Things Americans Don't Understand About Canada | American Reacts

[@paulloper3940]

To all Americans, Canada is not the 51st state.

[@shaunadillon6507]

And no we do not want to be the 51st state.

[@Rascallyone]

We most certainly do not! Many US of A citizens truly believe the world wants to be American. Not true

[@rdjftw2531]

On the other hand, I've seen many comments from Americans begging Canada to make their state a province.

[@smeechdog1]

Unfortunately it doesn't matter what you say here....if America wants you to be a state, you'll be a state.

[@mattyc2200]

​@smeechdog1 your foolish if you think we'll just lay down and let it happen..

[@Playingwith3D]

You are smart enough to know that you don't know everything. That already puts you head and shoulders above most people.

[@Sk.isagoddamnfein]

I know what I don't know what I think I know!

[@sarahsnowe]

Most Murkins, anyway.

[@teresasliwinski2529]

Above most American

[@andrewmcfarland6681]

Hi Tyler...as a Canadian I really enjoy your channel.....don't change a thing your reactions are very genuine and authentic

[@bonniedevos7344]

Yes, love the show.

[@marymwallace4412]

I look for a new one everyday now, I enjoy living the joys of our country along with everyone else and even have learned some great new things as well ❤🇨🇦

[@karlweir3198]

Agree ❤

[@Tansi1951]

You’re one of my favourites. Keep up the up your great work.

[@damonx6109]

Haha.... Genuine? I think you better look up the definition to that word...

[@judyyurchuk4904]

Terry Fox was just put on our $5.00 bill 😊

[@noadlor]

Tyler, many Canadians grew up watching British comedy, which is pretty slapstick. And I think the combination of our humble character, ease at laughing at ourselves, and living in a harsh climate gives us a certain kind of sense of humour. Not only do we share our famous people with the Americans, we have a huge culture of theatre, comedy, arts, music. Maybe being bogged down from the cold for 6 months of the year forces us to be creative. 😀

[@sarahsnowe]

We're very creative on the west coast, and the southern parts (Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island) have short, rainy winters when it rarely snows or dips much below 0 Celsius. It's a bit of a drag shovelling all those cherry blossoms in March, though.

[@sythiadawn]

I live in Newfoundland. 6 months would be a breeze. We had frost and snow in July!!FFS!! You gotta laugh. It sure beats crying!! 😂

[@ChristopherHolahan]

The cheese in Kraft Dinner can not be fake in Canada because of the food labelling laws, so it is made out of cheese. Very highly processed to get it to the point of being a powder that will reconstitute in milk and butter, sure, but it does start with cheese.

[@jgjohnny7964]

yea this is the reason for the taste difference also !

[@46babaganoosh]

In Canada, it has food colouring added.

[@mikemackenzie8618]

We bought some KD in the states when visiting the US when my daughter was little and brought the last few boxes home with us. When we got home I compared the boxes and was surprised the US one had way more calories. Then I read the instructions on the boxes. The Canadian one said add 1 tbsp of margarine, the US one said add 3 tbsp of butter.

[@ChristopherHolahan]

@@46babaganoosh if the cheddar used is orange, then the food colour is already in the cheese, because cheddar is naturally a white cheese product. The colour may also be further enhanced after processing.

[@46babaganoosh]

@@ChristopherHolahan It's still food colouring... I believe it's illegal to use in the UK.

[@suzannebadger8135]

Don’t forget the late Leslie Nielson and John Candy were also Canadian!

[@marydemczak7604]

Jean Chretien is 91 today and he gave himself a birthday present. He told Donald J. Trump to piss off in the The Globe and Mail. Here's his column: * * * Today is my 91st birthday. It’s an opportunity to celebrate with family and friends. To look back on the life I’ve had the privilege to lead. And to reflect on how much this country we all love so much has grown and changed over the course of the nine decades I’ve been on this Earth. This year, I’ve also decided to give myself a birthday present. I’m going to do something in this article that I don’t do very often anymore, and sound off on a big issue affecting the state of the nation and profoundly bothering me and so many other Canadians: The totally unacceptable insults and unprecedented threats to our very sovereignty from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. I have two very clear and simple messages. To Donald Trump, from one old guy to another: Give your head a shake! What could make you think that Canadians would ever give up the best country in the world - and make no mistake, that is what we are - to join the United States? I can tell you Canadians prize our independence. We love our country. We have built something here that is the envy of the world - when it comes to compassion, understanding, tolerance and finding a way for people of different backgrounds and faiths to live together in harmony. We’ve also built a strong social safety net - especially with public health care - that we are very proud of. It’s not perfect, but it’s based on the principle that the most vulnerable among us should be protected. This may not be the “American Way” or “the Trump Way.” But it is the reality I have witnessed and lived my whole long life. If you think that threatening and insulting us is going to win us over, you really don’t know a thing about us. You don’t know that when it came to fighting in two world wars for freedom, we signed up - both times - years before your country did. We fought and we sacrificed well beyond our numbers. We also had the guts to say no to your country when it tried to drag us into a completely unjustified and destabilizing war in Iraq. We built a nation across the most rugged, challenging geography imaginable. And we did it against the odds. We may look easy-going. Mild-mannered. But make no mistake, we have spine and toughness. And that leads me to my second message, to all our leaders, federal and provincial, as well as those who are aspiring to lead our country: Start showing that spine and toughness. That’s what Canadians want to see - what they need to see. It’s called leadership. You need to lead. Canadians are ready to follow. I know the spirit is there. Ever since Mr. Trump’s attacks, every political party is speaking out in favour of Canada. In fact, it is to my great satisfaction that even the Bloc Québécois is defending Canada. But you don’t win a hockey game by only playing defence. We all know that even when we satisfy one demand, Mr. Trump will come back with another, bigger demand. That’s not diplomacy; it’s blackmail. We need another approach - one that will break this cycle. Mr. Trump has accomplished one thing: He has unified Canadians more than we have been ever before! All leaders across our country have united in resolve to defend Canadian interests. When I came into office as prime minister, Canada faced a national unity crisis. The threat of Quebec separation was very real. We took action to deal with this existential threat in a manner that made Canadians, including Quebeckers, stronger, more united and even prouder of Canadian values. Now there is another existential threat. And we once again need to reduce our vulnerability. That is the challenge for this generation of political leaders. And you won’t accomplish it by using the same old approaches. Just like we did 30 years ago, we need a Plan B for 2025. Yes, telling the Americans we are their best friends and closest trading partner is good. So is lobbying hard in Washington and the state capitals, pointing out that tariffs will hurt the American economy too. So are retaliatory tariffs - when you are attacked, you have to defend yourself. But we also have to play offence. Let’s tell Mr. Trump that we too have border issues with the United States. Canada has tough gun control legislation, but illegal guns are pouring in from the U.S. We need to tell him that we expect the United States to act to reduce the number of guns crossing into Canada. We also want to protect the Arctic. But the United States refuses to recognize the Northwest Passage, insisting that it is an international waterway, even though it flows through the Canadian Arctic as Canadian waters. We need the United States to recognize the Northwest Passage as being Canadian waters. We also need to reduce Canada’s vulnerability in the first place. We need to be stronger. There are more trade barriers between provinces than between Canada and the United States. Let’s launch a national project to get rid of those barriers! And let’s strengthen the ties that bind this vast nation together through projects such as real national energy grid. We also have to understand that Mr. Trump isn’t just threatening us; he’s also targeting a growing list of other countries, as well as the European Union itself, and he is just getting started. Canada should quickly convene a meeting of the leaders of Denmark, Panama, Mexico, as well as with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, to formulate a plan for fighting back these threats. Every time that Mr. Trump opens his mouth, he creates new allies for all of us. So let’s get organized! To fight back against a big, powerful bully, you need strength in numbers. The whole point is not to wait in dread for Donald Trump’s next blow. It’s to build a country and an international community that can withstand those blows. Canadians know me. They know I am an optimist. That I am practical. And that I always speak my mind. I made my share of mistakes over a long career, but I never for a moment doubted the decency of my fellow Canadians - or of my political opponents. The current and future generations of political leaders should remember they are not each other’s enemies - they are opponents. Nobody ever loved the cut-and-thrust of politics more than me, but I always understood that each of us was trying to make a positive contribution to make our community or country a better place. That spirit is more important now than ever, as we address this new challenge. Our leaders should keep that in mind. I am 91 today and blessed with good health. I am ready at the ramparts to help defend the independence of our country as I have done all my life. Vive le Canada!

