Canada: Your Slogan Here
Listener Challenge
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 05:35 PM
Face it, Americans don’t get Canada. After hockey and Celine Dion we know shockingly little about our strongest ally, our largest trading partner, the nation with which we share 5,500 miles of border. Studio 360 thinks it’s time to change that. Canada’s image in the United States needs a fresh start, a rebranding. It’s time for people to know Canada is not just America’s hat.
Help us help Canada.
Write a six-word slogan that sells Canada to America.
UPDATE: Our contest is now closed.
But you are welcome to continue sharing your ideas below.
- Post your slogan as a comment below.
- The winning entry will win a trip to Washington DC!
(courtesy of PRI) - The deadline to be considered for our contest is Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time.
- Listen for the winner on the show the weekend of June 30.
Click here for the complete rules and regulations for the contest.
By the way, our sister Canadian show at the CBC — Q with Jian Ghomeshi — is taking on a similar challenge to redesign America. Check in on their efforts to "Help America help itself."
Comments [777]
Canada: Where the Queen rules by cell phone.
Canada: We Started Your Occupy Movement
Canada: Sophisticated tastes, Hometown Values
Forgive me, but I'm gonna post the ideas I had for "Redesign Canada" slogans now, late. Just a few:
Canada. Nothing to be embarrassed about.
Canada. Holding the line on global warming.
Canada. The sensible country.
Canada can't threaten to annihilate you.
Canada. It's a whole 'nother country.
Canada. We're above it all.
Canada. Our English is better.
Canada. The lesser of two evils.
Canada. We're much nicer than you are.
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[Specifically from the American point-of-view:]
Where Canada on map?
Canada. It's my kind of town!
Oh! Canada! Baby!
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[The following ones are on the "colder/cooler" theme. I wrote these last week, but of course you only have my word for that. (No Canadian would do something this crass, I know...) Anyway! Here goes:]
Canada. A really cool country.
Canada. It'll give you the shivers.
Canada is cooler.
Thanks,
Jerry Kann
jerrykann99@yahoo.com
646-724-9983
CANADA - "Not so cold, and getting warmer!"
"We're a real country. Really."
Here's a quick post of my reaction to the campaign. http://domcoballe.tumblr.com/post/26142688602
Canadian cold front,
Movin' in
What a way to ride,
Oh what a way to go
. . .
So pull up your stakes, children,
And come on [up]!
Adventure begins here...au Canada!
au = French for 'in' - pronounced Oh - as in 'O Canada' our national anthem
Canada: Where the living is easy.
Canada Slogan:
"The WORLD - Next door"
Canada Slogan:
"Like traveling abroad, but much easier"
The conservatives you *wish* you had.
Me Tarsands, you flame
Canada. Think of us as the 51st state. Except with health care.
Visit Canada. Where only lumberjacks have guns.
Canada: Come north, we’re warm people.
Past the deadline, but "Canada will trade oil for iPads"
Canada, The Other White Meat
Canada, we aren't cold, we're cool.
"Come Buy with US"
1) Are you using that blanket?
2) The grass is always frosty
3) Dude, is that oil on your leaf?
Canada: America's armpit.
CANADA:WHERE BLACKS ARE HUMAN BEINGS
Canada: Cool Fun, and Then Some
Canada: America's Best Ally and Friend!
Canada, always on top of the USA.
We Stand Between You and Alaska
Canada, it's just a walk away
Canada Can Do
Canada: Democracy Done Right
North America's Better Half: Canada
"Your Customarily Friendly Neighbor"
"EH, We've Got Your Back"
Canada: farther north but nicer
"In Boredom is Strength"
Canada: We love open concept!
CANadA: WiLD bUt CIVIliZeD.
Canada: If you'd ever visit, you'd understand.
Canada more talent per cubic metre.
Canada: North America's Northern Lights
Canada: Girl Nextdoor with a Wild Side
Canada: The North in North America
Canada:
It's cooler up north.
Canada: We are here to fix you
Let Canada Reveal.
The Light of the North: Canada.
Neighborly Canada: Traditionally Majestic, Incredibly Diverse
We say eh? You say huh?
Canada: An un "49th" paralleled beauty!
Canada: We're geographically over"stated", characteristically understated.
The better half of North America
Canada: The Undiscovered Country
Canada: a North without a South
When the other candidate wins, we're here!
The Colder but Polite (North) Americans
Canada is full of ehs
My six word phrase:
Come out to Canada: Nice, eh?
Of course, this should be pronounced with the correct vowels, which look something like this when spelled phonetically:
Come oot to Canada: Neece, ay?
The Canadian use of "eh" at the end of a sentence is, of course, the equivalent of the French "N'est-ce-pas" and is useful for turning any statement into a question.
We're nobody's attic
CANADA - It's not just about hockey!
Canada - Fresh air, clean water, cold beer.
Canada, More than maple, much more.
Canada, north of beautiful
+ We'll maple leafers out of you.
+ Week of vacation - Lifetime of memories.
+ Pick a province... Any province
+ Bring your camera.
+ You'll be back.
