15 Canadian concepts that Americans should adopt

America has a lot to learn from its neighbor to north.


While Canadians andAmericans Share a border, acommon languageand similar lifestyles, there are still many differences that separate theseseparate countries. In the country of maple leaves and maple syrup, for example, the money is made from plastic, while the Americans always pay things with good paper bills. And in the country of stars and scratches, people prefer chip seasonings like sour cream and onion, while the preferred flavor of the north is Ketchup.

Although the two countries in North America have a lot to offer in the path ofCulture and traditionsIt is high time that the United States can take the clues of its neighbor to the north. After all, America has been honored for some time, yet it's in Canada that you will find a cave of choice like Putin and Transformation of Bloody Marys. Continue reading to discover some of the best Canadian concepts thatAmericans should adopt.

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Ketchup Chips

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The United States was not foreign to salty snacks. (Hot Cheetos is from California, after all). However, a red color treat that the country is seriously absent on the Ketchup chips. This is true: all the glory of the vital and daily condiment that is Ketchup exists as a potato chip and Canadians can not have enough things. The flavor is tangy and slightly sweet, making it the perfect solution to satisfy any desire.

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Putin

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Canadians do not just benefit from their potatoes in the form of ketchup chips. They also like to judge Putin, a Canadian classic consisting of fries, cheese and cheese jumps. Yes, there are cheese fries in America, but sauce and cheeseRotten milkare definitely an upgrade.

You can enjoy the fatty dish after one night, or you can even order it (with lobster on the top!) To afancy restaurant MontrealThe train station.

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Nanaimo bars

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A traditional American brownie looks like a paradise ... until you had a bar Nanaimo, that is to say. This dessert is composed of three layers: the first is the wafer plate and coconut, the second is the icing of the cream cream flavored butter, and the third and the last layer is the chocolate ganache. In Canada, these baking bars are so popular that they were voted "Canada's favorite confection"Several times; they are even present in a recent line ofStamps on the dessert theme!

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Bloody Marys ... with clam juice

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To wash all delicious delicious delicious, plan to order a Caesar instead of its American counterpart, the bloody Mary. While both are made with vodka juices and tomato, the Canadian version has an additional single ingredient: clam juice.

The garnishes for Caesar also vary from a simple corner of lemon to whole meals made up of smoked salmon, fried chicken, bacon and more! It is estimated thatNearly 350 million Caesars are consumed by Canadians every year, making it one of the most popularcocktails in the countryside.

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Plastic

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If and when you visit Canada and pay cash for your Ketchup Chips, Putin or Nanaimo Bar, you will find that the invoices are plastic, no paper. Put into circulation between 2011 and 2013, these plastic notes are made from polymers and characteristics.Safer safety features that paper notes do not have.

Plastic invoices toolasts longer that their paper counterparts, which have been demonstrated at a time to reduce production costs andreduce the environmental impact. With benefits like these, there is really no reason for America should not follow Canada's traces and start printing plastic.

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Toss off

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Centimes have become more a nuisance than a monetary gain these days - and no country understands only more than Canada. Our North Neighborsinterrupted the copper piece in 2012, seeing that the cost of production was higher than the penny itself was worth it. Great Britain, France and Spain are some of the other countries of the world who have also accomplished their smallest unit of currency for similar reasons. Maybe America could be next.

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An easier method of splitting and payment invoices in restaurants

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You have probably known a Huffy server when you request splitting the bill on an American restaurant. But pay for food and drinks is much easier in Canada. For one thing,Staff waitingis more likely to automatically divide the bill, even when there is a large group. Not only that, but Canadian servers often provide debit / credit card machines directly at the table with a "%" button that calculates how to advise you so that you do not have to understand in your head. . Pretty Great, huh?

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The metric system

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Another Canadian concept that Americans should think of adopting is the metric system. After all, only three countries - the United States, Liberia and Myanmar use the imperial system. That meansAmerican citizens traveling abroad would benefit from learning the rest of the way of the world to do things.

The metric system is also considered asbetter adapted to scientific calculations, seeing that it is much more intuitive and easy to handle.

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Visits to free doctors

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While health costs in the United States are part of thethe highest in the worldCanadians have access to coverage that is much more affordable.Saskatchewan Has the first Canadian province been adopted by a single government-controlled payer system in 1962, with the rest of Canada after the prosecution. Today, Canada's health care is funded by Canada and financed by the public, and a 2009 vote led by theStrategic Consulting for CTV found that 91% of Canadians prefer their health system to that of Americans.

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Longer maternity leave

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The United States is just a few countries around this world that does not impose any kind ofMaternity leave paid anything. But this is not the case in Canada, where maternity leave is granted longer and more salary.

In Canada, the government demands that new mothers get both a paid leave from 17 weeks to 52 weeks, as well as additional benefits. Employers are also required to accept workers in their old jobs after the maternity leave is complete.

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Canadian English

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While American and Canadian English is almost identical, in Canada, the letteryou is used much more liberally. Some examples include the Americanneighbor Against the Canadian equivalentNeighbor;Color versusColor; andfavorite versusfavorite. Americans should consider moving for the simple reason that Canadian English looks more like British English, closest to the origins of the language.

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PronounceZ like "zed"

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These are not just Canadians who pronounce the last letter of the alphabet as "Zed", but the rest of the English-speaking world too. How did this pronunciation become the norm? Well, theOrigin of the letterZ is the Greek letterZipper. This led to the old French usingzedre, which led to English "Zed" in the 15th century. Americans started pronouncing it as "Zee" after the song of the alphabet wasCopyright in 1835, which rhymesz withme-Many English teachers' grief outside the United States.

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Winter carnivals

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Americans have a lot of summer festivals and fairs, but they should adopt Canada's tradition ofWinter carnivals too. There is theCarnival of Quebec, one of the largest and oldest in the country that takes place every year in Quebec City and offers parades, competitions and even a snowman's mascot named Bonhomme. And through the country, theVernon Winter Carnival In Vernon, British Columbia, will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2020, withBear Polar Swimming and racket.

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Santa letters

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Of course, American children can write letters toSanta ClausBut Canadian children receive lettersbackFrom Saint-Nick-as they send their wish lists to the country's courier system, Canada Post, via their Santa Santa program.

More ... than1.5 million children From around the world, send their letters to the program each year. And, to the extent that children know, letters come from the North Pole!

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Add "huh" at the end of sentences

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Like most people are well aware, Canadians end up most of their sentences with "huh?" Briefly replace sentences like "excuse me?" "Please repeat that," "huh?" or "right?" According toJack Rooms, a linguist at the University of Toronto, the verbal Tic is intended to show politeness, confirming the Canadian stereotype just as common on the kindness of the country. And for more unique sentences specific to certain countries, check these30 American sayings that leave foreigners totally perplexed.

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