[@DanielleFrederickson]

He didn't tell Trump to piss off. That would be crude. Instead, he wrote a well-reasoned article defining and defending Canada's national character. Well done, Mr. Chretien!

[@murraytown4]

Americans have no clue that Canada will never be state #51.

[@smeechdog1]

What, but you could have Donald Trump as your leader? Wouldn't that be something?

[@noadlor]

​@@smeechdog1 Canadians are educated and can spot a fascist. Apparently, you need to get an education.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@smeechdog1 We already have Trumpette in Alberta. Google Danielle Smith. She plans to scamper down to Washington for his inauguration in hopes he'll notice her and give her a pat on the head. She adores the Republicans, and the sane people here wish she would stay there.

[@SBel65]

Actually I think most do…just the ass kissers that keep up the illusion…😂 🇨🇦

[@mariposa9506]

​@@smeechdog1something of a freak show

[@someoneontheinternet3090]

As a Canadian I want to say that it's a mild exaggeration that there is nothing more satisfying than a perfect stream of milk from a bag. Also, it's mainly Ontario that does bagged milk. You buy one large bag, with 3 smaller bags (pouches really) of milk containing roughly 1.33L each.

[@christinebenoit301]

Quebec does bagged milk as well. I live in the NCR and we have them on the QC side.

[@SBel65]

Not in BC. But I remember them from my childhood in NS.

[@brenekins314]

Milk bags not a thing in Nova Scotia

[@melindacadarette3447]

@@brenekins314 Um you can get milk bags anywhere in NS.

[@douglasberwick1699]

Milk sold in 4 , 1 L bags ? Where ???

[@evdd1010]

Bonjour Tyler. As a French Canadian who grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, I completed both elementary and high school in French while also taking English classes. Not that the English classes were strictly necessary-once you stepped outside of school or home, life was essentially lived entirely in English. Speaking from my experience in Ontario, the majority of families in the province have access to French-language schools if they choose to provide their children with a French education. Even today, we raise our kids speaking French at home while living in Ontario.

[@melindacadarette3447]

But no francophone college or university as far as I am aware.

[@evdd1010]

@melindacadarette3447 there are French Universities in Ottawa and Sudbury. Université de l’Ontario français and Glendon College are also francophone options in Toronto.

[@careydepass130]

In the Province of Ontario which is majority English, each county/region has a French Language school board therefore if you choose to, you can get your all of your elementary and secondary school education in French.

[@juliec5309]

Ok so we we get sap from the trees and you need to boil it to get syrup 40 liters of sap fets you 1 liter of syrup. If you keep boiling it, it thickens that is what you out on snow. Fyi if you keep boiling it, it becomes sugar it's a brownish color and is awesome

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

My daughter and her family tap the maples in their 40 acre mostly forest property. They boil it down and gift maple syrup to family members as Christmas gifts. Haven’t bought “real” maple syrup … most stuff you buy is maple flavoured … for years! The 100% stuff is expensive. I get a big jar every year, enough to last until the next Christmas. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@gregoryshannon8849]

Yep. It takes 40 parts maple sap to make 1 part maple syrup (10 gallons sap to make 1 quart syrup).

[@michaeldowson6988]

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan $35 a litre for maple syrup in Vancouver.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

@ Wow. It’s been so long since I bought any … 9-10 years … I had no idea how much inflation affected the price. But all kidding aside, I really like getting it free! I’m very fortunate I guess! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@flyingbeaver57]

I've never seen sugar Maple trees in the west in numbers that would allow tapping the sap commercially, etc. However, one very enterprising local firm that specialises in making jams, jelly and syrup from local fruits (e.g. Saskatoon berries) started to sell syrup made from the sap of Poplar trees (I think White Poplar is used) - there are a LOT of poplar trees in Saskatchewan, Alberta and parts of B.C. - millions. They're also a desirable tree for making certain types of lumber (some cabinetmakers prefer it). There are other varieties of Poplar, some common others not. BTW, Poplar syrup is delicious on waffles.

[@Jasper0o0]

Question.. Do most Canadian’s want to be American? Answer… That’s a hard NO. 🇨🇦

[@charlenescott-u8q]

@@Jasper0o0 NEVER

[@lovelyrapsody6957]

nopes, not anytime soon

[@jennifermassie7227]

Hell F'N NO!!!!! ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️

[@concernedcitizen3476]

Of course not....I cant think of a good enough reason to

[@LaneHelms]

Only after proof that Hell has frozen solid!

