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* In ''[[The President's Analyst]]'', when the titular individual goes on the lam, along with being stalked by the FBI, the CIA and The Phone Company, he runs afoul of the Canadian intelligence service. They are very polite about abducting him and drugging him for classified info.
* Canadian cities are sometimes seen as interchangeable, even by other Canadians. For instance, the movie ''A Problem with Fear'' is set in Calgary's underground subway system. Unfortunately for the film, Calgary does not have and has never had an underground subway system; the film was shot in Montreal, as the French-language ads in the background of many shots will attest. (And to be honest, having French-language ads in a movie supposedly set in Calgary is actually weirder than inventing a subway system.)
* [[David Cronenberg]]'s films are often set in his hometown, [[Toronto]], which he naturally portrays quite realistically. A realistic Montreal crops up occasionally, too. His 1986 remake of ''The Fly'' is shot in the downtown core of Toronto, and several prominent stores are visible during some of the scenes
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', set in Toronto. For more on this, see the comic book entry.
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== Professional Wrestling, Eh? ==
* Oddly enough, [[Professional Wrestling]] completely averts this trope (well, ''almost'' completely; after all, [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] did have a [[Heel]] mountie in full dress uniform for a while; ironically, WWE wasn't allowed to use him in Canada at all), even though they embrace every single other stereotypical ethnic trope out there. This may be because half the wrestlers in North America (at least the well-known ones) are from either Canada or Texas. In fact, professional wrestling may be the only form of popular fictional entertainment where Canadians can be portrayed as jerks or outright evil.
** No irony about the Mountie - the uniform is trademarked.
** While [[Chris Benoit]], in the latter period of his career when he usually played a face, was often described (truthfully) as "residing in Atlanta, Georgia", shows in Canada always reverted to describing him as being from Canada. Benoit himself tried to hide his Canadian accent on the mic (usually straining to say "uh-BOUT" rather than "uh-boat").
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