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This has much more to do with the fact that over 80% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border, while the American population is spread out over their entire country.
We are inundated with American news and politics because we live in such close proximity to them, which translates into a more intimate knowledge of their country than they have of ours. It has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of either the Canadian or American education systems.
Well, you know more about Manitoba than I thought you would, and more than most Ontarians do (you were right; Manitoba does border on North Dakota and Minnesota). As a rule, people in Ontario, and southern Ontario in particular, know very little about the rest of the country (I'm guessing that most other posters from outside of Ontario would agree with me on that).
Having said that, you don't know much about Manitoba. Why dont you know more? After all, Manitoba IS your next door neighbor, not to mention another province in your own country. People in Manitoba know a LOT about Ontario, do you know that (I grew up mostly in Ontario, but my dad was transferred to Winnipeg for a short while when I was a teen. I couldn't get over how much my classmates there knew about my province)?
My friends in Montreal knew way more about Ontario than I ever knew about Quebec prior to moving there. My cousins and their friends in Nova Scotia definitely knew/know far more about Ontario than I and my friends knew/know about their province.
So, why is it that (southern) Ontarians' knowledge about the rest of the country is so poor? I guess there could only be one or two logical explanations: Ontarians are just not very smart, and/or the education system in Ontario blows. It couldn't possibly be due to anything else, right?
Oh, and the capital of Michigan is Lansing. The capital of Maine is Augusta (no, I didn't Internet peek). I'll admit you stumped me on the Lake Superior question, though. I've often heard it referred to as an inland sea. Is that the correct answer?
Haar! I see what you did there and it's a fair analogy given the tenor of the earlier posts.
The correct answer to your query would be; those of us here in the centre of the universe need not know anything outside it's immediate sphere.
I know a little about Canada.
The capital is Ottowa
They have provinces instead of states.
They have a prime minister, while his name escapes me, he's pretty handsome. I'd bang him.
Vancouver is in BC on the west coast and Toronto is in Ontario by the great lakes.
The have Quebec, which speaks and holds dear it's Frenchness.
They use the metric system
It's obviously cold due to it's latitude.
Maybe about 40 million people live there? give or take.
Ummmm, that's pretty much all I know about it.
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I know a little about Canada.
The capital is Ottowa
They have provinces instead of states.
They have a prime minister, while his name escapes me, he's pretty handsome. I'd bang him.
Vancouver is in BC on the west coast and Toronto is in Ontario by the great lakes.
The have Quebec, which speaks and holds dear it's Frenchness.
They use the metric system
It's obviously cold due to it's latitude.
Maybe about 40 million people live there? give or take.
Ummmm, that's pretty much all I know about it.
Well, you know more about Manitoba than I thought you would, and more than most Ontarians do (you were right; Manitoba does border on North Dakota and Minnesota). As a rule, people in Ontario, and southern Ontario in particular, know very little about the rest of the country (I'm guessing that most other posters from outside of Ontario would agree with me on that).
Having said that, you don't know much about Manitoba. Why dont you know more? After all, Manitoba IS your next door neighbor, not to mention another province in your own country. People in Manitoba know a LOT about Ontario, do you know that (I grew up mostly in Ontario, but my dad was transferred to Winnipeg for a short while when I was a teen. I couldn't get over how much my classmates there knew about my province)?
My friends in Montreal knew way more about Ontario than I ever knew about Quebec prior to moving there. My cousins and their friends in Nova Scotia definitely knew/know far more about Ontario than I and my friends knew/know about their province.
So, why is it that (southern) Ontarians' knowledge about the rest of the country is so poor? I guess there could only be one or two logical explanations: Ontarians are just not very smart, and/or the education system in Ontario blows. It couldn't possibly be due to anything else, right?
Oh, and the capital of Michigan is Lansing. The capital of Maine is Augusta (no, I didn't Internet peek). I'll admit you stumped me on the Lake Superior question, though. I've often heard it referred to as an inland sea. Is that the correct answer?
Yes, an inland sea is correct. Good for you for knowing it and the capital cities I asked about.
As far as other Canadians knowing about the rest of Canada, I don't know. I guess it depends on whether they have traveled at all, have an interest to know geography, or learned things in school.
Yes, an inland sea is correct. Good for you for knowing it and the capital cities I asked about.
As far as other Canadians knowing about the rest of Canada, I don't know. I guess it depends on whether they have traveled at all, have an interest to know geography, or learned things in school.
The first memory I have of learning about the rest of Canada, was when I was in Grade 3. I got to play PEI in our presentation to parents.
As for me today and friends, they all know about the rest of the country.
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