Lol this is mildly interesting!!

Makes sense, as CAD are less valuable

It's almost like they have different currencies

Our dollar may be weaker but our beer is stronger. Different cultures, different priorities.

Your beer is not stronger. It has to do with Canadian nationalism. Budweiser is 4.2% compared to Molson's 5, but Americans have more than Budweiser. Sam Adam's has a beer that's 27%, stronger than most wines.

Of the "Off the rack" standard beers and overall preferences, Canadian brews are stronger. I'm comparing Lagers to Lagers, as that is the most popular of the beer varieties for general consumption.

There are lots of craft beers up here too that are fortified, ice beers, etc...

The comment is primarily satirical, however, since pedantry has entered the chat, the 3 most popular beers in the USA have on average .6%ABV less than the top 3 selling Canadian brands.

Stronger is also in reference to taste profile, as Canadian lagers are characterised as having a stronger taste, with an overall hoppier profile than their southern counterparts.

Not a dollar difference I don't think

3 USD equals 4 CAD

Oh that's interesting

I could've sworn only a couple years ago the difference was negligible, but I may be dumb

Edit: that was in 2012 and I am old

Well 1 usd is about 1.36 cad which seems negligible to me but i do not use either in my day to day life

Well it's negligible in dollar amounts, but if you had more than a couple dollars, the amount becomes significant

You could reasonably use an American quarter to pay in canada, but you couldn't use a 10 (putting aside other differences)

Shipping costs and tariffs may play a role as well in the final cost.

This could be, although canada is close to where I live (michigan) and I believe the USA and canada have pretty good relations so I'm not sure if they have tariffs? I'm not sure

Just out of curiosity, what can you buy with 25 cents in America? ( That's what I think a quarter is)

For comparison, in Romania you could buy a bread with that amount a few years ago but now there's very few things left that can be bought with that.

Not sure to be honest. Rates change dependent on material used in production. Also worthwhile to note that these cards may not be manufactured in either Canada or America. Price is effected by demand as well, so if these cards sell better in the US then they're getting better bulk rates on shipping too. There's a lot more that goes into it, but you get the gist.

Economics is fun to learn about, but dang can it get complicated.

I could buy a single piece of candy, but that's been like that for a very long time

Unprocessed bread is 1$ for over 100 years I believe, but now in the last few years since 2020 it's increased to $1.50

Just paid 419 🇨🇦 for 300 🇺🇸 💵 for my vacation.

Around 2007-2011 it had pulled up even. At some point the 🇨🇦 was worth more than the 🇺🇸. I had two vacations during that time where I had real spending power.

Online purchasing sucks right now because the Canadian dollar is so low. Gotta keep an eye on how much more they charge on conversion of your purchases when shopping cross border.

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No

That doesn’t make sense though, they’re right next to each other.

The exchange rate does not add $1 dollar more to the cost, this is just plain price gouging by companies in Canada and the USA!!