A fellow American here agrees

Ya until you declare war on us when we have the only drinking water and timber left lol. JK of course, our 2 Countries and the fact we share such a long border longest I believe? And almost never any incidents shows the unity we have.

@NoYiu There is some anti-Americanism in most countries around the world, and Canada has its own special brand. But my comment still stands. I like Canada; it's a great country and very beautiful, no matter what some Canadians may think or say about us. Ultimately, we are allies, and I respect the views of our allies, even if we might have differing perspectives at times.

@@johnalden5821 I’m Canadian from Toronto. Can say I love America. It’s like my second home, also to add my most prized possession is a flag flown over mount Vernon. We are always gonna be brothers despite what some may think

@@keijiro4665 Like I said, we are so lucky to have you guys as neighbors and allies. All respect to Canada. You have a cool culture and a beautiful country. I intend to go there as often as I can, now that we can travel again.

Absolutely agree. I am considering another trip up there, this time to Vancouver, if my new job works out.

Still, I bet my American university could whip just about any Canadian team in their national sport (lacrosse). 😮

@@BTinSF this old Canadian played hockey, football, soccer, baseball and lacrosse back in my school days. I can say without fear of contradiction that lacrosse is the roughest game I've played but then again, I played with native Canadians and they invented the game. They don't fool around. I don't know who would beat who but vouching for your alma mater gets my respect. Cheers!

@@niemi5858 We (Johns Hopkins in Baltimore) have been US National Collegiate Champions many times. Google some of our games--I think you'll enjoy them if you enjoy lacrosse.

@@BTinSF Many thanks! I'm on it.

lol right?

It's rare to see non-Canadians pronounce it right, XD

But the way the person said Newfoundland

In the song ‘Canadian Idiot,’ Weird Al Yankovic does a pretty good job of it.

But a lot of our history was buried and or half true . Many more natives died then what was supposedly reported . I am from West Quebec myself . La belle province .

@@markdemell8056 10 000 Canadiens(Français) ont périt durant la guerre de 7 ans(French and Indians war) mais l'histoire ne dit pas combien d'Autochtones. Vous savez où trouver la réponse? Durant la guerre de 1812 les autochtones ont perdu beaucoup plus de guerriers que les Anglais et les Canadiens(Français) et les Anglais n'ont pas respecté les arrangements avec Tecumseh, chef des Chouannons(Shawnees)et l'Alliance des Tribus(32) et ont crée une frontière qui désaventageait les Autochtones et ils n'ont pas eu le territoire promis pour créer un état à eux. Combien sont mort en1812-14? *** Les guerriers autochtones participent surtout aux batailles qui ont lieu dans l’Ouest ou autour des Grands Lacs mais ils sont également présents en nombre à la bataille d’Ogdensburg, le 22 février 1813, et à la bataille de Crysler’s Farm, le 11 novembre 1813. Plus à l’est, dans le Bas-Canada, une force unissant des Mohawks, des Hurons, des Algonquins, des Abénaquis et des Voltigeurs canadiens sous le commandement de Charles de Salaberry (1778-1829), chasse les forces américaines de Châteauguay. ... Au cours des pourparlers qui vont aboutir au Traité de Gand (1814) qui met un terme à la guerre, les Britanniques tentent de négocier la création d’un territoire indien, mais les délégués américains s’y opposent. La seule concession que ces derniers sont prêts à accepter et d’accorder aux Autochtones la surface qu’ils avaient avant la guerre. C’est une profonde déception et une immense perte pour de nombreux groupes autochtones puisque, malgré tous leurs efforts, ils n’ont pu récupérer leurs territoires traditionnels. En 1816, l’Indiana devient un État et officialise le processus consistant à chasser les peuples autochtones de leurs territoires traditionnels tout en accueillant de nouvelles vagues de colons américains et européens. Pour les peuples autochtones qui vivent en Amérique du Nord britannique, la guerre de 1812 marque aussi la fin d’une ère d’autosuffisance et d’autodétermination. Les peuples autochtones vont bientôt être dominés numériquement par les colons sur leurs propres terres. Toute influence sociale et politique dont les Autochtones ont pu jouir avant la guerre s’évanouit alors. En l’espace d’une génération, les contributions d’un grand nombre d’Autochtones engagées ensemble aux côtés de leurs alliés britanniques et canadiens contre un ennemi commun allaient être complètement oubliées. (Encyclopédie Canadienne)

I'm in the west and I think it's time we leave, B.C. , Ab, and Sask.

