South Park - "There's No Canada Like French Canada"

Season 7 - Episode 15 - "It's Christmas in Canada"
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There'z no Canada like French Canada, it'z za bezt Canada in ze land.
Ze ozer Canada is hardly Canada. If you lived here for a day, you'd understand.
Mime: Honh honh honnnh! Welcome to French Canada.
Hockey Player: We have everyzing your heart could desire. Trapezes. Trampolines. And lots and lots of cheese.
Artist: Would you like a moustache?
Rick: Just stay calm, boys. French Canadians are a little... odd.
Stan: Ah, we're just passing through to see the new Prime Minister.
Mime: Well first you must answer that phone. [makes his left hand into a phone receiver]
Ring-ring. Ring-ring.
Kyle: We don't have time for this.
Mime: You cannot pass through French Canada unless you take zat phone call! Ring-ring. Ring-ring.
Kyle: Hello?
Mime: Allo. If you are going to see za new Prime Minister, then I want to go with you. He has passed a new law forbidding us French Canadians to drink wine.
Artist: How can ze French not drink wine?? Travestie!
Kyle: Okay, you can come with us.
Mime: Honh honnnh! Very good! Let us make haste!
French Canadians: There'z no Canada like French Canada, it'z za bezt Canada in ze land.
And ze ozer Canada.
Mime: Is a bullshit Canada
French Canadians:If you lived here for a day, you'd understand.
Mime: I think you'd understand. ...You understand.

[@jychilly]

As a Canadian, I was pleased to see a show that FINALLY showed an accurate depiction of what living in Canada is really like.

[@williamschutz4982]

Ha!!!

[@georgeshelton6281]

We 'South Park'animation crew members; never even took a poke at Penelope Pitstop's enemy, the Hooded Claw!

[@012998Mnb]

What living in *French* Canada is like, thank you very much.

[@Women_Rock]

Where do you buy your striped shirts? Asking for a friend...

[@012998Mnb]

@@Women_Rock wish I were joking, but walmart

[@TheSuperhomosapien]

I watch South Park to escape reality, not to watch exceptionally detailed and meticulously researched documentaries about Quebecois Culture such as this.

[@kosmosyche]

Indeed, particularly painful after the moustache market crash due to Covid. My father was a moustache seller his whole life. Poor Papa.

[@nicoloknapp8466]

I agree with you mate.

[@alexm7627]

Escaping reality is not a good way to live life, i can understand the temptation to do so, but its not healthy

[@stevelalancette6988]

What?! It's about French-Canadians and French-Canada. They don't even talk about us, Québécois or Québec. Hell, even the mimes look like the French-Canadians.

[@songcramp66]

​@@stevelalancette6988 Sorry, it's a little hard to tell French people apart.

[@sparkreno19]

I lived in Montreal for 3 months and by the end I was singing this song, whether I wanted to or not

[@kenbuck2293]

In French lol

[@yahoomlody]

tell us more aboot it

[@jessiepinkman5945]

had anybody offered you moustache?))

[@marinoe2408]

It is my dream to live there someday!

[@joshuawallace7019]

I've lived in Montreal my whole life and i gotta say that im kind of tired of all the moustaches. It's French-Canadian tradition on Christmas to give your loved ones your moustache. I now have a whole closet full of them. Je suis tanné des caulise de moustaches

[@legueu]

I'm a French Canadian mustache seller, this is 100% accurate. The other Canada is indeed bullshit Canada.

[@arandomfox9009]

How long do you travel to somewhere if theres only one road and do you like it?

[@legueu]

@@arandomfox9009 You don't travel because you are already in the best Canada. Of course I like the best Canada.

[@arandomfox9009]

legueu ok kewl

[@nathanjora7627]

@@legueu Couldn’t you go out of best Canada to have the pleasure of coming back to best Canada ?

[@legueu]

@@nathanjora7627 When you go too far, you can't hear the song that well. It's not worth it.

[@erichvonmolder9310]

The French Canadian are very interesting people, even more interesting than the Mushroom Folk of Nova Scotia.

[@valadezj10]

No one like it’s 669

[@brooklynmccarthy94]

I'm nova Scotian so I wanna be offended but same

[@Lostouille]

@Mark Grudt Toi même :)

[@sampeacaml9307]

@Barbare4032 Pas canadien, québécois et c'est tout.

[@kubazawadzki7123]

Canada from The Simpsons

[@JamesJames-bp7pg]

I like how the canadian mime is loud

[@bigcat47]

Only in French Canada i guess

[@georgeshelton6281]

We 'South Park' animation crew members; never took a poke at, Dudley Do-Right's enemy Snidely Whiplash.

[@rock3tcatU233]

hon hon hon

[@simonphamandcompany]

Mine doesn’t really exist in French Canada

[@manoftruth0935]

James James as is tradition

[@synthman5058]

I love how even the animals look Canadian

[@coffeelink943]

Canadian animals?

[@JordanWheeler1999]

@@coffeelink943 wait animals are Canadians this whole time?!?

