The most British of Canadians

[belmont22]

I would say Newfoundlanders, then British Columbians. The least British aside from the Territories and Quebec of course would probably be like Manitoba or something. Lots of people of Slavic descent there especially.

[ScooterMcTavish]

Originally Posted by belmont22

I would say Newfoundlanders, then British Columbians. The least British aside from the Territories and Quebec of course would probably be like Manitoba or something. Lots of people of Slavic descent there especially.

Belmont! My word!

Lots of French and British began settlement out here, including my great-granny who spoke with a "mid-Atlantic" accent.

They were then followed by the Western Europeans, which included Belgians, Germans, and Dutch, not to mention all the Nordic people who came here (mainly Icelanders). Then came the Eastern Europeans (not Slavics! My word!), mainly Poles and Ukranians.

Winnipeg was a little more mixed being out on the "frontiers", but was very much a Western European city, with a visible Eastern European Minority. You should see the photos of the Union Jack gracing Eaton's Downtown celebrating war victory, or the visit of a member of the British Royal Family.

And to me, the most British place in Canada is Southern Ontario. Although this area (especially Toronto) has attracted a large amount of new immigrants, many, many, many British settled down here:
- direct from Britain
- As loyalists in 1776
- Or disenchanted British-Americans in 1812 (some of my family came this route)

Town and city names in the area provide the best attestment to this.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by ScooterMcTavish

Belmont! My word!

Lots of French and British began settlement out here, including my great-granny who spoke with a "mid-Atlantic" accent.

They were then followed by the Western Europeans, which included Belgians, Germans, and Dutch, not to mention all the Nordic people who came here (mainly Icelanders). Then came the Eastern Europeans (not Slavics! My word!), mainly Poles and Ukranians.

Winnipeg was a little more mixed being out on the "frontiers", but was very much a Western European city, with a visible Eastern European Minority. You should see the photos of the Union Jack gracing Eaton's Downtown celebrating war victory, or the visit of a member of the British Royal Family.

And to me, the most British place in Canada is Southern Ontario. Although this area (especially Toronto) has attracted a large amount of new immigrants, many, many, many British settled down here:
- direct from Britain
- As loyalists in 1776
- Or disenchanted British-Americans in 1812 (some of my family came this route)

Town and city names in the area provide the best attestment to this.

Yeah. Saskatchewan is the least British of the English-speaking provinces. British Isles origin people (including Irish ) are only like 25% of the population there. In all of the other provinces except Quebec people of British Isles origins are still believed to be at least 50% of the population (in some cases much higher). Germans I believe are the largest single ethnic group in Sask, although they are not a majority. Sask is very mixed ethnically: 26% of one group, 22% of another, 17% of another, 12 of another, etc.

Manitoba is diverse too but as this poster said it is more British (and also more French) than Sask.

Note that all of this is changing rapidly at the moment, and the British Isles proportion in provinces like Ontario and BC (and even Alberta) is dropping like a stone.

[GregW]

I wonder what Joanne Kelley (Myka Bering on Warehouse 13) sounds like in her native Newfounfland dialect.