"Most Canadian Thing Ever" told by American CFL Players

Some of our talented superstars from the States discuss living in Canada and what is "the most Canadian thing ever".
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[@toritwopointoh]

"i appreciate it man but i'm married" had me in stitches

[@0truckmafk]

PURE GOLD!

[@DizzyDez613]

🦫

[@paulcarey1708]

Love Harris... was wishing we could have snagged him! I think he'll eventually prove to be a true elite level QB. Wouldn't be shocked if he gets a crack at the NoFunLeague one day.

[@giantsfan8872]

@@paulcarey1708 oh you mean the league that everyone watches in the world including canadians instead of the league no one ever really heard outside canada

[@paulcarey1708]

@@giantsfan8872 Oh... did I touch a nerve? Sorry Dude... have an awesome day! (and the NoFunLeague, I admit, is getting better... I only watch when Mahomes is playing.... but noticing the general pace of the game is much better than what I remember... picking up some tips from the CrazyFootballLeauge... if they add the waggle & loosen up the motion rules... and get a bigger field... maybe add one more guy to each side... cut it down to 3 downs... it would be great!).

[@OneTeeGlory]

No one said hockey?... They weren’t allowed to say hockey, were they 😂😂

[@skelworthvods984]

Well in the nhl there are a lot of American hockey teams but in the cfl there are only Canadian teams so it is kinda of the most Canadian thing

[@OneTeeGlory]

A Skeleton lol what

[@skelworthvods984]

G20 I’m a say it again the nhl has more American hockey teams than Canadian hockey teams but cfl football teams are all Canadian

[@OneTeeGlory]

A Skeleton lmao 😂😂😂

[@skelworthvods984]

G20 😅😅😅

[@fastlaneeh4703]

"gotta get you some beaver tail. No thanks I'm married" was probably the best line I've heard hahahaha

[@rh5466]

This was delightful. Can you do more of this sort of thing? There's a sense that the CFL is just starting to get it now.

[@tristan8823]

definitely, i don't even watch CFL but knew this would be fun

[@drlca6601]

Canadian sports media slowly learning how to dress things up a bit. A little bit of salesmanship goes a long way.

[@MrChrisdube]

@@tristan8823 you don't know what you're missing. Excellence alternative to baseball, LOTS of action. Takes a little getting accustomed to the different rules though.

[@seamusmckeon9109]

The most Canadian thing is obviously the CFL.

[@tygrkhat4087]

@Virginia Addis How about a Bombers-Ti-Cats Grey Cup? Hamilton's doing well so far.

[@dylanstarzec2099]

What about hockey

[@mralsfan6996]

@@tygrkhat4087 Wow, how long have you been a mind reader?

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@mralsfan6996 Just lucky. if only the Ti-Cats had been more lucky. Congratulations to the Bombers, they deserved it.

[@mralsfan6996]

@@tygrkhat4087 Well, your guess was on the mark. It was a great game but from Andrew Harris, the offensive line, and the defense, there was a sense of now or never. It was a great team effort and I am glad their drought is finally over. Maybe next year Hamilton can end their drought.

[@jeffroberts1649]

This is sadly what is missing, videos like this should be published every week of every season. It's a great league, it's time you promoted it as one!

[@JPD2587]

1:28 - he’s 100% right. Toque is just a way better word that what anyone else calls those things. Ive heard skull-cap, woolly-cap, beanie.....toque is way better than all of those.

[@PerceptionOverload]

It's tuque , said like took but with the first u sound of eunuch.

[@iblackirose5722]

I say it more like tewk than took

[@robertbrown9912]

Heard a guy from New Hampshah call it a toboggan. Not the thing you slide down a hill on.

[@AL.BUNDY.]

@@PerceptionOverload It's touque. Depends where you grew up.

[@PerceptionOverload]

@@AL.BUNDY. it s a french canadian word, spelled tuque, pronounced like took, google it. Got nothing to do with where you grew up

[@MWB18]

Beaver tails are extremely good.

[@robertbrown9912]

Several years ago I was in Ottawa on business and Obama had pulled up a few minutes before me to get beaver tails for his daughters. Limos and secret service at the beaver tail stand downtown. Apparently the staff thought they were seeing things.

[@Mastaace]

I remember being in the US and them telling me "washrooms" was Canadian and they found it funny. This was at a hotel so I asked them "well how many BATHs are in there?.....how much RESTING do you do in there? .....but you do WASH in there right?"

[@garrettevans9193]

Good point.

