I know there's over a thousand reasons why, but here's some of the most important ones

- Canada is under the British queen's rule

- when you say you go clubbing in Australia, you mean going to a club, not clubbing seals

- Nickelback is not an Australian band

- You can walk around with a shotguns in Australia as long as you don't double-wield them

- You can walk around with a swords in Australia and you can even double-wield them (but you get a -2 penalty to dexterity if you hold two long swords at the same time)

- There's more than one road in Australia

- Nobody has even had the urge to weld two ships together in Australia

- Australian pastime: kicking-ass            Canadian pastime: building igloos

- Russel Crowe is Aussie               Tom Green is Canadian

- Canadian monties                         Australian dingo cavalry