Why 50% of Canadians Live South of This Line

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[raininghail]

As a Canadian who lives south of that line the answer is easy... too cold up there

[samuel]

Another fun fact: Most Canadians live in Canada

[GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I'm from the Toronto area, and whenever I go up to Algonquin Park I feel that I'm 'way way up north', but in actual fact there are entire US states that are north of Algonquin Park.

[FarrYaweh]

Some of us who live far North of that 100 mile line are still starting to feel congested. When I visit a dense metro area I start to feel suffocated in a just a few days.
I like my wide open space, pristine forest, canyons, rivers, wildlife. I love people, I just don't love living near them.

[lakshyachopra_]

Short answer : it's cold above this line.
Long answer: it's *very* cold above this line.

[CrashdummyX]

I was expecting a 5 second video saying "Because it's cold up there..."

[DuckHunterGaming]

Fun fact: 100% of Canadians spell "Ottowa" as Ottawa.

[covariance]

A long time ago, I went on a Eurotrip with some friends I knew ever since high school. There were three of us and we were all from the Toronto area. We identified ourselves as Canadian. Then, on a walking tour thingie, we heard some other people indicate they were Canadian, too. They were from Manitoba or something. When we heard them talk, we realized what all the Canadian stereotypes about "aboot" were all, well, aboot.

[GeekmanCA]

RealLifeLore: *Talks about orchards and wineries in Southern Ontario, shows picture of Okanagan region in B.C.*

Me, a Western Canadian: *resigned sigh*

[tomithy-]

Gonna go out on a limb and assume it’s cold up there

[jaipaulsethi]

fun fact - Windsor Ontario is South of Detroit City, so we drive north into the US lol

[geekmashup]

Yeah, I feel like many people overestimate how populous our country is, especially compared to the US just south of us having very high population density, but most of the country is either rock, frozen, water, farmland (Saskatchewan) or a city. Many people prefer the cities.

[aeotsuka]

I crossed Canada by train in 2012 and could not believe the remoteness of most of the route beyond the major cities. Even in Ontario, which is Canada's most populous province (and not even its largest geographically), the train ran for 16 hours and never passed through a single town with more than 1, 000 people in it; the largest town, Hornepayne, had only about 1, 000 people and only had that many because the railroad needs a place to change crews every eight hours or so. Canada is BIG!

[Черныйрусский-ьб]

I 'm from Russia and I can confirm that when you go from the southern part of the country to the northern one, the population density decreases a lot. Most people just don't want to live in the cold areas with overpriced imported food.

[yarielrobles]

Here's a fun fact: there's more Puerto Ricans outside of Puerto Rico than inside of it

[JayKaufman]

Ottowa is the capital of Canada? Who knew?! For decades I thought it was Ottawa! ;)

[ModeratelyAmused]

10 minutes to explain that humans and plants prefer temperatures above freezing for most of the year.

[KimilAdrayne]

I'm one of those Canadians who actually lives further north in Canada.

[Jarekthegamingdragon]

I'd like to point out that Portland Oregon is also above that first dropped line which is the only major metro in all of Oregon. A lot of people don't realize how far north Portland is. Portland is further north than Toronto.
Also I'd like to point out that most of this doesn't apply to Vancouver, BC. The Pacific Northwest as a whole is a weird region with its own climate rules.

[PortlyTravellers]

Fun fact, your picture of a Canadian vineyard in 'Ontario' is of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia 😀