[@coffeelink943]

@@JordanWheeler1999 only in Canada

[@JordanWheeler1999]

@@coffeelink943 interesting... Good to know ;)

[@metrozeegle4985]

Animals live in Canada too !

[@halneufmille]

I'm from French Canada and I can tell you that our mimes speak French.

[@williamschutz4982]

Why is your potato soup thin and light green? I went to visit and was horrified at the potato soup.

[@LeFaisDoDo]

We also break out in song often

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

My ex girlfriend was french canadian ,buy she did't speak no word of english....

[@JM-nt5ex]

@@slavianalbanovich9025 And she shouldn't have to ;)

[@stmaurice2045]

@@slavianalbanovich9025 Was she a mime?

[@salag13]

This should be The Bloc Québécois’ anthem.

[@Leesoldier12]

ou la CAQ XD

[@georgeshelton6281]

This cartoon series is taking a poke at Dudley Do-Right; I'm having an extremely hard/tough time, concentrating on what the situation is.

[@Chabot1801]

in french tho*

[@francoisbouille1072]

nan en anglais c'est bien ça fait auto dérision

[@Chabot1801]

Nah. Not the bloc. The PQ (provincial party) they are the one with referendum as a goal.

[@dingleberryhandpump802]

If I go to French Canada and nobody offers me a moustache, I'll be very disappointed.

[@Farsightful]

I say you deserve one !

[@paranoidrodent]

We will prepare a mustache just for you!

[@delsa403]

i am a french canadian and i can give you mine if you want monsieurs

[@reggea4ever]

@@delsa403 realy Where u from on canada?

[@delsa403]

@@reggea4ever la ville de Quebec dans les quartiers résidentiels bordent le centre-ville

[@slinky6481]

I love the fact that the mountie is singing along with the French Canadians at 1:17. It's as if Canadians are all just mysteriously compelled to join in on a musical-style song whether they like it or not.

[@AliciaInNevada]

Lmao

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

He was there for one day and he understood

[@T3AMKILL]

Indeed I noticed that too.

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

As is tradition

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

There's a federal government agency that enforces compliance from coast to coast to coast. Bilingualism is a requirement if you want to work there, unless you're "historically disadvantaged", in which case you'll be made a manager by lunch on your first day. If you hurry, you can start tomorrow and have your first paid Federal Civil Service Holiday on Thursday!

[@alexrowdyrodrigues9716]

Fact: You actually cannot pass through French Canada unless you answer that phone

[@coffeelink943]

Don’t forget wine as well

[@HunterShows]

"ring ring, ring ring."

[@jacobmountford6371]

Hello?

[@blueleoz]

allo! if you are going to see ze new prime minista, zen i want to go with you! he has passed a new law forbidding us french canadians to drink wine!

[@princessmarlena1359]

“How could ze French, not drink wine!? Travesty!”

[@Bleepoh]

as a french canadian this was painfully funny

[@coffeelink943]

So it is true French Canada is the best Canada ever?

[@Bleepoh]

@@coffeelink943 its zee best canada in zee land my friend. Hon hon hon

[@lestermagnuson939]

@@coffeelink943 As long as Alberta pays for it

[@torstenscholz6243]

Are French Canadians really a little aud?

[@namyar4254]

C'est bon à savoir !

[@milmar1392]

"There's no Korea like True Korea. It's the best Korea in the land. The other Korea is hardly Korea . If you'd live here for a day you'd understand."

[@WindiChilliwack]

OH

[@samuelking4723]

K is for Korea (just the North part) I is for the internet he banned M is for the millions that are missing J is for our human-tasting jam O is for oh boy we love our leader N is for the best Korea, North G is for gee wiz we love our leader...

[@xArcangel32x]

I have the intro songs of " The adventures of Kim Jon Un!!" In my head now XD

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

U is for you must honor our leader N is for nukes we've prepared for the U.S.

[@d.f.p3960]

Any other Korea is a bullshit Korea...

[@spookytownwitch5317]

The "you understand" at the very end always kills me 😂😂

[@dusk6159]

This is absolutely histerical lol a-la the tradition in the royal canadian marriage.

[@llamasarus1]

@@dusk6159 a sad day for canada and therefore the world

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Absolutely hilarious!!!

[@danielcollin8227]

I love the fact that in the commentary Trey said they got the word 'Bullshit' past the censors because they thought they were singing 'Bourge'

[@hollandvw4250]

"Canada" initially being the name used by Jacques Cartier to refer to the region around Québec City and later to the whole St. Lawrence river basin, the sentence "the other Canada is bullshit Canada" actually somewhat makes historical sense.

[@TripleXMango]

Makes even way more sense if you look at the origin of the word, which is “Kanata”, the Iroquois word for settlement or town.

[@shocktrauma85]

Has anyone checked up on the little Mushroom People of Nova Scotia?

[@captain_hat6247]

0:58-1:00 I like how realistically annoyed/pissed Kyle is that he has to play the French Canadian mime's stupid game. He doesn't break eye contact. *HELLO*

[@sasquash8709]

Captain_Hat it’s the look of pure annoyance!

