American Reacts to 25 Things No One Knows About Canada 

there are lots of mac and cheese in restaurants and they are real stuff. not some powder fake cheese

@@Yamaelp Tyler didn't understand the term "Kraft Dinner" in an earlier video, and thought it was somethingthing made up, rather than what's printed on the package. Gourd knows where the factoids for this video came from.

AKA Vitamin K 😂

Canada doesn’t have ‘imitation of American cheese’.

I eat plenty of mac & cheese, but find Kraft Dinner gross.

yeah in most cities it's way better. Anyway lots of bottled water are just some tap water from Ontario.

Guess you don't live in Walkerton, eh? Or out in the country where the well water comes out brown or starts on fire (fracking)....

Except when im visiting flint michigan

Yeah tap water is great I find bottle water is weird tasting after taste

Same here man, Btw Quebec.

We do sometimes still do that, but usually it's just the postmaster that responds now

@@hydeks this was 40-50 years ago. Lol

Santa is a volunteer post Master?! Maaan

HOH OHO

North Pole....postal code HOH OHO

Fgd0gggl

All true.

Also, it’s based on rugby.

The Dutch invented hockey.

​@@Veggamatticthat is debatable, & not widely accepted. The game was being played in Canada by the Indigenous peoples as far back as the 1700's.

The letters to Santa are sent to the Montreal main post office.

@@camilledextraze7104 But the replies are sent from somewhere in the Maritimes, I believe.

I just now checked. The letters to Santa sent to the H0H 0H0 postal code are directed to the Montreal main post office. The answers are sent back in the child’s own language. If mailed from within Canada, postage s not necessary and the same rule applies to the answers back, within Canada. The team, over a 1,000 strong, are all volunteers.

@@camilledextraze7104 Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't really sure.

@@camilledextraze7104 Nope. All letters to Santa Claus are sent to the main post office in the closest major municipality in each province and, yes, volunteer workers reply to them. I am retired, and that is standard all across Canada. I myself used to volunteer to answer Santa letters. We'd all take a bundle home and personally read and reply to them. Years back we used to formulate each response personally but It's a standard form letter now ( in English and French) with a little personal add-on (sometimes) by the volunteer. This is still being done. They're not all sent to Montreal -- they'd be swamped, as we get thousands.

I used to be a server in a dive bar that had many many Japanese ESL students who would descend en masse for some Sunday night debauchery.They liked to get more liquored up than any group of people I had seen before or since.It was utter chaos.😂

From my experience many years ago, the Japanese students would rarely speak English outside of the classroom. In the program I was doing we had three students from Germany and Netherlands, no matter how much we tried we could not get them to speak a word in their native language nor in any other language that they had learned - "I am in an English speaking location so I will only speak English to improve my English language skills". I did know some German but every question I asked in German they answered in English.

International Students intention to acquire Permanent Residency end game

lol. i can imagine that. i live in a city where there are several lakes (google said around 70?) as well as multiple rivers. Yeah. Saying "on a lake" is pretty meaningless.

We had company from the UK visiting. As we were driving them from the Toronto airport to our place along the St. Lawrence, they spotted lake Ontario and asked if that was the ocean LOL! I think you could fit the UK in it!

I am currently doing research into the Canadians assigned to the British 8th Army for the invasions of Sicily and Italy in WW2. These guys were such a force to be reckoned with that even German soldiers grudgingly respected them. They referred to them as "Mountain Men".

WWERETO HELL HAVE YOU BEEN SINCE 2015 WE NOW HAVE NO MILLATERY

@@geraldseivewright711 Serving in our military is a matter of fact albeit as a reservist now.

insulin was discovered not invented.

How long before the wokies in Ottawa ban Santa Claus because he's too white and male?

Love that! Though I disagree on it being passive aggressive. In this case, I think of it more as using education/knowledge and working out a way to bring about a positive result.

Doesn’t Nestle bottle our water and pay a pittance for it?

@@mchozen2958 Yup. Though “a pittance” is relative. They’ve actively outbid local groups trying to keep their natural and vital resource from being privatized in several places. That and a plethora of other terrible business practices is why I have refrained from buying their products for almost a decade. That the government (both con and lib) allows the commodifying and foreign ownership of such significant resources is a major problem. Just ridiculous.