[@RayLambert-vk1uh]

Found a $5 in the mud last week. Just had to wash it off in the sink and it was good as new. Totally waterproof.

[@Mrtheunnameable]

People live on the northern islands for mining, research, and military purposes. In Ontario when I was a kid every year there was a school trip to the Sugar Bush (like an orchard for maple trees) and eat the maple lollipops.

[@dezzyLmc]

Yup my cousin was in Alert for military service

[@MechEdShorts]

Hey Tyler! Just wanted to say thankyou for giving Canada the recognition this channel creates. With all the political craziness that’s been going on here in the north I find myself binge watching your videos about Canada to keep my patriotism to my country high. It’s refreshing to just wallow in the great things Canada has to offer instead of the stuff I see in the news everyday. So again, thanks bud.

[@damonx6109]

What recognition? This idiot just promotes negative stereotypes and ignorance.

[@DeniseComeault]

We, in Manitoba (Central Canada) tap maple and make “la tire” which is maple lollipops. We also have the largest French community in western Canada

[@1042Rocky]

Bonjour d'Ottawa (fiere Franco-Ontarien)

[@mlapointej]

Bonjour d'Alberta

[@sharcon3891]

And Churchill on Hudson Bay is the polar bear capital of the world. Tourists take trains there. Manitoba is full of fresh water lakes. Take a look at a map. Apart from the obvious big ones, if you look at the rest of the country it will show a million black dots. These are water. Used to be a prehistoric Lake Agassiz formed when the ice age melted. Building stone contains sea fossils.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

I didn't know that. Thanks from the USA

[@phyllisrobinson9108]

Sugar maple trees don't grow everywhere in Canada.

[@ritafoster4958]

In B.C. at least, we even have local First Nation elders come into elementary schools to teach some vocabulary of the local bands. Where I live in northern B.C. , we learn some Carrier from the Lhtako Dene people. It is excellent.

[@springtwigz]

I wish we had that for the different Nations around Montreal! Like we’re surrounded by all those different nations of which we know next to nothing about!!! 😢

[@peterzimmer9549]

We call it Kraft dinner, because that’s what it’s called right on the front of the box.

[@hazelmaylebrun6243]

It's called that on the box because we called it Kraft dinner and Kraft took it from us.

[@peterzimmer9549]

@@hazelmaylebrun6243 Kraft Dinner (KD) has been sold in Canada under that name since it was introduced in 1937.

[@jenniferlee9112]

The cheese in the past at least actually had some cheese in it not completely synthetic

[@amethystleopard]

@@peterzimmer9549 krappy dinner

[@peterzimmer9549]

@@amethystleopard actually, I’ve never heard it referred to as Krappy dinner, crappy tire, yes, but never Krappy dinner.

[@akeladraconis]

We have bags of milk, cartons, plastic containers, and in some cases glass bottles.

[@TheFarmerfitz]

I'm in Alberta, I don't see Bags of Milk so much. Mostly Plastic bottles and jugs. I have never seen it in glass bottles(that is more in the History books).

[@user-xj9vf4xb9p]

Bagged milk is a regional thing

[@nicoracien1924]

As a Quebecois kid, we are taught that if we don't learn English, we won't be able to travel.. or even have a good job/career. People in the ROC (Rest Of Canada) just dont have any incentive to learn French, reason why they forget it once they leave school... except if they seek to get a federal government job. Fun fact, Montreal is on an Island Quebec as been recognize as a nation within a nation.

[@stephaniec9539]

My daughter is in French Immersion. So she can become bilingual. :) she has a plot for world domination 😅

[@sallyfeschuk5771]

Hi! Albertan here 😊 I'm not sure if you know this, but we have a number of thriving French Canadian communities on the outskirts of primarily Edmonton. Of note, Beaumont and Plamondon come immediately to mind. And they are lovely small cities, very pretty and welcoming.

[@WasephWastar]

The Québécois nation motion was a parliamentary motion tabled by Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 and approved by the House of Commons of Canada on Monday, November 27, 2006. It was approved 265-16 with supporters in every party in the Commons. The English motion read: "That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada."

[@VeryCherryCherry]

If you don't get to use it on a daily basis, it tends to be forgotten. I was in French immersion until I was 13. I haven't used French daily since then. And I'm in Ottawa! (but I don't have a government job) In conversation, I can't think of the words I want. I understand it still, mostly. But also we didn't learn slang or colloquialisms etc, so unless someone is speaking formal and slightly old fashioned French, I may not catch their real meaning.

[@amethystleopard]

@@VeryCherryCherry I learned all the slang and cuss words in French, from living in Moncton, NB. Lol!

[@Sid-gu5qk]

There are 30 000 islands in Georgian Bay alone. Nearly all uninhabited. Milk bags aren't 1litre, they're 1and 1/3 litres, with three bags totaling 4 litres (just over a gallon).

[@curtisbright4012]

We need to get this man a case or two of KD and some bagged milk. xD

[@daniellestolys6951]

One exception, in Ontario at least. The 1% chocolate milk usually comes in 3L (3×1L bags).

[@1djmercer]

or just under 1 gallon......

[@kontiuka]

The claim that milk bags create less waste seems dubious to me. Where I live, we can't recycle the bags but we can recycle the cartons. Although, part of the carton recycling process is removing and tossing the plastic liner. So who knows?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Depends on where you live I guess

[@wocookie2277]

I’ve done two tours in Alert over 3700 km north of the 49th 83 degrees north. On a clear day we could see the north coast of Greenland to the east from our runway. Yes we have people living at the northern tip of Canada..

[@TrimutiusToo]

Main difference with Kraft dinner is that cheese is not fake... You think it is fake, because you got used to everything being fake in USA... Here in Canada most of that fake stuff is illegal to sell as food...

[@JamesTaparti]

There are two small villages way up north on the islands one is on Cornwallis Island a town called Resolute bay. And one south of Ellesmere Island a town called Grise fiord. You can actually see them on google earth or google maps. I’m south of them right on the arctic circle a town called Naujaat.

