By ninemsn staff
Fans at Avril Lavigne's Canadian homecoming were left stunned after the singer displayed an embarrassing lack of geographical knowledge.
Lavigne, 23, shocked concertgoers at her Montreal show by incorrectly stating what province she was in.
"I love you Montreal, I'm so happy to be back home … in Ontario, Canada," Lavigne said to the crowd.
Montreal is actually a city in Quebec.
The 'Sk8er Boi' singer, who grew up in the Ontario province of Belleville, dropped out of school at 16 to record her first record.
Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron experienced similar embarrassment when she referred to the Turkish city of Istanbul as Budapest three times in an interview in January.
Lavigne was widely ridiculed last year when she told the world's poor to be thankful they "all have clean drinking water".
In a cringe-inducing list of Ten Commandments published in British music magazine Q, Lavigne said "It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor."
"I mean, we all have clean drinking water — well, okay, not people in the developing world," she said.
The millionaire pop star also detailed her humanitarian efforts in the wake of Hurrican Katrina.
"I am a very giving person. When the hurricane thing happened I went to my closet, filled six boxes of stuff and said to my assistant, 'Take it to Katrina'!" Lavigne said.
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