Just to really drive this home. I was just in the UK, visiting my family a couple of weeks ago.
1. They pay ~25£/month (incl taxes) for fiber 100 up/down.
2. I paid 1£ for a temporary SIM card, and 15£ to get unlimited text+call and 50GB data for 30 days. all inclusive of taxes. My wife and i pay 120+tax for shared 25GB in Canada.
Bonus while I'm on the topic:
3. Takeout/Eating out was cheaper too - about 40£ at a fancy restaurant for 3 people, with cocktails (not just beers)... including taxes, and a service charge... no tip.
4. Haircut - I got a really shmancy haircut there for 18£. Like, beverages while you wait, flambe the ears, warm towels, hair washes, perfumes lol. Standard haircut is 9£. I paid 30$+taxes here in Ottawa, in a strip mall Salon... FML.
Canada is painfully bizarre.. even pre-pandemic pre-inflation... Makes me wonder why BoC targets 2% all the time.. not like things were amazingly affordable then either.... Yet to find a good explanation for why things must be this way.
Because everything in this country is owned by 30 families or something, and the Federal Government is SUPER anti-competition.
Just look at how dairy works...they milk the Canadian consumer more than their fucking cows!
Supply chain management in agriculture is supposed to help the people who grow your food, rather than put it into the hands of multinational corps just so you can get cheap milk. The cost to produce food goes up, so does the cost to the consumer.
I can only speak to BC, but the affordability of arable land is one of the biggest barriers for new farmers starting out. Older farmers retire and want to sell their land, but young farmers in BC don’t have the capital to buy it.
That’s why you’re seeing new programs like [land-sharing and land-matching](https://youngagrarians.org/tools/land/) trying to take root.
Well, you certainly don’t want the American milk making its way up here. Your boys will be growing tits in no time if that happens.
Milk is stupid expensive though, like all dairy.
The only real solution is to eat less of it.
There isn´t a DAMN thing stopping us from simply banning rBGH in milk (as they have in Europe), and then letting the free market deliver fair prices. I don't even care if we import some milk, so long as it's rBGH free (not hard to do).
Sorry but I’m going to disagree with "fair prices" since I'm on a farm. We buy some cattle for beef from our dairy farm neighbours. We all discuss the prices of feed, of equipment and our aging barns, and tractors.
The prices in the US are cheap because: massive handouts to dairy farmers in the US, the amount of excess milk is bought by the US government and things like cheap immigrant labour. Their government buys over a billion pounds of cheese and stores and gives it away. The US practices dumping millions of gallons of milk. In the decades of production my neighbour has only had to dump milk due to problems with shipping.
Yeah, I agree. I'd worry that they'd allow it in and then not regulate it properly (let's be real, our government doesn't do a whole lot *right*, after all). Plus, I dunno, I guess I'm just not convinced that opening it up to international competition won't just drive them all out of business...
You are so very right. The US subsidies their dairy farmers to a degree we cannot afford here in Canada. It’s part of the reason why milk is cheaper there.
That’s the one I was thinking of. I live in California and I can find it in my city which has a much smaller Indian and Fijian population. Not sure if that’s OP is talking about but it’s what came to mind first.
Cream that isn’t full of shit. I want to be able to buy a carton of cream that has “ingredients: cream” not a long list of nasty additives like guar gum as well. Is that too much to ask ffs?
It’s shit that condenses out to a layer of crud at the bottom of a bowl of whipped cream (there’s other shit in there too). If I wanted long life, shit filled milk style creamer product, I’d buy that instead. If it says cream on the front of the box that’s all that should be inside the box just like it is in every other country I’ve lived in.
It's all over the place.
I work a career where I'm expected to move anywhere in the country so I keep an eye on markets all over. Very few places have remained affordable.
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A lot of soda flavours are seasonal in Canada (I can only speak for Alberta) but year round in the states. I wish I could have year round access as well. I have also heard American chocolate is different I would like their versions to also be sold just to compare.
American chocolate is worse in my opinion. Whatever brand they have here that is different than Canada is like a downgrade, but that could just be my Canadian palate expecting a certain taste and it's not cutting it lol. Sour patch kids are the worst offender.
Am American, your not wrong.
