American Reacts to Signs that you are Canadian 

Actually I walked into my bathroom door last night and I apologized. It's a default setting.

One of the reasons the Heritage Minutes were made was to help combat the influx of American culture that kids were exposed to through TV, movies, music and magazines. They were well researched, had a high production quality, and some even had fairly well known Canadian actors in them (Dan Aykroyd and Colm Feore for example). You absolutely should react to them, they give a glimpse into the people and events that helped forge the Canadian identity and culture.

Apologizing to the glass door isn’t as much of a joke as you think it is 😂

As a Canadian, the 10 degrees celsius in April be t-shirt weather is true since we're used to the cold by then. The 10 degrees celsius in August being freezing is because now we're used to summer heats in the 30's and sometimes 40's with humidity, it will drop quickly into the low teens and even the single digits sometimes so it feels really cold again. The weather being multiple seasons in the same day is also a thing. I've seen summer, rain, thunderstorms, snow and then back to summer in one day in July.

Appologising when someone steps on your foot isn’t so much saying you’re sorry for being in the way, it’s more that you’re sorry that it’s happened in the first place 😂

The "burnt toast" refers to the line in a Heritage Moment. A woman would smell burnt toast before having seizures. The doctor in the Heritage Moment was able to recreate the smell during surgery to cure her seizures and she said "Doctor Penfield, I smell burnt toast," when he reached the area of her brain triggering the seizures. This doctor also was the first to map out the human brain due to this type of surgery

Heritage Minutes we’re fantastic, they would come on tv between shows ( like commercials ) but they were only about a minute long. For my kids it enhanced history they had learned in school, and for adults it was a good refresher for history you had long forgotten. They were very well researched and accurate the the production quality was excellent.

I am Canadian and I was homeless for ten years and one night the temp dropped down to -47C (-52.6F) we have a saying in Canada " a winters fog will kill a hog" and there was a heavy fog that night rolling in ^_^ Thank god for the people at Tim Horton's letting me warm up every few hours :) YES please do videos on the Canadian Heritage minutes :) you'll have a whole week of half hour vids lol :) Love your show keep up the great work :) from Canada o/

The apologizing thing is actually more complicated than it sounds because we do use passive aggressive language, as well as actually meaning it

Depending where you are in Canada the temperature change between summer and winter can be mind boggling. I've lived in places where I've seen 40°C (104°F) in the summer, and -45°C (-49°F) in the winter. We also deal with windchill and heat index, where the temperature feels colder/hotter than what the still air is. It's wild up here.

On my first day ever visiting Hawaii, I asked the waitress what the weather was supposed to be like tomorrow. She asked me if I was Canadian! lol I wasn't making small talk - I genuinely wanted to know so I could plan my day. That's the first time I realized there are places where you don't need to know the forecast...and that Canadians are known/identifiable for wanting to know the weather!

We Canadians talk about the weather because it changes so much - even in the midst of a day - and those changes can really impact driving, planned events, etc. We consider it to be neighbourly to discuss it so that we can be prepared for what’s coming. It’s also a great social leveller- we’re all experiencing the same heat wave or ice storm or terrible driving conditions, etc.

Talking about the weather is not small talk in Canada, we can talk about it like others talk sports or politics.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I have talked about the weather over the last 6 weeks. Our weather had been crazy up and down. We went from winter temperatures (so like -10 to -30°C) straight into 20-30°C. Which meant we had a crazy amount of fires happening (it didn't help that there was an arsonist who set close to a dozen fires), because our weather essentially skipped spring. Then we had the hot weather for a few weeks with zero rain. Then we had down pour levels of rain for a few days, and because it was so dry most of that rain just ran off. But the rain helped get a bunch of the fires under control. And although where I live is about a couple hundred kilometres away from the fires, we had some intense smoke here. And there were weather advisories stating to not go outdoors unless necessary. Then we had a couple of weeks of hot weather again, the the amount and severity of the fires got worse. Then more rain, more hot, more rain, more hot, tornado warnings, then cold and rainy again. So yes, we definitely talk about the weather a lot. Also, in most settings I call it the bathroom.

