--- title: "12 Came Canada Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Came Canada quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Came Canada sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/ahmad-balshe-19330_came_yeah-i-m-a-young-immigrant-and-i-came-to_1149909.jpg" --- > [Yeah, I'm a young immigrant and I came to Canada with nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmad-balshe/yeah-i-m-a-young-immigrant-and-i-came-to-canada-with-nothing/) [Ahmad Balshe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmad-balshe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/ahmad-balshe-19330_came_yeah-i-m-a-young-immigrant-and-i-came-to_1149909.jpg) > [I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachelle-lefevre/i-came-from-canada-where-it-s-freezing-cold-for-seven-months-out-of/) [Rachelle Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachelle-lefevre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/rachelle-lefevre-19316_canada_i-came-from-canada-where-it-s-freezing-c_2205006.jpg) > [Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/not-until-i-came-to-canada-did-i-realize-that-snow-was-a-four-letter/) [Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/alberto-manguel-2467_canada_not-until-i-came-to-canada-did-i-realize_1081783.jpg) > [I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-shuster/i-came-from-canada-when-i-was-about-10-years-old-and-our-family/) [Joe Shuster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-shuster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/joe-shuster-28892_canada_i-came-from-canada-when-i-was-about-10-y_1504439.jpg) > [My parents are two academics that came to Canada to pursue academic opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simu-liu/my-parents-are-two-academics-that-came-to-canada-to-pursue-academic/) [Simu Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simu-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/simu-liu-5977_canada_my-parents-are-two-academics-that-came-t_504863.jpg) > [We came to Canada as refugees from Africa and worked hard for everything we have. I think my life can show people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonso-davies/we-came-to-canada-as-refugees-from-africa-and-worked-hard-for/) [Alphonso Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonso-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/alphonso-davies-5826_everything_we-came-to-canada-as-refugees-from-afric_1184669.jpg) > [I was born in India, and we came from a poor family and lived in a rural village. My dad came over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-was-born-in-india-and-we-came-from-a-poor-family-and-lived-in-a/) [Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/rupi-kaur-909_born_i-was-born-in-india-and-we-came-from-a-p_3084705.jpg) > [I came to Canada at a young age and I've been here for most of my life, so being able to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonso-davies/i-came-to-canada-at-a-young-age-and-i-ve-been-here-for-most-of-my/) [Alphonso Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonso-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/alphonso-davies-5826_age_i-came-to-canada-at-a-young-age-and-i-ve_2606359.jpg) > [My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-brown/my-wife-and-i-came-to-canada-for-the-1994-commonwealth-games-and-we/) [Jonathan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/jonathan-brown-37885_after_my-wife-and-i-came-to-canada-for-the-199_2602047.jpg) > [There's still a lot of Americans who think that those who perpetrated the attacks on 9/11 came from Canada, which is absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-fadden/there-s-still-a-lot-of-americans-who-think-that-those-who-perpetrated/) [Richard Fadden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-fadden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/richard-fadden-82657_absolutely_there-s-still-a-lot-of-americans-who-thi_224607.jpg) > [“When I first came to Canada, I thought it was going to be easy to be a Canadian; like so many stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/when-i-first-came-to-canada-i-thought-it-was-going-to-be-easy-to-be-a/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/john-irving-337_came-canada_when-i-first-came-to-canada-i-thought-it_441034.jpg) > [We came to a great country like Canada that took us in, which is amazing looking back at it. At that time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonso-davies/we-came-to-a-great-country-like-canada-that-took-us-in-which-is/) [Alphonso Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonso-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/alphonso-davies-5826_amazing_we-came-to-a-great-country-like-canada-t_2881270.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/came-canada/#itemlist", "name": "Came Canada Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Yeah, I'm a young immigrant and I came to Canada with nothing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ahmad Balshe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmad-balshe/yeah-i-m-a-young-immigrant-and-i-came-to-canada-with-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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