Less than half of Americans can name Canadas capital

I wouldn't trust nationmaster. I have found quite a few gross inaccuracies in their stats in the past.

 

ya according to nationmaster canadians do way more drugs than americans

 

Aw, that wasn't nice. You should come visit sometime. There's lots of beautiful and interesting places and things to do. And most people are nice and will go out of their way to help you.

My family and I were at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina for the weekend, a couple years ago.
We were on the beach in the area of the old lighthouse. We were collecting shells.

There was a lady from England there, and she wanted to get some too, but she wasn't having much luck. We showed her how to find them by the jetties where there are rocks they get caught in, and you look when the wave recedes. I was glad to help her and imagine she went back home to England with her "treasure" and had a nice story about the couple and their boys helped her find her beautiful shells.

I also gave he a short lesson on some of the shell names and the difference between whelks and conchs.

Told her which were the best local restaurants. Enjoyed meeting her too. I think the British accent is so charming.

Oh, yeah, about the OP; Ottawa, of course!!!

 

My mistake. I didn't check the date.

 

Can you name all 50 United States?

 

Just goes to show how relevant Canada is.

 

one of my hobbies is weather..and U.S has the most extreme weather in da world so I can even label a map of the states...the only part that gets me sometimes is the NE states where they're all grouped together lol

 

New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island...

Bah humbug I say! I'll never be able to point them out 100% accurately on a map lol.

 

I asked my friend earlier what the capital of Canada is and he said Toronto, so did the rest of his family. Even though we're all British, it's strange how they all thought it was Toronto. Why is this?

 

Probably for the same reason people think of Las Vegas, Detroit, etc.

 

Quebec, Ottawa, British Columbia, New Foundland, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, that Inuit one that was carved out of the Northwest territories (I think it begins with a "N"), and I don't remember them all. Oh, and Maritoba or something like that?

Okay, I was one letter off. That's a "N." Speaking of "n," I was right about the name of the Inuit one starting with one. I can't believe I forgot Nova Scotia, Alberta, Yukon, and roughly remembered Manitoba. Saskatchewan has too long and confusing of a name for to me remember. Since when did Newfoundland have "and Labrador" attached to its name. Either way, I got six of ten. That doesn't seem so bad given I've been out of school for awhile and didn't have much of a reason to care about Canada lately. I'm still quite surprised I forgot Yukon or Nova Scotia, as tropical systems sometimes pass by the later and Ice Road Truckers used to occur around that part of Canada. Actually, for some reason, I was thinking Yukon was a city. Maybe, I was confusing it with Yellowknife.

 

Quebec..check, Ottawa..you mean ontario, Newfoundland..you forgot Labrador but its cool so check, PEI..check, NWT isn't one of the 10 provinces so no check

so you got 3 provinces and 1 territory out of 10 provinces and 3 territories

btw, Nunavut is the "N"

 

how can americans claim the northwest passage is an international shipping route when it goes right through canadian internal waterS?

 

But we want it!

 

Probably by treaty.

 

Hey! That looks like my shower curtain!

 

British Columbia, check?

Honestly, I feel I was close enough to Manitoba. It's like you or another non-American being one or two letters off of spelling a US state. Thanks for counting New Foundland. I've never heard of the last part of it's name though. Every time I've seen or heard it reference, it's just "New Foundland," which I think sounds a bit more like New Finland than New Foundland. Going by that, I got five provinces and one territory. I could of sworn it was once one as well and there was actually more than ten provinces. As for Ontario, their names both begin with an O and the cities the capital, so I'm not all that surprised I mixed the names up.

Edit: Yep, I think I was right. It's as if the "ou" morphed into an "i."

At least, someone took a legitimate stab at it. I probably could of one or two more right if I didn't rush it. The post might not look so rushed, but the part where I thought of the names was rushed.

 

newfoundland sounds like newfinland yes

 

Your OP states "Less than half of Americans can name Canadas capital". I have seen precious few Canadians on this forum do anything but bash the United States. Those feeling are widely known. With that in mind, why would the average American give a rats backside what the capital of Canada considering how much they despise us?

 

What a dumb question. Who do you think our number 1 oil exporter is? Who can complain about importing oil from Canada? Besides, they're incredibly nice people.

 

Because knowledge is power. Ignorance about a neighbour is not a good sign.

 

The point is no one cares. All you need to know about Canada.....They are liberals that do nothing but arrogantly criticize us. What more do we need to know?

 

Neither is a pissy, snarky attitude towards your neighbor.
Which came first? American's lack of knowledge about Canada? Or Canada's
sniping and backbiting towards America?
I lived very near the border, and have Canadian family connections and I can tell you as one goes further east, the attitude towards America goes down precipitously.
I'd have to say as neighbors, we generally get along well but look in the mirror before you blame America too much.

 

It is most likely our ignorance which draws all that ciriticism. I think America is the only place in the world where ignorance is not seen as a problem.