American Reacts to Cool, Funny, & Surprising Things about Canada

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

I feel incredibly rude not holding the door open for someone unless they are far enough away from the door that it would make them feel obligated to do that little run to not hold you up 😂

[@mmorden9938]

Totally agree!

[@Nikki7B]

Same here.

[@mitch019850]

100%

[@Zzz3331]

Me too! But that’s because I do to others as I want done to me. We all deserve small acts of kindness ❤

[@rachel031404]

Same, but when I visited the USA I repeatedly had doors shut in my face because I didn’t realize that wasn’t a thing down there lol weirdos

[@eph2vv89only1way]

The sign about unattended children reminds me of a sign I saw in a restaurant. It said, "Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten."

[@ella_cinder4361]

Totally Canadian

[@johncooper8539]

I saw a sign at a house: tresspassers will be invited for tea, it was true

[@jennifermarlow.]

@@johncooper8539 "Trespassers will be persecuted" is a familiar one here.

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

Also, in most of Western and Northern Canada, there are bear-proof garbage cans., There's completely closed square metal boxes and you need to put your hand under and inside it to open it, so bears can't access food inside.

[@COOPSTOP]

As a Canadian citizen myself, I can attest to the fact that we do indeed hold doors open for people. I feel rude if I don't hold the door open for the person walking in behind me.

[@melissastory1993]

I wish my building would put up a sign like that. I always feel bad not holding the door open so I frequently use the side doors so I don’t have to worry about it. All someone would have to do to get into my building is either be elderly, have a stroller, or be a delivery driver haha. Everyone’s urge to be polite is too strong to ignore those.

[@SharonTallon]

I always hold the door for people behind me.

[@_.ChildOfGod._]

Me too

[@makaylaforbes6719]

Yes we do, and if two or more of us reach the door at the same time we have a debate over who gets the honour of holding the door open for the rest. I usually solve it by walking through first, then holding the second set of doors open for the ones who held the outside set open for me

[@allisonsauder9038]

Canada here 🙋🏼‍♀️🇨🇦 yes we help the door for those behind us! I went into a store today and there was a literal parade of people holding doers open and ‘thank you’s’ This is normal here! It would be rude NOT to!

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Passive aggressiveness is an art Canadians have perfected. 👌🇨🇦😌

[@Jeff13R]

Perhaps..😉

[@lnixon236]

😁

[@juanitaglenn9042]

Yep, passive aggressiveness is the 'polite' way to rip a strip off someone. Also, I love building snow/ice sculptures in my yard. 😍

[@Ball_InDistress]

So true. I can't count the number of times I've loudly said "you're welcome" or "you're excused" when someone is rude xD

[@makaylaforbes6719]

There are places in Canada that the snow buries houses up to the attic, no help from plow or shovel needed. And yes the northern lights are pretty much the most spectacular natural show I've seen, and I've seen a lot

[@debbiepryde2600]

The church depicted at 16:06 watching the Olympic gold medal game during the service is true. It was my church and I attended. Scripture, choir anthem, and collection between the first and second periods and the sermon between the second and third periods plus Canada won. No better way to spend a Sunday with an awesome community. Made the news on CTV, CBC, TSN, and CNN, which we know of. Not bad for a small community in Nova Scotia.

[@Whistlewalk]

Oh! Canada!

[@monicadennis6797]

Holding the door for someone is expected. During the early days of the pandemic I had a Canadian dilemma. We were supposed to keep our distance so when a young man wanted to hold a door open for me I told him it was OK not to. I said I know this goes against every fibre of your Canadian training (meaning years of holding doors open). He smiled and just stood on the other side of the glass door so he could still hold it open but with the glass between us. He was literally incapable of not holding it open. We both laughed. Of course I thanked him as that is also a must do when someone holds the door open for you. To not say thank you would be rude.

[@staceyowenswellness]

Oh my gosh. I felt so conflicted with social distancing and holding doors open. I generally opted to hold the door and turn away from people walking through because I really couldn't refrain from holding doors open.

[@CytherX]

It is the Canadian way, there is no way of avoiding it without that Canadian guilt. We'd have to resist apologizing for not opening. Just apologize with our yearning apologetic eyes as the people who we wanted to open the door got closer and closer as our guilt ever increased.

[@COOPSTOP]

As a fellow Canadian I can attest to this

[@kefler187]

Wait, this sounds like something I've done....

[@MrLandega]

@@staceyowenswellness Traditions, starting very young, these mannerisms were instilled into our daily lives.

[@brendascott2481]

I can vouch for Canadians' love of hockey. It was about 10 years ago and I was flying home. The plane landed in Vancouver, BC with 7 minutes left in a gold medal hockey game. The pilot taxied to the gate but didn't start disembarking until after the game had ended. The entire plane erupted in cheers when Canada scored the winning goal.

[@thatsandichic]

Hockey is life.

[@shelleyhynes42]

I'm Canadian but I hate hockey... I actually don't like watching any sports but hockey seems like a pointless waste of energy. Let's just skate around for a few hours and hit a rubber thing with a wooden stick .. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️. Almost as useless and golf and curling .

[@seanLee-sk2mi]

If all your virtue is being nice, you have nothing to be proud of. nice people == weak people.

[@Duckduckobtusegoose]

@@shelleyhynes42and you’re the outlier, most of us enjoy the sense of community surrounding hockey even if we aren’t super entertained by the game. It’s okay not to like it, but it’s completely unnecessary to speak as if the people who do enjoy it are stupid for liking it.

[@shelleyhynes42]

@@Duckduckobtusegoose I never once said or implied that people who watch it are stupid for liking it . I have 2 nephews who are hockey players . I also feel curling and golf are ridiculously dumb and boring sports but I have no negative thoughts about those who play them or enjoy watching them. Stop assuming things about me that aren't true and jumping to conclusions about what you " think" I'm saying.

[@suzannehawkins383]

Im canadian, in Ottawa. one year I realized that I had 12 pairs of mittens, 6 woolen scarves, numerous toques. way too many for one person. In downtown, around the war memorial are statues of the various military units throughout canadian history. in the dead of winter, I dressed them in the mittens, scarves and hats. I'm sure they found a good home

[@xxMelaniexx]

The geese you see in the states are Canada Geese. That's the actual name. They go to the states for the winter but they mate, give birth and spend most of the year here. Ice roads are just frozen lakes they're used to to get supplies to northern communities. They are monitored to make sure the ice stays thick enough for trailer trucks to drive on. We made a TV show called ice road truckers lol

[@jpbaley2016]

Not anymore. Canada Geese have decided to avoid having to fly so far and are now permanent residents. Living, laying eggs, raising goslings and pooping all over the place.

[@krismckenzie3068]

@@jpbaley2016 they aren't avoiding flying north that is our air force. It is an invasion.

