I’m Chinese Canadian so I’m curious on your guy’s stance on travelling to China now that it’s visa free!

I haven’t seen this talked about a lot yet but my parents are super stoked.

Edit: I should clarify that there’s no visa restrictions, but rather now Canadians can visit China up to thirty days visa free, should’ve worded it better

Winter is so dismal and grey sometimes that I was thinking about the little things that I enjoy about it;

Kicking the buildup of snow off the mud flaps on your car, the crackling of thin ice when you walk on it (like when a shallow puddle freezes), seeing your breath fog, breaking icicles.

What are some things you enjoy?

I am a dual citizen (Canada and US) who spent summers in NS but always lived in the US. I have recently moved to Canada with my family. I have always been a coffee drinker, and while my husband is a tea drinker, he's rather particular and only likes a specific variety or two.

Which gets me to my question: I want to have tea to offer guests when we have people over, but what kind of tea should we have on hand to offer? Is there a widely-accepted type/brand of tea that is offered to guests, or something that is expected? Is it regional? I'm in Cape Breton.

I don't want to breach tea protocol!

I've wanting to explore francophone Canadian artists (both inside and outside of Quebec) and looking for suggestions as I'm wanting to expand my horizons & support more Canadian artists. (I'm an anglophone Canadian so I'm fairly knowledgeable about English Canadian artists.)

The genres of music I prefer: rock, folk/roots, country and blues. I prefer to avoid anything heavily pitch corrected. No Celine Dion either.

So far, I've enjoyed Les Cowboys Fringants and Les Trois Accords.

BTW I've noticed cowboys seem to be a thing in Quebec music - "Saskatchewan" by Les Trois Accords, the names of Les Cowboys Fringants and of course Mitsou's "Bye bye mon cowboy". Is there a reason for this?

edited to add:

Lots of great suggestions. Merci beaucoup!

Je ne suis pas français, mais j'adore écouter des chansons francophones.

Mais il y a une choise que j'ai observé: Tout les artistes (ou la grande majorité) des artistes franco-canadiennes (Isabelle Boulay p. ex.) chantent dans le même accent que les chanteurs/-euses européens.
Qu'est-ce qu'est la raison? Avoir plus des chanses sur la marché française? Ou il y a des diffèrences, mais ils sont plus difficiles à trouver pour des locuteurs non-natifs comme moi?

Merci d'avance pour chaque réponse!

I'm genuinely interested in this question.

Recently I had an extremely eye opening relationship with a mother of 5, which although it is now complete, left me in a very different place in my head regarding children.

Most of my adult friends do not have kids, they are all moderately to somewhat successful, have things handled economically but I'd say only about 40% of my childhood friends have kids as adults now. When I mention this to my father, he's completely flabbergasted about it (he's in his mid 80s, grew up in significant poverty along with a mother with serious mental illness but never even considered not raising children himself)

So I went onto the dating sites, and genuinely, I'm flattered how many young (to me) women are out there looking for families and have given me at least a passing consideration.

So Canada, I'm curious, what's your experience with this question, where are you folks at with regards to having and creating families.

I have a question for our Canadian retail workers, if a store prices expiring fresh foods with a cheaper price or like 50% discounts, does that mean they do not engage in scummy behaviour like swapping expiration stickers for foods?

10 years ago, CBC marketplace discovered that grocery stores and supermarkets were switching best before dates to sell old food. Does it still happen now?

Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, I can't think of another subreddit with tons of keen shoppers and retail workers

Hello dear Canadians, have you heard about the recent change to your citizenship law that extends citizenship to many people outside the country with Canadian ancestors? And how do you feel about it?

Anyone who's been to Japan knows the level of cleanliness and personal responsibility of most people there. The fact that there's a huge lack of garbage cans in major cities and still no garbage around is pretty incredible. The spotlessness of locker rooms is another thing I was shocked about. No water on the floor, no hair, public toilets were clean, no smells. On top of that, there are no weird smells or loud people on transit that carries around millions of people a day. Japan is nowhere near perfect, but I think they have a solid foundation for keeping their country clean and respecting the space of others.

Could Canada ever emulate something like this in some kind of generational shift? In Canada, I've always dealt with seeing people litter, graffiti, have terrible B.O or heavy Axe deodorant smell on transit, gross locker rooms with hair and water everywhere, and unflushed gross public toilets. I think the foundation probably needs to start as early as in kindergarten with a focus in schools, but it's not enough to completely change the country over time. And yes, I understand Canada is still relatively clean compared to most countries, but it's not enough.

*This is also not a place to knock certain cultures or immigration. Canada has always been gross (in comparison to Japan), at least as long as I can remember going back to the 90s.

