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The Big Canadian List

The most enlightened town for every province

May/June 1997
Jay Walljasper, Daniel Kracker Utne Reader 
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Alberta ~ Canmore: A booming mountain town near Kootenay National Park that's intelligently managing growth by promoting bicycling and walking, and is setting aside wild corridors for migrating animals.

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British Columbia ~ Vancouver: A wild tract of forest right downtown. Bustling public markets. A 20-mile recreational waterfront. And enough ethnic diversity to make L. A. look monochromatic.

Manitoba ~ Winnipeg: The very picture of multiculturalism with a French quarter, an enormous Ukranian population, dozens of Asian Indian restaurants, and radio news in Chinese.

New Brunswick ~ Burnt Church: A Mii'gmag Indian community that's solving problems by rediscovering its longhouse roots and traditional ways of living and spirituality.

Newfoundland ~ St. Johns: Where the sun rises first in North America. Picturesque and meticulously preserved, with pedestrian trails heading all over town.

Nova Scotia ~ Halifax: A relaxed version of the good life, with great parks, human-scale architecture, a flourishing arts scene, a big alternative rock scene ('the new Seattle'), and a large Buddhist community.

Ontario ~ Toronto: see review

Prince Edward Island ~ Wellington: The economic backbone of this Acadian community is co-ops -- for food, housing, even funerals.

Quebec ~ Montreal: Charming, walkable, and delightfully diverse. The political issue here is about speaking French, not being French.

Saskatchewan ~ Regina: A prairie town with a tradition of left-wing politics and economic cooperation and a progressive spirit. It's a nuclear-free zone, and home to the largest city park in North America as well as the influential Indian Federated College.

Part of cover story section June/July 1997.

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