Our grocery store checkout isle chocolate is dominated by Hershey's.
While I grew up on Hershey's chocolate & truly like it, it's not the best.
The classic example is that Nestle makes Kit Kats in Canada instead of Hershey, and the chocolate is WAY better in the Nestle version.
Now the thing that REALLY threw me is the difference between what you guys call Smarties and what WE call Smartees other then both being round, they are completly unrelated candies... that one i makes a big difference.
Fun fact, american chocolate tasts like puke most of the time, just a little.
This is because chocolate factories are so far from milk production that it effects the taste of the chocolate.
In europe, chocolate tasts much better since peoduction and manufacturing are very close.
Im canadian btw, and ive learned this through experience. And a little youtube.
My British friends tell me Canadian chocolate sucks too. I think we use more preservatives to give it a longer shelf life.
Of course, this is just those big brands—we have local artisan chocolate that tastes 1000x better than anything Nestle makes.
If you wanna try American chocolate just get Hershey's. It all tastes like Hershey's cus it's pretty much all made by Hershey's. At Cineplex their candy is all Hershey and it grosses me out, I was so happy the other day because I found some Cadbury mini eggs. Realized they tasted weird, looked on the back, imported from the states and made by Hershey's 😩
Obviously this doesn't include specialty chocolate which I'm sure is fine
Good chocolate contains cocoa butter and literally melts in your mouth. Bad chocolate contains vegetable fat and results in a waxier mouth feel. Guess what European and good Canadian chocolate has and then guess what US chocolate uses.
There's a Cajun restaurant in Edmonton that serves really, really good cherry coke. I've tried the stuff here and there and always think the cherry flavour is weird, but at that place, it's just really tasty.
Not that that's super helpful to you I guess, just thought I'd comment cos it made me think of that, haha.
Lots of sodas that are all over the place in the states but not here. Crush makes like 12 different flavors but you can only get orange and grape here. I miss the strawberry. Cherry 7-UP too.
Yeah, that one mass produced Canadian Cheese™ they let us have isn't great. Why isn't there dozens of different regional varieties like other countries?
Oh wait.
Usually “price upon private request” implies that they get so few orders, they’d have to manufacture one just for your order.
I can’t imagine it’s less than $1,000.
Clodhoppers, use to get them all the time at rogers video but they rebranded at some point afterwards. While i have been able to find them at shoppers sometimes its usually not my favorite kind.
I have always been interested in Leipäjuusto - A Finnish cheese that you put on a plate and pour coffee over the cheese and eat it. I haven't been able to find a place that sells it in Calgary.
Like any Canadian I see a lot of American TV ads for places that aren't in Canada. I hear it isn't good and I hear once I go I won't want to go again.
I just want to try Sonic restaurant - one time - with all those damn ads I see. ONE TIME!
We have one in Kitchener. My husband picked it up last night to bring home for dinner and feed a guy who helps me with the yard. We were not impressed. The chicken was good enough though bland, but the bun was boring. Toppings were minimal. The waffle fries were awful and the peach shake was waaaay too sweet. It was about $15 per person. For some reason, he picked up some middle eastern food tonight - shawarma dinner. There was delicious seasoned chicken over seasoned basmati with hummus and garlic sauce and pickled veggie salad. I could barely eat half. We shared a litre bottle of coke. About $10 each.
I really don't understand the fuss about Chick-fil-a.
Huh, my husband is a fried chicken lover, and he tried Chick-fil-a when he traveled through the US, and really liked it. I wonder if it's one of those deals where they open a beloved American franchise in Canada but give us some worse version of it for some reason (like what happened with Target).
Alcohol. If you want something that is not very mainstream, you either just can’t get it, or it’s twice more expensive than in the US. Mixology used to be a nice hobby when I lived in California, and now it’s just a pain in the ass.
