You'd be correct sir, the British Army set fire to the White House, they may have been one or two Regiments raised from Canada in the action but "Canada" existed as "British North America" at the time. Its a little thing Canadians love to brag about without the facts. Its usually done in the spirit of jest.
They are still Canadians because it was those colonists that built Canada into what it is today. It was the British who settled in USA, but will that be admitted noooo, guess cause Americans tend to hate everything, French, British, Canadians. I am not anti american, my gf is from Spokane, I just don't like the general thought process of the young folks in the united states today. I have a friend who goes all over the world on work Visa from Mexico and he has been to the USA 2 times and hated them both. Sit down in a bar there and say hi to someone they literally get up and walk away. In Canada we say hi back and meet someone new. We are a very proud, polite, and welcoming people. Yes we tend to judge alot, but who really doesn't? we do not kick ass like alot of other countries because we have better things to spend our money on outside of the military like oh I don't know.... HEALTH CARE. Oh and for the record, Canada has the best small army in the world, so considering how little we care about war we can protect ourselves pretty darn well which I find to be more important than trying to force our ideals onto others(kind of like what I am doing right meow lol). ANY WAYS, this whole speal isn't geared towards you person I am quoting, just a general to the people hatting on Canadians on this thread.