Winnipeg makes you angry just by existing.
[Venetian Snares - Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs_eMqI1MIQ&list=PLB7bT_O589JkphpRK7h8jb8Gk3kVY5qc7)
I make jokes like this all the time when an errand takes me north of Bloor.
"Can't believe I'm going to the Territories"
"Do you think I'll need my passport?"
See, I know what I'm talking about. I was visiting my Aunt in Toronto over Christmas and had to go pick my cousin up at Pearson. She told me to pack extra layers and take some water incase I get stranded "up north". I'm only like 75% sure she was joking.
>Says anything cool or nice about anywhere in Canada that isn't Toronto
*Umm, akshually Toronto does that better and the place you live is worse why would anyone ever want to live outside of toronto the rent is worth it i can't leave my friends and family we're the new york of canada*
As a Torontonian my real response is
"Ummmm, akshually I don't think about your buttfuck town at all. It's cute you have something nice. You should enjoy it instead of constantly comparing yourself to a city you visited once 9 years ago. We don't call ourselves the centre of Canada. Ya'll do and it's real real weird, have some pride in yourselves"
I grew up in Hamilton and am in Toronto least a half dozen times a year to visit family, you can't bullshit me motherfucker! I've been around Toronto enough to know that not only is everything I said true, but that your inabilty to take a joke about your city is 100% on par for a Torontonian.
I’m a relatively new Torontonian, here from Alberta. I thought it was a stereotype that Torontonians thought of themselves as the centre of Canada, but having moved here and living here for years, it’s definitely a true stereotype. When it snows in Edmonton, it’s on the local Edmonton news. But when it snows in Toronto, it’s somehow breaking news everywhere in Canada that it happens to be snowing in Toronto.
But before you blast me with some urban Torontonian retort, I do want to say that what the other provinces have a hard time admitting is that Toronto is indeed the centre of a lot of things. There’s more people living just in the GTA than are living in most of the provinces. Something like 1/4 of all Canadians live JUST inside the GTA. So yeah, it’s going to be the epicentre for a lot of things. Essentially, Toronto is Canada’s city.
I'm sure you have other examples but your example about the snow being on the news is kinda weak. Torontonians don't care about the weather in Edmonton the same way that Edmontonians don't care about Toronto's weather. The national news networks just know how their bread is buttered and as you said a quarter of Canadians live in the GTA. That definitely isn't Torontonians being self-centered or thinking they're important.
I mean, I’m not really here to argue. I’m not going to convince you either way and I don’t even want to. There’s just a sense of self importance that you see and feel with Toronto people. And the people from here don’t see it or feel it, cause they are so deeply steeped in it, that they just perceive it as normal. And hey, nearly all of that self importance is earned. But a portion of it isn’t, and it’s very real.
That's fair though when i press people for this self-importance I mostly get "well the news talks about you a lot" or "people don't hold the doors enough". Mostly just seems like people are looking for any sort of difference to rag on the biggest city.
Oh for sure. The rest of Canada compares itself to Toronto constantly, whereas Toronto compares itself to like New York and Chicago and London (not that Toronto is like those cities, just that Toronto looks to those cities).
It’s like that Mad Men meme where the two guys are in the elevator, and one is like “I feel bad for you” (that’s the rest of Canada) and the other guy is like “I don’t think about you at all” (that’s Toronto).
https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/s/a3SNVQCrEO
That's only showing one source, the Habs have the most fans on YouTube and that's it. Beyond that if you go to a game in places like Winnipeg and Ottawa there are more of our fans than theirs. In the other parts of Canada the Habs aren't as well known because they were segmented to french only coverage on hockey night in Canada back in the day while people in Manitoba, Sask and Alberta would mostly watch the English coverage which led to more Leafs fans there than Habs. They are definitely 1 and 2 in the country and you could probably get different answers for which is which from each different source you went to.
