As Americans, born in Canada's culturally similar next door neighbor, we don't fit the generally understood profile of an immigrant family in Canada. We're generally taken for Canadians unless we mention where we are from. Often it's only our Yankee accents that let people know we're "from away". Indeed, few people here actually view us as immigrants at all. This is because Canadians are so familiar with Americans and American culture, saturated as the country is with American movies, television and music...