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{{quote|''They say "Eh" instead of "What" or "Duh" that's the mighty power of Canada|'''[[Five Iron Frenzy]]''', "Oh Canada"}}
 
{{quote|''ItsThey asay long,"Eh" longinstead wayof from"What" or "Duh" that's the mighty power of Canada''
|'''[[Five Iron Frenzy]]'''|"Oh Canada"}}
A long way from snow chains''|'''Joni Mitchell''', "Dreamland"}}▼
 
{{quote|''It's a long, long way from Canada''
{{quote|''Then our reality came crashing down around us. Mike Myers said the word "aboot" in one of the few sketches where he wasn't doing a Scottish or British accent, so we asked around and found out the sickening truth: Every funny person in the world was from Canada.''|''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'', [http://www.cracked.com/article_14939_treason-8-celebrities-you-wont-believe-arent-american.html Treason! 8 Celebrities You Won"t Believe Aren't American (#5. Every Popular Comedian from The Early '90s)]}}▼
''A long way from snow chains''
▲A long way from snow chains''|'''Joni Mitchell''', |"Dreamland"}}
 
▲{{quote|''Then our reality came crashing down around us. Mike Myers said the word "aboot" in one of the few sketches where he wasn't doing a Scottish or British accent, so we asked around and found out the sickening truth: Every funny person in the world was from Canada.''|''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'', [http://www.cracked.com/article_14939_treason-8-celebrities-you-wont-believe-arent-american.html Treason! 8 Celebrities You Won"t Believe Aren't American (#5. Every Popular Comedian from The Early '90s)]}}
{{quote|''If you die in Canada, you die in REAL LIFE!''|''[http://xkcd.com/180/ Canada]'', ''[[Xkcd]]''}}▼
|''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]''|[http://www.cracked.com/article_14939_treason-8-celebrities-you-wont-believe-arent-american.html Treason! 8 Celebrities You Won"t Believe Aren't American (#5. Every Popular Comedian from The Early '90s)]}}
 
▲{{quote|''If you die in Canada, you die in REAL LIFE!''|''[http://xkcd.com/180/ Canada]'', ''[[Xkcd]]''}}
{{quote|''"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}1KvcQNeI53g Canadians are weird.]"''|'''Ed''', ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed Edd n Eddy]]''}}▼
|''[http://xkcd.com/180/ Canada]'', ''[[xkcd]]''}}
 
▲{{quote|''"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}1KvcQNeI53g Canadians are weird.]"''|'''Ed''', ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed Edd n Eddy]]''}}
|'''Ed''', ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''}}
 
{{quote|''Take Off! To The Great White North!''
''Take Off! It's a beauty way to go!''|'''[[Rush|Geddy Lee]]''', ''[[SCTV|Take Off!]]''}}
|'''[[Rush|Geddy Lee]]'''|"[[SCTV|Take Off!]]"}}
 
{{quote|''Received same call from Mr. Bucholz, with same refusal to press charges or exit premises in the company of officers. I suggest that Mr. Bucholz may be mentally ill, in light of his extreme sense of civic duty coupled with inhuman levels of politeness.''
''Correction: Please strike suggestion of mental illness from Record. Mr. Bucholz is simply Canadian.''|[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-typical-day-at-the-office-as-told-through-police-reports/\], "A Typical Day at the Office, As Told Through Police Reports"}}
|[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-typical-day-at-the-office-as-told-through-police-reports/ "A Typical Day at the Office, As Told Through Police Reports"]}}
 
{{quote|''Oh Canada, our home and native land''
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''We got loads of sights and the northern lights, up in Canada''
''And special nights for hockey games with lots of fights in Canada''
''So letslet's sail forth, to the great white north Canada''
''Go, go, go, back to Canada''
''Let's all go BACK to Canadaaaaaaaaa-haaaaaaa...........haaaaaaaaaaa''
''Back to Canada''|'''Norb''', ''[[The Angry Beavers]]''}}
|'''Norb'''|''[[The Angry Beavers]]''}}
 
