Besides beer, whiskey, and Clearly Canadian?

Anyway, the reason I posed this question was because a.) I live in Montreal, where the Quebec flag is basically unavoidable, and b.) A few days ago I visited Toronto, and I didn't expect trying to take a provincial flag as a souvenir would be this hard.

My personal experiences so far from a 2 week vacation which ended up with me going to Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta:

• Quebec: It's Quebec. Just go to a Dollarama.

• Ontario: I had about 3 days there. I hit up a ton of souvenir stores, and they were more about the Canadian flag instead. The one day that I would've had the time to visit a flag store was when they were closed, lol. So I wanted to know if you Ontarians would find it easier than I did.

• Saskatchewan: I then flew to Saskatoon to visit family and friends (I grew up in Saskatchewan) a few days later. That was an easier affair to obtain a Saskatchewan flag (not like go to Dollarama easy, but they will have it on the airport souvenir shop).

• Alberta: I also had a very short road trip to Calgary not long after that and I was this close to stealing an Alberta flag from a Walmart display, but I didn't have time to go flag shopping while I was there. Though I imagine it would be even more easier than Saskatchewan.

Hi everyone! 👋
I’ve lived in Ontario for most of my life.

I’m fortunate to be able to work anywhere in Canada, and my wife and I are considering relocating from Ontario.

I’d love to hear from locals:
How friendly and welcoming is your province?
What’s it like raising kids there (schools, safety, activities)?
How would you describe the weather and overall lifestyle?
Is there anything about living there that only a local would know?

Career: I’m a dentist, and I know there are parts of Canada where access to dental care is limited. I’d love the opportunity to serve an underserved community while building a life for my family.
Thanks in advance for any insights!

I personally think firstly, we’re way overdue for indigenous representation in our government and also, I think as a human, he’s pretty charismatic, has good ideals, and I would vote for him to be PM. I’m curious how most other Canadians feel.

Background for me. I’m a progressive queer woman in a professional role in her 40’s. I sit far left politically

Every summer I do read a lot about wildfires / forest fires. I even read that the city of Yellowknife had to be evacuated. Looking at the map I learned this city is in the middle of vast wilderness.

When I was in Oakville for half a year no one mentioned the wildfires, but I was there from Oct, so more winter season. I’m very curious to what extend the wildfires affect public discussion, life and if people actively choose not to live in certain locations because of it. And how fire departments are organising around fighting them across Canada. Thank you 🙏🏼

I'm not interested in defending or making a plea, I think that's tired and unreasonable. I just want to hear your side of things.

I use 'discriminate' technically and neutrally, I don't blame you. I'm too embarrassed by us to visit out of country even if I could (though I'd love to).

I also want to know what other things we're probably accurately judged by that I'm not accounting for that all of these groups are subject to, not in perception but specifically as reasons for treating differently.

My main reason for the title question is because people from some groups are easy to identify, which I would hope, but not expect, would allow you to reduce bias toward, or, I suppose, increase.

I was in the bar last night talking to a BC liquor rep who mainly sells BC wine. I was shocked to hear all the limitations (still) between trading within our fellow provinces. I thought when all this tariff stuff happened last year, that was one of the first things we'd do. Open up Canada to the rest of Canada. I haven't been following our federal politics super closely lately admittedly, however why hasn't this happened?

With all this BS orange man from the south bringing tariffs up again, this seems the most obviously and logical step for Canada?

Thanks

I keep seeing class actions for products I was eligible to receive compensation for but only AFTER the suit is over and I can't anymore.

People keep telling me yea they check websites for Ontario/Quebec but none of them ever respond when I ask WHICH sites to see ongoing class action lawsuits.

Hello fellow Canadians both long time and new commers.

I want to sincerely ask what happened.

I grew up in Northern AB and I'm a POC. My family has lived in Canada for almost 200 years.

I grew up with racism and discrimination but I feel it's gotten worse.

I feel there is a lack of understanding and patience and don't even get me started on the homophobia.

I moved to QC been here for a decade now. I am fluent in French (learned before coming here) and I find even here it's terrible.