[@swerth]

Glad you cleared up the goose thing. I had someone in the US ask me once "How do you know it's from Canada?"

[@kristiejenner9693]

There’s a number of times I’ve been held up in traffic while all the cars watch geese walk across the road. If you’re late for work, all you have to do is say geese and everyone will nod in understanding.

[@janiece8439]

Truth

[@korivex742]

Animals actually DO use those bridges and geese and swan really do use the crosswalk. The duck pond I grew up close to had a geese crossing sign at the crosswalk and for some reason, maybe the painted lines, they only ever crossed there. They were never in the middle of the roads around the pond, only at the crosswalk. I've seen mama's with their babies crossing... maybe she was teaching them. Oh and BTW, maple syrup NEVER expires... NEVER. Thanks for the video.

[@Lord_Shal]

A lot of these animal bridges have fences along both sides of the road that sort of funnel and force them to use it

[@maryfaivre7106]

In Quebec they also have fences that tunnels the animal towards the bridges

[@abjectt5440]

@@80sCanadian lol. When I first read your post the word crows looked like cows for an instant. I'm getting new glasses Monday.

[@saffron_allen]

Crows use the crosswalk too. Saw a tween crow whose mum had thrown him out of the nest for flying lessons hopping around outside my building. Mum flew across the street and the kid crow patiently waited at the stop for the light to change, and crossed at the crosswalk, hopping the whole way, to get to mum.

[@Rebecca.Robbins]

Oh and I e also seen small tunnels that go UNDER the road for turtles and frogs. Same as the big ones for bigger animals, they have fences that force them to use the tunnel if they want to cross.

[@juliafig17]

Ice roads are famous in northern Canada and serve a very important role. During the winter months once the tops of the lakes and rives freeze over transport trucks will use this nature made roads to cross the northern terrain and deliver suppliers for the year. Once these road melt back into lakes and rivers there are many small towns that are completely isolated until the next winter.these trucks bring everything from groceries and furniture, to cars, and construction materials and equipment.

[@nancytaylorlowe6043]

"That doesn't even look like a road." 😂

[@jennifermarlow.]

They get supplies and emergency services by air. Let's not exaggerate.

[@erineross1671]

Canadians have lots of basic social protocols for smoother functioning; for example, holding doors open for anyone coming up behind you, in highway traffic merging it is standard to always let one car go before we go to minimize bottlenecks and everyone keeps moving. In general, the idea of taking your turn and being aware and respectful of others around you is the expectation.🇨🇦

[@DJTheUnwanted]

Not north of Toronto, pedestrian's can't even cross the street safely anymore.

[@carmeltabby]

@@DJTheUnwanted the GTA doesn't exactly have many people who were born and raised in Canada living there anymore. Could be the reason.

[@DJTheUnwanted]

@@carmeltabby I know I'm the only one left. A bird who can't find the flock.😉

[@carmeltabby]

@@DJTheUnwanted we're all out here in small towns and the boonies.

[@jeffreycairns767]

​@@DJTheUnwanted I'm a truck driver from the GTA. Trust me, there are no more decent drivers it would appear. The Indians (new Canadians) have screwed the area so much with their behavior that many others have the same attitude. It's the "f*ck everyone else, I'm more important and therefore can do whatever I want, even if it's not legal, not safe or hold 1,000s of other drivers up." When did become the norm to jump over from a live lane to an on ramp, fly down only to come back in to the live lane again? It's these assholes that cause 90% of unnecessary traffic jams, all because they want to get 3 cars ahead.

[@birgitmitchell5873]

Canadians love humour, especially we like to laugh at ourselves.

[@judes1948]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Tigger4Theo]

And we spell it correctly too. 😉

[@licksnkicks1166]

I love your channel Tyler! You’re so entertaining. Proud to be a Canadian! Toronto, Ontario! 🍁

[@murrayc9615]

Tyler: "Canadians... are they THAT into beer?" Canada: "You're kidding, right?" TRUE STORY TIME: I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Halifax is a port city. We constantly get visitations from the American Navy, and it is our custom here to get the American sailors absolutely sh!t faced drunk because it's hilarious to watch them not be able to hold their liquor. We welcome them... We party with them... We buy them drinks... and in true Canadian kindness, we carry them back to their vessels.

[@fedodosto3162]

Have you seen tthe movie Canadian Bacon? There is a hockey scene, US team Vs Canadian team, it's in Toronto, and Americans in the stadium are insulting Canadins, insulting the anthem, the players, the uniforms... no reactions from Canadians and then the Americans insult the beer... WELL everyone jumps on them and there is a massive fight.

[@cousinkush4129]

we have the beer store and that's where we buy our beer at

[@jeannierenton7542]

Our beer is also stronger than the American dish water beer they serve there😂

[@celticlass8573]

Yeah poor dears are used to drinking beer-flavoured water.

[@bunzeebear2973]

"Molson Canadian" is the name on the label. No mosquito pee here. 5,or6, or 7%alcohol compared to3 or 4% on U.S. brands which is a foreign beer in Canada.(as it is from a different country)

[@TheAccidentalViking]

'I've never been to a cold beach.' That was like an arrow to my heart.

[@KryssLaBryn]

Right? Like, the beaches don't stop existing just cuz it's not summer anymore haha Where else would we do the annual polar bear swim? XD

[@MurderOfSuburbia]

Same lol The beaches on the East Coast are cold more often than they are warm lol

[@jennifermarlow.]

@@MurderOfSuburbia "Bone ache" is a real thing. ;P

[@laney33]

As a Canadian that has lived in many areas of Canada (currently residing on Vancouver Island for the last 2 decades), born in Alberta, traveled across the country & lived in different areas of Northern Ontario, Northern BC & have also traveled to the US many times, your video coverage of us up here is fairly spot-on. It is nice to see an American interested in knowing more about our Country & provinces! As I recall back in school, we learnt lots about your country 😉. Yes, we are very polite (most of us). Now let's see if we can get you to pronounce Kelowna correctly... "Ka-low-na". For those of you in Kelowna, if I didn't quite get that right, my apologies. See...we really try not to offend anyone (most of us anyway) lol. We do hold doors open for others, our money can go through a washing machine or get frozen in ice & be just fine. Wild animals are around us everywhere, especially in rural or isolated areas & yes, be especially careful of getting too close to moose, bears or cougars & please do not feed the wildlife. The geese, as another commenter mentioned, are in fact Canadian Geese. Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island is abslotuley gorgeous, the tidal pools are amazing! The hockey stick debit thing is a reality at drive-thru's! The beautiful gardens that we have all over the country are real plants, not spray-painted (as far as I know, perhaps the pics are touched up a bit). We love our hockey, our beer, the maple leaf 🍁 & real bacon, (not what is referred to as "Canadian bacon"). Some of us out here on the West are bilingual & speak French too btw 😉 & oh yeah...we have stronger beer than the US! C'mon up & visit your neighbour's to the North & check it out for yourself! Cheers 🍻

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

YOU Need to Remember that's it's Canada geese/goose NOT Canadian geese.

