heading north for a few days

Tomorrow morning we are off to check out apartments in Mississauga. Can't wait! See you all on Friday.

Comments

  1. Anonymous7 December 2004 at 07:43

    A lesson on Canadian geography, provinces and major cities starting from west coast to east coast:

    Bristish Columbia (pop 4.1 million)
    Largest City: Vancouver (2.1 million)
    Capital: Victoria (325,000)
    Border states: Washington,Idaho, Montana


    Alberta (pop 3.1 million)
    Largest City: Calgrary (976,000)
    Capital: Edmonton (961,000)
    Border states: Montana

    Saskatchewan (pop 1 million)
    Largest City: Saskatoon (230,000)
    Capital: Regina (199,000)
    Border states: Montana, North Dakota

    Manitoba (pop 1.2 million)
    Largest City & Capital: Winnipeg (700,000)
    Border states: North Dakota, Wisconsin

    Ontario (pop 12 million)
    Largest City & Capital: Toronto (5.1 million)
    National Capital: Ottawa (1.1 million)
    Border states: Wisconsin, Michigan, New York

    Quebec (pop 7.3 million)
    Largest City: Montreal (3.5 million)
    Capital: Quebec City (705,000)
    Border states: New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

    New Brunswick (pop 800,000)
    Largest City: Saint John (126,000)
    Capital: Fredericton (80,000)
    Border states: Maine

    Prince Edward Island (pop 125,000)
    Largest City & Capital: Charlottetown (45,000)
    Border states: none (island)

    Nova Scotia (pop 936,000)
    Largest City & Capital: Halifax (400,000)
    Border states: none. Only borders New Brunswick.

    Newfoundland & Labrador (pop 520,000)
    Largest City & Capital: St. John's (200,000)
    Border states: none (island)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous7 December 2004 at 07:43

    A lesson on Canadian geography, provinces and major cities starting from west coast to east coast:

    Bristish Columbia (pop 4.1 million)
    Largest City: Vancouver (2.1 million)
    Capital: Victoria (325,000)
    Border states: Washington,Idaho, Montana


    Alberta (pop 3.1 million)
    Largest City: Calgrary (976,000)
    Capital: Edmonton (961,000)
    Border states: Montana

    Saskatchewan (pop 1 million)
    Largest City: Saskatoon (230,000)
    Capital: Regina (199,000)
    Border states: Montana, North Dakota

    Manitoba (pop 1.2 million)
    Largest City & Capital: Winnipeg (700,000)
    Border states: North Dakota, Wisconsin

    Ontario (pop 12 million)
    Largest City & Capital: Toronto (5.1 million)
    National Capital: Ottawa (1.1 million)
    Border states: Wisconsin, Michigan, New York

    Quebec (pop 7.3 million)
    Largest City: Montreal (3.5 million)
    Capital: Quebec City (705,000)
    Border states: New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

    New Brunswick (pop 800,000)
    Largest City: Saint John (126,000)
    Capital: Fredericton (80,000)
    Border states: Maine

    Prince Edward Island (pop 125,000)
    Largest City & Capital: Charlottetown (45,000)
    Border states: none (island)

    Nova Scotia (pop 936,000)
    Largest City & Capital: Halifax (400,000)
    Border states: none. Only borders New Brunswick.

    Newfoundland & Labrador (pop 520,000)
    Largest City & Capital: St. John's (200,000)
    Border states: none (island)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous7 December 2004 at 07:49

    And for Canadians, this is the American (mostly) equivalent:

    Toronto = New York
    Ottawa = Washington
    Vancouver = Seattle/San Francisco/L.A.
    Calgary = Dallas
    Niagara Falls = Orlando
    Montreal & Quebec City = France
    Atlantic Provinces = New England

    --Kyle

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anonymous7 December 2004 at 07:49

    And for Canadians, this is the American (mostly) equivalent:

    Toronto = New York
    Ottawa = Washington
    Vancouver = Seattle/San Francisco/L.A.
    Calgary = Dallas
    Niagara Falls = Orlando
    Montreal & Quebec City = France
    Atlantic Provinces = New England

    --Kyle

    ReplyDelete
  5. laura k10 December 2004 at 06:12

    First, thank you for the geography lesson, and the US/Canadian city conversion. Love it!

    Re anti-American bias, we are certainly used to that, as it is a global phenomenon. We *do* distinguish between America those American differences - it's just that we dislike them both!

    In our trips to Canada since deciding to emigrate, we have met with only support and approval. If there's an anti-American bias, and we're leaving because we're anti-American, it stands to reason that we will be welcomed or at least accepted. Anyway, I'm a New Yorker - I'm used to being hated. And like a true New Yorker, I enjoy it.

    ReplyDelete
  6. laura k10 December 2004 at 06:12

    First, thank you for the geography lesson, and the US/Canadian city conversion. Love it!

    Re anti-American bias, we are certainly used to that, as it is a global phenomenon. We *do* distinguish between America those American differences - it's just that we dislike them both!

    In our trips to Canada since deciding to emigrate, we have met with only support and approval. If there's an anti-American bias, and we're leaving because we're anti-American, it stands to reason that we will be welcomed or at least accepted. Anyway, I'm a New Yorker - I'm used to being hated. And like a true New Yorker, I enjoy it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

blood for oil

Independent journalist Greg Palast writes : The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed. Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protestors claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered. In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of "Big Oil" executives and US State Department "pragmatists." "Big Oil" appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants. Insiders told Newsnight that planning began "within weeks" of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th...
Read more

the great weed of 2015?

You will not be surprised to learn that Allan and I own a lot of books. And CDs. And even LPs! Many, many hundreds of each. We have culled our collection a bit over the years, out of necessity, but living in houses for the past 10 years, we expanded again without much thought. Now here we are in an apartment. It's a large apartment, to be sure, but we no longer have extra rooms where we can stash as much stuff as we like. And neither of us wants to fill up every inch of wall and floor space with books and music.    Thus we are contemplating weeding our own library. And this is very strange.  Books are us. Or are they? When I was in my 20s, I wanted to own every book I'd ever read. I was one of those people who believed that my personal library was a statement about myself. I needed to proudly display my politics and my tastes through my bookshelves and records. I loved seeing other people's libraries, and loved when people perused mine. I can recall that when we found our...
Read more

the limits of empathy, part 2

When I was a kid, I used to fantasize about a magic potion that would change me into a different person. Not because I was trying to escape my own life, but so I could truly know what it was like to be someone else, from inside their skin. The potion would turn me into that other person for a set amount of time, then wear off and I'd be me again, but I'd remember everything I experienced and felt. I didn't dream of being specific people, just people essentially different from me, or with extremely different lives. A man. A black person. A coal miner. A rock star. Often these mental exercises revolved around someone who had suffered great hardship. A slave. An abducted child. I still do this to some extent - and you probably do, too - just without the hocus pocus. We imagine what it's like to be an Iraqi. Or a stranded tsunami survivor. While walking my dogs this morning, watching them sniff a bit of brick wall as if it contained the Secret Of Life, I remembered this chi...
Read more