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There are close cultural ties between modern day Canada and the United States, advanced in large part because both nations predominately speak English.

There are also historical ties between the respective Francophone populations.

Pop culture has depicted and parodied the efforts of both nations to solidify their cultural uniqueness — primarily by Canada, as its population and economy are roughly one tenth that of the United States — to deter international perception that Americans and Canadians are virtually identical.

Canada remains Americans ' favorite foreign nation according to a recent Gallup poll.