[@Mastaace]

@@garrettevans9193 like I'll say "I need to goto the bathroom"...but if I'm asking where one is, I only say bathroom if I think there is, in fact, a bath within it 😂

[@garrettevans9193]

@@Mastaace 😂 I do the same thing

[@chrisrandall2710]

I just say...”I need to shit and if you don’t tell me where, you’re about to watch it!!” With a frantic voice of course...works every time... ❤️🇨🇦🤓

[@kokanee2010a]

so , you dont bother washing your hands after standing in front of a urinal ? dont touch my food please

[@MrErnieHanks]

I'm American but I love singing the Canadian National Anthem

[@rogerc23]

Likewise

[@thecommentsection1680]

Well, I'm honoured... But yours is soooooo much better

[@BigSleepyJoeCooking]

I'm Canadian and I love singing the the American national anthem.

[@MrErnieHanks]

@@thecommentsection1680 I mean if you put it up to Whitney Houston's SB rendition I don't think it's possible to top that, but if I'm singing I enjoy yours more for sure

[@mcdahnahld]

Ernie it could be as a result of your initials spelling our national word. Great icon/name thing!

[@paulbarham1038]

Charleston Hughes singing the National anthem...too right!! Really good collection..love our Americans

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Canada does have a great national anthem. And Coffee Crisp too!

[@andrewbellavie795]

Shania Twain on a dogsled... And its snowing

[@djpfarner9670]

Being escorted by a Mountie

[@mrdanforth3744]

@@djpfarner9670 A black Mountie

[@theworkethic]

Mr Danforth 374 yeah man lol

[@alpearson9158]

@@mrdanforth3744 not important

[@grimofthenorth7269]

Sound like a early morning shnack if u catch my drift

[@andreraymond6860]

It is indeed a very early morning snack (as in after last call).

[@gelohful]

When the Schooners set up shop in Halifax....donair!!!!

[@davibrass]

Y'all are beautiful, welcome to 🇨🇦

[@bennearing8328]

1:23 mans a honorary Canadian😂

[@jordangraff2254]

I think maybe Matt Nichols has turned Canadian after making his way through the vast Canadian prairie lands

[@seanlo8330]

Amazing vid love canada welcome all the american players with open arms.

[@joememphis1571]

Nearly 2 out of 5 CFL players are from the US. I’m an ardent fan of the NFL but I do love and admire the CFL. I love the Edmonton Elks (formerly the Eskimos) as they have won most Grey Cups since 1975.

[@mattkaufmann5429]

Most Canadian thing is watching the Argos lose every game this season.

[@paleocat6354]

A shame really. Can't believe they haven't won yet. I'm an American have been following and rooting for Toronto since I was a kid in the North Eastern US

[@sidecar7714]

Nothing to say they won't win the Grey Cup. (Yet)

[@Deestroying]

Ouch

[@ethanabelman2837]

Are they the browns of the cfl

[@lovehandr]

Wrong. Haha! It is watching the Leafs getting eliminated in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

[@northernmistress2270]

I love these guys. ❤️🇨🇦

[@MrAlsfan5]

I've never had poutine but would love to give it a shot. Many thanks to the great American players for their contributions to our 3down version of the wonderful game of football. You really have to have intelligence to go with skills to play football.

[@joeldrewwaldengrounds6931]

CFLs biggest game (highest viewed on tv in the US) is always June 1st . We are dying for football after the NBA finals. I would move that game to a 6pm Memorial day game . On ABC not ESPN 2. And have Metallica do the halftime show .

[@neilpk70]

Poutine's great, but remember to have some heartburn remedy hanging about. I recommend beer.

[@anthonydeguzman9967]

Just get mozzarella cheese and gravy. If you can find cheese curds and Montréal smoked meat, just put it on top of fries and voila, a poutine

[@lukerickbeil1360]

If i am not mistaken the CFL was created before the NFL.

[@andreraymond6860]

@@anthonydeguzman9967 Not just any gravy, it needs to be BBQ sauce for me. Also the cheese has to be proper curds. The king that squeeks when you bite them. I am a purist.

[@brantlarson421]

First CFL gameI watched was that Shania Twain Grey Cup A few years later and I’m still watching Go Riders!

[@rhyser7463]

What the fuck is a beaver tail and I’m from Canada

[@truecanadian4563]

Lol been in Canada for 43 years and never heard of it.

[@peacepunksean1942]

I miss having a CFL team :/ We only had on for 2 years but they were so much fun

[@realkushman]

You can have the Argos, we don’t want em

[@peacepunksean1942]

@@realkushman Believe it was the Allouttes we had...but only US team to win the Grey Cup when they were here

[@zeigbert1743]

The meaning of beaver tail is forever changed for me.

[@DizzyDez613]

🦫

[@aorg9793]

Poutine, "Eh?", and toque are unpopular west of Ontario.