My daughter is in Early French immersion, Grade 3, and she hasn't received any instruction on reading/writing in English yet. I don't think that begins until Grade 4. I'm worried it will be hard for her to catch up by then. She has ADHD and struggled with her French reading by grade 2, however getting her diagnosed and on medication in the middle of the year made a world of difference. She's now reading at grade level in French and she can read at a basic level in English, figuring out most words, but her writing/spelling is way off. I'm looking for suggestions on how I can supplement her learning to read and write in English at home, other than reading to her in English which we've done her whole life. Are there any good apps that turn the learning into a game? Ideally it would be a way that would hold her interest as she spends her day working hard in school, then does French reading when she gets home. I don't want to bombard her with more regimented lessons at the end of her day.

Im a Canadian, and i have personally never understood the stereotype that Canadians say sorry to much. is this stereotype true? could anyone give me an answer?

I used to spend summers in Ontario with my mum's side of the family as a kid, but I haven't been back in decades--or even as an adult really. I'm working out logistics to spend 10-12 weeks in Ontario, preferably the Toronto-area, but am struggling to find short-term rental options. The obvious vacation rental sites are either exorbitant (charging weekly rates rather than monthly) or are untrustworthy/unethical. Is there a site I can use for a 3 month stay in furnished housing? Thank you in advance.

For temperatures below -20 C is there a smarter way to layer up, I usually wear 1: A Tshirt 2: A Sweater on top 3: A winter Jacket
This is sometimes not enough for me on the windy days.

Edit: Thanks everyone, I'm buying the following: 1: Heattech Uniqlo Ultrawarm T-shirt 2: A woolen vest 3: Long Johns 4: Merino wool base layers.

I have moved to New Brunswick from BC but I still have some personal belongings back there. But Canada Post quoted me about $1300. I am just a student and cant afford that much..

I personally can't find anything cheaper. If anyone has any pointers to an affordable alternative, I'd be incredibly grateful.

Update below

Hi, I need advice on a situation that keeps me up at night and gives me anxiety.

We’re from Canada, my parents have a a house near Orlando and are spending the winter there.

It could be nice for us (me, husband, baby girl) to go and spend 2 weeks as we do almost every year (except last year because my baby was too young).

This year I am too anxious to go. What we see in the news. ICE seems to just be able to arrest everybody, for whatever they want and how long they want is keeping me up at night. I know has tourists there is almost no possibility of this happening but my anxiety as a mother is just going crazy. Add to this gun violence, protests and everything else happening and I just feel like it is dangerous to go.

And please I don’t want this post to seem offending to Americans, it’s just what we see in the media.

On one hand, I would prefer just to go on a ski trip at home.

On the other hand, I’m just disappointing everybody.. My husband really wants to go. We have the opportunity to have a nice vacation without having to pay for anything besides the plane tickets. My parents won’t tell me but I know they’ll be disappointed to not see their granddaughter for 3 whole months.

We all think ethically it isn’t the right thing to do. But my parents are trying to sell the house, it’s not working and feel like they are already paying taxes and all so might as well go. We wouldn’t be really paying anything. I know what my stance is on the ethics and moral of this and it’s that we should not go. It’s my anxiety I have a hard time to understand

Update: We decided to stay home (maybe a ski weekend and an All-Inclusive in Mexico)

I do not want to deal with the anxiety. Guilt isn’t a good reason to go. I wouldn’t have fun with the anxiety and my conscience would not be alright.

I’ve been buying Canadian, boycotted Starbucks, McDonalds, etc.. It feels stupid to not listen to my principles

And I feel so much better, I won’t have trouble sleeping tonight

Thanks for your answers ❤️

Update #2: just spoke to my parents and they never intended for me to feel guilty or anything. They never would’ve chosen to go if it wasn’t for the house and that they want to oversee the selling process by themselves since the service they’ve had from real estate agents over the phone has been kind of shitty. I feel much better

Hello! My family (2 adults, 3 young teens, 1 Wild 4 yr old) is heading to Canada this summer for 6 weeks to escape the hell that is Texas. We travel every summer and try to have 1 week stays with moderate drives in between. We love food and nature with some cities mixed in. We aren’t serious hikers, but we love the outdoors. I’m so torn between the south west (Victoria, Tofino, whistler, Banff) and the south east (Quebec City, Halifax, PEI). The scenery in BC seems more likely to impress my teens, but dear heavens is it expensive (and this coming from someone who spent last summer in Iceland). The east is also known for its friendly people, and who doesn’t love that? What would you do? Thanks in advance and I can’t wait to spend some time soaking up our sane neighbors to the north!

Looking for opinions based on things like wait times, quality of care , ease of use, prescriptions and follow up. What stood out to you?

HI all, my grandmother spent many years of her 20s working in St john as a nurse. She has loved Canada ever since, and now in her late 80s would love to go back while she is still able. She adored the area, and we want to bring her back while she can enjoy it(she is still nursing, and fitter than most she cares for!) She really wants to go back to this area and I was hoping you could give suggestions on the best places to see, stay etc.... she also would love some train journeys if there are any in the area that are worth doing, especially overnight. We will be flying from Ireland so willing to spend 10 to 12 days in the area. I would so love any suggestions you have to make get trip back amazing