Canada

[Sarah]

A British province in North America, giving its name to variousplants and animals. Canada balsam. See under Balsam.-- Canada goose. (Zoöl.) See Whisky Jack.-- Canada lynx. (Zoöl.) See Lynx.-- Canada porcupine (Zoöl.) See Porcupine, and Urson.-- Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick.-- Canada robin (Zoöl.), the cedar bird.

[Sarah]

Here are some reasons to be proud to be Canadian:

1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed
    the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came home and partied...Go figure..
12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to
    Germany.
13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.
14. Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.
15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American
    mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught.
16. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.
18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes.
19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
20. We don't marry our kin-folk.
21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.
23. A Canadian invented Superman.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada!!

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.

[Sarah]

land of beautiful women, inexpensive hard liquor and polar bears.

[Sarah]

Hey,
I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader,
and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled,
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really, really nice, uh,
I have a Prime Minster not a president,
I speak English and French, not American,
and I pronounce it about, not a boot,
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack,
I believe in peace keeping, not policing, diversity, not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch.
And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed.
Canada is the second largest landmass,
the first nation of hockey,
and the best part of North America.

[Sarah]

One of America's best allies. There is no reason for Americans to Bash Canada or Canadians to Bash America. God bless Canada and God bless America. May the two wonderful nations live together in harmony.

[Sarah]

Canada is a country directly above my own. We have many things in common. How about I list some?
1)We both use maple syrup like crazy.(We have something called IHOP)
2)We both play hockey (personally I dont)
3)We both buy and sell products with each other
4)We both have thousands of hypocritical asses who post their intellectually devoid insults on urbandictionary.com

[Sarah]

Our large neighbor to the north. Largest chief cities include Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnepeg, Vancouver, and Calgary. They have the flag with the well-known maple leaf in the center. They are not cowards and pansies contrary to popular belief. Canada sent thousands of soldiers to fight and die in [World War I], and again in World War II, and even joined our coalition against the Communists during the Korean War.
I don't think they are weak at all. I earnestly hope that the United States and Canada shall become allies. I would be proud, as well as millions of other Americans, to have them as close friends.

[Sarah]

The second largest country in the world, which is unfortunately highly steryotyped. We do't walk around wearing SARS masks and saying 'eh' all the time, or any of those other idiotic stereotypes posted! We've got a very diverse population including Sri Lankans, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Ethiopians, Guyanese, Jamacians, Italians, Indians, Argentenians, Vietnamese, Laotian, and many more! We don't all live in igloos, and don't all hate Americans. Hell, I've got an aunt in Chicago! gawd, why cant all people get along?!

[Sarah]

A great country, one of the best countries to live in.

Who cares about who is better. The United States and Canada are both great countries. Anyone who uses those stupid stereotypes should be taken out in the street and shot at.

[Sarah]

The place where file sharing is still legal

[Sarah]

Where 14-year-old girls can walk home alone at 11:00pm.

Where Smarties and Tim Hortons live

Place where snow may fall in the Summer

Hella great place.

[Marquetta]

Well, after being buzzed on my extra-large [Tim Hortons] coffee and not being able to sleep, I read the entry for Canada on UD. From what I can see here, it looks like the Canadians on here got bored around post 175... Because from there on, its just Canada-bashers repeating the exact same thing that the people before posted. Wow - the intelligence never ceases to amaze. Just as well, there are a few issues Id like to clear up:

Canadians are not under-educated. Thankfully, our colleges and universities (which, by the way, are completely different things) are publicly-funded, with generally fixed tuition fees (in Ontario, around a year). This allows post-secondary education to be much more accessible here than in America. Compare this with getting a comparable education at an American university (lets say... Cornell, where my dad went.). Tuition at Cornell is ,000/year at a public-college and ,000/year at a private-college. In addition, our secondary school system is built on a common ground - so that it doesnt matter what high school you go to, you will be just as well prepared for university (hence us not needing to take an admission test, such as the SATs, in order to gain entrance into university).

Yes, it is true. Our health-care system is not perfect. Nor are we claiming that it is perfectly free. Believe me, we are well aware that we are taxed for our health-care. However, it is universal. By this, I mean that every citizen has equal access to the system - you cannot buy your way to the front of the line, nor can someone be turned away because they do not have the money. While it is true that some choose to go to the States for certain procedures that happen in Canada, most Canadians (as formerly stated in this listing) DO NOT go to the States to have procedures performed. Things can progress very quickly this side of the border. I recently had a battle with a tumour. I discovered it one week, a few days later I had a [biopsy]. Once the results came back a few days later, I was immediately in for an MRI (which, by the way, did not cost me anything). That day, I also had blood tests done (once again, did not cost me anything). Ive also had a serious illness in the past, which found me in my bed laying down for 4 months. During this bout, I had to go into the hospital for blood tests every second day, and was required to be at the hospital connected to an IV machine for 5 hours every Sunday. While at the hospital, I was provided with a private room, in addition to meals. Guess what? All covered by my government health insurance paid for through taxes. In the States, this would have cost my family a small fortune. Oh yes, and it doesnt put a family in debt just to deliver a baby.

