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{{smallcaps|''In accordance with Canada's official policy of bilingualism, this page is also available [[Fr/Canada Eh|in French]].''}}
▲{{smallcaps|''In accordance with Canada's official policy of bilingualism, this page is also available [[Fr/Canada Eh|in French]].''}}[[hottip:*:As translated with Babelfish. And without the examples section. Language equality? Ha! They won't even put up the money for [[Blind Idiot Translation|a decent translator.]]<br />{{smallcaps|''En accord avec la politique officielle du bilinguisme canadien, cette page est également disponible [[Fr/Canada Eh|en français]].''}}[[hottip:*:Traduit avec Babelfish. Et sans les exemples. Égalité linguistique? Ha! Ils ne sont même pas prêts à payer pour [[Blind Idiot Translation|un traducteur acceptable.]]
{{quote|''They all live on donuts and moose meat<br />
''and they leave the house without packing heat<br />
''Never even bring their guns to the mall!''|'''[[Weird Al Yankovic]]''', "Canadian Idiot", eh?}}
In American media, Canada is a sweet, quirky and slightly backwards version of America, eh? It's as if you took everyone from Minnesota, gave them an obsession with [[Ice Hockey|hockey]]<ref>Anyone who thinks this should be clarified to "ice hockey" will be stiffly beaten by the RCMP, with a hockey stick.</ref> (OK, ''more'' of an obsession), and made that an entire country, eh? Everybody's white (except the First Nations), eh, and everyone who isn't French has a Scottish last name, eh?
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* '''[[Eskimo Land|The Arctic]]''', full of igloos, playful polar bears and parka-wearing Inuit, quite possibly [[Polar Bears and Penguins|penguins]], and of course cute little baby seals... at least until the polar bears and people find them. Which is awesome, eh?
Keep in mind that [[Canada, Eh?]] has no West Coast (besides
For more [[Artistic License Geography|simple-minded]] [[Viewers Are Morons|types]], Canada consists of two parts, eh?:
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Eeeeeh, Canadians [[South Park|eat nothing but Kraft Dinner]] (which is Canadian for "macaroni and cheese"), Tim Hortons, donuts, poutine<ref>French fries with cheese curds, and enough gravy to partially melt the cheese</ref>, and <s>Canadian</s>back bacon, eh? Anglophone Canadians all speak with a stereotyped [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West/Central_Canadian_English West/Central Canadian English] accent, putting "eh" [[Verbal Tic|at the end of questions or affirmations]], and prominently raising the "ou" in aboot every word containing it, eh?
Our army consists of a guy with a BB gun mounted on a moose, our air force a paper airplane
All policemen are Mounties, and they wear their red serge dress tunics and broad-brimmed Montana Peak hats constantly while on regular duty, eh?
Canadian technology is always behind American tech, eh?<ref>Except of course, Canadarm, ATI, Alexander Graham Bell...</ref> In fact, if it wasn't for the Americans we'd have no culture at all, eh?
Feel free to whack me over the head with a hockey stick, eh? And doon't feel soarry aboot it, eh!
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== Anime and Manga, Eh? ==
* Kate from ''[[Sketchbook (Manga)|Sketchbook ~full color'
* Rock Lee is Canadian in ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]''. Two Sound ninja were able to distract him by offering him ''maple syrup and a hockey stick''.
* Andrew from ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'' also speaks with a stereotype Canadian accent, although he denies being Canadian. (He's North Mexican)
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