SNL was really trying to escape to Canada this weekend

Bonjour-Hi from the land of Drake, Schitt’s Creek, Degrassi, and the Jacques Cartier Bridge! In case you’ve missed the several reports lately that Americans are jonesing to move to Canada, then you should know that they are, like, OB-SESSED with us. Well, our talented performers at least, because Saturday Night Live this weekend was basically an ode to the Great White North, with special guest Jim Carrey, musical guest Justin Bieber, and an entire sketch devoted to Drake and the Québécois. It was a Canadian bonanza.First, we can’t go another minute without tipping a hat to this vocal performance by Stratford, Ontario’s favourite son. The Bieb was killing it on this introspective and soulful performance that nodded to his childhood in the spotlight (sorry, Jacob Tremblay wasn't around). Viewers were naturally left in awe.

I’m going to go ahead say it, that’s the best vocal performance I’ve ever seen/heard from @justinbieber.

He smoked his #SNL appearance.— Shem (@Shem) October 18, 2020

[video_embed id='2056227']RELATED: Jacob Tremblay tells us how he ended up in Justin Bieber's 'Lonely' video [/video_embed]Of course, Canadian Twitter nearly lost their minnnds when SNL dedicated an entire skit to poking fun at the CBC, Montreal, and Drake with a skit called “Bonjour-Hi!” Starting off the skit by insinuating the CBC has a Schitt’s Creek spinoff called Schart’s Cavern (um, gross?), they ran with the idea that a Montreal daytime talk show would feature 1) Parisian accents for some reason, and 2) an obsession with Drake. Okay, SNL.

Welcome to ???????-??! pic.twitter.com/EyxsZsl4V5

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) October 18, 2020

Calling Montreal “the best part of Canada and the worst part of France,” (we’re gonna need a minute to ponder that), Kate McKinnon and Bowen Yang attempted some real and some 100% fake French before throwing to their Toronto correspondent, played by guest host Issa Rae, for another installment of “Drake Watch!”Standing in front of the CN Tower near the Harbourfront, Issa Rae joked about Drake’s character on Degrassi, but not before saying: “Well I thought I saw Drake but it was just my friend Etienne. Etienne looks a lot like Drake plus I was confused because he was crying in a basketball court.” Hmm. Tough but fair.Viewers on Twitter had a very strong reaction to the skit, and some were less impressed than others.

The Canadian segment Bonjour Hi on SNL made me laugh out loud.

— Matt Kennedy (@mattkennedyshow) October 19, 2020

SNL you are too talented to conflate the French accent from France with the Québécois accent. Like British vs American. It’s not like we share a border or anything!

— Marc Bartschat (@BartdudeMTL) October 18, 2020

Canadians are so desperate to be recognized by America that they bend over backwards to champion this painfully boring and humorless skit. So little self respect for our own entertainers that this becomes the comedy that everyone shares. Grow up. https://t.co/sBmVvezkza

— Graham Isador (@presgang) October 19, 2020

But one Canadian broadcaster was kind of loving it.

Bonjour - Hi. This Is Not A Drake Podcast is something we like to listen to while we are also on #DrakeWatch. @drake @cbcpodcasts https://t.co/G5y8il13jN pic.twitter.com/9Ci1q18iuO

— CBC (@CBC) October 18, 2020

On top of all this Can-Con, Scarborough’s own Jim Carrey reprised his role as a bumbling Joe Biden in the cold open and, as TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey pointed out on Twitter, Canadian writer Celeste Yim had a writing credit on Saturday's episode too. Basically, this SNL was perhaps the most Canadian episode since the actual Drake played a confusing “Toronto Man” in a Black Jeopardy skit. But really, next time they should bring back hallowed cast member Mike Myers to make it MEGA maple leaf.[video_embed id='2058465']RELATED: We can't get enough of Justin Bieber on SNL.[/video_embed]