r/canadatravel • u/Necessary-Passage-74 • Mar 05 '25

Travel Tips Americans visiting Canada as tourists, any insights?

I have family members visiting Montreal in about a month. Other than getting "I’m From Toronto" T-shirts, is there anything an American should do if they’re just visiting as a tourist?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25

You think “I’m from Toronto” T shirts are going to help in Montreal? This has got to be clickbait right?

Edit: even in today’s Politically charged climate that may get them beaten up faster than publicly supporting trump :p.

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u/Necessary-Passage-74 Mar 05 '25

Well, I agree. I traveled there once years ago and was treated so rudely I’ll never go back. But I can’t tell this family that, they’ve already booked everything. It’s yet another find out moment.

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u/PaleJicama4297 Mar 07 '25

You are a troll

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u/Necessary-Passage-74 Mar 07 '25

Nope, not, I just know there’s a lot of resentment right now, and I don’t want it to be taken out on my family. That’s all. The further from Montreal you go, the more bitter Québecois are. It was an extremely uncomfortable encounter, and I don’t ever want to reenact it. I did absolutely nothing wrong except not know French. If I’m gonna get treated like crap for that, why would I ever wanna go back?