How do non-Canadians view Canadians or life in Canada?

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I’ve dealt with a number of Canadians in my work in the aerospace business. I’ve dealt with a couple from Waterloo, Ontario who are fantastic people. I always look forward to when they come back down to Texas. I need to make a trip to Waterloo next October. They are supposed to have the largest Oktoberfest outside Munich (Muenchen, fuer alles kann Deutsch sprechen)

Went through some classes with three Canadians, one from Vancouver, the other two from Winnipeg. There were five of us Texans, and we got the guy from Vancouver to tag along with us, had a great time. The guys from Winnipeg were friendly enough, but they kept to themselves.

A few years ago, I took the family to Great Lakes, Illinois to see my oldest son graduate from boot camp. Being so close, we cut across Michigan, crossed from Port Huron into Windsor, and then drove over to Niagra Falls. We didn’t want to get caught up in July 4th crowds, so we stopped on July 1. Now I know when Canadian Independence day is.

Glad to have y’all as neighbors.
 
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Hi everyone,
Just curious how you all look at Canada or Canadians. It seems most of the people on the forums are Americans, eh (notice how i threw that in).
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My brother lives in Montreal. Most everything there is in French. The first time I visited him I was so surprised by that I almost said “it’s like being in another country.” I stopped myself before it came out but then fessed up later. Got quite a laugh. I think we Americans forget that Canada is a different country. For the most part it just seems so much like America.

In Christ,
Nancy 🙂
 
Ja höre ich, daß das Oktoberfest groß und wundervoll ist. Ich möchte es heraus überprüfen.
 
The Hidden Life:
Seems like the Church in Canada is entering a new level of persecution. On the other hand, my current favorite Catholic writer (see my signature below) is Canadian, from Combermere, Ontario. There are little pockets of orthodoxy everywhere.

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Well hello Hidden Life,

You love Catherine Doherty, do you?👍 Isn’t she something else? Actually I just finished a study between her and Mat’ Maria Skobtsova. They are so similar in so many ways, you would think God made spiritual twins. My spiritual director (of about 20+ years) is an associate priest of Madonna House and Fr Bob Pelton is currently staying in this region until November I believe. All beautiful people. Have you read many of her books?

Blessings,
Shoshana
 
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puzzleannie:
Eh? I grew up in Detroit, Windsor was one of my favorite cities til you brought in the casinos, now I would not waste my time sitting in bridge traffic (tunnel makes me claustrophobic). Go Wings (hold that thought)
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Oh, ain’t that the truth about the tunnel? I always wonder about those little moist cracks along the wall. There is some serious talk about building a second bridge between Detroit & Windsor, to accommodate all the truck traffic. When the terror alert elevates, you can pretty much guarantee an hour + waiting to cross the bridge. The tunnel IS faster, but it IS skeerier! 😃
 
I too live in the Detroit suburbs and am in contact with Windsorites all the time. It’s a love/hate relationship, they seem to me to be way ahead of us as far as honesty, manners and politeness go. The laws are definately relaxed over there in a number of area’s, yet everything is very much under control. They seem to resent that they know alot about the US and the average US citizen knows very little about them.
 
Hi Treehugger ~

I live in Washington State. Most of the time Canadians are just the butt of dumb jokes around here and most people don’t even know why.
You seem pretty cool though.

Ridesawhitehorse ~
 
Canadian citizen who lived in New Jersey for seventeen years and once held U.S. citizenship:

Americans don’t think about Canada as much as Canadians think they do. This is natural. We are getting about 75% of our television from the states (even more if you have cable) and most of our movies, magazines and books.

We are outside a huge, dynamic nation looking in and they don’t realize they did not close the blinds.

I also lived in Japan for three years. Like Americans most Japanese think mostly of our nature, not realizing that the majority of us live in cities and use cars not canoes.

To my NJ friends we were hockey, good beer, underage drinking (19) and a looser moral climate.

Older liberal Americans think the Canadian health care system is perfect, older Conservative Americans use it as an example of how not to have comprehensive health care coverage.

Personally, I consider Canadian Catholics a bit more liberal and less pro-life than Americans. I think the vanguard of the pro-Life, pro-family movement is still in America.

Canada has become more secular than America. Canadians feel less willing to wear their religion around their neck on a cross or tell a stranger about their personal faith. That may also be due to our colder climate and our reseved British heritage.

