Top 10 Canadian Stereotypes

OK, we do say it, though maybe not as much as some make out. Much like some dialects, we switch it on and off. For example, when I lived in Mexico, most English speakers I met were Americans or Brits, and I hardly ever said "eh."

But then an Albertan moved to town, and all it took was watching a satellite feed of the NHL for a cascade of "ehs" to pour forth from both of us. Eh?

I have heard from a lot of people that Canadians say eh a lot, but I can never tell. Maybe because I am used to it.

Canadians say "eh" instead of "right" sometimes, and it is also used for confirmation. But it really only works when saying something like this: "Are you done with your work, eh?"

OK, no, please. Being half Canadian and half American, Americans in general are way worse by far! But some (not all, or even most) of the Canadians I know are some of the rudest people I have ever met.

I have one "friend" who refuses to be polite to any guests we have at our house because he's jealous. He can be extremely excluding and rude, so we have to avoid him whenever we have guests. But for the most part, this stereotype is true. Polite, polite, polite!

Guys, everybody loves Canada. The only stereotypes I've ever heard are this one, maple syrup, and the hockey thing. But there's nothing really bad about those things.

The point is, you Canadians are so awesome and nice that we are just making friendly jokes about you. Don't worry, we'll always love you. It's just a thing. I mean, look at the U.S.A.'s stereotypes. Would you rather be accused of being polite or being fat, stupid, and racist?

Daily. It is better tasting and cheaper than Starbucks or Second Cup. Besides, with so many locations, it's faster to grab on the way to the office.

Not everyone, but I am no exception to the majority that do.

I have Tim Hortons almost 10 times a week! It's my second home.

I read in a book that the main character described the Canadian's accent as skipping along quickly and not the 'southern drawl' she was used to. As a Canadian, I would also like to agree and say that unless we're making fun of our own stereotypes or it's winter, we don't say a-boot.

It is not that bad. We say about...just really fast, so it sounds like we are saying a-boot. We say things funny, so what? So do Americans and the British. It is how I talk. Stop making fun of it, or I'll start pointing out all the weird ways you say your words.

I live in Australia. To me, Canada is like a freezing hell. I had a friend who was from Canada, and where she lived, her friends built this snowman that, for the whole year round, wouldn't melt.

Summer - snowman not melted. Here, twenty degrees Celsius is cold.

Yo guys, eh? It's really cold right now, so do you want to ride my polar bear back to my igloo? It's about 20 miles away because we only have one road and stuff. Eh? Also, let's go watch some Justin Bieber or other stuff you can choose because I'm really nice, eh?

It is VERY cold in winter, but only hot in summer if you have never felt an actual hot summer. People in places like Dallas and Phoenix would laugh at them. If it's so hot, why does nobody install air conditioning?

I've never played organized hockey. I've never been to an NHL game. I was born almost three decades after Team Canada beat the Soviet national team in the 1972 Summit Series.

Whenever I lace up my skates and glide across a new surface of ice, whenever I hack around with a hockey stick and an orange ball out in the street, whenever I see a picture of Bobby Orr or Paul Henderson celebrating a winning goal, a thrill of pride and excitement runs through me. Hockey is more than a game here. It's in your blood.

I guess I should edit this to say that I now have been to an NHL game, and it was one of the best nights of my life.

I'm from New England, and even here I've heard people say Canada's summer is like our winter. This is not true at all. Where most people live in Canada, the climate is actually the same as New England.

Go to Vancouver in the summer. It is like Maine or New York in the summer. Up in the northern parts of Canada, on the other hand, it is like Alaska.

I have lived in Canada my whole life, and I know that it is not winter all year long. It's actually pretty hot in the summer.

South Park did an episode where they went to Canada, and they wanted to meet the Prime Minister. When asked what road they should take, they were told there's only one road in Canada.

Stupid and completely false, yes, but obviously some Americans somewhere thought it was true.

Oh yes! I LOVE sitting in my log cabin with my polar bear, drinking maple syrup while watching hockey and debating the best way to ride to Nunavut on a dog sled through the snow on the one highway in Canada.

Why would anyone think this? Come on. Greenland has more than one road. Really, people.

Maple syrup is on our flag and is a huge export. But the maple tree is only in eastern Canada! Well, at least the one we use for maple. In western Canada, we have mountains, prairies, and one native maple tree.

But our maple tree is not used for syrup, even though it can produce it. As much as I like maple syrup, I don't crave it. Poutine is way better, eh!

Why is this a stereotype? Speaking as a Canadian, I love maple syrup. In fact, my uncle is personally involved in the maple syrup process.

Ah, maple syrup, eh? I eat it aboot every day on my bacon! Sometimes, while drinking Tim Hortons. My favorite place to eat it is igloos, eh? My friend who lives there is a Mountie. We like to watch hockey while eating!

Rush is like the best Canadian band! I'm so glad everyone is so nice to my country! Rush is awesome! My favorite song by them is Limelight or Tom Sawyer.

Who or what is Rush? I've never heard of it/them. Is it a band? Is it a person? I have no clue.

