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Is the province of Ontario more "northeastern" or "midwestern"?
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Originally Posted by King of Kensington
Obviously, it's Canada and that's a stricter border than the Mason-Dixon Line but...why not? What US region does it seem to have more in common with or is more aligned with?
The answer is its both. And of course neither because its Canada.
My impression is that Toronto and areas further east to the Thousand Islands and the St Lawrence Valley, plus the Ottawa area is more oriented toward the Northeast. Actually I read this on the Canadian form somewhere. I would also add the Niagara region which of course is right next to the Niagara Frontier of New York.
However, from Hamilton and down southwest to Windsor is more oriented toward the Midwest (again I read this on the Canadian forum). Windsor of course is a no brainer be right next to Detroit but I also would say that the large amount of farmlands in southernwestern Ontario also looks more like the Midwest.
Southwestern Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its economy is heavily tied in with that of the midwestern United States, in particular the border state of Michigan. Auto manufacturing and parts, agriculture and hi-tech industries are key components of the region’s economy. The region also provides important transportation routes for commercial trucking, railway and tanker shipping from Detroit-Windsor and Port Huron, Michigan-Sarnia linking Canada with major markets in the eastern and midwestern United States.
Finally, the great bulk of the province which is highly wooded and filled with lakes. If you are comparing this part of Ontario to the three forested and "laked" states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota - yes I would Ontario looks like the Midwest. But if we are comparing Ontario to the majority of the Midwest states; Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska etc., then I would say that Ontario looks like the Northeast.
Ontario is Midwestern in a Michigan sort of way. Manitoba is Midwestern in the prairie/great plains sort of way.
This description is pretty good.
And Michigan (or Wisconsin or Minnesota) itself looks like the highly wooded Northeast in some areas. At least when sitting at a lake deep in a Michigan forest, you might think you are in Maine. Harder to get that feeling in Nebraska lol.
Mother Nature sometimes does not divide regions conveniently.
Obviously, it's Canada and that's a stricter border than the Mason-Dixon Line but...why not? What US region does it seem to have more in common with or is more aligned with?
I would say Midwestern. Not like Kansas Midwestern, but more like Michigan or Ohio Midwestern.
Manitoba or Saskatchewan would be like Kansas Midwestern.
Most of the province of Ontario is northern wilderness. It's huge in area being almost the same size as Alaska.
Ontario at 1.67 million sq. Km and Alaska at 1.71 million sq. Km. Once you get more than 100 miles from the US border it's a different world altogether.
Most of the province of Ontario is northern wilderness. It's huge in area being almost the same size as Alaska.
Ontario at 1.67 million sq. Km and Alaska at 1.71 million sq. Km. Once you get more than 100 miles from the US border it's a different world altogether.
Right, and if going by that, the region in the US most analogous is the MN/WI/MI northwoods (which are part of the Canadian Shield).
I vote "Upper Midwest," but a good bulk of the population is definitely in a NE transition zone, at the very least.
Right, and if going by that, the region in the US most analogous is the MN/WI/MI northwoods (which are part of the Canadian Shield).
I vote "Upper Midwest," but a good bulk of the population is definitely in a NE transition zone, at the very least.
You are correct as far as the "near north" in Ontario goes. I've travelled a lot through all of those states and it is very much like the On. near north. The "Far north" is something completely different though. There is nothing in the lower 48 that is anything like it. As far as the people and culture go the closest thing would be Alaska.
The answer is its both. And of course neither because its Canada.
Best answer so far!
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My impression is that Toronto and areas further east to the Thousand Islands and the St Lawrence Valley, plus the Ottawa area is more oriented toward the Northeast. Actually I read this on the Canadian form somewhere. I would also add the Niagara region which of course is right next to the Niagara Frontier of New York.
However, from Hamilton and down southwest to Windsor is more oriented toward the Midwest (again I read this on the Canadian forum). Windsor of course is a no brainer be right next to Detroit but I also would say that the large amount of farmlands in southernwestern Ontario also looks more like the Midwest.
I'd say Hamilton is "northeastern" in a Buffalo/Pittsburgh kind of way. It isn't usually viewed as SW Ontario. SW Ontario basically starts around Kitchener.
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Finally, the great bulk of the province which is highly wooded and filled with lakes. If you are comparing this part of Ontario to the three forested and "laked" states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota - yes I would Ontario looks like the Midwest. But if we are comparing Ontario to the majority of the Midwest states; Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska etc., then I would say that Ontario looks like the Northeast.
Yup, Northern Ontario certainly has similarities to Michigan's UP and Minnesota's Iron Range. Lakes, woods and resource extraction that attracted an array of European ethnic groups (Finns are a group found on both sides of the border, for example).
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Is the province of Ontario more "northeastern" or "midwestern"?
I would also add the Niagara region which of course is right next to the Niagara Frontier of New York.
