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Every Province and Territory have their Pros and Cons. Every Canadian should do their best to go see them for themselves. They may be pleasantly surprised.

I’m not surprised Quebec is rank 1 when we sending equalization money from Alberta, the greatest province in Canada. Alberta will stay strong forever.

I’m not surprised Quebec is rank 1 when we sending equalization money from Alberta the greatest province in Canada. Alberta will stay strong forever.

Not to mention Saskatchewan provides a large percentage of the crops in Canada, along with producing potash, and a fair amount of oil, if I’m correct. Also the University of Saskatchewan is surprisingly good, and lots of people move to Saskatchewan to go to the university there.

That was fun to watch. some surprises...It's a great country...I moved to Quebec six years ago from Ontario and think it's a great place. French Canadians are such charming people. I feel like where I am in Gatineau is such a well kept secret that we discovered to our surprise when our daughter moved to Hull...

Very entertaining and informative. And you have a very funny upbeat presentation. Based on this I have subscribed and am now going to peruse the other videos. Looking forward to spending more time with you. This was very positive which surprised me considering the title refers to worst to best. Even the worst in this country has something to offer and frankly that's the people. What I love most about Canada is no matter where I travel I'm always home. ??

What was the point of this…\nBOOK?\n\nMy favourite provinces (not ranking) are Ontario, Alberta, BC, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. \n\nOntario for the history, the world records, *(longest street on earth at least at one point, tallest tower in North America, Toronto most multicultural city, etc.)* and the terrain/coolness of Ontario- the big cities, surprisingly safe, the good weather some places, the icy terrain near Hudson Bay, and pretty nice forests.\n\nAlberta for the coolness aswell, the big cities Calgary and Edmonton are pretty great, and the mountains are awesome, the oil is useful, the lakes are great- and yeah the great, safe place to live overall.\n\nBC for the amazing mountains too, the islands, Vancouver is SO amazing just seeing a picture of it, its unique that a big city is spread across so many islands, and the pacific- \n? oh I do like to be beside the sea side ? \nAnd BC has great forests like Ontario. Just- take in mind that it’s the only province with grizzly bears. (Alberta might idk)\n\nQuebec for the history, (all the history is in Quebec City)\nAnd the great terrain, it looks amazing- they have a lot of Great Lakes (wait Ontario has more, in fact all of those) and even just it’s one big city, Montreal. For the biggest province it’s got just one big city but it is _huge._ and Montreal is a great sight to see. Big city- and stuff. (I’ve been writing too much) oh also French…. Stuff.\n\nNOVA SCOTIA IS GOOD BC well Halifax is pretty freakin sweet and the Atlantic is a great sight as well as in Newfoundland and warmest in PEI. Oh and Nova Scotia is cool bc it holds record for find of the worlds largest lobster on its shore. ? \nIt has some nice villages too but I like the seaside the best out of any province there I think.

I am genuinely surprised Nova Scotia made it to the top 5. It's so goddamn boring here.

Me and everyone else in Victoria when BC was only 4th: Surprised Pikachu

I'm from Montreal, QC and I'm surprised that he rank Quebec in first

I live in Alberta but have also lived in Ontario and Nova Scotia.....and this list doesn't surprise me.... Quebec is the best province because they whine the most and control the government so they have unbelievably amazing social programs that they pay for using other provinces' equalization payments and then thumb their noses at everyone else.....if money was no object I would 100% move to BC....but for most people, I still think AB is the best

I am happily surprised that for a change, there is no Québec bashing in this video nor in the comments. Usually the Canadian social medias are full of repetitive degrading comments about Québec.\n I'm from Québec and as a veteran I served my country in many beautiful provinces and territories until retirement. I wish we would be more united and see what we have in common rather than the contrary. ??

Interesting and objectively reasonable list. Surprised to see the Maritime provinces listed so low and Alberta rated so high. I grew up in Alberta and my heart is there, but the conservative politics is killing the province - as is Covid. The education and healthcare systems are suffering the most. I live in Vancouver - other than the astronomical cost of living here, we have a horrible amount of urban poverty and gang violence. Downtown has been overrun by the homeless the mentally I’ll and junkies. Like anywhere - it’s great if you have the money.

