Dude, i`ve been to the Canada guide website before and i for sure thought it was made and upheld by the Canadian government, but this whole time it was you?? Good job on that one!!!
As a federal public servant, I can confirm that because everything has to be designed by a committee of people who would work on a given project only part-time while juggling other tasks, there is no way we would be able to match that kind of quality.
Actually, Vimy Ridge isn't important because of the loss of Canadian life. The bloodbath of the Somme had the most Canadians die in any battle of WWI. The reason Vimy Ridge is so important is because Canadians progressed more along the front that day than almost any other battle during the war. This was a battle where Canadians used strategy to progress rather than just traditional old war tactics from the 19th century.
This was very interesting to learn! One of the best stories of love and humanity came out of Newfoundland. On 9/11/01 so many US based passenger planes were forced to land at the nearest airport, which was in Gander, Newfoundland. The town was doubled in size (I believe) by the people who were on the planes, and the town just really came together, they opened up their school gymnasiums to make them into shelters, took families into their homes, fed people, and treated them with the greatest of hospitality in a terrible time for America. As an American, I will always love Canada for that. Also, my podiatrist was Canadian, and you guys discovered insulin and gave us Cobie Smulders!! If the US ever goes to war with Canada, I am defecting.
as a resident of Niagara region I agree about Niagara falls, if you have go there take time to go hiking in the Gorge, the white water walk, or check out the butterfly conservatory and the Botanical Gardens, its a better experience in my opinion. If you go even farther into Niagara falls as a city you will see first a lot of run down and abandoned buildings, and then get to more modern developed parts of the city that look like pretty much everywhere else. Another point, please never go to marineland, its a horrible place with a history of not treating its animals or employees well
I came to Canada about 7 years ago and have developed an extreme fondness for my adoption country and - of course - Canadiana. Your videos and website are teaching me more about this wonderful country every day! It might even come in handy for my citizenship test (when the times comes..)
Also Fun facts: 1) there is no actual image/painting of Champlain that is proven to be accurate. 2) By all historical accounts, Champlain has died in the Old City of Quebec. No one knows for sure where his burial site is. Some archeological scholars of 20th century have spent years of research without success.
I'm also brazilian and I don't like the stereotypes that are usually connected to Brazil. Brazil is much more than soccer and other stereotypes. I don't even like soccer (:
I'm not sure if you've done this already, but maybe talk more about Canadian wars? I don't know a lot about wars from any country, but I'm always interested in knowing more about Canada, especially from you.
@@JJMcCulloughare you from Canada? I am no deceiver I think that South Africa came to Canada and the way the Aboriginals were treated came from South Africa.
@@JJMcCullougha lot of Canadians especially White Canadians come from South Africa. I am still learning about what happened back then to the Southern part of the US. I grew up in the US but I was born in South Africa
@@JJMcCulloughdo you know anything about South America and the West Indies? I know that NY itself has a lot of Canadian and South American influence. Ellis Island is South America because of NY immigrants
This was fun. I practiced my French while reading the little French sentences in the Canada passport. I'm proud of my French pronunciation even though I don't know the language that well. French people have even commended me when I've traveled to la France! :D
That's surprising, I've heard that the French are very snobby about their language and when my mom went there she says that they made fun of her for being American and trying to speak French, and preferred to speak in terrible English than have her "degrade" their language
@@kevincronk7981 yeah I've heard that about Parisians, specifically. I also heard Quebecois will be happier to speak French to tourists than the French would be. Although the pronunciation is different
>has shitty day at work >20 minute JJ video in my sub box when I get home There is a god. Seriously though, great video, learned a lot of things, love these educational videos
The railroad part is funny seeing how we had the exact same triumph ceremony and idea here in the US just 15ish years earlier than Canada. Completed in utah
Here in Baltimore, we had a CFL team, the Stallions, for two years, in the 1990s, which did pretty well, because we were annoyed at the Colts moving away from the city in the middle of the night, and the NFL not giving us a new franchise until 1996, which spelled doom for the Stallions
The only soldier I know form Canada was Francis Pegamabow or something like that. He was the best Sniper(with the most kills confirmed) in WW1. If you play Battlefield 1 that takes place in WW1 when you are loading a map to play, some facts appear for you to read they are really informative and one of them is talking about this Francis Pegamabow but I think this Billy Bishop isn't there.
We also had Léo Major, a french-canadian who liberated a whole town single-handedly. We Quebecers honour him and remember him but if the rest of Canada does. Either way, he's the textbook definition of pure badass, you can learn more about him in this video: ruclips.net/video/eFf1UfVa8Lc/видео.html
Excellent video as always, J.J.! Somewhat interestingly my hometown in very upstate NY has a lot of history involving Samuel D. Champlain. He’s got a big statue and all that jazz. Of course, it’s not shocking considering I’m about 20 minutes from Canadian boarder. If I recall correctly this part of NY used to be apart of Canada way back when the French originally settled the area.
Before the British conquest, the territory of New France was covering the natural bassin of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. Therefore the Northern section of upstate NY was explored by the French. You have similar signs of this in other regions south/around of the Great Lakes: Lake Champlain, Pittsburgh(Fort Duchesne), Detroit(Fort Detroit), Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario/Michigan), Duluth(Minnesota), The name Illinois, St. Louis, etc.
My husband and I do love your videos, specially Canadian history videos. We watch them in our dinner time during weekends. We love the way you look at your right side like there is something on the floor. Please be yourself as you already are. That beautiful glance made you unique for us. You are comfortable with the knowledge you have and somehow I can’t stop your videos before it is finished.
Wow JJ, I remember that as a kid at my school in Colombia I learned about Terry Fox as an example of perseverance and hope, don’t think he is only known in Canada.
RE: WW1 IMO the two best generals of the war were 1. Arthur Currie (Canada) and 2. John Monash (Australia). I may be mistaken, but I believe the gov't of France ceded a square kilometer of land to Canada at Vimy Ridge where the bodies of Canadian soldiers are buried.
