Which city in Canada is the most American-like city?

Question

in terms of culture, manners, routines, etc.?

Answer 1

we dont have the racial issues you have  . we are more open than the USA  The best way to find out is come see us soon  allso  MEDICARE  for Everyone

Answer 2

Calgary.

Answer 3

None of our cities are 'American-like'.  

Canada is NOT the US.

Answer 4

BLACK-SHEEP COMMENTARIES

by

Wallace G. Craig

Former Judge and Author of

Short Pants to Striped Trousers

The life and times of a Judge in Skid Road Vancouver

February 23, 2005  - North Shore News - Vancouver, British Columbia

For more information visit www.realjustice.ca

SKID ROAD h**l PAVED WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS



“It’s hard to fathom that in the midst of this 21st Century Pacific Rim paradise you could find a 19th-Century Victorian h**l such as this – known mundanely as the Downtown Eastside.



Prostitutes nearing withdrawal lean against car windows and hustle desperately for business . . .heroin and rock cocaine are openly and aggressively pedaled on the street . . . addicts shoot up in back alleys huddled near doorways and dumpsters.”



Dateline NBC television program, The Vanishing, Nov. 1, 2002.



DURING 26 years of being a provincial court judge at 222 Main Street that ended in 2001, I witnessed the degradation of old Vancouver.

Its once-vibrant streets and sidewalks were reduced by neglect and disorder to what I call a Victorian h**l.



Downtown Vancouver has two faces: one beautiful and vibrant; the other small, dark, dangerous and tragic.



The west face displays a dominating financial district embraced by spectacular residential towers on False Creek and Coal Harbour.



But its east face, Skid Road, is a cesspool of narcotics, property crime, violence and murder. The spine of Skid Road is Hastings Street between Victory Square and the Carnegie Library building at Main Street. In human tragedy it is ground zero. A place Vancouverites shun.



Today Skid Road remains under a mushroom cloud of murder of at least 65 women – the most vulnerable of women – pathetic drug-addicted street prostitutes.



One by one, beginning in 1983, they vanished; kidnapped and sadistically murdered by one or more psychopaths. Word soon spread among prostitutes that an insidious serial murderer was on the loose.

A belated investigation by Vancouver police, begun in 1998, failed miserably. In the fall of 2001 a second investigation was initiated, a joint effort of Vancouver police and R.C.M.P. officers.

In 2002 murder charges were laid against Robert Pickton. The case is yet to come to trial.

When did the mayor and council members of Vancouver, Attorney General and chief of police first become aware that a serial killer was on the prowl? And what did they do about it?



I think they must answer!



A brief history of Vancouver’s Skid Road may explain how it became a Victorian h**l of narcotics, property crime, violence and murder.



After World War Two heroin trafficking intensified and became a major criminal activity in Vancouver. Former police chief Don Winterton says that “during the fifties and sixties most of the drug trade was located in the vicinity of Main and Hastings Streets. Heroin addicts and dealers were very visible on Hastings between Main and Carrall Streets. Heroin was the drug of choice.”



In May 1954 Dr. G. H. Stevenson, a researcher with the University of British Columbia, addressed a gathering of magistrates. Relying on a 1952 Report on Criminal offences in Canada he said there had been 367 convictions under the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act; 254 were in British Columbia, with 245 of the 254 in Vancouver.



It was believed that there were at least 1,500 addicts in the province, nearly all of them in the Vancouver area

Answer 5

Niagara Falls was a great place to visit, I had so much fun there. There is also a town called Ontario Canada. I have been to Canada twice and they both were great experiences. The people there speak English and are friendly. You will have fun where ever you go.

Answer 6

Well...I live in one, actually.  Windsor, Ontario..a mile across the river from Detroit.  Here we can watch local American news channels (Detroit and Michigan news), we see and deal with American currency all the time,  our lingo is more "Americanized", there are as many Detroit Red Wings fans as Toronto Maple Leaf fans (if not more - that is a big rivalry here), Detroit and Windsor are both big automotive cities and depend on each other for parts supplies, etc.  I could go on but that gives you the jist of what it's like living in a border city.  The nice part is that we have easy access to all the Detroit venues as far as concerts, sporting events, etc., so it is really the best of both worlds.  Small community (well, 200,000 actually) with big city amenities.

Answer 7

In my travels I have compared Toronto to New York and Vancouver to Seattle.

Answer 8

There really is not a huge difference between most Canadian cities and US cities with the exception of those Canadian cities in Quebec.  The majority of Canadian cities are within 100 kilometers of the US border.    

In Quebec the first language is French but you generally can find someone who speaks English if you're in need of services or assistance.

The biggest difference you might notice is the multi-racial make up of large Canadian cities.  Vancouver's ethnic make-up for example is approximately 40% non-white.  Otherwise you'll find that cities here are much like cities anywhere.  Good areas, rough areas to stay away from etc.

Answer 9

Toronto and Calgary

Answer 10

I would say probably Toronto.  Big cities anywhere have a lot of similarities, so you could probably pick almost any city in Canada and find a lot of similarities to US cities of a similar size.  The diffference in Canada is that you often have to drive farther to get to another large city.  In terms of manners, culture, routines, etc., people are people, and Canadians and Americans have many similariities in all of those areas.  You will find accents different in many Canadian cities, but overall Canadians are polite, get up and go to work everyday, take vacations, have family dinners, value education, etc., much like our American counterparts.  Best of luck.

Answer 11

Probably Toronto. Toronto is a "generic" city and is used in movies as a substitute for Chicago and New York a lot of times.

KNH959, I have to laugh when you say Canadian cities are more multicultural than the US. NYC is 45% White, 37% Non-Hispanic White, 28% Black, 27% Hispanic of any Race, and 10% Asian.  Canada is 87% white of European Decent. Multicultural means more than white European.

Answer 12

Quebec is the most french

Answer 13

geesh! hostile, are we?  It's not an offensive question...Yes, Canada is definitely NOT the U.S....but they do seem very similar in a lot of ways, and the asker is only wondering.  There are probably lots of Canadian cities that are like American ones (but I've never been there so I have no idea which ones...sorry!)

Answer 14

Toronto reminds me the most of a US city, perhaps most like Chicago area.

We have coffee shops on every other corner, the five lane highways get traffic jams and the three lane service roads too. The sports media tends to be very biased towards the home team. Torontonians are subjected to those loud commercials for local car dealerships and furniture stores. And everything seems cold and not friendly.

It's a different atmosphere in most other cities, although Metropolitan Vancouver is starting to get a bad reputation too, especially around the suburb of Surrey.

Calgary reminded me of Nashville, while parts of Montreal can be likened to Boston or New York.

Answer 15

Windsor Ontario is the city I've seen that is more like the U.S. Of course I've never been to Calgary....

Answer 16

I know that Calgary has the highest percentage of American's living in it, than any other city in Canada...

Answer 17

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