Americans shop online way more than Canadians
Believe it or not, online shopping isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in America. According to Advantage 2 Retail, e-commerce is only representing about 4.5% of total retail sales in Canada, compared to 7.7% of retail sales in the U.S. Plus, Bustle can confirm that Amazon Canada has a much smaller selection.
Canadians don’t have pennies
Canadians and Americans don’t even share the same currency! Canada has its own currency, which is very colorful and unique. Back in 2013, Canada got rid of pennies, as production costs completely outweighed the value of the coin. Canadians use one-dollar coins instead of bills, and even two-dollar coins, which are called toonies.
Canadians emphasize higher education
There’s a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperations and Development (OECD) that shows how Canada has definitely the largest percentage of adults that seek higher education: 55.2% of Canadian adults between 25 to 64 have some sort of college education.
The reports also presented that Canada had the highest percentage of women that have a college education. As a comparison, the Census Bureau declared that 33.4% of Americans who are 25 or older had somehow completed a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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My niece has lived and worked in Canada for many years; she has dual citizenship. In her experience, the “free” health care system leaves much to be desired.
The system as a whole is underfunded, so that there aren’t enough practitioners. Therefore, there can be long waits for essential, even urgent, services. She’s very active and athletic, so she occasionally suffers an injury (such as a broken nose) that would be treated immediately or within days in the U.S.; she’s had to wait weeks for proper treatment. However, if she were willing to pay with her own money, she could be treated much sooner. Some Canadians who can afford it, go to the U.S. for treatment of major health conditions. The idea of free health care is good; there must be proper implementation to go with it.
Re: . The text in the article title, “Americans have Starbucks and Canadians have Tom Hortons” does not agree with the caption on the cup in the picture, “Tim Hortons”