[@fredericksternberger6139]

@@sasquash8709 Yep Kyle's annoyed and pissed to do the Canadian mime stupid game and gets it over with

[@JustAGuyProduction]

Of course the mime is talking, "French Canadians are a little odd".

[@HasekuraIsuna]

Your avatar, "lone wolf "?

[@JustAGuyProduction]

@@HasekuraIsuna that's correct.

[@HasekuraIsuna]

@@JustAGuyProduction (σ・∀・)σ

[@malcolmconnors4502]

French Canada is so wild, my man is skating on asphalt

[@aidanmurray3979]

“Power hungry Americans. I’ll fix you” 😂😂

[@maksypoo]

Not gonna lie, the song kinda smacks

[@Vandarte_translator]

@MrStormshadow999 Not gonna gonna, that song smacks.

[@m.bowman2841]

Like a mcdonalds sprite

[@pizzvore]

Seriously it's a bop

[@rebeccameador7712]

everything I know about Canada (excuse me - everything I know aboote Canada) I learned from South Park. there's only one road in Canada, cars travel on square wheels, people talk with their mouths completely disconnected, there's a Canadian princess whose marriage ceremony includes a large vat of caramel pudding - on and on. South Park is an excellent source of educational material for any budding international diplomat.

[@corriedebeer799]

It is very educational dont cha know he?

[@dmgreenberg]

By caramel, I think you meant butterscotch. There’s also a giant dick named Scott who hates everyone and everything-and especially Terrance and Phillip.

[@mozdaboz]

For friending and guying international diplomats too

[@Myamirah]

I’m Canadian and I’m sorry ( I’m obliged to apologize before I correct you as is our tradition ) At our weddings we have butterscotch pudding not caramel. There’s a difference !

[@rebeccameador7712]

@@Myamirah 😂😂❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@anibis4511]

fun fact, i've watched the show in french as a french canadian myself and since the vfr is a france dub the majority of the characters have, unsurprisignly, french accent the cool thing is they gave the french canadians very strong quebec accents instead of keeping the french accent through the song and episode as a whole :D

[@anibis4511]

take a shot every time i say french or canadian

[@__Rune__]

@@anibis4511 lmao

[@kanealoha]

That’s really quite cool that they did it that way. Thoughtful and humorous!

[@williamleblanc2623]

Their Québec accent is a bit crappy, but at least they tried lol

[@draculinascoffin4512]

I need to watch that version😂😂

[@widgetfilms]

I really prefer this comedy to Randy being a bad father and saying "tegridy".

[@nunyabidnezz1962]

Naaa

[@TheKnoxvicious]

Me too. Randy and current day politics is killing the show

[@hotaru8309]

During the Obama election, they had two videos prepared, so that they could use either one depending on who won. However, they were so sure that Trump wouldn't win that they had a main character play/represent him and had plot points prepared to end when Trump lost. They seemed genuinely lost on how to fix that when Trump won, since they hadn't planned for that outcome in the plot. I think that really messed them up. They couldn't resolve Mr. Garrison or 'Member berries and had several confused episodes. I don't think it's not funny at all now, but I do agree that they got thrown off their game and had a different approach to the show for at least a season.

[@TheKnoxvicious]

@@hotaru8309 It was a pretty dumb move on their part to base a whole season on the outcome of our election. When you watch it, NONE of it makes sense and a lot of it contradicts each other. They should've gone for that ONE episode like the Obama one.

[@randomness928]

Do trey and matt not understand that the only reason people watch the show is for the four main boys and nobody wants to watch the “randy marsh is a dumbass” show

[@facepwnagewtf]

If there's one thing we Canadians can come together on it's how hilariously yet accurately South Park portrays our diverse culture.

[@corriedebeer799]

Whats diverse about canadian culture. There are 4 types of canadians. Wish they were americans canadians. Indians. Hong Kong asains and the fake french.

[@nicolasg.514]

@@corriedebeer799 Ceci montre exactement quel genre de personne tu es.

[@corriedebeer799]

@@nicolasg.514 sorry brother I don't speak your cheesy dialect

[@nicolasg.514]

@@corriedebeer799 Dit le raciste 😅 C'est quoi, tu as aucun argument? 🤷‍♂️ Tu es vraiment épais dans le plus mince 🤣

[@AT-il2ej]

@@nicolasg.514 if you can find an aborigine you haven't slaughtered up there you can let me know how Canada became a race

[@ancestrosdelsol9494]

I've been to Quebec many times, as I live in Vermont, and this is 100% accurate of what its like.

[@Jijo2003]

I'm not gonna lie, the song is catchy

[@elisatuoro4228]

I'm still doing some research to see if south park created it or they changed it from an existing song. I want it in the playlist

[@d.jmooreburner672]

I wanna go to French Canada for one day and hopefully understand

[@stevelalancette6988]

Yes, they're nice people. But we also speak French in Québec, like those French-Canadians. You should come here too, in Québec. Because you'll see a very different place than New Brunswick or Ontario.

[@EnWeZed]

The "Haw haw haw" of the mime always cracks me up

[@eillomanu]

As a quebecois, I have no doubt that Trey and Matt went to montreal in the early 2000s and everybody they met told them exactly this.

