10 differences between Canada and the UK

I found this post from a couple recently who are a year ahead of Jon and I. The last photo is reason enough to go!

Brown Bear Travels

Monday was our 3-months-in-Canada anniversary, and along the way we have made a few observations of things that are different with back home in the UK.

Given that Canada was once part of the British Empire and all that, some things are similar to the UK, but given the economic and cultural strength of the USA to the south, there are many things that are different to the UK.

So just like America, there are some obvious differences. They drive on the wrong side of the road, they call trousers ‘pants’, a courgette is no longer a courgette but a zucchini, crisps are chips and chips are fries, and football is soccer.

But here are some more subtle differences that we’ve noticed over the past 3 months:

1. Milk comes in a carton or a bag. Not a plastic bottle. The bag is definitely better for the environment but not so…

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