Canadian Culture Quotes

Like every Canadian, I have been taught that one of the most important functions of art is to supply and elaborate the myths and narratives of nationhood.

Some say that no one ever leaves Montreal, for that city, like Canada itself, is designed to preserve the past, a past that happened somewhere else.

Personally speaking, Canada is becoming more and more beguiling and mysterious and I feel as though I really need to explore it.

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

I was blown away all the time by just how amazing people are in Canada, because even if they hated me, they still would try to help me.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

I'm from Canada, so I did a lot of camping and rafting growing up.

Over the past several years, all of us as Canadians, and as members of the North American cultural and economic environment, have been to a greater or lesser extent party to a significant attitudinal change towards our culture.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool.

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.

I'm coming from a small town in Quebec where, at that time, there was no Internet, and the way to be in contact with movies were those American fan magazines like 'Fantastic Films' and 'Starlog,' and I still remember the shock, the impact of seeing the first frames, the first pictures coming out of 'Blade Runner.'

While people might talk about the divisions in this country, what I've seen is that across this country, we share so much in common, we share so many values, we want to take care of one another - that's what it means to be Canadian.

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.

If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it's difficult to belong.

I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates.

No one in Montreal learns how to skate. You're just born that way.

I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.

Policy should not aim to change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada.

Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada

Agreeable people are warm and friendly. They're nice; they're polite. You find a lot of them in Canada.