Ah, I vaguely remember that.
In Canada, BBQ 'is grilling. We don’t have the concept of smoking meat and whatever else goes on to make BBQ. We’d just call that smoked. But the grill on the deck? It’s called a BBQ and when we use it, we are bbqing.
Weird.
I trust you are right about this about Canadians in general, but some Montreal folks know how to smoke some brisket.