[@laney33]

@@andynieuwenhuis7833 Thank you 👍👍🙂

[@wesshoemaker6973]

Yeah Tyler would get many Canadians showing every local treat. He would have free accommodations and food and many personal tour guides! He would be our most cherished tourist.

[@thatsandichic]

I'm from Vancouver Island and living in Alberta now! 😅

[@Sean-John]

I live on Vancouver Island too hello neighbor! 😊

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

ice roads are actually frozen lakes. They are used during the winter time to transport goods to the far north in a much more economical way as opposed to flying goods into areas without Summer roads.

[@thats_erik_with_a_k]

Sometimes frozen rivers too. They purposefully flood the roads repeatedly to strengthen them during cold snaps.

[@thedawd]

Also man made roads through swamp/muskeg. I have worked many jobs on small well pads that can only be accessed winter ice roads or helicopter the rest of year.

[@Scott2122232425]

And the mackenzie River!

[@tracybrown6821]

Yup👍💞

[@Old-biker]

@@thedawd Great job every year you build them BC Alberta at Keg river Alberta Rainbow lake, Indian cabins, All across the north from BC to northern Manitoba.. Worked and drove many a year up there love the north..

[@kmacgregor6361]

The Canadian men's gold medal hockey game in the Vancouver Olympics was the most watched event in Canadian history. And the second most was the Tragically Hip's final farewell concert, broadcast by the CBC. An incredible and heartbreaking concert as the singer, who was beloved in Canada, had terminal cancer.

[@paulagwhyte1720]

That Hip concert and Gord's death were an arrow to MY heart!

[@curtarmmar]

Gord Downie is one of our heros

[@lauraholancin5436]

@@curtarmmar I saw a police report going viral at the time of the Hip concert, saying Canada was closed for the night!

[@emg.721]

In the snow up to the ceiling one its a snow drift. The wind just pushes the snow up against your house. It's generally pretty easy to shovel out if you have a second door on an opposite side with no snow drift.

[@kmacgregor6361]

FYI about the bridges: many highways are surrounded by moose fencing, to keep moose off the roads because a moose accident is really deadly. So the fencing runs all along the side of the highway and then opens up at the bridge to allow them to cross.

[@WhalersWorld]

Very few moose but lots of Elk

[@elisabethvisser8257]

I watched a bear use a wildlife bridge once

[@elisabethvisser8257]

It was near Banff

[@cattymajiv]

@@WhalersWorld Depends where you are.

[@Tigger4Theo]

People don't realize how deadly hitting a moose can be. It's because of the shape of their bodies. Unlike if you hit a deer, when you hit a moose, the front of your car basically takes its legs out from under it and the heavy body then rolls up the hood and into the windshield and passenger compartment. If you've never seen a fully grown moose, they can weigh anywhere between 800 and 1,600 lbs.

[@janicekirkeby303]

Homemade scarves, hats and mitts are often left in winter outside for the homeless in many communities with signs like the one in your video. Often left in city or town parks, on fences and even trees. It is important to stay warm so are left for anyone who needs them.

[@katsnboots4709]

Botanical Beach in Port Renfrew BC. It's amazing, but yes very cold in fall/winter/early spring.

[@primad8781]

Tyler, you need to set up a PO Box address so we can send you things from Canada. After all the videos, we need to finally make you one of our honorary own!

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Honourary.

[@primad8781]

@@globalwarmhugs7741 Sorry.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

@@primad8781 I was a teacher's pet. 🤓 A good sorry from a fellow Canadian means more than any American could possibly understand. 😏

[@primad8781]

@@globalwarmhugs7741 Well, in my defense, I'm dual citizen Canadian American with 30 years in the US (including all of my schooling) and 20 years in Canada where I was born and currently reside so I have the best/worst of both worlds! I do know when it's better to give a well placed "Sorry!" though! My mama raised me right! 😉

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

@@primad8781 I love it! You made me smile, friend. Stay golden.

[@janetcrook1528]

The Animal Bridges really work. The highway is fenced to direct animals to the bridges. They are very effective at saving lives and avoiding collisions on the highway. I am sure these have been built in the US. Too. Love your videos…you are not a regular, typical American if you care about learning about other countries…Thanks

[@quercusalba3970]

Came here to day this

[@janellegodin2934]

That snow maze is at the location of a corn maze as well. The corn maze is open in the fall and then they open the snow maze in the winter. It's a lot of fun. The pattern changes yearly. We've been a few times.

[@northwoodfalls1403]

It’s not uncommon in Canada to get tangled up in the battle of the door etiquette dance. If it’s one of those moments where a number of people are approaching an entrance at the same time, there will often be a little skirmish with head bobs, smiles, awkward maneuvering to get to the door first to hold it open for everyone else, but its imperative that you do this dance to be the first to be polite politely and not aggressively. Then the head bobs and thank you’s ensue as everyone files past but the last person through will, of course, offer to hold the door for the person holding the door so they can go through, which of course will be demurely declined which will then provoke more smiles and head bobs and “after you” and then the person holding the door won’t want to seem rude so will then relinquish the door and quickly slip in. When you have a double entrance (the outer door and then the inner door to keep the cold out) this whole dance can become both comical and also slightly irritating but you’d never ever let the irritation show. This habit of ours really becomes bewildering at four way stops as it is also not uncommon for four cars to pull up to the intersection at roughly the same time and then begins the waving other drivers through even though it’s your turn to go. I’m amazed more accidents don’t happen at our four ways. Especially because inevitably everyone ends up hedging forward into the intersection and then has to wait for the boldest driver to just decide for everyone else who is actually going to finally get through the damn intersection. We really should stop using four ways altogether and embrace traffic circles. Canadian’s aren’t equipped to handle four ways 😂. I am maybe exaggerating slightly …. But also, not really ….

[@karybooks]

THIS ! lol

[@christinevr7698]

🤣🤣🤣 completely agree with all of this!

[@CoffeePleaseandThankyou]

The most Canadian room in Canada is that little space between Tim Horton's double doors

[@northwoodfalls1403]

@@CoffeePleaseandThankyou hahaha YESS !!!

[@rockygonnadz74]

In Newfoundland, there are so many moose the locals refer to them as "speed bumps". There are also many unique town names there, like "Come By Chance" (I'm guessing the clean version means you took a wrong turnoff but welcome anyway), "Dildo" (Jimmy Kimmel is the honorary town mayor), "Goobies", "Blow Me Down", "Witless Bay". In Quebec you have "Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!", Ontario has "Punkydoodles Corners" and "Crotch Lake", in Saskatchewan you have "Climax" and "Urin". Canadians love a good laugh!