I don't know about for others, but for my family and friends it pretty common to use time instead of km or miles. For example, saying "it takes around 15 minutes but leave an extra 10 minutes just in case, also if it's after this time, don't take the highway or it will take an extra 30" is how we give directions to others who might not know the route or we tack on time with other directions: "oh, it's just around the corner, around 2 minutes".

The 10 degrees one is so true. Weather really depends on what month it is. 10 degrees in April is warm because we have spent at least 3 months (usually more) with freezing cold temperatures well into the negative degrees Celsius so it means it's finally warming up. 10 degrees in August is cold because we've spent at least 3 months with really hot temperatures (25-40 degrees Celsius) so 10 degrees is super cold by comparison. Therefore the same temperature means 2 very different things depending on the timing. Heritage Minutes are fantastic. Basically mini history lessons that aired as commercials (some still do). They are about 1 minute long (give or take) and really were effective at teaching Canadian history. Their main job was to show you some piece of Canadian history and then make you want to learn more about it causing you to do research on your own. Half of things in Canadian history I only know about because of Heritage Minutes. I didn't do well learning History in school because there were so many names and dates that I had a hard time keeping them straight so essentially I would keep the information in my brain for only as long as I needed it. As a kid, seeing these short clips helped me remember things more because I actually had a visual reference and even though it was a reenactment, I essentially had a face to put to a name which in a strange way helped me remember information when it came time for tests. As an adult, I love going back and refreshing my brain on history. You should check them out. Here's a playlist of all the Heritage Minutes from the older ones to the newer ones: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gmXzagGJ1EQ.html

Apologizing is meant to make the other comfortable. It’s like saying “ no worries” “ all good” “no problem” it’s ok……… it’s about the other person and making them at ease.

The Halifax Explosion Heritage Minute (with the Boston X-mas tree to explain the relationship b/n Boston & Halifax) and the Laura Secord Heritage Minute are my votes please! "I smell burnt toast" is iconic, though.

Thank you so much , i am a 64 years old canadian , québécoise .... j aime beaucoup vos vidéos .... the weather , you really want to know ? Hihii ... it's like turning on a dime 😂😂😂 you look at the météo , wandering if its gonna rain , you cancel what ever you had , like going camping etc .... you wake up and it's sunny ... no rain ... its a running gag here the weather .....love from canada

as a diesel mechanic in Canada, working outside at -30C for an 8 hour shift is normal. what helps is to dig a hole in the snow underneath the truck or trailer you're working on, and tunnel forward through the snow. acts as a wind barrier and keeps your bodyheat inside. its actually not that bad once in your tunnel. feels like -10 or so

I love love, love heritage minutes. It definitely taught me more than any history class I ever had in grade school.

If you react to heritage minutes you will learn a lot about our country Canada that you had no clue of! Absolutely shocked you will be! Thanks for videos- respect from Canada

Re: Heritage Minutes- also for those of us in the older crowd who finished highschool before 1993 *ahem* there was a wonderful series of shorts called: "Hinterland Who's Who", that was wildlife and nature based versus people/tech/societal stuff. The flute music was haunting and quite melancholy actually. It begins each episode, and still gives me shivers to this day.

Easy test to check which side of the border we are from: ask "what was your favorite year in grade school?". If they say " Sixth grade" they're American; if they say "Grade six" they're Canadian. I have no clue why we use cardinal numbers, instead of ordinals like Americans, but we do in most of Canada. Love the video.

The Halifax Explosion heritage minutes was the one i found most interesting as a kid

-20 is cold but not terrible. -30 is REALLY cold. I live in Alberta. Yes, we always talk about the weather. It's almost our favourite subject. Yes we do say sorry alot but that's better than being rude. We call it the bathroom or washroom equally. You're a nice young man, thanks for doing this.

I can't wait for you to watch Heritage minutes. They taught me so much about our history as a child.

