Reacting to Stereotypes about Canada

Hey everyone :) in this video I react to some common stereotypes about my homeland, Canada. Let me know your thoughts on my opinions in the comments below. Hope you enjoy!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:40 Billingual
03:22 Friendly
04:19 Cold weather
05:28 Hockey
06:27 Tim Hortons
07:21 Polite
08:57 Rural
10:06 Poutine + Maple Syrup
10:52 Aboot + eh
11:41 Outro
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[@patrickwalsh8997]

Tsssttt ! 🙂 You forgot New Brunswick And it's French speaking Acadians Officialy, a bilingual province

[@MeghanAbroad]

You're absolutely right - thanks for reminding

[@GojiKaiju]

Are you a fellow New Brunswicker!?

[@guymarcgagne7630]

Actually, New-Brunswick is officially by-lingual ((Fr & En), there are indeed many regions and municipalities outside QC that have fairly large populations of Francophones. One should not forget the number of Fr. immersion schools/programs in all parts of Canada as well. Probably most grads are not as elequent/comfortable as those closer to QC, but fluent enough for basic converstions. Montreal is officially approx. 68% by-lingual, and prob close to 45% multilingual (3+ languages). Overall, your assessment of stereotypes was pretty much spot on. Be well and stay safe

[@carlop.7182]

You're right about languages, only a mibority are bilingual, we learn a 2nd language in school, but very basic, and most people forget everything when they finish school, unless they have people around to practice it. I'm from Montreal, and we did have english lessons in school, but I mostly learned by myself after school was done. I'm lucky to live in Montreal, where I speak both english & french on a daily basis, but people from western provinces don't have the same opportunity, not many french speakers over there, so they lose their french pretty fast by lack of opportunity to speak it. About being polite and friendly, generally true, but as everywhere in the world, it's possible to bump into an AH once in a while, even in Canada. For Tim Horton's, I'm the black sheep, but I'm a princess🤣🤣 who likes strong coffee & I can't find that at Tim's. Good for donuts, but nothing else. Don't forget to cheer for your team, the Oilers are about to bring back the cup here for the first time since many years. Aboot poutine, I worked in a fast food, making it for years, so I can't stand it anymore. Maple syrup=yess, I used to make it with grandpa in the mid-80's in rural Québec, so it's part of me. Have a nice day & I'll watch what else you have on your channel.

[@MeghanAbroad]

Yeah, the second language education that I and others have experienced in Canada is really lagging behind the rest of the world. It's a shame. The only exception is french immersion schools we have, but those can sometimes be difficult to get into. I agree with you on Tims coffee, often I still end up drinking it though if there's nothing else around 🙈 and appreciate the support for the Oilers - Go oilers go :D Thanks for your comment :)

[@SanguineYoru]

The "reviewing Tim Horton's" video sounds like a really good idea. I hope you do it!

[@MeghanAbroad]

Thanks for the feedback, I also think it would be fun since there's lots of new things on the menu since I've been away! Stay tuned, it's in planning :)

[@tutnichtnotig1297]

Hi Meghan. KZbin shows me a hour ago your first long video. So i am no here. Watch every video in a row. Okay, dass war mein Englisch. Ich mag deinen Content. Ruhig & ehrlich gesprochen, vorallem der deutsche Rasenmäher in der Nachbarschaft. 😉 Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Erfolg in Deutschland & auf KZbin. Grüße aus Hameln. Yes, die mit dem Rattenfänger. 😋

[@rairei]

This was entertaining to me and as well informative. Thanks for sharing ! Like to hear more about Canada in comparision to Germany. Well. South Alberta is mostly the latitude of Paris (while North Alberta is about Oslo). This is one thing I always try to keep in mind. And Toronto is almost at the latitude of the Mediterranean Sea.

[@MeghanAbroad]

Glad you enjoyed :) and useful and interesting tidbit about the latitudes!

[@GojiKaiju]

As a fellow Canadian, and New Brunswicker, I agree with this video. Alot of the stereotypes are actually mostly true... Maybe not for my Province, but still, there's a lot of similarities.

[@MCscarfacematt]

always cold in Canada? yeah no the other day it was 38C 100.4F with a humidex of 42 107.6F far from cold but I love to toy with Americans who complain that 30 degrees is to cold I laugh and say that's t-shirt weather, me knowing we're talking different scales but them not knowing it. but regardless 30 F 30C I'm still in shorts hell I used to walk through 3 feet of snow to get to school in shorts. but my reasoning proved out to piss off the school and children's aid. you see I wore shorts because I knew id have to walk through snow and its easier to bring a towal to dry legs off than it is to strip out of wet pants so I'm not sitting in cold wet pants all day I never got sick everyone else did

[@hugodalpe1812]

As a French Canadian, I have to say... Hey! It's all true... lol

[@andrewmacdonald9417]

hello from P.E.I.

[@MeghanAbroad]

👋

[@GojiKaiju]

Hello my northen Province neighbors!