[@zHumanfactor]

I love CFL football!!!

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Is poutine a Canadian thing or a Quebecer thing? Here in the States it's viewed as a Canadian thing but my trips to Ontario and Quebec left the impression it's more of a Quebecer thing.

[@anotherplebeian]

It started in Quebec but it is everywhere.

[@johnkidd1226]

Started in Quebec. Poutine is a French word. So did maple syrup but both are claimed as Canadian now.

[@gavinashick8181]

Maple syrup was started by aboriginals in quebec, not french canadians

[@andreraymond6860]

English Canadians joke that you 'put in' anything that's lying around, hence the name. In fact Poutine is slang for 'odds and ends' in French Canada... Humm, that's pretty close, actually...

[@silvrbck1]

All you Americans in the CFL we Canadians welcome you with open arms! I'm an Esks fan and I love the CFL! I also love the NFL too, my NFL team is the Bears. No offense to ANY football fan, but the best fans in the WORLD belong the the Saskatchewan Rough Riders! They are NUTS!

[@Geoff_G]

True. Just go to a CFL game in any city and you'll witness the "Sea Of Green" show up. There's a lot of truth to the Rough Riders claim that they are "Canada's Team".

[@michaelmcdonnell6179]

I love the CFL (Esks) as well. Brandon Zylstra is from our home town!

[@michaelmcdonnell6179]

@@Geoff_G Oh, and da Bears...Really? Brandon is playing for our Vikings now.

[@Geoff_G]

@@michaelmcdonnell6179 I'm not sure what your comment refers to, The Sea Of Green has nothing to do with the Bears.

[@peacepunksean1942]

I miss being able to go to CFL games...we only had a team for 2 years, but they were so much fun

[@iamkurgan1126]

Ironically, before ww2, the best American players went north. The cfl paid better at the time.

[@joshkusiak7613]

Now it the mls of football

[@marvinflatt6947]

When I had the 10 ft. dish could watch CFL for free, along with all hockey games.

[@vasilishimself9806]

Wow look at those crowds! Never thought CFL would be that popular, when I think of Canadian sports I think ice hockey, then lacrosse then basketball and everything else...

[@StaySqueezy12]

CFL is the highest attended league in Canada. Hockey is still the most popular sport though

[@StaySqueezy12]

@secretaccountyay percentage doesnt really matter when the stadiums are a lot bigger.

[@kokanee2010a]

what other hockey is worth watching , think about it for a second .

[@scarbourgeoisie]

"...one extra guy in the huddle, that big ass field and shorting the offence a down....

[@DizzyDez613]

Also, no “fair catch” wave. You’re getting smoked. And no humping the play clock for the entire last 3 minutes of every quarter.

[@mikepoint4983]

Lmao great video . Beaver tail. 🤣🤣🤣

[@mysteryaction6927]

Maple syrup on salmon, mmmmmm

[@tchevrier]

we put poutine on fries???? lol Beaver tails must be an eastern Canadian thing because I've lived my entire life in Western Canada and never heard of that until I was in Ottawa a few years back.

[@alpearson9158]

it's an Ottawa thing

[@deonal]

The most Canadian thing in Canada is playing football and trying to walk n' talk like a black guy :)

[@alpearson9158]

they don't need some idiot trying to parrot them . We just don't shit on people because of skin colour.

[@KangaKucha]

I just want to say CFL tried to have All Star games. It didn't work. I do home they have 3 pre season games (one at home, one away, and one at a random field to promote the league), either 16 or 18* games in the regular season (with* 2 or 1 bye week) (* is my preference) and finally a 2 week playoffs with the Grey Cup at the end of November (start around June). Agree?

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

Poutine is something that really should have caught on here in the U.S. Fries, gravy, and cheese curds is just tasty.

[@GibsonB4512]

jimbo 2346 It has to be done with fresh, natural ingredients. No powdered cheese sauce. No MacDonalds string fries. Using the proper spiced gravy (sometimes called “red gravy”). Nothing bogus.

[@AL.BUNDY.]

Most Canadian things? High cellphone service prices, high cost of housing, high grocery prices, boring & dry Tim Hortons donuts, cold winters, high taxes, monarchy (Why we paying for the Royal family visits & the Governor General's offices? What is even the point of a Governor General in 2023?) Trudeau(haha), not enough healthcare specifically MDs, and awful football. Oh, you want to say ONLY NICE things about Canada... my bad. Blue Jays, Raptors, curling, poutine, Mary Brown's Chicken, President's Choice, Coffee Crisps, Smarties, Hickory Sticks, ketchup chips, maple syrup, Hawaiian pineapple pizza, Trudeau(haha again), socialized education, universal healthcare, and saving the best for last - hockey!👍👍👍

[@matcrispy3748]

love it 🇺🇸 connect to the cfl second to none cheer canadian & love our u.s. boys

[@cobyroberts5351]

Syrup on salmon

[@troypeters6348]

Been to many major cities in this country an I don't find vancouver or even toronto to be all that Canadian. ..which may be why the cfl is struggling immensely in both cities..

