American Reacts to 50 UNIQUE Things About Canada (Part 2) 

As a Canadian, drinking tap water is awesome. I never understand why people come here and buy flats of water bottles and entire jugs that belong in offices. I assume we spend a lot of money and have invested a lot of infrastructure to make our water safe and clean from the tap. So much plastic wasted on bottles for water that tastes (IMO) worse than straight from the tap. I'm looking at you Dasani.

The Maple Syrup reserves are stored in drums not vats or tanks. The Great Maple Syrup Heist occurred in 2011-12. 3000 metric tonnes worth $18.7 million was stolen from a Quebec warehouse and sold in Vermont and Maine.

we need more typical average americans like tyler

Here is something even most Canadians don't know. Just a half hour boat ride from Newfoundland are the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon which are the only French territories in North America. You need to take your Canadian passport to enter as France owns it. There is a great vid about it on RU-vid. I have been there and its all French.

The beaver is the national animal of Canada because Canada was pioneered by fur traders who bought beaver pelts from the First Nations. Millions of beaver pelts were shipped back to Europe to make beaver felt for top hats. The beaver is so important to Canada’s history that we made it our national animal.

The beaver was the catalyst for the settling of most Canada basically. Their fur was so coveted in other countries for hats coats etc. that the fur trade was monumental in the beginning of our country

Love that Tyler is getting snooty about his Canadiana. He deserves an honourary citizenship for that.

Growing up in Alberta, we used to call the hoodies 'Kangaroo jackets' because they had a pouch for your hands. Never heard the word hoodie until I moved to Ontario.

What does the beaver represent? The Beaver in Native American tradition teaches people to be productive and not limit their options. He teaches us to be persistent and to use available resources. The Beaver helps people understand the dynamics of teamwork and to appreciate each individual's talents and contributions in order to accomplish anything.

The only place I can think of that has the rule about leaving your car doors unlocked because of bears is Churchill Manitoba. This is because Polar Bears frequent the area around the town. There aren't nearly enough bears to need this rule in almost everywhere else in the country

Canada was built around fur trading ,and the beavers a that time was very popular for hat making .

As others noted, the McLobster is a seasonal item on the menus of Atlantic Canadian McD's. Subways down here will also seasonally have Lobster available for their sandwiches. I think the McLobster is also available in New England McDs as well. My mom is from Cape Breton and she also remembers when Lobster was a poor-family's meal. (And yes she had her over fill of them, having many fishermen friends and family; they still get her lobster fresh off the boat when she's home in the summer). The Canadian Mint does a lot of special coins, and they even do special coins that are in circulation. For the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Mint has a toonie with a black ring (instead of the silver ring it normally has) that is in circulation. You can also find quarters with a red poppy in them; and they just released a dime with the Bluenose floating on blue water. And swinging back to McD's, did you know the McFlurry was developed at a McDs in Bathurst, New Brunswick?

Tyler - that scary-looking beaver is a true depiction. Those buggers can be very nasty!

The Narcisse Snake Dens are worth seeing as they are non poisonous and gentle. Especially in the spring, when over 50,000 emerge from the limestone dens to mate. It's an incredible experience.

Hi! Newfoundlander here 👋 the iceberg thing is actually much more interesting than the video showed. It's called iceberg alley (not valley) and I'd be so interested to see you learn about it! We have a famous beer made from Iceberg ice from a local brewery called Quidi Vidi. Wish you could try some! It comes in a gorgeous blue glass bottle.

Canada!!! My home and native land!! ❤🍁🇨🇦

Your little remarks make me laugh so loud Tyler! I love your sense of humor! Btw you're not an average American, but more educated and curious.

I'm glad all us Canadians have Tyler here to explain to us how American fast food works.....

I love all these videos! But still no mention of the "Canadian Tuxedo!" It's extremely popular here in Alberta🤣

I guess the video was keeping it family friendly. It didn’t mention that there is a town in Newfoundland called Dildo! Jimmy Kimmel found out, and featured it on his show a couple of years ago. About Maple sugar. It is only produced from sap by the Maple tree, and the geographic range of the tree is basically in the Eastern part of Ontario, Quebec, and the maritimes. It goes south into New Hampshire,Vermont, and the Western part of Maine. Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦

Here is something they didn't mention. Bay of Fundy, (eastern Canada) has the highest tides in the world! I have witnessed it. When the tide comes in, it is like a wall of water.

