed to colourfully 😋🫂❤️
Time to write back to your "Private School in Switzerland" and tell them they know schit & teach schit as their nose is so far up the hinny they can't smell it anymore. Even public school teaching in Victoria know that Swiss watches got beat by Japanese made watches & Swiss cows make milk, the coco you source from south of the Equator to make chocolate. Which is NOTHING SPECIAL with a high price. Switzerland is just another country that makes stuff.(one day in the PAST it was desired because of its quality & precision.)
A paradise that's a pain to get to. There was a hydrofoil from Vancouver to Victoria- but it was for dinner cruises. So, you can take a ferry from Tsawwassen or a plane.
Get out of Victoria - up island is nicer.
I love living here, but I do agree about up island. Comox is a favourite.
The 2nd video was filmed in Buffalo NY which literally is on the border. Americans on border cities like Detroit, Seattle, Minneapolis and Buffalo will definitely have stronger knowledge about Canadian culture compared to other Americans. Tim Hortons actually has a large presence in upstate New York.
Seattle is 2.5 hours away but most don't know about Vancouver or Canada.
People in Bellingham are a bit more knowledgeable though
Yep and it is actually quite popular lots of Tim Hortons around Buffalo/Niagara Falls NY area.
Owww.. take it easy.
There’s a Tim Horton’s on every corner in metro Detroit too.
Also a bunch on Tim Hortons locations across Ohio
Tim Horton Played for BUFFALO SABRES and scored - one goal ! Toronto IS so close to Buffalo - that You can see Canada from Niagara River !
With all your new found knowledge of Canada you should do a series where you ask people around where you live Canadian trivia!
Funny story in 1976 I worked pumping gas. It was summertime in July and some Americans stopped for gas and they had skis tied to their roof racks. They asked where the snow was....in July!. I said well you have to go more north to the arctic or North pole but here we get summer just like you.
Now Tyler, we Canadians were laughing at you too not too long ago!! Yes, you have certainly learned a lot since you started these videos, we're very proud of you! 🎉
Tyler, there are currently 630 Tim Horton's locations in the U.S. Also, you missed the fact that these interviews are being conducted in Buffalo, NY, which is located right on the Canada/U.S. border. That's why these people knew more about Canada than you might expect.
They certainly knew more than a cab driver I once had in Atlanta: "Where you from?" me, "Canada". Cabby, "Canada...oh yeah, I hearda' that. That's up near Delaware, ain't it?"
Really I didn’t know their was Tim’s in the us shows how much I know
Says alot about him, not realising why people in Buffalo know about Canada.
Thanks for your enjoyable videos Tyler. I have enjoyed them tremendously. Please keep making them! As a kid in elementary school (in Canada): Grades 1 to 9, all children were taught about the USA: State Capitals, etc. I'm not surprised about the lack of knowledge about Canada. Here is one for you: Did you know that the USA lost a war between Canada & Great Britain in 1812? That;s when the British burned Washington, D.C & the Whitehouse.
Yep. They don't like to admit that...🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lacrosse is actually our national sport, it is a game played by my Indigenous people, before modern hockey, hockey was played on a field, today we know it as field hockey and also played by my Indigenous people before contact. Both games were uses to settle disputes between Indigenous nations. The disputes were solved by the winning team.
We are so proud of you, Tyler. You were once one of them.
Frankly, as a Canadian I would say that a large number of Americans don't know much about their own country from watching questions put to them on the street about that subject .
I was once at Tim Horton's in NW Edmonton. This Canadian woman told me that she thought that Boxing Day was named in honour of Joe Louis. She actually thought that he was a Canadian boxer and that Boxing Day was named after him. I told her that it was a British Commonwealth holiday. After Christmas Day people in Britain would put food and clothes in boxes and leave them for poor people. There are some dumb Canucks out there, too.
Keep in mind they only keep the answers from the absolute dumbest people, who are probably on something.
@@roberteaston6413 She was probably an immigrant from the US...lol!
@@norwolf4765 An American her age would have known that Joe Louis was an American from Detroit MI. In 1985 I was down in Montana with some friends. On the way back to Edmonton my friend said that we should to visit some friends of his in Calgary. I did not know this couple. It turned out that they were from Ontario and had been in Calgary for two years. They were in their late twenties. My friend said"We went down to Montana". The women Said "Where is Montana".My friend had to explain to her that Montana is an American state that is south of Alberta and borders Alberta. I cannot understand how someone can live in Calgary for two years and not know where Montana is. The woman was brunette. No excuses.
