Why were you surprised? Aside from the government mandated minimum CND content the majority of media Canadians consume is American.
Then consider that that, percent wise, the number of English speaking Canadians in Hollywood are over represented wrt non California (again, English speaking) North Americans.
Then the family mixing between Canadians and Americans is huge. Most famously the families of the draft dodgers, but Im always surprised by the number of Americans who tell me they had a Canadian grandparent.
Finally, like my uncle (who also lived in and travelled extensively in the USA and CND) told me when I first arrived to the US from Canada: there’s a larger difference crossing North America East-West than there is North-South. Look at MN. They sound like they’re from Thunder Bay.
In short; Canadians help make US media, Canadians consume US media, Canadians are intermarried w/ Americans and demographically its as hard to distinguish an urban Canadian (Vancouver, GTA) from an urban American (Seattle, Jersey) as it is to distinguish a flyover Canadian from a flyover American.
Then consider that that, percent wise, the number of English speaking Canadians in Hollywood are over represented wrt non California (again, English speaking) North Americans.
Then the family mixing between Canadians and Americans is huge. Most famously the families of the draft dodgers, but Im always surprised by the number of Americans who tell me they had a Canadian grandparent.
Finally, like my uncle (who also lived in and travelled extensively in the USA and CND) told me when I first arrived to the US from Canada: there’s a larger difference crossing North America East-West than there is North-South. Look at MN. They sound like they’re from Thunder Bay.
In short; Canadians help make US media, Canadians consume US media, Canadians are intermarried w/ Americans and demographically its as hard to distinguish an urban Canadian (Vancouver, GTA) from an urban American (Seattle, Jersey) as it is to distinguish a flyover Canadian from a flyover American.