Yes, if you are into rock music and are from Canada, then you know Rush. I'm a huge fan myself.

What is it with people who have obviously never been to Canada assuming that we are an all-winter country? We have summer, spring, and fall just like the rest of the world.

The only time we would ski to work is if we happen to be ski instructors and we live on the hill. Get it together, world.

Yes, 'cause in Toronto we can definitely do that. It's not like there's a million stores, cars, and people there. Honestly.

Really? I know a ton of Canadians who are old enough to drink but don't. Although I'm not old enough to drink, I'm not even going to when I am.

It's not all we drink. But a cold beer after a hard day's work? No one can complain about that.

You have to be at least 19 to drink beer, except in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec where it's 18.

Well, where I live, it snowed from November to early May this year, and that's not unheard of. But we still have June to October to soak in the warmth.

Here in Ontario, it does snow, but not always. And snow is not all that bad. I actually LOVE snow.

It snows in winter and is nice and hot in summer. That's about half snowing and half melting/summer.

Wow, hilarious. We are all laughing our heads off at your "funny" joke. He came from Canada, but he seems to like the U.S., so America, you can have him.

Yes, he is Canadian, but that doesn't mean we like him. Mostly little girls did. Now, no one really listens to him.

Yeah, right. That's a good joke! Just because he is Canadian doesn't mean we have to like him.

Why, don't Americans wear toques? I wear a toque all the time because they just feel so soft and warm. And there's something called winter, one of the reasons why we wear toques.

Well, I can't argue with this one. I love toques. They make me feel cozy. But nobody else does, so it's just me.

Some do, some don't, but the ones we wear in summer are for style. But Americans are so curious about that, eh?

Well, they criticize Canadians about Justin Bieber when singers like Rebecca Black, Snooki, Nicki Minaj, etc., are from the USA. They criticize Canada about clubbing baby seals over the head when U.S. soldiers tortured people in Iraq and made Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan war-torn countries, thanks to the good ol' US of A. That's a good reason why over half the world hates the United States. Canada can no longer trust its closest ally, the USA, because America's president, Trump, trusts evil dictator Kim Jong Un, who threatened the world with nukes and threatened to nuke the USA. Trump trusts him more than Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau. I guess that part is only for show.

Honestly, curling is sometimes fun. But I watch baseball the most.

I don't always watch curling, but hey, if it's on.

I don't watch curling at all. I don't even know how to play or what the purpose of curling is.

I say dinner 50% of the time and supper the other 50%. I'm very indecisive.

Wonder how they got this one. I always say dinner. Never do I say supper.

Not true. The majority of Canadians live in the city, so they don't know how to use a chainsaw. The only Canadians that could have experience in doing lumberjack work are the ones that live in the countryside.

Guys, this stereotype isn't even logical. We aren't all lumberjacks. End of story. No explanation needed.

What kind of stereotype is this? Not even a quarter of the Canadians I know are lumberjacks.

We don't have a president. We have a prime minister, and our prime minister is not Tim Horton.

First of all, we don't have a president. It's prime minister. Second of all, Justin Trudeau is our current prime minister.

Wow, Americans, you know nothing about Canada. You need to pass geography class.

Only the rich can afford sled dogs. The rest of us use cheaper forms of transportation such as polar bear riding, moose-drawn carriages, and loon-pulled boats.

Yep! Sure do! We ride them on our roads of plowed snow to our buildings made out of ice! Oh, we also wear our winter parkas in the middle of summer too!

Totally! And we say sorry and thank you to everyone we see, then go home on the one road to our igloos!

This is literally the ONLY one that is true! And I am Canadian! If we take sled dogs as our main transportation, what do we do in the summer when everything melts?

And I could care less about hockey. And what did I eat on my cereal this morning? Because it's definitely not syrup. Weird! I am offended by this. America is like our best friend, and we do NOT live in igloos.

At least we and Americans have the "pencil" part in common. And seriously, colored pencils don't make sense. Pencils are meant to be gray.

I've been used to saying "pencil crayons" ever since I was in first grade. "Colored pencils" sounds odd to me.

This is wrong because Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, invented the telephone in Canada and died in Canada, but he was British.

If Canadians have no phones, then how did Justin Bieber and other Canadian celebrities take selfies and have social media?

Oh, wait! This stereotype is absolutely FALSE! By the way, I'm NOT Canadian myself, nor from Canada.

Umm, excuse me? Alexander Graham Bell? Heard of him? He's the one who invented the telephone, you know.

Quite so! I wake up every morning (in my igloo) and have an ice-cold shower to wake me up. I have beer, pancakes, maple syrup, and bacon for breakfast. I put on my parka, snow boots, and my favorite toque.

Then I go outside to the cold morning air, say hello to the neighborhood polar bears (and everyone else because I know everyone in Canada), and hop on my dog sled to go to work. As a lumberjack.

After work, I sit down on the couch (in my igloo) and watch some hockey while drinking beer and eating poutine. Then, (because we have no phones), I write a letter to my friends. I go ice fishing to catch tomorrow's lunch.

After all that, I finally go to sleep, only to wake up tomorrow to do the same thing. Yep. Just an average day for me.