@@kevinkarbonik2928 Leaving wont help you being part of the solution, I see some youth today who defend principles that most people in my youthI'm 69) would not even want to hear about.

@@sergelauzon7763 Merci for the edification mon ami .Nothing new under the sun , son ! Man has dominated man to his injury .Ecclesiastes 8:9 .The Book of Ecclesiastes is so very deep , even an atheist would enjoy it , if they would just give it a chance . Vanity of vanities , vanity of vanities , says the Congregator { Teacher } all is VANITY!

i mean both Canada and New Zealand are UK colonies and still in the commonwealth eh, so it kinda makes sense that we have more in common

Didn't NZ treat their indigenous significantly better than Canadians did?

@@Mangoes95 Canada's record in this regard was not good. I can't comment about the NZ record. Most agree that the US was worse than either.

Cool they have a Hamilton in NZ too? I'm from Hamilton in Ontario lol

@@Mangoes95 the Maori in NZ were more organised and had numbers to really scare the settlers coming in. The natives in Canada had less unity and were defeated in pieces ...

I think you got that a little backwards Canada entered ww2 on Sept. 10, 1939. The US entered the same war after Dec7,1941 , so who was helping whom is always an interesting and pointless argument. If one realizes that if the US had entered the war a year earlier then the war in Europe would likely have ended in 1943 and Japan would not have attacked Pearl as the US would have been on a war footing long before. History just is but it's interesting to think about the what if's and the way today's world has been affected by earlier decisions.

@@alpearson9158 BUT we have small troops so the amount of awards is amazing for such small troops.

Why is this argument even being made? Both countries answered the call and sent their young mean to fight. Both countries made huge sacrifices of thousands of their young men in this war. Let's just leave it at that.

Canadians had their own beach front on D Day...so its not like they just helped out at a USA or UK beach...

@@superdrew8564 10% of the Canadian population was mobilized in the army during ww2.

The history of the railroad being built through the Rocky Mountains and glacial rivers is fascinating. Many people died and most were Chinese immigrants. Not to mention the threat of bears, cougars, wolfs, moose always lurking while navigating that terrain

The Gatineau park in Gatineau Quebec is a wonderful place to visit ,land O lakes.

I live in Vancouver and I agree.. but it's really an expensive life over here..

I thought Los Angeles was the most beautiful city I ever visited in USA, beautiful palm trees everywhere.

@@stephintheatre6335 We have palm trees in Vancouver too as well as Banana trees. ;)

@@jamesnapper2876 I wasn't talking about visiting Canadian city

That’s a fair way of thinking about it. We definitely have a very friendly relationship with Canada

@@princeofhyrule2205 Canada is also one of America’s closest allies

Atleast we have never lost a battle. Take off ya Hoser! 🇨🇦

@@FadedTag In addition to what Trevon Womack said, y'all have fought in pretty much every major war of the 20th and 21st centuries, including both world wars, Iraq and Afghanistan. On what planet have y'all not lost a battle? Because it certainly isn't the reality on this planet.

@Trevon Womack the fact that Canada exists is evidence of who "won" the War of 1812

The red ensign and the flag of ontario are not exactly the same. Canadian red ensign = red flag, union jack in upper left corner and on the right side is the shield portion of the coat of arms of Canada. Ontario flag = same red flag with union jack upper left corner but right side is the shield portion of the ontario coat of arms. Officially the union jack was the flag...but de facto the red ensign was flown at government buildings and used in ww2 to represent canadian armed forces.

