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20 Things You'll Know if You've Ever Lived Near the Canadian Border

If You Don't Know What A Toque is, Turn Back Now

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20 Things You'll Know if You've Ever Lived Near the Canadian Border

It's hard not to pick up Canadian habits when you live so close. Sure you don't get the free health care and you still have to carry around pennies, but you get the Tim's and poutine and that's still pretty great, eh?

1.Toque's

See those things on the men’s heads? Those are toques. Because nobody has time to say “winter hat."

2. Poutine: You know it, you love it and you can’t live without it.

Also, you probably get slightly offended when people don’t know what it is.

3. Vinegar and fries

Canadians and their french fries… Chances are you love fries with vinegar too. There’s usually vinegar next to the ketchup when you’re at a place that serves fries, and if there’s none in sight you might get a little upset.

4. “Eh” probably slips into your vocabulary

Or if you’re like me it happens ALL OF THE TIME and people not from ‘The Great Up North’ get really confused and laugh at you.

5. Hockey is everywhere.

Hockey, hockey, hockey. It’s everywhere and in every season. If you’re not obsessed, you know a lot of people that are.

6. Tim Hortons

Timmy Hoes is also everywhere.

7. Crossing the border is something you’ve done more times than you can count.

Trying to come back home is almost always harder than going over.

8. You relate much more to the Canadian drivers than Southern Americans.

Yup, that’s about right.

9. It’s a good excuse for 2 Thanksgivings right?!

If you don’t celebrate both, well, I’m sorry, that really sucks.

10. Your change is probably mixed.

Trying to grab the exact change quickly? Good luck with that.

11. People think all Canadians are friendly, LOL.


Or Black Friday shopping, they're in the states and they refuse to miss out on that low tax deal.

12. More than once you've probably wished you knew French Canadian.

They're either talking about you or their next drink.

13. You've probably cursed at Canadian drivers more than once.

Did a Canadian park that?

14. Canada Day is actually, "All Canadian's go to the USA Day."

But why???

15. "You can't drink (legally) until you're 21!" Uh, no.

19 in Ontario, 18 in Quebec.

16. Molson and Labatt Blue are on the drink menu in your town.

Beer is important.

17. Aunt Jemima's is not Maple Syrup.

That garbage will not be in your fridge. Because maple syrup is also important.

18. You've sat through the Canadian National Anthem enough times to know 50 percent or more of the lyrics.

Maybe you even sing along.

19. You might even have Canadian ancestors.

With those Canadian ancestors comes the Canadian genes.

20. Even if you're not of Canadian descent, you've probably been accused of being Canadian.

Sorry for the accent.

We've picked up some unique habits from our "friendly" neighbors, we've seen a side of them that the rest of the world will never understand and we share similar weather conditions. We could basically be considered Canadian and we wouldn't have wanted to live anywhere else.

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