The boxed Kraft Macaroni and Cheese was invented in Canada and originally called Kraft Dinner. The name changed in the US but is the same stuff. Canadians still called it Kraft Dinner (KD for short).

A large portion of the bottled water produced in British Columbia is filled straight off of municipal water systems. Sadly many northern and indigenous communities don’t have potable water.

As a Canadian who was initially from Saskatchewan, I didn't learn about hoodies being called bunny hugs until I left the province lolll. Additionally, the herd from Wood Buffalo Park has been used to reintroduce Buffalo to several parks in Canada and the USA.

You should open a PO box so your fans can send you Canadian things like syrup, Tim Hortons bottled instant coffee, loonies and toonie's and other Canadian things and snacks like chips and stuff so you and/or your brother can unbox, review/taste test on you channel. Try making poutine with fries, gravy and just use mozzarella cheese instead of curds.

that #49 fact is a bit sketchy. Also i like that Tyler is more and more becoming Canadian in his responses... :D

Hey Tyler, for reference, most of your bottles water is Canadian municipal tap water. We for sure sell to the northern states, but anything from mississauga and owned by either Pepsi or coke is just litterally tap water, bought at a huge discount and sold for roughly 1000% - 10000% mark up.

Why the beaver, oh Tyler the adorable American? Because the beaver is the only animal who gives a dam. Ha ha ha... Also Nova Scotia uses both a ground hog AND a lobster (named Lucy) to predict an early spring/ longer winter on groundhog day.

As you could have noticed, many of these Canada unique "Things" are in the most localized to a specific region or province, like outside of Manitoba, Bunny Hog is not that commonly use. Hoody or Kangaroo are also use to name this specific clothing.

To add something about #29, in Ottawa, we just had a huge front of cold arctic air that lowered temperatures down to -40C. Lots of warming shelters are open during these months as we have a pretty big homeless population that has nowhere to go during the frigid temps.

Tyler you should check out Rick Mercer "Talking to Americans" it's pretty funny

God bless you Tyler.....I brought it up at the meeting......we're declaring you an honorary Canadian....congrats bud

Mall of America owners also own what was once the biggest mall in North America, Edmonton West Edmonton Mall. Story is they ran out of space the city would allow them to use so they went to USA. Owners are Triple Five Group, Ghermezian Family. You did a video with that mall in it a while back. Indoor wave pool, indoor amusement park, a full scaled version of the Santa Maria ship (one of Columbus' ships)

The Quebec map shown is including Ontario, Nova Scotia,New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador. The beaver is an incredible creating eco systems.

Garter Snakes aren’t poisonous to humans. As a child, I used to catch them and play with them by letting them wrap around my fingers. They are small. You do ( In some places) have to worry about the odd rattlesnake.

Tyler I love how well versed in Canada you’re becoming… you even get upset at loonie being included in this list. Keep it up. Love watching the progression. :)

When I was in high school, I would sometimes go to a corner diner and have lunch there: fries and gravy, with a cola. Poutine seemed like a logical extension to fries 'n' gravy.

#36 failed to mention that the Canadian owners of Mall of America also built the largest mall in North America called West Edmonton Mall and when they built Mall of America they purposely built it slightly smaller to keep the title of Largest Mall in Canada (although they blamed it on other factors to keep them from being accused of what they did).

Speaking of drinking water, I remember riding in the Rockies(on my racing bicycle),as a young man, and quickly emptying my water bottle. I was determined to ride up the mountain and see the view above the clouds,so I was reduced to drinking from the many roadside streams. Not only was the water delicious, but I experienced no ill effects

Hi Tyler - Our WATER is really good and even better when you lie in the mountains, as the water comes from springs fed by MOUNTAINS in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Quebec, Newfoundland, and others. While other communities, like all of Canadian communities, we build towns/cities next to rivers and lakes, and in my case…Edmonton is separated North and South by the North Saskatchewan flowing through the middle of the city. It creates a gorgeous River Valley with lots of parks throughout. The close proximity of water and easy access is common throughout Canada! Because WATER is a ridiculously ABUNDANT resource here (which we NEED to protect desperately!)…America has been demanding more of it…each passing year!

