The quart bottle was favored in Quebec, but in most other Canadian provinces you were limited to 12 oz (if I remember my sizes OK) bottles. Now, with all the micro breweries and such, you can get pitchers as well as glasses. The laws have been much liberalized. The sexes used to be segregated in Alberta beer parlors through the 50s at least. Jar has invaded Canada, along with trendy pubs with many brands from all over. In some of the pubs (the James Joyce in Calgary) you can specify temperature of your Guiness. Steak and Guiness pie is all the rage, to use an old expression. Most people here reject kidneys. In many bars you can say jar and get a draft with no raised eyebrows on the part of the (no longer bartender or barmaid) serving person. Joe, you are too shy. They may be old-fashioned terms but a beer and a shot is still understood everywhere. Brandy is (or was) popular in parts of eastern Canada but rum was the drink in Nova Scotia.