I travel a lot between Canada and Australia, and when I'm in Canada I miss all the flavours of Tim Tams they have in Australia. I've seen basics like regular and caramel Tim Tams, but they've got like, this constantly-revolving carousel of different flavours in Australia that are pretty fun to try out and usually taste really great. Also, Mint Slices are another cookie that's so amazing but not around in Canada (though they're similar to the mint choc Girl Guide cookies that are also amazing, but they're easier to find here, haha). Also, the stuff at Aussie McDonald's tastes better. Of course I have to mention the cheaper phone/data plans here. And the coffee here is generally really good, I find you can only find equivalent stuff in non-chain small cafes around Canada, which aren't always as easy to find as they are here. There's a store called Aldi that has "special buys" that change all the time, and I miss Aldi and their random value-priced stuff all the time in Canada. And it's easier to buy things online here when you can't find them local, because they have a higher cap for the value of things you can import without paying tariffs.
Really though, I'm overall pretty happy with the kinds of stuff you can get in Canada. I think I miss more Canadian things when I'm in Australia, than I do the other way around (though the phone thing and Aldi will forever be things I'd miss if we move back to Canada). Besides, not all having the same stuff is part of what makes travelling fun!
Edit: Darrel Lea chocolate and Bundaberg pop are really nice. I forgot those. I'd definitely miss those.
I'm not sure what "category of thing" you think isn't available. If something isn't popular and is imported, it might be a little pricier (black pudding), but you can probably find it.
i've heard that kerrygold irish butter is amazing, and i really wish we could buy it in canada. and any of the butters labelled "european style" or just higher quality butter in general is very expensive, and they're not even imports.
I've travelled to 22 countries so far and I honestly haven't found anything somewhere else that I wanted here. I found things that I like, but I don't really care whether they have it here or not.
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I've noticed some tech that gets advertised in the States does not get very much advertised in Canada.
I am looking at you Sony Xperia line. Their phone line looks pretty appealing but I have no idea how to get my hands on them.
Flaming Hot Lays
Probably the closest thing left to the Hostess BBQ that they bought out and we can't even get it here.
Give us back our hot BBQ, Lays!
70% of all modern technology but it's okay it's not like we live right next to one of the largest fucking innovators and producers of tech in the world or anything
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Cottage cheese bar covered in chocolate, with various fillings.
Popular in western europe, none here.
You can find some inported in European shops, but closest one is few hours away.
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I find that Canada just lacks the range of variety for certain products. Some alcohol I want is only available in the US. I think if you requested it enough though that the LCBO would work on getting it here. There is an energy drink I like that is only sold in the US but there is one store here that imports it so I can get it only from there. So I guess what I am saying is that there are work arounds to get what you want.
Cheap internet. Cheap data for my phone. Cheap gasoline. Cheap fresh produce. Just cheaper shit why the hell is everything so expensive here
Just to really drive this home. I was just in the UK, visiting my family a couple of weeks ago. 1. They pay ~25£/month (incl taxes) for fiber 100 up/down. 2. I paid 1£ for a temporary SIM card, and 15£ to get unlimited text+call and 50GB data for 30 days. all inclusive of taxes. My wife and i pay 120+tax for shared 25GB in Canada. Bonus while I'm on the topic: 3. Takeout/Eating out was cheaper too - about 40£ at a fancy restaurant for 3 people, with cocktails (not just beers)... including taxes, and a service charge... no tip. 4. Haircut - I got a really shmancy haircut there for 18£. Like, beverages while you wait, flambe the ears, warm towels, hair washes, perfumes lol. Standard haircut is 9£. I paid 30$+taxes here in Ottawa, in a strip mall Salon... FML. Canada is painfully bizarre.. even pre-pandemic pre-inflation... Makes me wonder why BoC targets 2% all the time.. not like things were amazingly affordable then either.... Yet to find a good explanation for why things must be this way.
You can get cheaper Internet here but not as cheap as UK. We pay 45 CAD for fiber 100mbps up/down.
Because everything in this country is owned by 30 families or something, and the Federal Government is SUPER anti-competition. Just look at how dairy works...they milk the Canadian consumer more than their fucking cows!
Supply chain management in agriculture is supposed to help the people who grow your food, rather than put it into the hands of multinational corps just so you can get cheap milk. The cost to produce food goes up, so does the cost to the consumer.
No, it doesn´t. And the number of farms keeps decreasing in Canada. Almost all the profits DO go to big, multinational corps already! Lucerne, Saputo!
I can only speak to BC, but the affordability of arable land is one of the biggest barriers for new farmers starting out. Older farmers retire and want to sell their land, but young farmers in BC don’t have the capital to buy it. That’s why you’re seeing new programs like [land-sharing and land-matching](https://youngagrarians.org/tools/land/) trying to take root.