Canada: Montana, without all the glamor.
Canada: living the real (North) American dream
Our greatest natural resource, the people.
here's my slogan:
Canada: On Top In North America!
We're Not Minnesota, but We're Close
Come See What's Behind Our Fronts
Canada, Where the Americas begin
I know you want six-word slogans, but I thought up this one before I knew the limit:
"Once you taste Canada, you won't put us down."
First choice: We are not the United States!
Second: The better half of North America!
Third: Come see why we're so Talented!
Canada: Mexico but cold and wet
1. Canada: Nice people up North
2. Canada: Culture, Fun, Adventure, Sights, Friends
Canada: We're above you
Canada: Turn over a new leaf
Canada: We're above you.
Come to Canada. Expand your boundaries.
Canada: Where no one will judge you.
Canada: The friendly place.
Canada: Keeping the North True.
I like the well-known: "The world needs more Canada", but fear it might be seen as too presumptuous...
1) The True North of North America
2) Canada: Come Visit the Neighbors
3) Old World Charm, New World Spirit
4) Much more than a common border
"Hey. We're Canada, ehe."
Canada the new plaid!
Canada, the world's best other country.
Canada - More than you know!
Canada - Wildly civilized!
Canada. Expand your boundaries.
Canada: Gateway to the Arctic
Canada. The place to expand your boundaries.
Canada: Where cool becomes hot.
Canada, we're not nearly so crazy about guns and vaginas.
Come to Canada and expand your boundaries.
Canadians: Americans..... just nicer
Canada: America's #1 pharmacy
Canada: Less arrogant for a reason
Canada--Land Fulla Happy Campers!
or
Canada? Coulda Woulda Shoulda Ottawa!
Canada: I Like To Be On Top
"Canada Emits Boderly Love"
"Canada Extends Borderly Love"
Canada: America with a better attitude
CANADA - Where do I sign up?
Canada: North America's Finest
Canada: America Too
Canada: America 2
Canada? Yes, you can! Visit today.
When You're Ready for the Challenge
Canada -- Beautiful, Peaceful, International, nearly Utopia
Canada - Statistically cooler than the United States
Canada: If you've ever visited, you understand.
Canada - what the puck?
Canada - Where Cold is Gold.
Canada: We get along.
"Don't blame US! We're Canada!!!
Eyes Up Here, Big Guy... Try Canada.
Canada: Borderline Genius.
Canada:We get you, and disapprove
Canada:Even Better
C, Eh? More than an abbreviation!
Here's my slogan:
Canada: An Independent Nation!
Canada: Your Home and Native Land Away From Home
CANADA - WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
CANADA: Cool, Green Fun!
Canada: Wild Beauty
Canada: North Star
Canada: Northern Light
Canada, Can Do!
Canada: Forests, Sunlight, Seas and Stars!
Canada: The Social Wonderland.
Ten provinces, three territories, infinite possibilities
Discover hidden treasures in your attic
Canada: Just get back up here
Canada: We're seriously cool up here
CANADA-Leave your baggage at home.
Canada: You Know You Saskatchewanna
Point Your Motorhomes North and Drive. Try Canada.
Canada: cool fresh air, warm inviting people
Canada: the country that respects its citizens
Canada: open space, open harts, welcoming people
Canada: wild places, Kootenai people
Canada: wet , wild and wonderful
Crossing the southern border is welcome!
Slogan:
Canada: America's Future Home Once the Climate Changes.
With the world continuing its pursuit of growth and extraction of ever more sources of oil, coal, and natural gas, the world is on track for 4 degrees of climate change or more. This will desertify large parts of the Western US (our bread basket) and flood much of America's heavily populated coasts. Hence, Canada will become the future home of millions of American refugees, since the warming climate will open up more of Canada's currently frozen lands to settlement. That's quite a winning position to be in, relatively speaking, and might explain why Canada has pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol and is developing its tar sands with abandon. But with that scenario comes a future of mass difficult-to-manage migration from Canada's southern neighbors, a fact that the country can prepare its population for with with a catchy new slogan.
--Erik Assadourian
Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute
We take Canadian dollars at par
Come visit the 51st - 62nd states!
Canada: Land of Un Common Wealth
Canada: Get the puck up here!
Where disputes are settled on the ice with sticks not on a driveby with handguns.
Canada: If Romney wins, we're here!
canada,not english colony anymore!
Canada. Just Above Your Expectations
Canada: Open Spaces, Open Minds, Open Doors
Canada, the country that you claim as your own when traveling overseas.
Canada the other White meat.
Canada: warmer than you think.
Canada - It's where you want to be!
Canada - its where you want to be!
Canada - its where Americans want to be
Canada - we've got all the oil, the water, affordable healthcare and maple syrup. You know you want to be here!
Canada. It's all here.
CANADA. It's time.
You don't need no stinkin' visa
What's up? CANADA.
O what you don't know.
The country you wish you were
CANADA. You're welcome!
Canada: Would a border fence help?
CANADA: We've been here all along!
Canada - where your Search will end!
CANADA: you'll want to stay FOREVER!
