13 Facts About Being Canadian

Being Canadian is a 2015 Canadian-US documentary comedy film that was written and directed by Robert Cohen and produced by The Sibs, in association with Movie Central and The Movie Network.

Being Canadian conducted brief, on-the-street interviews with the public in Canada, the United States, Britain, Bangladesh, and India.

Discussion of Being Canadian sports includes the respect observed in hockey fights and the Being Canadian Football League's 1951 and 1976 championships, in which the competing teams had homophonic names.

Survival in the Being Canadian climate is discussed in the context of pioneer and modern times, with fatalistic humour raised as a coping mechanism.

Being Canadian reaches Vancouver in time for Canada Day celebrations.

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The following day, Being Canadian was released through video-on-demand services in Canada.

Being Canadian had its television premiere on The Movie Network on 13 December 2015.

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote Being Canadian is a "hardly essential but diverting doc".

Being Canadian found it explores every cliche about Canada with amusing commentary by a large number of Canadian celebrities but does not provide satisfactory answers to the questions it raises.

Michael Rechtshaffen of the LA Times found Being Canadian to be "more of a checklist than an in-depth analysis" and said the humour would be more understood by Canadian expats than indifferent Americans.

Liz Braun of The Toronto Sun wrote the interviews are the best part of Being Canadian, which has well-delivered humour in a condensed look at Canadian culture.

Being Canadian compared it to Alan Zweig's 2013 documentary When Jews Were Funny because the interviewees laugh and joke at the absurdity of their common experiences.

Being Canadian found the film to be a true documentary-comedy, a journey in pursuit of a country's identity, landing on a joke.