[@Zzz3331]

Dildo Newfoundland forever takes the cake for names lmfao

[@TwistyMcFisty]

In Newfoundland, there are actually more moose than people.

[@Zzz3331]

@@TwistyMcFisty in pei there are more potatoes than ppl :) lmfao

[@erineross1671]

@@TwistyMcFisty Wow! I’m from rural Ottawa and we have a crazy amount of deer. Moose make news here, it happens but not often. Driving through Algonquin Park is almost s guarantee of seeing one, but your moose population is beyond what I imagined. I’ve seen lots of moose memes from Newfoundland, and now I know why!

[@Zlata1313]

I went to university in Saskatoon with someone from Climax 😄

[@frankhill2406]

Tyler The Botanical Gardens in Quebec are absolutely amazing! All of the figures are made from plants on frames. This image is of Mother Nature if I remember correctly.

[@MagGray]

Pro-Tip: When your door gets snowed in you can also carve out a little mini fridge in the snow to keep your beer. The beer keeps you in good spirits while you're snowed in. First its getting a couple days off but then the claustrophobia can set in if you don't have any beer.

[@debbiecloutier-tremblay5553]

There are places where the snowfall is huge. In the 70's (Québec), we had a huge snowfall. The snow was up to the roof of the house and neighbours had to shovel the snow so the door could be opened and a path for the homeowners to get out.

[@101starting]

We have door no balcony on 2nd floor south side every few years need to use it with lake effect snow 😉

[@carlop.7182]

right. I saw the pic last winter in Halifax after the huge snowstorm there.

[@jenncrossfield5202]

Or jump out of the second floor and shovel a tunnel 😂, had to do that a few times 😂

[@chrisgraham2904]

@@debbiecloutier-tremblay5553 Sure, not uncommon for northern cottages that face the lake have the lake side face of the cottage completely covered and the roof, from the snow blowing across the lake.

[@donskuse2194]

I remember watching the final game of the Canada-Soviet series in 1972 in our high school library. It was the first ever series between them and the winner of that game would be the winner of the series. It was a wild game, tied at 5-5 at the near end of the game. Canada's Paul Henderson scored the winning goal and we all went crazy!! For many Canadians of my age that was the greatest day in Canadian history!

[@lalaj5831]

I remember watching that in school too. People brought in portable tvs so all the classes could watch it.

[@nancycoley429]

Someone brought a TV into the office and we all stopped working and gathered around the TV to watch the game. Our boss also watched the game. We resumed working after the game.

[@garycogswell5499]

Probably 20 million stories about where we were for Paul Henderson's goal. Amazing moment we all share in our lives.

[@wesshoemaker6973]

I have a signed and framed Paul Henderson Canada jersey! Was most popular item at a charity live auction. I lost, but the guy who won had an angry wife, so I paid him up to my last bid. Still can see his wife’s eyes when they approached me. She was agitated, but had these please please eyes, and when I offered, she said yes before I finished!

[@fedodosto3162]

Do you remember the first game in USSR and they introduced Esposito?

[@Gavi95]

Loved it! Some things we didn’t even know ourselves! Good job! 👍🎅🏻☃️🎄❄️🇨🇦

[@tkitchkeesic]

As a Canadian when he put beer and hockey in the same sentence, I got goosebumps

[@timeforanap4268]

I don't like beer (gasp), but I know people who would be like 'you can watch a big game without beer?'

[@valgoodridge1810]

Tyler, they are called "Canada Goose". Also, in a snowstorm, drifts can often pile up to the eaves of houses and block doors. We have to check our high efficiency furnace exhaust so they are not blocked by snow during the winter. Just fun Canadian facts.

[@jennifermarlow.]

I recall White Juan, and I had to dig a hole from my window up to the top of the snow, because my apartment was completely buried. More than a meter of snow in less than 24 hours. It was a trip!

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

Actually, when COVID started, a lot of news reporters would tape their mics to a hockey stick when interviewing people, to ensure the 2 meter distance.

[@jennifermarlow.]

Haha, that's cool! I don't watch TV, so I didn't know that.

[@michelespracklin1704]

When the pandemic started I had a very Canadian dilemma at the grocery store one day. The person in front of me had something fall out of their cart and I immediately started to move forward to pick it up for them, but then stopped myself because of social distancing. I stood there for a few seconds fighting the urge to help the person and feeling so bad I did not pick it up!! The person was understanding though and said it was OK :P Yes two years later I still remember this because I could not follow through with my upbringing to be helpful 😆

[@jennifermarlow.]

Yeah, those BS rules really played a number on how we are. Polite and friendly ? Ha, since the pandemic, we are so much for ourselves, and people wearing masks, not being close. It's sad and frightening.

[@IGMattDaMan]

For the beer in the snow, super accurate, anything that needs cooling in winter, you just shove it on the snow filled balcony & let it be, frees up space in the fridge & you don’t need to worry about no one steeling it

[@richardcoleman2421]

Tyler, ice roads are the only way to reach some Canadian communities, they're only accessible by vehicle in the winter by using roads made on frozen lakes and rivers. In summer, cars can't get through, you have to travel by water or float plane. It's a big place after all.

[@complainer406]

2:15 The eyelashes thing is actually the moisture from your breath freezing onto your eyelashes. Wearing something over your mouth makes it more likely since your breath gets forced upwards, but when it's that cold you kinda need to 7:35 The reindeer bus has decorations on the outside (antlers, red nose) to make it look like a reindeer 17:50 The snow up against the door is more about snow drifts than total snowfall. Basically the snow gets blown up against stuff if it's really windy when it's snowing, and if your door faces into the wind you'll get this. It happens in Newfoundland a lot since they've got a lot of wind.

[@cherylmaclean4349]

When they show the animal crossing bridges in Banff National Park there are actual fences all along the sides so the animals can’t cross except at the bridges. It’s really amazing. ❤

[@timeforanap4268]

Except you don't get to see very many when you are driving through. I was so disappointed when they put the fences in. But it's safer for the animals.

[@Lois-New-fae]

Ice roads over frozen lakes are real. There was a tv series about it called Ice Road Truckers (2007-2017)

[@kristiejenner9693]

I love your videos. And oh yes, beer is a Canadian thing. You simply HAVE to look up The 12 Days of Christmas by Bob and Doug MacKenzie. It’s a true Canadian Christmas classic song. And one of the very best thing is our collective niceness and sense of humour.

