15 Canadian Stereotypes That Are Actually True

By Thomas Andrews /

11. EVERYONE Identifies As Irish Or British In Some Way

This is something that makes no sense until you witness a St. Patrick€™s Day celebration in Canada€™s capital city of Ottawa. St. Patrick€™s day in Canada is arguably one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year, with most of the bars opening early and closing late to allow for as many drinking hours in the day to be spent in the pub. Very few Canadians seem to identify as being Canadian and instead explain that six generations back they are from Ireland or England or Germany or France or somewhere else in Europe. They€™re not wrong as their country was founded on immigration, but for a country that has a lot of national pride, they seem to lack a little bit of national identity. One thing about the USA is that they all seem to be proud to be American.