There are, however, several stereotypes on the list that people seem to always come up with that are absolutely – or at least partially – true about Canadians. While it is amusing to poke fun at Canada for these little quirks, most Canadians would agree that they would rather be called nice and apologetic as well as being the best hockey nation in the world than be confused with Americans – but even then they would probably apologize for any offence caused to the US.