[@judes1948]

Canadians LOVE beer …. and wine…. Bob and Doug Mackenzie Sing 12 Days of Christmas kzbin.info/www/bejne/omPSgZyla5WggZY

[@MapleKitty5544]

Tyler, of course the goose is prominent in Canada. That’s why it’s called “The Canada Goose. “ and wild life is treasured and us Hoomans go out of our way to keep them safe. Just last spring, a mama duck and her babies were crossing a very busy intersection. Several motorists and I parked in the middle of the street and got out of our vehicles and helped them cross the street. A fire truck even blocked the intersection off. The younglings could not hop the curb so I grabbed the dust pan out of my truck and used it as an elevator. Mama was a hand length away from me counting babies while I rescued them. Once safely across ducks went on thier way and so did we.

[@donnamyden1348]

The ice road is a lake that when it freezes over in the winter it is used as an “ice road” . Very common in places like Manitoba which has many northern communities which are only accessible by air, except in the winter when the lakes freeze and trucks can deliver commodities.

[@josee-annejoly6896]

Our plastic money can totally get wet (like soaked) without getting damaged, it is also resistant to tearing and fire, but ironically, if you freeze the bills and try to bend them while they are frozen solid they will break... It' quite ironic that they didn't think of that while designing the bills... In Canada 😂

[@cattymajiv]

Only if you freeze them in water though.

[@gailpaton1680]

well the mint probably didn't think people would be putting their money in the freezer, why would they? and how is it ironic?

[@lp4life]

Hi Tyler. I'm canadian and from Quebec. You may want to take a look at the Ice Inn and the Ice Chapel in Quebec City. It's impressive and unique :) I feel honored by your interest for my country .

[@christinevr7698]

Ice Chapel??? I’ve seen the Ice Hotel but I want to see the Chapel! Bonjour from Ontario

[@philipberthiaume2314]

In my part of Ontario, we have tiny tunnels under roads to allow frogs and other small furries to cross safely. One thing about winterizing in Canada is that the cold can cause serious harm. If your car breaks down in the middile of the night and its minus 30°C outside, it can cause concern. In the 1970's, when there were no mobile phones, my father had a safety kit in the car that included candles for heat, blanket, matches, batteries and so on.

[@jennifermarlow.]

We have those, too. They are called "culverts" and are huge pipes.

[@karendaley3184]

The botanical garden in Montreal uses wire frames with soil on top so they plant flowers and foliage to get the different colours and textures. They filled a whole park with them near Ottawa for the 150th birthday celebrations. All different Canadian themes representing our cultural and geographical diversity. It was very cool, and beautiful.

[@KitKatyKath]

They did the same in Québec City this summer. That was really beautiful to watch.

[@plantykathy7639]

Vancouver Island Botanical Beach is located in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, near Port Renfrew on the south coast of Vancouver Island.

[@ninemoonplanet]

I wondered if it was on the West aka "wet" coast. Thank you, now I know where it is.

[@gmkbelanger]

@@plantykathy7639 Thanks for the info!

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

I lived in a place once where we had a cold snap. The wind chill was more than 50 degrees below zero Celsius. I had read as a kid in a Jack London novel that at those temperatures, if you spit, it would freeze before it hits the ground. I tried it, and it's true. It gets little brisk in places. :)

[@karlweir3198]

I’m from Nova Scotia Canada and when I was three there was snow up to the bottom of our second story floor. Technically 3rd story because there’s a basement as well

[@carolreaume6518]

Beer is a huge part of Canadian life. Also, the ice roads are so awesome; they are roads on frozen lakes. Some places in northern Canada can't be reached except by the ice roads and the massive ice road trucks that use them.

[@cattymajiv]

For any American that might read this, in summer those places are served by air. They have to be, since trucks can't reach them. Yes, it is expensive.

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

The land bridges for animals to walk over highways are actually fenced in on all sides and any animal wanting to cross has to stay within the fence line, Ensuring they are safe from the traffic. There are quite a few of them on the highway passing Banff National park Alberta, Canada. they are incredibly effective in saving the livesof the animals

[@bv3635]

The fences along the highways are in New Brunswick too. Ontario has places with km of short fences along the roads to protect turtles and small critters.

[@commenter5901]

@@bv3635 I'm in BC and have had multiple times where I had to pull over and rescue a turtle that found its way onto the road. I'm in a small town in the mountains and the roads, even highways, are very curvy so it's not practical to put up fences, but I have seen them around bigger cities.

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

@@commenter5901 Being that trans Canada Highway, #1, travels through Banff national park, these bridges are essential.

[@nicoroy9737]

(Canadian paper money is no longer made of paper) Canada's notes are made of polymer, a durable plastic specifically made for bank notes. Bank notes include security features like holograms to protect against counterfeiting. Worn or damaged notes are returned to the Bank of Canada to be shredded and recycled.

[@jennifermarlow.]

It's also waterproof. If you leave a bill in your jeans pocket, it will be just like new when you find it. No disintegration by washing. ;)

[@jenniferwong4530]

Yes, sometimes our eye lashes freeze! My husband’s beard freezes too. Don’t mess with a moose, they’re very dangerous! A bear managed to open the sliding doors at the emergency dept of our hospital 2 weeks ago. 🇨🇦

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

That's scary! (the bear)

[@wissenz]

Oh yes I’ve done some snowmobiling in Manitoba we looked just like that hahahaha …

[@wesshoemaker6973]

When super cold I’ve had my nostrils freeze together. Love when my dogs whiskers and eye lashes frost up!

[@alanarapacz1882]

I'm a Canadian and the hockey stick debit machine is still happening at nearly all drive thru restaurants (Tim Hortons, Harvey's, McDonald's etc) 😊 Also, Quebec City has a "Ice Hotel" you should check out. I have actually experienced being snowed in like the snow door too.

[@cattymajiv]

I never saw that, even during Covid.

[@christinevr7698]

Still happening here in Hamilton Ontario! Debit machine attached to a hockey stick makes so much sense. Easier on the employee especially on inclement weather days. I kind of love to see it!

[@OwlLove77]

Still happening in Montréal too!

[@MegR1999]

Yes! Witch paddles are happening across most major cities in Canada. Usually around Halloween and it's so, so fun!!

[@SIMpip374]

We call it “Witches on the Water”…lol.

[@shelleyhynes42]

@@MegR1999 Ive lived in Canada my entire life , 55 years and I've never heard of Witch Paddles.

[@chantal995]

I will get stuck holding the door open for people for like 5 minutes if it's a busy store 😂 It's annoying at times if I'm in a rush, but I feel so bad and wrong if I don't hold the door open for them! It's funny, I guess I'm so used to that being how things are here that I don't realize maybe it isn't a normality in other places. Also, I so thought that they would show Hôtel de Glace if they showed the snow maze, you missed out on seeing that in this video. I'm pretty sure it's ranked as one of the top ice hotels in the world, and the fact that they have to rebuild every winter and build it with a different theme each year is crazy!

