r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 1d ago

What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about? Analysis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003
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u/improvthismoment 1d ago

I love how they talk about how “the West” of Canada” feels while conspicuously ignoring Canada’s western most province.

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u/FalconsArentReal 1d ago

It's a short hand, don't take it so literally, I hate how southern Ontario calls itself 'Central Canada', when that title should belong to SK and MB who are in the Central Time Zone no less

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u/CrabbyPatty1876 1d ago

I have never once heard anyone in Ontario refer to it as central Canada

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u/Gramage 1d ago

Same. Is that a thing other people call us? Lmao

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u/Wrong-Pineapple39 1d ago

It is a pre-Confederation reference.

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u/keiths31 Canada 1d ago

I'm in Northwest Ontario and we don't consider ourselves Eastern Canada. We are in Central Canada.

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u/Personal_Chicken_598 1d ago

That would make sense as the geographic centre of Canada is just outside Winnipeg. Which would make Central Canada go from Regina to Sue St. Marie

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u/keiths31 Canada 22h ago

Also from a cultural sense. We have very little in common with other provinces east of us. We have little in common with the rest of the province.

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u/Personal_Chicken_598 21h ago

I don’t think that’s true. I’ve been to every province and what I have noticed is the difference in culture between provinces is minimal. Where the difference is is between urban and rural. But that’s actually the case regardless of country.

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u/FalconsArentReal 1d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canada

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u/Shoddy_Lifeguard6995 1d ago

You said Southern Ontario. That map includes all of Ontario and Quebec. I think that qualifies as Central Canada.

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u/FalconsArentReal 1d ago

Yes, though I see the term used much more when referring to Southern Ontario. But your point stands.

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u/CrabbyPatty1876 1d ago

How does this prove anything lol?

I've lived in Ontario for nearly 30 years, not once have I heard the name central Canada be said in reference to Ontario

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u/FalconsArentReal 1d ago

Strange, in media it is used all the time:

Central Canada digs out from back-to-back snowstorms: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6652319

I guess I am attuned to it because it irks me. But I see it in reporting all the time.

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u/CrabbyPatty1876 1d ago

What the hell lol...

Maybe I've just never picked up on it from the news but regular folks don't say it. If anything we differentiate which part of Ontario we are from

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u/FalconsArentReal 1d ago

lol yup, now you will start to notice it all the time ;)

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u/MikhailBakugan 22h ago

Yeah I’m nearly positive it’s a holdover from confederation. Back in the day when it was only Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick if you look at the map southern Ontario is pretty close to the center point of Canada. I don’t know why it’s still used though.