What continent was this, exactly?

Some 200 km further to the east, and it almost feels like being shipped back to the old continent. Montreal is very European, and very French to be exact, especially in comparison with the multiethnic (though culturally quite North American) Toronto. Thanks (?) to the scores of tourists, one can still get by with English. We've had some nasty looks, though, for not being able to speak French. We'll see how it is in the countryside.

Overall, I'm finding this Canadian mixture of North America and Europe slightly confusing. Time is usually expressed in the 12-hour format (except in French signs, where they use the 24-hour format); distances are in kilometres but heights in feet; weight sometimes in kilos and sometimes in pounds. And so on. Crazy people :P