Wonder why CANADIANS are so Happy?
Don't envy! Just come visit CANADA.
Come visit CANADA and feel WELCOME!
We have so much in common
Canada:mayple syrup, great adventures, fun.
i think i should win because i love listening to your show.
Canada Is Uncanny.
or
Canada: Same Size as US, Just Not as Dense!
CANADA - Closer than you think!
Canada--We're right here.
Canada: Not just colder, cooler.
Canada: American's you look up to.
You can cross our border
Name it "Trailer park, poor white trash government". According to Cyberjournal and C-span, their MP and Finance Ministry state they cannot afford "a pot to urine in", "a hat to defecate in and an another to cover it with", or toilet paper to clean up the mess. I am aware that Canadian citizens are buying up Florida and Arizona foreclosed houses (as summer and retired houses) as fast as the banks and courts can process them. Is that called off-shore investment?
Canada: the country you look up to.
Come on up!
leaf me alone
U-S-Eh! U-S-Eh!
Canada: One month of summer and all the winter you can stand.
CANADA: It's what's up!
Oh! Canada!
Crown of North America
Canada: Powerfully humble.
Canada: Europe Without Crossing the Atlantic
Canada's currency is Loonie and Toonie!
Where health care won't bankrupt you
Americans love to touch our beaver
Cananda, $1.00 LOONIE, $2.00 TOONIE
Canada, Looney and Tooney
CANADA: It's really COOL up here.
Dear S-360:
OK, guys, winning a trip to DC? How about winning a trip to.... maybe...OK...say...wait, wait, wait...Quebec? Just a thought. Montreal would be a good fit...for say...Canada!?
Canada, we're not the U.S.
Canada. We're not the U.S.
Canada is the Northern Star or Canada: The Northern Star
Canada: land of lakes and forests. Experience the wilderness.
Canada! We're the ones on top!
We will, we will shock you
Canada: more than Mounties, maples, and Molson!
Canada - nature, culture, and more. . .
Will trade Toronto for New York
Canadananabananarama, sweet!
This is easy: "Canada, the nice America."
Nice place. Not all that cold.
Canada: No reason for our overbearing superiority complex.
Canada: We think we're better than you, yet know we're not. Wasn't Freud Canadian.
Canada: We think we're international for watching soccer, but fail consistently at the sport.
Canada: Yes! We have a childish obsession with telling you we're not American.
Canada: We're obnoxiously defensive about our lack of international standing.
Canada: We'll take any chance we can to tell you we're more multicultural than you.
Canada: We'll tell you to your face we love Quebec and appreciate Francophone culture, largely we don't.
Canada: We'll find any chance we can to remind you that Ryan Gosling and Justin Bieber are Canadians, yet we won't take responsibility for Celine Dion.
Canada: Americans best kept secret diversion.
Two words are enough; American Scandinavia.
Canada. we don't have any ideas so we're coming to the USA again for help.
Come to the Big Village - Canada
(Canada is a Aboriginal name for Big Village)
"C _ N _ D _ I'd like to buy an "Eh," Pat"
Alternatively (now having read the rules to discover six words = "suggested" - but not required - length):
So much more than meets the eh.
Much more than meets the eh.
Btw not sure if slogan must be six words or up to six words; if the latter is acceptable, please make that "More than meets the eh."
Thanks!
True North America
Canada! Land of our enlightened neighbors.
Oh Canada, Ooh Canada, Ooooh Canada!
Canada - the United States' Silent Partner
Canada where the trees drip gold
Canadian maples the honeybee of trees
Canada! When things go south, head north!
Canada we love our Beaver!
Canada is Shand-tastic!
Canada Home of the Beer Store.
Canada - Not as nice as you think we are.
I am originally from northern NB. I moved to the US to go to graduate school in 1966. However, I have never forgotten my roots and return every summer to see friends and family.
My candidate for slogan.
"Canada- we export fish and brains"
"Canada- It's like traveling to another country"
"Unparalleled above the 49th"
Land of the maple tree, home of the French enclave
Ten provinces, three territories, infinite possibilities.
Hey North America! We've gotcha covered!
Vacation home of the American Dream
Canada: Green, Clean, and Never Mean.
Canada is the Tops!
Sittin' on Top of the World
Canada: Look up! You're almost there.
C-Come
A-Adventure
N-North,
A-Avoid
D-Demented
A-Americans
Canada - All those immigrants figured it out.
alternately,
Canada: North of What You Know.
Canada. The American Dream.
Canada: Doesn't get much COOLER!
Head North of What You Know
CORDIALLY, CANADA
Canada: the good cop!
Canada: Home of the American Dream
Canada: decent
4a. Justin Beiber was here.
4b. Justin Beiber WAS here, come before he returns.
1. When Sarah Palin rears her head, where does she go? Canada!
2. Come for the healthcare, stay until you are deported!
3. Beaver tails, don't you want to know what they really are?
4. Justin Beiber was here.
Canada, How Cool is That.
Canada: A Case of You.
(shamelessly stolen from the Joni Mitchell song)
Canada: We put the "North" in North America. What does Mexico do, eh?
