[hervature]

> Canadians think they're American

As a Canadian who is in the process of immigrating to the US, I feel that most Canadians think they are more similar to European than American. I'm basing this from having interacted with many Canadians during grad school in the US whom it would greatly trouble them if someone thought they were American. Perhaps it is a generational thing because I think my parents would probably say American if forced to choose but would say they are Canadians. Perhaps it is an international student perspective. I think most Canadians who think they are American just immigrate.

[GJim]

> As a Canadian who is in the process of immigrating to the US

Curious choice of words.

Why not 'emigrating' to the US?

[hervature]

Usually emigrate focuses on the country of departure. All the forms I'm filling out have to do with immigration and not emigration because the process of leaving a country is not usually the legal hurdle.

[mensetmanusman]

That was definitely a thing during the Iraq war.