@@superdrew8564 The Red Ensign is a civil ensign of the UK and was used in British maritime trade. A version of the Red Ensign was used as the flag of the Hudson's Bay Company, with the Union Jack in the top left corner and the initials HBC on the right. This flag flew over HBC fur trading posts when the HBC owned and ruled Rupertsland. The rival North West Company also flew a Red Ensign featuring the initials NWCo. Until 1965 Canada had no official flag, but the unofficial flag of Canada was likewise based on the Red Ensign. It featured the Canadian Coat of Arms on the right and, as the coat of arms changed over time, the Canadian Red Ensign changed too. (btw, today's Maple Leaf flag was adopted in 1965 and broke with tradition --- not only was it not based on the Red Ensign, but it was also an unusual size: Most national flags are golden rectangles with their width 1.618 times as long as their height, but the Canadian Maple Leaf flag is one unit tall and two units wide. The Maple Leaf itself sits in the middle of a square). The Province of Ontario still uses a Red Ensign with the Coat of Arms of Ontario on the right, consisting of a shield with 3 maple leaves under a St. George Cross. Likewise, the Province of Manitoba uses a version of the Red Ensign with the Manitoba Coat of Arms on the right, consisting of a shield with a bison under a St. George cross.

The Red Ensign displays the coat of arms of Canada in the bottom right corner. The Province of Ontario is similar, but displays the provincial coat of arms in the bottom right corner. During the time of the Union Jack, naval and other military displayed the Red Ensign to distinguish Canadian troops and vessels from British troops and vessels. Most Canadian veterans of WWI and WWII consider the Red Ensign to be the flag of Canada at that time.

I’ve spent almost all my adult life in Alberta, but glad to see the love for Nova Scotia. I still consider myself a proud Quebecker.

Next time you visit you should check out Jasper national park... about 3 hrs. north of Banff on the Banff, Jasper highway.

As a proud Nova Scotian I'm happy to hear that! One thing we did during covid was to set up a Facebook group and we helped each other out. If it was picking up groceries or drop off stuff 90% of the time people did it without profit and helped out because they truly cared

@@lunaastrum9886 That's the thing that really impressed me about NS (besides the stunning natural beauty) is how friendly and genuine the people are there. I can't wait to return!

Ya took a hike up in banff after taking the railway there. Was a great time and enjoyed how all the streets where named after different animals (beaver, fox etc) that you can see while animal scouting. Though i suck at getting even a single animal pic. Will definately go there or somewhere further like jasper again.

Greetings from Vancouver Island!

Hi, I was born on Vancouver Island, but now live in Chilliwack, which is about 1 hr and half East of Vancouver. I love Canada and this area, except after last weekends big storm, we are cut off from the rest of the province, to the west, between Abbotsford and Chilliwack, there is/was farm land called Sumas Prairie and it flooded really badly and so the Trans-Canada Highway is impassible and to the east there are mudslides and wash outs on all of the major Highways, I am hoping this does not last for long. At least now the border is open, so if you want to go east from Vancouver you can go through the US.

@@gopherlyn I'm so sorry to hear about you being cut off! I hope everyone stays safe! We saw the news about the Sumas area flooding. So much rain and wind earlier this week!! The images of silt flowing out to the major water ways is crazy! I just saw an over head view of a landslide on the Olympic Peninsula - 😳. The landslide that blocked I-5 near Bellingham has wrecked havoc on our state. Most people think of BC and WA State as so very separate, but we really aren't when it comes to weather and geology. We really are one big natural area, affected by so many of the same events. What happens in the Fraser River valley, as far as weather, often drifts down here. So it's not just the Salish tribes, but all of us tied together by our unique region. Take care!!

@@concertinamadrigals4058 hi neighbor!! 😊👍

The red ensign was the original flag.

Same here I live in Toronto (Woodbridge) . I am proud to be Canadian (born).❤🇨🇦

I live in Thornhill, Ontario which is the city just above Toronto. One of our favourite lakes that we go paddling on is called Lake Wilcox and is a kettle lake.

Vive le Canada!!

Well, 2nd best IMO 😉🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇿

Salut Mathieu , Franco Ontarien, ici

Not even close, maybe 30 years ago. Our government is slowly turning this beautiful country into a socialist swamp. So much so that Canadians are moving State Side on a regular basis.

Second only to the States! Just kidding, I visit Canada a lot and feel at home there.

