Non-Canadians, what do you really think of Canada?

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The low profile United States with less crazies.
At one point, I was thinking of getting my undergrad from Canada because of some articles in a news magazine.
 
Draxal said:
The United States also has it huge Asian enclaves along with a substantial Latino/African American population as my counterpoint.

I will say that I did check the demographic map afterwards and I'm really curious to see what the 2016 census will say about Canada, as it seems the white majority is decreasing rapidly. As the changes from the 2001-06-11 were pretty stark.
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Toronto is probably more ethnically diverse than most of the American cities with the exception of New York.
 
Anyone who criticizes Canada is a filthy commie. And we don't much care for commies up north eh.

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Draxal said:
The United States also has it huge Asian enclaves along with a substantial Latino/African American population as my counterpoint.

I will say that I did check the demographic map afterwards and I'm really curious to see what the 2016 census will say about Canada, as it seems the white majority is decreasing rapidly. As the changes from the 2001-06-11 were pretty stark.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canada

I'd question how's doing the data, as having 81.7% of the country having European origin wouldn't really count as racially diverse on my part.
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Vancouver is not the whole country. My city (a Toronto suburb) is composed of Italians, Jews, Chinese, Persians, Russians, Koreans, Greeks, Indians, Jamaicans and the list goes on and on. It's not like many cities in the US (and even Canada) where one ethnic group lives in one neighbourhood, and another lives in another.
 
I've been living in Vancouver for three years now, and I don't like it here. With all the praise for Vancouver in this thread, should I feel depressed about myself?

I love Toronto (back home) though.
 
Johnny Cage In The Shower said:
I've been living in Vancouver for three years now, and I don't like it here. With all the praise for Vancouver in this thread, should I feel depressed about myself?

I love Toronto (back home) though.
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Eh, I'm from Edmonton and I have visited Vancouver many times. It is beautiful to spend some summer days but I wouldn't ever want to live there. So you're not alone. I do have many friends who moved from here out there and love it though so I guess we are in the minority
 
Me and my gf loved Vancouver being from Southern California. Everything was clean and the people were polite.


That being said we do understand that it poll takes a shithead of money to have a decent lifestyle, like any other major metro area
 
Seems like a really relaxed and varied country to live in, kind of like the US except less crazy. Not a ton of iconic places to visit as a tourist but I'm sure living there is ace.

If I had to choose, I'd probably move to Vancouver for the snowboarding.
 
Like most here on GAF, I'm American, but I've always really enjoyed my time in Canada. I got the impression that it was like the states, but more livable, safer, and less inwardly focused. Also poutine rules. I would definitely consider living there

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to things like Canadian politics though.
 
Tagyhag said:
Seems like a really relaxed and varied country to live in, kind of like the US except less crazy. Not a ton of iconic places to visit as a tourist but I'm sure living there is ace.

If I had to choose, I'd probably move to Vancouver for the snowboarding.
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Unless you're willing to trek up to Whistler then you may be disappointed

Seasons seem to be getting progressively worse here in terms of snow

We got up to 15 degrees celsius at one point in January
 
Non offensive country, doesn't really bother anyone. Makes some of the best games. They love travelling to NZ... that's about it.
 
I was in Ottawa for like 3 days for business.

It felt strangely similar to Australia, both being very un-american.

a bit boring, but that's Ottawa and not Canada as a whole.
 
Dazzler said:
Unless you're willing to trek up to Whistler then you may be disappointed

Seasons seem to be getting progressively worse here in terms of snow

We got up to 15 degrees celsius at one point in January
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Bro I have to drive 5 hours to get to snowboarding here in LA.

An hour and a half sounds great, I can make a day of it instead of needing a whole weekend.
 
Silver Arrows said:
As a Canadian, I certainly agree with the idea that the country has an inferiority complex. You can see it in any sort of discussion around any sport that isn't hockey.
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I think discussion about hockey highlights it pretty well, too... Canadians cling so hard to the notion that we must be the best in the world and we're somehow diminished if we're not. It's like "this is the one thing we're good at -- we can't lose this, too!"
 
Seems like a cool place with nice people from what I hear from family who live there. I'm not a fan of the weather or the government though. Would visit.
 
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT OKAY LET'S GO.

HEY FOLKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NHL OFF-SEASON, AN' WHAT I LIKE TO DO TO RELAX IS TO SIT ON MY PATIO WITH A NICE COLD MOLSON CANADIAN AN' THINK 'BOUT THINGS, EH. WHO'S THE WORST COMMIE? WHO IS THE BEST CANADIAN PLAYER EVER (THAT'S BOBBY ORR, EH)? AN' WHAT DO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CANADA THINK OF CANADA, EH?

WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF CANADA? WELL, IT BETTER BE GOOD, EH. OR I'LL SOCK YA ALL IN THE MOUTH. WE'RE THE BEST, EH, NO QUESTION. BEST HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE FROM HERE, WE GOT A LOTTA LAND, THERE'S SOME GOOD FOOD, AN' FOLKS LIKE THAT DRAKE FELLA WHO MADE THIS MILL GUY REAL MEEK, EH.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE CANADA ARE COMMUNISTS, EH. IT SAYS SO IN THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO THAT COMMIES HATE CANADA. DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE BOOK TO CHECK, IT'LL MAKE YOU SEE RED AND PRAY TO STALIN, EH. I HEAR THAT IF YOU OPEN THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, IT'LL ALSO MAKE YOUR HANDS PREGNANT WITH COMMUNIST IDEALS.

YOU FOLKS WANNA KNOW THE BEST PLACE IN CANADA? MIMICO, ONTARIO, EH. YOU GOT GOOD CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS COMIN' FROM THERE LIKE DAVEY CLARKSON, BRENNAN SHANAHAN, AN' DAVEY BOLLAND, EH. MIMICO'S GOT THAT GRIT AN' HEART, EH. IT'S WHY TORONTO IS THE BEST CITY, EH. LOTTA PEOPLE TALK 'BOUT VANCOUVER AN' SAY "OH IT'S SO QUAINT, EH, LOOK AT ALL THE QUAINT STUFF" AN' I JUST TELL 'EM TO SHUT THEIR MOUTHS AN' TALK 'BOUT MIMICO AN' TORONTO. I HEAR COMMIES ARE HANGIN' 'ROUND VANCOUVER, EH. WHERE'S THAT TEABRIS FELLA AT TO TALK 'BOUT THIS?

YOU ALSO GOT NEWFOUNDLAND, EH. WHAT A GREAT PLACE. THE PLACE WHERE NHL LEGEND DANNY CLEARY CAME FROM. YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOIN' IT RIGHT WHEN YOU GOT DAN CLEARY HAILIN' FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, EH.

NOW, LEMME TELL YOU KIDS A STORY: I WAS IN THE BATHROOM, WASHIN' HANDS, WHEN A BUNCH OF COMMUNISTS RAN IN A BATHROOM STALL. I WAS LOOKIN' AT 'EM 'CAUSE THEY LEFT THE STALL DOOR OPEN, EH. THEY WERE INSIDE PRAYIN' TO STALIN AN' EXCHANGIN' COMMUNIST MANIFESTO NOTES, EH. THEY WERE ALSO STEPPIN' ON THE CARPET WITH THEIR SHOES ON. BOY, THAT GOT ME REAL STEAMED. ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOBBY ORR RAN IN AN' GOT INSIDE ANOTHER STALL. HE LEFT THE STALL DOOR OPEN 'CAUSE HE'S A GOOD CANADIAN KID. ANYHOW, BOBBY SANG THE CANADIAN ANTHEM AN' STARTED READIN' MY BOOK, DON CHERRY'S HOCKEY STORIES AN' STUFF. THOSE COMMIES GOT REAL EMBARRASSED AN' RAN OUT THE DOOR CRYIN', AN' THEY FORGOT TO WASH THEIR HANDS, EH. I STARTED TEARIN' UP, EH. I WAS REAL PROUD OF BOBBY.

BOBBY ORR REMINDED ME OF BOBBY ORR, EH. GOD LOVE' EM.

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The parts of Canada I've been to have been pleasant places to visit. Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Toronto seems very similar to my neck of the woods, Boston, and any other North Eastern US city. Montreal has always struck me as the most "foreign" city in North America... one that just looks and feels very different from the rest of the states (and presumably Canada). For instance, in Toronto, I could forget if I'm in Toronto or, say, Detroit or Chicago or something, but in Montreal, it's nothing like Burlington, Albany NY, Portland Maine, or Boston, etc. Vancouver was great, but it was a blur, and I just remember it being very expensive... And that every beer I got was like $10. But this was back in 2006 when prices were different.

As for the Canadian people, they've always struck me as being nice people.
Canadian government, I'm sure it's just a fine government.
 
As a Canadian,

Bagged milk rules, our money is cool looking, and our PM is trying his hardest to destroy our country. Toronto feels like America to me, and Quebec can be it's own country if it wants. We'd save a ton taking french descriptions off of every product.
 
The Albatross said:
The parts of Canada I've been to have been pleasant places to visit. Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Toronto seems very similar to my neck of the woods, Boston, and any other North Eastern US city. Montreal has always struck me as the most "foreign" city in North America... one that just looks and feels very different from the rest of the states (and presumably Canada). For instance, in Toronto, I could forget if I'm in Toronto or, say, Detroit or Chicago or something, but in Montreal, it's nothing like Burlington, Albany NY, Portland Maine, or Boston, etc. Vancouver was great, but it was a blur, and I just remember it being very expensive... And that every beer I got was like $10. But this was back in 2006 when prices were different.

As for the Canadian people, they've always struck me as being nice people.
Canadian government, I'm sure it's just a fine government.
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More foreign than Mexico City?
 
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