The Canadian Diaries

In Canada, Good Friday and Holy Monday are statutory holidays.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, AMERICA?!

JSYK, this is amazing! I'm Canadian but I've lived in California practically my entire life, so I'm always eager for anything Canada-related and this...this is glorious :D

thecanadiandiaries Said:

Thanks very much! You’re just the sort of person I’d hope to see this page. :D

Using Canadian money felt odd this weekend.

AM I AMERICANISING?!

omnomnominator Asks:

You don't attach candy to your V-Day cards in Canada? I bet you feel so deprived now. People of all ages do it!

thecanadiandiaries Said:

CANADA HAS BEEN MISSING OUT

American children give out CANDY on Valentine’s Day.

Like, the little Halloween-sized candies. This appears to often be done in place of paper Valentines.

I am amazed. …And full of sugar.

As a Canadian, I feel like I have hawk-eyes for Canadiana in foreign settings.

OH, DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT ACTOR IS CANADIAN?

AH, THAT WAS INVENTED BY A CANADIAN, YOU KNOW.

THAT’S A CANADIAN COMPANY, ACTUALLY.

It always feels odd to me when I apologise to someone for something trivial, and then they don’t apologise back.

sorry
canada

Nobody believes me when I tell them that it’s warmer in Toronto than it is in Boston.

“Canada” seems to connote “the eternal Arctic”. Apparently we’re Narnia under the White Witch or something.

I know nothing about American geography.

This makes for awkward times when people introduce themselves to me.

“Oh, I’m from Maryland.”

“Oh…okay.”

Apparently this is somewhere near Virginia, which, itself, is somewhere just south of Mass.

One of my peers seems to believe that either the Canadian prime minister or the Queen rules Canada almost absolutely.

This is because we are not a republic.