Canada

"Quebecers" is absolutely the worst demonym I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.

I'd honestly rather use "Quebecans" or "Quebecinites" than "Quebecers". That being said, I'm francophone so I just say "québécois et québécoises".

The word Québécois in English I think signifies more the ethnic group, than all Quebeckers (ppl who live in Quebec, Québécois or otherwise).

In French, it's ambiguous.

In Ontario I've generally heard and used "Québécois" and don't really hear Quebecers often. Weird that the Montréal CityNews outlet is using Quebecers of all places.

In my mind Québécois is a sign of respect, while Quebecers is dismissive, and I can't explain why I think that way.

I'm from Montreal originally. We call ourselves Quebecers.

Us Québécois love going to Cuba, we've been vacationing there for ever! It's amazing, not a single American in sight!

I think a big thing should be support Canada, instead of bringing your money elsewhere keep it in Canada. We are going to have some bumpy times of us.

Come the 4th, and expect stuff to change.

with tHE Faa being gutted by musk, its not even safe to fly down there.

The problem is it's fucking expensive. We went to Halifax this summer and had a great time, but we could have easily paid for a week in an all inclusive in Mexico for a similar price for 5 days in Halifax.

That being said, we're taking the train to Montreal for March break. Way simpler and less stressy than an international trip, but not cheaper.

Butchart gardens

Royal museum of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly buildings

Walk around the downtown/waterfront area

Chinatown (Victoria has the oldest one in Canada)

Hatley Castle (x men was filmed here)

Craigdarroch castle (it's more a large Victorian mansion but still cool)

Beacon Hill park (don't run over the peacocks in the street - seriously - they're a traffic hazard)

There are lovely beaches in the northern parts of the island and Sunshine coast.

Here are some suggestions with a kids lens:

Vancouver Island

• get mid Island then over to the west coast

• Parksville - large sandy beaches to dig in

• ferry to Denman Island and then to Hornsby Island - fossils! https://hornbynaturalhistory.com/category/fossils/

• Qualicum Beach - gravelly and lots of seniors, but a great place to see bald eagles picking up clams and oysters, dropping them to break them open and diving to eat.

• Cathedral grove on Hwy to Port Alberni, accessible old growth forest

• Alberni - old forestry interpretation site with a logging train in the Cherry Creek area

• Drive to Tofino - an adventure in itself

• Long Beach

• whale watching

If you go to Vancouver, many of the classic stops are worth it

• the Aquarium
• Whale watching
• Grouse mountain gondola and mountain top
• Capilano suspension bridge and the fish hatchery and environs
• Seabus
• UBC museum of anthropology

Welcome to Victoria

Spend lots of money drink lots of shafts

Check out some smaller islands off the main island. Lots of little artistic communities. Don't just hit the big spots. Comox Valley is beautiful There are some old growth cedar walks off the coast in tofino (careful Tofino is as expensive as you can imagine) that are amazing (of you can't manage the boat ride check out cathedral Grove near Port Alberni). Campbell River is a quaint town with great fishing, BC is full of forestry roads with great little remote campsites (on any given day you can have a lake all to yourself in many places if you just ask around town), surfing is pretty big on the island take a lesson or rent some gear, super fun for everyone. The Northern part of the island is not to be forgotten. The people are amazing and though the terrain can be harsh it is amazingly beautiful and remote.

Maybe the other half are locked in, won't get a decent refund for canceling.

tabernac!

Maybe the other 25% are locked in and the other 25% do not have the money to even think about a trip elsewhere.

It's pretty significant when you think about it, what really surprised me was that the entirety of Quebec had flights planned to the US.