Tyler... It isn't a joke... we often apologize to walls or doors just out of habit, we know it was silly and laugh about it, but we do it... it is like an instinct response.

We often say "street hockey" or "rollerblading" if we are referring to anythint outside of "ice hockey" or "ice skating." I think we describe the summer version of the sport because the winter one is what we generally all grew up knowing first. You learn to skate as soon as you can walk, sometimes. And, well, hockey, if your family watches or plays it, you are immersed in it from before you exit the womb

I think you great average American love your show keep it going hugs from Canada

I am so sorry on behalf of all Canadians that we did not inform you about heritage minutes. You should definitely do a reaction video, or a couple of them.

I am 68. Canadian. Enjoy your videos. Met my daughter in Beijing, after she spent 7 weeks doing a university placement in South China teaching Math at a university. We spent 3 weeks together and it was an eye opener. Here is the difference between Canadians and Americans: I looked up all the rules and laws that I should be aware of while travelling. (I always do that: did you know that Florida has a bylaw against swearing in public on Sundays?)(I do, because I looked up their bylaws before going!) Back to China: While standing at a light to cross the road to Tianamin Square, 5 ladies, obviously American from their accents, one says ‘I can’t believe how many Chinese people there are here!!!!’ Seriously. In China. She said that. Walking the Great Wall of China (over 3000 miles long), 5 minutes in, an American (again, by the accent), says, ‘Oh my Lord! How long is this thing?’ Seriously. Did you get off at the wrong stop!?? Overall, we found the Chinese people to be gracious, kind, generous, heartwarming. We treat everyone as equals. We found Americans we met treated them like 2nd class. Embarrassing, quite frankly. We stopped at a tea house at the Huton (neighbourhood) we were staying in. Had a very interesting conversation with the owner who sat with us and served the tea. Very interesting learning about tea. At one point she asked: ‘So Canadian? So, same as American?’ I had to hold my tongue. In China, you must be polite, smile, never raise your voice. (Look it up. I did). So I smiled, and politely asked ‘so, are Chinese the same as Japanese?’ She nodded, and got my point. Yes, Canadians and Americans speak English for the most part. That’s about where the comparison ends. Sorry. (Not really). Very grateful to be Canadian!! Btw, whenever we travel, the common denominator with most (not all), American travellers is they seem to treat others as second class. It is embarrassing, quite frankly. We always say please, thank you, we appreciate you, etc. And we tip well because we appreciate how hard working in customer service is. Don’t often see that with American travellers (or British to be honest). So PLEASE- if you ARE NOT Canadian - DON’T pretend to be! We want to keep our good name! Tyler - I do enjoy your videos. I forgive you the errors. 😉 because I am Canadian! 😁🇨🇦✌🏻

7:46 That's completely true. Temperature is very relative to the season in Canada, because you acclimate to colder and colder temperature during winter, so when spring arrives, anything that surpasses 0 celsius (where ice begin to melt) feels a lot warmer than it should. And the more you advance in summer, the more you acclimate to hot weather and become chilly when it drops. At fall, you re-acclimate to cold weather again for winter. It's a never ending cycle. Funny enough, we have an expression in french in Quebec that says : "En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil", which means basically "In April, don't undress even by a thread" precisely beacause of this tendency to undress to soon and get colds. Btw, -20 is very cold but not that unusual ; our colder temperatures can reach -30 and even -40 some days of winter. So yeah... -10 feels pretty comfortable in comparison. And that's also why sure, here as well talking about the weather is considered small talk most of the time... but when it's -40 outside, chances are that's gonna be your first conversation with family or coworkers like : "Goddamn... have you been outside? It's craaaazy cold, and there's wind as well, and bla bla bla".

As a Canadian, I love our Heritage Minutes! There's a lot of info packed into that 60 seconds. Lol I also enjoyed Schoolhouse Rock when I was a kid! In fact, when the episodes were put on a 2 DVD set, I bought them for my kids. It came with a bonus Bill Nye Science Guy DVD! My kids loved them!