[@billyb4790]

Can I ask you a question? How do you get your entire face to split apart like that without your head falling off? It’s incredible.

[@JoeBine77]

@@billyb4790We use hockey tape to keep it all together.

[@Indra-hx5vq]

I'm from Québec and i love this , French Canada is the best Indeed. Hon hon hon.

[@gulfcoastgaming6034]

As a French Canadian I can confirm this is %100 accurate

[@cum_moisturiser1847]

i second this

[@leod-sigefast]

You've got an English surname. You're English, whether you like it or not.

[@Tigerman1138]

Including uniformed hockey players skating up on the street?

[@francoislecanadien1710]

@@Tigerman1138 Yeah, you have to look out for them on the streets and higways - They can severly damage you car !

[@aiden5307]

@@leod-sigefast you can exist in Quebec with an English surname you know that right? I have an Irish surname and live in Quebec but I don’t have Irish on my passport I’m from Quebec and can speak French.

[@kittensofdeath4904]

This is the most accurate depiction of Quebec I've ever seen

[@rolingpingu]

"The other Canada is hardly Canada. If you live here for a day you'll understand". After living in Quebec city for over 17 years, I can 100% confirm this.

[@anibis4511]

youve becom on of us

[@chrisrebimbas3109]

I love Quebec city, everything else is bullshit Canada

[@luciusprepus]

If you cannot beat Them join Them

[@allenharper2928]

I think you'll understand. ... You understand.

[@pennystocklocks]

How was Quebec city??

[@roninreturns]

This explains Trudeau's choice of socks.

[@francoisbouille1072]

trudeau n'est pas québécois ça se saurait.......

[@francoisbouille1072]

@Giovanni Doria Effectivement je pense qu'au Québec les gens devraient parler français, ce qui n'est même pas le cas dans cette vidéo d'ailleurs.... I mean in Québec people should talk French.

[@Cjnw]

Sa femme a du CoViD-19

[@RonPaul42069]

@@Cjnw Sacre bleu!

[@demonking86420]

@Giovanni Doria what did he say I don't speak in surrender

[@tssteelx]

I can confirm that French Canadians can skate on asphalt.

[@thrashoverload4751]

This basically sums up the Mont Royal neighborhood

[@aphus8504]

Thrash Overload *Outremont

[@ecnartysp1769]

Lmaooooo

[@Vacuon]

Haha but that's because (if I remember correctly) aprroximatly 25% of French immigrants in Canada live in that neighbourhood

[@kanealoha]

Hahahahahahaha - I agree. Good call ;-)

[@jonaticss]

I've never felt more appreciated by a show in my life.

[@datemasamune2904]

I love how the Mounty ended up singing with them. XD

[@thevoxdeus]

How could he not? That song's a banger

[@mattmatter5643]

Can confirm that this is French Canada, c’est très magnifique!

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

1:17 I like how the guy who was leading the boys also joined in the singing.

[@bubblemanguy3949]

Lmao yeah I always liked that, he calls the French "weird", then joins in.

[@jezzieblu1548]

I love the piano in the background, very french.

[@sethdusith6093]

Man i love that "were off to see the prime minister, the prime minister of Canada!". It has no rhythm at all, it's beautiful lol

[@OfficialAshArcher]

I’m amazed that the Bloc Québécois haven’t used this in campaigns

[@YouLiveOnAvenueQ]

I’m French Canadian. THIS IS AMAZING

[@sniffles8655]

Did Trey and Matt have an extremely bad experience in Canada at some point in their lives I wonder 🤣

[@sniffles8655]

@Golden Knight 😂

[@dallyh.2960]

@Golden Knight It's mocking how Canadians see themselves as very unique to Americans when the two countries are basically the same. So they exaggerate that part of Canadian culture by portraying Canadians as an entirely different species. And it's funny so it sells. They're not being "hated on". Learn to take a joke.

[@orderofthedragon3109]

@Golden Knight it's a cartoon...jackass There are literally millions of French Americans and millions of French Canadians living in America...there's about a million cajuns living in Louisiana alone. Stop huffing the queens ass, limey... Most Canadians I know appreciate the ridiculous humor of south park, fwend. You clearly don't know what you're talking aboot

[@timothyjennings9520]

@@orderofthedragon3109 I'm not your fwend, guy!

[@kapplesx8114]

And I’m not your guy, buddy!

[@eshaanreza832]

You know I like how the French Canadians in the South Park universe actually are more cartoonish of design and movement.

[@Gamebuilder2000]

That applies to all South Park Canadians

[@happyacres8432]

south park has always been a caricatural parody... whoever feels offended just didn't get it... Kanye West anyone?

[@knm4186]

@@happyacres8432 he didn’t feel offended tho?

[@dusk6159]

South Park Canadians in general were already great but stepping up the wackiness with South Canadians is comedy genius material ahhahah

[@aguyinadormroom418]

I visited Canada recently and can thus attest to the fact that the people there do indeed detach the top half of their head completely from their jaw like a lovecraftian monster whenever they speak

[@RiceReaper]

The funniest part of this scene was I already knew they were going the wrong way on the road before they mentioned it lol.