I was on Ottawa during the 100th anniversary of Viny. The French tried for 2 years to retake the ridge. The Canadians did it in a few days and the allies held it until the end of the war.
I love learning more about nations that don't get a chance to be in the world news. This is partly why I'm such a proponent of English Lingua Franca, it erases the language barrier can learn more about the world. I'd love to learn more abot Canadas history and as a student that takes history so intensely, it was great seeing the parallels of Canda and USA in its inception to today. I kind of view Canada as Austria to America's Germany, kind of helps with relationship building i guess lol. Would love more politcs and such from you
@@colinjohnston5734 no they aren't St.johns is the capital of newfound land and labrador while the capital of nova Scotia is Halifax so no they are not the same
Thanks so much J.J. I found it really informative in my quest to find out more about Canada, since I'll be moving there soon. I like your simple and humorous way of explaining things! thanks alot and I'll be waiting for the next videos
I’ve never heard anyone discuss Terry Fox in terms of “tolerance”. His legacy is one of hope, but more the hope that you can make a positive change in the world, no matter how difficult it may seem
You are a true gem to us Canadians! Your videos are very insightful and it really makes me second guess a lot I thought I understood about our country. Thank you for all that you do, including outside RUclips!
I say this a lot in my writing as well. I just hate getting specific about when things happened because I feel no one really cares. "The other day" is just a good way of saying "recently enough."
People get on me without end, because for me if it was yesterday... it was ‘the other day’ to me. Also if it happened pretty much anytime in the last week or so... it’s the other day
Thanks for this amazingly educational video! I think I've seen no one else do it like you when it comes to giving information about Canada like those "for Dummies" series. Please continue the good work!
Despite my occasional criticisms, your videos are remarkable. I teach comparative government, and one of the nations we study is Canada. I urge ALL my students to watch your wonderful stuff.
A little back ground to the Terry Fox run . He ran the equivalent of a marathon every day that he was able to run . His Marathon of Hope didn’t get very much publicity until he was getting to Toronto and some one told Issy Sharp ( one of the co-founders of the Four Seasons Hotels . ) about Terry’s marathon . Issy and his wife Rosalie had lost a son to cancer . It was Mr. Sharp who really gave the marathon its first huge donation which launched the recognition and media attention which made it the world wide run of hope for the world .
For those wondering more about the Sackville, firstly it isn't a battleship, not by a longshot, it is a Corvette, specifically a Flower class. The thing that makes the Sackville famous is that it's still around and can be visited in harbor in Halifax. During the war the Canadian navy was primarily focused on escorting convoys to get resupply the war effort and stop the British Isles form starving. These convoys were often attacked by German U-Boats, so they needed protection. The Canadian navy was rather small at the start of the war, by the end it was one of the largest in the world by number of vessels with 434 commissioned. Surface combat ships like battleships are useless against U-Boats so the navy instead built cheap boats with few guns, mostly focused on depth charges, that's where the corvettes and the Flower class fit in. Churchill called the Flower class "the cheap and nasties" as they were not technically great ships, but cheap to build and effective as escorts. By the end of the war 294 Flower classes were built. After the war most were scrapped and many were sold to private companies after their weapons were removed. The Sackville is the last of her breed still afloat today, being saved from the scrap yard to go explore the arctic after she was privately purchased and used as a scientific vessel. When she became the last she was purchased by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. She ran 30 2-way crossings of the Atlantic during the war, escorting over 1200 ships. If you want to learn about our other naval darling of the war I would suggest you look into the only surviving Tribal-class Destroyer and current ceremonial flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy, the HMCS Haida, the ship so epic that Texas tried to claim it (not joking, the ship and her crew were all award as honorary Texans). Took on multiple German Destroyers and sent them running, dropped her dingy and rescued the crew of one of her sister ships, sunk a U-Boat, and was and escort for convoy JW 54A that was famously hunted by the infamous German Battleship Scharnhorst. She's sunk more tonnage than any other Canadian warship, and would survive WW2 and go on to fight in the Korea war. Along with her sister HMCS Athabaskan, and C-class cousin HMCS Crusader, she would join the elite Train Busters club, where allied ships would shoot speeding North Korean trains, blowing them off the tracks. The Crusader topped the charts, beating out every other allied vessel with 4 kills, the Haida took home 2.5 (on one attempt the locomotive disconnected and ran but the cargo was destroyed) and the Athabaskan score 1.5. There's even more crazy stuff she's done, but that's a good introduction as to why she's known as the "Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy". She's docked in Hamilton, Ontario, if you want to visit her.
I have ridden the train across Canada. From quebec to victoria island BC so i thank him for his work. It was a wonderful experience. Ive seen great things, met great people and just fell in love with my own country that much more. A must if you can spare the time one day !
That is interesting. That is a long trip but you could not have gone all the way to Victoria by train. I think you meant to say Vancouver. The railway ends in Vancouver. You then have to take a ferry to Vancouver Island where Victoria is located. To actually complete taking the train all the way ``across Canada`` you need to start in Halifax. That is another 675 miles.
It does not surprise me JJ that you have a Dutch mother. I've been to Holland and the people there are so much like you - friendly, outgoing, knowledgeable. Just good people.
Harriffan Conshertini kinda ya but we had been in wars before that we see world War one as our time to shine militarily cause we got given the jobs the British couldent Crack and did those jobs well
Harriffan Conshertini Yes but unlike the Dardanelles campaign it was a triumph , not a disaster . Some historians said it was the greatest allies' victory on the western front then .
Fun fact : what were before known as "Eskimos" aren't only Inuits. They're Inuits and Yupiks, as well as also Aleuts, three similar people who migrated to North America way after all the rest of the natives and that's why they look differently, you might say that they're a different "race" by ancestry. BUT, Some tribes which are traditionally known as just "Indians" also come from that recent migration, like the Athabaskan speaking people, including the Navajo, although I guess that the Navajo are mixed between Indian (Older migration) and Eskimo by now already, while the northern Athabaskans living in Alaska still have mostly Eskimo ancestry. The Eskimo ancestry is very similar to some siberian tribes like the Chuckchi. In Canada, there's only Inuits. In the US, there's Inuits, Yupiks and Aleuts but they don't have an official different designation by law, although they do share one in the "Alaska native" category which doesn't make that much sense because some Alaska native groups have actually more proto-indian heritage and not proto-eskimo (Tlingit). And in Siberia there's only the Yupiks.