Pretty good Adam I'd just mention a few of those things are...I don't want to say inaccurate but way more diverse. For instance French. Yes Quebec is the only French province BUT New Brunswick is the only Bilingual province and basically half and half. This is good for things like federal of provincial services because by law they must provide service in both languages but not so basically everywhere else. The problem with this is you can have an almost completely English town almost nobody speaks French and drive 15 minutes and be in a town where nobody speaks English. Research on this might be hard because a town with a French name may not have any French people in and vise versa. Also this problem is multiplied in the fact that if you Do want a French area we don't speak standard French or Quebecois but instead Le Chiac which is a difficult and confusing mix of old French and english (almost exactly like the Cajun dialect). Second part of this is that Montreal is easy to live in if you don't speak French and is so multicultural you are just apt to hear Swahili as French in public. Last part is be very careful where you move on the prairies as they have may isolated towns some that speak French also. Next is tipping I've never had to tip anyone for a haircut outside of the military and all other forms of tipping here on the east coast are purely optional and wait staff don't get upset if you don't leave a tip unless you were a jerk or left them extra work like making a big mess (I worked as cook for a while after I got out of the army and I rarely ever head staff complain) HOWEVER....tip a waitress well and she might accidentally give you 2 pieces of pie lol and tip a taxi driver well and he will not only get you the cheapest fare he will find ANYTHING you may need no questions asked. Lastly on the nice thing....we are nice for sure especially compared to our southern neighbours BUT there is a lot of passive aggressive nice that happens and this also varies greatly. For instance as a city boy of course you answered the way you did but a guy who have lived all over this country in big and small, French and English places who now has retired to a rural town I can say I find the cities quite snobby and the French and the English can be quite snobby to each other and where I live now if you asked a random stranger for 5$ chances are you would get it also driving down the road people you don't know will just wave at you as if you were the closest friends. Canada is certainly a weird place so many extremes and my advice to anyone wanting to move here is do your research and then visit and travel a bit if possible because even us Canadians can be surprised by thing or two across this gigantic country

Life is excellent in Toronto and southern Ontario so I'm not going anywhere. If I were forced to move, I'd pick Ottawa or Kingston (both also in Ontario, of course). Out of province, my first choice would be Halifax for sure (all of Nova Scotia is pretty special) and probably St. John or Charlottetown next. On the west coast, Victoria just edges out Vancouver in my books. A little surprised that Quebec is first in your ranking but I do love visiting there. Alberta is gorgeous but culturally it's vibe is more American than Canadian. Anyone else find that?

Pleasantly surprised to hear Quebec is number one. It's a short drive from my NH home. Before covid we used to go there on a whim. Can't wait for those days to return.

This shouldn't be surprising....

You surprised with taxes??? but why? Canada depend on your taxes, I realized this during tariff war with Trump, when you US slapped Canada with increase tariff for aluminum, steel. Oil, farm produce, Canada retaliate with increased tariff for maple syrup and candies

Ask a Canadian where they plan to retire or where they spend their vacations. You might be surprised. We never appreciate the good things we have right in front of us.

Not surprised with the friends results

Blonde Russian gal is super cute. And yes taxes are excessive in Canada but you'll be surprised to know that taxes in Scandinavian countries are even higher. Invest if you wanna save on taxes. I've done that in the US, UK and pretty much everywhere I've lived till date.

Canada is a heavily manipulated country, so do not expect you will be remunerated fairly on a relative basis. You might find out for your surprise that the person with practically no education and skills compared to you, might be making the same money as you, and some times even more, which will leave you baffled no doubt.

I'm Indian. Indians have a major problem with traffic management, obeying traffic rules and being generally nice to other road users. They sit on the horn while driving. And going by how this guy's car was parked, I wouldn't be surprised if the guy had actually started this by honking or driving erratically.

I can't believe how r u it's Surprise for me may God bless you ?

I am surprised to see u ashir azeem because we saw u in Drama Dunwan.after long time we did not recognise u.need your guidance to take immigration in canada.kindly tell us your contact number.Thanks

Happened in Edmonton. Not surprised at all. This happens in Alberta all the time.

