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** Certain brands are distinctly more popular in some provinces, though, such as Sleeman's in Ontario or Keith's in Nova Scotia.

** We also ought to note that some Americans, particularly those from the Northeast and Great Lakes states, are fond of Canadian beer. Indeed, in some places, it's sort of unusual ''not'' to find Labatt or Molson on tap.

*** All of this shows that, if the writer did the research, he used an old book. In the late-2010s, a [[Real Life]] Canadian is more likely to order a Budweiser than a Labatt's Blue, thanks to both consolidation of beer companies (Anheuser-Busch InBev owns Labatt's, Molson Coors owns Molson, Sapporo owns Sleemans, etc.) and [[Eagleland Osmosis]]. Unless he's in the roughly 10% of beer drinkers who drinks local microbrewery beers and wouldn't be caught dead drinking a "factory beer".

* The classic heavy liquor is Canadian [Rye] Whisky, though really any hard liquor will do.

** Canadian whisky is also popular in the American Northeast and Great Lakes region. The good stuff (that gets exported) is highly favored, while the cheap stuff is the usual go-to whisky for the poor drinker who likes whisky.

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** This may vary from area to area; out West Starbucks has more of a hipster demographic than a yuppie one. See ''[[Less Than Kind]]'' for an example.

* Tea is also popular in Canada, though not quite so much as in other Commonwealth countries.

* Canadian soft drinks are ~~also~~ made with sugar as opposed to corn syrup - ~~and~~ ~~with~~ ~~cleaner~~ ~~water~~ ~~than~~ ~~their~~ ~~other~~ ~~North~~ ~~American~~ ~~counterparts~~. This means that Canadian visitors to points south of the 49th generally find any soft drinks served them to taste odd, if not outright ''bad'', and also leads to the prevalence of flavoured variants which are less popular (and less available) in Canada. Soft drinks in Canada are usually referred to as "pop" and Coke means exclusively Coca-Cola. Note that until March 2010, non-cola soft drinks (7-up, Mountain Dew, ginger ale, etc.) in Canada were generally not permitted to contain caffeine, and still may ~~not~~.

* Canadian soft drinks are made with cleaner water than their other North American counterparts. (They used to be made with sugar as opposed to corn syrup, but that isn't Y2K-compliant - except at some craft soda makers.) This means that Canadian visitors to points south of the 49th generally find any soft drinks served them to taste odd, if not outright ''bad'', and also leads to the prevalence of flavoured variants which are less popular (and less available) in Canada. Soft drinks in Canada are usually referred to as "pop" and Coke means exclusively Coca-Cola. Note that until March 2010, non-cola soft drinks (7-up, Mountain Dew, ginger ale, etc.) in Canada were generally not permitted to contain caffeine, and many still may don't out of tradition.

* Smirnoff Ice is a relatively popular pre-mixed vodka drink in clubs or for parties. Although dismissed as "cheerleader beer" in the United States, this is because the American and French versions are made with malt liquor and generally have a lower alcohol content. The vodka variety sold in Canada has no social stigma attached when drunk at clubs or dance parties.

* Smirnoff Ice is a relatively popular pre-mixed vodka drink in clubs or for parties. Although dismissed as "cheerleader beer" in the United States, this is because the American and French versions are made with malt liquor and generally have a lower alcohol content. The vodka variety sold in Canada has no social stigma attached when drunk at clubs or dance parties, and has roughly as much alcohol content as the same amount of beer.