As a 62 yr old Canadian ,I concur 100 % . -8*C is walk to the car in a T shirt and wait for it to heat up temperature . -20 *C is cold . We Love our American neighbours , BUT , we are different .

I laughed at the part about the 10°. It’s very true it’s too cold in August, but warm in April. For me come April We are tired of the winter jacket.

As a Canadian in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan I can tell you that we reach temperatures of -40 Celcius at least once every winter. It is likely to happen more than once and is very uncommon if we have a year where it doesn't. I often don't wear a jacket until well past -10, to as much as -20. For us, it's all about the Windchill or in the summer the humidex. Also, in Saskatchewan, our kids continue to go to school up to about -40 and, we only shut down our schools at that point only because buses have issues running at that temperature. Growing up in BC as a kid we often had "no school" days because of too much snow not because of cold. (often referred to as a "snow day") And we would know there was no school by listening to the radio in the morning - so they were always a happy surprise. I agree that temperatures are a topic of discussion not because we have nothing better to discuss but because what people experience during those extremes is actually interesting and relatable. Much like the United States we have wild temperature fluctuations depending on where in Canada you live. It is also true that we don't particularly like being automatically assumed to be American. We are a different breed. We rarely hear the term "aboot" when saying about. In fact, I listen to it more from Americans making jokes about it than from Canadians saying it. If you hear the term from a Canadian - It is likely from someone raised in Eastern Canada. (think of Eastern American Accents compared to Southern United States Accents. I'm sure you don't all say Y'all) And YES... Almost all of us consistently say "Sorry." I don't know why we care about the feelings of walls and doors (as well as other humans) but we do. 🤣😂 Great video!! I love seeing the perspectives of other people on our attitudes and Culture.🥰 Also, another interesting term is "Bunny Hug" instead of "hoodie." Although I don't hear that one as much as I used to.

I live in Quebec in the Saguenay region and in mid-winter -20 Celsius is common. It's definitely digit freezingly cold but if you dress up warmly it's not that bad. If you get used to that temperature, -8 feels warm by comparison, not to mention it sometimes drops to -30. And in mid-summer 20 is the norm and it sometimes goes up to 30+. Seeing how well mirrored the numbers of our weather are in Celsius, it shows we really have a temperate climate.

So this is where you learned of our heritage minutes. I love seeing your reactions to them. I just found your vids on them the other day, and coincidentally had been wanting to see them again for a bit now, so really enjoy those vids. I think I've seen all your reaction vids so far. There are some I'm still waiting for you to come across. 🇨🇦

We started learning the metric system when I was in about grade 5, along with just about every common and archaic unit for length, volume, etc. Like learning another language, we became fluent in multiple systems.

I remember one year, it was pretty cold ( -33 without wind chill) and i had to crawl in the car through the truck. The doors would freeze shut if it sat for more than 4 hours. Was told it was hilarious to watch me disappear into the car.😂

As a Canadian, the coldest winter temperature I have experienced is -48° C. Getting brain freeze just thinking about it! 😄😄😄

(I am Canadian) I was in a meeting with some people from Texas, and we were waiting for associates from Alberta (Canada). I discovered that the Alberta people were experiencing -40 Celsius weather and were having trouble getting to the office (thus not able to attend the meeting). The Texas people asked what that was in Fahrenheit, and I said it is the same. They laughed thinking I was making a joke that at that low temperature it does not make a difference, but I was being true, as the graph of Celsius and Fahrenheit crosses at -40, so -40 Celsius equals -40 Fahrehiet.

I'm in Ontario Canada. We actually have a LAW that basically says that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.

Hey Tyler! Western Canadian here, I recall one Halloween, it was + 25 C during the day, started to rain in the evening, by morning it was a snow storm and -2 Celsius by morning! Typical Alberta Fall event!

