I regret that some of my fellow Canadians were rude to you. We have our fair share of ignorant ass-hats up here. I’d welcome you to Canada and clink beer bottles with you anytime. (Canadian beer, of course!)
A Canadian is walking down the street with a case of beer under his arm.
His friend Arnie stops him and asks, ‘Hey Bill, whatcha got that case of beer for?’
‘Well, I got it for my wife, you see?’ answers Bill.
‘Wow!’ exclaims Arnie, ‘Great trade.’
I have spent about a year in Canada all told and found the people almost universally polite and hospitable, with a few unfortunate exceptions. Most people don’t know you’re American unless you tell them, but that rarely comes up. And people from Albert have accents every bit as redneck as Texas.