Try this.
@fromcanada = User.find(:all, :conditions => { :country => 'canada' })
edit:
As jason328 pointed out, the above answer is deprecated in 3.2, and an updated answer would be
@fromcanada = User.where(:country => 'canada')
Try this.
@fromcanada = User.find(:all, :conditions => { :country => 'canada' })
edit:
As jason328 pointed out, the above answer is deprecated in 3.2, and an updated answer would be
@fromcanada = User.where(:country => 'canada')