[borgo100]

these days it seems like canadian cities are become more american don't you wish people that lived in candian cities were more stereotypical canadian!

Debate it!

[feepa]

:cheers: :notacrook: :haha: :banana: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip:

[MistyMountainHop]

If that means more NHL teams in Canada and more Tim Hortons in Vancouver, than hell yes!

[Calgarian]

give these threads a rest will you. Canadian cities are just fine the way they are, they are always ranked among the most liveable in the world.

[borgo100]

give these threads a rest will you. Canadian cities are just fine the way they are, they are always ranked among the most liveable in the world.

i feel the same... the only reason i made this thread was to joke around because everyone else is making these stupid things :P :haha:

[Cambridgite]

If that means more NHL teams in Canada and more Tim Hortons in Vancouver, than hell yes!

More NHL teams, on the double!! Make that....double double. ;)

[mmmatt]

If that means more NHL teams in Canada and more Tim Hortons in Vancouver, than hell yes!

If you like Tim Hortons move to Moncton...we have the most Tims per capita of any city in Canada (approx 34 in a CMA of less than 130,000)

[kool maudit]

montreal was here before canada and it will be here after.

[skyscraper_1]

When will these threads end! lol

[LordMandeep]

you know seperation has hurt Montreal and benefited Toronto :koko:

[kool maudit]

you know seperation has hurt Montreal and benefited Toronto :koko:


where did this come from?

[LordMandeep]

I was a tad confused when you said "it will be here after"

what do you mean by that???

[kool maudit]

i don't think quebec separation will be the thing that brings canada to its end, but a lot of cities have gone through a country or two in their history.

i don't think this nation will prove particularly eternal.

[Andy6]

i don't think quebec separation will be the thing that brings canada to its end, but a lot of cities have gone through a country or two in their history.

i don't think this nation will prove particularly eternal.

When wasn't Montreal in Canada?

[kool maudit]

well, it used to be in 'new france' etc.

[Rico Rommheim]

New France WAS Canada and its citizens were called canadians.

Quebecers have been canadian before the canadian nation even existed.

[LordMandeep]

no New France was the area under the country of France...

Canada was the idea of a sovereign nation with British/French roots..

[Rico Rommheim]

Wrong. If you study new france you will notice that its inhabitants were refered to as les `canadiens` before the brits came in and blew everything up and annexed it in 1759.

[kool maudit]

i was referring to the legal entity that came into existence in 1867; our current nation.

i'm aware that it used an existing name.

[vid]

Well Thunder Bay existed before Canada, too. (It was a French settlement since the 1600s, and was given the name in the early 1700s.)

[Gerrard]

"montreal was here before canada and it will be here after."

Unlikely, it'll probably be under water.

[LordMandeep]

Here in Toronto....
We were initially settled by Americans....

Actually to be more accurate, British Loyalists escaping the newly independent united States...

[vid]

Port Arthur (More specifically, the settlements at Prince Arthur's Landing) is 150 years old today! :)

Fort William is, like, 360 something.

[Distill3d]

these days it seems like canadian cities are become more american don't you wish people that lived in candian cities were more stereotypical canadian!

as far as i am concerned, Vancouver and Montreal are the two most Canadian of all the Canadian cities. they are both still wonderful blends of both old world charm and new world elegance.

The fact remains that there is still no Wal Mart in Vancouver (proper, not metropolitan), which if you ask me is the route of all evil things American.

[DC83]

Here in Toronto....
We were initially settled by Americans....

Actually to be more accurate, British Loyalists escaping the newly independent united States...

Hamilton was also started on the backs of British Loyalists, aka US traitors!
Steel brought all the Frn-Cdns such as my fam!

[rousseau]

Hamilton was also started on the backs of British Loyalists, aka US traitors!
They weren't actually "traitors." They were, erm, "loyalists."

[Jay in Cowtown]

The fact remains that there is still no Wal Mart in Vancouver (proper, not metropolitan), which if you ask me is the route of all evil things American.

Oh I know, discounted merchandise is evil... paying double at a private "little guy" store is the noble thing to do.