I feel you under sold the CFL and its influence in Canada. I understand this was off the cuff though. Yes the NFL is bigger but there are some interesting notes about Canadian football. Like in 2014 it was noted 5.1 million Canadians watched the Grey Cup finals. So that that was ~1/7th of the nation. Canadian football is older than its US counterpart. The first games documented in Canada were played in Toronto in 1861 (see Virtual Museum of Canada's: From Rugby to Football). The first American game was in 1869. The Grey Cup will also soon be on its 106th edition, whilst the Super Bowl is at a respectable 53rd championship. So whilst I'm well aware it's a tiny pathetic league, the Canadian history of the sport is strong, and arguably the original version of gridiron football. Keep up the great work J.J.!
CFL just needs to expand already to gain more interest. Give Montreal some rivalry by expanding to Quebec. Expand Moncton's stadium to support a team, return the team back to Halifax by building a stadium there. The Grey Cup Final should be able to be held in all CFL stadiums, provided those under 40,000 capacity can be temporarily expanded to such.
Andrew Fitzsimmons Warren Moon , Joe Theisemann, Doug Flutie and Jeff Garcia . Do these names ring a bell ? How old are you ? The caliber has improved a lot since the seventies as the canadian players are way better trained and developped now . Of course you may not compare to the NFL . Also where did Marv Levy start his career ? You know ? Human life on earth did not start when you were born .
Vimy Ridge was also importantly a remarkable victory for the allies which was achieved by the whole entire Canadian army corps fighting together shoulder to shoulder, division next to division for the first time.
Excellently presented, as usual. I have glanced at the pages and knew what most of them were, but I loved how you went into some depth and commentary and linked it all together in a concise narrative of history.
Battleship is a class of military ship, specifically the largest class of gunned warship. The HMCS Sackville is a Corvette which is the smallest class of warship. Anything smaller than a Corvette is not a ship and is a boat. So you should refer to the Sackville as a Warship. Not a Battleship.
One of my dad's friends served aboard a corvette during the War, I'm pretty sure it was the Sackville. They're sort of like destroyers, but a bit slower with better sea keeping ability, making them very useful for hunting U Boats in the stormy North Atlantic.
Eric Ferguson HMCS Sackville was a late flight Flower class Corvette. It was of a larger series of the flower class ship. Warships fall into three major classes. Escort, Cruiser, Capital. Note this doesn't count aircraft carriers, as they have their own independent classifications. Corvettes are the smallest ship in the escort class, with Destroyer the biggest and Frigates in the middle. Usually an escort flotilla is lead by a destroyer when only U boats are the threat, and frigates and Corvette fill the ranks. At the start of the second battle of the Atlantic (aka start of WW2) the British Navy had a serious shortage of convoy escorts that had the endurance to cross the Atlantic. They did however have a design in the flower class Corvette ready for mass production, that was capable of doing the job. Corvettes are seriously limited ships, the flower is almost completely dedicated as a submarine hunter as she's basically all depth charges and a single small gun. Meaning they are basically useless for attacking other surface Warships. The Bridge deck of the flower is completely open air with the captain's bunk sharing space with the radio room and the ships charts. Those ships basically had no creature comforts at all
20:55 HMCS Sackville is a flower class corvette, built specifically for escorting convoys in the Atlantic. She would do a good job keeping German U-boats away from various convoys, as well as almost sinking a few U-boats. Postwar, she would be converted into a research vessel, which would allow her to be preserved well after all the other corvettes were scrapped post ww2.
Oh hallelujah, it’s a longer video today!! (PS JJ, would you ever consider doing a second video on national anthems? Yours seems to be one of the few that looks at multiple countries)
The multilingual anthems, like the ones of South Africa and New Zealand have always fascinated me :) The funniest one I've ever listened to is the (unofficial) Scottish one though XD Basically a song saying "F*** off England!"
Seconded. As an anthematologist for the past 30 years and a J.J. McCullough fan for the past 10-ish, hit me up if you want some feedback before you finish your video, JJ!
Hey JJ, you neglected to point out that Terry Fox actually started his run at the literal farthest eastern point in Canada: Newfoundland. We have a statue here commemorating the start of his run and everything. I mean, just look at the map at @19:46, we're right there, man!
I have been to Quebec City often, I live just south of Montreal, another really old city, and Quebec City itself is, in fact, especially if we focus on the older areas, a truly beautiful city. I'd just make sure to practice your French before visiting, or getting yourself a translator. I do suggest using a program like Rosetta Stone if you truly want to learn French before coming. If you really want to see the spirit of Quebec City in all its celebration, I definitely suggest coming in June, specifically for June 24th.
I had to scroll down a long way to find this comment. The only passport I have to compare with is the U.S. passport and it "pales" in comparison. The Canadian passport is indeed incredible under a black light.
@@9grand Relax. It's not like people care much to know about first nation history. Doesn't help either when you call people ignorant for such a small thing. You just put Canadians off.
@@eaglebearer . Just telling the true. I do not care if they are going to change . But it is for the rest of the world to know this fact. Canada was built from a genocide!
The infinity symbol is on the Victorian fence around the Oahu Cemetary. It was established in 1844, and one of several cemeteries in Honolulu town. Smaller and larger graveyards exist elsewhere on the island, in addition to the Royal Mausoleum. In Pearl Harbor we have two battleships as "Bookends" of the U.S. involvement in WWII, The U.S.S. Arizona built in 1912 and the U.S.S. Missouri built slightly before or during the War. The Japanese surrender was signed on it's deck, and it remained in commission into the '90s. Now it's a museum, and the wreck of the Arizona is visible under the water.
