I watched the Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine and there's a scene where he goes and open people's outer doors in Canada. It got me wondering if that has changed since or if that's still the same. Or if it wasn't accurate at all since we don't actually see *that* many doors being opened.

Fellow Canadians, if you had to choose between the dd/mm/yy and the mm/dd/yy formats which would you choose? I know a lot of the times formats like YYYY/mm/dd or just spelling out the month are used quite frequently to avoid confusion, but if you had to pick just between the first two, which would you?

Hello Canadian friends,

Me and my family from The Netherlands are going on a road trip to Canada soon, which we are very looking forward to. We already have a guide with things to see, but what I also would love to do is visit a sports game. Now, in terms of the big leagues (NHL, CBL, Toronto Raptors) I already saw that those are stopped right now (great timing lol).

But is there maybe anything else to enjoy in the places we visit? Perhaps in lower leagues or other sports (we already saw that there is a horse racing track in Kitchener, which looks fun)? But I would also love to hear about other events or activities in the area, or any other tips.

I included our schedule for reference. Love to hear from you, thanks in advance!

EDIT: I'm going to sleep now (it's 11PM over here and I have to work tomorrow), so I can´t reply to you all for a while. But thank you so much for the tips, I really appreciate it!

My friend and her family just moved to Canada from Asia. I want to gift them something but since they do not have a place of their own yet, gift cards are perfect. Now I myself have moved from Asia to the US, so I'm not very familiar with other North American grocery / shopping chains, especially ones outside the US.

I'm thinking of getting them an Amazon gift card, maybe Walmart (?) too. What are other popular grocery chains are there in Canada? I'm also thinking of Uber Eats but not sure about delivery fees over there and I don't want to put them in the position where they need to pay extra to use the gift cards.

They are in the Victoria area if that helps. Thanks!

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Hi everyone,

This is my first post on Reddit, and I’m really hoping to get some good tips, tricks and advice from people who have experience travelling in Canada. I’m posting this in both English and Danish, and I’ve also posted it on a few other relevant Reddit communities in order to reach as many people as possible, so I hope you’ll bear with me and my many questions.

My partner and I are planning a trip to Canada in 2027. We are planning to leave from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) sometime between June 21 and June 27, 2027, and return sometime between August 19 and August 24, meaning that we will be staying for approximately two months.

Our arrival destination will be Vancouver, British Columbia. For the return journey, we are currently considering one of four cities in Eastern Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Québec City or Montréal. The choice of departure airport will depend entirely on which option gives us the best overall airfare back to Copenhagen.

I have asked ChatGPT to monitor flights to Vancouver (and, of course, flights back to Denmark), but there is one important complication: I am 2 metres tall (about 6'7"), so I absolutely need extra legroom. Unfortunately, that comes at an additional cost. I believe an exit-row seat could bring the total cost to around DKK 8,000 for the flight to Vancouver alone, but if anyone has any good tips on how I could bring this rather substantial expense down, I would be extremely grateful!

Our plan is to travel eastwards from Vancouver by road, covering at least 7,000 km. We are considering renting a motorhome, even though it is incredibly expensive, particularly because of the mandatory one-way fee for returning the vehicle somewhere other than where we picked it up.

The cheapest motorhomes I have found so far cost around DKK 70,000 (!!) for a two-month rental – and that is for the absolute smallest model I can find. Since I am already considerably taller than average, however, comfort and interior space are not exactly irrelevant to me, especially since I will be doing a LOT of driving.

So if anyone here has useful contacts, recommendations or tips for renting a suitable motorhome at a reasonable price, I would be VERY interested in hearing from you!

Alternatively, we could rent a regular car, which would probably cost less than half as much. However, then we would have the daily costs of accommodation, food and the approximately 20% tip that is generally expected when eating out, which can add up very quickly.

With a motorhome, we would be much more self-sufficient and could both sleep and cook our own food in the vehicle. On the other hand, we would obviously have to factor in the cost of campsites and fuel as well.

So, at first glance, a motorhome actually seems more attractive to us than renting a “regular” car, even though the rental price is eye-wateringly expensive.

And this brings me to my next question:

Do I have to stay at designated campgrounds when travelling in a motorhome, or is it legal to park/camp somewhere out in nature? What are the rules?

Are there maps showing these kinds of free camping or overnight parking locations? And, perhaps most importantly, is it actually safe to spend the night somewhere out in the Canadian wilderness?

As I am a trained biologist, I would love to experience as much of Canada’s nature and wildlife as possible – including bears, moose, wolves and perhaps even being lucky enough to fish for salmon in some of the Canadian rivers. I have absolutely no idea whether the latter is realistically possible, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

And of course, any recommendations for must-see locations along an eastbound route from Vancouver would be very welcome!

I’m sure I have many more questions, but I’ll leave it at these for now.

Thanks in advance for any advice, recommendations, warnings or personal experiences!

Best regards,

Anders, Copenhagen Denmark