America And Canada Side By Side

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A slight diversion from the regular programming here at ATTBS.

America and Canada have a lot in common. In some respects, not so much.
  1. America has the Kennedys and the Bush family; Canada, the Trudeaus and Mulroneys.
  2. America has freedom of speech (thanks to Elon Musk, more than a few comedians, and many others pushing back); Canada has freedom for some speech (determined by the CBC and other media).
  3. America has freedom of religion; Canada, freedom from religion (thanks to the NDP and the Liberal Party of Canada).
  4. America has the F35 stealth fighter; Canada had the Avro Arrow.
  5. America has the NFL; Canada, the CFL.
  6. America has Kamala Harris; Canada has Chrystia Freeland.
  7. America has Donald Trump; Canada has Pierre Poilievre.
  8. America has 470 ships in its navy; Canada has 68 ships in its navy.
  9. America has an elected senate; Canada has an appointed senate akin to the House of Lords in the UK.
  10. America has Texas; Canada has Alberta.
  11. America has Hollywood; Canada has Vancouver.
  12. America has New York City; Canada has Toronto.
  13. America has Florida; Canada has... snowbirds and Florida.
  14. America had Merv Griffin; Canada had Elwood Glover.
  15. America has Barbra Streisand; Canada has Céline Dion.
  16. America has Dolly Parton; Canada has Shania Twain.
  17. America has Bishop Robert Barron; Canada has Father Raymond de Souza.
  18. America has NASA; Canada has the Canadian Space Agency.
  19. America has Bud Light; Canada has Lucky Lager.
  20. America has Father James Martin; Canada has Father Thomas Rosica.
  21. America has Little Orphan Annie; Canada has Anne of Green Gables.
  22. America has Idaho potatoes; Canada has Prince Edward Island potatoes.
  23. America has Bob Dylan; Canada has Bruce Cockburn.
  24. America has Bourbon whiskey; Canada has Canadian whiskey.
  25. America has the greenback; Canada has the loonie and the toonie.
  26. America has the Bald Eagle; Canada has the Canada Goose, the Common Loon, the Red Tailed Hawk, the Tundra Swan, and - according to Canadian Geographic Magazine - the Grey Jay.
  27. America has the Green River shale oil formation; Canada, the Athabasca tar sands.
  28. America has Dr. Thomas Sowell; Canada has Dr. Jordan Peterson.
  29. America has Lila Rose; Canada has Mary Wagner.
  30. America has the CIA, the FBI, the NSA and 14 other intelligence offices; Canada has CSIS, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC), and the RCMP.
  31. America had The Smothers Brothers; Canada had Wayne and Shuster.
  32. America has the largest road network in the world; Canada has the most lakes in the world.
  33. America has disco fries; Canada has poutine.
  34. America has John Batchelor; Canada has Charles Adler.
  35. America has Washington, DC; Canada has Ottawa.
  36. America has Bruce Springsteen; Canada has Bryan Adams.
  37. America has the Rockies; Canada has the Rockies.
  38. America has, as of March 2024 (Google AI), 737 billionaires with a combined wealth of $5.529 trillion; Canada has 67 billionaires with a combined wealth of $315 billion.
  39. America has the Statue of Liberty; Canada has Brock's Monument.
  40. America has The Hyperion, a coastal redwood (116.07 metres or 380.8 ft); Canada has The Carmanah Giant (95 metres or 315ft), a spruce.

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