Heritage minutes were pretty cool because you'll learn things like james Naismith was the Canadian man who invented basketball or the real story behind winnie the pooh

Just to put it into perspective, -20⁰C is when it's just STARTING to get cold. It's not real cold until it's in the -30s Talking about the weather in Canada is sometimes a matter of survival. But mostly it's just about preparing for the heat/cold/precipitation/wind in order to be the most comfortable throughout the day.

Another sign you're canadian: You're fearful of geese or at least, ready to put up a fight against them...

I’ve taken the trash out in a snowstorm in -20 with shorts and a t shirt many times lol.

We have oz and cups on one side of the measuring device and we have ml and L on the other side of the measuring device. Same thing with thermometers, F on one side and C on the other. This is because Canada use to be like the US and use only imperial back before 1970, but most other countries use metric so if they wanted to sell in Canada they would have had to redo their packaging. So to work around this Canada began teaching metric into their school systems opening up more trade options with over sea businesses.

I laughed out loud about the 10C weather in April being T-shirt weather. Literally every year, my marker that Spring is definitely on it's way is seeing grown men in shorts (and yes sometimes T-shirts) in 10C in April. The shorts show up first...Every year! My brother used to be one of those guys. Then he moved to Australia, and now he is in a parka on a cool spring day along with the rest of the Aussies! * Re: Canada's measure for travel: our country is big so yes when you ask someone how far away a place is - yes, we say it in units of travel time. Like " Oh your kid is going to school in Trent University? Where is that?" "About 3 hours east of here". - This was a fun episode!

The reason that talking about the weather is a thing in Canada and not small talk is it matters very much. I personally have experience conditions that range from -60C (includes ugly windchill) to +45C with a humidity just short of rain. Living in Calgary Canada I have seen a January day start at -30C when I left for work then +20C by lunch and when I parked my car after work I had to shovel nearly 15 cm of fresh snow off my driveway. (The phenomena is called a "Chinook")

At least where I grew up.... Bathroom is used in your own home because that is where you take a bath. Where Washroom is used for public as typically they are used when you need to wash up (finished eating, break time and such). and Rest Room is used when on a long trip and need to pee. But really any can be used interchangeably.

Tom Broker had a little segment on Canada and who we are. He loves it here. He loves Canadians...bring it up and listen to it. It made Canadians cry and be proud if who we are.

Cdn here, the reason why 10 degrees feels different in August and April is the contrast of having recently gone through hot weather in the summer and cold weather in winter. By contrast, 10 degrees will feel hot or cold. This is also why talking about the weather is a genuine conversation, to share additional information so we can be prepared through weather changes & to be able to dress comfortably when we go outside.

But you must remember, in April, many of we Canadians have just gone through 5 or 6 months of temps as low as -40C, which is where Fahrenheit and Celcius meet. So -10 feels damn right balmy to us, believe me! I look forward to walking in the snow of my drive when a wonderful April sun is coming to start melting it!

You need to Google how to measure things like a Canadian. It’s a whole thing! Yes we use both but we use specifics for certain things. Celsius if I am talking the weather but Fahrenheit if I am talking about cooking food. There is a whole flow chart to help you understand how to do it like we do lol

Oh Tyler, not negative 8, we say minus 8 🙂

There is a line at about -15 where the col starts being an obstacle. And then -50 where everything just becomes an ice block...nothing works, everything breaks.

Heritage Moments are one of the best things to help learn about our amazing history...n how it helped shape the world

The Canadian identity is very much "I am not American". For my generation we had four tv stations growing up and three were American. I lived on the border, and we mostly listened to the radio stations from the US. So, most of are media and pop culture were American based. We were so intwined with the local US communities that many had family on both sides and the US stations carried important news relevant to us Canucks including farm reports.

Yay finally got to the heritage minutes! Sticking around for the reactions!

Oh yes you need to do reactions on Heritage Minutes!!! Best 30 second history lessons ever!!!