Canada, where columbines are only flowers
CANADA - We like it on top!
We'll put another beaver on the 'que for ya!
YES WE CAN-ADA!
Canada: Fifty Shades of Maple
"CANADA, Thank Gawd We're Not America!"
Canada; It's nice up here, Eh'
Slogan
Canada: Not Eh? but A+
Canada: Just Like Us, But Different
Canada: We've been the neighbor to the national equivalent of the Simpsons since the beginning!
Canada: not as boring as you think
Many cultures. Many landscapes. One Canada.
Canada: Relief from Global Warming
YES
OUI
CANADA
Open Your Eyes to Real Canada
Canada: Kind, Intelligent, and Naturally Beautiful
Canada - Mo' Moose Mo' Problems
If it's cool, it's Canada!
CANADA: "No Adventure For Tame Animals."
[Put this alongside PR from NY's tag, "Bring Claws" and you have a "NAFTA Claws"]
And for all of us that are Jessica Paré fans (a sub-group that includes a considerable amount of U.S. males)...
CANADA: "Get your Zou Bisou Bisou on!"
Oil Sand and Lots of Land!
CANADA:
'Allo! Northern neighborly adventure expects you!
'Allo! Neighborly Northern voyage awaits you!
Canada: It's up there!
CANADA - Better views of Niagra Falls
CANADA - Because we have Tim Horton's!
CANADA - Because Sarah Palin is in Alaska
Sittin' on Top of The World
Our current Prime Minister would like to brand it as:
"Canada, for those who miss the Bush years!"
Canada: Like a whole other country.
Canada-
We're better then you think.
For travel:
Your International Getaway
Close to Home.
For fun:
Never been?
Come on up!
(Hoser.)
And for real:
We're everything you've never heard.
Honest.
My slogan entry:
Canada- What America could be
Sorry - we're totally unaware of everything.
Canada, its cold, that's why we're friendly.
Canada - Come Stay With us
Canada - People Stay
Canada: Not bad, Eh?
Canada: No Fox News, No Financial Collapse.
CANADA: Bet you didn't know...
(Since the problem posed is essentially one of basic awareness, this is a fill-in-the-blank slogan that can be completed with various informative tidbits.)
I only need two words for my slogan entry:
"Oh, Canada."
CANADA is COOL
My lips still tingle with the memory of dipping a metal cup into a Canadian lake and drinking from it more than 45 years ago. I've been back many times since—especially for the summer music and arts festivals—and each time I think:
IT'S COOLER IN CANADA
Years ago I even bought the URL because I loved the rhythm of the phrase so much, and have always hoped that it could become a tourism tagline.
Now that would really be cool.
Our latitude's our attitude.
EXPLORE CANADA---COAST TO COAST
CANADA----DRIVE ON OVER!
Canada: Prescription for the rest of US
O' yes we CANada!
Canada. Welcome comrades! Check your freedom at the border.
Canada, crown of the Americas
Canada: Northern Delights from Eh to Zed
CANADA & I, FOREVER
1. We live it
2. VancouverTorontoMontreal any questions?
3. Ice cold and ready for another.
Canada: a truer North.
Canada ... they're nicer than us!
Canada, the other America.
Canada - Almost like a foreign country
Why Canada? Why not? Oh CANADA!
Canada: What makes North proud.
tagline for Canada:
CANADA : ABOVE IT ALL
O Canada! Oh, Canada! Oooooh Canada!
Do north, due north, do Canada!
Do north! Due north! Do Canada!
Canada: protecting the U.S. from the north pole for over 200 years
Due north, do north, do Canada!
All good, all north, all Canada!
Canada: Walk on the Mild Side
we put the canada in canadian
The Crowning Country of the Americas
Canada, let's get married.
We'll put you in your place.
Canada: Maybe we shouldn't.
Canada....Cool!
Here it is, and it refers to renewable energy, which should replace fossil fuel mining and extraction because Canada has abundant renewable energy resource potential. So does the USA. What are we waiting for?
"O Canada: Renew Your Energy Today!
Canada: On Top
Canada.
We're Red and White. And Blue and Green.
CANADA: TAKE A WALK ON THE MILD SIDE
Canada: New World Wildness, Old World Charm
CANADA Really cool eh
Friendly folks coast to coast: CANADA
Canada coast to coast: 100% friendly
CANADA it's where you will be moving when the moose poop really hits the fan.
Coast to Coast: Friendly, Beautiful, Spacious
Canada!-Cooler than you think.
Canada. Sanity above the 48th parallel
Slogan Suggestions ...
(am thinking, anything with red maple leafs as any small letter a's.
or as whatever the official Canadian font is, but whatever the slogan is as cut from a rippling Canadian flag, so that the rippling maple and blue sky is visible, so that the slogan gets energy from the waving flag)
American. Canada.
American, Friend, Neighbor: Canada. Come visit!
Seeing is believing: Canada!
See Canada for the FIRST time!
New Country: Canada!
(maybe all the letters googly, like Google does for spelling special days, like with moose, skates, maple leaves, trees, diamonds, fur, boats, etc.)