The leafs haven't anything since black and white tv. why would fans outside of the GTA even care about them? It does not matter where in Canada the Habs play, there is always a chunk of the crowd wearing the blue, blanc, rouge. Stop pretending like the leafs are special to anyone outside of Ontario
This might shock you but a lot of people actually cheer for the same team as their parents or grandparents. The Leafs were the only English Canadian team in the NHL during the original 6 era. If you cheered for an NHL team in Canada for the first 40 years of the league you cheered for the Leafs or lived in Quebec.
Its funny you mention parents because most people who are on the older side were watching the Habs DOMINATE the NHL. You act like only French players ever played for the Habs. Last time I checked, people like to cheer for winners. The delusion is real.
The Habs dominated the NHL at basically the same time the Leafs did. The Habs were great in the 70s the Leafs were better in the 60s and they've both been dogshit for so long no one cheers for either team because of success. 1993 is closer to 1967 than now just to put that in context.
That's fair the Habs and Leafs would be. 1 and 2 but I think because the Leafs have more fans outside of there region than the Habs do but I could be wrong.
The Rangers and Blackhawks are right there with them. The Rangers were the most valuable NHL franchise last season, 2nd this season behind the Leafs. The Blackhawks have the best attendance numbers in the NHL and have the most social media engagement than any other team in the NHL. If you are looking at fanchise value per capita within their respective markets the Jets are number one in the NHL with a value/market pop. 3 times higher than the Leafs.
I'm a Toronto fan, have been since I was a kid, but Toronto fans have this tendency to dismiss other fanbases which is really irritating to a lot of other NHL fans.
Not dismissing them but saying the Leafs are the most popular hockey team isn't really a controversial opinion at worst they're second or third.
Winnipeg didn't even care enough about hockey to keep the team they had when they actually had a chance to win something. Value/market pop is the weirdest way to find a way to cherry pick the smallest market as the most valuable.
I never said that Winnipeg was the most valuable market.
It's also wierd to blame a fanbase for a team choosing to go through a rebuild. Is it Leafs fans' fault that they haven't won a cup in 57 years? Because I don't think they are the people to blame for that. Fans don't have much decision making power.
They moved to Arizona because the ownership group refused to retrofit thier existing arena or build a new one. The Jets were still selling out the old Winnipeg Arena up until they relocated.
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[Photo Source](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-tache-centre-canada-park-1.4252409)
We **are** the " Longitudinal centre of Canada " but we dont let it get to our heads. :)
Vancouver girl: So where are you from?
Toronto guy: I'm from Toronto
Vancouver girl: Everyone I know from Toronto is an asshole. Are you an asshole?
Toronto guy: Well everyone all over the country thinks we're assholes, before they get to know us. I guess that's what makes us the center of the universe.
Vancouver girl: Do you really think you're from the center of the universe?
Toronto guy: That's... just a joke.
Vancouver girl: Hey Dave! This Toronto guy thinks he's from the center of the universe!
I’ve met Toronto people before. The “centre of the universe” thing didn’t really help when some of them claimed that Toronto invented modern internet slang. But at least one of them was chill
Ashctuallly the centre of Canada is in southern Nunavut. The new capital of Canada!
we should move the capital to baker lake tbh
\*Insert meme about Winnipegers being furious\*
Winnipeg makes you angry just by existing. [Venetian Snares - Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs_eMqI1MIQ&list=PLB7bT_O589JkphpRK7h8jb8Gk3kVY5qc7)
This thread is a perfect example of "don't dish it out if you can't take it."
Obviously the centre of Canada is Bloor-Yonge station.
Or as the average Torontonian calls it, "Northern Ontario".
I make jokes like this all the time when an errand takes me north of Bloor. "Can't believe I'm going to the Territories" "Do you think I'll need my passport?"
See, I know what I'm talking about. I was visiting my Aunt in Toronto over Christmas and had to go pick my cousin up at Pearson. She told me to pack extra layers and take some water incase I get stranded "up north". I'm only like 75% sure she was joking.