[@kongJr]

you should react to the "i am canadian" commercials. there's a number of mashups of them on youtube. good fun and leans even more into stereotypes

[@Highspade]

agreed - it would be a hoot.

[@ciellix]

Yes, I watched those videos in a few of my hs classes, they are great.

[@kristiejenner9693]

I love that commercial. Another great one is an of an American making fun of a Canadian in a bar and the guy from Canada sets his pet beaver on him.

[@jeffreycairns767]

​@@kristiejenner9693 No doobt aboot it.

[@Dayao12]

I think he did a video on this already. I saw that commercial on the preview pic

[@tigershirew7409]

Botanical Beach is near to where I live - it is on the western tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is exposed to all the fury and pummeling of the Pacific Ocean and the make of of the rocks is why the tidal pools exists - the areas that were softer and got more worn away. It is beautiful and the cool ocean life that are in these pools is amazing. Definitely worth a visit, just make sure it's at low tide!

[@saucililwench3551]

A lot of restaurants and even news casts were using hockey sticks for the debit machines and mic’s to interview people and maintain social distancing. It was perfect.

[@alexworonuk3833]

As a Canadian, I appreciate the exposure. I have to admit though I’ve only heard of maybe 50% of these quirks. Nice to learn about my own country lol :-)

[@mrburns91]

The animal bridges work because of large fences that keep the animals off the road. It's mostly used in Banff along the trans-Canada highway to both protect animals and also to prevent a really bad accident at high speeds

[@coltonwatmough9651]

Canadian here. I'm 18 minutes in and I'm still just nodding my head thinking yes all of this stuff happens here on at least an annual basis. FYI that flower sculpture is 100% all natural. Also the reason why everything is so next level is because Canada is always above you!

[@theSoftScenter]

Tyler, I'm sure they meant geographically.

[@TheNaughtySenpai]

4:20 - There's a country song called "Stronger Beer" by Tim Hicks. Sums up our love of beer pretty nicely 🤣 12:53 - was at a homeless shelter around 2015 in Calgary, someone stopped by and handed out a few handmade scarves. I still have it today and use it every winter 😁. There are also like 12 houses in my small town that strap things to their fence along the sidewalk every winter for anyone that needs them. Gloves, hats, scarves, etc.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

Happens around here, too, in Vancouver and elsewhere.

[@fedodosto3162]

I've seen them in Montréal also

[@HAnnB24]

Thank you, I couldn't think of which song it was but was thinking of Dean Brody for some reason but his song is "Canadian Girls" I've seen some winter things across the Ontario towns I've lived in but have even seen other items. On a trip to BC this spring I found "worry worms" hand knitted worms to hug and put your worries into.

[@wheelsnwater]

Hi Tyler. Geese are a BIG thing here! They're called ""Canadian geese", after all. And I wouldn't advise trying to chase them out of the way! They are affectionately known as "Cobra Chickens".

[@apparentlynot1stLeonchubbs]

I'm 90%+ sure that the snow piled up in the doorway picture was from a pretty big snow storm we had in Newfoundland a little while back 🙈 Things were so crazy here that entire streets were piled that high in some places. What ya do is ya buy storm chips and beer the night before a storm, then you shovel your way out and toss the snow into your bathtub 💪 Some folks get extra fancy and open a window and poke their beers into the snow. Instead of going and popping open the fridge for a drink you open the window 😎

[@apparentlynot1stLeonchubbs]

Haaaa, said the snow fridge thing before I got to the end there. Guess folks don't need snow piled up high to store their beer, it can loop down from the roof lol. Really proves the Canadian point though 👌

[@AndieO]

Truth

[@daniellebroomfield4352]

In Quebec, we hade to ask our closers nabber for digging us out, so we could open the door after a snow storm❄️❄️❄️

[@tss9886]

Maple syrup doesn't expire (its a naturally antibacterial) , the snow door happens, usually a snowdrift caused by wind, ice roads go over water and are actually ice and yeah Canada Geese is a thing.

[@khorihorton5207]

Mine molded once opened so yes yes it does expire if opened and not used within a year or so lolol

[@lauraholancin5436]

Tyler, thank you for highlighting all things Canadian. As an almost-senior born and always having lived in Canada, your videos have brought back to the forefront my love for my country. I love the US and I have family there. Like true siblings, we poke fun at and tease each other, and the oldest ignores the younger one, but we stand side by side and united. In spite of our interesting little differences we are very much the same.😀 Please keep these videos coming! I really look forward to them.☺

[@annecaminer2988]

The Sign Post Forest is Watson Lake’s most famous attraction. Travelers from around the world have been bringing signposts from their hometowns to the Sign Post Forest since 1942 and continue to do so today.

[@monimelie]

1) Frozen eyelashes and wet hair contest in definatly a thing I experience in the Yukon, but I'll say it's not such a ''usual'' thing all over Canada (still possible, just not as common). Being in a hotspring or a hotub in the heart of winter is a great thing to do. :) 2) The door inprint... not a prank. East coast do have that amount of snow once in a while. Newfoundland had it pretty ruff few years ago and my dad took a picture of my mom walking on the side walk, surrounded but snowbanks twice her heigt. So... yep. Not every winter, but it's a thing that happen sometimes. 3) About the geese... first, they are pretty scary animal so you don't mess with them but also, they are protected by law: ''Canada Geese are protected under the Migratory Bird Convention Act and it is illegal to tamper with a nest, eggs or birds without a permit.'' 4) Signpost forest is cool! You can add sign to the forest (just ask to the people at the information center). I did add one myself! 5) The ice road is not a road with ice on top. The ice IS the road. For instance, before 2017, to go to Tuktoyaktuk by land, you had to wait winter and use the iceroad. :) (for people that may have the same questions as him)

[@jeansteele6586]

One year, when our kids were young in the 70s my hubby shoveled 12’ of snow off our roof, to make sure it didn’t collapse . While he was in the midst of doing so the boys discovered they could get on the roof and sled down to the ground, it kept them and the neighbors kids happy too !

[@ninemoonplanet]

Did that too, slid down the garage roof. 😂

[@karenprophet-lacasse8893]

Tyler the larger sized iced coffee was Tim Hortons proving that Canada gives you more for your money. Also, right near uplands drive in Ottawa is large parts of woodlands where animals like moose and foxes and sometimes even wolves are free to walk out of or jump the fences to “show up “ in peoples yards. Btw, shown was Canada Geese who are born and live in Canada and “vacation “ in the U.S. during the wintertime. Lastly, yes we are usually a polite people. 😉👋🏻🇨🇦

[@scocassovegetus]

18:11 A lot of heritage houses I've seen in some areas had secondary front doors on the second floor above the ground floor front door. The one on the second floor was for winter use. My dad grew up in the Montreal area and said there was often 16ft of snow on the ground in winter and the kids would jump off the second floor balcony into the snow, and dig tunnels through it etc.