Yes, I do agree with the tap water. It does taste better than bottled. Although in Nfld the water seems to be not potable and needs to be boiled before drinking. I live in Victoria in rural area so on a well and our water is the best around...no chemicals at all.

Beaver’s are tough little critters. Even the Canadian Geese are afraid of them 😂

I took a tour of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and I learned that lobster was seen as something poor people would eat. (NS is known for its lobsters) They fed lobsters to prisoners in jail. Also poor children took lobster to school for their lunch.

Hi Tyler, love your videos. This Canadian is learning thing about Canada too, so Thank-you.

3:05 live beavers are much much cuter than taxidermised ones

I love your content. We are learning right along with you all things Canadian!!!

Our water here is so pure,the best water I've ever had was in the Queen Charlotte Islands now known as Haida Gwaii at a place called Sweet Water Point the name speaks for itself.A beautiful place with a fantastic culture!

I'm afraid that First Nations would disagree with the tap water statement. Some communities have been under boil water advisories for over twenty-five years! We may have polar-bear license plates, but in 1981 the Australian band "Men at Work" put out a blue vinyl record in the shape of Australia. I bought two: one to play and one as a collectible.

25 hrs ago…tap water in St.John’s Nfld, was compared to 19 top bottles of water from around the world! It was better quality than 18 bottles…losing to a $5 bottle from Switzerland!

Bunnyhug is totally a thing in Saskatchewan. I seriously didn't know that people call sweaters a hoodie until I was in high school. Also, it's a toque, not a beanie.

🇨🇦 Point Roberts Washington hangs right below Vancouver separated from the rest of the U.S. by 25 miles of water. They had really bad drinking water and water for laundry was brown. They made a deal and now get our water, which yes is very good and is actually melted snow from the surrounding mountains though people often nitpick and complain about the chlorine etc. in it which can be solved by water filters.

I used to work at Ice River Springs in Feversham Ontario. A very small town but the water plant produces water for dozens of companies all around Canada. The town is directly supplied by their water also through the taps.

So many of these things are so local specific that most Canadians wouldn't necessarily know a lot of these. But thanks to you, i do now!

Likely mentioned, but depending where you are in Canada, tap water from the city is almost the same everywhere. But if you live in a rural area and have well water, you can still drink the water, but for taste, you may want to filter it, or at least let it sit out for a couple hours to get rid of the sulphur taste. My in laws have 2 pitchers on the go. One in the fridge, and one on the counter. You let it sit out to let the sulphur gas evaporate, then chill it for drinking….

I’m Canadian and have never heard of those jackets being called Bunny Hugs. When I was a kid we called them Kangaroo jackets or Hoodies.

If you are looking for something fun and unique, look into the Osoyoos desert. It's not like the Sahara nor Death Valley, but it's Canada's only desert!

In Churchill Manitoba is the law the keep all doors unlock ,for escaping the bears .

Another thought, Canada is for the most part a wall to wall postcard. Breathtaking views wherever you go. Lots of wildlife. A lot of American hunters and fishers come up here for their trophies. Our first trip thru the Fraser Canyon we went thru this long canyon and came out to a dry area with tumbleweeds blowing across the road. 200 miles farther on we drove past a glacier. Coming back from that trip we passed miles of hoodoos. Then a couple of ghost towns. I have seen trees here that are 20ft across at the base and watched a pod of killer whales while on a ferry up the West Coast. Ontario has nothing like that. East Coast is the best seafood you will find anywhere and its ALL good and pretty much anywhere on the East Coast. Needless to say we never leave the country and just do our exploring here. There is soooooo much to see.

For you question about coins, there are a vast amount of collector coins that Canada has produced over the years and while they are mostly made in gold or silver varieties, their actual value is often much more than their face value. But yes they are legal tender, however it's up to businesses to decide if they accept it or not. Also they can only be exchanged for their face value in banks unless you go to special places that can appraise it and exchange it for the material value.

They left out what region you can find a lobster roll at McDonald's. It's the Atlantic regions. And New England, apparently.

New Hampshire USA recorded the coldest day at -108F with wind chill this Saturday, the 4th.

The maple syrup strategic reserve can be up to 45 million kg of syrup (Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec).

Nestles bottled water is Southern Ontario well water. Some brands were municipal tap water from the same area.

