CANADA IS, LIKE, HUGE.
So no, we definitely don’t know your random friend from Vancouver if we live in Toronto.
As a Canadian, can I just say it?
At times, it feels like we’re sort of a laughing stock to Americans.
Sometimes they even cross the line into offensive territory.
As it turns out, I’m not the only Canadian who feels this way.
Tons of Canadians on Reddit have been sharing theirfunny interactionswith Americans.
So because I’m here to educate, here are some of the funniest stories:
1.
“Some Americans tried to get me to register to vote.
And I said, ‘I can’t vote, I’m Canadian.”
And they said, ‘Well, Canadians can vote.’
And I said, ‘Not in the United States.’
And they were, like, agog."
u/bolonomadic
2.
“While working in Massachusetts, a coworker told me his wife was from Canada.
I asked which province and he didnt know.
She was just ‘from Canada.'”
u/Fun_Mycologist_6639
And speaking of provinces: “‘What’s a province?’
u/positivepeoplehater
3. u/ChrisRiley_42
4.
“Went to a magic shop in Vegas.
He asked, ‘Okay, first I’m going to need a coin; hand me 4 loonies.’
I smirked and said, ‘Now why would you think I have loonies on me?’
He said that I had an accent like the guys on Trailer Park Boys.”
u/ExamCompetitive
5.
“Older woman down south: ‘Do you have hockey in Canada?'”
u/Valuable-Bug-3447
6. u/SMc4941931
7.
“My father tried to rent a U-Haul trailer to drive from Pennsylvania to Nova Scotia.
They would not rent it to him because they did not believe you could drive there.”
u/DrunkenGolfer
8.
“I was on a trip through Montana.
u/rogerdodger2022
9.
“My family was transferred to the US for a year while I was in high school.
Since I only knew one person with that name, I offered up the last name.
So I perpetuated the stereotype.”
u/mishan_ctrl
10.
She didn’t believe that we had driven to Florida.”
u/LadybugCalico
11.
She thought Vancouver was several days’ drive away, like Calgary.”
u/BobBelcher2021
12.
“‘Is that near Toronto?’
I’m 2,685 km from Toronto.”
u/tangcameo
13.
“I moved to L.A. when I was 15.
At school, one girl asked me when I had moved down there.
I told her, ‘In the summer.’
She then asked ‘Oh!
Our summer or yours?'”
u/tripperfunster
14.
“‘Have you ever seen a bear?’
freaks out and hands me $10”
“This literally happened in Providence, RI.”
u/ellstaysia
15.
“I delivered a car to the border in Coutts, Alberta.
I met a fellow who had snow machines on a trailer.
He stated that he’s going to Canada to experience the snow.
u/voitlander
16.
“‘You’re Canadian?
That’s ok.'”
u/Judge_Rhinohold
17.
I listened to her spiel and politely declined.
She looked at me very closely and asked me if I was Canadian.
I said yes, how did you know?
She laughed and said I was too polite to be an American.”
u/notme1414
18.
“Sat next to a guy from the US on a plane ride back home.
He genuinely thought he was going to a remote town or something.”
u/09Customx
19.
But your English is almost perfect.'"
u/AdProud2029
20.
“I was in line at a McDonalds and a guy started hitting on me.
He was black; I’m black as well.
When he asked for my number, I said, ‘No, I’m from Canada.’
His response was, ‘Ohhhh, I didn’t know they had black folk up there.'”
u/No_Conflict_9546
21.
“On vacation in Florida.
u/Joanne194
22.
“Witnessed a car accident in Connecticut about 10 years ago, and stopped to be a witness.
One of the drivers was a 17- or 18-year-old that was about to start university.
She said something about my accent, and I said I was from Vancouver.
‘Vancouver, Canada… on the West Coast of Canada?’
The response: ‘Canada has a west coast?'”
u/ButternutMutt
23.
“I used to work at a museum in Victoria.
u/mitarooo
24.
“I went to college in a small backwater Idaho town.
u/pascalsgirlfriend
25.And finally: “I was asked if I could speak Canadian.
I thought she was joking.