[@normjones4204]

For the next time you struggle for Canadian Commedians, here's a short but not exhaustive list. Jim Carrey, Seth Rogan, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Leslie Nielsen, Dan Aykroyd, Catherine O'Hara, DAve Foley, Phil Hartman, Rick Moranis, Tommy Chong, Samantha Bee, Lorne Michaels, Jason Jones,Tom Green.

[@damonx6109]

HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR THREE YEARS!!!!! HE HAS REACTED TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? Even if you haven't heard of this idiot yet, can you just not check to see how many videos he's done? Seriously... You Tyler fans make all us Canadians seem like simple idiots. Get a fuckin clue!

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Re: bagged milk Yes, we can also buy cartons and even jugs, though jugs are much less common. Cartons are generally readily available though. The "bagged" milk comes in a package of usually three bags. It's overall much less expensive than getting the same amount in a carton or jug, and yeah, the extra bags keep fresh longer because you only open one at a time. The bags themselves are actually 1.33 litres, so that a package still equals about a US gallon. Same amount of milk, better shelf life basically.

[@KaoticWhisper]

On living up north, it's not just the climate, the literal bedrock is at ground level -- you cant sustain anytbing between the sbort summer and the long ass winter. I used to live in tbe north west territories, and you'd only see the sun for a couple hours really at lunch, and itd be either dusky or dark out the rest of tbe time. But in the summer, there's a week around solstice where theres no night

[@marymwallace4412]

Your response to how we Canadians are born killed me 😂 Forever Hail Thee Oh Moose God 🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦

[@Mandy87Marie]

How is Canadian baby formed?

[@mlapointej]

​@@Mandy87Mariesnow and hockey pucks

[@rhondaakey9166]

​@@Mandy87Marie during the winter when we hibernate.

[@dobocop]

I love that you care to learn. We can learn from each other to help each other. That's what we're supposed to do. Love the content

[@timothyboles3009]

Proud 60 year old Canadian here EH! Your open mind, about Canada, is awesome and refreshing. Especially in this era of hate and division. I took French in school until grade 13. Bilingualism is a big thing in Canada. It is more prominent in Quebec and the Eastern provinces. French is also very common in many Northern Ontario towns. Even Southern Ontario has French speaking enclaves. The relationship between the French in Quebec and the rest of Canada has historically been a difficult one with many ups and downs. I lived in Montreal for a while during my University days. My high school French was barely adequate but I managed OK. Certain areas in Montreal were distinctly English at the time. Some areas were strictly French. I hung out in a few places that only spoke French, period. Most of them loved it when i would try my attempt at French. Thanks again for the open mind. Your deep dives have made me look at my own personal role in Canada. Thank you again, EH!

[@SeanDemers]

Each bag of milk is actually 1.3333 litres, and it is sold as 3 bags for a total of 4 litres (1.057 Gallons). I'm sure the main thing is the automation for packaging them, but it helps a lot with storage in your fridge as you can just stack them on top of each other, and when you use the milk it's s smaller amount to handle. I haven't bought a bag of milk in years though since I don't really drink milk anymore other than in some cooking.

[@EmmaBadOne]

FINALLY!! everybody out here thinking it's 1 litre per bag.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

Tyler, there are a lot of Americans who don't even know what your own country's map looks like. That's why they can't find it on a world map. They think Alaska is an island out in the Pacific, next to Hawaii.

[@JustBeth-0ct12]

Milk bags come in three pouches. If you don't use milk a lot, store it in the freezer until your first one empties. A bad hole is a bad pour, and it can ruin your week. When we empty a milk pouch, I like to slit the top and wash it out, and reuse it as a sandwich bag! also works well as a piping bag for decorating cakes.

[@buzz0218]

I started french in grade 4 (Southern Ontario) but joined an extended french program that i completed from grade 5-12 where we did half our subjects in french and learned much more complex french than the regular english class which only had 1 french lesson per week. Graduated with a certificate acknowledging that I am bilingual because of the program.

[@MiaPierce116]

Howie Mandel, Jim Carry, Russel Peters, Eugene Levy, John Candy

[@ProfessorGoat33]

13:03 bags of milk are pretty much just ontario. Even then, they still have cartons there.

[@erickleroux8357]

The maple syrup on stick thing is usually prepared and served at establishments called Sugar Shacks. They are basically restaurants connected to the maple processing "factory". I've never seen anyone do the maple on a stick thing in their backyard.

[@amandahodgin9316]

My mom used to do it for my brother and I when we were kids. We would be playing outside in the snow and she would appear with a pot and a couple of teaspoons. She’d pour the syrup on a fresh patch of snow and hand us the teaspoons. We would use the spoon handles as lollipop sticks and roll up the maple taffy on them and have a fantastic treat. It was the best. We used to beg her to make it. Itwas something that her mom had done for her and her siblings when they were young, too.

[@aleksa-77-7]

Yes, you do learn French, but it's up to you how much. There is French Immersion where you learn fully in French for first 5 years of elementary school, than half in French, half in English for the next 4 years. Than there is French Extended( my son was in this program) where you start learning in French for half the school day , starting in grade 4. The regular program you just take couple of hours of French a week. You can continue these programs in High School.

[@TinaP1234]

Or you can send your kid to just a French school depending on the area. My area of Ontario, has more French schools than English. I don't remember if one parent has to have French as a maternal language, to qualify, it was quite a few years ago.

[@hypercube8735]

I went to an English-speaking school in Ontario, did very well in French, but after Grade 9 French became an elective class (and we only got 2 electives until Grade 12) so in order to be able to continue taking French I would have had to not take other things I needed to graduate, or other useful courses like Computer Science, so it ended up falling by the wayside. I regret that.

[@sowvision1673]

Around here, in Alberta, kids can learn Cree instead

[@ivorholtskog5506]

I am from British Columbia, Franch was not required.

[@aleksa-77-7]

@TinaP1234 When we tried French school in Toronto ,they told us is for kids with French speaking parents. Maybe it changed

[@ritafoster4958]

I love our money! I’ve put it through the washer and dryer a few times! Takes a lickin’- keeps on tickin’! 😂

[@JJvienneau]

I'm Canadian and am fascinated by this channel 😀

[@jean-marclabbe2587]

Hi Tyler, being from Montreal, I can explain a bit of the separation thing. The first time the vote for separation with Rene Levesque the prime minister of the province was 51% but needed 60% to pass. the second time the percentage was less. The desire to separate still alive today, is more that the province is the gateway to the Atlantic ocean( the rest of the world ) also the eastern part of the US, economic reason, the politic side.. well.. a lot of federal decisions sometimes don't align with quebec values same for toronto , lots of services are doubled on federal and provincial level, the language thing is more for the hardcore , they don't understand that english is international, you can drop someone anywhere on the planet and you will find at least one person that speak enough to be able to communicate. Just for you, Trudeau's downfall started about 2 years ago, nothing to do with trump ( sorry 😉 ). hope it helps a bit

[@alainga10]

Well im from the true north nunavut and we inuit lived here for over a thousand years

[@estherabrams7274]

Canada produces a lot of comics, in my opinion, because we take ourselves less seriously overall.