@@roberteaston6413 I would actually doubt if the average American even today would know who Joe Louis was, unless they lived in Detroit. I went to University in the states and some one actually asked me if I spoke Canadian . So, on average I would say Canadians are better informed about both countries than Americans. I've lived in five different provinces and have met people that have never been out of their province and are content just living in their own little sheltered world. Just remember that every kid you went to school with wasn't the brightest on the block.....EH! Happy Canada Day
Canada's biggest and first industry 350 years ago was the beaver fur trade (Top hats in England were traditionally made with beaver pelts) The Hudson Bay company
When you said “it’s lacrosse” I cheered haha. You’ve become so knowledgeable and you’re absolutely correct, lacrosse is our national sport.
The reason the group in the second video did so well is that Buffalo is directly across the river from Niagara. It's a major crossing point, in fact a lot of Canadians in that area have P.O. boxes in Buffalo for online shopping. And yes there are Tim Hortons in Buffalo
Buffalo has been where I've done some of the best shoe shopping of all time!!! Mind you that was decades ago when it was worth driving over for shoes!
Fort Erie Ont actually use to be a few Timmies in Ohio as well not sure if they are still there or not.
@user-qv2ur2bw3z pretty sure there are and there are some in some airports throughout too now if what I've heard still holds true tho I do know some cities they didn't end up staying since it is such a saturated industry... even tho timmies far supercedes its competitors lol but I may be a Lil biased on that one lol
Also they get Canadian TV channels, or at least they used to.
Buffalo is across from Fort Erie, Ontario. Niagara Falls, New York is across from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The Beaver is important because of the fur trade in 17th to the mid-19th centuries
I live near the border, and I've met quite a few Americans who live on the other side of the border when I've visited the USA who have NEVER been to Canada. I found it astounding. Also, they would drive further south to the next nearest big city to go shopping, to see concerts, go to restaurants, etc. when they could literally drive to the next nearest big city in Canada to the North in about an hour including the traffic and border crossing.
"American celebrities have to worry about crowd control. Canadian celebrities have to wear name tags." Dave Broadfoot, Canadian Comedian 🤣🤣
A person in Buffalo once asked me where Ontario is and I told him to look up. It's about 60 minutes from Buffalo.
60 minutes if that. Ya, not a lot of excuses for not knowing anything about your literal next door neighbour.
60? Try a 15 min drive over the Niagara river, on the Peace bridge, to Fort Erie and maybe 10 mins by boat...I know this because I live 45 mins from there, on the Canadian side.
Dont you mean 60 secs?
As of June 16 Canada's population just passed the 40 million mark
June 2023.
"Is Canadian a language"... Back in 1988, Calgary, Alberta hosted the Winter Olympics. One of our male figure skaters was Kurt Browning (who went on to have a fantastic skating career, both amateur and professional). Browning said in an interview that someone from another country (not the U.S., I don't think; elite American athletes are usually well-traveled people) asked him to "say something in Canadian."
So the Americans aren't the only people ignorant about the languages we speak here.
I'd have been tempted to answer, "Howzitgoin', eh? Wutchupto?"
August 6th 2023! I am watching this again! 😊. I have not been in school for a while, but when I was, we had to
learn about the USA! The number states, American economy, their government system; Everything that was known at the time! Since grade school, I learned about the American flag! The 50 stars for 50 states, the 13 stripes for the first 13 colonies, the Capital, Washington DC, (District of Columbia), the weather, how we two countries trade back and forth
and our border’s length!
Still, most Americans do not know or choose to know that we are up above them! The 2nd largest country on Earth!
I'm Canadian, and many of the TV shows I watched growing up were American. Most movies in theatres are American. Canadians are exposed to a lot of information from the USA. Whereas Americans are not exposed to as much Canadian content. It's not simply that we learned about the US in school. Thanks for sharing your reactions, Tyler. I enjoy your channel. It makes me see Canadian culture through a different lens and it's fun. :)
actually a lot of tv shows come from canada now.
This is exactly what I was about to write. For the average Canadian, we see so much American content. It is also important for us to know what is happening down there.
A lot of the people writing or appearing in American movies and TV shows are Canadian. The parody film _The Canadian Conspiracy_ reveals this is due to a Canadian plot to subvert American culture.
