[Christien]

Jake made some good points - the soul of any culture usually lies in its rural areas, and Canada has many different shades of rural communities, from your basic farming towns to forest dwellers to hunters, whatever your game is.

Arvin, thanks - we've forgotten about Quebec City. The first European settlement in the "new world", it's not only a beautiful old-world style town with cobblestone streets and a remarkable history, it's also a modern, vibrant provincial capital with a great night life.