The Truth About: Canada ?

Thats right ,you read me correctly... I said the truth about Canada.
Didn't know I'm a Canadian did you, ay ? 
Well.... I'm not. 
BUT my blog friend Liz is, and she's here to share with you a bit about the Country of Canada. A place which I knew very, very little about until reading her post! 
A huge than you to Liz for today's post! I hope you all enjoy!!
xo
Leigh Anne 


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The Truth About ... Canada!!

Hello!!

I am Liz and I blog over at Liz's Lovely Life.

When I first read Leigh Anne's series "The Truth About..." I loved it.  First I really didn't know much about the things she was talking about (namely Alaska, or the American Military) ..So I was pretty excited when we agreed that I would guest post for the series about the great country where I live..that is Canada (if you hadn't realized!)!!

Canadians share a lot of the same culture as Americans so I can tell you with confidence that there is a pretty big difference between the way Canada and Canadians are portrayed..Especially in How I Met Your Mother and 30 Rock.. 

I am here today to share with you the truth about our lovely northern country!

First I will start by confirming some stereotypes/things that people wonder about...

-We LOVE our hockey..in a big, sometimes incomprehensible way..and it DOES matter who you cheer for..and the summers are empty during the off-season..

-It does get VERY cold here and it is not uncharacteristic to have hot spells in March and then snow in the last week of April..or May even..but our summers are beautiful and rival some of the most beautiful Florida days!

-Moose and Beavers are our national animals..and we see them all the time..well, not me personally, but there is a good reason that they are national symbols.

-We still run under the British monarch, although it is mostly symbolic.  The upside to this is that Will and Kate came for Canada Day (July 1st) last year to celebrate!!

-We are quite polite people..which is nice..however it is not always niceness above all...

-Mounties are real..enough said

Now I will shoot some down...

-We do not say the word ABOUT any different that Americans do (this is, i think, my biggest pet peeve about our portrayal)

-We do not say Eh! all the time..I do, but I am not typical!

-I do not live in an igloo, I have never seen an igloo and i don't know anyone who does or has...

-We are not lumberjacks..not even Quebec residents..

Time for some fun facts!!

(I can hear your loud, enthusiastic cheers from up here!)

-The capital of Canada is Ottawa.. but the most well known cities are Toronto and Vancouver. Many movies are starting to be produced in these cities (like Twilight)

-Canadians speak French or English (I speak both)

-Famous Canadians include the Biebs, Jim Carey, Mike Meyers (Austin Powers, Shrek), Michael Buble, Pamela Anderson, Alex Trebek (Jeopardy) and Seth Rogen.. among many many others! Not a bad list.

-We Canadians have invented some great things too- like the telephone, insulin, the zipper, the snow blower and snow mobile (pretty fitting).

- Our culture almost mirrors that of the States with a few exceptions.

-Almost every Canadian lives within an hour and a half drive to some part of the United States..personally I am 20 minutes from Ogdensburg, NY (Google map it!)

-Stores that are American that come to Canada...are not that great..they usually are months behind and get the excess of what is not sold in the US and this my dear, dear friends..is a shame..I may have started to tear up a little bit.

I hope you can tell that I have a lot of pride in my country.  I have truly enjoyed telling you some facts and setting the record straight on others.  

If you have any particular questions, feel free to let me know!

I want to thank Leigh Anne for having me today!

I love her and I love her blog and hope you feel the same too!!

Happy Saturday!