I agree to an extent. I'm Canadian born and raised. I moved to Louisiana when I was 21 and lived there for 18 years. I had 3 children and they went to American school. They honestly learned nothing about Canada or other countries to be honest. It was All American history, politics,......That was in 2002- 2012 when my boys went to school there. Its actually kind of sad.
Americans aren't educated about any other country but America to be honest.
Population just reached 40 million in 2023. The tiny in area province of Nova Scotia just reached 1 million.
Since in 2023, there are 630 Tim Hortons in USA, maybe the participants answering the questions don’t think it’s Canadian.
>The tiny in area province of Nova Scotia
Cries in PEI
Sadly Tim Horton's, one of our most iconic Canadian chains, just like Hudson's Bay, (the Canadian company) is owned by Americans. All that complaining about the quality happened not long after they took it over.
@@singtweetypie if my memory serves wasn't Burger King the parent company that bought Tim Hortons?
@@bemasaberwyn55 The parent:company was Wendy's (1995-2006); and then Restaurant Brands International (2014-present) that owns Burger King. The real quality issues started when Restaurant Brands took them over. Why companies buy a successful brand like Timmies and then go about fooling around with it is beyond me. I do think they have tried to make some improvements over the last couple of years as Canadians were really upset over the quality issues such as downsizing the donuts and serving sizes etc. Makes me very sad that it is no longer a Canadian owned company.
They have Tim Hortons in Buffalo, NY and other border towns and cities in the USA, so it's easy to see how he worked at one. And yes, the test was in Buffalo.
Just a comment about Americans being familiar with Tim Hortons. Some time ago, Tim Hortons paired up with Wendys in an attempt to break into the American market. It was only in a few locatrions, mostly border states. Didn't work!! That is probably how you had that one guy saying he worked for Tim Hortons in the U.S.
Tyler, you are humble, smart, funny and as a Canadian I respect you alot for doing all those awesome videos. Merci mon ami :)
Agreed! I also like how he researches things to get more information. It's cool
You just stated all the Canadian attributes, so Tyler "is a Canadian." Oops,forgot polite !
@@laurag7295 not sure about your point but all good :)
Part of the reason most Americans don't know Canada, is because, really, we are not obviously, an important country to the States, we are but it's not obvious.
Most Americans don't know any countries.
Canada is one of THE most important Countries to the USA, but sadly most of it's own citizens don't realize what a powerhouse Canada is concerning mining, forestry, gas, oil, farming, and beef exports.
Canada is the States' biggest trading partner. It is so important to the US in strategy material that the Reagan government threatened invasion if Canada didn't sign the original NAFTA agreement. It allowed Americans to own 100% of a Canadian resource company.
@@alanmacificationChina is first we are 2nd
Most Americans don't think any countries are important besides the USA and that is why they know precisely nothing about any other country not just Canada.
We were taught American politics and Geography in Junior High. I will say, however that there are more ignorant Canadians than I care to admit. Its shameful. Americans, Canadians and the British should know everything about each other.
I love these videos, Tyler. You paint us in a good light. :-)
Hi Tyler! You should say I WAS a typical average American and not I am. You know more about Canada right now than many Canadians!
Here here!
@@mrmacq I'm looking.
Don’t feel bad Mr. Bucket……..I think most Americans generally have a positive view of Canada, it’s the educational system that doesn’t focus much attention on us up here. I really admire your desire to learn about my country and really enjoy your videos. 👍👍👍
I would add that in addition to the US educational system being a key source of the lack of knowledge about Canada is the American media. When we are in the US we seldom hear anything about Canada in the news.
You have to be Canadian to appreciate the irony that they thought it was the French Influence that is behind us having a Prime Minister. We actually based our government system on Great Britain's. Incidentally, it was Queen Victoria who signed off on that and hence why we celebrate Victoria Day in her honour.
My out load reaction was "France has a president". Sure they have a PM too, but when you're talking about the Westminster system and France I couldn't avoid thinking about the reason France doesn't have a monarch.
As a Canadian, if someone asked me what our national sport was, I would have answered lacrosse.
I knew a whole lot of American geography and history from grades, 6,7 and 8 as a Canadian.. Plus, I studied up on it on my own! The American education system needs to be improved big time. I guess some of them think that it's all about them!
There are segments of the American population who think Jesus was American.
You got that right , Big Time 🤔
hahahahahaa it is all about them
Drake has a house in Toronto 😂 he had to get the city to approve his big ass bushes around his property
The woman being asked about Canadian currency is from Buffalo - a literal border town. It would be bizarre if she didn’t know what a toonie and a loonie are.
