Hello @stopnonstop and welcome to the Straight Dope! I hope you find your time here rewarding.
Here’s a link to the beginning of the Canadopers thread.
Canada is fantastic and my wife and I enjoy visiting and sightseeing. Our honeymoon was in BC, at Whistler, and Chemainus on Vancouver Island. I grew up in the Northeast US and have been to the Maritimes, the Maritime Provinces several times. These days I live near San Francisco so we tend to explore the western provinces. So much to see and do!
Yes as @Aspenglow says, the test thread is a ‘sandbox’ to just try things out. Help yourself! Almost anything goes there, within the forum rules of course. It is a place to test, to fail, and to learn.
Welcome!