The beautiful stereotypes of my country. Although some of them are amusing. Here's a couple for each province.
Next to nobody lives here, most of it is a frozen, impenetrable wasteland. ( Called: The Tundra. Sounds appealing.)
Newfoundland was first settled by surly Vikings and Irish fishermen. The Vikings had good sense to leave. The weather is wet and cold (Though on occasion cold and wet).
Nova Scotia. "Come for the sunshine, stay for the rain!" Really? Rain? Yes. Heavy rain? Sometimes. Heavy, wet, cold Atlantic rain with waves as big as the one in that Perfect Storm movie what tipped over them fishermen from Gloucester (Who, might we add, got their sorry butts kicked by the Bluenose way back when? Yes.
Prince Edward Island hates jokes about how small it is. For example: PEI is so small, that when you plug in your electric razor, the streetcars slow down, If they had streetcars. Which they don't. Why? (Brace yourself for a killer punchline.) Because it's SO BLOODY SMALL, that's why!
New Brunswick is home of the aptly named Tidal Bore (Look! A ripple. Quick, get the video camera"), as well as Magnetic Hill, where cars roll uphill. Even more impressive is the nearby Backwards Magnetic Hill, where the laws of gravity are reversed again and cars roll...downhill!
First off, Quebec doesn't hate you. Not personally. The Quebecois hate the federal government- and a mythical place called "the Rest of Canada" which is, apparently, some sort of homogenous, monolithic whole. That's who they hate.
Ontario's theme song is, "A place to stand [still during the regular traffic jams], a place to grow [uncontrollably], we call this land [that we have completely paved over] Ontairy-airy-airy-o.
Manitoba is rich in culture... if, when you say "culture", you mean "Ukrainian dance troupes". Manitoba exports more Ukrainian dance troupes than any other place on Earth - And that includes Ukraine.
There is only one view in Saskatchewan. And for the longest time it looked like this:
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Albertians are the angriest people in Canada. And why shouldn't they be angry? Just look at all the money and resources they have. It's enough to make anyone cranky.
At any given moment, 70% of British Columbia is chained to a tree. And the remaining 40% is attempting to cut it down. I know the numbers don't add up, but then again, neither does B.C.
Northerners tend to view southern Canadians (Anybody residing south of the 60th parallel) in much the same way that Canadians view Americans. They think we're being mean-spirited whenever we show a mild interest in what might possibly be going on up there. They think we're patronizing or something. (Isn't that cute? The Yukoners think we're patronizing them.)
Northwest Territories: Igloo-shaped church? Yes. Church shaped igloos? Oddly enough, yes.
Summer in Nunavut is approximately six days long, and that's when the giant, flesh-eating insects the size of flying Volkswagens come out looking for a snack.
*From Ian and Will Ferguson's book, "How To Be A Canadian". Not my own work.
I wish, though.
Hahaha.
Yep, "O Canada."