You complain about us allowing gay marriage - we complain about [war mongering]. to-may-to vs. to-mah-to. Lets forget about it.

Saying that Canadians are boring and have no culture. Why do Americans sew Canadian flags onto their baggage and clothing before traveling overseas? Enough said.

I cant even count the number of people who have brought up the War of 1812 in this post. We get the point - only one person needs to make the correction.

Some definitions on this topic on UD refer to Liberals as being [hellions]. Well, same can be said about conservatives. Its impossible to prove which of liberals or conservatives are better as it is completely a matter of personal opinion and belief.

We are not [America Junior]. And it is entirely offensive to hear that. Why dont we call the States Texas Senior? Because it is known that the whole country of American is not like Texas. As such, Canada is not entirely like America - though some of it is.

Although claims have been made that Canada does not exist as a sovereign entity from the States, this is untrue. Think of missile defence. You still dont have Canada on in that program, do you?

Claims have also been made that Canada does not exist as a sovereign entity because our [Head of State] is still Queen Elizabeth II. If you do your research, the Queen simply remains as Head of State as a formality out of respect to our ties as a former British colony. With a cheesy official title like Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith or in French Elizabeth Deux, par la grâce de [Dieu] [Reine] du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la [Foi] - you know its gotta be just a formality. Saying Canada isnt sovereign is like saying New Zealand and Australia arent sovereign. Theres your explanation to why we use British figures on our coins, post #196 - we are a constitutional monarchy.

It has been mentioned that Canadians have only contributed bad music to the world. However, many of the recording artists that you think to be American are actually Canadians. Take a closer look. Examples include: Alexisonfire, [Paul Anka], [April Wine], [Jann] Arden, Randy [Bachman], [Bedouin Soundclash], The Guess Who, Billy Talent, Bran Van 3000, Michael [Buble], 54-40, [Hot Hot Heat], Colin James, [Diana Krall], [Chantal Kreviazuk], Ashley MacIsaac, [Matthew Good] (Formerly of the Matthew Good Band), Sarah McLauchlan, Alanis Morissette, [Bif Naked], Rush, [Theory of a Deadman], Three Days Grace, [The Tragically Hip], David [Wilcox], and finally who could forget Niel Young... Just to name few. And to settle the score we sincerely appoligize for any of the bad artists we have produced, including: Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, and Shania Twain.

Many [Hollywood actors] are also Canadian, including Jim Carrey, [John Candy], Kim [Cattrall], [Michael J. Fox], [Brendan Fraser], [Eugene Levy], Mike Meyers, [Matthew Perry], William Shatner, and [Kiefer Sutherland]. We sincerely apologize for ever releasing Tom Green from his cage.

For those who do not think Canadians have contributed anything of value to the world, here is a condensed list:

Group of Seven (Painters)
Roberta Bondar (Female Astronaut)
[Margaret Atwood] (Author)
Margaret Laurence (Author)
[Yann Martel] (Author)
Conrad Black (US Press Lord)
Robert Campeau (Former controlling owner of Bloomingdales in the US)
[Tim Horton] (Hockey Player, Entrepreneur of Tim Hortons Coffee)
Louis Mayer (Co-founder of MGM Studios)
Isador Sharp (Founder of Four Seasons Hotel chain)
John Molson (Founder of Molson Breweries)
Nat Taylor (Movie theatre mogul, inventor of the [cineplex] or multi-auditorium movie theatre)
[Jack Warner] (Founder of Warner Bros.)
John Byrne (Creator of such comics as The Fantastic Four, Superman, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, etc)
Todd McFarlane (Creator of Spiderman, Spawn)
Joe [Shuster] (Creator of Superman)
[Sue Johanson] (Famous [sex educator] - most entertaining old lady ever... if you can see her live, do it)
[Terry Fox] (Attempted one-legged cross country run for [cancer research]; raised millions of dollars; Canadian hero)
Rick Hansen (Paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord research)
Alexander [Graham Bell] (Invented the telephone. YES, it was invented in Canada. However, it was DEVELOPED further in the States)
Joseph-Armand Bombarier (Inventor of [the snowmobile])
Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward (Co-inventors of the first electric light-bulb. OFFICIAL LIGHT BULB STORY: Thomas Edison bought Woodward and Evans patents in both countries before starting his own light bulb development)
Reginald [Fessenden] (Invented sonar; produced first radio broadcast)
Sir Sandford Fleming (Invented time zones)
James [Gosling] (Invented Java computer language)
Elijah McCoy (Invented automatic machinery [lubricator]; reason for the saying [The Real McCoy])
Cluny [MacPherson] (Invented first [gas-mask] used in WW1)
Gideon Sundback (Invented the zipper)
Frederick [Banting] and Charles Best (Co-discoverers of insulin)
[Tommy Douglas] (Father of Medicare in Canada)
Wilfred [Bigelow] (Invented the [pacemaker])
MANY and MOST excellent hockey players, in addition to other athletes
In essence, Hollywood. Without Canadas very large tax-grants for film companies, it would be tres tres expensive for US companies to produce films.

