Some people do... The front page of my local paper (Western Canada) showed a young family in shorts and tshirts making sand castles on the beach.
2006-10-13 02:49:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Victoria
I live in Canada and want to help dispell that myth.
2006-10-13 02:50:39 · update #1
yes and we all live in Igloos, drinking beer, watching hockey,...shouting eh?....and we've never seen summer or grass! or that we live in the forest so we are all lumber jacks too in the summer time!
hahahaha......what a joke!
P.S. I'm from Toronto....and laugh my a$$ off when people tell me what their ideas of Canada is.......
They also think it's some small dinky country....
so when they hear I'm from Toronto.....they will say oh I know so and so from Alberta do you know them?......hahaha
some people are REALLY ignorant!
2006-10-13 08:03:51 · answer #1 · answered by Joogie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you believe that we live in igloo's and use dog sled's to get around well then do I have a deal for you. How about ocean front property in Dundalk. lol I have met people before who do believe this. I recall one describing me what shorts were. That one was a swift one. But ya know like the other person said why tell them the truth. We could keep the best stuff to ourselves. Have a great day. Oh and by the way it is snowing in Ontario where I am. Keep smiling.
2006-10-13 14:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by who_me_never_me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't dispell the myth!!!! I have gotten really good at keeping a straight face when they ask about my igloo.
In all seriousness I had a young man in Texas ask me why we didn't speak French if we were Canadian and then after what was apparently a few moments of very deep thought, he asked in that southern drawl, "Does it ever get warm up there"?
2006-10-13 12:51:08 · answer #3 · answered by Constant_Traveler 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well this past summer here in Northern Ontario was crazy hot. It hit about 35 celcius for a few weeks straight. But some people will always believe we are all snow covered and ride dog sleds to work. Ignorance will persist.
2006-10-13 10:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by LUCIFER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, and I never have. I used to think that all of Canada had freezing, icy winters, but I've learned a bit better since I started dating a Canadian.
2006-10-13 16:54:41 · answer #5 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the UK. I believe Canada is full of brilliant and cheap shops - well, that's were I go each year when I visit family in Toronto!
2006-10-13 09:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to ask an American if he thinks that the USA is bigger than Canada. Oh, they are so embarrassed (and some won't believe) that Canada is actually larger than the US. LOL
2006-10-13 15:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by Tib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! I live in Toronto, and this past summer some days felt like 40 degrees CELSIUS.
It can be cold in the winter-- but certainly not permafrost! Lol.
2006-10-13 12:47:43 · answer #8 · answered by catwomanmeeeeow 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No,of course not the last time I looked 30c melts snow.
2006-10-13 10:09:01 · answer #9 · answered by Mojo Seeker Of Knowlege 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When i was a kid, i had that misconception.
after entering college i met many canadians and learnt otherwise.
however, where i currently am (singapore), that misconception still widely exists. people are so ignorant these days.
2006-10-13 09:58:56 · answer #10 · answered by Mark T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