Call it 5.5

I doubt appearance will factor significantly in most places. Where in Canada were you planning to travel to?

Also, which country are you from? We’re rather cross with America right now so if you’re from there then there might be some additional coaching I’d suggest.

Not saying you can’t find openly racist people in the country, especially some very rural areas, but the chance of running into people who aren’t friendly to visiting foreigners of any appearance is extremely low. Canada is quite multicultural, especially in the major cities where you wouldn’t even garner a second glance from people.

Lol as a minority that’s born here and lived in cities across the countr: Canada definitely has racism still. We are very diverse; especially in the bigger cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

I recently travelled to NB and witnessed some racism. Wasn’t anything too bad. I’ve had worse. But you’ll find more ignorance than hate. Hate looms it’s ugly head depending on where you go and what minority you are. I think for the most part, you’ll be okay, you might get weird comments here and there, but most people will be nice as a general rule of thumb.

In Toronto you’ll find Canadians that are all sorts of colours names and sizes, and a restaurant somewhere that serves your home country’s cuisine. Most people in the city don’t care.

The closer to the urban centre you are the less you are likely to be judged for looking foreign, though that chance is very small to begin with. If something racist gets shouted at you in public here, people are going to look down and walk away, look with disgust at the person making that remark, or tell them off.

Outside of the city, bigots are still the vast minority, but there may be more subtle ways you could be looked at differently, well-intentioned but largely due to the unfamiliarity with outside cultures.

In my experience, foreigners are so ubiquitous there the locals barely notice

Maybe you’ll be treated differently if you struggle speaking English (or French if visiting Quebec) but your post implies that’s not an issue

Of course, if you’re moving instead of visiting the answer a bit more nuanced as the cost of living crisis there is very real

I’ll say depend on where you’ll go

If you go in most major cities you’ll probably be fine

Thanks buddy

The only times someone might give you a hard time is when refusing to learn even basic french words in Quebec. *Ofc disregarding the dumb shit that is not specific to Canada.

Stay away from Alberta and you should be safe.

Not all of us are jerks

The majority are though. I didn’t feel safe when I last went there.

alberta politics is awkward but people are friendly in larger communities. Some remote small communities may be awkward but not always.

We’ve got a “range” but most fall into friendly category. People will stop to help you when you’re stuck.

I was frequently harassed and the rest just stood by and did nothing. I won’t be going back.

Do they dismiss entire provinces’ worth of people as jerks based on a single experience? Because that would be a pretty awful thing for them to do, yeah.

Most areas are a mixed bag of all colours, and nobody cares. You may still encounter a racist or two, but it is not overt racism like the USA is displaying right now.

I would say Canadians are more polite than friendly. Too polite to be really friendly a lot of the time.

I mean look at what the government is doing and how most albertans support them. They have the largest emissions per capita in North America.

I’d say generally yes. Of course, there are still assholes like in any country.

Cities are generally quite multicultural with people from everywhere. Every major Canadian city I’ve visited has seemed to be quite friendly.

I’ve seen people say to avoid Alberta in this thread. Generally, unless you are going to Middle of Nowhere, Alberta where their yearly tourism consists of a single person stopping by to get gas, you’ll be perfectly fine.