Where are you from?

[lio45]

Originally Posted by theman23

Where am I from or where do I live?

Neither - I'm pretty sure the spirit of the question is "where do you receive your important mail / where does the CRA believe you live".

(That wording makes the difference between me answering Vancouver or Sherbrooke, and I'm pretty sure the answer Truenorth seeks is the latter)

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

La_Fin_Du_Monde_Unibroue

That could be either a reference to your home province, or a reference to London being the end of the world.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by someone123

One funny little thing about BC is the northeast corner includes stuff on the other side of the mountains. It's more Prairie than West Coast.

I think of the actual West Coast as only being the coastal parts of BC extending a little bit inland. As a point of comparison, Reno is closer to the Pacific than a lot of the BC interior. Would somebody living in Reno say they live on the West Coast?

Yep, great point, which I almost mentioned already but didn't.

Another example would be someone living in remote far north Manitoba. That's way more "The North" than "The Prairies".

Similarly, my gf's family (pure Anglos with deep roots in a sea-oriented town on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence) should probably answer "Maritimes" rather than "Quebec". (If the goal is to get some sort of cultural sample.)

[digitboy]

Originally Posted by lio45

Seriously? So that's three mystery voters instead of the two I thought previously.

(Or, accounting for MolsonExport, still two mystery voters instead of one.)

I suppose digitboy voted, despite the fact he almost doesn't exist outside the Quebec subforum (or, I could even say, the Rimouski thread), given he voted in Truenorth's other "forum census" thread.

That still leaves us with one mystery voter in any case!

I did vote. And...yes, you are right, i am a quiet member outside of my hometown's thread, but I am actively following/reading many other discussions from the Canadian section of SSP.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

That could be either a reference to your home province, or a reference to London being the end of the world.

We aren't the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

[Dengler Avenue]

Originally Posted by digitboy

I did vote. And...yes, you are right, i am a quiet member outside of my hometown's thread, but I am actively following/reading many other discussions from the Canadian section of SSP.

But you've been pretty active in my Covid thread.

[Doug]

Currently in Australia, born in Edmonton, lived in Calgary off and on for 20 years so I say I'm from there

[Andy6]

Originally Posted by lio45

Yep, great point, which I almost mentioned already but didn't.

Another example would be someone living in remote far north Manitoba. That's way more "The North" than "The Prairies".

Most of Manitoba isn't the Prairies, not just the far north. I would think that the Canadian Shield is by far the largest region, followed by what we'd generally call the Prairies (which could be subdivided into several regions) and then by the Hudson's Bay Lowlands.

[giallo]

Born in Victoria, and raised in Kelowna. Vancouver was the last Canadian city I lived in before moving overseas. I'm currently living in Seoul.

[urbandreamer]

Ontario: I've lived in London - too young to appreciate it, in the middle of nowhere dirt roads near Wingham - I still like this town and the farms around it, Mississauga - gross , Toronto - I consider it home and Waterloo - pretty boring but it's the best suburb in Ontario.

[FrAnKs]

Born and grew up in Laval (Vimont) and St-Eustache. Now living in Quebec city since 2011 already!!

[ericmacm]

Grew up in Mississauga, moved to Windsor for university 5 years ago and I'm still here now. I'd like to keep living here, but it's hard to start a professional career in Windsor.

[Loco101]

Born in Timmins and live in Timmins. I did live a few years in London, ON and North Bay.

[VANRIDERFAN]

Born and raised in SW Manitoba.

Have lived in:
Calgary
Winnipeg
Brandon
Chilliwack
St Jean Que
Victoria x3
Halifax
Saskatoon
Regina
Ottawa
Middle East

[jamincan]

Originally Posted by urbandreamer

Ontario: I've lived in London - too young to appreciate it, in the middle of nowhere dirt roads near Wingham - I still like this town and the farms around it, Mississauga - gross , Toronto - I consider it home and Waterloo - pretty boring but it's the best suburb in Ontario.

I grew up (until middle-school anyway) just down the road in Clinton.

[MonctonRad]

- Born and raised in Charlottetown.
- Lived nine years in Halifax during med school and residency.
- Lived one year in Summerside as a GP (before going back to residency)
- Lived in Moncton now for over 30 years

Spent extended periods of time in Sydney NS, Saint John NB and Washington DC during training.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

- Born and raised in Charlottetown.
- Lived nine years in Halifax during med school and residency.
- Lived one year in Summerside as a GP (before going back to residency)
- Lived in Moncton now for over 30 years

Spent extended periods of time in Sydney NS, Saint John NB and Washington DC during training.

And your favorite place on the Canadian side is?

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

And your favorite place on the Canadian side is?

Every city has it's plusses and minuses.

I doubt that I will return to PEI in retirement (coming up in 2-4 years). I'm comfortable in Moncton. If i was to move in retirement, I could see returning to Halifax but other possibilities include Ottawa, Kingston, Stratford, the Okanagan or possibly Vancouver Island.

A lot depends on where my sons end up living. One is set up here in Moncton. The other two are still in university, in programs which make it unlikely that they will be living here. It is possible I might choose a retirement location nearby one of them.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Well if someone on these boards lives in Fort St John they are free to say so via post.

Not too sure anyone does though

i used to live there,than moved when I was 18 down to the LM and have lived here most of my life now. Anyway when I was working in Alberta I used to use Ft St JKohn to fly in and out of to get to work. Its a crappy town but the area is actually quote pretty.

[Denscity]

17 from the West Coast that's a lot more than i thought.