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What I Love About Canada

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  • The ocean, downtown high-rises, and snow-topped mountains are all right outside my window.
  • People are nice, people are tolerant, and they don’t make a big deal about how nice and tolerant they are.
  • Toronto has five Chinatowns.
  • British Columbia has a desert.
  • Montrealers move effortlessly between French and English.
  • The United States isn’t the center of the political universe.
  • Skiing, sailing, hiking, bicycling, kayaking, camping—even when you live in the city, all these activities are close by, and people do them.
  • Croissants for breakfast, sushi for lunch, and wild salmon, local greens, and bumbleberry pie for dinner.
  • Maple syrup on snow.
  • Gravy on French fries.
  • Not having to worry about health insurance.

– Excerpted from the book, Living Abroad in Canada. To read more, buy the book.

Photo ©Carolyn B. Heller