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, too- 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 this from a lot of people that canadians say eh a a lot, but I can never tell maybe because I am used to it.

Canadians say eh insted of right some times and also used for confirmation but it really only works when saying something like this "are you done your work eh".

We really only say it after questions and when the time calls for it. I'm a cunuck too so I can speaj for my people. Also to you cruddy rude Americans, stop with the stupid "eh? " Jokes. They aren't that funny.

Ok no, please. Being half Canadian and half American, Americans in general are way worse by far! But SOME (not all, or even mos) of the Canadian I know are some of the rudest people I 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, we have to avoid him whenever we have guests. But for the most part, this stereotype 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 just are making friendly jokes about you. Don't worry, we'll always love you, it's just... A thing. I mean look at U.S. A's stereotypes. Would you rather be accused of being polite or being fat, stupid, and racist?

YEAH! I have met no one in Canada that is from Canada that is not polite. I live in Canada and we have three ranks of nice people. Super nice, nice kinda nice, and not Canadian.

Thank you & Sorry - Canadians are known for saying Thank you and Sorry way more than other cultures. Almost too much sometimes, but it's just how we're raised. We are raised to be polite

I live in Australia... to me Canada is like 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 yo my igloo... It's a-Boot 20 miles away cause we only have one road and stuff eh also lets go watch some Justin bieber or other stuff you can choose cause 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?

Dude, I live in Vancouver where the westerlies and the pacific coast give us the warmest temperature. We live in the pacific. Never heard of cold in that place in Canada!

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.

Okay. This one may be true.

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 you know really fast and all so it sounds like we are saying a-boot. We say things funny so what. So do Americans and 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 love the Canadian accent. It sounds smoother and I find they're more well-spoken than Americans.

The only Canadian I've heard say a-boot was a random dude on YouTube. Every other Canadian I've heard says about like everybody else.

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

In Quebec where I live people only talk about hockey, or almost. We also watch a bit of football but I only watch the superbowl so I definitely believe that this one is true especially in the province of Quebec. In fact I have been playing hockey myself for a good amount of time now and it's by far my favourite sport. Best sport ever if you can afford it (since it can be expensive to play in a league like me).

I played hockey for many years, however I never watch it nor knew most of the NHL players names. Just over payed men playing a game in my opinion, you had a bloody lockout because your wages were too low when your making 1 to 20 million a year. Oh go cry me a river.

Also, we do have other sports I play high school football...

Well not everyone... Its incredibly popular but so is football and curling. Although, come Olympic time things are different. It doesn't matter whether you've ever seen a puck in your life - the entire country will be cheering!

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.

Who came up with this one? A 10 year old that can't even point Canada out on a map?

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 had. It is like Alaska.

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

No, we still have spring, summer and fall just like everyone else, in fact, it can get really hot here.

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 favourite place to eat it is igloos, eh? My friend who lives there is a mountie. We like to watch hockey while eating!

I'm a true proud racist Canadian that is obsessed with maple syrup so much that I want to marry it, eh!

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

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

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

We walk or drive like everyone else, people. Carrying ice skates or skis to work is not normal.

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

Its not all we drink. But a cold beer after a hard days work? No one can complain about that.

You have to be at least 19 to drink beer (except in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. It's 18 there).

I've naver hade beer. Then agane, I'm not quite at the legal drinking age yet.

That got screwed up. What's a Canadian accent supposed to sound like, anyway? I'm from Vancouver and I don't even know. Besides, beer is for Belgians. haha no.

Rush is like the best canadian band! I'm so glad everyone if so nice to my country! Rush is awesome! My favourite song by them is Lime light 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.

I'm Canadian and I have no idea what you're talking about. Can someone explain please?

Well they criticize Canadians about Justin Bieber when crap 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 are 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 trusts it's closest ally USA because America's president Trump trusts evil dictator Kim Jong Un who threatened the world with nukes threatened to nuke the USA. Trusts him more than Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau. I guess that part is only for show.

Not all Canadians hate the US, we just disagree with a lot they have done in the past. For example, slaves from the US had to escape to Canada. Canada and the United States are actually allies. There's also a lot of racism in the US that us Canadians don't agree with. (not that we're all perfect, everyone makes mistakes)

Trust me, we're just jealous you guys are richer. But we're grateful there aren't as many people than you would expect from a big country.

We don't hate them, we just think they should know what they're talking about before they open their mouth, eh?

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.

I'm not a Canadian but I doubt that many Canadians like him, seems like a couple of people in the US do though.

Why, don't Americans wear toques? I wear a toque ALL the time cause 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 like 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 caring about that eh?

I wear my toques when I go fishing. Really swell time.

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, l don't even know how to play or what the purpose of the curling is.

I don't watch curling at all, only hockey.

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/or 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.

Alexander Graham Bell spent most of his life in Canada his house in Brantford is a national historic site. He died and is buried in Nova Scotia

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 present.

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

"President." Seriously? It's Prime Minister! And well yeah, he is MY president.

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 do have a lot of trees (because Donald Trump's not curing them down), but we ain't hose heads!

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

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

Supper. Dinner. What's the diff?

Nah I actually say dinner.

I eat it ALL the time! It's amazing! Who wouldn't love fries in rich gravy and squeaky cheese curds. And yes Americans, poutine is on our McDonalds menu

I personally prefer pancakes instead. With maple syrup of course.

Ok this one is on point. My friends always eat pouting so I'm not going to protest on this.

A lot of people do but not everyone. I personally don't like it.

Only the rich can afford sled dogs. The rest of us use cheaper forms of transportation such a 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 to!

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

If any one thinks this is true go stick your face in a book about Canada WE HAVE CARS!

This is literally the ONLY one that is true! and I am Canadian! and 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? cause its 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, coloured pencils don't make sense. Pencils are meant to be gray.

I'm used to saying it as "pencil crayons" ever since I was in first grade. "Coloured pencils" sounds odd for me.

What!? I never heard of a "coloured pencil" in my life! That don't make sense. What aboot the fact that a normal pencil is still a "coloured pencil". It's orange eh?