You have not traveled much, have you?
Also, moments created by white people 99% of the time.
From my experience it's real, but it's very subtle to the point of not really noticing if you aren't actively listening for it. Plus there are so few people here who actually have families that have lived here past a generation, and even if the kids grow up fully fluent in English, they all often they end up consuming media mainly from the US and end up talking like your typical Californian anyways (what happened to me). I can't really describe the accent itself, but it's more commonly heard among those from the countryside, though even then it's very on/off. Typical cityfolk / anyone from more urban areas lack a distinguishable Canadian accent.
The Canadian accent is regional. People in Ontario sound weird to people in Saskatchewan. BC folk have an accent too. Also indigenous people have a certain way of talking as well etc
It's very much regional. Ignoring Newfie and Quebecois there's a distinct prairie accent for example prominent across rural Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba. Saskatchewan's Premier Scott Moe is a good representative of it (his is quite noticeable), and of course you'll get lots of chugs with different flavours of it. Otherwise any accent is quite muted and in general follows the split in American accents - i.e. midwestern for most, Cascadian and New England influenced variations for BC and the Maritimes respectively. We're too tied in with American media to sustain any serious differences, which is why you have to go to very rural communities to find them now.
Yes, it's actually funny because I remember that I only learned about the stereotypical "Canadian accent" when I watched South Park, and I've lived in Ontario almost my whole fucking life! I thought it was all a silly exaggeration with no real weight to it so I shrugged off. But when my family moved to the countryside and I began to interact more with those types, I realised we actually DO have some variation, and ironically it's mostly found with the people who actually give a damn about Canada and contribute to this country without all that Elbows Up bullshit.
If only we had this much vitriol for our own politicians, we would be functioning a lot better as a country.
It's called Native lockjaw. For some reason all of them across the continent keep their teeth locked together when they talk.
Now this is a great Canadian Nationalist song. "Sons of the Ensign" by Chris Burke