[@kelowna77]

Also, in south west BC it’s more bears that break into businesses (and peoples pools lol). There was a bear that broke into a convenience store in whistler and stole a pizza. Also about once or twice a year people find bears and/or bear cubs swimming in their pools

[@guylaineboyer2156]

I'm insulted when the person doesn't hold the door for me, I always do and when the person doesn't say thank you I still say welcome 😁

[@teribirrell]

26:15 it looks like a lake cuz it IS a lake! Lol. Northern Canada often “creates” roads over lakes, rivers, etc during the winter months so that supplies can be brought in easier/quicker. In the months that the ice roads are thawed, these communities can be hard to reach, if not completely inaccessible. There’s even a tv show about it called “Ice Road Truckers” that can be fascinating to watch!

[@inukshuk7220]

Hey Tyler, enjoy your videos.....true story......while flying in Canada, they showed an important hockey game on their system. When we landed with 5 minutes left to go, they apologized that they had to shut it off while landing, but we were invited to watch the end of the game once we were parked. Probably 75% of the passengers stayed to watch! Also, the geese you are referring to are Canadian geese (plural) the Canada Goose (singular). Those cranky guys are all over causing mayhem tho, not just in Canada.

[@frankaq3951]

Tyler, you've got the coolest attitude in all your videos. Always willing to learn, and having a great sense of humour throughout. Keep this great channel going

[@genregurl]

I love this guy. We will gladly adopt him.

[@fierafirefairy315]

The snow door thing is real, it doesn't happen much anymore. But I do remember as a kid occasionally because of a really large snowfall having to go out the second story window to shovel yourself out.Also yes the money is made of plastic in its entirety. When they say pile up, they just mean something ahead is blocking the other 75 cars, they haven't all hit each other.

[@serenapenner3581]

Great compilation 👍 I enjoyed this too! I will say it again as many have. We need to make Tyler an honourary Canadian. I truly wished there was a p.o box to send him all dressed and ketchup chips, syrup, smarties and other local delicious delicacies from our country.

[@shannonwolff2127]

Tyler, time for a P.O. box eh?

[@trudyziegler958]

But we’d have to teach him to pronounce it sir/up lol

[@Loretta_Goff]

Tyler, good morning. Its funny that you didn't know geese in Canada was a thing.. They're called Canadian geese for a reason :)

[@LaneHelms]

They are NOT Canadian Geese! Their true name is Canada Geese.

[@shanowskidel3732]

Happy new year Tyler! 🍾🎉🥳I’ve loved coming across your videos the last month. They are so refreshing! Plus, your fun personality and cute smile helps. Thanks for highlighting Canadians. We rock! 🇨🇦 🍁

[@ShepherdsCreek]

Botanical Beach is on Vancouver Island. It's a really cool place! If I recall correctly, it's a sandstone beach so when rocks get stuck there, over time, the tide will move the rocks enough to have them essentially drill holes down into the sandstone forming the cool tidepools.

[@bunnysleeps]

Cool. I’m going to visit it. I didn’t know it existed.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

@@bunnysleeps yeah it is a bit of a drive from Victoria but well worth it! Check the weather before you go though so you don't end up going during a storm haha

[@DancerMusicanActress]

@@ShepherdsCreek some of the storms are amazing to experience though.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

@@DancerMusicanActress absolutely! Just... from a safe place haha

[@brentwoodbay]

We were out there a few years with our granddaughter. We had a picnic at the top of a low bank that bordered the beach. As we munched on our ham sandwiches, we saw everyone on the beach all moving in one direction. We looked down the beach and saw an approaching bear. First one we'd ever seen on the Island. Thinking he might like our ham sandwiches, we left. ! Not running though!

[@allanwhite5747]

There are some locations in Canada that can only be reached by airplane or by the Ice Roads. A lot of shipping companies will use the Ice Roads to shave the time off of their deliveries.

[@katsnboots4709]

The reindeer bus has a giant reindeer antlers& face on the front. With a giant red nose. It's Rudolph 😊

[@lucforand8527]

For the final game (last of 8) of the Canada - USSR hockey series in 1972, school was even cancelled in many areas. The game was played in Moscow and televised live during the morning in Canada. Canada won the game on a last minute goal to win the series 4-3-1 (one tie).

[@tumbleweed860]

I remember watching the game, Grade 12 Social Studies class, Edmonton.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

A bunch of these are from Vancouver, including Yaletown and the witches paddle boarding off Granville Island Market. Harjit Sajjan is my MP and a cabinet minister(Federal) keeping his social distance at a Costco. Had not seen this one before, a lot of very familiar things. Olympic gold medal hockey games are always a draw(provided we are in it) but the Canada-Russia series in 72 is what brought the nation to a standstill. Thanks for the chuckles this morning. I find I keep saying 'yes, we do' when you are wondering aloud. The animal bridges here are in Alberta. We have them in BC too. Both have long fences bordering each side of the road to direct the animals to the bridges. They work very well.

[@MattieD]

The snow making an imprint of the door is totally real. Depending on where in Canada you live, you will experience a few days out of the winter season where you get many feet of snow over the course of a day, or overnight. Just last year, we had 2 massive storms in a row in Ontario, where our entire city had stopped. No traffic, no open stores, no emergency services... nothing. On top of that, the weight of the snow is very dangerous, occasionally causing roofs to collapse, powerlines to fall down, knocking out power etc. 3 Winters ago we lost power to half our city, and it took 8 days for it to be repaired. 8 days without electricity, heat, internet, or hot water. Nothing to do but wait it out. We simply had to shovel and plow ourselves out of the snow and wait for it to melt. This is our only major natural disaster. But you can see how dangerous it can be to someone not familiar with how severe winters can get. On the flip side, some days we will have days in winter where the temp goes above freezing (above 32f for yall muricans) and you will see some of us walking around in a tshirt and shorts. Then again, you will STILL see some of us in temps far below freezing walking around like its summer.

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Moose, lynx, bear, etc. entering buildings is actually pretty common. Debit machine on a hockey stick- Yes, that was the temporary solution before most stores got proper purpose-designed poles and they're still in use. That reminded me of a old family friend, though. If he was waiting for the light to change too long as a pedestrian-controlled crossing he would roll the window down, grab his hockey stick, and hit the pedestrian button to stop the cross traffic.

[@TheIndarian]

Regarding the Moose in the School: while moose in classrooms are not overly common in Canada, I would say we are relatively used to animals getting into places that they shouldn't, and in many places they routinely enter towns and cities. There are communities in Nova Scotia where the deer literally take over the streets of town after dark. Moose are less plentiful than they used to be, but they are large powerful animals and they are scared of NOTHING. Would not want to be responsible for its removal from that school! Thanks for the videos.