Lacrosse has been known as Canada's National Game since 1859 hockey Finally in April 1994, Bill C-212 was passed to recognize hockey as Canada's official winter game, and lacrosse as its summer game. This is probably so Americans know at least one fact about Canada LOL
Yep! Celine Dion is not only Canadian but she's from Quebec and she can speak very Québécois 😉
*excited duck noises*
I remember when she was a very chubby teen featured on the 1980s Canadian kid's show 'Going Great', who bragged that she would be a huge star one day... I thought she sounded nuts, at the time! 😂
She grew up speaking French, and took lessons as a young teen to learn English, as her career was taking off.
@@nommchompsky Ok
@@shoknifeman2mikado135she was never chubby….
15:17 Funny story: my friend and his brother were going through the drive-through at some BC fast food joint and the girl on the speaker asked them about poutine, maybe something like, "Would you like some poutine with that?" and his brother who was driving was like, "Excuse me?! Did you just say putang??!" and she cracked up laughing and laughing. We'd never heard of it in Western Canada until it made its way West through fast-food joints in the 90s. Needless to say, she explained what it was and he was like, "Naw, that sounds disgusting," he'd rather have some putang. When they got up to the take-out window, all the staff inside were all laughing. 😂
In 1994 the “National Sports of Canada Act” specified two official national sports. Ice Hockey is the winter national sport and Lacrosse is the summer national sport. Before then lacrosse was the only national sport.
Greatest Canadian Singer = Sarah McLachlan
Hands down. She got a record deal at age 17, before leaving high school, after her first live performance.
Gordon Lightfoot!!!!!!!!
We have way too many to name
Anne Murray
You all forgot Paul Anka! Oh, wait: he's undoubtedly before your time.
I think Celine Dion was younger...but do love Sarah!
HAPPY 😃 CANADA 🇨🇦 DAY TYLER! 🍁
I did learn all the American States and their capital cities back in 1968.I could recite them years ago but no longer.In school we had 6th grade geography taught to our class by Mr.Reimer(originally from Minnesota).We also had to make a relief map of the United States from water,flour & salt.
There are way more than 3 bands from Canada. Bryan Adams, Glass Tiger, Shania Twain, Paul Brandt, Tom Macdonald, Madchild, DeadMouse and Unleash the Archers...just to name a tiny few.
Even as a Norwegian I was initially taken aback a bit by how little you knew about Canada, but to be fair, Tyler, I have actually learned things I never knew about Canada through your videos. So keep it up :)
Me too.
Jeg også😊
We appreciate you guys taking the time to learn anything about Canada! 😊 I figured it was only Canadians watching these videos for a laugh 😅
I have a hard time watching these kind of videos (NOT YOURS, TYLER, THE ONE YOU ARE WATCHING)... The fact that, before I even graduated high school, I knew all 50 US states, their capitals, where the national capital was, and some basic American history simply because us Canadians are engulfed by American media and yet these people have SUCH a hard time even naming OUR LANGUAGE? Man, it just makes me want to pull my hair out!
I flew down to Ft. Myers in Sept 2021 for a Veteran funeral. The woman at the airport gave me a stomach ache because she said “I didn’t know Canada even had an Army 😳🤦🏼♀️
@@MoosefromCanadadoh lol
We learned to name all the US states and the countries of the world, where they are located and the name of their capitals back when I was in school. I may have forgotten a few and some countries changed since I was a student (the USSR was still a thing back then), but it is still basic knowledge to know the world we live in. And as a Québécoise I know them in both French and English.
@@MoosefromCanada oh my gosh
@@MoosefromCanada Can't help saying it: the way things are going, that might soon be true! Support our troops!
Americans probably didn't know Avril Lavigne and Jim Carrey and Alanis Morissette are Canadian
Have to admit you have learned SOOOOOOO much about Canada, since your earlier videos, that I am very impressed!!!🎉❤
I am a Canadian. Went on a trip to Mississippi. Told the girl in the shop that I went to work in a dogsled and she believed me!
Great job on educating Americans Tyler. I grew up in England and now live in Canada. In England and Canada, we were always taught world history. This is sad
Looines and Toonies and Pennies - The Canadian currency system is way ahead of the USA. Do you know that Canada stopped using pennies 10 years ago? The smallest coin is now the nickel. Pay in cash and it gets rounded up or down. Debit and Credit is still down to the penny.