New Prospects: Canada!
Diamond in the Rough, Canada!
(Canada has become a worlds source for diamonds, I think, with all that technology having been applied to prospecting)
Canada: Adventure starts here!
Canada: The Road starts here!
Canada: the Footsteps of Greatness!
Canada: History slept here! Adventure awaits!
(follow Franklin?)
Canada: as far as you can get without a passport ...
Canada: What are you waiting for?
Now and Forever: Canada.
Still and Forever: Canada.
The New North: Canada!
Now and Forever American: Canada.
(Mexico too ... will we ever redesign Mexico?)
Canada. Yes it is.
Canada. Yes it is.
Canada: Explore, Experience, Exquisite
Canada: The Switzerland of the West.
Canada: We offer 50 weeks paid maternity leave.
Canada: Visit all 6 time zones!
Canada. Get Bit. Home to over 55,000 different species of insects.
Canada: Many small villages in a ten provinces and three territories.
Canada: A Mari Usque ad Mare, From Sea to Sea.
Slogan for Canada:
Canada, explore America's attic!
Canada. Where's that again?
Canada: Just Do It, eih
"Everything is just clearer up here."
or
"The moral compass points to us."
or
"Yes, we're metric. Deal with it."
or
"CBC Radio. What's not to like?"
or
"The maple leaf says it all."
We share the worlds longest undefended border with a country whose northern border just extends indefinitely.
Beware the Scourge of Canadianism.
If we do not stand vigil, we may indeed get universal health care, like Canada. We may set aside the death penalty. We may begin to care for environmental interests instead of only industrial and commercial interests. We may pay a more reasonable price for gasoline (rather than have our descendants subsidize our fossil fuel price). By not standing against the influence of Canada, we may become more like Europe. We may lose our "American Exceptionalism". We might even decriminalize marijuana! Our most conservative leaders will be on par with Stephen Harper. Horror of horrors!
Beware the Scourge of Canadianism.
Canada: All American
Canada: American, too!
Canada: USA 2.0
Canada, we'd love to get to know you!
Canada - We got your back - Eh!
Canada: Halfway to Europe
CANADA---SECOND TO NONE
CANADA---ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
"CANADA, THE TOP OF THE AMERICAS"
Still cool, eh?
Canada- America without the angst.
The Land that Gave Us Bruce McCall
Canada. We're right above you.
In honor of the tightrope walk..
Canada: Some people will do anything to see our side of the Falls...
Canada: There are easier ways to visit us.
Canada: Accessible by all modes of transportation.
Canada, the promise of America, delivered.
Consider the Republic of North America...
Canada - what America could have been.
Canada: Look US up!
Canada: Quality not Quantity
Canada "Mooses You"
Second in size, first in adventure!
Three territories, ten provinces, infinite adventures
Explore Canada: 10 Provinces, Infinite Adventures
Retire in Canada ... Healthcare's on us
American Cajuns were first ... Canadian Acadians
Canada: The North in America
Canada: slap on a name to get over the conquest of 1759.
(P.S.: what you define as a new country emerged from the conquest of New France which began as the short-lived colony of Charlesbourg-Royal (1541-1543) and the permanent colony of Québec in 1608)
Canada: divided with one part not knowing who they are except that they are not Americans.
Canada: confused about who they are but OK with it.
Canada: we have our right-wing morons but much fewer of them: prove me wrong.
Canada: it will take us longer to destroy our natural ressources as we have more of it...
Canada: capitalism with a safety net
Canada: less dense & unpretentious
Yes you can in Canada
Canada..everybody's favorite upstairs neighbor
If you think you know Canada..think again
Canada..it's a big place with a big heart
Canada: How cool is that!
canada.................."the great land beyond".......
Canada: making pancakes happy worldwide one syrupy drop at a time.
Canada ... America's cottage country
Canada--much cooler than any hotspot
What's cooler than being cool? Canada.
Canada, we're what's up!
Or to stick to six words ...
Canada, we are what's up, eh!
Canada: The End of Your Travels
Canada: Where the Loonies are on Coins
FRIEND CANADA! YOUR REALLY COLD ATTIC
O' Canada, our friends from way up there.
Canada, keeping our natural resources safe since 1867.
Yes we CANADA!
Canada: best neighbours, best allies, best friends.
Just north of home, a world away from the grind.
Canadada! Re-branded by 'canajuns'. Follow us.
The simple truth is that 'Canada' as we currently know it is morphing into a Harper nightmare-fantasy. With over 60% of eligible Canadians NOT voting for the man - our Prime Minister or his party, the Conservative Party - we're being forced to accept a 'vision' that is not remotely connected to most civil-minded, nature-loving, future-thinking Canadians. The recent passing of his omnibus budget Bill C38 is a rude & contemptuous 'wake up' call. It decimates environmental safeguards, jeopardizes the future of our water, land, mineral and coastal resources, allows the USA to enter 100 km into our 'territory' to arrest ANYONE, and gives more power to a 'centralized' government in Ottawa. This is not the Canada Canadians want or deserve. Ergo, re-branding Canada - AWAY from the Harper VISION - is a good place to start. First, we have to dispense with his corporate loving rhetoric and profoundly re-align with what really does make this country second to none: our landscape.