[@davidkraft314]

I'm from Ontario and we hear rumors that this is what Quebec is like... But we really love the mushroom people of Nova Scotia

[@jaysmith1408]

Once they got to Quebec, they ought to have figured how irritatingly close they were to the Ottawa. And yet they keep going. They just missed it.

[@salag13]

jfsa380 maybe they started east or Ottawa but west of the border with Quebec. It’s possible.

[@jaysmith1408]

NCC-1701 and couldn’t see parliament? Now, putting logic to South Park, if they flew in an abysmally maintained Cessna from Colorado to “Canada” I presume they landed in SK or MB. If they’re asking to see the Prime Minister, they’ll be told to take 17. 17 becomes 417 at Arnprior, and goes straight through Ottawa, before becoming 40 in Quebec. Since 40 is the only road in Quebec, as they said, there’s only one road, and they’re on it, the only road passes right by the Prime Minister’s office, (well, 22 blocks) on the way to French Canada.

[@paranoidrodent]

Eastern Ontario near Ottawa and the lower Ottawa River valley has tons of French Canadians (franco-Ontarians - neither they nor Acadians appreciate being called Quebecois) but we've definitely got South Park's very fluid geography at play.

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Ottawa's geographical position is only due to colonialism and the intent to feed off Quebec's wealth. The city was founded much later than Montreal and Quebec.

[@Dratchev241]

@@marc-etiennemercier6584 my understanding was that Ottawa was placed where it was because it was 1/2 way point between Toronto and Montreal, sort of a compromise between English speakers and French Speakers.

[@ungrateful-66]

This song captures Canada perfectly! Whoever wrote this skit was brilliant

[@torstenscholz6243]

This is not Canada but French Canada though.

[@billyb4790]

@@torstenscholz6243 ah....you understand.

[@dishonesthonest1327]

0:27 WE MEET AGAIN POLNAREFF

[@Vandarte_translator]

Tsugi no omae "A JOJO REFERENCE!!!" TO IU?!

[@AC11Milan]

TURÉ BIEN, MERCI KAKYOIN

[@MaestroSangurasu]

Michel or Jean-pierre ?

[@dishonesthonest1327]

@@MaestroSangurasu you may think I’m mad for not making a jojo reference but I appreciate someone who knows the fine works of Micheal Polnareff

[@northchurch753]

KZbin algorithm just doing its thing

[@Northeagle66]

I am a french canadian and "I understand". It is really an honor to be part of a South Part episode. I found the humor rather soft . I guess they know we can't handle critics 😉

[@ericb.8023]

Thank god for Quebec adding a bit of spice to the bland spaghetti dinner that is Canada.

[@happyacres8432]

I definitatly need to visit Boise

[@highdefinition450]

Canada without Quebec is just America but worse. They're pretty much the only thing distinguishing the two lmao

[@Stephen-zw7km]

@@highdefinition450 Quebec soaks up billions every year from western Canada. We make all of the money over here just to have it all squandered. What's worse is that French Canadians seem entitled to these funds. We would be better off as separate nations. Plain and simple.

[@JazzyUrquoise]

@@Stephen-zw7km what the hell are you talking about?

[@Stephen-zw7km]

@@JazzyUrquoise Simple facts. You?

[@LocoMotives94]

This still remains my favorite episode solely for this song

[@deanfalkyn]

*WOULD YOU LIKE A MOUSTACHE?*

[@peterstoric6560]

This song will just randomly get stuck in my head out of nowhere and I can’t tell if I hate it, love it, or all of the above

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

Virgin normie Canada vs. Chad French Canada. Quebec is a form of energy all on its own.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

Go back to Louisiana, Frenchie

[@jdub5644]

@@edgarbanuelos6472 but aren't French people from France? lol

[@slayride136]

Yes

[@kaysmith8992]

@@edgarbanuelos6472 wasn't it all called Louisiana originally?

[@primeministernico944]

​@@edgarbanuelos6472 lol canada was only french but when USA declared independence all the british loyalist immigrated in Canada and started crying because it wasn't english . Learn history and return in USA

[@theunlawfulsponge5908]

I love how Matt and Trey know Canada so well

[@Palidor19]

Jim Gaffigan also understands Canada quite well

[@aaronrichards6477]

I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite south park songs. Also one of my favorite episodes.

[@DMG118]

I'm from Quebec and come back to this every year. It's as accurate as anything you will see. Also, French Canada is real Canada and the best Canada.

[@CoolNoQuestionMark]

I'm sorry you're French, get well soon!

[@wolfman1000000]

I had a friend from toronto tell me all about the provinces of Canada. He told me french canada is weird but theyre good people.

