The Great and Less Than Great Canadian Logo Thread - Page 9

Andy6 · #**161** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Bound to be controversial, but this is Quebec City's welcome sign:

Interesting that they included the comma. I wonder how many sign committee hours went into that decision.

Acajack · #**162** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

I don't see anything controversial, nation does not necessarily mean country...

Definition according to the Oxford Dictionary: A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory.

I think Quebecers are pretty much that.

It's not controversial to me, but it's certainly controversial to some.

Acajack · #**163** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

Interesting that they included the comma. I wonder how many sign committee hours went into that decision.

More hours on the comma than on the "nationale" I betcha...

SignalHillHiker · #**164** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:14 PM**

Yeah I'm fine with it, naturally. I wish we'd do that more. The only things here officially or commonly called National pre-register confederation (ie the National War Memorial between Water and Duckworth Streets).

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**165** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 5:18 PM**

Yea...welcome signs tend to be a bit more interesting with more elaborate materials or lighting used than for a major city, atleast from what I've come to see in some cases through southern Ontario.

Here's the welcome sign for St. Mary's, a smallish but lovely town of 7,600 people.

Then theirs the standard Welcome to Toronto sign I see in the north end sometimes...

esquire · #**166** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 6:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

It's not controversial to me, but it's certainly controversial to some.

Nations man, they're everywhere.

Acajack · #**167** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Then theirs the standard Welcome to Toronto sign I see in the north end sometimes...

Not keen on signs like these with wooden posts in major cities. Looks cheap and ramshackle. Even worse when the sign itself is just a board.

Though I am fine with wooden signs in rural areas. They look great there. Like PEI or something.

Ontario does this a lot it seems. I believe there are even wooden posts on large signs on some on 400-series highways here and there. (Though not overhead ones of course.) Am I right?

lio45 · #**168** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 6:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

Small rural towns do but Montreal doesn't.

I suppose crossing a bridge or a tunnel is considered enough to serve the purpose of telling you you've arrived in Mtl...

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**169** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Not keen on signs like these with wooden posts in major cities. Looks cheap and ramshackle. Even worse when the sign itself is just a board.

Though I am fine with wooden signs in rural areas. They look great there. Like PEI or something.

Ontario does this a lot it seems. I believe there are even wooden posts on large signs on some on 400-series highways here and there. (Though not overhead ones of course.) Am I right?

Yea, I'm pretty used to seeing wood used for signs. I can't recall any examples off the top of my head..but it's not very uncommon to see wood still used.

SkahHigh · #**170** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 6:58 PM**

Quebec City's Airport logo was drawn using Paint. What a downgrade from the previous one.

New:

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Acajack · #**171** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

I suppose crossing a bridge or a tunnel is considered enough to serve the purpose of telling you you've arrived in Mtl...

When you go from an on-island municipality (Westmount, Ville-Mont-Royal, etc.) into Montreal proper, you generally have small signs like this. Nothing fancy. Although in many cases it seems like you're just changing streets in the same neighbourhood.

hipster duck · #**172** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

Small rural towns do but Montreal doesn't.

There's something very provincial about a committee of locals getting together to discuss the construction of a fancy entrance sign for the town. It seems like it would be a plot for an episode of "Parks and Recreation", or something.

The bigger the city, the less elaborate the entranceway sign.

It's also cute when small town entrance signs name the town they're twinned with halfway around the world, and list off the various clubs (Shriner's, Lion's, Rotary Club) that have memberships there.

niwell · #**173** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:04 PM**

I'm 100% sure it no longer exists but I remember when I was a kid the entrance sign to Cochrane, Alberta had the phrase "Nuclear Free Zone" on it somewhere. That one seemed a bit baffling to me.

O-tacular · #**174** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I knew what that was going to be before I clicked it. I'm getting to know this country lol

Ugly Canada section bringing us together for the 150th!!!

DrJoe · #**175** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:30 PM**

I always get a kick out of Oshawa and the 'Prepare To Be Amazed' motto they put on their entrance signs.

Especially funny because they're usually located on some piece of shit stretch of road like this.

MolsonExport · #**176** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:32 PM**

That's amazing.

Oshawa is trying way too hard. And failing to amaze, alas.

O-tacular · #**177** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Ottawa (though they're temporarily replaced by Ottawa 2017 signs at the moment).

Why list the population? Once you pass small town status and get more than 10000 people what's the point?

DrJoe · #**178** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

There's something very provincial about a committee of locals getting together to discuss the construction of a fancy entrance sign for the town. It seems like it would be a plot for an episode of "Parks and Recreation", or something.

The bigger the city, the less elaborate the entranceway sign.

It's also cute when small town entrance signs name the town they're twinned with halfway around the world, and list off the various clubs (Shriner's, Lion's, Rotary Club) that have memberships there.

How about Edmonton? About as an elaborate entrance sign as you'll see anywhere.

Acajack · #**179** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Why list the population? Once you pass small town status and get more than 10000 people what's the point?

Many Ontario municipalities do this. And the province generally does it on its 400-series highways.

It's rare or even unheard of in most other parts of the country.

I've noticed in some parts of the U.S., the signs say "OTACULARVILLE CITY LIMITS POPULATION 8,568 ELEVATION 852 FEET".

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**180** Posted **Jun 30, 2017, 7:41 PM**

I like that Edmonton sign! It may be a bit too brown but it's a vast improvement over what a lot of major Ontario cities have.

Also..going back to what O-tacular said on no need for population on signs after 1 mil.....I gotta agree that it's pretty pointless. Why post the population if the municipality in question is going to grow/shrink to such a rate so that you have to replace the sign every few years? Sounds kind of like a waste of time and money for whatever government manages that.

In Toronto for example...the signs that actually show the population at the time of installation look really inaccurate after a few years. I see some signs say "2,600,000" or whatever on them..but here's one I found on google: