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==Local behaviour towards hitching==
In the majority of the province (Montreal Metropolitan Area excepted), hitch-hiking is well accepted and commonly used for local distance. So while travelling in In the countryside , it will be common for the people to pick a hitch-hiker for a couple of km further to the next village as it is seen as a local way of transportation since public transit is non-existant, most of these people will also belief that you might be the child of one of their neighbour and feel they have some community responsability towards the person standing. Less to say that they might be surprised to notice they picked a foreigner and quite flattered and happy of the by this sudden encounter as it is not an everyday event in the majority of the province.
Long distance travelling will usually end up being something reserved to some major destination (such as Quebec-Montreal) as otherwise most of the destinations are not direct. This said, the scale of the country and perception of what is local and what is long distance might surprise people, 30km is a neighbour while up to 100km is still local.
This said, even if people are well receptive to hitch-hiker (elderly and women included), encounting red neck behaviour while standing along the road (ie. being yelled at, honked or fingered) will also happen simply as people are bored and you became an easy target to a prank. In another situation those very same people would probably react totally kindly and receptive if you would approach them at a Service-Station.
== Winter Hitch-hiking ==