Oddball
Senior Member
I think we might have been at risk of totally derailing the brand spanking new Statcan data thread with inane maps, stats and flags. Therefore I give you the Fantasy Geography/Politics Thread! Home to all that is inane maps, stats and flags!
Picking-up where @UrbanWarrior and I left off, topic number 1 is the dissolution of Ontario! Because if there's one thing we Albertan's know it's how other people should keep their affairs! Therefor it's up to us Albertans to come up with a proposal that destroys Ontario, thereby saving the country and likely the world.
I give you Oddball's 6 Ontarios Proposal!
I would replace the province with 4 new provinces and 2 new territories. The map above is based on the existing Ontario Census Divisions. Each of the four provinces would get 6 of Onatrio's existing 24 senators and a create two new Senators for the territories. Each jurisdiction would get a proportional number of Ontario's 121 seats. I like some of Urban Warrior's names better, but I just wanted to throw up some alternatives for sport.
Province 1: Ontario
2016 Population: 4,109,734
Proposed Capital: London
Major Cities: Hamilton, St. Catherines, Guelph, Windsor, Barrie, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
Disputed Territory: Burlington in Toronto Province.
Making up the majority of Ontario's southern peninsula, it encloses most of the CMAs and CAs in the province that are often overshadowed by Toronto.
Province 2: Toronto
2016 Population: 6,417,516
Proposed Capital: Toronto
Major Cities: Other major GTA constituents like Mississauga, Oshawa and Newmarket
Disputed Territory: The southern portions of the Golden Horseshoe and Barrie in Southern Ontario, Cottage Country in Northern Ontario
The Centre of the Universe can now be the centre of it's own universe rather than project it's ideals and desires over a broad geographic area.
Province 3: Upper Canada
2016 Population: 1,128,200
Proposed Capital: Kingston
Major Cities: Peterborough and the suburbs of Ottawa
Disputed Territory: Ottawa, the province is without it's natural population centre thanks to the Capital territory.
A province for the people Eastern Ontario which is more rural than other parts of the south. It also includes a lot of the oldest parts of the province and important military bases like Trenton. It would also likely be home to a large number of federal government related sites due to it's proximity to Ottawa. It might also be open to being a bilingual province thanks to it's proximity to Quebec.
Province 4: Superior
2016 Population: 713,586
Proposed Capital: Sault Ste. Marie
Major Cities: Sudbury, Timmons, Thunder Bay
Disputed Territory: Kenora
The more populous strip of northern Ontario. It's more southern and lake looking. Soo may be smaller than Sudbury and TB, but it is more centrally located. This also has many of French speaking areas of the province, so it would most likely be the 2nd officially bilingual province. I'd probably make Kenora part of it too, but I was working with CD data.
Territory 1: National Capital Territory
2016 Population: 934,243
Disputed Territory: Gatineau
This is only about blowing up Ontario. Quebec was outside the scope, but it would make a tonne of sense to include it too. This territory would be unique in Canada and provide for the close relationship between Ottawa and the federal government.
Territory 2: Wabimaki Territory
Capital: Moosonee
Population: 145,215
Disputed Territory: Islands and water belonging to Nunavut in Hudson's Bay
It probably wouldn't include Kenora, because the point is to give emphasis to the parts of Ontario that aren't as developed and integrated into the rest of the country. A lot of this land was added to Ontario later than the rest and has a predominantly aboriginal population like the further northern territories. It would hopefully give them more political empowerment and open up access to more federal development funds.
Picking-up where @UrbanWarrior and I left off, topic number 1 is the dissolution of Ontario! Because if there's one thing we Albertan's know it's how other people should keep their affairs! Therefor it's up to us Albertans to come up with a proposal that destroys Ontario, thereby saving the country and likely the world.
I give you Oddball's 6 Ontarios Proposal!
I would replace the province with 4 new provinces and 2 new territories. The map above is based on the existing Ontario Census Divisions. Each of the four provinces would get 6 of Onatrio's existing 24 senators and a create two new Senators for the territories. Each jurisdiction would get a proportional number of Ontario's 121 seats. I like some of Urban Warrior's names better, but I just wanted to throw up some alternatives for sport.
Province 1: Ontario
2016 Population: 4,109,734
Proposed Capital: London
Major Cities: Hamilton, St. Catherines, Guelph, Windsor, Barrie, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
Disputed Territory: Burlington in Toronto Province.
Making up the majority of Ontario's southern peninsula, it encloses most of the CMAs and CAs in the province that are often overshadowed by Toronto.
Province 2: Toronto
2016 Population: 6,417,516
Proposed Capital: Toronto
Major Cities: Other major GTA constituents like Mississauga, Oshawa and Newmarket
Disputed Territory: The southern portions of the Golden Horseshoe and Barrie in Southern Ontario, Cottage Country in Northern Ontario
The Centre of the Universe can now be the centre of it's own universe rather than project it's ideals and desires over a broad geographic area.
Province 3: Upper Canada
2016 Population: 1,128,200
Proposed Capital: Kingston
Major Cities: Peterborough and the suburbs of Ottawa
Disputed Territory: Ottawa, the province is without it's natural population centre thanks to the Capital territory.
A province for the people Eastern Ontario which is more rural than other parts of the south. It also includes a lot of the oldest parts of the province and important military bases like Trenton. It would also likely be home to a large number of federal government related sites due to it's proximity to Ottawa. It might also be open to being a bilingual province thanks to it's proximity to Quebec.
Province 4: Superior
2016 Population: 713,586
Proposed Capital: Sault Ste. Marie
Major Cities: Sudbury, Timmons, Thunder Bay
Disputed Territory: Kenora
The more populous strip of northern Ontario. It's more southern and lake looking. Soo may be smaller than Sudbury and TB, but it is more centrally located. This also has many of French speaking areas of the province, so it would most likely be the 2nd officially bilingual province. I'd probably make Kenora part of it too, but I was working with CD data.
Territory 1: National Capital Territory
2016 Population: 934,243
Disputed Territory: Gatineau
This is only about blowing up Ontario. Quebec was outside the scope, but it would make a tonne of sense to include it too. This territory would be unique in Canada and provide for the close relationship between Ottawa and the federal government.
Territory 2: Wabimaki Territory
Capital: Moosonee
Population: 145,215
Disputed Territory: Islands and water belonging to Nunavut in Hudson's Bay
It probably wouldn't include Kenora, because the point is to give emphasis to the parts of Ontario that aren't as developed and integrated into the rest of the country. A lot of this land was added to Ontario later than the rest and has a predominantly aboriginal population like the further northern territories. It would hopefully give them more political empowerment and open up access to more federal development funds.