Next most well-known/recognized Canadian city after Montreal-Toronto-Vancouver?

[saffronleaf]

Originally Posted by Capsicum

But many born and bred Canadians also haven't checked out much of their country or are more likely to visit the US than other provinces too. As discussed in some of these threads, many Canadians don't see visiting other regions as being that worthwhile their time (eg. urban Canadians in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver going to Northern Ontario, Labrador, the territories etc.). So, if native-born Canadians already don't set an example (as opposed to Americans, for whom the cross-country road trip has long been a classic), it's hardly surprising that newcomers with less time to explore haven't done this very often either.

For sure, the phenomenon I noted definitely exists among multigenerational Canadians. Plenty of "old stock" folks in Toronto have no clue about the rest of the country. Just that it may be a bit more prevalent among immigrants at least in their first generation.

Americans, natives and immigrants, seem more mobile.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by wave46

I don't pretend that my city is the 'Paris of Northern Ontario'

Out of curiosity, that would be... Thunder Bay? Timmins?

[MolsonExport]

There is a Paris of Southern Ontario:


https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Par...!4d-80.3844996

Actually a very quaint place.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by wave46

Some people get off on being 'superior' than others - guess it is just one of those human traits that will be with us until the end of the species. As for myself, I've learned that being happy with my life is better that being 'superior' to someone else.

[memememe76]

I think people underestimate the time and cost to visit different parts of the country. It is really not a lack of interest. I have taken a greater interest in exploring country in the last decade, but I am single and employed. I have the funds to fulfill that interest. It always shocks how me how much more it is for me to fly to Toronto from YVR than to, say, California.

[Capsicum]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Are geographical position based puns that double as passive-aggressive boasts an Ontario thing or what?



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[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The interest in the wider Canada increases a bit with each successive generation but only very slowly in my experience.

For a lot of kids and grandkids of fairly recent immigrant lineage, "their Canada" is very much the city they live in, be it Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg and even in smaller cities than those.

Agreed. I have had this clearly explained to me by immigrant friends in Vancouver. It’s an innocent indifference based mostly on lack of experience with the rest of Canada. Being a born and bred Canadian, I was surprised at first but I also had to take into account the fact that I grew up in a small, isolated city that I always wanted to leave.

[wave46]

Originally Posted by lio45

Out of curiosity, that would be... Thunder Bay? Timmins?

North Bay.

[wave46]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Ok, some people have a legitimate reason to be Superior to others.