Apologizing Quote by Douglas Coupland

On Canada Day, best of luck in not being mistaken for an American.

— Anonymous

But Americans are different from everyone else in the world - except the Canadians, and Americans are more different from the Canadians than they…

— William Pfaff

We Canadians need, as a country, to be much more present globally than we have been today.

— Chris Alexander

You can't be Canadian without being aware of at least one other country, the United States, 'cause it's so important to us. I think…

— Justin Trudeau

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Thinking that other people might be better than you is what makes you Canadian, not American.

— Stephen Colbert

To me it's very obvious there are huge cultural differences between Americans and Canadians. But a lot of what we are is American.

— David Cronenberg

Americans like to make money, Canadians like to count it.

— Northrop Frye

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

— Joseph Boyden

If you haven’t noticed the Canadians, when they need a big operation, when something happens, they come into the United States in many cases…

— Donald Trump

Canadians are like Americans, just less racist, violent, and ignorant.

— Dov Davidoff

A person that wants to come to our country must share our Canadian values.

— Maxime Bernier