The communality between Scotland and Canada stretches to politics, too. In the wake of the Brexit result, which saw Scots vote overwhelmingly to remain, Canadian author Ken McGoogan suggested that Scotland could become a Canadian province .

Inside Tim Hortons, staff are doing their best to grease Scottish-Canadian relations. I'm given a large box of Timbits, which feels a bit like the pastry cake equivalent of a pick-and-mix and makes a lot of dough look perfectly easy to consume. I wash them down with a Double Double—Tim Hortons' double cream and double sugar coffee. It's the colour of tablet and tastes just as sweet. I'm preoccupied with how bad it must be for me but I can't stop drinking it either. It's indulgent and smooth and suddenly the Tim Hortons sales pitch of quality and value feels true. Or it could just be the sugar high.