I am not surprised at all after all It's America motherland of racist people

Islamophobia, racism, discrimination, is in Canada, unless otherwise you owner operator mean you own your business , you will see good weather if its summer if its winter just watch out, lol, a lot of struggle long hour work timings if you want trade, or should be PhD or doctor or big degree, really its not easy life here to as usual anywhere else, like when i go back in Pakistan i see more rich people in Pakistan, big houses, but we have to work hard in Canada, ready for surprises in Canada, but its organized country, they got no feelings for you u got to wok here, no-one can help you here you on your own.

Don’t be surprised when Filipinos will rise and defend themselves. Then what happens? Filipinos will be charged for defending themselves?

They should release this guy's info. Address, etc. I know a lot of people willing to give him a..... surprise.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he was actually American.

Canadians seem to hate other countries, mostly the US. I'm not surprised, they are mostly xenophobes.

In Edmonton. R we surprised? NOT IN RACIST EDMONTON THE RACISTS WOULD SAY

Try that experiment in Hawaii..you'll be very surprised.

Why is everyone surprised Canada has immigration laws??? We do not hate ppl who want a life in Canada but you need to inform yourself properly before actually showing up here.Canada’s immigration system is not unnecessarily strict like the us, but that doesn’t equate to anyone coming here. There is no false hope. Also Vancouver is literally the worst place for an immigrant/ refugee to start their lives; way too expensive.

Surprised the one who posted this is CNN!

As soon as he put his hands on her it would have gone down. As in beat down! I’m surprised her brothers didn’t do something because at that point it’s self defense. Don’t let these racists instill fear. Fight back!

Why am I not surprised one bit? As an Asian nothing in this video is new to me. ??‍♂️

Oh what a big surprise that the european american prefers european americans. I bet most african americans also prefer african americans.

This isn’t surprising. His view on Asian women is likely “They are submissive to the white man” which is somewhat true. However when she didn’t bow down to him, his true colors came out

The reality is that it is much safer to be black. Nobody messes with you when you are black. Everyone kisses your ass when you are black. I am surprised white people don't try to change their skin color to black more often like Racheal Doezal and Martina Big did.

You forgot to mention a major difference. \nWhile USA bans Kinder surprise eggs, Canada bans Guns.

Wouldn't surprise me it justin hired him for minister of immigration !!! This is a disgrace !!!!!

That's Shoppers drug mart, not surprising?

How can so many Chinese who don’t speak English can get immigration to Canada? I am surprised. Thanks to the amazing journalists who discovered this fraud.

Bhai teri english ok ok fir canada kaise pahuch giya we surprised or Mere kafi dost wahi pe hai koi training nahi li part time job thi ab full time hai or ab PR file lgayi hai kya topi drama kr rha hai kabhi struggle dekhni huyi too Ludhiana ana fir btayenge jab 2 din khana khaye bina sirf pani pee ke kam krna or 15 kilomeeter chal ke kam pe jana usko struggle bolte hain \nOr 8 hr part time job nahi hoti

not surprised, its so common

This may surprise a lot of people, but Canada is also more ethnically diverse in daily living than the USA... and by a lot. Nearly every grocery store in Canada has an ethnic section.... try finding that in the US... sure, they have it, but you have to really look... not so in Canada.

Anybody wanna see what real systemic racism looks like, then watch APTN News. The stuff they show on these mainstream news networks is biased and censored. At least on APTN they don't hold anything back, and you might just be surprised how real racism really is in cxnxdx. We are not the shining example of reform that most cxnxdixn citizens think we are; and even if you think you have it all figured out, or you think we're all fighting for the same cause~ then you still have a lot to learn about racism in cxnxdx, Firstnations awareness, ethnic diversity, and how much xenophobia really has a hold on our country. Denial is NOT bliss, and my eyes have been wide opened. I love this country, but there are no rose coloured glasses here.

One difference is that Kinder Surprise is illegal in the US, sign here to make it legal: https://www.change.org/p/food-and-drug-administration-make-kinder-surprise-legal-in-the-usa