One of the nice things about growing up Canadian is that in addition to American culture we also had Canadian culture available. This wasn't necessarily true the other way around.

• So you had Mr. Rogers growing up? I had Mr Rogers, and I had Mr. Dressup.


• You had Shel Silverstein, but I had Shel and Dennis Lee. My favourite Dennis Lee poem, "Bratty Brother", doesn't seem to be online according to Google, but this one will do.


• I sang Alouette and I's the B'y, as well as Short'nin Bread and Yankee Doodle.


• You had Peter, Paul and Mary, I had records by Sharon, Lois and Bram


• You had Maurice Sendak, but I read Where the Wild Things Are and also Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler.


• You had Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read all her books plus all the Anne of Green Gables books by LM Montgomery.


• You had Richard Scarry (e.g. my favourite) but I had A Prairie Boy's Winter by William Kurelek.
  
• You had Judy Blume and Madeleine L'Engle and Beverly Cleary. I read those authors plus Gordon Korman, Ann Blades (Mary of Mile 18) and Farley Mowat.

More ways to know if you're Canadian.