If only Wal Mart would sell tie-dyed t-shirts and bongs... then Vancouver "proper" would be polluted with them

[vid]

Yeah, fuck local enterprise!

[Doug]

Most of the major cities were founded before 1867. Exceptions: Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina. Edmonton was founded in 1795.

[newflyer]

Most of the major cities were founded before 1867. Exceptions: Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina. Edmonton was founded in 1795.

I don't think a small Hudson Bay outpost counts as a city. :rolleyes:


For the most part I'd say that Canadian cities have a very different feel than American cities.

[newflyer]

Red River Colony (today's Manitoba) declared and considered itself independant for a short period of time before the Canadian military put an end to that.

Hense the Colonly was given provincal status to apease the population. Manitoba was born from revolution. :tup:

[Kitchissippi]

montreal was here before canada and it will be here after.

Although Ville-Marie was founded in 1642, Montreal was not really "Montreal" until 1832, more than 40 years after it was part of Lower Canada (1791).

[brento79]

I don't think a small Hudson Bay outpost counts as a city. :rolleyes:


For the most part I'd say that Canadian cities have a very different feel than American cities.

We have a slightly different feel, but I think we are becoming more like the USA all the time.

[J-MAN]

:previous:

I think it depends which city your talking about...

Anything Ontario, East coast, Northern territories, Vancouver/Victoria, and maybe Edmonton just seem to be pure Canadian and I think always will be:)

[J-MAN]

:previous: and in the winter everythings canadian :P

execpt maybe parts of B.c.

[Daver]

"Do you wish Canadian Cities were a little more Canadian? "

Ok, We're a nation developed from many other nations, once you really think about it.

So... your question is redundant.

[borgo100]

jeeze it a joke, its because everyone is creating all the other "do you wish" so relax

[le calmar]

Although Ville-Marie was founded in 1642, Montreal was not really "Montreal" until 1832, more than 40 years after it was part of Lower Canada (1791).

Officially the city was called Ville-Marie, but in fact, it was called Montreal from the beginning. They had to change the name because nobody was using "Ville-Marie". Jacques Cartier named the island Mons realis in 1535, it was then a "small" (pop.3000) iroquoian village (Hochelaga).

[Kitchissippi]

Officially the city was called Ville-Marie, but in fact, it was called Montreal from the beginning. They had to change the name because nobody was using "Ville-Marie". Jacques Cartier named the island Mons realis in 1535, it was then a "small" (pop.3000) iroquoian village (Hochelaga).

Montreal was not incorporated until 1832 meaning it was a non-entity before that. If you follow the argument that naming means existing, then Canada existed before Montreal, because it was named by Cartier before Ville Marie or Montreal

[shappy]

montreal was here before canada and it will be here after.

you must be exhausted.

[IntotheWest]

:previous:

I think it depends which city your talking about...

Anything Ontario, East coast, Northern territories, Vancouver/Victoria, and maybe Edmonton just seem to be pure Canadian and I think always will be:)

Huh? Is your comment suggesting that between Vancouver and Ontario (and "maybe" Edmonton), are not Canadian?

This is the silliest thread yet.

But, for judging who's more Canadian, just look at who produces the most NHL players: The prairie provinces :-)

EDIT: That's an export for Sask and MB, and partly for AB ;-)

[IntotheWest]

as far as i am concerned, Vancouver and Montreal are the two most Canadian of all the Canadian cities. they are both still wonderful blends of both old world charm and new world elegance.


Old world charm?? Vancouver? And even if you sincerely believe that, you don't think at least Toronto would also have a little "old world charm"?

[Andy6]

Montreal was not incorporated until 1832 meaning it was a non-entity before that. If you follow the argument that naming means existing, then Canada existed before Montreal, because it was named by Cartier before Ville Marie or Montreal

Montreal was a commonly used place name long before 1832. It appears on maps from the mid-17th century onward as the name of the principal settlement on Montreal Island.

[vid]

Lakehead has never been a legal term to define anything geographic, yet everyone knows what it means. The Lakehead exists now as much as Montreal existed before 1832.