Hysterical! I laughed till I cried from beginning to end!

Parts of the book were pretty funny and made me laugh, especially the section about driving in Toronto. Other parts made me feel like I either haven't been in Canada long enough or I'm too young to understand the references. An amusing read overall, and I imagine it's a lot funnier to someone who's been here longer or is familiar with more parts of Canada.

It was light and a quick read and funny in spots. Not sure how I stumbled on it, but it was ... ok?

Other reviewers are right: it’s funny, but inconsistently so. It starts very strong. I took pictures of pages and sent them to friends because they were so funny. But there are unfunny chapters and poorly aged jokes. The book gradually peters out and some late chapters simply drag.

Best chapters: 1, 2, 4, 7, 12. Worst: 13, 15, 16. Politics and culture are simply not evergreen topics, and they didn’t attempt to evergreen them at all. But the jokes about Canadian sensibilities, the relationship with the US, and cuisine are still very funny.

Still recommend this book if you come across it and want a funny read.

Definitely good for a laugh! Didn’t disappoint.

Totally hilarious, the section on Canadian Drivers is a must read :)

Although I did laugh out loud in several places, especially when reading about wearing GWG jeans and Moon Boots, there were more places where I was feeling a bit defensive. Ferguson means to paint us with a really broad brush, I know that, it's humour after all. I just felt broadly-painted with an Eastern Canadian brush. Maybe I was feeling geographically grouchy when I read it.

I'm glad I got this book at a Little Free Library, I would've been upset if I had paid anything for it.

The vast majority of this is satire and stereotypes, with some basic humor thrown in. Also consider this book was published in 2001, so it seems to me some of the stereotypes are a bit outdated, as the country has undoubtedly progressed a bit since then.

Although the book suggests that you don't need to be Canadian to enjoy it, I suspect that's untrue. Most of the jokes seem to be something only a Canadian would understand and laugh at. I'm a well-traveled person, I've been to several Canadian locations, I have friends in Canada, and I only got a few of the jokes.

That being said, I did laugh out loud at some of the writing, and I appreciated the tongue-in-cheek nature throughout. All in all, though, I don't think I'd even recommend this book to my Canadian friends.

the first half of the book was hilarious, but it seemed to run out of steam somewhere around the middle. i love political jokes, but the chapters regarding political parties and government in general fell flat. overall, not a bad read, but not as funny as i had hoped.