Comments on: Canada's smartest cities 2010: overall rankings

By: Will

Will — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:21:16 +0000

I'm surprised New Brunswick even made it on this list, what's even more surprising is that Moncton is on this, did you ever go to that place? Stupid people you say……I'm making reference here to Acadians.

By: CME

CME — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:59:14 +0000

I really wish people in cities that do not make lists such as this would grow up and do something about it. Hey I have an idea, let's all sit here and whine while the rest of the country gets more intelligent

By: Quebec 2.0

Quebec 2.0 — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:18:05 +0000

Still a lot of improvements needs to be done to Québec's public school system, drop out rate are just unaceptable
The education reform that started 7 years ago to copy the scandinavian model is just a plain disaster.

Hopefully we can get rid of the liberals soon and start working to improve that.

By: BobSagetTroll

BobSagetTroll — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:23:21 +0000

Because Quebec is dumb, you get all mad. It's not a bias, they are just unintelligent.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:06:48 +0000

Macleans' anti-Montreal bias has reached laughable levels.

Every poll, every article, every text, it's all Quebec-bashing.

By: r sampling

r sampling — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:02:35 +0000

how could toronto the armpit of canada make the list

By: french moron

french moron — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:42:00 +0000

Qwebec is smarte I love molson and labatt

By: roger le morron

roger le morron — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:37:32 +0000

Not one city from Quebec we will ave to separate

By: lackofregard

lackofregard — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:06:24 +0000

The only "stupid" people on this thread are those who can't see past their prejudice (I'm talking to you, Quebec haters). Spend more time reading and less time picking on people you don't know, and perhaps your city will score rather well, like mine.

Merci :)

By: Al O'Wishes

Al O'Wishes — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:45:33 +0000

You're not really Stephen Harper are you?

By: john

john — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:21:39 +0000

Oakville, although under separate jurisdiction then the city of Toronto, is really just a Suburb. Counting Oakville on the list would be like counting Vaughn or Brampton. These places are definitively linked to the Toronto Economy. Why do you think highway 401 or the QEW are packed at rush hour full of people heading into the City from the Suburbs. The GTA is one city. If Oakville would get it's own spot in the poll, then I want my area of the city to have one as well.

By: TRILANGUAL

TRILANGUAL — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:33:58 +0000

get real this is bull, i live in a community where everyone speaks at least 2 languages and the average speaks 4
so my city is not even mentioned. So forget about accuracy.. C'est de la merde…..

By: dgfhkfhjlfghjfla

dgfhkfhjlfghjfla — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:22:23 +0000

clearly, the 2006-2010 downward trend for ottawa is the result of the change of government.

By: OliverClosov

OliverClosov — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:04 +0000

still the rest of us you dumb fucking frenchman :OP

By: rand

rand — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:38:44 +0000

I worked in Oakville, know a lot of folks who live in Oakville. While there are smart people in Oakville, there are not many. Rich? yes smart no. A lot of old money along the waterfront thats it.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:46:35 +0000

come to Moncton, our angolphones are the dumbest!

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:33:48 +0000

Here, here….I'm with you!

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:33:01 +0000

You have such a closed mind. Read what you wrote….get a life, 70 you say!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:32:35 +0000

Haaaaaaaaaaa. It's funny to see how some people have no sense of humor or are just plain dumb.

By: No Habs No

No Habs No — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:34:59 +0000

Montrèal is right near the bottom of the list!! No surprise really, how smart can a Hab fan be?? Olè Olè Olè Olè, na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey GOOD BYE!!

By: wester15

wester15 — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:23:44 +0000

Bravo Janet. You make some astute and valid observations but I have a but. Health care. You say smart people leave QC and I think doctors, generally, are pretty smart AND well educated. Doctors get their education in Canada and leave. Not all but a lot.

By: allan

allan — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:16:49 +0000

get real the language you speak has nothing to do with it….

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:11:56 +0000

I was born and raised in Saskatoon, later, lived 8 years in Montreal with children and now am in the GTA/Mississauga/Brampton area. People are smart because they are taught well. Saskatoon's school system is quite good which is demonstrated by the lack of many private schools…they are not needed.
Montreal (and most of QC) are quite behind and, as a result, have many private schools. Most kids only complete Grade 11 because that is when high school finishes in QC. The few that are going on to University must attend CEGEP for University Prep classes. QC Universities are subsidised for QC residents. Can they pay their academics as well as other Canadian Universities? I assume not, so the good profs go elsewhere. Smart people leave QC!
Now I live in the GTA and am pleased there is no more Grade 13 but this issue of having some students retake Grade 12 for a Victory Lap to gain more varied credits has got to stop. Tax money should be spend on Grades K – 12, not 12+. I am surprised to see that Oakville is not in the list. With all this in mind, that is why the West has won (this survey)!

By: george

george — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:47:22 +0000

well maybe because toronto deserve that rating .

By: Nunavut resident

Nunavut resident — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:51:39 +0000

Where's Nunavut in this – The territories are part of Canada too !!!!! Don't forget us!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:57:49 +0000

Vancouverites are too busy trying to find an affordable place to live to bother about anything else…….

By: Rocket

Rocket — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:57:49 +0000

AND P.S The HST (which is a bull#*$t ploy to grab even more money from the pockets of those who pay enough taxes already) is upon us… and that alone makes everyone in BC and Ontario the fool… who's the smartest now?

By: Rocket

Rocket — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:52:44 +0000

We were all smart enough to stay out of the war in Iraq… we should be proud to be Canadian and quit comparing brains. Who cares…

By: cpt qc

cpt qc — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:50:03 +0000

of course… the test was in English and we all know about Quebec's english community….

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 22 May 2010 07:30:05 +0000

For someone calling others stupid, learn your "you're" and "your".

By: naesal

naesal — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:49:46 +0000

Who cares anyways, Macleans Magizine isn't good enough.

By: John Zeger

John Zeger — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:42:38 +0000

One doesn't need to see survey results to find out that Kelowna isn't a particularly smart city. One only needs to look at who the residents elect to city council.

By: Newfie

Newfie — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:37:07 +0000

You live in fuckin igloos dumbass

By: lol

lol — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:07:46 +0000

dumb*

By: Olive

Olive — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:05:26 +0000

ever heard of punctuation?

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:03:03 +0000

That should read: I do no speak le français, but I treat those who do not speak l'anglais…

By: François

François — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:59:47 +0000

Again, not the French, but the Quebecers who believe they speak French…

By: François

François — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:57:31 +0000

Agreed, except they're "struggling-to-try-and-speak-French Franglophone peasants from Quebec"… They're not French.
The French are in France…

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:54:27 +0000

EN français…

By: Louis

Louis — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:53:03 +0000

As a European… My feeling exactly, Jacques :-)

By: Let Ye Entertain Me

Let Ye Entertain Me — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:42:36 +0000

Let's see: 7 of the top 10 are decidedly conservative. Most of the national university cities score below 10, and Quebec rounds out the bottom six. Only question remains, how did Toronto get to #10? Anybody have an idea how to analyze these observations.

By: albertarich

albertarich — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:37:06 +0000

alberta is full of rich educated trades people who generally have a higher household income than university educated people who are up to their eyeballs in student loans,so whos dumber?

By: albertarich

albertarich — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:33:59 +0000

thats funny the bottom 6 are from quebec,im not surprised though

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:30:47 +0000

As a foreigner who's lived in Montreal for 9 years, it's no surprise to me that cities in Quebec would score badly…
Most things are a joke in Quebec.
When the (infra)structures and organizations exist, they're run so poorly that they might as well not exist.
For example, I was at Montreal's Musée des Beaux-Arts last week…
At best, it looked like a glorified European regional museum.
I really was not impressed…
And that's symptomatic of everything in Québec.

Another hint: People argue that they speak French here…
Well, then, how about they try and explain to the rest of the world, Frenchspeaking or not, why on Earth other French speakers need subtitles to understand what they say in their broadcasting (except for Radio Canada's presenters… and even then…)?

By: allison

allison — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:17:04 +0000

very funny!!!!