Canadian nickel large? Same size as the one from USA.
Here in Alberta we get a lot of U. S. pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters from the tourists. Where we differ is in the $1 (loonie) and $2 (toonie) coins. No dollar bills used here for years.
Here in the west the east Asians are big in the drug trade. A lot of space in the yellow pages are taken up by escort services; many independents.
The biggest buffalo herds I've seen are in northern New Mexico, but they are on ranches; the one in northern Alberta does roam more or less free. The Calgary Stampede is much like the one in Cheyenne, Wyoming, perhaps larger, but I can't see the attraction to either. The best are those held in small places; people get just as drunk as they do at the big ones (my favorite is on the Navajo reservation at Fort Wingate but High River, etc. in Alberta ain't bad either).

The main advantages I see in Canada are that things move a little slower, there is a lot of room to roam once out of the cities and people don't get as het up over politics, left and right, or whatever.
And the evangelists make less fuss.