[________]

Fine observation.
I laugh when people in California say they have bad roads...
I started to think that's due to the fact they have a lot of concrete, and it's harsh. Doesn't mean it's bad or full of potholes.

Canada is far behind the US. We love to take US routes when travelling to another Canadian destination... faster travel, better roads, cheaper gas, more convenience stops.

Our roads suck because our country is almost almost as large as the US, but our population is 1/10 of that of the US... so the cost of road construction per person is much higher here. And we don't have tolls for 99% of it whereas the US has tolls in many places.