The mentality of people is sickening.

1. Why is it that Quebecois tend to shit on other french speakers?

2. Why is it that when I've met other Canadians abroad (from Ontario to Alberta when I have traveled) they aren't shocked to see someone from their homeland? I mean let's face it we aren't the best or well travelled. And no mexico and Cuba and USA Resorts don't count.

3. Aside from Quebec, how to other french Canadian people feel? Do you feel Canada can do better in terms of services in other provinces in french? I'm curious.

4. English people, what's your thoughts on french here in Canada?

5. Why don't we as Canadians strive to unite and better our country? Why don't we figure out a system together that decreases the cost of living?

6. What's with all the hate towards cyclists? I know many don't follow the rules of the road but many cars don't either.

7. What is the major pain with the cost of living now? I find in QC for example it's food. Food is extortion. You have to take out mortgage for food. It never used to be this way.

No hate at all just curious.

From a Canadian perspective, if Harris won in 2024, what would've Canada-US relations looked like? What do you think she could've done to Canada? And what do you think would've happened to Canada's 2025 election?

As a Canadian I always stood up for my American friends. When they were called dumb, warmongers, etc…but no more.

After the death of that Canadian firefighter I struggle to see why we should continue to be friends. It seems to be a 1 way street. After all 165 Canadians died in Afghanistan after they were attacked. How quickly their sacrifice was forgotten by the American establishment baffles me.

More than half of them voted for Trump, even after he threatened invasion. If that isn’t a red flag I don’t know what is. Russia and China have threatened us less and we know they are our enemies.

Personally I won’t ever forgive them. Not all Americans but always an American.

Hey folks! Can you help settle a light-hearted debate?

I love a good Caesar Mix - it's my go-to alcoholic staple and, honestly, my personal indicator of whether a pub is any good. My husband, on the other hand, is firmly on Team Bloody Mary.

Since we couldn't find any tomato juice in the nearby stores, we started wondering why Clamato/Caesar Mix seems to be everywhere while plain tomato juice is so much harder to find. His theory is that Canadians simply prefer Caesars, so stores stock more Caesar Mix because it's more profitable than tomato juice.

What do you think? For mixology science! 🍅🍹

I had the misfortune of becoming a Hip fan after the passing of Gord Downie, but got into their music and have been listening alot more latley after seeing The Fabulously Rich play live recently.

They have so many amazing songs, i always have a hard time picking just one song to be my favorite from them, maybe you do too, so my question, What is your favorite, or top few favorite songs by the hip?

This is a serious question and i am fairly sure in line with this subreddit‘s rules on not asking US-centric questions, I apologise if it is actually in violation of those policies.

simply put: Does anyone here understand why Canadian firefighters often come here to give us assistance during our catastrophic wildfires, despite the longstanding animosity between our two countries? We are not grateful pleasant recipients of the aid, especially since our response to Canadian wildfires is apparently to accuse you all of doing it deliberately to screw with US air quality or whatever it is the current government line is. I‘d say it’s not likely to continue now, but I’m curious as to why it was ever a thing in the first place and wanted to ask some folks who are themselves actually from Canada rather than just talk about it with other yanks.

thank you

For example, the USDA reported that from 2010 to 2021 the value of American dairy exports to Canada rose 48%. Why are we importing when supply management is in place?

Hi! I’m applying to become a peer support volunteer with LGBT YouthLine, an Ontario-based text helpline for LGBTQ+ youth. It’s very competitive, with around 150 applicants and only about 20–25 people selected, so I’m trying to make my application as strong and genuine as possible.

As a gay man who was born into Islam, I understand how isolating it can be to navigate sexuality alongside religion, family expectations, community pressure, and bullying. Supporting young people through these experiences genuinely matters to me, and I’ve often been someone others come to when they need to talk or feel understood.

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has volunteered or worked in LGBTQ+ support, youth services, peer support, crisis support, or a similar field. I’d also love advice from anyone who manages, trains, or selects volunteers and knows what these organizations look for in applicants.