Based on my knowledge of the RCMP - which I got solely from the TV show "Due South" - not only do Canadian Mounties _always_ wear the red mountie uniform while on duty, they also continue to wear the uniform when working with foreign detachments as well.
Historical stuff for America is still a lot more controversial, imagine how much uproar there would be if even the union victory at Gettysburg was depicted.
The bag of Lay's potato chips that's 100% chips Have you ever seen a German passport? It’s like the most boring thing lol There’s nothing historically, not even landscapes in there
You called HMCS Sackville a "battleship" even though she actually was a corvette. The relative sizes of different rated ships are as follows: Battleship > Cruiser > Destroyer > Frigate > Corvette So HMCS Sackville was actually quite the opposite of a battleship (in terms of size).
J.J.!!..you have taught me much more about Canadian history than I learned in a class on Canadian history required to earn my B.A. to teach U.S. history in Missouri..yes, we did need to know more than Canada seems to like ice hockey, and did not seem to like invasions from the U.S....
I lived in Vancouver a few years ago and of course being the blow in I was, I did all the touristy things. Most of which you covered in your clip. Also did the Grouse Grind, which was great, very tiring though and took a trip to Cypress mountain, my first and so far only time snowboarding. Yes it rains an awful lot too! I was very fond of the downtown area. Chinatown was great too. I also visited the Island and Whistler. Vancouver is so spectacular too, which I know you know. Really enjoying the channel and I look forward to watching your trip to Ireland, where I live.
Was actually pretty offensive down playing the settlers in Alberta and sask ... my grandmother came to Canada through elisisland and travelled by horse and cart all the way to Saskatchewan, she was 3 years old , they built their own house , they farmed the land and set up deep roots, you wouldn’t be here as a Canadian if it wasn’t for them for they put the bread and meat on the table. They didn’t go for oil or any other reasons besides the promise of cheap to free farm land . They went to start what to them was a new world.
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Dude, i`ve been to the Canada guide website before and i for sure thought it was made and upheld by the Canadian government, but this whole time it was you?? Good job on that one!!!
As a federal public servant, I can confirm that because everything has to be designed by a committee of people who would work on a given project only part-time while juggling other tasks, there is no way we would be able to match that kind of quality.
The Canadian Government should pay J.J for creating such a useful website. It definetly beats anything that the Canadian government has created
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Great Wolf not sure if i want a xenophobic person to be paid with our money. Lol.
Just watch all his videos on Quebec. He clearly hate French-Canadien culture, he is the perfect exemple of a colonizer.
Actually, Vimy Ridge isn't important because of the loss of Canadian life. The bloodbath of the Somme had the most Canadians die in any battle of WWI. The reason Vimy Ridge is so important is because Canadians progressed more along the front that day than almost any other battle during the war. This was a battle where Canadians used strategy to progress rather than just traditional old war tactics from the 19th century.
Well said, I'm amazed JJ didn't research that beforehand....thanks for providing JJ the correct info.
Thank you for saying this!
Over 10,000 Canadians died at the battle of Passchendaele.
Rindiculous “we went up Albertans, British Colombians and Nova Scotians and came down Canadians”
Sir Arthur curry was the boy
This was very interesting to learn! One of the best stories of love and humanity came out of Newfoundland. On 9/11/01 so many US based passenger planes were forced to land at the nearest airport, which was in Gander, Newfoundland. The town was doubled in size (I believe) by the people who were on the planes, and the town just really came together, they opened up their school gymnasiums to make them into shelters, took families into their homes, fed people, and treated them with the greatest of hospitality in a terrible time for America. As an American, I will always love Canada for that. Also, my podiatrist was Canadian, and you guys discovered insulin and gave us Cobie Smulders!! If the US ever goes to war with Canada, I am defecting.
Canada truly is our dear sister up north, we have an inseparable bond (to the dismay of some Canadians)
people who dont know:💀people who know💀
as a resident of Niagara region I agree about Niagara falls, if you have go there take time to go hiking in the Gorge, the white water walk, or check out the butterfly conservatory and the Botanical Gardens, its a better experience in my opinion. If you go even farther into Niagara falls as a city you will see first a lot of run down and abandoned buildings, and then get to more modern developed parts of the city that look like pretty much everywhere else. Another point, please never go to marineland, its a horrible place with a history of not treating its animals or employees well
Cadmann778 or go to Queenston heights in Queenston
everyone HAAAATTTTEEESSSS marineland
Marineland sucks. A seagull pooped on me
I fell over and died the second I stepped in marineland
The run-down part seems to mostly be the US side from my experience. Although the Canadian side had some sketchy regions too
I came to Canada about 7 years ago and have developed an extreme fondness for my adoption country and - of course - Canadiana. Your videos and website are teaching me more about this wonderful country every day! It might even come in handy for my citizenship test (when the times comes..)
2:40 fun fact about the picture of Samuel de Champlain - it's a statue in Ottawa, and he's holding his navigational tool (astrolabe) upside down.
Also Fun facts: 1) there is no actual image/painting of Champlain that is proven to be accurate.
2) By all historical accounts, Champlain has died in the Old City of Quebec. No one knows for sure where his burial site is. Some archeological scholars of 20th century have spent years of research without success.
Making Canadian history interesting is a true talent. Thank you for this
If the brazilian passport had something similar it would be all pictures of soccer players LOL
Nonsense. They'd also have Ayrton Senna.
I'm also brazilian and I don't like the stereotypes that are usually connected to Brazil. Brazil is much more than soccer and other stereotypes. I don't even like soccer (:
Lol
Hahaha! True!
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I'm not sure if you've done this already, but maybe talk more about Canadian wars? I don't know a lot about wars from any country, but I'm always interested in knowing more about Canada, especially from you.
I love how you make some topics very interesting with humor.
I try my best!
We’ll keep it up.
@@JJMcCulloughare you from Canada? I am no deceiver I think that South Africa came to Canada and the way the Aboriginals were treated came from South Africa.
