Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[mommasita]

You can usually find a cricket match or ten being played across the city. One of our sports channels occasionally shows a match and I have watched enough to know what a duck is.

I know next to nothing about Formula 1 racing but is that what Villineuve did? I did watch some major things if he was participating, and watched the Australian Grand Prix. If you can’t tell (lol), I’m Canadian but partake in Australian culture as well since it’s half of me.

ETA- if I wasn’t half Australian, I wouldn’t care at all about cricket.

Yes, that is what he did, and we have a racetrack dedicated to him. This is where the race is https://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/en/circuit-gilles-villeneuve-montreal/

I hope it’s back this year. I don’t go to the race, but we are downtown the whole weekend. Love it, just love it. Streets are closed, cars in the streets. Tons of celebs in town, dancing in the streets.

 

[ronandannette]

Re: Cricket
If any of you have access to a movie called The Grand Seduction (on Netflix I think), it’s a real Canadian gem.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

You can usually find a cricket match or ten being played across the city. One of our sports channels occasionally shows a match and I have watched enough to know what a duck is.

I know next to nothing about Formula 1 racing but is that what Villineuve did? I did watch some major things if he was participating, and watched the Australian Grand Prix. If you can’t tell (lol), I’m Canadian but partake in Australian culture as well since it’s half of me.

ETA- if I wasn’t half Australian, I wouldn’t care at all about cricket.

Two Villeneuves.. The father Gilles who tragically died while qualifying for the Belgian grand Prix back in the 1970s and for whom the Montreal Grand Prix course is named. And the son, Jacques who has had a long successful career in Formula 1, Indy Cart and NASCAR.

 

[SirDuff]

Well call me confused. I knew all what you listed but just recently my sister posted a good job opportunity and said she was sending it off to my nephew. I thought he was ineligible being American - with no work permit - but googling found new and different answers surrounding citizenship.

As an aside I loved reading how the exceptions cross out most of the first statement/situations. Always fun meandering through government websites.

Is it not possible there was a very recent amendment?

EDIT: I have a feeling I have totally misunderstood your post - your point SirDuff, but I will leave my initial response until you clarify.

Sorry

You said that it had been a recent change that you were Canadian if you were born abroad to a Canadian. I was pointing that, actually, that had been the rule for many, many decades. The "recent" changes (2009 and 2015) were to limit this ability (you can only pass on your Canadian citizenship if you were born in Canada/naturalized citizen).

If either/both of your nephew's parents were born in Canada, he can claim Canadian citizenship (and always has been able to do so). The rule wasn't retroactive (i.e. they didn't take citizenship away from anyone) so, assuming your nephew was born before the change (and given the discussion of him applying for a job outside the US, I'm guessing he was born before 2009), even neither of his parents were Canadian-born (but one was Canadian), he'd have his citizenship (though sometimes the rule is that you had to have applied before the rule change).

Bottom line - you were totally correct about being able to pass Canadian citizenship to children born abroad but this was not a recent change.

The rules were changed after the debate about "citizenships of convenience" after the evacuations from Lebanon (in, I think, about 2004?). Though I'm not sure if there is a direct connection. And there may have been earlier, similar debates, I just remember then.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

As an aside, when you do move back are you thinking of returning to the same area/province? Just curious.

Excellent question! And one that I have given a lot of thought to.

When we left for the US, we had been living in Saskatoon. That is always where I have envisioned myself moving back to, despite the people saying, "The city isn't the same as when you left." I completely understand that things change. We have been back multiple times. The city hasn't changed so much that what makes it special to me is gone. My family lives in Moose Jaw and my husband's family is in Prince Albert area. Saskatoon is nearly as equidistant as we can get. I was raised on the prairies, and for as cheesy as it sounds, my heart is in the prairies. I can't see myself moving back to anything east of Saskatchewan, unless my husband ended up working somewhere that he HAD to be in Ontario or whatever. At this point, I would be willing to accept any move that would get us back in the country and then go from there...ha ha!