{{quote|''The Great White North, CANADA! where you can enjoy a beautiful train ride, and go back to freezing cold temperatures, Hockey, Canadian bacon, [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice|Hockey]], bears, [[Department of Redundancy Department|Hockey]], maple syrup, more bears, [[Overly Long Gag|Hockey]]......wait, [[Don't Explain the Joke|Did I mention Hockey]]? |'''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' to the Hart Dynasty, eh?}}
|'''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' to the Hart Dynasty, eh?}}
 
{{quote|The tragedy of Canada is that they could have enjoyed French cuisine, British culture, and American technology.
Instead, they got British cuisine, American culture, and French technology.|John Robert Colombo}}
|John Robert Colombo}}
 
{{quote|It's so clean and bland! I'm home!|'''Marge Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
|'''Marge Simpson'''|''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
 
{{quote|The only thing more Canadian than rioting after a hockey game is apologizing for it for two weeks afterwards|Most popular Twitter repost following the 2011 Vancouver hockey riot.}}
|Most popular Twitter repost following the 2011 Vancouver hockey riot.}}
 
{{quote|“I’m proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit - you’re welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That’s right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner’s daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous?”|'''Robin Scherbatsky''', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''}}
|'''Robin Scherbatsky'''|''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''}}
 
{{quote|'''[[Chuggaaconroy|Chugga]]''': Go be Canadian somewhere else!
'''[[Proton Jon]]''': You mean ''[[Shaped Like Itself|in Canada?]]'' Where we ''[[Failed a Spot Check|are right now?!]]''|'''[[The Runaway Guys]]'''}}
|'''[[The Runaway Guys]]'''}}
 
{{quote|'''Shepard''': Don't worry. When all of this is over, I'll buy you drinks back in [[Vancouver]]. I promise.
'''Samantha Traynor''': Vancouver? Not Paris or Venice. ''Vancouver.''
'''Shepard''': It's a great city!
'''Samantha''': You never take me anywhere nice.|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''}}
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''}}
 
{{quote|I literally can't think of anything more Canadian than killing large waterfowl with a hockey stick.
Except apologizing afterwards. | [http://archived.moe/k/thread/28099433/#28102453 seen] on [[4chan|/k/]] }}
|[http://archived.moe/k/thread/28099433/#28102453 seen] on [[4chan|/k/]] }}
 
{{quote|"Look, they're Canadians. Hockey is in their blood, and it's the only time a Canadian truly becomes deadly."
[USS] Philadelphia blinked once, twice. "Wait, what do you call their service in the World Wars, then?!"
"Mercy," [HMCS] Ontario stated.
|[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12480048/5/More-Things-Involving-Shipgirls-That-Are-No-Longer-Allowed More Things Involving Shipgirls That Are No Longer Allowed Chapter 5: Rule 2015]}}
 
{{quote|My father never lived to see his dream come true of an all-Yiddish-speaking Canada.
|David Steinberg}}
 
{{quote|Canada is so square even the female impersonators are women.
|From the movie ''[[Outrageous]]''}}
 
{{quote|In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations -- it's cold, half-French, and [[Metaphorgotten|difficult to stir]].
|Stuart Keate}}
 
{{quote|In Canada, it's illegal to incite 14-year-olds to bestiality, advertise Viagra and scare the elderly and children to death. Submitter's weekend plans have gone right out the window.
|[[Fark|Fark.com]], 7/11/2006}}
 
{{quote|In the plot, people came to the land; the land loved them; they worked and struggled and had lots of children. There was a Frenchman who talked funny and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy-pants but when it came to the crunch he was all courage. Those novels would make you retch.
|Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, on the generic Canadian novel.}}
 
{{quote|''A Canadian is somebody who knows how to [[Making Love in All the Wrong Places|make love in a canoe]].''
|Canadian novelist Pierre Berton, 1973}}
 
{{quote|Americans are so benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.
|Canadian historian John Bartlet Brebner}}
 
{{quote|''"When people think we [Canadians] are polite, that's just a word for thought process, and there's a thought process that perhaps we just don't trust illusion too much."''
|[[The Tragically Hip|Gord Downie]]|[https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/gord-downie-s-revealing-cbc-interview-1.1254830 Gord Downie's revealing CBC interview], October 9, 2012}}
 
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