Some Canadian banknotes SMELL differently for the same reason: identification ! John M. Hill, author "Strange Associations"/"Echoes of History".

Hello. It was interresting comment and was curious to read more about bills. I knew Canada was making bills for other coutries and I found out that since 1908 the Royal Canadian Mint made the bills for over 80 countries. I know now they are doing the bills for Australia and Bermuda. Anyway interresting

Be kind and carry a stick 😁

@@bbffmuyy A hockey stick???

Ì carry a 6 ft pole cut iin the woods

It's for walking.

LIE down. "Lay" takes an object, e.g. "Please lay the book on that table." "Lie" does not.

I think our strive to improve is what makes canada so great

Love this, and we try to learn from past mistakes

Bingo! Except our Idiot PM

Maybe just a wannabe, but you’re more than welcome

Why buy bottles, tap water is better. Just saying. War of 1812 was lost because of a woman. Laura Secord ran for Canada, thats why your not taught it. It was far up north, that shocked me. I would think Scandinavia Russa. Thanks pilots. Why I don't fly anymore... idiots are in every industry. Mine included.😊

Not all of us.

I know that people in Walkerton do not.

Also the provincial government provides a lot of needs based bursaries and loans.

I think it is easier to get into university programs in Canada, at least from what I've read.

​@@isabelleblanchet3694I don't think that's true

It’s only affordable if you live at home….not if you do not live in the area and have no choice but to move to attend University/college. I’d say it is much more difficult to attend University if you’re Rural. OSAP doesn’t come through with the money on time and meanwhile the landlord wants his $$$….

We have a greater ratio of educated people, not people with degrees lol. As of 16 May 2023, Canada is the most educated country in the world, according to multiple sources. According to the OECD, Canada has a literacy rate of 60% and almost 89% of its population has obtained a secondary education. The country spends 6% of its gross domestic product on education. Russia is the second most educated country in the world, with a literacy rate of 56.70% and a population of 145,805,947.

I’ve been driving in Canada for 30+ years and I’m still waiting for my first police rewarded carrot prize. It’s coming sometime soon I hope.

My dad got one for stopping to let someone cross a crosswalk!

My spouse got one for as the officer said”Going through a school zone with his wheels barely moving forward.”

So True. Years ago when Joel Matheson (MLA) was trying to consolidate post secondary institutions in NS, I was talking with him about it (he was a neighbour), and he told me that NS has 22 Degree Granting Instutions. We don't even have 1million people in the province, but we have a bucket load of universities. And that number of 22, doesn't count the Colleges (which only grant diplomas). At least he got all the trade and technical schools under the one roof of Nova Scotia Community College. Way too much politics, to bring the universities under one board.

Not to mention the Magnetic North Pole (which is admittedly moving straight towards Siberia right now) was within the northern Canadian islands all the way between its first discovery in the late 1500s until quite recently.

It has been disputed, It gets complicated, but today no country has sovereignty over the North Pole. It is a point in the Arctic Ocean.

@@danceswithcritters Didn't the Russians plant a flag on the ocean floor there several years ago?

Probably, sounds like a putin thing.

Thanks for reinforcing the stereotype that Canadians are kind, decent people. We all hope that is what would happen if we lost our wallets, but you still deserve the recognition for doing the right thing. Good on ya!

Kudos to you, Alain. I once lost my wallet and a kind person like you also returned it. However, I've also had my wallet stolen :/

bravo Alain! returning the wallet to its rightful owner was the decent, and gentlemanly thing to do. 👏

Congratulations Alain - well done my friend!

⁠@@karenpower1643I once found a lady’s purse lying on the sidewalk. There was no one around, so I drove a few blocks and took it to the police. They asked me how I knew they were going to be at that spot at that time…I said “ because you’re always here!” Lol No plaque for me, but the lady who owned it called me via the info I gave the police. She was very grateful, especially because I hadn’t even opened the bag, let alone go through I felt very blessed. Then I got two tickets at the same time on two different occasions within the week. Ho hum. My bad.🥸🇨🇦💕

Then there’s the NORAD reports on Santa’s progress

Being a poste canada post mail man for 35 years I did Christmas time to open lettres for Santa ...

Édit: thé tap water in the high Arctic came from fresh water lakes and it would be delivered to your house. Whenever I left I packed a few bottles of water because it was so insanely good!!