Tyler, it's time you had the full Canadian meal experience. Start with a crisp salad of your choice of greens, topped with a Saskatoon berries vinaigrette. Naturally, poutine will be the main. Your beverage will be a genuine Caesar cocktail. Desert will be a proper Nanaimo bar (not the N.Y. Times atrocity). If your sweet tooth demands additional comfort, a real butter tart with the flakiest of crust, followed by an espresso shot infused with a touch of maple syrup. (I'm sure someone could send you some B.C. tap water...) That is a video I would watch!

Enjoyable to watch but I was hoping they would mention that Winnipeg has been crowned the Slurpee capital of the world by 7-Eleven for an astounding 22 years in a row

Here is the real recipe of poutine for all of you who aren't from Québec, the Gravy : half brown sauce half BBQ sauce, Cheese Curds made in Québec only!, Fries have to be crispy and well cooked not mushy cuz the gravy will make them more mushy and then add your favorite meat and vegetable and you're good... mine is steak and mushrooms (both of them well cooked on the stove with butter, miam!)

I live in Québec and I have 3 confirmations/ adds to Do: first, in Québec, we call our hoodies "kangaroos" (basic translate of kangourou). Second, we do really love maple syrup: almost everyone in my province know someone that owns a sugarshack. Third, I am very surprised that in some places in the US, tap water is not drinkable. Here, we do not use waterbottles. And don't stop making videos! Your intonation is juste perfect and it is alaways fun for me to see how basic things for me are strange for "americans" ;)

My wife and I grew up in Ottawa. We knew that we could expect 3 weeks of -40F in Feb every year. Back in the 60s we had a winter with the low temp as well as 13ft of snow. We live in Vancouver now......

5:43 Canadian tap water 100% tastes much much better than any bottled water. Also, it'll taste slightly different depending on the region 😜

Never herd of a bunny hug , at least on the east coast and I’m Canadian and also refuse to except it lol.

Beaver fur was first for the Indigenous who would catch and sell Beaver fur to Hudson Bay co as well as make Hudson Bay Blankets until they exploited Indigenous and basically underpaid them for their work. You can contact any art and cultural Heritage center centers throughout Canada that support Indigenous, Asian, and Black art. Thanks for being brave in talking about Canada.

Poutine, Nanaimo Bars, and Hawkins Cheezies say that Canadians don't have the healthiest eating habits. Then add in our insane love of Timmies and the end result is obvious.

I’m Canadian and I have never heard anyone say “bunny hug” in my entire life

Canadians love our maple syrup. Not only on pancakes, syrup goes good on waffles, too. That -63 sounds deathly freezing. I've stood out on the sidewalks waiting for a bus in -50 and thought I was going to die those mornings. I can't imagine a temperature colder than that. Yikes!

In Vancouver, we have the Polar Bear Swim every New Years day. People put their bathing suits on and run into the freezing pacific ocean. In Whitehorse, Yukon, they have Freezing Hair contest. Google the pictures.

If you don't get the chance to go to Quebec for their poutine, I'd recommend trying to locate a whistle stop because they have a menu dedicated to the poutine and there are more than 100 variants of the poutine. It's pretty crazy what you can get.

My first language is also French. I was born in Ontario.

There is a vodka here called Iceberg vodka. Made from melted icebergs.

Newfy time zone is a wee bit different, as it runs on the half hour for some reason

FYI maple syrup facts. Someone got into the reserve one time and did a heist years ago. They got caught. Eh is a word that can often be used as a request for agreement, acknowledgement or confirmation and needs no reciprocal response. It was some Americans that saves the buffalo from extinction. THANK YOU. Wood Buffalo National Park has been populated by what they saved.

It's iceberg alley, not valley

I remember when my grandmother lived in Mississauga, the tap water smelled like a public swimming pool. ( The chlorine. not the pee)

Poutine is especially from quebec but you can find it in other provinces as well

The Narcisse Snake Dens are really cool to see, especially for children. The snakes are not dangerous to humans, as they only have tiny teeth, and rarely bite humans. Heck, I remember my mom freaking out when one of the snakes tried going up her pant leg, and my dad had to fish it out while laughing his ass off, and even then it didn't even try to bite.

