Some people don’t know this, but Canada is awesome. Like my older sister, Kenna, refuses to believe that Canada even exists. But people like me think that Canada is cool. Donut shops everywhere, wild beavers, moose hockey, crazy Canadians stealing your maple syrup. Oh, Canada.
Anyway, here are some reasons that Canada is pretty much the coolest country ever
1) A study called ‘Sorry, I’m Canadian’ showed that 90% of Canadians aged 18-25 will apologize if a stranger bumps into them.
2) Canada has more lakes than any other country- about 30 million!
3) Canada has the 3rd best air quality in the world, with the average of a relatively pristine 13 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter.
4) THEY USE METERS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
5) Hollywood loves making movies in Canada — big movies — while passing the settings off as New York City, Wyoming, ancient Persia, the bow of the Titanic… Basically anywhere else but Canada.
6) Canadians are apparently hilarious — sometimes even unintentionally. This even created a string of sociological studies.
7) The Canadian chocolate is much better than the fake stuff that Americans usually eat. The Canadian bars are fattier, but it’s still honest-to-goodness chocolate.
8) No national symbol is as ubiquitous as Canada’s maple leaf.
9) Their 1 dollar coin is called a Loonie! (The 2 dollar one is a Toonie)
10) Their adorable terms and phrases make you want to cry. While you’ll be hard-pressed to find a real-life, toque-wearin’ local who’s ever called someone a “hoser” or told them to “take off,” Canadians do call their napkins “serviettes” in polite company. Nowhere else will you be called a “rink rat” for loitering at ice arenas. Or be “given the gears” if you do something dumb. Or get asked, “What do you pay for hydro?”
Canada has been ridiculed through our generation and more generations to come. But Canada has survived, and thrived throughout the mocking of our generation. Canada is cool, guys.