The thing about canada is. The land mass is actually bigger then the states but canada has alot of water and wooded area that is unpopulated so because of those two situations the total population is alot smaller then the potential could actually be
Sometimes Canadians get upset at Americans for knowing next to nothing about Canada. But you have to remember there are Americans who think New Mexico is a foreign country and not take it too personally.
Yes. A famous story from the 2988 Olympics in Atlanta. A NM caller to the DC booking office gave her address including NM. The CSR told the caller she had to phone another 800 number for foreign visitors. 😦
@@billTOThe way y'all are going, I wouldn't bet on there still being an Atlanta in 2988...😁
@@billTO ...and the Atlanta Olympics were in 1996!
I love he his insults are starting to sound Canadian. for ex, the person who thought Canadian was a language he didn't say "you dumb" he said "that's an exeptional level of not knowing what the heck is going on in Canada" lmao
😂😂😂❤
I noticed that, too. Tyler was indeed eloquent and polite in his response. I really appreciated how he framed it. It does make me smile.
When I was teaching in the UK, a teacher was explaining different languages and used me as an examples. She said since I was from Canada, I spoke Canadian.. 😂😂 I interrupted her and said no, I speak English. SHE. WAS. SHOOK! 😂😂😂 so I have heard that one before, just not from an American lol.
When I was young and on a bus trip to New York with the Girl Guides , an American girl thought all Canadians lived in igloos and another girl thought Canada was a little island.
A ridiculous example of Americans knowledge of Canada is a incident that happened to a friend of mine who was attending University of Pennsylvania as a student. He was walking on campus when they were conducting a voter drive for an upcoming national election. They asked him if he was registered and he said no because he is Canadian. The girl told him “You can register because Canada is part of the U.S.!!! When he corrected her, she turned to her colleague and said “Isn’t Canada part of the U.S.”? Her colleague answered “I think so”. 😢
They're not even a real country anyway.🤷🤣
Singers…..Bryan Adams, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Shania Twain, Getty Lee, Celine Dion, Burton Cummings, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, K.D. Lang, Randy Bachman, Alanis Morissette…………
Paul Anka, Marie King
Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Gilles Vigneault, Félix Leclerc, Pauline Julien, Marc Dupré....
@@fedodosto3162Eux autres, ils sont des Québécois. En tant que Canadian originaire du sud de l'Ontario, ça m'agace qu'on compte des artistes du Québec comme 《Canadien》. Après avoir vécu 7 ans à Ste-Foy, avoir complété une diplôme collégiale en français, avoir vu comment les Québécois et Québécoise se voient en tant que nation et après avoir vu sur les Plaines d'Abraham , des artistes comme Paul Piché, Laurence Jalbert, Michel Rivard et Gilles Vigneault la veille de l'échec de lac Meech, j'ai de la misère à compter des choses Québécois comme Canadien. J'étais là à 9:00 pm le 24 juin 1991. Michel Rivard a dit 《il est 9h et demi en Terre-Neuve. Il est 8h au Manitoba...et POUR L'ENSEMBLE DU CANADA IL EST TROP TARD》. Alors, essayez pas de me dire que les Québécois sont des Canadiens...à part de l'équipe d'hockey😂.
Michael Buble, David Foster, Sarah McLachlan, ELO. Actors, William Shatner, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Christopher Plummer, Gordon Pinset. Just a few!
You have to be the most likeable American ever!
I was outside of Atlantic City. Stopped at a gas station to ask if I was on the right road to find the highway. A young chickie asked where I was going. I said Canada. She asked why. Told her I lived there. She was surprised that I spoke English. Huh ? She told me that's not what Canadians speak. I looked at her for a bit then asked her what she meant. She said 'its sounds different' so I said
Bonjour, comment ça va ? She said 'thats it, that's Canadian'....has to tell her that is was French. Then she asked if all Canadians speak French ...😂😂😂
The TV show Jeopardy had Canada as a category once and no one knew the answers to the questions. This must have been annoying to the host Alex Tribek who is Canadian although he didn't show it.
Trebek lived in the States for several decades. I'm sure he was used to it by then.
I’ve noticed that every episode of “Jeopardy” includes at least one A/Q with a reference to Canadian content. I wonder if the late Alex Trebek made this mandatory?
When I went to school in geography , I am Canadian, i had to learn all the names of the States, their state capitals, all the infustries and where the metals were mined.
Me too!🇨🇦
So, can you also remember all Canadian provinces and territories?
As a Canadian. I learned the American states and capitals from the Animaniacs.