[@Wishes890]

But the United States actually created the Funniest comic book character ever, and that would be Donald Trump

[@MadMike1]

Superman was created by a Canadian Also Wolverine and Deadpool are canonically Canadian characters, with Deadpool being played by a Canadian in the movies

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

@@Wishes890 You can have our orange comic book character Donald Trump.

[@timithius]

We don't put maple syrup on the snow in our yards. Maybe a couple hard core maple loves, but it's done primarily at the sugar shack. That 's the place where the syrup is boiled, to become the syrup we know. Most of them are open to the public, often for group tours, and the syrup on the snow is done there. In Quebec, the experience includes a big breakfast, smothered in maple syrup.

[@Ratpooo-q9l]

I'm from the territories and we have a festival in the winter and the freezing of maple syrup in the snow is a big part of it.

[@kmacgregor6361]

We make our own maple syrup and do syrup on snow. But I agree it's a sugaring-off tradition you do in March wherever syrup is being made, not just any Tuesday.

[@angelinashankle75]

I had to take French starting in grade 4 and my daughter in grade 3. In the area I live in I am completely surrounded by Acadian French communities and there are french schools as well as french immersion for english (early immersion begins in grade primary and late immersion , beginning in grade 7. We absorb a lot more than we realize because of the dual language packaging. I was only able to drop French in grade 11

[@karlwalton3936]

I've visited friends in Moncton and it's a bit trippy how fluently they can switch between english and french mid sentence

[@coletteoman5871]

Hey Tyler, out here in BC we also celebrate’Maple Fest’ put on by the ‘French Cultural Centre’ - so yes all across the country it is a thing.

[@chimo1961]

I live on the island and tap trees here.

[@coletteoman5871]

@@chimo1961 love it!

[@marymwallace4412]

Bagged milk started when I was so young, but I remember the big jugs of milk we use to get. My father told me they stopped the jugs for sanitary reasons as we could take them back for a refund at that time. People would put other liquids including gasoline in them to transport which would render them useless when the dairy took them back to reuse.

[@slake9727]

Buy plastic jugs are still used. I have lived in 4 different provinces, and I only have seen bags of milk in Ontario.

[@Westhaven2]

The plastic jugs are used only once and never reused as milk containers. The plastic is recycled to make other plastic items.

[@marymwallace4412]

​These jugs we used were specific I believe to regional dairies. Royal Oak was one in our area and you got like a dime back for their return to the store. I do believe they also changed at the time when the metric system came into place as well. ​@@slake9727 Hung that thing in my handle bars on the way home from the store, lopsided with all the weight on one side! 😂

[@robertsmith4681]

In Quebec education is done in French only and you need special permission from government to attend English language school, both languages are taught as formal subjects. Formal English courses started in the 5tth grade onwards.

[@nicmusic21]

You can always go to private. It’s only for a public schools that there are rules. If your parent went to school in English in Canada, you can go to English public school.

[@robertsmith4681]

@@nicmusic21 I only attended school in English as an adult student but I have friends who were primarily anglophone and were "forced" to go to French school anyway, leaving them at a severe disadvantage. That was over 30 years ago mind you rules may have changed since then.

[@marymoreira4375]

@@robertsmith4681 you are obviously not from Quebec. I don’t think you understand how the education system works here. As long as one parent attended English school in Quebec for the majority of their elementary school years. ( 3 years plus one day. Kindergarten doesn’t count) your child can obtain an eligibility certificate granting permission to attend English schools. Also what is called the “grandparent clause” where if one grandparent attended the majority of their elementary school years in English school in Quebec. It is possible to obtain the eligibility certificate. My daughters attended English school. English school system has a very strong French program. The French immersion program consists of the first two years of elementary school is 100% French followed by the Four years of 40% French and 60% English. Bilingual programs Teach 50% French and 50% English from the start. There are also just English “programs for students with learning disabilities. Believe it or not even in Quebec City, were only 2% of the population speak English there are two English elementary and English high schools. You friends kids who were forced to go to French school, the parents or grandparents had not attended English elementary school in Quebec. If they attended English High School, unfortunately that doesn’t count.

[@robertsmith4681]

@@marymoreira4375 I was only born, raised and spent my entire life here except for when I lived in Ontario for 6 months in 1995 ...

[@marymoreira4375]

@@robertsmith4681 if you have always lived in Quebec, I don’t understand why you would have written that only French is thought in Quebec schools! My girls attended elementary school from 1994 - 2006. If anything eligibility may have gotten stricter since.

[@pattischultz1989]

Canadian here. When I was in school, French class was mandatory but only for one semester in grade 8. You could take more through grades 9-12, which I did, but that was elective and this was back in the 70’s. My youngest daughter was able to choose between learning French or Spanish in high school. This was approx 10-15 years ago . She chose Spanish and took it for a couple years.

[@Chellie5107]

My Dear Typical Average American, just come visit us. Clearly you have a very healthy intrest in our beautiful country. So come on up and visit with us. We would love to have you and Im sure that my fellow Canadians will make you feel right at home. Just dont forget your Parka because it is winter and it gets bit nippy up here! Hope to see you soon.

[@thekatt...]

Yes !!! You are welcome by me anytime. I'm only 7 hrs north of Niagra Falls. If you're ever out for a rip, grab a 4x4 at Timmy Ho's and pop by ! Or we can grab a 40 pounder of crown , if that's more to your liking, buddy ! 👍 Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans !!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@charlenescott-u8q]

It's 3 bags of 1.33 litres of milk. We Also have gallon jugs and cartons of many sizes.

[@brandomideas]

My family owned and operated a maple syrup farm for 100 years. The land was sold when my grandfather passed but we would visit the farm as "Beaver's" (search beavers Canada )and do the stick thing with maple syrup. I wish we had inherited the land because I'd still be making it to this day. It was a local operation, sold at one store in the middle of nowhere Nova Scotia, because that's where the farm was. I still support the small farms to this day and avoid brand name maple syrup.