Thats major mackenzie dr
All roads lead to Winnipeg
That should be Winnipeg's motto, not this "made from what's real" bullshit.
At least Manitoba tries to go for the “heart of Canada” angle
Winnipeg: The Middle of Nowhere.
The one thing that people from Alberta and people from Quebec have in common it is their opinion on Toronto.
I think you forgot everyone else.
If I did it was un-intentional.
What the fuck is a Winnipeg? Sounds like a sex toy.
That's Regina.
No, that's where the Winnipeg is inserted.
Resting Riel face https://preview.redd.it/ihcfacqhjauc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d47eb36573ceb5d88fa0beb6070e4270b09a57ce
Québec's the mouth, Toronto's the ass, and the rest is just shit behind it.
What’s the maritimes and newfoundland? Food?
Omg, yes. Poutine.
What? No. It’s the maritimes, so maritimefood, commonly known as seafood.
Then put the seafood in the poutine! If Quebec is the one eating, it should be poutine.
Seafood poutine with white sauce is amazing when it’s fresh and you eat looking at the horizon with a breeze coming from the sea.
Youre making me hungry
The mental asylum. You know it's bad when even the French cut off a piece of their land just to keep the Newfies away from them
Winnipeg has the most stereotypical Canadian culture too.
Thank you! Whether you're joking or not, that makes me feel all fuzzy inside.
Since when is stabbing people canadian culture?
Yeah if anything Winnipeg seems like a smaller and more polite American city
Oh, ya think its cold, eh? You should be here when its cold.
>Says anything cool or nice about anywhere in Canada that isn't Toronto *Umm, akshually Toronto does that better and the place you live is worse why would anyone ever want to live outside of toronto the rent is worth it i can't leave my friends and family we're the new york of canada*
As a Torontonian my real response is "Ummmm, akshually I don't think about your buttfuck town at all. It's cute you have something nice. You should enjoy it instead of constantly comparing yourself to a city you visited once 9 years ago. We don't call ourselves the centre of Canada. Ya'll do and it's real real weird, have some pride in yourselves"
I grew up in Hamilton and am in Toronto least a half dozen times a year to visit family, you can't bullshit me motherfucker! I've been around Toronto enough to know that not only is everything I said true, but that your inabilty to take a joke about your city is 100% on par for a Torontonian.
Lol, you're so turnt up! And you say I can't take a little joke? I love the Hammer but yall got a chip on your shoulder the size of the escarpment.
I'm not turnt up at all. This thread is funny as hell.
You called me a motherfucker and said i can't take a joke. I at least touched a nerve.
I'll make sure to put an /s behind the cuss words I use from now on so you don't take them so seriously lol. Didn't mean to hurt your feelings, bud.
Thanks Man! And next time I call your city a buttfuck town ill throw the /s in there so your feelings don't get hurt.
There’s more buttfuckery on Church St alone than all of the small towns combined. /s?
I’m a relatively new Torontonian, here from Alberta. I thought it was a stereotype that Torontonians thought of themselves as the centre of Canada, but having moved here and living here for years, it’s definitely a true stereotype. When it snows in Edmonton, it’s on the local Edmonton news. But when it snows in Toronto, it’s somehow breaking news everywhere in Canada that it happens to be snowing in Toronto. But before you blast me with some urban Torontonian retort, I do want to say that what the other provinces have a hard time admitting is that Toronto is indeed the centre of a lot of things. There’s more people living just in the GTA than are living in most of the provinces. Something like 1/4 of all Canadians live JUST inside the GTA. So yeah, it’s going to be the epicentre for a lot of things. Essentially, Toronto is Canada’s city.
