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Originally Posted by Loco101
I always like how Quebeckers and the media will identify a location by the region it's located in. (Laurentides, Gaspésie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, etc.)
In Ontario it is so boring. Southwestern Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, Northwestern Ontario, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA.....
Even those "new" tourist region names are pretty dull.
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The regional names in Quebec also have their associations with the people: Beaucerons, Gaspésiens, Madelinots (to which personality and cultural traits are often associated).
You also have colourful names like "Bleuets" (blueberries) for people from the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, or "Jarrets Noirs" (literally Black Hock - like the back of the knee) for people from the Beauce.
And portmanteau names like Abitaouais - for the many people originally from the Abitibi who now live in the Outaouais.