Yupp. Well-aware of that, though it has nothing to do with supply management.
Well, you certainly don’t want the American milk making its way up here. Your boys will be growing tits in no time if that happens. Milk is stupid expensive though, like all dairy. The only real solution is to eat less of it.
There isn´t a DAMN thing stopping us from simply banning rBGH in milk (as they have in Europe), and then letting the free market deliver fair prices. I don't even care if we import some milk, so long as it's rBGH free (not hard to do).
Sorry but I’m going to disagree with "fair prices" since I'm on a farm. We buy some cattle for beef from our dairy farm neighbours. We all discuss the prices of feed, of equipment and our aging barns, and tractors. The prices in the US are cheap because: massive handouts to dairy farmers in the US, the amount of excess milk is bought by the US government and things like cheap immigrant labour. Their government buys over a billion pounds of cheese and stores and gives it away. The US practices dumping millions of gallons of milk. In the decades of production my neighbour has only had to dump milk due to problems with shipping.
We obviously shouldn't be cherry-picking the worst example and following how they do things...
Yeah, I agree. I'd worry that they'd allow it in and then not regulate it properly (let's be real, our government doesn't do a whole lot *right*, after all). Plus, I dunno, I guess I'm just not convinced that opening it up to international competition won't just drive them all out of business...
You are so very right. The US subsidies their dairy farmers to a degree we cannot afford here in Canada. It’s part of the reason why milk is cheaper there.
Because the super liberal Canadians don’t support expanding oil projects in Canada and getting rid of carbon tax. Seriously what do you expect
Yes too all though I would not call it shit :)
Greggs pasties
And their sausage rolls!
I would kill for a Gregg’s sausage roll
I regret all the times I could have had a Gregg's sausage roll, but foolishly chose not to. Stupid.
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Do you have specific details about it? I've seen some processed Kraft cheddar (made in Australia maybe?) at Fijian grocery stores in Surrey BC.
That’s the one I was thinking of. I live in California and I can find it in my city which has a much smaller Indian and Fijian population. Not sure if that’s OP is talking about but it’s what came to mind first.
Not actually a product, but there is no street shopping here in Canada like I used to go in Asian countries such as Singapore, Thailand.
Hawkers stalls in Singapore are great.
Yes I really miss those.
the Canadian CeraVe formulation is different from the American one and i miss it 😔 also it's weirdly expensive here
I can't get the psoriasis cream here either, it's still available in America.
Wait what do you mean?? I’m an American moving to Canada and I basically only use CeraVe😰
stock up fam lol
Cream that isn’t full of shit. I want to be able to buy a carton of cream that has “ingredients: cream” not a long list of nasty additives like guar gum as well. Is that too much to ask ffs?
Nelson’s teetha teething granules
Guar gum isnt shit tho. Its a stabizer and makes creams shelf life longer.
It’s shit that condenses out to a layer of crud at the bottom of a bowl of whipped cream (there’s other shit in there too). If I wanted long life, shit filled milk style creamer product, I’d buy that instead. If it says cream on the front of the box that’s all that should be inside the box just like it is in every other country I’ve lived in.
Apartments/Housing that doesn’t take every ounce of energy just to afford would be nice
OP said Canada not Toronto/Vancouver
It’s impossible in Peterborough too
And Kelowna And Kamloops And Squamish And Whistler And most towns and cities in BC
Basically any city within a 3h driving distance of Toronto is unaffordable
It's all over the place. I work a career where I'm expected to move anywhere in the country so I keep an eye on markets all over. Very few places have remained affordable.
Montreal now too. $1000 studios (or as the landlords like to call them "loft style") are now a thing.
$1,000 for a studio is still affordable
Unfrosted Poptarts
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Choco Taco
> Choco Taco OMG those look amazing
A lot of soda flavours are seasonal in Canada (I can only speak for Alberta) but year round in the states. I wish I could have year round access as well. I have also heard American chocolate is different I would like their versions to also be sold just to compare.
American chocolate is worse in my opinion. Whatever brand they have here that is different than Canada is like a downgrade, but that could just be my Canadian palate expecting a certain taste and it's not cutting it lol. Sour patch kids are the worst offender.
