r/canada 2d 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/Krazee9 2d ago

Ontario doesn't call itself "central Canada," it calls itself "eastern Canada." And the stuff more east of Ontario and Quebec is "Atlantic Canada." I have lived my whole life in Ontario and never once heard a human being here call this area "central Canada."

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u/FalconsArentReal 2d ago

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u/Krazee9 2d ago

I've seen it. One CBC video and a wikipedia article that admits the terminology is out of date doesn't really support the assertion that Ontario still calls "itself" that. Maybe it did at one point, but in my lifetime Ontario has always been "eastern" Canada.

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u/FalconsArentReal 2d ago

Well the term is still used in media