[Purrybonker]

had to ask, eh...

Saskatchewan/Manitoba (the "prairies"): The bread basket. Eastern european, french fur trader and aboriginal foundations that bring a solid work ethic and an interesting history. Charming cultural suprises like the city of Winnipeg (a secret even to many Canadians). Brutal winters and glorious sun baked summers in seas of wheat, warm lakes and sandy beaches. Cities that are still isolated from each other (by huge distances) enough to have their own character and fads, even in this electronic age.

Ontario: Wanna be Americans that are far too gentle to ever be Americans. The moral, industrial, intellectual, economic, financial and political seat of Canada (to the chagrin of Alberta). Ontario has one of the strongest economic outlooks in the world. Ontario cities have that smokey flavoured charm of the good American cities (like Chicago) but are too bland and are missing that "edge" that's needed to be a New York or even a Montreal. Rural, small town Ontario can be almost as charming as the english countryside notwithstanding an overabundance of Tim Horton doughnut shops. Ontario has enough depth of character to stand alone as a meaningful nation in the world. It and Quebec are the only Canadian provinces that could pull that off.

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