In response to post number 147 - no one even mentioned penicillin anywhere.

I hope I never have to repeat this again. Canada does not equal COLD. I live in Northern Ontario. During the summer, temperatures are on average 30C=86F - however it feels much warmer (closer to 37C or 100F because of our humid climate). In the winter, it is VERY cold. It is not uncommon for temperatures to reach anywhere from -20C=-4F to -30C=-22F... It is even not that uncommon to see temperatures drop below -40C=-40F with the [windchill]. However, many Canadians make use of their sunny summers to keep their skin nice and tanned (IE We are not pale, in response to post #218). Finally, the most southern point in Canada is at level with northern California - take that post #195 with the coldest state of the U.S.A.).

In response to Post#[204] - What do you care if the comedians are gay? You still laugh, regardless!

In response to Post#213 - Canadian Bacon (while a great movie) and South Park are horrible examples of Canadian culture. Try watching a documentary instead.

In response to Post#215 - Next time you sit and watch TV for hours on end, pay attention to the credits. You will realise that many of your American TV shows and movies are supported by one of the many national and/or provincial tax credits available. As well, chances are, the show or movie has been filmed in Canada (ie. Queer as Folk, Doc, American Psycho, [Cinderella Man], Home Alone 1, Home Alone 2, etc, X-Men, X2, and many others). Only then will you realise that the US only controls the media in one sense of the word.

In response to Post#221 - You say that zip would be pronounced zed-ip by our pronunciation of the letter z. However, if you follow your pronunciation given (that being zee), the word zip would be pronounce zee-ip - which it is most definitely not. Please learn the fundamentals of the English language and Western alphabet before you try to sound intelligent. Same goes for the letter x. For example, the word xenotransplantation, which is the transplantation of organs between species is not pronounced ex-en-o-trans-plant-a-tion but rather zee-no-trans-plan-ta-tion. Same thing goes for other words starting with x such as xanathin, [xenia] and xylophone. No further explanation needed.

In response to Post#222 - In my personal experience, for every one American you like, there are about 1000 you would love to shoot as well. This is all a matter of personal preference. Have you ever been to Canada? Because, I can assure you, your 1:1000 ratio just doesnt seem right. There are only a slight number of people who I would love to shoot here in Canada, and I can assure you - there are many more where those come from in the States (due to your immense population).

In closing, I think I will modify Post#[222s] example. He did say it well (less a few spelling mistakes). I am a proud Canadian who refuses to stand by and let Americans insult my country. However, I beleive that we should get along - we are our closest trading partners, cultural partners, and social partners. As well, were the closest thing, besides Britain, that America has as a friend right now.

[Couch Potatoe]

A nation built on top of the worlds most rugged terrain. Answered many calls to war, deliverd freedom to many and yet still treated like the worlds biggest sissy. Took the worlds most brutal and violent sport (Hockey) and turned it into a pastime. We give a giant [beer mug] to the champions....who thusly [get smashed] on Canadian brew. Invented the telephone so that the world could call first before they came over to party. 10 pin bowling took to long so we invented 5 pin so that we could get to drinking sooner. For that matter American Football takes to long too! So we shortened that one up! [Fair catch]?? As if!! We invented the light [bulb] the zipper oh and T.V and T.V Cameras. We gave the world great comedians, hundreds of hot singers and models and what did we get in return?? [SARS]!! Thanks jerks! Make sure you call first next time! : )

[Sommer]

A very [wonderful] [place]! [-^_^-]

[Tariq Zaki]

a country in North America