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...well, OK:

Quebec: Wanna be France without understanding that the province is already twice as good as France will ever be again. Montreal is sexier than Paris (if that's possible) and the provincial countryside has more geographic diversity and beauty than all of europe combined. Montreal is the cultural centre (not in a leadership kinda way) of Canada even though it knows it and is even arrogant about it. Quebec keeps itself economically stifled with constant handwringing about it's place in Canada and destiny in the world.

Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland): On the dole and OK with that fact. People from the maritime provinces are more comfortable in their own skin than anyone else in Canada. These provinces are devoid of geographic or cultural high points (lots of each - just no "spikes") but simply don't need them to be a blast. The maritimes are just about fun, and who's doing what, griping about the government and finding a way to beat them. Collapsed fishery industries, limping mining activities, with burgeoning oil and gas exploration offshore as an economic light at the end of the tunnel.

...don't even get me going about the northern territories...
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