Canada - Gateway to Buffalo
Canada: even cooler than you think.
Canada: It's just cooler
Two words; Trailer Park Boys. Nuff said!
Canada, the better part of America (sorry)!
agriculture, oil and bears, OH MY!
Everything looks better from up here.
Canada, come inside and warm up.
Explore the great north
Canada where Nature meets your doorstep
Come Away Now And Don't Await!
You'll find us on the map above the best.
Canada - the better part of north America
Canada: Land of the Free; Home of the Brave
Over and Above and Beyond Expectation.
Canada: the Freest State in the Union
Canada: State's Rights, Done Right
Canada: the Realization of State's Rights
For the upcoming "Rebranding of America":
America: Canada's Honorary 11th Province
Canada: Let Us Change Your Attitude!
or
Cross Over for A New Attitude!
Canada: why, we do it (a bit) smarter.
Where you'll leaf the rest behind.
"Canada - it's like America, but better"
Think about all the qualities we like to think are American are actually done better by Canadians. Wheat fields, the Rockies, cowboys, wide open spaces, and country music - all things that Canadians have more of. Even iconic American characters like Alex P Keaton, Samantha Jones, and Lionel Hutz - all portrayed by Canadians. Canada offers everything that the USA offers PLUS a lot of European sensibility as well. A good example of this is sports. They follow and compete in all of our professional sports, Football, Basketball, Baseball, AND they follow all those cool Euro sports like soccer, rugby, and cricket. They're us just better.
Canada: Your buds are up here.
Canada: Your BC bud.
Canada -- Big Country, A Big Heart
Canada - Triple-A
(or even Triple-Eh)
"Turn Over A New Leaf"
It's difficult to generalize for such a culturally, and even linguistically diverse nation. As a US American, freshly relocated to Toronto, the challenge of reinterpreting Canada is a familiar and personal one. I've suggested "turn over a new leaf" for its allusion to the maple leaf flag, one of the few pre-existing symbols that all the people in this multifaceted country share. I also personally think it's a really unique and beautiful flag. At the same time, "turn over a new leaf" encourages Americans to reevaluate their impressions of Canada, and to come take a visit with an open mind. I also think this slogan celebrates the way that Canada has continuously redesigned its political, linguistic, national, and racial identity. Canada is a place where many kinds of people have been welcomed and celebrated; a country, if you will, always already undergoing re-designs!
canada:
1. " what america should have been." *
2. "what america could have been."
* alan korce
cananda: what a real country out to be!
cananda: free yourself.
cananda: wow! its a world of wonder!
cananda: made for life in mind!
cananda: greatest pleasure of the americas!
Canada plays on the edge...
... of the worlds coolest game - Hockey
... of the worlds longest coastline
... of the worlds largest economy - USA
... of innovative technology
... music and arts
Come to Canada to play on the edge
Hands across Americ-anada.
or
Hands across North America.
Canada. We're your best friends forever
We like you, you like us.
We're like you, you're like us.
Canada: Yesterday's values with today's technology.
Look up to Canada
Your passport is safe in Canada
Canada: America's Largest Supplier of Cold Fronts
A cleaner, larger, younger, thinner America
Canada, your gas station of choice
Canada, more than just Geese
Canada:
The Way American Ought To Be
Canada! Its The Land Down Over
Canada. Every Other Letter Is Eh
Canada; Fresh Air Without Terry Gross
Cause Americans Need A Decent Adventure (acronym)
Canada. Nuff Said. And Alot More
Welcome To Canada, Now Have Fun!
Canada. A Squirrel In Every Tree
Canada, You Snow What I Mean?
Canada: Resource Central
Canada: Comedy Central
CANADA: You will love it here!!
Canada - welcome to the true North America
Head north - come visit WE CAN-Ada
The short version, which I like better is:
'My fellow Americans.'
If it has to be 6 words, I would say:
'In every way, my fellow Americans.'
I think the word from an U.S. point of view is not meant to be inclusive, but it should be. In ways we often forget, we have far more in common than any other country.
Canada! Cool, eh?
Canuck 'nuck 'nuckin' On Heaven's Door
Go Canada for relaxation,serenity,security.
Northern Lights, City Sights, Nature's Delights.
It's a country, not a corporation.
the best place for woman and people in the world.
Why won't you look at me?
Canada: Funny Comedians, Cheesy Fries, Horrible music.
Canada: A lot Colder, BUT more expensive!
Whats the big fuss eh?
Canada: Renew a friendship. Renew yourself.
Yes, you can, in Canada!
Canada - Healthcare and a Lot More.
CANADA:
"Your alluring neighbor – Outdoors! Speaking French!"
OR...
"Where the Stones start Rock tours!"
;-)
The True North, Going Ever Forth
Canada - safer, saner, cleaner, more diverse!
Canada, even MItt Romney's dog approves.
Explore your senses. Absorb the Culture.
