I confess I don’t spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about what Canadians think of America. I just sort of assumed that there was a love-hate thing going on because they are basically a little brother who is stuck with us whether they like it or not. Sure they probably hate that sometimes but also a lot of them probably admire a lot of things about America.
But I came across this dispute on X today which made me wonder if things are a lot worse than I suspect. Ben Dreyfuss offered a pretty friendly suggestion that he thought of Canada as America’s “little buddy.”
Like, if some 9/11s Britain, I’d feel the same way. Kill them all. Kill anyone who gets in the way. If someone 9/11s Germany or Italy or whoever, I think we should also help kill the perpetrators but it’s not going to make me as emotionally blood thirsty.
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) June 22, 2026
You can agree or disagree with his point but I think what he’s trying to say is that he has some personal identification with people in Canada that he might not feel for people in, say, Germany. It’s a positive feeling of wanting to protect someone.
But a Canadian who describes himself as pro-American strongly disagreed and argued that most people have no idea how much Canadians hate America these days.
we are not your buddies. you have no idea how much we canadians hate you americans. our whole identity is pretending we are better than you.
come to canada, dont tell anyone your american and bring up the US. you will see how much we hate you and how openly we talk about it.
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
He kept this up with people who replied.
I’m one of the proamerican Canadians. Wait till you hear what the average Canadian thinks of you.
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
I’m pro American. I’m just telling you how my fellow Canadians feel. Anti-american hatred is super normalized and done out in the open.
On my ski trip this winter, >50% of Americans I met on the ski lift preemptivly apologized cuz they knew how much everyone hated them.
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
No we do not! You guys are friendly and having fun. Canadians are super butthurt and extremely mad. There is open and promoted hatred towards Americans here.
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
Yes. We smile to your face, then talk shit about you behind your back. its the Canadian way
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
Canadians think about Americans everyday. With hatred and contempt. You might think we are friends, but we have a knife in your back
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
Of course any random person on X can offer an opinion. That doesn’t make it true. Is there any outside evidence for what he’s saying? Well, maybe so.
More than a year after U.S. President Donald Trump casually joked about absorbing Canada and repeatedly threatened debilitating tariffs on its goods, many Canadians are convinced their former pals to the south have lost the plot.
New results from The POLITICO Poll suggest a lasting chill has settled over the world’s former bosom buddies. Americans are rosy as ever about their northern neighbors, but Canadians don’t share the love…
Canadians were the most likely — among respondents in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. — to say the U.S. is not a reliable ally (58 percent).
A slight 42 percent plurality of respondents from Canada go even further, saying the U.S. is no longer an ally of Canada. Only about one in three Canadians, 37 percent, said “The US is still an ally of Canada.”
That poll is from back in February. I don’t remember seeing it at the time but if you did (or another poll like it) maybe you’re not surprised by this.
Does it matter if Canada hates us? I’m not sure it does. As long as they’re nice to us in person what they say behind our backs probably doesn’t matter.
Yes! It’s super sad and pathetic. Ask a Canadian for yourself and see.
— Dark Ritualist (@Glyph_of_Doom) June 22, 2026
Anyway, I don’t think I can bring myself to hate Canadians even if they’re hating us. They’d have to be really rude and snooty like the French before I’d return the feeling.
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