[@warskall]

The one thing about Canadian foods is that most of them are made with real ingredients not bioengineered like most American stuff. Our food regulations are pretty strict on bioengineered type of foods and flavours.

[@terryomalley1974]

Not really. Have you read the ingredients on the side of most boxes and cans of food sold in Canadian grocery stores? Canadian standards for processed foods and additives are marginally better than US standards, but pale in comparison to European standards.

[@TinaP1234]

Also no high fructose corn syrup

[@rdjftw2531]

@@TinaP1234 Not true. It's very common in Canadian processed foods. Here, it's called "glucose-fructose".

[@personincognito3989]

Sadly, this is not true. We have lots of GMO foods in Canada. For instance, all of our canola all of our alfalfa,l sprouts, soybean, potatoes, beets, corn, eggplant, cotton, papaya and most fruits and vegetables and yes we do have high fructose corn syrup in many sweet treats.

[@melindacadarette3447]

@@personincognito3989 Papaya?

[@melodiedesgroseilliers8634]

There are pockets of French Communities all throughout Canada. Northern Ontario is (or was) predominantly French the further north you go along Highway 11 as it's nearest the Quebec border. I learned English in school starting in Primary. In High school you can choose to pick up another language.

[@Wizard101rox]

I know of a few islands and we visited a few . But I never actually looked how many islands Canada has. So I had to Google and I was shocked to learn that Canada has 52,455 islands and 260 are inhabited islands 😱

[@smeechdog1]

Colour me not surprised. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world.

[@Wizard101rox]

@ I know thank you. I am Canadian 🙃 But some things are still a surprise to me

[@mw-wl2hm]

When fist introduced by Canadian co, Kraft, it was called Kraft Dinner in BOTH Canada and the States. Dinner is the largest meal of the day regardless of whether it's at lunchtime or suppertime. (it's now used interchangeably with supper because evening has superseded lunch as the largest meal.) When Kraft started exporting to other countries it changed the name for those AND the States but kept the original name "dinner" in Canada only. I've seen AMERICAN ads from the 50s that say Kraft Dinner on the box.

[@angelinashankle75]

Money is also heat and fire proof. A client of mine had a house fire and the bills did not melt

[@46cab]

There is Braille also on each bill

[@WasephWastar]

That's not braille. Braille would be needlessly complex for a set of 5 different types of bills. Instead, blocks of 6 raised dots are used to indicate the value of the bill

[@rdjftw2531]

@@46cab It isn't true Braille. It's a series of raised dots but the dots aren't actual Braille numbers. Not all blind people can read Braille.

[@rdjftw2531]

@@WasephWastar You must have hit "Reply" as I started typing, so your comment didn't pop up until I hit "Reply", lol! Sorry.......

[@amethystleopard]

@@angelinashankle75 but they do melt in a clothes dryer. Or rather, they actually shrink to about 1/3 of their original size

[@Narissis]

As to why maple taffy is mostly an Eastern Canadian thing - the reason is because the range of the sugar maple tree is mostly from Ontario eastward. So that's where all the sugar shacks (the term for a small maple syrup factory) are.

[@estherabrams7274]

The Kraft Dinner box in Canada literally says “Kraft Dinner” where your box says “Mac & Cheese” We have much higher standards here for all dairy products.

[@rachelledube-hayes1649]

(1) French & English - it depends on where you live and what kind of job you want - being bilingual is a big advantage for jobs in government and larger corporations. You can also choose another language. I went to school in French, had to learn English and chose to learn Spanish. (2) The biggest problem with the north is not the weather as much as the Canadian Shield ... very little soil and a lot of rock ... people didn't originally settle there because you couldn't grown any food ... now they're testing out greenhouses up north and growing vegetables - it could be a game changer. (3) Kraft Dinner ... a huge part of a student diet ... however, you learn to add things to it (chicken, meat, shrimp, veggies ...) (4) bags of milk: were created when the country changed to metric in the '70's ... families use it because you get a lot of milk cheaper .. we still have cartons etc

[@TheFarmerfitz]

I'm in Alberta(54 yrs old now). French was an option in Jr high school. Not a requirement. I took it in grade 7. A 40 minute class once a day. But didn't take it the following year's. I can still say a few words but its limited.

[@bethmcgee2644]

Ontario and Quebec are known for their maple syrup as well. Most families and even classrooms take field trips to farms where they ‘tap’ the trees, collecting the sap from the trees. It is then collected, then taken to a boiler where it is boiled to a determined temperature. The syrup is boiled for a longer time, becomes thicker and taffy like. This is the stage where if poured on to snow will immediately thicken and adhere to a stick. If the thick syrup continues to cook and be stirred it can be made into maple sugar, which is sold as a chunk of sugary candy.

[@bastienethier9169]

Although we do love the rest of Canada, most of us are Quebécois before Canadian and if you live long term in Quebec and deliberately don’t learn any French you do not belong here. The reverse is also true if I go to another province I’ll speak English even with my broken accent x)

[@sarahsnowe]

Fair enough.

[@rallyvic4176]

In Québec, we get a pack of 3 bag of milk for a total of 4 liter but we can buy milk in carton or plastic jug, you can even get some in glass bottle from some brand. Fun fact Québec is a adaptation of the name of a native village that was name Kebek and that word mean "where the river narrows"

[@Angelicus-p5p]

Rural schools in BC we only had French, not other languages, maybe more in big cities? First French lesson for me, like 'a pen', 'a window' were in third grade 1973. Yes, after I left school there was no one really to speak French to.

[@Mrtheunnameable]

In Ontario when I was in school, French is mandatory to grade 9, then the school will often have other languages, generally if they have a teacher from another country that can choose to teach it, but they don't have a teacher exclusively for that language. Like I had a Brazilian teacher that taught Math and Portuguese, and a Spanish teacher that taught English and Spanish.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

I wonder if that aunt ever found her pen on the dresser.

[@MyLaymansViews]

The maple candy in the snow thing is often done if you visit the sugar bush (maple syrup bush) as part of the tour/experience in the late winter very early spring. It’s not generally done outside of this context.