Canada? That's a clown question bro.
Canada - Incubator for America's hockey teams
Kind of like Wisconsin, only bigger.
"Not just another state up north"
"Not just America's well mannered toque"
Peter Jennings- need I say more
Canada - More than Maple Syrup
Canada - We apologize for Justin Bieber
Canada. Best friends you've never met.
Neighbors to the North, friends forever.
Northern Americans. Discover your true friends.
Canada. Fresh Air. Clean Water. Perfect.
Canada - More than an inferiority complex.
It's home to some very nice people
Canada, friendship beyond borders welcomes you
Canada: Just a Little Bit Cooler
Frozen Wasteland of Darkness and Despair
We really do live in igloos
Tim Hortons. Trees. Tar Sands.
We are not so different, eh?
Just like us, but more civilized
1) It's like nothing you'll ever experience
2) Because you deserve breathtaking
3) Life's a little lighter in Canada
Canada. Closer than you think...
Get back to beautiful
CANADA...like America, but Better!
Canada--Your Closest Neighbor--Get Re-acquainted!
Arrive in wonder, leave in awe
Canada: America's Rollover Minutes
Canada: Vast, Wild, Civilized. Come Experience!
Canada: where Nice Americans live!
Come And Nix All Doubts America
The view's amazing from up here!
A lot of these comments are stupid, but many comments left on the CBC site are, too. As someone who works with regularity on both sides of the border, I see a familiar and enduring inferiority/superiority complex running through comments on both sites that is counterproductive and cliche. Is our relationship really so one-dimensional? No. Sure, there are differences between the two countries, but is the objective here to highlight difference?
It's usually better to define something by what it is than what it isn't. Both Americans and Canadians should look for ways to define themselves and each other by individual and shared attributes, not by reactions to each other. Opening with a negative (e.g., "Like America, But Safe", "Like Canada, But Interesting," etc) you immediately lose the audience (and not to mention, reinforce boring stereotypes).
O, O, O,....... Canada <3
Come for beer, stay for hangover!
or
Canada: Clean 'cause we don't litter!
or
You Are Home, Away From Home!
or
Canada: Proud to be modest.
or
Canada: Where Our Passports Are Modest
(I just renewed my US passport and I am embarrassed to use it to cross into to Canada next week.)
CANADA: The greatest country you should know
Canada: 50 shades of 'eh!
Canada: Your Neighbor to the North.
Humbly atop North America since 1867
Canada: We Got Your North
Have a good day - Bonne journée
Canada - This Way Up!
Canada - the place to chill, eh?
What happens in Saskatchewan--never mind...
Canada, can we be best friends?
Canada! No, I'm serious-really! Canada!
Canada - You Just THINK We're Nice.
Can we be best friends, Canada?
Canada is exciting...Come discover why!
Canada: The Best Friend You Hardly Knew
Canada: unarmed Americans with health Insurance
"Canada has sold out big time."
Canada - it's just above us.
You know we're here! Come visit!
"Canada-Genuine in every way"
Canada: Best land route to Alaska
Canada: Yes, we take U.S. coins!
Canada: As pertinent as ever
If Romney wins, come on up!
CANADA WHAT WE WISH WE WERE.
Still rockin' in the free world.
Canada: learn about us, learn from us
Go Canuck Yourself. And Love It.
Where Mother Nature Loves The Cities
Canada: The Girl Next Door.
Just as good- or better!
Just like you and nicer too.
In Canada, we can do.
Best neighbor ever. Go north. Canada!
It's not a suburb of Buffalo!
Canada- much more than moose!
Canada. Same beautiful continent. Only cooler.
Home of the National Hockey League
Cold outside, warm on the inside.
Canada - Our Best Friend and Confidant!
Healthy, Bilingual, LARGE, Up North, Ey!
Canada Is There for the Asking
Oh, Canada. Oh, oh, yeh, Canada!
Canada: Our singers are better than yours!
Canada- Just like US, with manners
We're just up here, ey!
Politeness makes up for the snow.
Civilized, classy, clean, colorful, curling
Canada: Way Better Americans than US
Canada ... The other America.
A slogan for you: Canada doesn't have to be assimilated into the American matrix to achieve success as a culture, a nation, and as a way of life!
We are closer than you think :)
Canada. The country that's always on top!
People, people. All these slogans are either boastful or snarky. We need something with true Canadian flavor:
"Canada: somewhat better than you'd expect"
C, eh, N, eh, D, eh!
Countries that Play together Stay together.
Canada: A cool place to be
We're here. We're near. Buvez-en.
"You'd be surprised what you'll find."
or
"The answer is obvious: Oh, Canada!"
The whole ad campaign could play on people replying, "Oh, Canada!" in different inflections as they discover new things or learn about different aspects of Canada. This would naturally tie into the country's anthem, reinforcing the brand.
"Canada - The best of North America"
I'm not sure which is more depressing; the stereotypes in these comments or the ones over at http://www.cbc.ca/q/redesignproject/topics/index.html
Howabout "Canada and the US: Buncha Bigots, One Continent."
We're way cooler than you think.