The bunny hug vs hoody is very regional to Saskatchewan. I have never heard that term. I call it a hoody. Great vid

I love your videos! I'm originally from Ottawa born and raised now living in Palm Coast Flordia. If you think that narwhal coin is crazy the royal mint made 5 1M coins and one is owned by a sultan who turned it into a coffee table

Mall of the Americas was actually built by the owners of West Edmonton Mall, and designed to include some of the same features, such as the large entertainment areas. I think that it has surpassed West Edmonton Mall in size.

Mall of America is owned by the same Canadian family that built West Edmonton Mall; when completed, the largest mall in the world. West Edmonton Mall remains the largest mall in North America. It has a marina with a life sized Spanish galleon and submarines. There's a hotel, indoor water park, NHL sized hockey rink, arcade/amusement rides, and areas that pay homage to different regions of the world.

Gold coins: The 1,000,000 dollar coin is legal tender (as was the 300 coin). But no one would use it that way as the base metal in the coin is much higher value. The Canadian mint makes many cool coins. (I have a superman coin on my desk).

That beaver is one of worst examples of taxidermy I've ever seen...lol The unlocked car doors thing is in Churchill, Manitoba, the polar bear capital of the world. It's actually the law there. It's about polar bears, not grizzly or black bears. The McLobster is actually surprisingly good. But I don't think you can get them outside of Atlantic Canada. And it's seasonal. It's Iceberg ALLEY, not valley. Montreal is the third, maybe fourth, largest French-speaking city.

In more northern towns, my brother was stationed in one, houses are unlocked because at -40 Celsius. It is expected that a person may need to shelter there.

Im from Alberta im more scared of moose than bears

On one of your other videos you commented about furs being always mentioned the beaver pelts were very highly sought after in GB and Europe.

As a West Coast Canadian, I have never heard or used the term bunny hug for a hoodie. But that vid says in "Saskatchewan" so it's a localized term. Not fair to say that Canadian's say it when it's only folk in Sask. :) Same with lobster at McDonalds. Interestingly enough, when it looked it up, it was started in the U.S. and now it is only available in summer in Atlantic Canada and New England - so Tyler, some Americans will eat lobster from McDonalds! GRIN.

Another thing, I'm 80 yrs old now & never even heard of poutine until last few years. Maybe cuz I'm a Vancouver guy

Narcisse snake dens is such an interesting place to see. If you go during the week in the spring on a hot morning when the place isn't busy (compared to a weekend) you can hear them slithering and it's deafening. It's only interesting for about 10 days in the spring when they leave hibernation. They then disperse for the summer. In the fall, they all return over a larger period of time so there is less to see.

Most bears (black) aren’t an issue for chasing humans, but if they think there maybe food in your car they will rip the doors off to get in there.

I've been to the Narcisse snake dens, back when I was like, 6 or 7 years old. It was incredible. Thousands upon thousands of snakes, all writhing together in massive breeding ball orgies. All of the pheromones coursing through the air made the snakes extremely docile as well, so you could just pick up snakes and let them run through your fingers (I was a childhood snake-c#&kblocker, I guess). My grandmother absolutely HATED it though; she kept trying to stop me from grabbing snakes. But they're only garter snakes. Back in the '80s when I was there, it was believed that garter snakes had no venom, so people had no problem with letting kids pick them up. However, it was later discovered that garter snakes do, in fact, possess venom, which is mostly-harmless to people (with the exception of those who might be allergic to it)...not so harmless to frogs and salamanders though!

I went on a tour of the Royal Canadian Mint many years ago and learned that all coins produced by them with the Queen (now King) on them, are legal tender. But it was $1 million dollars of gold many many years ago, so the coin is now worth a lot more than that in gold value, so you CAN spend it as $1 million, but it's more valuable than that in gold. Also, Canada produces a large percentage of the world's coins, we were at the time the largest producer of coins in the world, with Australia (at the time) being the largest competitor. Not sure what the current stats are on that stuff, but there is probably a video about the Royal Canadian Mint out there somewhere.

...and when the Twonie was first tendered, a tremendous number of them were made into charms for necklaces by Canadian teenagers (because it was easy to knock the centre out of them). I'm Canadian (live in Ontario) and have never seen a McLobster. I assume that it's something which is available for purchase in the maritimes, somewhere.