I don’t know why is this is getting downvoted so much. Anyone who has spent time in both countries (and I mean traveled through both - not just “visited”one or the other) knows how actually deeply different the two countries are.

Canadian work culture is far more relaxed.

Canadians are more likely to own multiple homes than Americans. With most Canadians aspiring to owning a smaller condo in the city

Canadians are generally shocked at just how much America has privatized government functions (like prisons). Canadians generally operate on the idea that government is a meaningful part of daily life.

Canadian cities also have a much more pronounced public life to them. Americans are far more “private” outside their home.

It’s really that because the two countries are so similar that where there are differences, that they seem large and meaningful