Dude last winter we hit -45C here’s to seeing what this winter has in store. Lol 😆

my sister works at an elementary school in Winnipeg and during the winter the kids need to go outside for recess and lunch until it becomes -30 Celsius. That's basicly when skin will freeze when exposed for too long. Before that, if the kids keep moving, they will stay warm enough not to freeze. I visited her once in winter and most days it was -40, so we mostly stayed inside, but one day it did warm up to -18 and we went to a park to explore and skate outside on paths through the park and on the river. Definitely have to dress for the weather. One of those -40 days while walking from the car to the shopping center I could actually feel the liquid on my eyes freezing, have to remember to blink lots, when outside or wear goggles.

As for talking about the weather - we definitely do that. In fact, here in Winnipeg, one organization that assists new Canadians started a program to teach them how to talk about the weather with other Canadians.

America use to have School House Rock back in the 70s. Also call them bathrooms in a home but a washroom is in public.

Depending on where in Canada you are, the cold feels different. In humid air, the hot and cold intensify, whereas dry heat or cold is less intense. Near the great lakes in Ontario, the air is humid most of the time, so the temperature feels much more colder in the winter at -20°c than it would in the prairies of Canada (AB/SK) with dry cold. Moist air penetrates through your jacket and skin right to the bone, where dry air bounces off your jacket. I don't wear my jacket until it hits -25°c in the prairies. Near the great lakes, I will have my jacket on by -8°c.

For C to F temperature conversions, remembering a handful of points will help. 0C = 32F (freezing), -18C = 0F, -40C = -40 F, 20C = 68F, 37C = 98.6F (body temperature), 100C = 212F (boiling @ sea level)

As a Canadian I can 100% attest that apologizing to someone who has just stepped on your foot or bumped into you is definitely something I have both done and had done to me, usually we will both apologize. Also if you are in a grocery store and someone comes to the end of the aisle at the same time as you, when you end up perpendicular to eachother, one or both Canadians will likely apologize and then have a friendly, polite fight over who should go first. I call it apologizing for existing.

I go out with my dogs in the freezing mornings in my pjs, my parka, undone, and my birkis, without socks, as long as the snow is not over 1/4"! Usually all winter, but when there is snow, boots, undone, without socks. Just your regular Canadian girl! Love your channel!❤

You should check out the apology act of 2009 - is a law in the province of Ontario that provides apologies made by a person does not necessarily constitute an admission of guilt. 😂 True story.

Back in the early 80s in Chicago Illinois it used to get bitterly cold in winter. We had some days when it dropped down to -26, -27F and that was without the wind chill factor. So it can get extremely cold in the states and I’m a living witness as I lived in Chicago then.

10 degrees Celsius after the winter feels warm so you can go out in a T-Shirt(and shorts in my case), in August after it's been hot all summer 10 Celsius feels cold. When the temperature varies by 30-40 degrees in a day you need to know what's going on so you don't freeze your kids in the morning and boil them in the afternoon. Measuring in Celsius is easy and Celsius makes sense. Water freezes at zero and water boils at one hundred. The people bickering between what constitutes as cold whether it's -20 Celsius or -40 Celsius is the conversation between people who live within 100 Kilometers of the U.S. Border(80% of pop) (not counting Alaska) and Canadians that live what's considered "the North" in Canada. Love how you just learned about Heritage Minutes and now you've got the idea for your next 5-10 videos As for basing half our personality on not being American or in the U.S. it's because most people use the U.S. for comparison. Often the U.S. is viewed as the low end of the bar to beat. So if something sucks in Canada that's not cool, but it's ok if it's worse in the U.S. That view is actually what is hurting our public health care system. Canada needs to compare itself to European countries that are doing better than Canada so we reach for the top instead of slowly decline.

I'm so happy he finally saw that Heritage Minutes are a thing! They've been in the comments of his videos for so long, it's really satisfying that it's actually happening.

😂😅 I love that people just keep explaining and he assumes they are jokes... but we really do apologize to inanimate objects.... Seen people apologize to polls and cars with no one around (I know I have done it myself but it was apologies to a tree BEFORE I bumped into it, just looked up and was surprised to see a tree and stepped around apologizing and then paused realizing what happened) 😂😂❤

As a Canadian that had no history classes in elementary/grade school, Heritage minutes was how I learned history until I got to high school.