I’ll try my best to send the best candy from Mexico

Hopefully they don’t melt or expire during shipping 😭

Living in Canada is the only country you can have a love affair with oh Canada oh Canada

I dont live in Mexico but im a mexican American and im planning them on sending mexican snacks i grew up with

I’m from Hawaii would love to send some snacks.

Center of the center

My parents were born and raised in Nova Scotia and moved to Ontario for a job opportunity after getting married. I was born and raised here in Ontario but consider Nova Scotia as my second home since we are there so often and most of my family is there.

I don’t know I would say more so Manitoba and Saskatchewan are central Canada

(Honestly, it was a more attractive flag, and was a derivative design from the Royal Navy Ensign, that was "Canadianised.")

The provincial flags of Ontario and Manitoba are similar to the Red Ensign.

This change was late 1960’s or early 1970’s. About the same time as the change of national anthem from “God Save the Queen” to “Oh, Canada.”

@@concertinamadrigals4058 Sorry, but the old navy flag looked like a bargain store rag compared to the one that looks canadian!

Although I honor the Maple Leaf .....I was born under the Ensign.....and it still holds a precious place in my heart

That's not cold, lol. Most Americans don't know we have a warm summer

@@catherinejohnson1354 yeah that is cold you mop.

Sounds cold but this is not all of Canada. Its not the West Coast or the Maritimes. In the Maritimes Snow in Winter has largely been replaced by warm rain. Our ski hills are suffering and those that have survived have turned into hiking resorts. It is hard to make snow and have it washed away in less than 24 hours. You cannot generalize about a vast land like Canada. In my part of the world 14c can be a winter day. And it will get warmer as the century progresses.

I spent a ton of my summers in the 1000 Islands through the years. We'd love to boat over to Kingston and other Canadian towns.

And the Rocky Mountains!,,

I used to live in Kingston,Ontario. The thousand islands is an awesome tour.

I'm a life long resident of Winnipeg Canada. (Central Canada) and I spent new years 2017 in NZ. My oversimplified explanation of NZ is to say that if Great Britain and Hawaii had a baby it would be NZ in almost every way. Everywhere you look is inspired by either British or Polynesian culture and architecture. However, I only landed at Auckland airport then went straight to Hamilton. Then the Coromandel with a stop in Rotorua on the way back to my buddies house in Christchurch to finish up my trip. I'm sure the city of Auckland would be much more of a modern feel with all it's downtown living and traffic that goes with it.

Hobbits still live there ,hehehe.

Visit, yes. Live, no.

Most Atlantic provinces speak English. Only Quebec and parts of New Brunswick speak French

@@alecedgeworth2814 600,000+ native french speakers in Ontario and there are french communities across canada. Saskatchewan has 100,000+ native french speakers thanks to Riel. Manitoba has 46,000+ people with french as a first language. Alberta has 86,000+ BC has 76,000+

@@Ottawajames yeah but when you only have maybe 10% speaking a language in any province can you honestly say that there’s even close to being a significant minority?

Actually there is a huge French speaking population in Manitoba. We actually have the largest French Immersion school program in the country

I lived within view of Canada for 5 years and went there a lot, almost daily. French is common, but everyone speaks English too. When we traveled north into rural northern Quebec, few locals spoke English at all.

Yes we know canada has more loyalty to england an france than it does it's own citizens. Kinda how it formed during the american revolution ironically.

Québec has 8 millions

@@francismarcoux8944 ok, and?

@@francismarcoux8944 He didn't say Quebec you dolt. There is a tiny area that is owned by FRANCE, that is not QUEBEC.

@@m.collier708 the initial video is about Canada. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is not part of Canada "you" Dolt.

Hinterland Who’s Who were the wildlife clips

@@toastyfox2893 yes

you mean 130 years ago

Poutine is god tier food! and yes i would also say its our national dish even tho it isnt too popular in western Canada and more of an Eastern Canada/Quebec thing

Lac La Biche?

Did you know that Riel now has a boulevard named after him?

@@TheLizardWizard17 its popular everywhere, even in in northern Manitoba, and the Yukon where I've worked for 4 summers.