[@CanadianTimeLord]

Pray tell, why aren't they all that Canadian?

[@TH-tl6sy]

@@CanadianTimeLord they're very Americanized.

[@rogerc23]

Toronto has always just been an American city sitting in Canada. Nothing Canadian or even original about it.

[@muzikdude1188]

@@rogerc23 I once mentioned to someone from Toronto how "American" I thought the city was when I was there, and they got really pissed off. Guess they don't like hearing that. But it's the truth.

[@HueyPPLong]

That's always been a joke "Toronto is just off-brand New York"

[@Majerly_Annoyed]

Charleston Hughes did a better job on the anthem than a lot of the people who actually sing it at the games.

[@joelwallace9265]

Awesome video

[@marqstheman]

This video is so awesome, also so many players here that I didn’t know were American 😂😂. I’m serious I thought SJ was Canada 🇨🇦 born 😂. Shame on me for thinking Green was a Canadian last name 😂😂😂. We have AJ Green here in the states for shame 😂.

[@cfl]

He's a Florida boy through-and-through, but we're happy to have him!

[@ethanabelman2837]

Yeah most of the Canadian teams have American players like American hockey has a lot of Canadians

[@cadburybunny]

Hey ... I can think of worse things to be associated with other than Poutine and Maple Syrup. I was expecting a bunch of cheese but this was pretty good. Kudos!

[@michaelrustom6952]

Love this video. Seems like every sport is doing this kind of thing thanks to Drive to Survive. My only knock on this is - "poutine, maple syrup, eh?, beaver tails" - I mean c'mon - do teams not let these guys go anywhere except stores that sell touristy stuff? It would have been nice if the topic went a little deeper than the usual stereotypes. Props to the player that talked about how their speech changed based on living in Canada. The premise of the video is great - but if you're going to take the time/effort to produce something like this (and you should), do yourselves a favour and don't phone it in.

[@davidzahayko6768]

Beaver tail!

[@GoWestYoungMan]

Most Canadian thing? How about football.

[@kevinstruke1031]

They did kinda miss that didn't they?

[@Junokaii]

"So you're Moe eh? No I'm just Moe"

[@robertk2007]

We are 99% identical as a country. Acting like gravy in fries is foreign. Go to any diner in Jersey and get fries with gravy. 🇺🇲🇨🇦☮

[@johnkidd1226]

That is not poutine. It has cheese curds as well.

[@alpearson9158]

@@johnkidd1226 and tastes a hell of a lot better

[@jug9131]

1:49 - 1:56 there aint no one on a moose

[@kellysavalas5937]

First guy reminds me of Chris Tucker singing the national anthem in the taxi in Rush Hour. Looks the same also.

[@KangaKucha]

Reminds of the ads that taught them the rules or how after a down, they all say their sorries lol :)

[@jazibshamsi2619]

Emmanuel Arceneaux seems like he doesn't doesn't know poutine.

[@CanoehoundAdventures]

Pretty Sad CFL... Not one TigerCcat Interviewed...

[@dbriley18]

pussy

[@marvinflatt6947]

My sister married a guy from Calgary, she likes the CFL until NFL starts, but can't see Vikings alot. Do you people have satellite TV?

[@alpearson9158]

@@marvinflatt6947 dumb question!!!!

[@damnedman0455]

“In the states we call it chilli cheese fries but in Canada they call it poutine” Bitch since when is chilli, and cheese. The same, as Gravy and Cheese curds?

[@alpearson9158]

it isn't

[@christopheryoung7456]

Tyrell Sutton, I catch your drift!

[@rogerhickson7256]

Yeah that had my cracked up!

[@marcus813]

Nice to see former USF Bull S.J. Green here!

[@bruce8321]

A Beaver tail smothered in Maple Syrup eh.

[@ultraskew]

Good to hear poutine pronounced correctly by the guys. Most Americans I know say it like Vladimir Putin’s last name

[@us3er_name774]

I wonder why canada doesn't have an American football team? I'm sure most of the players in the CFL would be more that good enough to play in the NFL

[@billattercliffe8655]

Because we don't want one, (except for some dumb twats in Toronto).