@@JJMcCullougha lot of Canadians especially White Canadians come from South Africa. I am still learning about what happened back then to the Southern part of the US. I grew up in the US but I was born in South Africa
@@JJMcCulloughdo you know anything about South America and the West Indies? I know that NY itself has a lot of Canadian and South American influence. Ellis Island is South America because of NY immigrants
This was fun. I practiced my French while reading the little French sentences in the Canada passport. I'm proud of my French pronunciation even though I don't know the language that well. French people have even commended me when I've traveled to la France! :D
That's surprising, I've heard that the French are very snobby about their language and when my mom went there she says that they made fun of her for being American and trying to speak French, and preferred to speak in terrible English than have her "degrade" their language
@@kevincronk7981 yeah I've heard that about Parisians, specifically. I also heard Quebecois will be happier to speak French to tourists than the French would be. Although the pronunciation is different
>has shitty day at work
>20 minute JJ video in my sub box when I get home
There is a god.
Seriously though, great video, learned a lot of things, love these educational videos
Funerary Dirge of course there *is* god!
Yes theres a God, His name is Jesus Christ
@@oldreliable5950 no therr ain't..
It's been four years, do you still have that job? Hope it's better
The railroad part is funny seeing how we had the exact same triumph ceremony and idea here in the US just 15ish years earlier than Canada. Completed in utah
Here in Baltimore, we had a CFL team, the Stallions, for two years, in the 1990s, which did pretty well, because we were annoyed at the Colts moving away from the city in the middle of the night, and the NFL not giving us a new franchise until 1996, which spelled doom for the Stallions
The only soldier I know form Canada was Francis Pegamabow or something like that. He was the best Sniper(with the most kills confirmed) in WW1. If you play Battlefield 1 that takes place in WW1 when you are loading a map to play, some facts appear for you to read they are really informative and one of them is talking about this Francis Pegamabow but I think this Billy Bishop isn't there.
Or Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae made in Flanders fields
The only flying ace I know from the 1st world war is the Red Baron.
We also had Léo Major, a french-canadian who liberated a whole town single-handedly. We Quebecers honour him and remember him but if the rest of Canada does. Either way, he's the textbook definition of pure badass, you can learn more about him in this video: ruclips.net/video/eFf1UfVa8Lc/видео.html
@@nino8256 Leo Major is WW2. But yeah he is known across the rest of Canada as well.
@@Tobi-ln9xr So many fighter aces in WW1 are Canadian, which is surprising, as a Canadian.
Excellent video as always, J.J.! Somewhat interestingly my hometown in very upstate NY has a lot of history involving Samuel D. Champlain. He’s got a big statue and all that jazz. Of course, it’s not shocking considering I’m about 20 minutes from Canadian boarder. If I recall correctly this part of NY used to be apart of Canada way back when the French originally settled the area.
Ashley Todd Lake Champlain
Plattsburgh? Rouses Point?
Before the British conquest, the territory of New France was covering the natural bassin of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. Therefore the Northern section of upstate NY was explored by the French. You have similar signs of this in other regions south/around of the Great Lakes: Lake Champlain, Pittsburgh(Fort Duchesne), Detroit(Fort Detroit), Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario/Michigan), Duluth(Minnesota), The name Illinois, St. Louis, etc.
My husband and I do love your videos, specially Canadian history videos. We watch them in our dinner time during weekends. We love the way you look at your right side like there is something on the floor. Please be yourself as you already are. That beautiful glance made you unique for us. You are comfortable with the knowledge you have and somehow I can’t stop your videos before it is finished.
Wow JJ, I remember that as a kid at my school in Colombia I learned about Terry Fox as an example of perseverance and hope, don’t think he is only known in Canada.
This channel is a gem in the youtube haystack
RE: WW1
IMO the two best generals of the war were 1. Arthur Currie (Canada) and 2. John Monash (Australia).
I may be mistaken, but I believe the gov't of France ceded a square kilometer of land to Canada at Vimy Ridge where the bodies of Canadian soldiers are buried.
h lynn keith and the worst General: Douglas Haig
I was gonna mention Pershing, but maybe not.
I was on Ottawa during the 100th anniversary of Viny. The French tried for 2 years to retake the ridge. The Canadians did it in a few days and the allies held it until the end of the war.
I love learning more about nations that don't get a chance to be in the world news. This is partly why I'm such a proponent of English Lingua Franca, it erases the language barrier can learn more about the world. I'd love to learn more abot Canadas history and as a student that takes history so intensely, it was great seeing the parallels of Canda and USA in its inception to today. I kind of view Canada as Austria to America's Germany, kind of helps with relationship building i guess lol. Would love more politcs and such from you
You said terry fox started in Nova Scotia he actually started in St. John’s
He said he was from BC but he was born in Winnipeg and my mom went to elementary school with him and even his Wikipedia page says he is from Winnipeg
TheShadowofDormin what I’m saying is he started the marathon of hope in St. John’s
@@TheShadowofDormin He was raised in Port Coquitlam which is in BC
Lol they are all the same
@@colinjohnston5734 no they aren't St.johns is the capital of newfound land and labrador while the capital of nova Scotia is Halifax so no they are not the same
Thanks so much J.J. I found it really informative in my quest to find out more about Canada, since I'll be moving there soon. I like your simple and humorous way of explaining things! thanks alot and I'll be waiting for the next videos
Thanks!
Remember when this video was called Passport explained?
I don't :(
J.J. McCullough Hahahah
I’ve never heard anyone discuss Terry Fox in terms of “tolerance”. His legacy is one of hope, but more the hope that you can make a positive change in the world, no matter how difficult it may seem
Archipelago is pronounced "Arc-a-pel-a-go"
YES, YES, YES!!! The word is pronounced ARC-i-peligo!!!
"arch-i-pelah-go" smh
lol
Wait, I think purposeful mispronounciation is part of JJ's schtick. Nobody in Vancouver pronounces 'ou' like him.
@@ml.2770 He's said in his video about things Canadians hate that that's his actual voice and he used to be really self-conscious about it.
You are a true gem to us Canadians! Your videos are very insightful and it really makes me second guess a lot I thought I understood about our country. Thank you for all that you do, including outside RUclips!