@@audreejamie4873 Yes, I lived just West of Inu vik for 2 years in the late 70's - best water I've ever had...😍

As a semi-professional Santa Claus (for private parties and such), I'm frequently called on to answer questions such as 'Where's the North Pole?' Even though there is a "North Pole Lake" just north of Fort Hope, Nunavut, the geographic north pole (and the magical place that is the mythical home of Santa Claus and his elves) is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. That part of the Arctic Ocean is covered by permanent sea ice and is not part of any country. Now, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping you're not a six-year old ...

@@colincarson2983 The Magnetic 'north pole' is on a point of Ellesmere island which is in Canada.

@@elainehales3119 Your reply has prompted me to do some further research. While many people, myself included, have assumed that Santa lives at THE North Pole, the geographic North Pole, it appears your assertion that Santa lives at the Magnetic North Pole has support going back as far as 1879. What I think is most important is that we both seem to be in agreement that Santa lives.

So what you’re saying is Santa Claus is Canadian? I love it 😁

@Blops-It is so true, I think Canadians tend to know much less about our own country than we do about other countries(the USA in particular) because we study other countries more than our own in primary and secondary school. We are also exposed to more American culture on tv and social media.

Kraft Dinner! KD! 😋

This is for all those college and university students we have. At least that's where I had it for the first time. Before that it was Mac and Cheese homemade style.

I didn't even realize unsafe drinking water in developed countries was a thing until my family travelled to Italy back in 2012

I live in a semi-rural area in the PEI. Our home has a well. We get the water tested every year and it is consistently high quality. We have a filter to remove sediment but there's no "filtering to remove any minerals" as Murray claimed. Certainly in some parts of Canada well water commonly "softened" to reduce levels of hardness minerals.

@@rossmacintosh5652 , Nova Scotia made up of six different types of rock whereas PEI is just one giant potato patty

You could probably confirm this.... but didn't Coke bottle Evian water in the Burnside Industrial Plant (in Dartmouth), years ago (like 20+ years), using the city water supply, and the bottled water, had more mineral content and other microscopic debris than the city water they started with. 😳 I mean, they actually made the water worse.🤔😂

The water in Sydney is a bit thick.

In 1812 the only Canadas were the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada-there was no nation of Canada until 1867. Canadians didn’t burn down the Capitol in Washington in 1814, British Marines did.

@@geoffreydonaldson2984 Nevertheless, many of the colonists had been born in what is now Canada.

⁠@@sarahsnowewith respect the burning of Washington DC, if there were any militias present, they would have come from Lower Canada -but most historians agree that the invasion and occupation of the US Capitol was by British marines. Remember, Napoleon had been beaten, freeing up a lot of British military power which was redeployed to the American theatre. In fact, British preoccupation with Napoleon was one of the reasons -along with the presumption that US expats would welcome the invasion of Upper Canada-Madison thought declaring war on British North America would be successful. Fort York, now Toronto, was destroyed in an American raid. This was the supposed reason for Britain to burn down Washington DC. But by far the worst property damage and loss of life happened on the Niagara Peninsula-Newmarket, Niagara-on-the-Lake, St Catherines, Lindy’s lane, &c. Many of the defenders were expat Americans. Colonists in Upper Canada -especially in the Niagara and southwest regions-saw the most action in the war of 1812. This region was heavily settled by American expats, originally by United Empire Loyalists (like my ancestors) who crossed the Niagara river in 1780 when rebels appeared to be winning the American Rebellion (which lasted until 1783 when Britain finally departed New York City, in good order, which it had occupied for the entire war) or, starting just a few years after the Treaty of Paris recognized the Thirteen Colonies as the independent USA, by expat Americans seeking cheap land. President Madison imagined that these expat Americans (not the UELs) homesteading in British North America (that is, Upper Canada) were so numerous that they would welcome US invaders. In fact, expats as well as British settlers defended their farms vigorously. A scant few tried to proselytize rebellion among the settlers but were either driven off, deported to Australia, or hung for treason. American invasions of Lower Canada in 1775 and 1813 were both repulsed in two quick battles. By far the heaviest fighting in the War of 1812 was on the Niagara Peninsula in Upper Canada, spilling over into New York State from time to time-mostly for retaliatory raids to burn down towns like US soldiers did to Canadian farms. Britain captured Michilimackinac Island between Lakes Huron and Michigan from the US on July 12, 1812; British captured Fort Detroit in August 1812 but after the US navy took control of Lake Erie British troops with their Indian allies retreated in advance of US invasion up the Thames Valley in 1813 where, in Moraviantown, a Delaware Indian Reserve (The Delaware were also refugees from the American Rebellion and escaped from Ohio Territory into Upper Canada in 1782) . Here, in 1813, the Great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, fighting on the British side, was killed. The Americans were victorious because the Indian contingent collapsed when they learned about Tecumseh’s death. US troops immediately returned to Fort Detroit. In 1814, British marines captured Washington DC and ransacked the Capitol for a few days, burning the White House, the Library of Congress and the Capitol building among other buildings before departing. British marines attacked New Orleans but were repulsed; in fact the Treaty of Paris had already been signed but neither of the combatants had not been appraised of it yet. Nevertheless, Americans realized they were about to be whipped from every direction and sued for peace.