[@laurentdion9070]

lol ok

[@madeofmandrake1748]

Quebec.....yeah your friend is pretty spot on. Still super polite, but also patriotic toward their french heritage, despite having an accent so thick the France-french can barely understand them (think heavy scottish). However if you head to Montreal you'll find lots of english-first bilinguals who went there for college/uni and just didn't leave.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@madeofmandrake1748 Pretty much. I've used the Scottish comparison to explain the differences in dialects before, although the difference between say British received pronunciation and a Southern drawl are probably more apt. We speak a pre-Revolutionary northern French that evolved independently for a few centuries. Technically, it's European French that changed dramatically while we sound super archaic to them (like weird 18th century French). We're definitely proud of our roots but it's more pride in our ancestors and own culture (think Americans and the pilgrims - we're a four century old colonial culture and still mostly homogeneous in ethnic identity). We spent two centuries trying to hang on to our pioneer culture and missed the French Revolution and all that followed (which really defines modern French culture). The actual French are funny sounding foreigners to us, distant cousins we mostly get along with. The relationship is very similar to that between the US and the UK. The spats between the linguistic communities are mostly political BS, egged on by politicians and the media (and these days, by online trolls). On a daily basis, we've got more in common with our English speaking fellow citizens than anyone else. We're more "beer and bawdy humour" than "wine and mimes" though. Our ancestors were semi-feudal peasants and sailors from a part of France too cold for much grape-growing.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@AC11Milan 99% prostitutes? (laughing) Wouldn't that be deliciously scandalous! Sorry but that is as silly as me saying everyone in the Sengoku period were tragic ronin. That sounds like a grossly distorted retelling of the story of the "filles du roi" (the "king's daughters"), a specifically female wave of immigration recruited by the French crown to help address the male to female imbalance in the 55 year old colony. The usual absurd retelling is that they rounded up a boatload of prostitutes (honestly no clue where that version comes from but I've never heard anything as extreme as 99% - so were all the male colonists supposedly prostitutes too? And what made prostitutes suitable for populating a colony based on fur trading with Canada's harsh climate). The actual story is far more boring. The female colonists sent over during the 1663-73 period were mostly unmarried women, usually orphans, or young widows. Basically, they were poorer women who didn't have a family structure to help them out and the Crown offered them a fresh start with a good dowry to help them find husbands in the new colony. Keep in mind that the early colony was essentially mostly a commercial fur trading business and it was very male dominated. Most of the early female colonists were nuns and thus not available as wives. Some fur traders married native women. There was a huge gender imbalance because the companies running the early colony cared about profits and work not their employees having families. When the French Crown really started focusing on trying to build up a full government run settlement in the 1660s, their planned it as a semi-feudal Catholic only borderline utopian thing (probably due to the century or so of religious violence in Europe and Louix XIV's notion that religious uniformity would create peace in his realm). They were really focused on notions of moral purity and the Church was hugely influential in the colony. New France had a high number of priests, monks and nuns because of all the missionary work as they tried to convert the native population. Can you imagine how a colony crawling with clergy would react to a decade long wave of prostitutes being sent over to be the mothers of this new Catholic only colony? They'd have gone berserk! Louis XIV literally paid to recruit these women and sponsored them as colonists, including providing a dowry. Yes, they were generally poor (or at least lacked family ties) but it's doubtful that a colonial administration trying to improve the morals of the colony would just ship over prostitutes. It's certainly possible that a few might have resorted to that to survive prior to emigrating but they wouldn't have been a likely choice. Still, the orphanages in those days were mostly church run affairs so it stands to reason that they'd have picked girls they approved of to get this opportunity. Sorry to be boring but we don't have a dramatic tale of all being sired by scoundrels (like the grossly exaggerated stuff about the Australians - the vast majority of Aussie immigrants were just plain immigrants). The vast majority of our ancestors were just fur traders, farmers, sailors and orphans from the northern part of France. They were poor but willing to try finding a better life in a new place. And honestly, no one cares if a few were prostitutes. If they managed to endure the difficult conditions during those early pioneer days, they were survivors and that mattered a lot more. Endurance, tenacity and often a desire to have a better life were really the typical characteristics of pioneer colonial types, not scandalous roguishness. It makes a cool story though, I guess. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/filles-du-roi As for the 19th century revolutionary war, I'm not sure if you are referring to the Revolutions of 1837-38 (which were a pair of rebellions in both Upper and Lower Canada, today's Ontario and Quebec) or the two rebellions out west led by Louis Riel (which actually involved the French-speaking Métis and native peoples, although French Canadians were deeply sympathetic to them). I'm going to guess you mean the Lower Canada Rebellion, which was the more serious of the two rebellions of 1837-38 (please note that the Upper Canada Rebellion was by English speakers over some of the same issues due to the oligarchic power structures in both colonies - the Lower Canada rebellion was more serious because there had been decades of religious and ethnic discrimination fueling resentment). It was a rebellion led by a major local politician (Papineau) who had spent decades trying to reform the colonial government by working within the system. It happened after years of attempts to use the legal tools for reform were met with hostility, including British troops shooting into crowds of civilians and famine plus a recent epidemic of cholera (thought to have been brought in by a recent wave of British immigrants). The conditions were very ripe for unrest and yes, things got ugly between the two ethnic groups (although it wasn't purely an ethnic conflict and there were some Brits and French Canadians on both sides). The Lower Canada rebellion was larger than the one in Upper Canada but still only involved around a few thousand locals, basically just civilians volunteers. Not surprisingly, yeah, they lost when up against professional British troops. Not too many ragtag groups of farmers and townsfolk do well in battle against actual military units. Total body count was in the low hundreds. The government hung another dozen and exiled a few dozen to Australia (most came back within a decade). By 1849, a general pardon was issued to everyone who had participated in the rebellion and one of the core demands of both the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions was achieved peacefully - responsible government. Papineau, the leader of the Lower Canada rebellion, was pardoned in 1844 and went back into politics for a while a few years later. A decade after the rebellion, he was a member of parliament. So it wasn't much of a "revolutionary war". It was a pair of badly governed colonies having an uprising of angry civilians. They lost in combat and a few hundred people died but the rebellions also made clear how dysfunctional the colonial government was and within 11 years, Canada was created as a unified entity and it started governing itself in a more democratic way (although the British motivations for going this route did include the mistaken belief that it was an effective was to assimilate the francophone population, which didn't quite work out). 18 years later, responsible government became autonomous government in domestic matters when the modern country of Canada was created as the first Dominion within the British Empire. 1867 is usually considered the founding year of Canada as a country (the geographic name dates back to the French colonial period), although I'd argue 1931 (Statute of Westminster) when the Dominions were recognized as equal in status to Britain was just as important since that's when we really started shifting away from a colonial mindset to that of an independent nation. Some might argue Canada's opposition to the UK during the Suez Crisis represented the final de facto break while the final de jure break was in 1982 (at which point both countries were just allies clarifying the obvious). Militarily, the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions were absolutely a failure. They were a warning sign that change was needed and served as a national myth making moment. Politically though, there is a reasonable argument to say that they contributed to the changes they were seeking, even if it took a little time. In effect, they were an early stumble along what eventually became a peaceful road to independence. When we learn about it as school kids, the rebels are the ones portrayed sympathetically. The leaders of both rebellions are national heroes with many places, buildings and such named after them. The grandson of the Upper Canada rebel leader was our longest serving prime minister and led our country through World War 2. The rebels became Canadian folk heroes (even if in real life, they were obviously complex individuals with both good and bad points) and yes, the Lower Canada rebels have become mythologized by the nationalists in Quebec. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rebellion-in-lower-canada Best wishes! I'm glad you've had great experiences visiting us. Sorry if our past isn't as dramatic as you might have thought. Someday I hope to have to opportunity to visit your country too.