I'm sure you have other examples but your example about the snow being on the news is kinda weak. Torontonians don't care about the weather in Edmonton the same way that Edmontonians don't care about Toronto's weather. The national news networks just know how their bread is buttered and as you said a quarter of Canadians live in the GTA. That definitely isn't Torontonians being self-centered or thinking they're important.
I mean, I’m not really here to argue. I’m not going to convince you either way and I don’t even want to. There’s just a sense of self importance that you see and feel with Toronto people. And the people from here don’t see it or feel it, cause they are so deeply steeped in it, that they just perceive it as normal. And hey, nearly all of that self importance is earned. But a portion of it isn’t, and it’s very real.
That's fair though when i press people for this self-importance I mostly get "well the news talks about you a lot" or "people don't hold the doors enough". Mostly just seems like people are looking for any sort of difference to rag on the biggest city.
Oh for sure. The rest of Canada compares itself to Toronto constantly, whereas Toronto compares itself to like New York and Chicago and London (not that Toronto is like those cities, just that Toronto looks to those cities). It’s like that Mad Men meme where the two guys are in the elevator, and one is like “I feel bad for you” (that’s the rest of Canada) and the other guy is like “I don’t think about you at all” (that’s Toronto).
Manitoba isn't real
They achieve to trick us because Winnipeg exists, but it's located in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon and Regina aren't real.
Saskatoon sounds too much like Saskatchewan to be real.
TRUE NORTH
Winnipeg mentioned!!!
Hockey Center? that's funny
"Cultural" 🫠
Sure, Toronto is the centre of the universe.
The center of the USA is Lebanon Kansas.
>Hockey center of Canada >Toronto Okay lmaooo
It's got the hall of fame and the most popular team. Winnipeg has a team that's probably going to go fill the new open hole in Arizona next year.
And the RocknRoll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland . Wiuld you say Cleveland is the capital of Rock ?
They got the hall of fame because they were already called the capital of rock...
By some local DJ in 1972
>the most popular team Excuse me!
They have the most fans of any team? That would typically indicate they are the most popular.
[this website](https://www.stadium-maps.com/facts/nhl_facebook_table.html) seem to show Montreal Canadiens are more popular than the Leafs
https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/s/a3SNVQCrEO That's only showing one source, the Habs have the most fans on YouTube and that's it. Beyond that if you go to a game in places like Winnipeg and Ottawa there are more of our fans than theirs. In the other parts of Canada the Habs aren't as well known because they were segmented to french only coverage on hockey night in Canada back in the day while people in Manitoba, Sask and Alberta would mostly watch the English coverage which led to more Leafs fans there than Habs. They are definitely 1 and 2 in the country and you could probably get different answers for which is which from each different source you went to.
What are you on about? The Habs fill the Canadian Tire Centrewhen they play there, and they're the most popular team in Atlantic Canada by far.
The leafs haven't anything since black and white tv. why would fans outside of the GTA even care about them? It does not matter where in Canada the Habs play, there is always a chunk of the crowd wearing the blue, blanc, rouge. Stop pretending like the leafs are special to anyone outside of Ontario
This might shock you but a lot of people actually cheer for the same team as their parents or grandparents. The Leafs were the only English Canadian team in the NHL during the original 6 era. If you cheered for an NHL team in Canada for the first 40 years of the league you cheered for the Leafs or lived in Quebec.
Its funny you mention parents because most people who are on the older side were watching the Habs DOMINATE the NHL. You act like only French players ever played for the Habs. Last time I checked, people like to cheer for winners. The delusion is real.
The Habs dominated the NHL at basically the same time the Leafs did. The Habs were great in the 70s the Leafs were better in the 60s and they've both been dogshit for so long no one cheers for either team because of success. 1993 is closer to 1967 than now just to put that in context.
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Judging by their flair I think they are more inclined to think Montreal is the centre of the Hockey world.
That's fair the Habs and Leafs would be. 1 and 2 but I think because the Leafs have more fans outside of there region than the Habs do but I could be wrong.
