# What can I buy in Canada but not the US? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183 "2003-10-08T00:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Snuggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Snuggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snuggles)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/61 "2003-10-09T21:59:10Z")
Milk in bags ! LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/62 "2003-10-09T22:18:58Z")
Dare maple leaf cookies. And bring me some, too! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/63 "2003-10-09T22:43:55Z")
I’ve never rented a car here, but I think the ‘no international travel’ thing might be standard. Hope I am wrong, but it seems to me I have heard that before. The only way to know for sure is to contact a car rental company, especially one here in Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/64 "2003-10-09T23:44:30Z")
Tim Hortons is in the United States now, or at least in Michigan. I started noticing them about four or five years ago, and now they seem to be all over the place. I know that at one time they were Canada-only. I have a hockey card of Tim Horton (yes, the Tim Horton who founded the donut chain) somewhere in my collection. He played for the Maple Leafs and several other teams. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/65 "2003-10-10T01:22:58Z")
It was mentioned earlier and I must reiterate: Nanaimo bars! They’re these wonderful bars made from chocolate, coconut (usually) and various custard recipes. Don’t pass them up! And at least try the ketchup chips…they’re really quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/66 "2003-10-10T01:27:03Z")
Ketchup chips are good - although your fingers turn bright red/pink. They don’t _really_ taste like ketchup. It’s more like ketchup crossed with barbeque chips crossed with vinegar. But better than you’re thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/67 "2003-10-10T02:18:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Nutmeg:** Have a ham and pineapple pizza. 😕 Is this really uncommon in most of the U.S.? I’m surprised, since we generally call those atrocities “Hawaiian.” A quick check at [www.pizzahuthawaii.com](http://www.pizzahuthawaii.com) confirms that the “Hawaiian Pizza” is conspicuous by its absence from the list of standard pizzas, but pineapple _is_ listed amongst the available toppings. It’s a [standard item](http://www.pizzahut.ca/phsite.nsf/vwInfo/pizzas5) at Canadian Pizza Huts (and respectable pizzerias, too,) though. Would attempting to order a Hawaiian pizza by name in South Carolina be met with confusion/suspicion? (If you can’t tell, I think that pineapple is just about the most inappropriate topping for a pizza going, with the possible exception of anchovies. _Yecch!_) That being said, **KRM** , I strongly recommend that, if you have cocktails while you’re in Windsor, you check out a Caesar, if you haven’t had the pleasure already. Vodka, tomato-juice, clam-juice, Worcestershire and horseradish. We knock enough of those puppies back that they actually bottle the [tomato and clam juice](http://www.mottsclamato.com/DiveIn.html) together for convenience. I haven’t had a lot of luck ordering them down south. Came close to getting thrown out of a few places trying to explain the concept, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/68 "2003-10-10T02:26:38Z")
Sorry, **Nutmagnet**. Cross-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Stomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Stomp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stomp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/69 "2003-10-10T02:57:32Z")
I am going home to Canada for thanks giving, which is actually on the 13th of this month. mmmm caramilk mmmmm milk in the bags mmmmm dill pickle chips mmmmmm ketchup chips mmmmmmm skor mmmmmmm Tim Hortons Your rental car will be covered by your insurance, you have to be 25 years old. I have 21st. century. mmmmmm Harveys mmmmmmm A&W Canadian Maple Syrup Margaret Attwood is a great Canadian author from Toronto Be sure to buy a toque go to a hockey game buy your groceries at CO-OP Holt Renfrew is like a Saks Fifth Avenue or Neiman Marcus Robaxisal- was the medication I was telling you about earlier. Robaxisal-C 1/2-methorcarbamol-400mg, ASA-325mg, codeine-32.4mg…great for back pain and muscle spasams. I have not been able to find here in the States and always stock up when I am there. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/70 "2003-10-10T03:04:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\*Coke made with sugar, not corn syrup > \*\* Actually, kosher-for-Passover Coke is made with sugar, even in the US. I know it’s available in the New York metropolitan area in the spring months; it might not be available elsewhere. I believe it’s got yellow caps (which say kosher for Passover on them, in small letters) instead of the usual red ones, so you can distinguish it at a glance. I’ve always found it too sweet, actually. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/71 "2003-10-10T03:21:36Z")
A lot of those supposedly Canada-only items are commonplace in the country’s south side ghetto, otherwise known as Buffalo, New York. - Bubble tea; all over the place. - Many types of Canadian beer that aren’t found elsewhere in the US. - Dill pickle potato chips. - Tim Horton Donuts (in Buffalo long before their US expansion). - Many Canadian candy bars. - Canadian cigarettes. - Red Rose tea. - Strange Canadian cars on local roads, and occasionally for sale from ex-pats (Pontiac Firefly, Pontiac Tempest, Azuna, Hyundai Pony, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/72 "2003-10-10T04:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*We knock enough of those puppies back that they actually bottle the [tomato and clam juice](http://www.mottsclamato.com/DiveIn.html) together for convenience. \*\* We have Clamato here too. And Beefamato. Beefamato is totally gross, but Clamato’s surprisingly nice. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/73 "2003-10-10T05:29:54Z")
[Canned seal meat](http://paintedgreen.home.comcast.net/NsealB.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/74 "2003-10-10T12:50:45Z")
**Larry Mudd** NutMagnet NutMeg NutJob JustNutz - no biggie. Forgot about clamato juice/Bloody Caesars. I guess Hawaiian pizza is just more popular there, but I think it’s usually referred to as a ham-and-pineapple pizza. Also, when you go to a bar and order a mixed drink like rum and coke or such, you always get the mix on the side. Here it’s almost always delivered premixed. (Irks my Cdn friends). ---
**Author:** ![Stomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Stomp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stomp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/75 "2003-10-10T13:58:41Z")
We call our mixed drinks “Highballs”, ie: rum & Coke, etc. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/76 "2003-10-10T17:55:52Z")
Budweiser Beer - Not brewed by Anheiser Busch, like it is stateside - but brewed by Lab(b?)att’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/77 "2003-10-10T20:34:43Z")
No one mentioned butter tarts?! That is the number one food product that you must have (tho’ Nanaimo bars are a close tie for seocnd, with Coffee Crisp & Caramilk bars). And don’t let anyone tell you that they are _sort of like_ pecan pie without the pecans. Find them in a decent bakery section of a grocery store. Besides all the extra _U’s,_ one gets to amuse oneself with labelling of everything from street signs to toilet paper in both the English and French languages. More bang for your buck! In re: your question about automobile insurance, I would check with my insurer. The car rental place is likely to try and sell you it, even if you don’t need it. I’ve only driven my own car there and in that case, my auto insurance does cover me whilst driving in Canada. I would check my health insurance plan, too. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/78 "2003-10-10T20:51:18Z")
I’m sorry --I’ve never had good pizza in Ontario (within 150 miles of the border). I’d have some fish & chips in a flash, though. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/79 "2003-10-10T23:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GilaB \* > \*\*Actually, kosher-for-Passover Coke is made with sugar, even in the US. I know it’s available in the New York metropolitan area in the spring months; it might not be available elsewhere. I believe it’s got yellow caps (which say kosher for Passover on them, in small letters) instead of the usual red ones, so you can distinguish it at a glance. > > I’ve always found it too sweet, actually. \*\* So you mean that in Canada, it’s Passover all year long ? 😃 One that was forgotten, [Oka cheese](http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Gourmet/Cheese/oka_%5Bcanadian%5D.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Apoptosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Apoptosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apoptosis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183/80 "2003-10-10T23:42:50Z")
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