[@b.w.6535]

A few times when my kids were growing up, school pickup was delayed by over an hour because moose would come to the middle of the city to hang out at the playground/park next to it.

[@Mtashed2]

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[@JBond-zf4dj]

You're talking about Truro, aren't you? The deer there are ridiculous, I'm surprised they haven't had a cull yet. They've had a bear amble through downtown once or twice, as well.

[@TheIndarian]

@@JBond-zf4dj Yep. Lived there for a few years and they were a hazard back then. Can't imagine what its like now. New Glasgow also had a growing population a few years ago, don't know if that is still the case. They stay in towns now and thrive because in the woods they get hunted. There are probably more deer in the town of Truro than in most hunting areas. Lol

[@JBond-zf4dj]

@@TheIndarian they're not spooked easily, and definitely know they're safer in town. I think I counted 24 total one day in there. Eight of them were just grazing by the Walmart, not concerned of the traffic at all.

[@optimoprimo132]

I'm Canadian. I saw 2 moose looking into the windows of the beerstore. Seemed appropriate.

[@Barbarawejr]

In the small B.C. town I live in it’s not really uncommon for bears to try to break into houses looking for food. Almost every year one makes it in and a huge mess is made in the search for food! And Botonical Beach really is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It’s on the west coast of Vancouver Island and each of the small to tiny tidal pools is it’s own little world. As to frozen hair and eye lashes,my daughter washed her hair before school,did not dry it totally and had her hair freeze in the one block walk to school. She actually did have some ends snap off-her hair froze solid and was very brittle. She was not that that impressed!

[@bodybyviben]

If you liked the snow maze you should check out the ice hotel in Quebec City: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmevmYmbn8iMhsk. Also, in my experience, the animal crossing bridges exist on places where there are several kilometers of fence on either side of the highway otherwise (thus preventing animals from crossing in other places). In many parts of Canada its very common to have lots of fencing lining the highways to keep deer, moose, etc off of them.

[@GigiShirtliff]

The ice road is a road made across a body of water after it is frozen so vehicles can drive across it. Most places these kinds of roads are made have no other access to get there, other than by plane. They use winter time to stock up on supplies.

[@KingHoborg]

We do passive aggressive very well. That sign, to me, was definitely passive aggressive. A note about the high snow, it depends. There are places where it can happen like that. Typically for where I am (southern MB), it's because of snowdrifts (the wind blowing the snow into piles higher than the average amount on the ground).

[@baileydombroskie3046]

I’ve seen 4’ snowdrifts b4. But I imagine they can get way bigger with enuf high winds and light fluffy snow. In my neck of the woods the snow tends to harden b4 any amount of high winds come thru so our snowdrifts r not too often or bad.

[@b.w.6535]

@@baileydombroskie3046 We were hit by what we call Snowmageddon here in NL a couple of years ago. It shut down St. John's for almost a week. It was basically almost 100 mm of snow being pushed by hurricane force winds. Drifts got up to 18-20 feet high and a lot of roads were basically tunnels. There were streets where there was barely any snow on one side but houses were buried on the other. If you want to see some crazy hard packed drifts check out pics and videos of snow clearing on the Trans Labrador Highway. They bring diggers to clear out the top 5-10 feet , so that the snowblowers and plows can get through. And the plows go out in tandem. Sometimes, they'll even bring in backhoes to grab a bucketful... there's nowhere to turn around so they have to drive in reverse to get to a dumping site.

[@baileydombroskie3046]

@@b.w.6535 holy shit! U guys got hella big snowdrifts! My god! The only time I’ve seen snow get that high is the snowbanks, of which is common place in my neck of the woods. I live out in the countryside near Algonquin park in Ontario. It is quite common even in a low snow winter to see the township send out machines and dumbtrucks to remove the snow and haul it somewhere to dump it, most likely in a natural dip somewhere. There is 2 swamps inside my town that r well below the rest of the towns average height lv, and r wide open spaces where snow cud be dumped without issue. I’ve seen snowbanks build up to 20+ feet b4 they got removed. In a low snow winter they will still remove the snowbanks once but in a really snowy winter they cud end up doing so like 4 times. It gets to a point where the snow removal vehicles they have can’t push more snow up those towers and there isn’t enuf room to build them out wider cuz the streets r getting cut off and parking lots r being stolen. 1 corner of each business parking lot has a snowbank that takes up several of there parking spaces. Plenty of winters we’ve gotten snowstorms where we got around half an inch or more every hour and it lasted 20-48hours. The worst I’ve seen was getting about 8 inches of snow in 9-10 hours and lasting over 1.5 days. Altho granted Ive seen dumps of snow get to 4 inches in just a couple hours too, but those snowstorms r short like 4 hours at most. It takes the snow trucks in my county like 20-60 hours to clear all the roads of snow after a snowfall or storm. My dad has had to take his 4X4 truck to work cuz the snowplows halvent gotten to the backroads yet to clear his road out. He has driven in snow plenty deep enuf to imprint his licence plate into the snow he his plowing to try and get out onto the highway. Something like 2 feet of snow or so. Sometimes the snow get too deep that even in 4X4 he has to take multiple shots a a hill just to make it up the hill. Ive made it to work in 8 inches of snow that the plows haven’t gotten to yet since they last were on the highway at 2AM and it was 5:30AM, in a 6 cylinder 2006 grand am. It was almost enuf snow to read my damn license plate too.

[@kmacgregor6361]

@@b.w.6535 We had crazy snow in NB a few years ago. Our neighbours went tobogganing down their roof.

[@natashag1286]

React to Canada's heritage commercials. They were shown on television in the approximately 80s to 90s. They were shown in purpose to tell a story of specific important historical moments in Canadian history. All Canadians growing up in those decades remember those commercials. Look it up, you will enjoy it.

[@wendytotton4048]

The shows were called "Hinterlands Who's Who". My favourite vignette is " The Log Driver's Waltz". About the deep snow pictures..... that is a real( almost every day ) thing primarily in Newfoundland, but can happening other places.

[@Ancaryvan]

Ah~~ yes... DC Superman character design, actually created by A Canadian. And Louise is the name of the colleague he knows in Chicago.

[@wesshoemaker6973]

Seems like it’s mainly us Canadians watching and commenting! I’m glad Tyler is openly learning, but it would be nice if some Americans had his interest.

[@ChattieCathie]

Congratulations Tyler on 20k. Yesterday you were at 19k. Glad to see youre growing

[@Terrorific_tray]

I love Canadian humor. If you don't get it, I feel sorry for you. You're missing out.