[theluketaylor]

Having been all over our great country I've always thought all Canadians are nice and polite, but in the maritimes people are friendly. In most of Canada people are perfectly pleasant and apologize if they bump into you, but wouldn't dream of starting an interaction unless forced to. In the maritimes people will walk up, introduce themselves and start talking.

Whenever I travel to the US I'm always reminded apologizing there carries an admission of guilt. If I bump into someone on the sidewalk and we apologize to each other, neither person is admitting fault; we're both simply acknowledging an unfortunate situation and moving on with our lives.

I do always laugh when I see a news article or blog post about how nice everyone was in Toronto, when the rest of Canada views them as total jerks. It's a whole different scale I suppose.