10 degrees in August versus 10 degrees in April. By the time we get through winter, which can start in November and continue right up to April, anything above 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) feels so warm! You stand out in the sun in a t-shirt, with arms spread out to embrace the warmth. :-) It can also happen during winter - if temperatures hit 0 C (32F) and the day is sunny, you will see us outside embracing the "warmth" and soaking in the sun. 10 degrees in August feels SO cold after two months of summer.

Heritage Minutes are the best!! I and so many people have learned a lot by watching them. They're entertaining as well as educational. Here in western Canada - BC, specifically - we do say "bathroom." Washroom is more an eastern Canadian thing. Just like Chesterfield or sofa, these are more common out in eastern Canadian. We tend to say "couch" here. We call "soda" pop, which I think is more Canadian wide and not just here in BC. We can't stand being told that Canada's the "51st state" - we're not. One time I encountered an American tourist when I was working in a store, and he was so arrogant as to say that Canada is just an extension of the States. His friends were so upset and embarrassed by him saying this, and all of us Canadians got after him for saying that. He apologised, saying it was just a joke, but I think he realised that it's not something most of us consider funny. We're excellent at laughing at ourselves in a good natured way, though, most of the time. :)

My parents were Winnipegers and while I was born in Toronto, our family lived in the 'Peg for many years. When I even mentioned feeling cold, (usually kicked in for me around -20 F), my Dad always replied, 'What are you going to do when winter comes?' But I did put on my heavier winter coat at around that temp. On winter visits back to T.O. I always felt like I was in the tropics.

That burnt toast thing was about the dr performing awake surgery on a lady (I forget her name) but whenever she smelled burnt toast she knew she was going to have a seizure. So when the Dr touched a certain part of her brain, she told him she smelled burnt toast, thus pinpointing where her seizures were coming from.

Lol just ask for double double coffee please.😂🇨🇦. You should say thank you after you get your order.

In Canada, our weather is so diverse, that it can be made into a heroic journey. Examples: It's the end of October and you haven't changed to your winter tires. Sheets of rain turn to sleet and hail the size acorns. The rough, country road you're on suddenly becomes a slip & slide of death as your car skids and slips around the narrow and winding turns. Every bend in the road could be your last! It takes every ounce of willpower and adrenaline in your body to JUST. MAKE. IT. HOME. ALIVE! Your nerves are shot and the adrenaline is wearing off. Your white-knuckled hands have fused with the steering wheel as you coax the spinning wheels up that steep hill over yonder. The ass end starts to fish tail as the hail and sleet bury you alive in your metal tomb. You crest the hill just to see an oil truck coming the opposite way... right at you! He's riding the centre line like a first-class asshole, and you swerve to avoid a head-on collision. Your car spins into a tail spin. All you see is deep ditches, sheer rock walls and other cars frantically avoiding you. All you want to do is slam on the brakes, but you that'll lock up the wheels and leave you as vulnerable as Bambi on ice. You want to curse out the long gone trucker but the words get caught in your dry throat, only allowing a faint squeak of stress escape the pipebomb that is your violently shaken body. The only thing that could save you now is a double-double.... no, scratch that, an extra large 4X4 coffee. Then like an angelic sign from heaven, you see a faint glow growing bright in the distance - a Timmy's, hooray! You pull in, order the biggest, sweetest, most calorific coffee they have and find a seat. As your nerves calm, the skies clear and reveal a wonderfully warm sun. You slowly sip your coffee at first, but then you remember that you have to take your kid to some activity and gulp down the rest of your scalding cup. Reinvigorated, you set off to pick up your kid, racing against the clock before lady luck turns her back on you once more. Now does that sound cliché or epic?😂

When I still lived in the US, my partner and I were driving to work. We were listening to the local rock station, which was in Brandon, Manitoba. (I was working close to the Canada/US border in North Dakota) The DJ said "And it's -40 with a windchill of 2400". And my partner asked me what that was in Fahrenheit. I looked at him, sighed and said...-40. At that temp, it's actually the same.