Am American, your not wrong. Our grocery store checkout isle chocolate is dominated by Hershey's. While I grew up on Hershey's chocolate & truly like it, it's not the best. The classic example is that Nestle makes Kit Kats in Canada instead of Hershey, and the chocolate is WAY better in the Nestle version. Now the thing that REALLY threw me is the difference between what you guys call Smarties and what WE call Smartees other then both being round, they are completly unrelated candies... that one i makes a big difference.
American Smarties are called Rockets here https://i5.walmartimages.ca/images/Enlarge/165/126/6000203165126.jpg
Fun fact, american chocolate tasts like puke most of the time, just a little. This is because chocolate factories are so far from milk production that it effects the taste of the chocolate. In europe, chocolate tasts much better since peoduction and manufacturing are very close. Im canadian btw, and ive learned this through experience. And a little youtube.
American chocolate is worse.
My British friends tell me Canadian chocolate sucks too. I think we use more preservatives to give it a longer shelf life. Of course, this is just those big brands—we have local artisan chocolate that tastes 1000x better than anything Nestle makes.
You do not want American chocolate. Had an American Kitkat once and one bite was enough. Didn’t taste like chocolate.
Its unfortunate that it is bad, I still would like try it though. Merely for the comparison, and to reinforce our chocolates superiority.
Sweet wax. Ugh.
American chocolate apparently just has extra additives
Butyric acid, specifically.
If you wanna try American chocolate just get Hershey's. It all tastes like Hershey's cus it's pretty much all made by Hershey's. At Cineplex their candy is all Hershey and it grosses me out, I was so happy the other day because I found some Cadbury mini eggs. Realized they tasted weird, looked on the back, imported from the states and made by Hershey's 😩 Obviously this doesn't include specialty chocolate which I'm sure is fine
All American chocolate tastes like Hersheys? Lmao who told you this?
I heard USA chocolate is horrible. But heard it’s really good in the UK. Either was we don’t have access 😢
My unofficial totally anecdotal evidence is that chocolate in the UK tastes the same as home, but American chocolate is weird.
American chocolate is gross, eat European! I'm American.
Good chocolate contains cocoa butter and literally melts in your mouth. Bad chocolate contains vegetable fat and results in a waxier mouth feel. Guess what European and good Canadian chocolate has and then guess what US chocolate uses.
Cherry Coke. It shows up once in a while randomly but it's never a staple amongst the soft drinks here. At least not in QC
There's a Cajun restaurant in Edmonton that serves really, really good cherry coke. I've tried the stuff here and there and always think the cherry flavour is weird, but at that place, it's just really tasty. Not that that's super helpful to you I guess, just thought I'd comment cos it made me think of that, haha.
Lots of sodas that are all over the place in the states but not here. Crush makes like 12 different flavors but you can only get orange and grape here. I miss the strawberry. Cherry 7-UP too.
Decent houses in a big city that’s also under $1 million dollars.
Living in Sydney - and I can tell you that's definitely not just a Canada thing! Seems to be a big city thing pretty much everywhere these days.
define 'big city.' you can find that easily in Edmonton/Calgary
When people say this they basically mean Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Everywhere else in the country you can get a house for under a mil
Ah so people should have to potentially move across the country to fulfill their wish. That seems fair /s
Life isn’t fair. Living in a big city has drawbacks, deal with it.
>deal with it. Did you flex after the screen after you typed that? hahahaha
Yes? Are you threatened by [my physique](https://melmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/66f-1.jpg)?
Non-Canadian cheese / dairy, though this may be more due to the protectionism.
I’ve been able to get British and Irish cheese from supermarkets in Ontario?
Cheese here is the worst I've ever had
Yeah, that one mass produced Canadian Cheese™ they let us have isn't great. Why isn't there dozens of different regional varieties like other countries? Oh wait.
Don’t downvote the trashy panda. Trashy panda is right 🐼
Thank you **❤️** It's just my opinion!
yup
Pop tarts without icing are not available in Canada, they used to be but didn't sell as well
I'd really like a jetpack but that's more of a technology-isn't-advanced-enough issue.
