Immigrants to Canada will find that locals have many linguistic habits that new immigrants may not yet understand. Canadians enjoy apologizing and expressing gratitude, and new immigrants hear "sorry" and "thank you" almost daily. So, do Canadians really make that many mistakes that require apologies? Essentially, it can be summarized that in Canada, if you accidentally bump into someone, you need to say sorry. This is basically the rhythm; let’s take a look at the specific reasons Canadians apologize.
1. Walking into someone.
2. Nearly walking into someone.
3. Being walked into.
4. Nearly being walked into.
5. Walking into a door.
6. Not hearing what someone has said.
7. Thinking you heard what someone said but being so scared of being wrong about what they said that you ask them to repeat it, just in case.
8. Calling someone on the phone and disturbing them.
9. Answering the phone in someone else's presence.
10. Being late.
11. Being early.
12. Being predictably punctual.
13. Using too much milk.
14. Not using enough milk.
15. Walking across a zebra crossing.
16. Letting someone walk through a doorway before you.
17. Coughing.
18. Sneezing.
19. Swearing.
20. Spilling your pint on someone.
21. When someone spills their pint on you.
22. When you pay for a packet of chewing gum with a tenner because you don’t have anything smaller.
23. When the bartender mishears your order.
24. When the bartender drops your change as they pass it back to you, even though it’s clearly their fault.
25. Checking your phone.
26. Not replying to an email.
27. Replying to an email too quickly.
28. Replying to a work email over the weekend.
29. When offering your seat to someone a millisecond late.
30. Not offering a drink to someone within the first 10 seconds of them entering your house.
31. Asking a shop assistant for help.
32. Not having a stamp, lighter, and pen on your person at all times.
33. Paying in coins for something.
34. Asking someone in the street for anything at all (directions, lighter, etc.).
35. Not having something or knowing something someone on the street asks you for.
36. Sending something back to the kitchen/bar if it’s raw/wrong/likely to kill you.
37. Making an early taxi driver wait until the agreed time you wanted to leave at.
38. Making a joke someone else doesn’t get.
39. Not getting someone else’s joke.
40. Someone else’s baby being sick on you.