What is Canadian-style sour cream? I recently bought a container of what was labeled "Canadian-style sour cream" at a produce market in the Bay Area. Being from Canada, I was curious to see what it was, since all the sour cream I've had in Canada was the same as the sour cream I've had in the US. 

But when I opened the container, it sure seemed to be regular sour cream. So what's the difference?
From this discussion it appears to be a way of differentiating it from Russian-style sour cream
or smetana.  Maybe it came about during the Cold War and it couldn't be sold as "American-Style" so they called it Canadian-Style... or maybe it's just a marketing ploy.