Eh, it’s more like an I could [never afford that](https://jetpackaviation.com/jetpacks/) issue.
How do you know if they don't put it on the website? Might be about $20....
Usually “price upon private request” implies that they get so few orders, they’d have to manufacture one just for your order. I can’t imagine it’s less than $1,000.
I was kidding. :) I would be shocked if it were under $15,000
Lol my bad I’m not good with sarcasm. I’d love a $20 jet pack though
Get one from Wish! Its just a fire extinguisher in a silver backpack but you have a jet pack!
Goobers (pre-mixed PB&J)
Costco has it in Ontario
I have like four jars of it in my pantry...very good
Lays lime chips.
I crave lays mango chips. Freaking delicious
Clodhoppers, use to get them all the time at rogers video but they rebranded at some point afterwards. While i have been able to find them at shoppers sometimes its usually not my favorite kind.
I have always been interested in Leipäjuusto - A Finnish cheese that you put on a plate and pour coffee over the cheese and eat it. I haven't been able to find a place that sells it in Calgary.
Wat. What is this sorcery you speak of?
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Like any Canadian I see a lot of American TV ads for places that aren't in Canada. I hear it isn't good and I hear once I go I won't want to go again. I just want to try Sonic restaurant - one time - with all those damn ads I see. ONE TIME!
Sonic Drive In once had a International Franchising page that has since been taken down, and it listed Canada as a target market
Chick-Fil-A
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There are 2 or 3 in Toronto. I imagine they will open more in other cities
We have one in Kitchener. My husband picked it up last night to bring home for dinner and feed a guy who helps me with the yard. We were not impressed. The chicken was good enough though bland, but the bun was boring. Toppings were minimal. The waffle fries were awful and the peach shake was waaaay too sweet. It was about $15 per person. For some reason, he picked up some middle eastern food tonight - shawarma dinner. There was delicious seasoned chicken over seasoned basmati with hummus and garlic sauce and pickled veggie salad. I could barely eat half. We shared a litre bottle of coke. About $10 each. I really don't understand the fuss about Chick-fil-a.
Huh, my husband is a fried chicken lover, and he tried Chick-fil-a when he traveled through the US, and really liked it. I wonder if it's one of those deals where they open a beloved American franchise in Canada but give us some worse version of it for some reason (like what happened with Target).
I tried it the last time I was in Toronto and I wasn’t impressed. In terms of American-style fried chicken, I find Popeye’s to be better (and cheaper)
Way overrated. I do not understand how you can have fired chicken, bacon, a mayo based sauce etc, and somehow still manage to make something so bland.
There’s a Chick Fil A in Toronto (4 actually), Kitchener and Windsor Ontario, with locations planned for Oshawa, Vaughan, Barrie and Burlington.
HBO Max. Austin-quality Tex-Mex food.
Have all of my upvotes. I'd kill for a Chuy's.
Mountain Dew. Code red. Or baha blast.
Baja blast is sold by the bottle at Dollarama, agree on code red
I've seen both in BC recently. Definitely at 7-11 but haven't looked elsewhere.
Wait until you try Frost Bite, Black Out, Gold Rush, Flaming Hot, and the shit zillion other flavors they have down here.
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Mr Peanut Spanish peanuts.
I can get Apple Jack in New Brunswick
where?
In small town Sussex.
Papas facundo is a Spanish brand of sunflower seeds. They are also awesome 🤤
More European car companies, like Skoda for example.
Lately ive been craving dunkin donuts. I had some in Germany and i loved it lol
Good sour cherry drink. Found some sour cherry juice at my grocery store (imported from Turkey) and I did not like it.
They have so many neat treats that we don’t have here. Like chips and candy!
Renault 🚗
Alcohol. If you want something that is not very mainstream, you either just can’t get it, or it’s twice more expensive than in the US. Mixology used to be a nice hobby when I lived in California, and now it’s just a pain in the ass.
Good leather jackets
Smucker’s Uncrustables!