4 months?? More like 6-5 months😭

@@yourstrulylene2122 Anything warmer than -5° celcius isn't what most people would call 'cold ' . I'm talking about real cold. December through March is where you can get uncomfortable or dangerous temperatures, but even then its usually for a few days at a time. So , 4 months is about right. Plus most of the west coast only gets barely below freezing in the winter. Plus those areas get a few more months of warmer temperatures.

@@michaelkruk3415 I know I’m talking about -15 to -35

And we don't live in igloos

@@catherinejohnson1354 It's very true. We leave in regular houses that happen to be equipped with good heating system. And we don't spend all the winter in hibernation.

LOL The inevitable skipping-over of the Prairie provinces is so common for the East and West... BC is my personal favourite, with its indigenous cultures, temperate rainforests, and access to the Rocky Mountains, which it shares with Alberta. Alberta has the Badlands, and Manitoba has numerous lakes and Churchill, where you can see polar-bears... Saskatchewan is...flat...and has dust-devils and grain...or something. Go north, and you have the Yukon (famous for the Gold Rush and the Aurora Borealis), the Northwest Territories (famous for, what, like, tundra or something?), and Nunavut (which...exists, I guess). I've met Irish tourists who said that visiting the Maritimes was like going home.

And the sugar maple area southeast of Québec City (south shore of the St-Lawrence river) called Beauce and a bit south of Beauce. Go in late September to see the colours.

Yeah but all the episodes are the same. "This load *absolutely must get through immediately*, or the world will end! But oh no! There's a terrible snow storm, the biggest of the century, and three trailers have already been blown over, blocking the only, and already treacherous, route to town! And look! One is about to slide down that embankment! What will happen?!? Let's watch!" Every. Episode.

@@VeryCherryCherry I have loaded many trailers that go up North of my home in Saskatoon. I asked of the drivers what they thought of the show “Ice Road Truckers”, they all replied that it is hype over reality. Most of them just consider it part of the job.

Those are winter roads - roads that only exist in the winter.

Having driven on the winter roads in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario I can say that it isn't anything like the show, except that the roads are incredibly rough and no one drives like that because we want to get ourselves and our equipment out in one piece.

They got one of the longest ice roads on Lake Manitoba

I love your Franglish...LOL - I am also a Canadian-American, living in Maryland. I just came back from checking on my elderly parents in Montreal. I hope you get to visit soon since the border is now fully open. I enjoyed this video as well- thanks :)

@@natashabarbour8215 Thanks😂

I know a woman who has family in Eastern Canada. She just returned from a week-long visit so it looks like the border is open. She had to do her return drive through a blizzard . No fun.

Currently living in Edmonton, last summer we hit almost 40°c (Reports say 37 at Edm. Int. Airport but I know for a fact that my conventional and digital thermometers hit 39 at home just south of the River), some of the sidewalks expanded to the point of raising from the ground in little triangles at creases, having grown up and lived in Central Alberta my entire life I have never experienced more heat naturally, and to boot it didn't drop below (a daily high of) 30° again for almost a week. We broke a bunch of historical records for Edmonton, It was insane, I've never seen anything like it and I hope to god it doesn't get that bad next year 0.o

Down here in Lethbridge that was a brutal week. Those lovely NS beaches are better for walking then swimming. Lawrencetown beach was our fav when we lived in Halifax.

@@anthonyvink7153 God I can't imagine how bad it would've been that far south, damn, like at least up here the sun doesn't quite make it directly above us so we get a lot more shade, but down there it would be a lot more direct sun comparitively (I would imagine, spent 99% of my life in the Red Deer area or in Edmonton since we didn't have money to travel much, and usually the Rockies or BC were the top picks when we did, so I'm just guessing based on what I know)

@@PerishingPurplePulsar our AC had a Freon leak and needed a repair. We didn’t know until it couldn’t keep up. The HVAC guys were so busy that week. I’ll bet with all that OT they were all able to take Holidays in September.

The trigger fish and sharks I can live with. Not happy about barracudas though. I wonder if you ever followed any of the great white shark tagging on Twitter? They named several of the Sharks and gave them their own twitter profiles, comments etc. Kind of cute for a fish whose reputation is not always cute.

My Quebec is special ,if you know what I mean!

