where did this whole Americans think Canada is cold and has igloos thing begin and why???

Question

i heard ashton kutcher ranting on how canada is soo cold and has igloos it was a new episode of punk'd. had nelly furtado on it.

i think its very insulting to think that all of canada is cold and just like alaska.

Answer 1

Nanook of the North (1922)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North

Answer 2

Oh, dear, you mean it doesn't? I thought it did. You mean that wasn't an igloo I saw on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge at Niagra? No, it was a tourist trap! And I spent money there to get some Canadian coins for an additional souvenir! LOL.
My family and I crossed the border at Niagra, and drove East for awhile. I would not have known I was in a different country, except the name of the gas stations were different, and the road sign for merging traffic didn't say "merge."
I always wanted to come to tour Canada, see Montreal, go up the highway to Alaska. Just never got the chance.

Answer 3

It came from the same place as people thinking the same thing of alaska. As someone who's lived here in Alaska for the past few years, it's not nearly as hard and cold here as people think. (I've also lived in canada and know that ashton kutcher is an idiot in that respect as well). In fact, yesterday it was 95 at my house......finally. LOL. I wouldn't take anything that ashton kutcher takes as gospel. he's incredibly stupid and does not represent the majority thought process in america.


EDIT: Eyespy, Alaska is NOT a country!! It's part of the United States!

Answer 4

I have no idea were this rumor started from, but as a Canadian I find it incredibly HILARIOUS that Americans think we live in igloos and drive dog sleds all year long. We (my family and friends) even have fun with the ones who come up and ask where the igloos are and where all the snow is. The people who believe this have apparently never been here before. The summers here can get VERY hot. No different than a summer in Florida.

Of course in summer we have these buildings surrounding our igloos so they won't melt. They look like regular houses so as to not confuse foreigners.

Oh and Lacross is the national sport, not Hockey.

Answer 5

I never thought that, igloos I think of Alaska!lol I think of Canada as very similar to the states. There's a little bit of everything there.

Answer 6

Not just the Americans. I went to Canada with a mate of mine a couple of years back..... although it wasn't cold and I never saw any igloos, it was incredibly dull.

Answer 7

All of Canada is cold and has igloos? Sources: Hollywood movies of the 'thirties and 'forties, utter ignorance, and, in the public schools, the steady decline in the number of geography classes.

Answer 8

When I think of Canada I don't think of igloos. I do associate cold weather and hockey with it though.

Answer 9

Most Americans don't think that. I can only think that igloos might of been in style during baby seal hunting before technology picked up...

Answer 10

ever look at a map?
Canada is NORTH of America
to people who don't know any better, farth north means colder.
second. The game commonly known as ice hockey is believed to be the national sport of Canada
a lot of people don't get that it's the national WINTER sport.
so to look at it from there perspective, you are NORTH and your national sport is ICE HOCKEY. this means Canada has to be the next best thing to the north pole.