Many people might have different opinions on the extent of American cultural influence on Canada, but the truth is that these two countries share a long common border and often use the same language, they watch the same films, listen to the same music, and collaborate on numerous other levels, including economic and political activity. In this article I would like to show the extent of the influence on Canadian popular culture that comes from the United States. For my analysis I chose four segments of popular culture: television, print media, music and film. These are the main sectors in which the greatest evidence of this phenomenon is found. In the first part I would like to briefly introduce the history of this issue. The second part is the analysis of the four sectors. Current status Over the last 20 years, the penetration of the Canadian market by American cultural industries is still extremely strong. The United States is still the main source of cultural products. American products account for 81% of all cultural imports. Canadians watch American television shows, listen to American music, like American sports teams, drive American cars, and buy American products at American stores like Walmart. They eat American food, drink American beer (sometimes). In the 1990s, 95% of feature films, about 70% of retail sales of sound recordings, 60% of television programs came from abroad, mostly from the United States. 80% of magazines, 70% of books come from abroad, of which the vast majority are from the United States, especially in the educational sector, only 25% of educational book publishers in Canada were Canadian. In supermarkets, stores such as McDonald's and Wal-Mart chain stores have entered Canada with a... middle of paper ......anadian-culture-sociology-196-praymond-bretons/ (accessed January 25, 2014). Takeuchi, Craig. “Canadian films are looking for more screen time.” Straight.com. http://www.straight.com/movies/canadian-films-seek-more-screen-time (accessed January 25, 2014).Thompson, John Herd, and Mark Paul Richard. "Canadian History in North American Context". In Canadian Studies in the New Millennium. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 37-64."The Best TV Shows in Canada Are All American." Digital Home RSS. http://www.digitalhome.ca/2010/06/american-tv-shows-sweep-top-10-in-canada-2/ (accessed January 25, 2014). "Universal Music". Artists. http://www.universalmusic.com/artists?initial=j&page=4 (accessed 5 February 2014). Walker, Ruth. “Canada Resists Hollywood.” The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/0807/080798.feat.feat.9.html (accessed January 25, 2014).