@@markdemell8056 oh it is special!!!!!! Most of my relatives live there and they tell me all the time and how special it is!!!!!!

@@liseswolfs8624 I love the land but hate the government system here .Gatineau Park is still wild and filled with wild life, HalleluYAH !

This is why I came to see if anyone mentioned. Just incase no one is aware, Eskimo is a derogatory term. Inuit is the correct term. In fact.. we just changed the football team in Edmonton (finally) from The Eskimo’s to The Elks.

Yup, I was appalled by that too. Inuit is the correct term. It is really unfortunate that the video used for this reaction video used such a derogatory term.

@@northernprovisions5679 Did you? That's so good to hear. I've known, at the latest with Nunavut becoming a separate territory but probably earlier (shamefully not from childhood because I'm 48 and grew up a bit ignorant of everything) that Esquimo wasn't what the northern people called themselves and wanted to be called. I worried a bit in 2020 when other sports teams finally admitted that name changes were in order that Edmonton would remain indifferent. There's no need to insult the dignity of an important group of Canadians who have an admirable history of endurance. I hope the Elks have a great season in 2022!

@@northernprovisions5679 You can call yourselves whatever the ef you want the Bombers are still going to kick your asses in 2022

I had been wondering why there was a different name used. I’m sorry to find out it’s insulting, after growing up using it.

@The Real VR I'm closer to Newmarket. Pre-COVID, my commute was up to Barrie.

Hello neighbour, I’m just east of east gwillimbury - nice to see a local comment here - I don’t usually see that :) - also i lived in Windsor for 20 years myself

I’m in Gilford. Lake Simcoe west side. A hidden gem.

It was raised on my birthday Feb 15th and I was there to watch it go up the first time.

I'm also from Vancouver Island. I was born in Port Alberni, and raised in Victoria. I lived on the island for the first 57 years of my life, and then I moved to Winnipeg. At the moment, I'm reminding myself that despite it being 24C, I must walk to the store in a couple of hours, lol. It doesn't feel too cold, unless the wind picks up, then it can get unpleasant quite quickly! What part of the island are you from?

I am still in the mid of doing research on my heritage and found my ancestor first came to Canada in the mid 1700;s so we are older than Canada or the U.S.

Must be Manitoba

This is Saskatchewan. It gets to -40 more often then just in February, January and December are also very cold. -20 is not enjoyable and it is very rare to get to 45 degrees here

I don't think the original eastern part of the national railway was called the Canadian National. That is its name today but when it was built I believe its name was the Grand Trunk Railroad. Now you know where the rock band "Grand Funk Railroad" derived their name from. I think ... 😉

You really understand the vastness of Canada by taking the train. Endless, boring prairie , then days of trees. Thank goodness for the bar car.

Canadian Pacific was the first to be transcontinental and the first company established. They also have the spiral tunnels in the Rocky Mountains.

Ya the rocky mountaineer train is the more expensive option but the have prevalance so there is less of a wait time then the via.

@@Tsunad360 While the Rocky Mountaineer still usually have to wait for freight trains. Many of those high a higher priority. It also runs on CP tracks and not CN which VIA typically runs on.

Come on over! We'll put the kettle on for you! Buttertart?😀🇨🇦

@@lesliemccormick6527 I'm already here, but you say butter tart and I'm on my way 😁

@@rwilsonweir5697 Well, I must inform you, my recipe has won more than one blue ribbon....the secret is: NO corn syrup. 😀

Hmmm, sounds delightful. I'll eat 'em any way you choose to make them! If you are anywhete near Wasaga Beach then I'm gonna strap on my snowshoes and head your way. 😄

I'm from Saskatchewan too & thought that it was great that they actually pronounced it right & didn't struggle with it

Canadians have thanksgiving as well. In Canada it is to celebrate the harvest in Oct.

There’s the U.S government fairytale version many people know and then the more truthful Indigenous version that’s a lot more brutal.

@@Nacoga87 my mom is Native American

@@bruce8321 The Canadian one even came first

Which Thanksgiving? We already had ours in October 🇨🇦

I L❤VE Geography Now! All my Grandkids are Homeschooled and GN videos are a favorite part of thier day!