Hometown Canada

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Born in Guelph, Ontario and raised in Acton (yes, it IS worth the drive). Would have been born in Acton but it sadly doesn't have a hospital!

[trailmix 77]

I am from Calgary - although I wasn't born there and neither was my little Sister - my parents moved to a small town outside of Calgary for a couple of years (High River) - and that is where we were born.

My 3x Great Grandfather was the first European settler in Calgary and he also bought the first 2 pieces of land there when they went up for sale (while encouraging others to do the same - people were a bit leery - wondering why anyone would really come to stay in the place). He was from Ireland and originally went from there to Texas, was drafted in to the army during the civil war and deserted to join the northern troops (he didn't believe in slavery). Then went gold mining and ended up in Calgary - coming over via B.C.

[warlord 73]

Born in Guelph, Ontario and raised in Acton (yes, it IS worth the drive). Would have been born in Acton but it sadly doesn't have a hospital!

Yep I lived in the crapass city of Guelph too growing up and then moved to Windsor for college (U of Windsor) and then lived there for about 8 years or so. Parents still live in Guelph...

[Emancipation 2]

I will represent the Maritimes...

Born and raised in Charlottetown, PEI the birthplace of Confederation.. what they don't tell you is really it was just a weekend long party involving a whole heap of champagne, and somewhere along the line they thought it'd be a good idea to form a country..

[Marilyn. 340]

no one else from Manitoba yet.?? ..lol I am feeling lonely

[BermyCat 1]

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia

14 days to 14 years old: Bermuda - The country is so small that's it's almost pointless to state which parishs I've lived in. Here's a little info on Bermuda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda

14 to 18 years old: Ottawa, Ontario - I went to the only boarding school in the city: Ashbury College.

18 to 23 years old: Guelph, Ontario

23 t0 30 years old: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

30 to 32 years old: Bermuda again

I've just moved to Atlanta, Georgia

I can never decide whether Bermuda or K-W is my home town. It's a tossup for me.

~ Catherine

[Reeena 0]

The hubby is from Newfoundland but we currently live in North Bay Ontario!! Yay, lol

Minus 33 with the wind chill today!! OUCH!!

(My California blood doesnt like this cold)

[xtinab 0]

Born in North York, Ontario

Raised in Richmond Hill

Adult life lived in Forest Hill, but now back in Richmond Hill, since I spend almost half my time in Columbus with Buddy

[xtinab 0]

I forgot my interesting fact Remember Elvis Stojko anybody?

[Flames9_RN 358]

I forgot my interesting fact Remember Elvis Stojko anybody?

I read online a few weeks back--that he is now down in Mexico teaching figure skating!!

[xtinab 0]

I forgot my interesting fact Remember Elvis Stojko anybody?

I read online a few weeks back--that he is now down in Mexico teaching figure skating!!

He abandoned Canada???

just kidding of course

[Danu 19]

I am from everywhere and nowhere.

Was born in Germany, moved to Canada when the base was shut down. First place in Canada that I lived was Bordon, ON. From there I moved to Vernon, BC. Then to North Bay, ON. Now I am in Kingston, ON.

An interesting fact....the Harvey's in North Bay that had the ecoli scare earlier this year....I use to work there. Lol.

An interesting fact from abroad. The hospitals in Germany generally don't have names. They are called Krankenhaus which literally translated is the Sick House.

[JillA 2]

I am from everywhere and nowhere.

Was born in Germany, moved to Canada when the base was shut down. First place in Canada that I lived was Bordon, ON. From there I moved to Vernon, BC. Then to North Bay, ON. Now I am in Kingston, ON.

An interesting fact....the Harvey's in North Bay that had the ecoli scare earlier this year....I use to work there. Lol.

An interesting fact from abroad. The hospitals in Germany generally don't have names. They are called Krankenhaus which literally translated is the Sick House.

I remember reading about that! I love Harvey's veggie burger, the best out there!

[neiks 19]

no one else from Manitoba yet.?? ..lol I am feeling lonely

I'm from Manitoba. Grew up on a farm but our "hometown" was called Glenora. Population 26.... yes 26 people not 26 hundred or thousand. I actually went to a small two room school house. It had no gym or library and the principal (one of the two teachers) actually had a hand held school bell that he rang to end end recess. The one room had grades 1-4 and the "big" room had grades 5-8. Some grades may only have one person in it and one year there was a grade that had nobody. We had a big class with 6 kids. After grade 8 we went to a "larger" town for highschool. The school is now closed but did survive to see it's 100th anniversary. The town itself is actually a neat and tidy little town and everyone takes much pride in it. It has one store called "the Mall" which is basically a general store. It also has a community hall and a very active curling club - which still uses natural ice and not an artifical plant.

So did I move to a bigger community when I moved to the US? Actually, NO! The place we live right now has a population of 12 full time residents. It's basically, a dumpy little North Dakota town that died years ago. Only thing remaining here is the bar - which is a dumpy hole in the wall but is very popular in the area.

[Flames9_RN 358]

no one else from Manitoba yet.?? ..lol I am feeling lonely

I'm from Manitoba. Grew up on a farm but our "hometown" was called Glenora. Population 26.... yes 26 people not 26 hundred or thousand. I actually went to a small two room school house. It had no gym or library and the principal (one of the two teachers) actually had a hand held school bell that he rang to end end recess. The one room had grades 1-4 and the "big" room had grades 5-8. Some grades may only have one person in it and one year there was a grade that had nobody. We had a big class with 6 kids. After grade 8 we went to a "larger" town for highschool. The school is now closed but did survive to see it's 100th anniversary. The town itself is actually a neat and tidy little town and everyone takes much pride in it. It has one store called "the Mall" which is basically a general store. It also has a community hall and a very active curling club - which still uses natural ice and not an artifical plant.

So did I move to a bigger community when I moved to the US? Actually, NO! The place we live right now has a population of 12 full time residents. It's basically, a dumpy little North Dakota town that died years ago. Only thing remaining here is the bar - which is a dumpy hole in the wall but is very popular in the area.

Love towns like that!! I think it s a staple in the prairie communities--a curling rink,lol