[@victoriaalvarez1557]

“Yeah, ur Mo eh?” “No I’m not Mo A.” 😭

[@Logjambam]

"I though Eh was my name for two months"

[@bb3ca201]

BEAVER TAILS!!! LOVE THEM

[@phelanscanlon2369]

I am 58, a Canadian citizen, and have never eaten poutine. Nor have I had the slightest desire to do so.

[@TheMax054]

Then don't eat it simples as that :-P

[@Rebel1029]

Same here. I'm 61 - half my life in Quebec and half in Toronto. Never had poutine and never will.

[@kevinstruke1031]

@@Rebel1029 "never have and never will". At 61 yrs of age I bet you're still saying that about sex too. Yank the stick out of your ass and live a little.

[@alpearson9158]

@@kevinstruke1031 grow up little boy!

[@kevinstruke1031]

@@alpearson9158 I did, tried poutine, didn't much care for it. I like sex though. I rarely reply to obvious trolls but your comment was kinda interesting. In summary: fuck all the way off.

[@keepercoach]

Too young to remember 72 Canada Cup...That's our greatest Canadian thing EVER!

[@capncanuck2064]

It was called the '72 Summit Series. The Canada Cup hadn't been invented yet. I think it started in '76. And yes I agree that '72 series was one of Canada's greatest moments!

[@keepercoach]

@@capncanuck2064 Thanks for the clarification, cheers

[@wombatwilly1002]

@@capncanuck2064 Correct

[@deelee6786]

Sounds like typical Americans who dont know anything about Canada other than the flag and Anthem.... ;);)

[@Rastafarianinja]

Mac and Cheese, I have a childhood friend I grew up with that moved here from Canada when he was 5, every time I spent the night we had Mac and cheese

[@andreraymond6860]

Kraft products in general.

[@lightningstriker1769]

Poutine is gravy/melted cheese covered fries 99% French-Canadian only. Beavertails are delicious flattened, deep-fried dough coated with cinnamon sugar. Neither is to be confused with a Poontang or Beaver or Tail which are all vaginas, but Canadian girls don't mind if you do, especially our French girls (most sexual in the world).

[@SuperAlfaDogg]

I wonder if Colin Kaepernick had the opportunity to play in Canada, would he take a knee when they started singing "Oh Canada"?🤯 Some habits are hard to break.

[@8bit_paul]

Nice one CFL.

[@EllenBurr-d4f]

Kassulke Row

[@MrEtherShot]

🇺🇸 hockey > 🇨🇦 everything

[@anthonywozniak7373]

Most Canadian thing this season Greycup In the middle of December

[@kikastra]

Cleyon Laing is Canadian....

[@jpdesertrunner]

Jesus Christ Tyrell Sutton looks just like Denzel Washington.

[@nlochner3]

I love poutine! I'd like to Poutine that😂😂

[@johnkidd1226]

Naw, that is poon-tang. French slang for a hot woman. Understandable mistake since they are both good to eat!

[@jimmyonishi307]

cleyon laing isn't american.

[@dothedo3667]

BEAVERTAILS

[@JeantsJourney]

Eehhh has to be thee most Canadian Thing Ever haha

[@rghart4025]

Timmy Ho coffee ! I agree, I have order it via Amazon because there’s no shops in Illinois

[@evacody1249]

The rest of the world is still trying to figure out why the USA and Canada call it football when the ball is not well a ball.

[@alpearson9158]

largely because (At least the Canadian version) is an adaptation of rugby football

[@canadianmike711]

From American CFL Players to Canadian NFL players

[@daved6995]

Becer tail are amazing

[@itzplayday5566]

I’ve never said Eh

[@runnerfromjupiter]

🍁

[@josh474]

He is not wrong on he assesment of poutine.. you can poutine anything! 🤷‍♂️

[@ParkerUAS]

As a Texan, I am totally ok with that. I don't understand how poutine isn't more popular in the US. Fries, cheese, gravy...sounds good to me!

[@martyberger7168]

Pilsner

[@ralphculley4650]

Fantastic game

[@tonychang3738]

Excuse me, where is my Onion Cake and Ginger Beef please?!

[@alblankenship7472]

the most Canadian thing,,,,,,,,,the PEOPLE go Riders

[@sierravortec2629]

This video made me want poutine

[@cfl]

same.

[@trentpierson9320]

No stamps😢

[@prostofima8444]

Путин ? Ахахах

[@mikeoxmaul9675]

What is a beaver tail....

[@alpearson9158]

a pastry that resembles a beaver tail in size but has a number of choices of additions for flavour

[@samb7925]

Most Canadian thing ? I'm sorry about that

[@williamnatal96]

Washington RedBlacks