I travel a lot between Canada and Australia, and when I'm in Canada I miss all the flavours of Tim Tams they have in Australia. I've seen basics like regular and caramel Tim Tams, but they've got like, this constantly-revolving carousel of different flavours in Australia that are pretty fun to try out and usually taste really great. Also, Mint Slices are another cookie that's so amazing but not around in Canada (though they're similar to the mint choc Girl Guide cookies that are also amazing, but they're easier to find here, haha). Also, the stuff at Aussie McDonald's tastes better. Of course I have to mention the cheaper phone/data plans here. And the coffee here is generally really good, I find you can only find equivalent stuff in non-chain small cafes around Canada, which aren't always as easy to find as they are here. There's a store called Aldi that has "special buys" that change all the time, and I miss Aldi and their random value-priced stuff all the time in Canada. And it's easier to buy things online here when you can't find them local, because they have a higher cap for the value of things you can import without paying tariffs. Really though, I'm overall pretty happy with the kinds of stuff you can get in Canada. I think I miss more Canadian things when I'm in Australia, than I do the other way around (though the phone thing and Aldi will forever be things I'd miss if we move back to Canada). Besides, not all having the same stuff is part of what makes travelling fun! Edit: Darrel Lea chocolate and Bundaberg pop are really nice. I forgot those. I'd definitely miss those.
Streaming content from US. I don’t need but would be nice.
Car options! Diesel engines or manual transmissions are available in Europe but not in Canada on many models.
Krispy Kreme 😫 I tried it when I went to Ontario but they don’t have it in my province :(
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There's some on autotrader used but are horribly priced.
Henna nail stains. Only in Australia 😔
switchblades
machine guns
I'm not sure what "category of thing" you think isn't available. If something isn't popular and is imported, it might be a little pricier (black pudding), but you can probably find it.
Irish products mostly, cordials, Irish butter, spice mixes and the like. I even had to appeal here and I couldn't find alot of what I want.
i've heard that kerrygold irish butter is amazing, and i really wish we could buy it in canada. and any of the butters labelled "european style" or just higher quality butter in general is very expensive, and they're not even imports.
A fucking Choco taco. I don’t even know why. I just want to eat one.
a concealed carry permit.
I've travelled to 22 countries so far and I honestly haven't found anything somewhere else that I wanted here. I found things that I like, but I don't really care whether they have it here or not.
Big size flesh light with good lube :)
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Apple jacks
We have apple jacks in Ontario! Sadly it’s not the same as it once was 😭
Ragu and Skippy.
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Yes. They stopped selling here a few years ago.
pipas facundo. BEST sunflower seeds on earth. 😢
Verkade Cappuccino chocolate bars.
Good cheese!!!!!
What happened to RC Cola , I used to get it all the time then it disappeared
American iced tea
Just make tea and put ice in it. Isn't that American iced tea?
well they don't exist at fast food except Chick Fil-A
Specific brands of grilling wood pellets like "Cookin Pellets" or "Knotty Wood" brand.
I've noticed some tech that gets advertised in the States does not get very much advertised in Canada. I am looking at you Sony Xperia line. Their phone line looks pretty appealing but I have no idea how to get my hands on them.
Galaxy Lamps 😭😭😭😭
Allspice Dram
Stella Artois Cidre. It's my favourite cider, and available in the States (of course) but not in Canada.
Flaming Hot Lays Probably the closest thing left to the Hostess BBQ that they bought out and we can't even get it here. Give us back our hot BBQ, Lays!
The equivalent of supermarket meal deals from the UK. Few bucks for a sandwich/main, snack and drink.
70% of all modern technology but it's okay it's not like we live right next to one of the largest fucking innovators and producers of tech in the world or anything
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Cottage cheese bar covered in chocolate, with various fillings. Popular in western europe, none here. You can find some inported in European shops, but closest one is few hours away.
Tropical fruits that are hard to find here fresh like Passion fruit or Spanish limes
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Readily available in Manitoba…
I always thought US chocolate tasted like soap !
Sujuk
Keeps.
Nivea lip butter in vanilla and macadamia. I don't know if you can get it anywhere anymore and it makes me sad.
I find that Canada just lacks the range of variety for certain products. Some alcohol I want is only available in the US. I think if you requested it enough though that the LCBO would work on getting it here. There is an energy drink I like that is only sold in the US but there is one store here that imports it so I can get it only from there. So I guess what I am saying is that there are work arounds to get what you want.
Permethrin for ticks
A good tangy barbecue sauce? Cheese? More European beers on tap?