27 Signs You Grew Up In Canada

There are so many sign you were a Canadian child, here are just 27. You might have been raised in Canada if...

27. These delicious treats were called chocolate bars, not candy bars

26. Speaking of chocolate.... One of the joys of your childhood

25. Being shocked to see cereal boxes or any packages in only English.

24. You know what a toque is

23. Miles? Kilometres? You don't care which one is correct because you measure distance by time

How far to the nearest timmies? 10 minutes.

22. Canadian bacon and maple syrup was the best part of any breakfast

21. You pronounce the grade your in by grade then number not number then grade

its grade 11, not 11th grade.

20. Coffee crisp, Oh henry, Ketchup chips, Poutine, Dare Maple Leaf cookies, Butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, KD,Girl Guide Mint Cookies. Need I say more?

19. Your first sip of a timmies ice cap

of course any sip after that was never as good

18. You drink Pop, not Soda.

17. You have seen the terry fox documentary 1000+ times at school

16. and every september 20ish your whole school does the terry fox "run"

15. but even though you can't stand the documentary anymore and you hate being forced to go outside and do stuff. You know terry fox was a important canadian "hero" and are sad that his name is starting to fade out in the new generations

14. For all my Canadian girls. Being in Girl Guides not Girl scouts

13. Not understanding why America's money ISN'T coloured

This shit so much easier to count and find.

12. You call it "HOMO MILK' not 'Whole milk" and you don't find the term offensive, but as a kid you laughed when you heard its name. Just like when you heard someone say Regina.

11. This was you as a kid whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

10. Thinking all laws are the same in north america then go you to the states and find out not only are you wrong but now you're confused as shit.

Wait, what do you mean gay people CAN'T get married?

9. Being annoyed that you live in Canada everytime theres some cool disney musical or tv show taping

8. Living in the west and growing up with so much american culture, you feel more connected to America than you do Canada

Making you feel extremely conflicted

7. You learned to spell "colour," "cheques," "theatres" the british way

even though a lot of time you would get lazy and spell it color

6. You wore Zellers clothes

5. Being too polite and not understanding why when you meet americans theres so violent and mean

Canadian: "Hi, eh!" American: "don't come near me I have ten guns and could knock you out in a second" Canadian: "Oh, sorry"

4. Adding eh! to a sentence to make it bolder

Dammit, EH!

3. This was one of your favorite commercials

because you know its so true

2. and this one

but calling bs when he says "Diversity, not Assimilation", link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzn0UiiOYLs

1. Tim Hortons.... nough said

timmies <3