I'm from Niagara Falls and yup, perfect description there!
The plot points of the Canadian railroad mirror those of the Transcontinental Railroad so much, it was like they were doing a Spiderman reboot.
You are one of the only youtubers that I get excited for when they make a new video
Merkie +1
Add a +2! Love my Saturday mornings and watching your videos
Me too and i reside in mexico city, strange
Learning about Canada is very relaxing for me as an American in that it helps me forget about the current political situation in my own country.
Very entertaining indeed J.J.! Can you make a video about different passports and their designs?
Nice idea!
OMG, he should totally!
everything is the other day for you
Mr. Ross It’s true
I say this a lot in my writing as well. I just hate getting specific about when things happened because I feel no one really cares. "The other day" is just a good way of saying "recently enough."
@@JJMcCullough I find it to be a pretty charming way of getting the idea across (〃^ω^〃)
People get on me without end, because for me if it was yesterday... it was ‘the other day’ to me. Also if it happened pretty much anytime in the last week or so... it’s the other day
I am majoring in Canadian history in university right now, and I feel like I learn more from your videos than I do from my courses...
The Vimy memorial is actually a monument to all the Canadian soldiers who died in France during WW1, not just that one battle.
I’ve seen the Viny Ridge memorial when on a history trip through Belgium, it was the most amazing thing that I saw whilst there
Thanks for this amazingly educational video! I think I've seen no one else do it like you when it comes to giving information about Canada like those "for Dummies" series. Please continue the good work!
1867 gave us the BNA (the British North America Act) and not the constitution which was repatriated by Trudeau Sr, from the Queen in the 1980s.
I have J.J.'s Canada website on my start page lol
I find it ironic it doesn't end with ".ca" instead of ".com"
@@Xpired_PCP indeed
I love the way he pronounces "bi-lin-gew-al-ism."
Despite my occasional criticisms, your videos are remarkable. I teach comparative government, and one of the nations we study is Canada. I urge ALL my students to watch your wonderful stuff.
Do a video about the symbols on Canadian money
A little back ground to the Terry Fox run . He ran the equivalent of a marathon every day that he was able to run . His Marathon of Hope didn’t get very much publicity until he was getting to Toronto and some one told Issy Sharp ( one of the co-founders of the Four Seasons Hotels . ) about Terry’s marathon . Issy and his wife Rosalie had lost a son to cancer . It was Mr. Sharp who really gave the marathon its first huge donation which launched the recognition and media attention which made it the world wide run of hope for the world .
I find it interesting that the history of Canada’s transcontinental railroad was really similar to the story of the US one
For those wondering more about the Sackville, firstly it isn't a battleship, not by a longshot, it is a Corvette, specifically a Flower class. The thing that makes the Sackville famous is that it's still around and can be visited in harbor in Halifax. During the war the Canadian navy was primarily focused on escorting convoys to get resupply the war effort and stop the British Isles form starving. These convoys were often attacked by German U-Boats, so they needed protection. The Canadian navy was rather small at the start of the war, by the end it was one of the largest in the world by number of vessels with 434 commissioned. Surface combat ships like battleships are useless against U-Boats so the navy instead built cheap boats with few guns, mostly focused on depth charges, that's where the corvettes and the Flower class fit in. Churchill called the Flower class "the cheap and nasties" as they were not technically great ships, but cheap to build and effective as escorts. By the end of the war 294 Flower classes were built. After the war most were scrapped and many were sold to private companies after their weapons were removed. The Sackville is the last of her breed still afloat today, being saved from the scrap yard to go explore the arctic after she was privately purchased and used as a scientific vessel. When she became the last she was purchased by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. She ran 30 2-way crossings of the Atlantic during the war, escorting over 1200 ships.
If you want to learn about our other naval darling of the war I would suggest you look into the only surviving Tribal-class Destroyer and current ceremonial flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy, the HMCS Haida, the ship so epic that Texas tried to claim it (not joking, the ship and her crew were all award as honorary Texans). Took on multiple German Destroyers and sent them running, dropped her dingy and rescued the crew of one of her sister ships, sunk a U-Boat, and was and escort for convoy JW 54A that was famously hunted by the infamous German Battleship Scharnhorst. She's sunk more tonnage than any other Canadian warship, and would survive WW2 and go on to fight in the Korea war. Along with her sister HMCS Athabaskan, and C-class cousin HMCS Crusader, she would join the elite Train Busters club, where allied ships would shoot speeding North Korean trains, blowing them off the tracks. The Crusader topped the charts, beating out every other allied vessel with 4 kills, the Haida took home 2.5 (on one attempt the locomotive disconnected and ran but the cargo was destroyed) and the Athabaskan score 1.5. There's even more crazy stuff she's done, but that's a good introduction as to why she's known as the "Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy". She's docked in Hamilton, Ontario, if you want to visit her.
Great video J.J!
Very interesting
I love the sound effects... 16 bit Mario? 😆
I have ridden the train across Canada. From quebec to victoria island BC so i thank him for his work. It was a wonderful experience. Ive seen great things, met great people and just fell in love with my own country that much more. A must if you can spare the time one day !
That is interesting. That is a long trip but you could not have gone all the way to Victoria by train. I think you meant to say Vancouver. The railway ends in Vancouver. You then have to take a ferry to Vancouver Island where Victoria is located. To actually complete taking the train all the way ``across Canada`` you need to start in Halifax. That is another 675 miles.
There was a train ferry going too my hometown of Victoria , not sure if it's still in use.
Can you please do video on every premier of Canada
I really want to go to Canada sometime. These videos really help me understand more about the country :D
This channel is amazing
It does not surprise me JJ that you have a Dutch mother. I've been to Holland and the people there are so much like you - friendly, outgoing, knowledgeable. Just good people.
Great video! It would be awesome if you could make a video on weird Canadian/American traditions, greetings from France!
Keep up the good work JJ! Your new videos have been very entertaining and humorous
So Canadians view Vimy Ridge like Australians view Gallipoli? Like a 'Baptism of Fire'?