Canada: just like you, but better!
Or
Canada: just like you, but nicer.
"A whole new place to be."
If we don't win the war
Ontario, Canada-
mocracy survive?
Canada's wilder up north!
Long summer days, wild northern lights.
Polite, Compassionate and Oh So Fun.
Canada: We're the guys on top: of America!
Like Harry: cooler, sexier, younger brother.
COOL, BUT PASSIONATE, THAT'S CANADA!
Canada. The Land Of Britain's Forgotten
Canada - Us, The French; You, The Puritans
Winter is Coming
Once a More Attractive Destination than Vietnam
Canada - We Don't Appreciate Your Sarcasm
Canada - Sticks and Stones...
Canada - You're Just Jealous
Canada - Does this sort of thing make you feel better about yourself?
If you like beaches, we have snow.
Canada... INSANADA!
Drunk AND Boring
Bear Hugs and Beer Mugs (and Bear Mugs)
Where Atheists are considered normal
Canada, the other Portland
Canada: Look up. No, seriously, look up, we're over here. Yoo hoo!
Convenient + Cosmopolitan: CANADA.
Canada: America's true north.
Dear America,come see us,Canada
We put the "Ice" in "Nice"
Canada – We're Not Going Anywhere
Canada – America's Meat Locker
Canada – Keeps Freshness Locked In
Canada – We Feel Bad For You
Also, logo submission for USA:
America – We don’t think about you at all
"The Charlie Brown of the world"
Canadian Magnetism: Let Us Draw You In
(with our International Culture, Food, Fashion, Cities, Sports, Wildlife, Oceans, Mountains, Islands and People)
Beavers eat forests ... Eagles eat mice
Canada ... more than Hockey and Mounties
It's about time you got here.
Can U? Canada!
Canada is what America could be.
So close, yet so far away.
Canada, like America but cooler ! (literally)
At Least We're Not Iceland!
hate to tar CA but... US-Eh
Cousins to America, Home to All
...a few more for your consideration.
O'Canada. Oh Yeah Canada.
O Canada! Ô Canada! ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! In any language it’s a cool place to visit.
Canada. Awaiting your discovery.
Canada: American culture with European taxes.
Best kept secret. Shh! Don't tell.
or
Clean. Courteous. Great Life. Brrrr! Magnifique.
You finally made, what a welcoming relief......Canada
I have been to Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal and Quebec City. I have been wanting to travel all over Canada, especially to Banff, Whistler and Ottawa. My best anecdote from my travels in Canada: My best friend and I met an Italian chef living in Vancouver. We got along real well and followed him as he went to the butcher, the baker and the produce market to buy the items needed for dinner that night. His beautiful golden labrador accompanied us everywhere we went. The chef seemed to be buying duplicates of everything like a fresh baguette and a day old baguette. We stopped at a local park to chat with a Rastafari and then walked happily back to his home. As we all drank wine, he prepared the meal for us and his wife. When finished, we sat down to enjoy the meal. The dog was served first and told in Italian, "Your food is ready but very hot so please wait until it cools and everybody else is served." The dog's food was identical to ours and served on a plate, not a bowl. His buttered baguette in slices. The dog sat patiently by his food and waited. After all were served, the chef gave a toast to Canada and then winked at the dog and the dog began to eat. My friend and I were dumbfounded. I said to him six words: "Canada, even the dogs have civility."
Canada: Addressee of joie de vivre.
Bring back Kids in the Hall.
Visit Canada To Be Truly Inspired.
Canada: The Guys Up North, Eh?
Canada: Just north of your expectations.
Discover the friendly, natural, civilized North
Famous every four years - for curling
Meh, eh?
Canada: We're more than Justin Bieber
Our country's bigger than your country.
We Beat the USA in 1812.
Canada: Your True North.
(Ok, that's 4 words)
We can warm up in Cuba.
Canada: Global warming winner
We put the "eh" in "meh"
More to us than just "nice."
the home above the insane asylum ]with apologies to robin williams]
Canada: We never bombed anyone.
One of New Hampshire's Nicer Suburbs
Canada: Open Country, Open Minds, Open Hearts.
Canada: We're more than nice!
"Let's rediscover what's in our freezer."
I want to change mine to
"Canada- America's Best; Get to know 'em!"
I say that because we Americans tend to usurp all the best Canada loans to us. It is one of my most favorite places to visit, both City and Countryside. An Amazing place - it's people have a right to be proud.
And while we're at it, a pet peeve. WNJN, a public radio station was recently usurped by both wHYY (Phila.) and WNYC (guess where)and they took off one of my favorite driving home from work evening programs, "As it Happens". It was just lovely to hear another perspective (as it is listening to the BBC)on this big place and that one. Miss you guys!
Canada, it's up there.
Statehood or Bust!
AMERICAN WOMAN... DON'T STAY AWAY... EH !!
(correction:addition)
CANADA: Get Your Fois Gras HERE!
Canada: Clean Edge of the World
Get your fois gras HERE!
Canada: The country we could be.
Canada: like US, plus fresh ideas.
Canada- America's Best