For me, it was just the opposite. The first time I had a burger at Five Guys, I tasted the ketchup and it was way too sweet! I looked to see if I’d got some sort of relish by mistake.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
One thing I would note looking through this thread is the number of things that apply in one or a couple locales in Canada, but not across the whole of it. While Canada is fairly homogeneous, there is not one Canadian experience, and experiences in different provinces can be as different as states. For instance, I as a Western Canadian, was just as baffled by Ontario’s milk-in-a-bag as the rest of you were. Radar detector laws vary province to province, as do a number of things like drinking ages, road upkeep, etc. etc. Also, it’s really really big, and expecting mountains to be visible in all of it is going to leave you disappointed. I never saw the Rockies in person until I was 14, and despite Canada having the longest coastline in the world, I’ve only been to the ocean (in Canada) 3 times. It’s just that big.
We do have Mountain Dew with caffeine in it here now. I remember in 2012, an Australian friend was visiting me, and he seemed surprised that it had caffeine in it.
No, you had it bang on.
Used to visit a friend at college in Vermont, and we’d go to Montreal for the strip clubs (sorry, we were kids). This was the '80’s, but at that time at least, it seemed as though strip clubs were very upscale, accepted and in nice parts of town as compared to those in the US.
Also, around 1990, driving from the East coast to Alaska, I’d thought I’d go across Canada for the hell of it, but soon realized the gas was much more expensive North of the border, so crossed back into the US at Sault Ste. Marie and stayed in the US for as long as I could.
Later, mid 2000’s visiting Vancouver, commuter seaplane taxis in the harbor, and what seemed like alot of attractive Indian/South Asian women walking around.
Thats all I got!
Jeanius - not all Montreal francophones resent having to speak English. Though I usually at least try to communicate with people in French in Montreal, so maybe I don’t notice those things as much.
mo50 - There’s actually a street here in Montreal which is famous for having many strip clubs.
Saint Catherine Street?
Of course 
Though there are certainly other things to do on that street as well.
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, Jeanius!
I never noticed. 
(In all fairness, I haven’t been there in probably 22 or 23 years. Man, time flies.)
I’ve lived in Ontario all my life and I still find the sight of mountains almost surreal. Ontario has, basically, no mountains; a place larger than most countries that spans across several geographic regions has pretty much nothing that constitutes a serious mountain. The tallest eminence in Ontario is part of the Ishpatina Ridge, which isn’t even a thousand feet above the surrounding landscape.
A Canadian friend took me to a strip club outside Toronto, and I agree. It was clean and bright (American strip clubs tend to be dark) and was located in the middle of a strip mall*. It was patronized by both men and women and couples, and featured male as well as female strippers.
*no pun intended. It really WAS in a strip mall.
I live in Montreal, which has Mount Royal, which some people say is more like a hill than a mountain.
I have been to the Rockies and to Vancouver, and sometimes I say to my Montreal friends, “The Vancouver area has real mountains, with snow on top.”
That was the place!
I’ve said it before here, and I’ll probably say it again - you’re all southerners to me. 
My experience going from western Canada to Montana/Idaho/Utah is that the roads are far better in the US. Now I’m wondering just how fabulous highways are in eastern Canada that are so much better than the US highways!
But still no liquor sales in corner stores - you still have to go to dedicated liquor stores to get your booze.
Have you heard about Boxing Day, the stat holiday the day after Christmas?
But I’m sure you appreciated the central heating and insulation in winter, even in BC. 
(We have a friend from Calgary who is living in NZ, and that’s his complaint, too - he misses his central heating and insulated housing.)
That’s done purposefully - it’s called a Sin Tax. You don’t need booze and smokes, so we tax the holy Jesus out of them - you’re free to stop drinking and smoking if you don’t want to pay the Sin Tax.
I know all about sin taxes since I live in a state where they are quite high (I can go a short distance to a reservation to know how cheap sinning can still be). But it is still night and day compared to BC. Those taxes are paving the highway to hell in gold brick!
We went to see friends in New York and had to visit Niagara Falls. It was quite nice but we were surprised most of the best areas were on the Canadian side and very little was on the US side. We viewed this is a good thing guessing that it prevented the area from being turned into a gaudy theme park.
Another surprise was finding poutine in places like McDonald’s and Wendy’s. We tried it in tiny restaurant and found it… okay. I have a dislike of soggy foods so the first couple of bites were good but the fries soon turned to mush. I could have done without the cheese though. :eek:
McDonald’s and Wendy’s poutine is no more poutine than a rat chewing on a crust as it is run over by a truck is a sandwich.
I recently had a Pittsburgh take on poutine. Potato and cheese Pierogies deep fried and served covered in a rich beef gravy with fresh cheese curds on top. Mmmmmmmmm.
Now that is a delicious visual!