Harriffan Conshertini kinda ya but we had been in wars before that we see world War one as our time to shine militarily cause we got given the jobs the British couldent Crack and did those jobs well
Harriffan Conshertini Yes but unlike the Dardanelles campaign it was a triumph , not a disaster . Some historians said it was the greatest allies' victory on the western front then .
discovered your channel randomly and binge watching! :) Was very interested in Canada and each video is very interesting :) Great job!
The Inushuk is featured on the Rush album Test for Echo. On the cover. Rush is a Canadian band, too!
So is triumph, anvil ,nickleback and red rider, all good bands too.
Fun fact : what were before known as "Eskimos" aren't only Inuits. They're Inuits and Yupiks, as well as also Aleuts, three similar people who migrated to North America way after all the rest of the natives and that's why they look differently, you might say that they're a different "race" by ancestry. BUT, Some tribes which are traditionally known as just "Indians" also come from that recent migration, like the Athabaskan speaking people, including the Navajo, although I guess that the Navajo are mixed between Indian (Older migration) and Eskimo by now already, while the northern Athabaskans living in Alaska still have mostly Eskimo ancestry.
The Eskimo ancestry is very similar to some siberian tribes like the Chuckchi.
In Canada, there's only Inuits.
In the US, there's Inuits, Yupiks and Aleuts but they don't have an official different designation by law, although they do share one in the "Alaska native" category which doesn't make that much sense because some Alaska native groups have actually more proto-indian heritage and not proto-eskimo (Tlingit).
And in Siberia there's only the Yupiks.
thank you For making the effort to say good things about my province (Quebec)
I feel you under sold the CFL and its influence in Canada. I understand this was off the cuff though.
Yes the NFL is bigger but there are some interesting notes about Canadian football.
Like in 2014 it was noted 5.1 million Canadians watched the Grey Cup finals. So that that was ~1/7th of the nation.
Canadian football is older than its US counterpart. The first games documented in Canada were played in Toronto in 1861 (see Virtual Museum of Canada's: From Rugby to Football). The first American game was in 1869. The Grey Cup will also soon be on its 106th edition, whilst the Super Bowl is at a respectable 53rd championship.
So whilst I'm well aware it's a tiny pathetic league, the Canadian history of the sport is strong, and arguably the original version of gridiron football.
Keep up the great work J.J.!
CFL just needs to expand already to gain more interest. Give Montreal some rivalry by expanding to Quebec. Expand Moncton's stadium to support a team, return the team back to Halifax by building a stadium there. The Grey Cup Final should be able to be held in all CFL stadiums, provided those under 40,000 capacity can be temporarily expanded to such.
LordDavid04 I totally agree with you .
Andrew Fitzsimmons Warren Moon , Joe Theisemann, Doug Flutie and Jeff Garcia . Do these names ring a bell ? How old are you ? The caliber has improved a lot since the seventies as the canadian players are way better trained and developped now . Of course you may not compare to the NFL . Also where did Marv Levy start his career ? You know ? Human life on earth did not start when you were born .
I don't know where you get your info but you are dead wrong.
i am doing a report on canada. thanks for the info and greetings from the state of georgia.
Kk your probably my favorite Canadian youtuber
Vimy Ridge was also importantly a remarkable victory for the allies which was achieved by the whole entire Canadian army corps fighting together shoulder to shoulder, division next to division for the first time.
You should do it with canadian money next. It was a very interesting video, even as Canadian
Every time I hear about Terry Fox my eyes get teary.
J.J. what do you think is missing from the passports illustrations?
blood honey どなるど つらむぷ‘し ぢっく
That bit on Clifton Hills got me 😂
I always love that little strip, tackiness and all.
"Big M Metis" refers to descendants of the Red River Colony, etc. "Small m metis" refers to people who are, say, half Cree and half Congolese.
Excellently presented, as usual. I have glanced at the pages and knew what most of them were, but I loved how you went into some depth and commentary and linked it all together in a concise narrative of history.
Battleship is a class of military ship, specifically the largest class of gunned warship. The HMCS Sackville is a Corvette which is the smallest class of warship. Anything smaller than a Corvette is not a ship and is a boat.
So you should refer to the Sackville as a Warship. Not a Battleship.
Jeremy Oelke You are absolutely right .
One of my dad's friends served aboard a corvette during the War, I'm pretty sure it was the Sackville. They're sort of like destroyers, but a bit slower with better sea keeping ability, making them very useful for hunting U Boats in the stormy North Atlantic.
Eric Ferguson HMCS Sackville was a late flight Flower class Corvette. It was of a larger series of the flower class ship.
Warships fall into three major classes. Escort, Cruiser, Capital. Note this doesn't count aircraft carriers, as they have their own independent classifications.
Corvettes are the smallest ship in the escort class, with Destroyer the biggest and Frigates in the middle. Usually an escort flotilla is lead by a destroyer when only U boats are the threat, and frigates and Corvette fill the ranks.
At the start of the second battle of the Atlantic (aka start of WW2) the British Navy had a serious shortage of convoy escorts that had the endurance to cross the Atlantic. They did however have a design in the flower class Corvette ready for mass production, that was capable of doing the job.
Corvettes are seriously limited ships, the flower is almost completely dedicated as a submarine hunter as she's basically all depth charges and a single small gun. Meaning they are basically useless for attacking other surface Warships.
The Bridge deck of the flower is completely open air with the captain's bunk sharing space with the radio room and the ships charts. Those ships basically had no creature comforts at all
It also saw action in the Atlantic, not the Pacific.
20:55 HMCS Sackville is a flower class corvette, built specifically for escorting convoys in the Atlantic. She would do a good job keeping German U-boats away from various convoys, as well as almost sinking a few U-boats. Postwar, she would be converted into a research vessel, which would allow her to be preserved well after all the other corvettes were scrapped post ww2.
Every time I see a J.J. video longer than 20 minutes, I know it’ll be great. :)
This is a great video! Thanks you very much for all this info.
