Happy Canada Day everyone! We hope you’re enjoying the day off and spending time with those you love, celebrating being part of the best country in the world. Perhaps, it’s very un-Canadian to brag about how great we are. But hey, we only do this once a year, so why not? Today is a day to be proud of being Canadian – that’s not to say that we shouldn’t be proud every day – but today is the day that it’s especially acceptable to wave the maple leaf-clad flag.
In yesterday’s blog, we discussed a few reasons why it’s so great to be Canadian. But let’s be honest. There’s no blog long enough to give out all of the details. So as we celebrate Canada Day today, we thought we’d provide a few more reasons why the Great White North is truly so great. We’re sure that Canadians are aware of why Canada is so worth celebrating. But not everyone in the world may be hip to the game. So allow us to fill you in.
Freedoms. Our neighbours to the south love to proclaim that America’s freedoms are what help make the United States so wonderful. And they’d be right. But guess what? Canada is also a land of the free. As Green Fenris writes on StudyMode.com, “In Canada you have rights to freedom of speech and thought…Your rights as a Canadian include freedom to express religion, sexual orientation, and individuality and have access to education, occupation, medical and the justice system.”
World-class manners. Canadians are universally known for being polite. Even Jordan Rane of CNN feels compelled to point it out when he writes about Canada’s incredible penchant for apologizing. “It’s not so easy to get a simple apology in most of the world,” he writes, “In Canada, apologies happen constantly – ‘sorries’ flying in from all sides like swarms of affable killer bees.”
Multiculturalism. In Canada, everyone is welcome. One look around the Synergy Marketing offices will tell you that. Our team makes up just a small example of what the rest of the country looks like. We represent a variety of ethnic backgrounds. Fenris acknowledges this by saying “the people from Canada come from many different backgrounds and have many different religions. Many people escape an unsafe or unwelcoming home to come and live in Canada, the land of people.”
Clean Air. Who knew that it has actually healthier for a person to live in Canada? Apparently, Rane did. He writes that “in a recent national air quality study by the World Health Organization, Canada placed third for the cleanest air on the planet. Until the first and second placers (Estonia and Mauritius) are covered in CNN Travel’s ‘better than anywhere else’ series, we direct your breath to Canadian cities — which average a relatively pristine 13 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter.”
Incredible landscapes. The mountains that make up the signature look of the west coast of Canada are enough to marvel at. But the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls are just as much a wonder of the world. Fenris notes that “Canada is not only a nation of people, it’s also an uncomparable feast of wilderness and geography” pointing out that the nation’s rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, plains, tundras, and forests offer all that any sightseer could ever ask for.
Star-studded citizens. Hollywood may be known for its celebrities. But how many of them were actually born there? As Rane reminds us, Canadian superstars such as Jim Carrey, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Dan Aykroyd, Seth Rogen, Mike Myers, Phil Hartman, Michael Cera and Leslie Nielsen account for some of the biggest names in comedy alone. Add music to the discussion, and the list of talented Canucks could go on forever!