Is Canada like america?

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Oot in Aboot

We have a lot of similar products and services but every time I cross the border (from Canada), it feels erie. I feel much better once I am back in Canada, safer.

Home sweet home. Canada is not the same as the US. No way no how.

Dead Day Afternoon

It's similar but better.
We get all there tv shows and music and movies plus our own.
And Canada is cleaner and less violent.
We are lucky people.

thebeatles193

Depends on which part of America, and which part of Canada. For the most part, Canada is cleaner, colder, more friendly, and certain places only speak french. Most people here play or at least watch hockey (the NHL was founded by CANADIANS, and over fifty percent of the players now are Canadian, despite what MasterPython said above.) BUt lots of the TV shows are american, and lots of the products. However, I love Canada, and would never move.

hibiscus

As a Canadian living near the U.S. border, I find that we share a lot of similarities but there are some differences. In the U.S. restaurants have larger portions, and there are more buffets etc. I also notice that malls tend to be more of a "destination." Both of our countries are heavy on the consumerism, but there is a different feel to the malls and the people at them.

old lady

Canada is part of America. So is the USA. If you mean, does Canada feel like the USA the answer is NO. Cultures are very different.

MizzChic

Hell no.

Our cultures are very different, and I know this because my entire extended family lives in Florida and I also travel across the border frequently (I have many friends that are yanks)!

Imo, we (Canadians) are much friendlier, tolerant, and polite. Plus, you will begin to see the differences in small things, like for example; how many fast food joints there are, also the portions of the meals (they are ridiculously huge in the U.S) and so on!

It's hard to explain, but our cultures are very different and if you ever travel to both countries, you will notice it!

Dangermanmi6

I live close to the border and go shopping and ski-ing in America. The areas that we go to are much like our own city and people in this area cross back and forth regularly. The best way to describe it is that it is kind of like a distorted mirror your reflection is the same but just a little bit different. I've found in my travels in both countries the differences become more pronounced the further away from the border.

Stephanie

According to a Recent popular US article on the L.A. Times.

A little question of history. Mordecai Richler (a Canadian satirical novelist and satirical children's novelist) once suggested that what defines Canadians is the fact that we're all, quite literally, LOSERS!--and we've never gotten over the fact. Nobody actually actively chose to live here because they really liked the idea. The natives, who were always here, didn't choose to have the European-dominated country of Canada imposed on top of them--but they lost battles, and so became Canadians. Losers. The French in Quebec are Canadians because the British defeated them back in the eighteenth century (and they sure don't like that fact these days). Losers, right? The British-based population of Canada consists of two major groups: United Empire Loyalists, the people in the American colonies who sided with Britain in the war of independence and lost, and so had to flee to Ontario and the Maritimes; and immigrants from England, most obviously people who were doing poorly there, losers at the game of life who decided to set out and try again somewhere else. Losers all again. Throughout this century, people who have immigrated to Canada have tended to be people who have lost elsewhere--lost wars, lost land, etc. Losers yet again. My own ancestors came here because of pogroms in Eastern Europe that destroyed their homes--and would have preferred to go to the US but they couldn't get in, so they settled for Canada, poor losers. We Canadians aren't patriotic because we really only settle for being here, all of us, rather than being delighted by it--and we love to whine about it. Losers for sure, eh?

Fernella13

As a person of color, and one who's lived in both countries, I can say that the USA is more tolerant than CDN. Canadians shut out non-whites out of the job market by asking for 'Canadian experience', I could on and on, let's Just say that if you're white, there's not much difference, if you're non-white the differences are startling

BTW: the cable TV sucks here in CDN

Heather H

Sorry, but Canada is part of America.
Canada, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Argentina...etc...all part of America...
I suppose you mean, is Canada like the United States of America??
Yeah, it's pretty similar...but it's like when you travel between states of the USA, they all are a little different...different customs, cultures, but nothing really so different.

MasterPython

Canadian culture is defined by beer brewed by foreign owned corporations, a few hockey teams that play in a mainly US league, cold weather and the fact that Canada is not part of the States. For the past few decades the trend has been to forget the non politically correct parts of history so the result is that very little of it is taught. Canada was concurred and purchased piece by piece whenever it was profitable and asked for independence when it was convenient for both sides. It has been run more like a company than a country. The result is that different regions of Canada have cultures that people define themselves by. But a unified national culture is something dreamed up by politicians and advertising executives to sedate the masses or make a profit.

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