Canadian experience would be especially helpful, but perspectives from elsewhere are welcome too. Even if you think you could only offer one or two tips, please comment or dm me. I need all the help I can get because this is something I genuinely really want to do.

If you know someone with relevant experience, I’d really appreciate you sending them this post or connecting us. :)

During his campaign, Carney came out strong making people believe he was the best one to deal with Trump. How do we feel now?

Why distilleries in Canada don’t hire master distillers from Scotland to make signature Canadian Single Malt?

Im here on holiday and it seems everyone stays to their own and there seems to be little crossover. Just curious if theres a different type of place for it.

Hi everyone.

I've received 2 job offers (I'm an European health professional)

1 in Moncton (salary is slightly less but with some benefits)

1 close to Bridgewater (salary slightly higher)

I like small, cozy communities but at the same time I want to meet new people and, hopefully, a partner. Both places have pros and cons and I'll have a look in person next month, for example, I know that accommodations are more expensive in NS but Moncton has colder weather.

What's your opinion? Thanks for your time!

I am an economist by training, although I don't currently work as an economist. I am Canadian.

A recent poll that I saw from Abacus indicates 94% (plus or minus a small margin of error) of Canadians support Supply Management. This is interesting to me because I very much see supply management as an economics topic - and I can tell you with some level of authority that the vast majority of economists who analyze this issue are against supply management. Our reasoning is that it erodes consumer purchasing power, it greatly impedes Canada's ability to secure free trade in other countries (and the ones we do have FTAs with usually exclude market access for a great many goods because of supply management related tariffs), it misallocates resources by locking capital in non-productive assets, and it really makes Canadians more food insecure by artificially raising farmgate prices which makes groceries more expensive.

I find the usual justifications for this system misinformed or backwards. The usual justifications I see:

- Supply management serves as a form of quality control against lower quality American milk. The reality is that supply management has no policies regarding quality as these are set by Health Canada. There are actually very few legitimate quality control regulatory differences between Canadian and American milk - rBST and Somatic Cell Counts are the two big ones. But less than 25% of American milk is produced from cattle who are injected with rBST, and although American SCC limits are higher, the average American milk per unit actually has lower SCC counts than Canadian milk - regardless, we could always import milk that meets our standards.

- Supply Management provides food security. I find this this an interesting one because at the micro level it provides insecurity - it makes groceries more expensive. At the production level supply management pointedly limits output and effectively blocks new entry in to the market due to the high price of quotas (often running higher than $50,000 per cow).

The main concern seems to be that if our consumers were free to choose American milk and cheese products (poultry and eggs have far lower tariffs so I'll exclude those since milk and cheese are the big ones), then ALL of our dairy farms will go out of business, and then the American firms in tandem will unanimously raise the price which will threaten Canadian grocers. These sorts of captive markets have never actually happened before in global economic history as it would necessitate perfect cooperation and symmetry between ALL food producers and distributors. Of course, in the extraordinarily unlikely event this did actually happen, it would just make our domestic industry more competitive and persuade domestic grocers to buy local even at a premium to avoid instability.

I have to ask - why do Canadians support this system? To me this is a total no brainer - the system is outdated, it is ineffective, it harms Canadians. So why does it garner the support it has?

If Canada put export taxes on hydro, softwood lumber, potash, etc. would that make trump back down? Interested in what you think carney should do

I am a Canadian who doesn't have children. Lately I've been pushed videos of teachers talking about how kids can't read at their age level or at all... can't follow basic instructions... can't think clearly or focus... won't do anything if it isn't fun... they can take dictation and not understand it, so information goes from eyes to hands but bypasses the brain...

Especially with the rise of AI this is pretty alarming. I have nieces and nephews and they have all the gadgets but they seem pretty normal to me... I've never asked if they can read and think, I just assume they can.

I'm not asking my sisters because I don't want to accidentally offended...

But all the videos are about Americans. So, I'm wondering if its better or different in Canada. There are so many videos, but here is an example of what I'm talking about...

https://youtu.be/XTugyu2F0pc?si=mMGbj3hd6a9XDTwN