[@Angelicus-p5p]

Syrup has also been made from Big Leaf Maple that grows on the west coast, however there is soooo much more water in the sap it's crazy uneconomical. Birch also makes a different flavoured syrup. Kraft Dinner? We are raised having KD for lunch with a hotdog or sandwich, or soup. Staple in poor homes (1970's). Looonng history. No fake cheese in our KD! Even the colour is plant based. Only non-foody listed ingredient is potassium phosphate.

[@chimo1961]

I tap trees out here, its very lucrative in a Year where we get cold winter nights. It takes 80-100 litres to make a litre, but i use maple wood from the ground to boil off the water. Our season can start in Nov, and extend for quite a while. The trees are very reactive to temperature changes, and can stop and start the sap flow.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

Birch syrup? Hmm never tasted that.

[@Grifter_Reacts]

We do have milk in cartons and jugs as well, bagged milk is just cheaper to make which means cheaper to buy. Little correction on bagged milk, it's actually 3 small bags of milk in another bigger bag secured by something that looks like a bread clip.

[@andrewmcfarland6681]

I am an anglophone who lives in the Laurentians in Quebec and am bilingual and married to a francophone.. Quebec is part of Canada but is very different from the rest of Canada.. culturally because of the language and history and we even have our own separate star system due to the TV and movies made here that is just one difference from the rest of the country...merci beaucoup et ne changez rien mon gars

[@rdjftw2531]

When I think of my favourite Canadian singers, most of them are from Quebec. Luba alone was criminally underrated. IMO Bruno Pelletier does THE best version of "Miserere".

[@qwinlyn]

3:19 the difference with our French classes is I had them from Kindergarden through ninth grade. That's not the norm, most of my friends started French is fourth grade, but we take it every year. And then once you get far enough you get to pick a second language if you want/the school offers them. I remember Spanish was offered in my Highschool. 12:37 Yes. KD is different and so much better than Kraft Mac and Cheese. I've had this conversation with whole swaths of Americans and they don't believe me until they try it themselves. The only people that don't think it's better pick the US one out of nostalgia because they didn't do blind testing.

[@KaoticWhisper]

I took french immersion in grade 7, where they try to get you to predominantly speak in french. But appart from Quebec, and maybe a few outlier communities out east; all government services need to be available in both languages. Provincialy, the only place where everyone speaks french is Quebec, and they have legislation reinforcing The language, signs must be in french first, and it must be larger, etc, but thats only in quebec, erry where else is mostly english, and whatever dialogues they brought with them

[@amethystleopard]

Not just a few outlet communities. The whole province of New Brunswick, and the whole south shore of Nova Scotia, part of which is known as the French Shore

[@kaidayengsze3977]

Both New Brunswick and Manitoba are officially bilingual.

[@sallyfeschuk5771]

​@@kaidayengsze3977we have 31 communities in Alberta that are also officially bilingual.

[@kaidayengsze3977]

@@sallyfeschuk5771 👍👍 I just recently discovered that the three territories can have upwards of 11 official languages, depending on the territory and distribution of Indigenous communities.

[@personincognito3989]

We have 57,420 French as a first language speakers in British Columbia as well as 326,865 bilingual people. Through Canada there are French communities everywhere.

[@BabyFace786yeg]

You know how some plastic smells sweet, that's what the money smells like, so if someone says maple you think it does smell like that, especially the 100 which is brown

[@davidleaman6801]

Canada has dialectical diversity. For instance there is Montreal French, Parisian French and best of all the Acadian French. I say that because Acadian French is easiest for an English speaker to catch on to.

[@pongyi123]

About milk bags, you can also freeze a bag of milk for storage.

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

I'm old enough to remember when Kraft Dinner was good, I can't eat the crap they sell today.

[@personincognito3989]

I never liked it ever. I just make real macaroni and cheese with real cheeses

[@hypercube8735]

You can get milk in cartons in Ontario (e.g. chocolate milk is usually in cartons), but the standard for skim/1%/2%/whole milk/homogenized milk is in plastic bags. If I remember right, bagged milk is the result of Canada switching to metric in the 70s: milk producers found it easier/more cost effective to change the package size by going for bags rather than cartons or jugs (You need a more complicated assembly process for those, but it's easier to make different-sized bags). As far as I know bagged milk is much less of a thing out west, but I've personally only travelled to Quebec and the Maritimes.

[@ThumbWithAFace]

In regards to the money smelling like maple syrup - there's an ingredient in our $20 bill that does have a smell similar to maple. Our treasury actually had to make a statement about it because so many people were calling to ask if they purposefully scented the $20 bill.

[@jasonmorehouse3756]

And it doesn't smell like maple. Which is exactly what the Canadian mint made for an announcement there is no Maple sent to our money

[@ThumbWithAFace]

@jasonmorehouse3756 there isn't an added maple scent, but personally I think our $20 bill smells like maple, and enough people do and inquired about it. There's just an ingredient in that particular bill that has a sweeter smell.

[@shades6666]

Re: our money smelling like maple syrup.. much like 80% of American currency having trace amounts of cocaine, Canadian currency picks up traces of maple syrup 😂

[@ThumbWithAFace]

@@shades6666 AMERICAN CURRENCY HAS TRACE AMOUNTS OF WHAT?! 😭😭😭

[@46babaganoosh]

When I went to school, we started French classes in grade 4 up until grade 8 where you could continue with it or take a different class (German, Ukrainian) in its place. Most people forgot most of the French they learned a few years out of school. Now days there are French immersion schools where every class is taught in French.

[@akeladraconis]

There's also the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, also occupied

[@stephaniec9539]

Yes, I live on one of them :)

[@noadlor]

​@@stephaniec9539 Lucky. So beautiful there.

[@wenken24]

I washed my jeans with a twenty dollar bill in the pocket had to dry it with a towel and it was good as new

[@marshalltucker9690]

10:00 does the money smell like maple syrup... no, at least not purposely.

[@raesour2806]

If you scratch the clear little spot on the bills , it smells faintly of maple syrup (I didn’t believe it, until my sister had me try it).

[@auroraiskindacool]

​@@raesour2806that was only one the first run of plastic bills.They have since stoped doing that

[@SBel65]

On the west coast there are: Vancouver Island, Salt Spring Island, Haida Gwaii, Lax Kwala’ams, Hartley Bay, Kaien Island, Sontuilla, Lasquiti (spelling of the last two are questionable). There are many more but these are the only ones I could pull out of my head at the moment That I either visited or lived near.