 

[declansdad]

So bouncing off my comment:

The game Cricket. What's the popularity of that in Canada?

What about Formula 1 racing (something my sister-in-law's boyfriend is also very interested in)?

Obviously in the U.S. NASCAR is bigger than Formula 1 racing but it's around. Sister-in-law and boyfriend went to the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Texas a few weekends back.

Cricket is growing in popularity. Mostly because immigrants from countries where it is much more popular have began to create clubs and encouraging others to give it a try.

F1 is very popular in Canada, if you are a fan of racing. Much of that would have to do this the F1 race in Montreal, both Villeneuves and the two current Canadian F1 drivers, Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi. I would say that more people watch it because of the spectacle rather than the actual racing. Both NASCAR and Indy Car are much more competitive forms of racing.

 

[prairie_girl]

Two Villeneuves.. The father Gilles who tragically died while qualifying for the Belgian grand Prix back in the 1970s and for whom the Montreal Grand Prix course is named. And the son, Jacques who has had a long successful career in Formula 1, Indy Cart and NASCAR.

I didn’t know he had done NASCAR as well. Not that I would have paid attention to it even if I had known.

 

[declansdad]

I didn’t know he had done NASCAR as well. Not that I would have paid attention to it even if I had known.

He hasn't really. He has raced mostly in minor NASCAR race series, only 4 races in the Cup series.

 

[Buzz Rules]

The U.S. is making a pro cricket league in 2023, so I think it will grow in popularity in time.

 

[Buzz Rules]

In Canada, how common are curling clubs in your area?

 

[Buzz Rules]

Canadians/Americans, how much team Canada/USA merchandise do you own?

 

[prairie_girl]

In Canada, how common are curling clubs in your area?

Very popular. My city has 21 and I’m actually surprised there aren’t more. I have a club about a five minute walk away and I’m planning to head over there throughout the winter to go watch. I won’t know anyone there, but that doesn’t matter.

 

[mommasita]

In Canada, how common are curling clubs in your area?

Very. It’s everywhere. My husband curls EARLY every weekend. He loves it.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Post COVID-19, I might give curling a try.

 

[prairie_girl]

Post COVID-19, I might give curling a try.

It gets made fun of but it’s a great sport. There’s a lot of strategy involved.

 

[Buzz Rules]

It gets made fun of but it’s a great sport. There’s a lot of strategy involved.

Thanks. It slightly reminds me about about soccer, in the sense that it’s a niche sport that get made fun of but is actually a lot of fun. Not meant to be a soccer comment, just the first example I could think of.

 

[declansdad]

In Canada, how common are curling clubs in your area?

They are plentiful, not unheard of for even a small village to have a two-sheeter.

 

[fab1976]

See, in my major Ontario city, I don’t know of a single person who curls. I also have no idea where a curling club is. I feel it may be regional? Kinda like so many other things!

 

[prairie_girl]

See, in my major Ontario city, I don’t know of a single person who curls. I also have no idea where a curling club is. I feel it may be regional? Kinda like so many other things!

I don't think it's regional, I think it's more just something you have no interest in, so you don't pay attention. I don't know of one single person who goes to a gym to work out, and I have no idea where the closest gym is to me, but I know there must be some. I'm not interested, so I don't pay attention.

 

[fab1976]

I don't think it's regional, I think it's more just something you have no interest in, so you don't pay attention. I don't know of one single person who goes to a gym to work out, and I have no idea where the closest gym is to me, but I know there must be some. I'm not interested, so I don't pay attention.

I did just google curling clubs for my area. In Mississauga, which is a big city, there is one. Brampton which is right above us, has one. Oakville, right beside, has one. Toronto has several, but my immediate city (Mississauga) really doesn’t have a strong curling presence. Could be the make up of the population, the majority tend to be from outside of Canada. Who really know the whys, but seeing that’s there’s just one club does explain why I don’t know anyone who curls.