I also learned about Canadian politics, the parliamentary system and local politics, provincial and legislative.
We Canadians do know more about the US than Americans do about us but you give me hope Tyler. Good on you.
When I went to school (many, many moons ago) part of our geography included the USA. We had to learn ALL the states, where they were situated on the map, the capital of each state and their main export. We also had to be able to draw maps of the the US and put the states where they were supposed to go. We needed to know what the original 13 states were and the order of how each of the other states joined. We had to learn their presidents, not necessarily in order, but we had to know them. We had to know American history as well as British history, because a lot of Canada's history is tied in to both. I am sure the curriculum has changed greatly, but I would bet that Canadian kids of today would still know basic knowledge of the US. Just sayin'
As a Canadian, born and raised in Toronto, i don't know if i would consider Poutine as the national dish. It's definitely iconic, but it's more prominent in Quebec
Certainly not officially.
It’s just as prominent in the rest of Canada. In Toronto you have many option because of the versatility of the city. Smaller towns and cities across the country do not have the same diverse menu.
Keep in mind you live in Toronto, where the food options are _extremely_ diverse. Toronto is less then 10% of the countries population, so yours is not most Canadians experience. Go outside the major cities and ask what Canada’s most iconic food is, I can promise you they won’t be saying it’s sushi pizza or peameal bacon sandwich. They’ll say poutine, _maybe_ Nanaimo bars.
Yeah, and I'm from Quebec. It’s more of Quebec's national dish.
From Northern Ontario, living in SW Ontario, and Poutine is a popular dish here. Sadly Toronto isn't the center of the universe.
Drake doesn't live there?? Lol! He built a 60mil mansion in Toronto. 😅
It's funny you should say that you blame the education system in the US. I have heard that Americans aren't taught anything about Canadian history in school. Here in Canada, at least in my experience, the history lessons are quite in depth. Not just concerning the US, but other countries as well.
If things don't happen directly under their noses, they simply are unaware of it. please see Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans.
My sister lived in Sooke, BC. She had two Windmill Palms at the end of her driveway. Southern BC is the farthest north palms grow,with 4 different species.
The Sunshine Coast is I think sub-tropical rainforest, and my dad's friend had a tall palm tree in his front yard. It doesn't rain on the "Wet Coast" every day 😂
We have palm trees in Simcoe County Ontario on the north shore of Laje Erie.
@@ericgeorgetruckgrilling Simcoe County is no where near Lake Erie. Yes there are Palms in Southern Ontario, There are Palm at Port Dover, And there are several species of cold tolerant species, The north shore of Lake Erie is about 350 miles farther south than all of British Columbia. it is at the same latitude as the French Riviera.
@@alanmacification Yeah you're right!! I meant to say Norfolk County. So used to going to the town of Simcoe in Norfolk County!!
@@alanmacification it may be further south but it's darn cold in winter 😂 I lived in Bowmanville and while it shares the same latitude as the French riviera and is slightly south of the Sunshine Coast it's not as temperate.
Do people not know Celine Dion, Gordon Lightfoot (rip) JONI MITCHELL, *Neil Young,* Leonard Cohen or Randy Bachman?
Bryan Adams! I was singing along to Gord and Joni today "In the early morning rain..." "Look out the left the captain said..." yeah, I got a trip coming up 😂
"Is Canadian a language?"
Just remember, a lot of Americans tell others to "speak American, dammit!"
my favorite talking to americans, was talking about how most Canadians didn't know who their state repersenative was, of course this was making fun of americans that didn't and one persn was so upset and offended....then her son was like, "Wait a second, Canada has provinces."
I moved from Alaska to Memphis with my job...a dispatcher. A courier called in for directions, he knew I was new, asked where I was from. I said Alaska. He said, Oh, I thought you sounded Canadian. Then he said, Welcome to the U.S.
Buffalo is almost directly on the US Canada border. There will be locations in NY. The border states largely do have them.
85% of Canada’s population live within 100 miles of the Canada/ U.S. border .That leaves vast areas of Canada with the remaining 15% of Canada.
Buffalo NY is practically ON the Canadian border. Thousands of Canadians shop there every day.
It IS on the border, namely the Niagara River
A drunk American tourist in a Canadian casino once told me he "couldn't speak Canadian". I wish I was kidding.
According to StatsCan's official population estimate, we're now over 40 million.
I bet the people with some right answers are watching your channel, Tyler, you're HELPING! Thank you!