Oh hallelujah, it’s a longer video today!!
(PS JJ, would you ever consider doing a second video on national anthems? Yours seems to be one of the few that looks at multiple countries)
Oh for sure. I need to get around to doing that someday. My first anthem video was among my most successful ever.
The multilingual anthems, like the ones of South Africa and New Zealand have always fascinated me :) The funniest one I've ever listened to is the (unofficial) Scottish one though XD Basically a song saying "F*** off England!"
Seconded. As an anthematologist for the past 30 years and a J.J. McCullough fan for the past 10-ish, hit me up if you want some feedback before you finish your video, JJ!
Hey JJ, you neglected to point out that Terry Fox actually started his run at the literal farthest eastern point in Canada: Newfoundland. We have a statue here commemorating the start of his run and everything. I mean, just look at the map at @19:46, we're right there, man!
I have been to Quebec City often, I live just south of Montreal, another really old city, and Quebec City itself is, in fact, especially if we focus on the older areas, a truly beautiful city. I'd just make sure to practice your French before visiting, or getting yourself a translator. I do suggest using a program like Rosetta Stone if you truly want to learn French before coming. If you really want to see the spirit of Quebec City in all its celebration, I definitely suggest coming in June, specifically for June 24th.
1:23 >lists the Iroquois and the Mohawk as separate examples of "famous native american tribes and nations"
Make sure you don't lose it again 😂
I love how much I already knew, and how much I learnt. And FYI a guy who ran for mayor in Edmonton called for the removal of Nellie Mclung park.
Do a video about Lithuania
J.J.!!!! You have to do another video, with a black light. The florescent ink artwork is incredible!!!
I had to scroll down a long way to find this comment. The only passport I have to compare with is the U.S. passport and it "pales" in comparison. The Canadian passport is indeed incredible under a black light.
I love how JJ responds to most comments
The lamp from pixar Even this one!
I haven't even watched the video yet but I know it's going to be good!
i’m canadian and you’re the first person i’ve ever heard with a canadian accent
So incorrect you're not Canadian but welcome to you, he's not a Canuck
I agree about Niagara Falls. Clifton Hill Road is a tourist trap to end them all; but I did enjoy the Houdini museum. Good fudge, too.
The Mohawk are part of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederation they are not 2 different nations
ragana and broo . Another proof of this ignorance . Not the time one!
@@9grand Relax. It's not like people care much to know about first nation history. Doesn't help either when you call people ignorant for such a small thing. You just put Canadians off.
@@eaglebearer . Just telling the true. I do not care if they are going to change . But it is for the rest of the world to know this fact. Canada was built from a genocide!
@@9grand Canada wasn't built on a genocide. Stop lying.
@@eaglebearer History is written by the winners ! I know the truth hurts .
The infinity symbol is on the Victorian fence around the Oahu Cemetary. It was established in 1844, and one of several cemeteries in Honolulu town. Smaller and larger graveyards exist elsewhere on the island, in addition to the Royal Mausoleum. In Pearl Harbor we have two battleships as "Bookends" of the U.S. involvement in WWII, The U.S.S. Arizona built in 1912 and the U.S.S. Missouri built slightly before or during the War. The Japanese surrender was signed on it's deck, and it remained in commission into the '90s. Now it's a museum, and the wreck of the Arizona is visible under the water.
I just to mention that st.johns is the eastern most port in canada not halifax
Based on my knowledge of the RCMP - which I got solely from the TV show "Due South"
- not only do Canadian Mounties _always_ wear the red mountie uniform while on duty, they also continue to wear the uniform when working with foreign detachments as well.
Canadian passports: *have historical stuff on them*
American passports: *mostly just animals and landscapes or landmarks*
Historical stuff for America is still a lot more controversial, imagine how much uproar there would be if even the union victory at Gettysburg was depicted.
The bag of Lay's potato chips that's 100% chips Have you ever seen a German passport? It’s like the most boring thing lol There’s nothing historically, not even landscapes in there
This helps me a lot cuz one month from now I am taking a test for citizenship in Canada.
Did you pass?
Started watching in January, now i can't get enough
14:03 or also known as the building that's supposed to represent all of Canada at epcot.
13:45 ... it's 1608, not 1806 ;-)
Sauppi86 Saupp Must be dyselxic
Just an ignorant, but to proud and arrogant to admit his mistakes. It is not the first and the last one un his vlogs!
You called HMCS Sackville a "battleship" even though she actually was a corvette. The relative sizes of different rated ships are as follows:
Battleship > Cruiser > Destroyer > Frigate > Corvette
So HMCS Sackville was actually quite the opposite of a battleship (in terms of size).
seneca983 and it sailed in the Atlantic not the Pacific. It’s tied up now in Halifax harbour.
Wow that was a great video. I feel educated now.
J.J.!!..you have taught me much more about Canadian history than I learned in a class on Canadian history required to earn my B.A. to teach U.S. history in Missouri..yes, we did need to know more than Canada seems to like ice hockey, and did not seem to like invasions from the U.S....
And, dude, I'm from Charlottetown, and I've lived in Metro Vancouver since 2002. XD
I lived in Vancouver a few years ago and of course being the
blow in I was, I did all the touristy things. Most of which you covered in your
clip. Also did the Grouse Grind, which was great, very tiring though and took
a trip to Cypress mountain, my first and so far only time snowboarding. Yes it
rains an awful lot too!
I was very fond of the downtown area. Chinatown was great too. I also visited the Island and Whistler. Vancouver is so spectacular too, which I know you know. Really enjoying the channel and I look forward to watching your trip to Ireland, where I live.
Was actually pretty offensive down playing the settlers in Alberta and sask ... my grandmother came to Canada through elisisland and travelled by horse and cart all the way to Saskatchewan, she was 3 years old , they built their own house , they farmed the land and set up deep roots, you wouldn’t be here as a Canadian if it wasn’t for them for they put the bread and meat on the table. They didn’t go for oil or any other reasons besides the promise of cheap to free farm land . They went to start what to them was a new world.