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Originally Posted by Acajack
Since I am a native French speaker and Québécois culture is very familiar to me, I don't happen to feel I am in a non-Canadian place when in Quebec City. Or Chicoutimi or Rimouski.
Just because the "Canadian" label is discreet or even replaced by a Québécois one doesn't mean that what I am surrounded by is not "of Canada".
If I let my guard down a bit when it comes what I've said in this thread, I'd say places in Anglo-Canada that are highly Americanized generally feel less Canadian to me. Especially ones that are closer to the border.
Sometimes when I am there it feels like a ton of foreign stuff has simply skipped over the border. (I realize that Canada shares a lot of things in common with the U.S. We've discussed that ad nauseam here. But sometimes, especially in some places, the acculturation just seems a bit over the top.)
The "Frenchness" of Quebec City has been alluded to as non-Canadian on here, but to me at least, highly francophone places in Canada don't feel anywhere near as "imported French" as places like Windsor or Niagara feel "imported American".
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Quebec City is one of the cradles of what would eventually become modern day Canada. I believe that Toronto is not
Toronto, global, multicultural and cosmopolitan, without there first having been a Quebec City.
Unknown to some,
Les Canadiens is not an ode to the country but rather to the inhabitants (Habs) of New France that pre-dated confederation.
Most Canadian - Quebec City.
But it really depends on context. If this is about which cities are most "on brand," (aka
The World Needs More Canada or whatever) then fine - Least Canadian - Quebec City.
I suppose the city that most demographically represents Canada would most likely be Ottawa.