Canada: Tell me about you're great country!

[Axel]

Right here's the scoop. My cuz is Canadian and her and her husband came to live over here (In England) for a year because he was doin an Ergonomics degree at Loughburough uni, but now she's gone back and he's back in sept when his course finishes. Now I've never been to Canada but from the things I've heard and seen, it's a great place!

She lives in Ontario... not far from toronto, bout an hours drive I think. I forget what the exact name of the place is but she's gonna be workin at a uni. Was just wondering if you canadians could post any cool pics or perhaps tell me about the sort of cool stuff to do. I'm a skier too and I've heard Whistler is one of the BEST resorts.

But anyway when I get other there I'd like like to know what kinda things I could go see and do in the different times of the year... I hope to eventually do one of those swap things when I go and swap with a canadian student at uni for a year!

Anyway I await your replies :)

Edit: could a mod please edit the title... I put "You're" instead of "Your".... makes me seem like a moron :whistle:

[forum]

Toronto.com

Canada.ca

Skiing is great here, I would recommend seeing Vancouver, Toronto, and the east coast.

[Foub]

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html

[jerry]

She lives in Ontario... not far from toronto, bout an hours drive I think.

Toronto is the capital of Ontario (province).

All I can say is that western Canada is more beautiful than the east. Dont flame me for this :p

[Axel]

Toronto is the capital of Ontario (province).

All I can say is that western Canada is more beautiful than the east. Dont flame me for this :p

Depends whether there are more french there or not ??? :p LOL KIDDING!

[hestermofet]

It sucks. It's like a half-assed attempt at being the US, plus more cold. Western Canada is much nicer.

[allen1090]

All I can say is that western Canada is more beautiful than the east. Dont flame me for this :p

so true.. anyways edmonton, alberta has worlds largest mall..but no more dolphins :( now we have diving people :(

[Foub]

Toronto is the capital of Ontario (province).

All I can say is that western Canada is more beautiful than the east. Dont flame me for this  :p

Have you been to the East Coast? Atlantic Canada where a million dollars buys what a million should. :) Try seeing how far a million will get you on the West Coast. :)

[GNRambo]

i live 1 hour away from t.o. , i'll google some images :)

[hestermofet]

The people are absolute darlings in the Atlantic provinces, but that's the only thing the region's got going for it. Quebec City is a nice place because it has a real European feel to it, and Montreal is mind boggingly cosmopolitan. I'd steer clear of the rest of Eastern Canada. Go see New England instead.

[Liquid]

Im about an hour or so from Whistler and it is amazing. Awesome resort. You will enjoy it much if you go to ski. You might be interested in going on a HeliJet tour around Vancouver island to, very neat. Ontario is kind of boring unless you like looking at lame buildings. Quebec has alot of festivals going on alot of the time but I wouldn't understand a dang word they were saying there (french). Hmm what else. Hmm I think PEI is pretty interesting. Yea :D. If you want to see a Big mall go to West Edmonton Mall. Its huge, has like 9 McDonalds in it, a hotel, a themepark, wave pool, probably like 3 of everystore :p some sweet ass internet cafe/arcade and a bunch of awesome stuff and in alberta I think they have some dinosaur thing.

[steelhand]

I'd like to reiterate from another thread

Damn Canadians and yer Crayola brand money, and yer mooses, and yer mount me hats, and yer bacon, and yer singers, and yer Captain Kirk

[GNRambo]

Heres some pics of t.o.

Pic one

Pic two

Edit: Fixed up for dial up users :)

Edited August 27, 2004 by sumeet

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Western (Windsor,London) and Central Ontario (Toronto) are mainly English. However we are a very multicultural country, so there is a lot of languages here but most of the shops are English speaking. If your in Quebec its very French, and the road signs are different than the rest of the country.. I never been to the West or East coast however I hear both sides are very nice but the thing that appeals me more to BC is the large amount of mountains and great skiing.

A lot of people are very friendly here, however there are the bad apples, as every city and place has. Violence isn't that big here compared to some other large cities which is great. The cost of gas is getting quite expensive recently (89.5 cents / L) which is higher than normal but I'm sure your look on gas prices is the same there in the UK but higher.

There's a lot of things to do in Toronto, Ontario.. many of us local citizens think there isn't, why? Cause we live here and we seen it a million times. LOL. CN Tower is cool to go up, look out, and the food @ the restaurant is great recently since the changed they chef a bit a go. Skydome is a great place to catch a baseball game (if your a fan) or go to the Air Canada Centre to catch a hockey game filled with crazy wild fans and a not so bad team play the other. There's many museums, which the ROM you shouldn't miss.

I'm sorry for going on and on but I love Toronto a lot. One day I hope to be the mayor or at the least a city counselor ;)

[xpablo]

If you go to Canada, visit Beautiful British Columbia, it rocks.

Whistler is about 1 hr drive from Vancouver, the weather is nicer here and so is the scenery.

Just about anything east of B.C. is pretty well boring, except for Calgary they have some awesome bars there.

[maarch]

I live near Montreal, there not really many things to do there, but it's still a great place when you need to find a good restaurant. A couple of weeks ago we haved the Jazz Festival and the Festival Just for Laugh. If you came in Quebec in May, Juin, July, you should have a lot activity in Montreal. I

if you want to visit a great place in the eastearn it's the Quebec City. A lot of Museum, great food, and passing 1 or 2 day there his great.

If you like Museum there Ottawa.

in the Island in the Atlantic ( Prince Edouar Island, New-Brunswick, Terre-Neuve ) well not many things to see theres, but it's still a great place.