Absolutely! And it will cost you nothing for food and accommodation because all of your Canadian fans will open their doors to you!

You do know Canada does not start at BC right?

@@treemaidenartWell that was a nit picking comment. This guy is from the Midwest so he is likely closer to the west coast than the Maritimes, so starting a tour of Canada from west coast to east coast made logical sense. Also he had said on one of his vlogs that he had never heard of Vancouver Island ,thus the reason I said “ take a trip across Canada from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland.

He should start from Powell River BC-Highway 101 starts in Lund(it's northern most point)

@@jts-x5k well if one is "taking a tour of Canada" I should think it would include The Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavat..or do you not think they are a part of Canada? Nothing nit picky about it, just a geographical fact!

I was wondering if that was a real thing, this is the first time I've heard of it

And illegally detain people.

I lived in Edmonton for a few years. The water isn't as bad as some places such as Camrose and Daysland but it should definitely not be on any list for the best tasting water around. Bottle water tastes better.

@@foxymacadoo Agree. I can smell and taste the chlorine in the tap water in the spring. Nasty. As well, it's a LOT harder than it used to be and coffee tends to get a scum on it after only a few minutes (more noticeable with cream). I'll take bottled (or alternately) filtered water over straight tap water any time.

@@sadee1287 I moved back to BC about 4 years ago. Tap water is definitely better in BC, even in Vancouver. I have been over most of BC. Chlorine is added in most cities and towns. Not sure about some of the cities such as Hope though. Hope has natural chlorine in it's water source and I do know there are a couple of others that do as well. Don't tend to get the scum either. The chlorine is bad in Alberta for sure but in some of the cities I visited or lived in, the water is just bad tasting. Camrose water was both heavy in Chlorine and just tasted bad because of all the minerals. Edmonton was not as bad but I still had one of the big water dispensers for drinking, cooking and coffee. Never really felt clean either after a shower. Where I live now I don't even have to filter the water and it still tastes good.

@@foxymacadoo Well, that's good. I can't afford a decent water filtration system or reverse osmosis. As well, I decided against a soft water system because despite some benefits, it could be a hazard for me bathtub-wise. So I'll stick with the status quo for now. Or go with Culligan for drinking water, if the price won't break me.

I'm surprised there aren't special remedial programs for all professional immigrants to be able to get up to standard so they can work in their field.

The standards may be high but the ignorance knows no bounds. Illiteracy and very poor English , here in BC anyhow.

If you are referring to the professions, the real reason is that the governing bodies of provincially constituted professional organizations, such as those of lawyers and doctors, severely restrict the number of foreign-trained individuals who are allowed to practise, presumably to protect their own in the marketplace (Doug Ford promises to deal with this.). As a lawyer of 41 years, I am well aware of this reality. The requirements include a period of clerkship, usually after writing board examinations, which are prohibitively expensive for most immigrants. Should a physician candidate jump these hurdles, he/she/they must then secure a residency. The number of vacancies available to foreign-trained doctors is small and further limited by specialization. All of these requirements are not only expensive, but time-consuming, preventing would-be candidates from even applying, since they have to work to support themselves and their families. I knew a brilliant Russian cardiologist who ran the concession in a bowling alley - he could not afford to requalify. Ironically, he had to regularly revive members of senior bowling leagues who suffered heart attacks during tournaments! It is ridiculous that this discrimination is allowed to continue in the face of our severe doctor shortage. Compare this to the fact that universities rely on the academic fees paid by international medical students, and set aside a significant number of spots for them in their programmes, thereby denying entry to qualified Canadian students. As far as lawyers are concerned, a South African-trained lawyer had to take the (then) Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) to court for a declaration that its restriction on admitting foreign-trained lawyers to the provincial bar was unconstitutional. As a result, admission is available to all, but, again, after writing a series of examinations, and articling. Those who are successful usually go on to work with members of their ethnic/cultural/linguistic communities who would otherwise lack legal representation. The medical profession could learn something from this.

Hmmm. He was such a brilliant cardiologist he couldn't come on a transfer? Again... the training is different. Our neighbour's was a general surgeon in India. He had to write a couple of exams on arriving in Canada and was allowed to practice as a pathologist ( dead people) . He went back to school for nursing and said he learnt more in his first year in NURSING in Canada then in all his training in India. So ask yourself. Do you want the Dr fully trained or 1/ 4 trained. He loves being a nurse. Makes good money and is proud of his choices. Just because someone has a degree does not mean they are fully trained. If we don't keep the standards high then we deserve to become a 3rd world country. I know plenty of vets from India who are better trained than MD from the same country. Why you might ask? Because gender doesn't come into play in the training.

While I do agree with you about bottled water being ok, it is NOT glacier fed water like some companies advertise. I know of a few Bottled Water companies that are not even close to any glaciers. Lakes and rivers from the lakes yes but no glaciers

Why does inclusivity not surprise me???🤣

@@viviannefraser5974 I think Canadians find other cultures interesting, not threatening. 'Join the party' kind of attitude. Immigrants have, and continue to build this country. Toronto, in particular, is one of the most diverse cities in the entire world---I love it!!

@@thomasdempsey721 you miss understood my meaning I have little objection to immigrants as long as they don’t think their culture is more important than anyone else’s. 🥰

Yet Toronto was the most unfriendly place I ever stayed in. Polite and helpful but not friendly.

Yet it treats the actual citizens like crap, crime is rampant, drugs and homelessness is out of control and our PM will bring a half million immigrants in to settle in one of three cities that already don't have housing. Inclusivity and diversity are working so well.

Yeah, it's a pity that too many of the videos being reacted to are clichéd, stereotypical, and even sometimes flat-out wrong.

And Cape Breton University, and Saint Anne’s University in Church Point

@@Mimsyx2 Yes you are right...and King's College(I was just naming them off the top of my head)..so 9 Universities in total in the second smallest province.

I made a comment on a previous post. NS has (had) 22 degree granting institutions. Joel Matheson (MLA) was trying to consolidate them under one board, but ran into so much politics and backlash, that he was transferred to another portfolio. He managed to bring all the trade and technical schools under one roof as the Nova Scotia Community College, before he left as Education Minister. A couple you missed in Halifax were TUNS and the School of Divinity. Both were separate and granted degrees, and had their own boards, funded by the government. I think TUNS may now be under Dalhousie University, but I'm not sure.

I had the same thought. These are professional soldiers, on both sides, and sometimes bad stuff happens. Just tragic, for everyone, and everyone tries hard to make sure it doesn't happen again.

😂And this is why the Americans have a skewed view of life in Canada.🤣 We are our own worst enemies.😁 Brilliant, by the way.... I haven't heard this story before.😄

lol

So funny

My grandfather used to work for the Toronto humane society. He has told me stories of the rampant numbers of rogue polar bears roaming the streets of Toronto.

North pole postal(zip)code hohoho

This is absolutely nothing to do with him. It is standard vernacular for people who are from the US to refer to themselves as American and the country as America.

While you’re correct on paper I feel like US Americans say that the US is America so much that they’re changing the definitions. Im from Canada and I don’t really mind thinking that I’m North American and from the Americas and that they’re from America and from North America and the Americas.

@@jayfedder1578 Considering the divineness there, it could more appropriate than 'United States'. I wish I were wrong.

I was looking to see if someone posted an explanation of this, before I took the time to do it.👍 Thanks. A much more concise explanation than I would have had.😉😊

Gezz man, even if it’s true, was it necessary to be so rude 😠. Sorry guys, even in Canada there is the odd one out.