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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|''ItThey say "Eh" instead of "What" or "Duh" that's athe long,mighty longpower way fromof 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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''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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