-half canuck
 
Shoshana, I’ve read some articles and “Dear Families.” Any recommendations on what to read next? I also have read the Little Mandate books. Loved “Mothering.” It has so much good info in a very tiny package.
LeeAnn
 
I love Canada and Canadians! Though I have never been to eastern Canada I have spent a lot of time in British Columbia and Alberta. My Godparents were Canadian and though we live in the States we all grew up saying “eh?” LOL! My family settled in Taber, Alberta after they came over from Scotland and Ireland. I haven’t been to Taber yet but do want to make that trip sometime. I think Alberta is exquisite, absolutely gorgeous. I’ve been to Banff and to Lake Louise and Jasper. I spent a month in Jasper when my son was only a month old! My exhusband is a world-class mountain climber and so we lived in a tent in the National Park there in Jasper so he could go climbing. It was quite interesting living in a tent in bear country with a newborn infant! :bigyikes: but we lived and loved every minute of it! God bless! 👋
 
I live on the boarder of New Brunswick. There is really no difference other than the driving habits. No offense but Canadians drive like complete maniacs.
 
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I live on the boarder of New Brunswick. There is really no difference other than the driving habits. No offense but Canadians drive like complete maniacs.
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:rotfl: Must be the french side of us…
 
I love threads like this, civil, interesting, and friendly.

I’ve been fortunate that I’ve gotten to travel around the states, lived in New Jersey, Indiana, Texas, California, briefly in Florida (how’s that for variety) visited Canada and Germany, and met so many different people. No matter where I go, there are certain preconceived notions on both side, but if you are willing to discard them and show a genuine interest in people and their lives, the barriers come down and friendships are kindled.

Diplomacy starts with us. If you meet a foreigner, ask where they are from, make some small talk, and welcome them to your country.

Auf Wiederhoeren!
 
The Hidden Life:
Shoshana, I’ve read some articles and “Dear Families.” Any recommendations on what to read next? I also have read the Little Mandate books. Loved “Mothering.” It has so much good info in a very tiny package.
LeeAnn
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I would love to help you and I will do the best I can do. We all differ in our spiritual tastes but here goes:
  • they are offering the complete set of Catherine Doherty’s ‘Madonna House Classics’ series—Poustinia, Sobornost, Strannik, Molchanie, Urodivoi and Bogoroditza—at a discounted price. If you order all six books together, you will save 20%. $54.95 US $69.95 Can. Now this is a really good deal and the best would be the excellence of the books. You may also buy them seperately if you wish as each is very good.
  • On the Cross of Rejection, In the Footprints of Loneliness, In the Furnace of Doubts are all very soul-searching. I used The cross of Rejection as my Lenten meditation and opened up for me a whole new way of looking at things. It also helped me to practice humility.
  • Donkey Bells is good for Advent.
How is that for a start? If you have any questions, please ask.
it is faster and better to call in an order. Their toll-free number is 1-888-703-7110. I do not know if this works for the US. Their internet site is www.madonnahouse.org/publications .

Have a great day and God bless…
Shoshana
 
Shoshana,
Thank you very much for the recommendations! I just happened to get my 2005 Madonna House catalog yesterday. They have so much to choose from it’s been hard to know where to start, but now I have a good idea. It seems like it takes quite a long time to get orders from them so maybe I’ll order the Donkey Bells book first since Advent, believe it or not!, is only four Sundays away. Time flies!
LeeAnn
 
the Canadians are coming, the Candians are coming, it’s November 1 and the RVs are beginning to roll in the fall migration of the grandparents from Manitoba and Saskatchewan down here to Texas. They only have 6 months with us because of the health care thing, but at least a third, maybe more, of our Winter Texans, who double our population each year, are Canadian. Also a lot from Ontario. We organize a Can-Am senior games every year, and the rivalry between the French & English speaking Canadiens is sharper than the Can-Am split. Got to be careful how you match up the teams if you don’t want a battle Royale.
 
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the rivalry between the French & English speaking Canadiens is sharper than the Can-Am split. .
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Ain’t tat the truth…:rotfl:
 
The first and ONLY time I was in Canada was crossing at Nigara Falls area into Canada in 1989.
Old as they are, my impressions now and since:

A very clean country, trash is picked up and an effort is made to tidy up after yourselves!

I enjoy Canadian Radio. I know you have to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists and that’s what I like. I like to listen to CWOW 740AM which playes the ‘standards’ and as a kid CKLW 800AM was the ‘station’ growing up in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s!
(Being right across the big pond in Cleveland, I get a lot of Canadian stations).

I am saddened about our culture blending into yours. For example: Was is Canadian food? What do Canadians like to eat culturally? Chinese, Mexican, German, Hungarian food, I know those BUT what is Canadian?

You healthcare is Socialist, from what I gather, is it better and ours, or iis it just more equal?

I like the currency exchange, it make it look like we have more money in our pockets, BUT the prices in Canadian are HIGH! :eek:

But we are catching up with the color of printed money. I always thought the Canadians had the coolest :cool: looking dollar bills!

That’s all I have from your neighbor across the big pond (Lake Erie).

go with God!
Edwin
P.S. I once thought about moving there, only briefly and I mean briefly, but Yes your government is squeezing out the right to religion and enforcing ‘hate crimes’ against the preacing concerning the wrongs of homosexuality…but that is for another thread!
 
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