[@AC11Milan]

@@paranoidrodent thank you for all this but my English not total perfect to understand this

[@hoozoohleague8264]

I'm so happy to have the ability to laugh 10x more when a joke is directed towards me or my people. Those who get offended by everything must have a sad, sad life.

[@internaut9820]

I love the way the mime says ring ring

[@XDlosDominicans]

I am now so addicted to the song that I made it my ringtone...

[@scp-682hard-to-destroyrept7]

Canada is fully made out of simple shapes, interesting...

[@paranoidrodent]

French Canadian myself and this is even more bizarre than their take on Canada in general. Very funny though, but so filled with stereotypes about the French (kind of like mocking Americans using British stereotypes) that it's utterly surreal. 😆

[@BobGolob]

So true. They should have at least said tabernacle few times, hostie de Christ.

[@ThatMyProd]

@@BobGolob Tabarnak d'esti de criss

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

A lot of racists use these exact stereotypes to describe us lol.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@marc-etiennemercier6584 Ouais, mais cette scène est si ridicule et absurde qu'on ne peut que rire. C'est pas comme si South Park hésite de se moquer de tout le monde.

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

@@paranoidrodent Oh t'inquiètes l'émission m'a fait rire. C'est tous les Canadiens racistes dans les commentaires qui en profitent pour faire de la politique sur notre dos que je trouve stupides lol.

[@benschlosser2446]

I visited Montreal for a week, and it took everything to not sing this

[@jarnodatema]

Before this episode I never even knew French Canada existed

[@nicolasg.514]

🤦‍♂️

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

Not missing much a bunch of hill billies that speak broken French that France doesn’t respect

[@williamshanks8959]

It does. I’m Canadian and my first language is French.

[@nicolasg.514]

@@dwaynejpeterkin Commence à parler un veritable anglais d'Angleterre et on en reparlera. eh!

[@FelipeReyesAlvarez]

@@dwaynejpeterkin Broken french? XD Quebecois is easier to understand for other romance language spekaers as spaniards and italians than european french

[@killbill-tf9wu]

I play this anytime I cross from Ontario to Quebec lol

[@stevelalancette6988]

Yeah, we may be similar to French-Canada in Québec, but you should go north of your own province. They live in your own province and New Brunswick too. I like French-Canadians, even if they hate us in Québec.

[@chad9548]

I live in Ottawa, Canada which is right on the border to Quebec and I find this hilarious

[@I_also_like_tally_hall]

This song enters my mind at random and its good

[@timothycaron2087]

Makes me damn proud to have Québécois heritage

[@happyacres8432]

and you bear the same last name as the woman i love good sir

[@chinchin2121]

I'm french canadian and I can confirm that this depiction is 100% accurate. They even got our odd german accent right. Edit: we don't sound german, that was sarcasm. I was poking fun at the fact that they made the french canadians sound a little germanish.