🇨🇦 As a Canadian, I've always thought that sorry means excuse me, pardon me, or oops when used in general conversation.

The OTHER side of Canadian politeness: If I hold a door open for someone and they walk by without thanking me - I ALWAYS say "You're Welcome!". That results in either an embarrassed "Thank You!" or a "sheepish" disregard.

I have felt colder in downtown Vancouver at 10 C (50 F) than I have at -20 C in rural Alberta. I also know for a fact that my car's outside air temp display will not show temps lower than -40 C. I had to fuel my car at around -37 C. I got a gas cap warning light on my dash after I pulled back out onto the highway. The rubber seal on the cap was too cold to form a proper seal. The light only went away two days later when it was only -20 C.

By August we are acclimated to hot weather, making 10C (50F) feel cold. And after a winter of -30C plus 10C feels quite warm. I live in Northern Ontario, and on spring days when the temperature is above 0C people often drive around with their car windows open enjoying the warm weather.

temp scale 0c = tshirt and board shorts. -20c = light jacket and pants (though short skirts are still worn.) -40c = full jacket/winter gear.

For measurements, as a rule of thumb, new sciences and things we learned in school or are officially issued from the news or the government are in metric, like outside temperature, distances, our height or weight on our driving license. What we learned from our grandparents, like cooking, building stuff, the pool water temperature, our height and weight for ourselves are usually in imperial. Our oven are in imperial. We have 2×4 to build our house, ect...

homogenized milk is also known as full fat milk, 3.25% fat. Although I think everyone I know says homo milk

Your Canadian about sounded great, good job! We are bilingual in Imperial and Metric systems. I thought you had watched the Heritage Minutes. Time to dive into subjects that could have been made into movies but were only made as 1 minute shorts because... Canada.

The Minnesota accent reminded me of some of Marty McFly’s relatives in Back to the Future 3 back when he was in 1885.

For the 10 degrees (50°F), it is all about the difference in temperature. In summer we have 25-35° so when falls comes, 10 feels cold (since our bodies are used to the higher temperatures, we loose about 20°). In spring, we just came out of winter with temperatures around -20° to -15° so the 10 degrees in spring feel warm in comparison. (We gain around 20°)

Canadians can just say to someone "Toast is burning" and the other will understand the reference. Brits say bathroom, because the bathtub/shower is sometimes not the same room as the toilet. Americans often say restroom. Canadians usually saw washroom. -40C and -40F are the same temperature.

The Heritage minutes are all absolutely incredible and they are very informative. With the joke about what is classified as cold, one of my fondest memories actually involves this fight because me and my brothers were raised for the most part in the province of Alberta. But we lived on the BC Coast for a couple of years and Social Services was actually called on my mother because my little brother refuse to wear a jacket at -5( we were used to Southern Alberta Winters we're on average we could hit -35 without breaking a sweat). A social worker happened to be from Edmonton originally so and she found out why my little brother was being so obstinate with his teachers she just laughed and laughed. I have had days where I have left the house in the morning wearing a jacket and a hoodie and by noon I had to take both of those off because I was overheating

When we lived in Alberta, the temp was -30 for several weeks in a row every winter, at least once. When you draw a line across Canada from Edmonton, you reach the middle of Hudson's Bay. Here in the balmy south (in Ontario) -30 is only occasional.

-20C is actually a pretty warm day in Saskatchewan in January. -42C with a 70kmh wind is COLD!

Can confirm - I'm a Canadian who apologizes when someone steps on my foot or bumps into me. To be clear, there is no actual remorse on my part, its more of just a 'polite instinct' that comes out with no real deeper meaning.

Nope, bumping in to objects and apologizing isn't a joke, it happens. I have done it many times lol.