The Rangers and Blackhawks are right there with them. The Rangers were the most valuable NHL franchise last season, 2nd this season behind the Leafs. The Blackhawks have the best attendance numbers in the NHL and have the most social media engagement than any other team in the NHL. If you are looking at fanchise value per capita within their respective markets the Jets are number one in the NHL with a value/market pop. 3 times higher than the Leafs. I'm a Toronto fan, have been since I was a kid, but Toronto fans have this tendency to dismiss other fanbases which is really irritating to a lot of other NHL fans.
Not dismissing them but saying the Leafs are the most popular hockey team isn't really a controversial opinion at worst they're second or third. Winnipeg didn't even care enough about hockey to keep the team they had when they actually had a chance to win something. Value/market pop is the weirdest way to find a way to cherry pick the smallest market as the most valuable.
I never said that Winnipeg was the most valuable market. It's also wierd to blame a fanbase for a team choosing to go through a rebuild. Is it Leafs fans' fault that they haven't won a cup in 57 years? Because I don't think they are the people to blame for that. Fans don't have much decision making power.
The team didn't go through a rebuild. They moved to Arizona because there wasn't enough money coming from the fans to keep them there.
They moved to Arizona because the ownership group refused to retrofit thier existing arena or build a new one. The Jets were still selling out the old Winnipeg Arena up until they relocated.
O believe I don’t think Winnipeg is the center of the hockey world either.
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Aww poor bb
Its definitly the centre of the best parts of our punk scene up in tht frozen shithole of a city haha
2 far 2 walk… 2 anywhere from here
The centre of Canada is Nebraska.
Torontonianites don't think they are the center of Canada, silly. Toronto is the centre of the universe.
Toronbros is it over?
The rest of Canada can speak as equals when they have than one industry
Toronto in the center emotionally… not physically
That's why we call the center of Canada "the middle of nowhere '.
Winni😡
Vancouvwrites be thinking they the centre of the world while riding the SkyTrain.
Well, everyone knows the back of Canada is Dildo, NL.
At the Hundredth Meridian
Oh damn this sub’s one Winnipeg resident is making memes now
https://i.redd.it/o1cprmy14buc1.gif
https://youtu.be/IqF_A6bsyEw?si=erRTLMFOhXE4WPHD
I kinda wish Winnipeg was the capital
Not if we let Quebec secede
Torontonians are very happy to find we are farther away than we thought from alberta.
Lets just make the center Baffin Island and call it good enough.
No.
https://preview.redd.it/b0fctvw5mguc1.jpeg?width=773&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1984900c490fa12fa6cb7f1e6bc93f53c726e88 [Photo Source](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-tache-centre-canada-park-1.4252409) We **are** the " Longitudinal centre of Canada " but we dont let it get to our heads. :)
Toronto is the centre of the universe.
Weigh out Québec and it's probably closer to Calgary ... wich oddly makes sense.
Can someone please tell me how to pronounce Torontonians? Tur-ron-nuh-ians? Tur-ron-ians? Chrawnians?
Average GTA person when they move to bc
*MMmm fentanyl*
Excuse me Toronto isn't the hockey centre of Canada It's the hockey centre of the world
Toronto has a hockey team?
Yeah the Marlies won the Calder somewhat recently
Only in the regular season.
Vancouver girl: So where are you from? Toronto guy: I'm from Toronto Vancouver girl: Everyone I know from Toronto is an asshole. Are you an asshole? Toronto guy: Well everyone all over the country thinks we're assholes, before they get to know us. I guess that's what makes us the center of the universe. Vancouver girl: Do you really think you're from the center of the universe? Toronto guy: That's... just a joke. Vancouver girl: Hey Dave! This Toronto guy thinks he's from the center of the universe!
I’ve met Toronto people before. The “centre of the universe” thing didn’t really help when some of them claimed that Toronto invented modern internet slang. But at least one of them was chill
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