[@jessicajenkins3960]

Sounds French to me

[@LordOfFrenzy]

Tu peux parler français ?

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Lol german accent? Bullshit you don't speak french.

[@chinchin2121]

@@marc-etiennemercier6584 C'était une joke criss d'imbécile. J'parle tu français là?

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

@@chinchin2121 Yes yes... le classique de la joke après le poing sur la gueule. T'es pas le premier Elvis Gratton à te rétracter dans les commentaires avec une connerie pareille.

[@SatansFire]

Visited Quebec over the weekend and now I’m being recommended this. I hope my data tastes good KZbin

[@KITKATZ1011]

This has been stuck in my head for 2 days now... not complaining

[@nathandieatrick7117]

You know it's bad when normal Canadians think something is weird

[@motherhwa]

as a canadian who has been to french canada multiple times, i can confirm to get through you need to answer a phone call

[@ScorpioIsland]

If Matt and Trey had ever really been to Quebec, this would have been a bunch of people crashing their cars and double parking.

[@SeanK1998]

The ambiance in the singing voices is very satisfying

[@matthewtomlinson8490]

Quebec is definitely way different than the rest of the country

[@stevelalancette6988]

Yes, and we are different than French-Canada too. Anyway, we are bigger than French-Canadians. They could've, at the very least, talked about us too. We also speak French in Québec.

[@Rat-mk6fk]

I honestly hate Quebec. I live right next to it and Legault is an actual pos I'm surprised he hasn't been car bombed yet he would actually deserve it.

[@dyfol]

I love how those freak creatures show up in the background after mountie says the french-Canadians are a little odd .... 😅

[@kingbibihabibi]

Having lived in Quebec I can report that the rest of Canada is indeed hardly Canada

[@torstenscholz6243]

Are French Canadians really a little aud?

[@stevelalancette6988]

Ok, but this video is about French-Canadians. They don't even talk about us Québécois or Québec.

[@WizzardJC]

How did the creators of South Park get the footage of my holiday to Quebec lol

[@Queenofdeathandevil9]

I love that the mountie joins in with the song.

[@uncle5164]

I actually went to Quebec City for 3 days as a school trip from Ottawa and.... it’s true French Canada is better then other parts of Canada, I really want to go back

[@carolinebergin4633]

Lucky! Ive always wanted to visit Quebec especially in the winter with all the pretty snow

[@cotefabrice1801]

@@carolinebergin4633 the snow don't stay pretty for long

[@thecheeseman6898]

0:41 French dude being chased by cowboy mercenary 1988 colorized

[@tajatna]

"There's no Germany like West Germany. It's the best Germany in the land. The other Germany is hardly Germany . If you'd live here for a day you'd understand." :-))

[@MissBohoBabe]

the wall is still in people's minds.

[@gaviriak]

Not fucking true

[@Entername-md1ev]

This song sounds like something the DDR would sing rather than West Germany lol

[@dawnderhenker]

@@Entername-md1ev In der heutigen Zeit dauert es eh nicht mehr lang zum deutsch demokratischen Comeback

[@terranrepublic7023]

There used to be a French America too, called Louisiana, merely 100 years ago or so French was still the dominant tongue there (until 1921 when French lessons at school were banned there), now go take a look at New Orleans, yikes, the US sure knows how to F up the good stuff

[@terranrepublic7023]

@The time machine So what you're saying is they managed to turn France into Haiti, what great news! Go live in Haiti (New Orleans) all you want, I will stay in France (Ottawa) any day LOL

[@gaviriak]

They lost their french culture

[@TheDylanJoyce]

I think you'd understand...... ............You understand?

[@JackDManheim]

"You understand..."

[@Gasoline85]

Everytime someone mentions french Canada, this pops into my mind.

[@brandonyoung2.0]

I spent hours yesterday playing gta online with a French Canadian living in Montreal and today this just so happens to be in my recommended. If nobody hears from me again tell my family I love them. Those frenchy Canucks are planning something for me I know it.

[@nativeflutterbynails3016]

I have had this song in my head all day

[@jeffbiden4398]

This sounds like tjing tjang tjing

[@Rudero3]

As a lover of most things French and all things Quebecois, this makes me smile.

[@gabesolomon4887]

Bro he wasn't trying to make it illegal for you to drink wine. He wanted to stop French Canadians from drinking wine while DRIVING.

[@randombro89]

Wow this is based off of a Real life controversy lol

[@BlackPajamaMan]

Hi. This is accurate. As a common courtesy I've been gifted with a mustache. I've also been instructed to pass it on when the time is right.

[@stevelalancette6988]

They do this in French-Canada?! I didn't know that we were so distant and different, in Québec, from French-Canadians. I speak French and I'm a Québécois. I never heard something like this from a French-Canadian. Maybe I'll go to New Brunswick one day and get a mustache. hahahaha

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

@@stevelalancette6988 Yes, we will give out mustaches in New Brunswick