[@CalebS-t2i]

Nova Scotia is not a island a bit of it is but most of it isn't Most islands up north is part of Nunavut

[@shaunadillon6507]

Cape Breton is an island. That is part of Nova Scotia

[@CalebS-t2i]

@shaunadillon6507 that's why I said part of it is

[@joellafrechette4011]

@CalebS-t2i 👍🤣👍 English isn't my first language, but even I understood it the first time.........

[@judibrady422]

The sugar maple trees are in Eastern Canada so that is where all the maple syrup traditions are carried out. Much of the Canadian image comes from the east as that is where the majority of the populatiom is.

[@dpcnreactions7062]

When we are locked indoors for so many winter months, comedy is our way to stay sane.

[@lynnbarker1019]

Milk in a bag lasts longer. And it tastes better.

[@sgs3576]

I grew up and live in greater Vancouver, and we have the milk cartons. So the concept of having milk in bags also fascinates me. I am going to have to check this out when I visit other parts of Canada. And to answer your question, yes, we do recycle the milk cartons.

[@darcymartin7608]

Our bills also have Braille on it.

[@rdjftw2531]

It's not actually Braille. It's more efficient. Yes, it's a series of 6 raised dots, the positioning of which determines the denomination, but the dots themselves are not the actual Braille numbers. It was developed by the Bank of Canada in consultation with the CNIB, who advised that not all blind people can read Braille.

[@christianetessier732]

I'm a French Canadian living in Québec and proud of it. I love the fact that I'm bilingual. When we had a referendum about the separation of Québec from Canada, it was rejected by 51% of FRENCH and English people.

[@sarahsnowe]

British Columbian here. I LOVE Quebec.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

I'm in the US and I am so envious that you can speak both French and English. I wanted to learn French in school as my grandfather was from Quebec but they only offered Spanish and German. Years later I took a French class at night at a technical school but the instructor was awful and I barely learned a thing.

[@Jasonvoorheesplace]

I bet you most Americans don't realize their biggest Ally in every major conflict is Canada. We trade more with each other than any other Nation. We are neighbors with the longest border in the world that is unprotected and I think it's very disrespectful the way. Donald Trump has been portraying Canada lately. Remember who your friends are candidates not your enemy

[@careydepass130]

Donald Trump is a disgusting man.

[@cheriemarshall5142]

I live in New Brunswick . On the east coast but bordering Quebec. We have a very vibrant Acadian, population here and we have the distinction of being the ONLY officially bilingual province . Our students can choose between English and French immersion in schools . If you are in English you still learn French . But in immersion you learn only French as an English speaking student. Also if you have a francophone family history you may also choose to enroll in the Francophone school system which has its own schools and transportation systems . There is a lot more to it than even these things but I’ll leave it at that! Hope this helps a bit !

[@damonx6109]

I just had a look through for Tyler's past videos. He has done 25 videos on the exact same topic. Usually something like "Differences between Canadians and Americans" or "Things you didn't know about Canada." And these videos all have the same stuff. Tyler just re-reads the same facts over and over. Here are a few of his past videos. Most of these are also Reddit videos which he hasn't figured out yet are terrible. 1. Things Americans Don't Understand About Canada 2. Things Americans Get Completely Wrong About Canada 3. 10 Ways Canadians and Americans are Different 4. Canadian Things No One Understands 5. Canadian Things that Confuse Americans 6. American Reacts to Objects Only Canadians Know About 7. Things Only Canadians Can Understand 8. Things Americans Need to Know About Canada 9. Things Canadians Want Us to Know About Canada 10. American Reacts to Weird Things Only Canadians Do 11. American Reacts to 50 UNIQUE Things About Canada 12. American Reacts to HUGE Differences Between Canada and America 13. American Reacts to 10 SHOCKING Things About Canada 14. American Reacts to 15 Pics That Prove Canada is Like No Other Country 15. American Reacts to Things Canadians Want You to Know About Canada 16. American Reacts to Things ONLY Canadians Do 17. Things Americans Need to Know About Canada 18. American Reacts to Things ONLY Canadians Understand About Canada 19. American Reacts to 25 Funny Differences Between Canadians and Americans 20. American Reacts to the MOST Misunderstood Things About Canada 21. American Reacts to the WEIRDEST Things About Canada 22. American Reacts to Surprising Facts About Canada 23. American Reacts to 101 Facts About Canada As you can see, he covers the same info over and over, while pretending that it's always new to him. Please Tyler, do something different. I don't think people want to hear you exclaim at how there are no igloos in Canada for the 80th time. And please stop using Reddit. Everyone knows you are a parasite.... But at least put in some effort.

[@natashaw401]

U did research

[@louislalonde3221]

I make maple syrup at home from a couple of really old sugar maple trees in my yard, and I have to say it tastes far better than any other. You have to boil the sap, which in springtime comes out as slightly sweet water. To make the rollable taffy you have to boil the syrup longer than usual.

[@AbbieHughes-m4l]

First! Love your videos!

[@user-hr5pc3rt2n]

Kraft sells their mac aid cheese in Canada packaged as KD, Kraft Dinner. Its probably more or less the same crap you get, lol

[@vannessarae3402]

I live in Saskatchewan and I have never once seen milk in a bag. We get it in cartons or jugs.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Canada is a bilingual nation. Lots of islands are too small, but larger ones have cottages, huge ones have towns or cities. Maple trees are ubiquitous. We make the syrup no matter where we live. I’ve never sniffed our bills … they’re filthy! … Not all places have bagged milk … I buy my milk in bags, but other areas have cartons. I use the washed milk bags for freezing things like chile, home made soup, etc. so there’s less plastic waste. We’re very divers in our behaviours and habits depending on where we live. Quebec is a primarily French speaking province. We’re a self deprecating bunch … we laugh at ourselves regularly! It’s great that you’re curious about us! Come visit some time! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@2ManyGoats]

14:13 no, we get one big bag, and that has 3 smaller bags in it. Each smaller bag has 1 1/3 liters totaling 4 liters of milk. It's actually a direct result of the change from the imperial system to the metric system. This way, all that had to be done was to change how much was put into a bag before it was sealed. I was kinda thrown off by it as well when I first moved from Newfoundland to Ontario since we had cardboard cartons in NL.

[@estherabrams7274]

You have to be sure the snow is really fresh and clean before you pour hot syrup on it. Also, even here, maple syrup is expensive, so we definitely don’t do it every day!