Do Canadians dislike dating Americans?

I dated a guy a few months ago and he said he was surprised about dating an American. It really got me thinking...we are neighbors but is that a common thing for Canadians not to want to date an American?

I'm Canadian and have dated Americans...didn't find it surprising. If your guy finds it uncommon it's just probably because there aren't many Americans in Canada and vice versa, so rarely would you meet a couple of this combo. But it's never fair to generalize. The few Americans I dated were polar opposites character-wise and also with regards to dating etiquette. Keeping an open mind free of stereotypes is the best way to go about any relationships... though sometimes easier said than done.

Mine mine, I thought nobody would ever bring this up. Absolutely agree, Canadian man and the whole going dutch thing. When are they going to learn?!

it's the whole "we are so great, we are the most powerful in the world, we don't need to go anywere else in the world cos we're the best and we have to be so loud so everyone can identify our American accent" - total turn off! yeah i see why 70% of the Americans don't have a passport (hope Ed would not get upset and delete me). but there are always exceptions and i have met a few great, cool americans

I'm Canadian and I would never date an American. Then again, I wouldn't really date a Canadian guy either.

I'm not too keen on dating Americans either.

Most of the Canuck boys I dated in the past were decent.

Marrying an Aussie...if that helps at all. :)

It's all about the individual, obviously, but as a Canadian I wouldn't rule out dating an American, as long as they were open-minded and worldly. Case in point, I recently met an American guy who I get along with very well one on one, but I can't stand going in public with the guy. he's rude, loud, arrogant, and says rude things in English when he thinks people can't understand it (to wait staff, etc) He thinks this is funny? He seems to have the kind of attitude that the Chinese are lucky that he is here to grace them with his presence, and that things in China are "wrong" instead of just different.


that said, there are a number of American men who I find extremely open minded and easy to get along with. The deal breaker for me is the ability to think critically and adapt to their environment.


As for Canadian men going dutch... can't say I'm a fan of this. I remember one particularly bad date, where the guy bragged about his business and how much money he made. When the bill came at the pub, he took it right away, put a bunch of money in the folder, and closed it. I would say this is a straightforward way of letting the girl know you have it covered. Imagine my surprise when the waitress came around and he asked for his change back. "she still has to pay for hers" he said. and then proceeded to ask me to pay 5 dollars for the beer I had. :)

I have had Canadian men go dutch. I have also had them treat me full stop. I have also treated them full stop. It all depends on the man/woman.

Canadian Women rock... Would put them slightly above Southern women... the Can/Am deal is a pretty good one if you can find it.

American women seem to be louder, more blonde and bigger breasted than many Canadian women and they carry guns.


Canadians like things in moderation, too.

Man, I get so tired of all the stereotyping. Where are you people meeting these obnoxious, loud, rude American guys? Oh, in bars? Hi, sorry, we don't have quiet little pub type places in the States. And drunk people get that way. Come on folks, often the kind of person who will take off and travel the world for a while are the outgoing ones (and that can come across as loud, obnoxious and rude). I've met some lovely Canadian women in China and consider them good friends. But almost without exception, every Canadian male I've met, within minutes of meeting me and finding out I'm from the U.S. has started in bashing my president, my country, my politics (and they know nothing about me or my politics)and telling me how polite and p.c. they are and how rude my countrymen are. Mmmm, sorry, where I come from that's rude. My country ain't perfect, and as someone who intentionally has chosen to live in another country rather than live under the current regime, I am perhaps even more openly critical of my country than others. But it's my country, and I've spent more than half of my life engaging in civil protest to try and change things. You haven't. You don't live there. Yes, we've become a big, powerful country, and we're pretty immature about it. I'm sorry the actions of my country affect you in ways you don't like. But criticizing me and my country within 5 minutes of meeting me is neither polite nor p.c.

And, by the way, it's the Mid-western/Western U.S. accent that's the preferred one for newscasters. People related so strongly to people from those parts of the country (Chet Huntley, Montana; Walter Cronkite, Missouri; Harry Reasoner, Iowa; Tom Brokaw, South Dakota) that all reporters hoping to make it to the national news level train in speaking with a Mid-West accent. Compare Dan Rather's original Texas twang to how he sounds now. Even David Brinkly's North Carolina drawl smoothed out after all his years with Chet Huntley. In fact, when Peter Jennings was first promoted to the New York anchor spot in the late 60's his slightly British/Boston sounding Canadian accent turned off so many people they sent him to London and Europe. When he came back years later they worked to make sure he sounded like the others.


The one thing you can be sure of in sterotyping people from the States is that we're all very different. Maybe 70% of the population don't need passports because it's a damn big country and you can spend your life traveling around and meeting so many different kinds of people, from such a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, and such a wide range of geographical areas, and for relatively low cost, that why should we travel? Sure, most of those people would benefit greatly from seeing the rest of the world. Maybe more of those people would be less arrogant if they did. Maybe so would the people of any country.


Sorry, guess this turned into quite a rant. It's ok to be proud of your country. But let's quit this stereotyping crap, ok? And by the way, I'm neither blonde, nor big breasted, and that's my brother with the guns in the safe in the basement (hehehe, ok, I'll let that stereotype remain . . we do like our guns).

now that was a great post.


well done.

there are good people in every country, and there are a**h***es in every country. personally, i go by individuals, whatever race, creed or colour, you cant really generalise - because no matter where a person is from, he/she is unique and should be judged (if at all) on his/her own attributes and behaviour.


my 2cents

Couldn't agree more stupendous --- "except for Usbekistani's -- a^^holes! ", to quote the great Borat

I surely hope that this is not at all the case. Canadians and Americans have a lot in common. I don't see why any generalizations would actually amount to anything in reality. As an American, I would not have a problem dating Canadians.

I think it's a fine question. The first thing to ask, though, is "Do I really want to consider living in a very cold place, with a +/- 50% tax rate?"


If the person in question is cute enough and you can handle the occasional "Quebec should/should not secede" conversation in addition to hesitations above, I recommend being able to state the name of the Prime Minister and name the names and numbers of provinces/territories on demand. That seems to be a big deal.


If you do those things, you will not be labelled "The average American" and you will have a better shot at intimacy. Personally, Australians are a lot lower maintenance and their prime minister makes the news more.

Prime Minister???? Provinces????


You mean that Canada is not a part of Montana?????????