In Toronot well you have the CN Towers, I think it's the most popular things whit the tourist. That's also a great city

One hours from Toronto you can go to Niagra Fall's, I've been there 1 times and you pass one day there and it's way enough to see everything

And if you came in Canada for one years, You need to go to a Hockey Game. Montreal Canadian Vs Mapple Leafs of Toronto. If you see those 2 teams playing against each others you should see one of the best game of hockey.

If you want to go in the Western, well you have the biggest Mall in the World. in Alberta.

You have the Lack Louise, a very beautifull place

and others things like that

in British Columbia well I dont know what you can see there's.

that's all I can say at the moment about Canada, their'es still many thing you can see. But I think those one are the most popular one.

[maarch]

Forget to say that in Quebec ( the province ), People speak french but dont worry if you go there, most of the people can speak in english if needed.

[hestermofet]

However we are a very multicultural country

That's a common misconception. Only the major metropolitan regions and their suburbs (i.e. Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary) have large ethnic groups. You'll find a smattering of others all over the place (Ukrainians in Saskatchewan, Natives everwhere, etc.), but it's essentially a bicultural country. Try living in a city of about 100 000, and see how many shopkeepers you'll find that speak a language other than English or French.

I would also highly recommend going to a hockey game. That is THE quintessential Canadian experience.

[djgramma]

Supernatural BC is possibly the best place to go. Mainly because there's so much here, and we have the best city in the country Van city (as well as the best hockey team in the world, the Canucks!)

It's a great province, filled with awesome landscaping, vast ethnicity, friendly people. I've been all over our great country and I haven't been able to find a place that tops BC yet (Alberta's close but it's cowboy country, I wouldn't be able to stand living there, great to visit tho)

Cheers

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

That's a common misconception. Only the major metropolitan regions and their suburbs (i.e. Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary) have large ethnic groups. You'll find a smattering of others all over the place (Ukrainians in Saskatchewan, Natives everwhere, etc.), but it's essentially a bicultural country. Try living in a city of about 100 000, and see how many shopkeepers you'll find that speak a language other than English or French.

I would also highly recommend going to a hockey game. That is THE quintessential Canadian experience.

Yes your right. I worded that wrong ;) Thanks for correcting me on that.

[maarch]

Evidently if you read that post you will see that some say the best team in the Montreal Canadien, other Mapple Leaf of Toronto, ......

Every team are different, and have a different style, but if you go in Toronto well you will have the choice of 3 hocley club. The Mapple Leaf ( Leafs ), The Canadiens ( Habs ) or the Ottawa Senator ( Sens )

[lykwid]

but if you go in Toronto well you will have the choice of 3 hocley club. The Mapple Leaf ( Leafs ), The Canadiens ( Habs ) or the Ottawa Senator ( Sens )

lol.. if you're a TRUE torontonian... ottawa wouldn't be on that list lol.

[hyperactive]

Here is my humble opinion of the places I have visited or lived in on Canada:

1) Vancouver - awsome! Call the north shore home because it offers me mountian and water activities pretty much right out my door along with weather that I find appealing.

2) Whistler - good skiing but the village lost its flavour some years ago to rapid growth. Still, I love the area and consider it "one of my homes".

3) Squamish - Great climbing, but another wise boring logging town. Great windsurfing as well (or so I am told. I won't go into that over polluted water. A real shame too)

4) Penticton - Awsome water, good skiing, great climbing. THe town doubles in size during the summer though and there is not that much going on in town.

5) Canmore - great views, but the trails (and the rock quality) and the weather are better West of the Rockies, that is why Revelsoke is so popular (great backcountry skiing with less avalanche risks overall)

6) Revelsoke - nicknamed Revelstuck due to the condition of the Trans-canada highway through there (i.e. the road is closed often). Another small town. If you love trains it has the train museum, but your time is best spent in the backcountry (and like most of BC, it is hard to beat).

7)Calgary - Please don;t flame me, but i think it is the biggest hick town i have ever seen. Add to the the "lovely" weather and it is no reason I don't like to stay there too long.

8)Edmonton - all I can say is it has the giant mall, surrounded by many more shopping avenues. Just plain crazy to me, but what else is there to do when it is -40 outside?

9) Regina - nicest drivers of any city/town I cycled through (I cycled from Van to Halifax).

10) Winnipeg - craziest drivers of any city/town I cycled through.

11) Kenora - I love this area of Ontario - the scenery is wonderful and all the little lakes somehow remeind me of a scaled down BC.

12) Lake Superior Park - Must be visited, absolutely astonishing. Due to the size of the lake if feels like you are on the ocean.

13) Toronto - if you love architecture, there is plenty here to see. I think that everything great about TO was built! More things to do in a week than Van has in a year.

14) Montreal - a totally different type of agressive driving going on there. Definitely worth a visit. I prefer the smaller towns in Quebec and QC to Montreal though.

15) QC - awsome just for the history.

16) Halifax (and all NS) - beautiful territory. If it wasn't for the snow issue I would consider living out there for a while. It is also neat that you can be in Halifax and think of home (van) since it has a matching bridge to the lions gate.

So there you go, just some quick comments on Canada.

[_I am Reptar]

13) Toronto - if you love architecture, there is plenty here to see. I think that everything great about TO was built! More things to do in a week than Van has in a year.

WOOT,hell ya

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Every team are different, and have a different style, but if you go in Toronto well you will have the choice of 3 hocley club. The Mapple Leaf ( Leafs ), The Canadiens ( Habs ) or the Ottawa Senator ( Sens )

Ottawa Senators?!?! :o :hmmm: