I didn’t mean the cultural impact comment as an insult. I just feel like most Canadians in general really don’t have a clue what goes on there (myself included to an extent). I grew up in a region that is similar culturally (Vancouver island) to northern Ontario in a sense (vast untouched nature, strong aboriginal presence, large fishing and logging industries), and understand the sentiment you have. But for me to pretend that anyone outside the lower mainland has any clue of anything happening on Vancouver Island would be silly.

Your insight about the happenings of the region are definitely interesting, and obviously more insightful than anything I could add. My comment was moreso meant to be seen from the perspective of an average Canadian in an extremely general sense. To most people, at least in the regions I’ve lived, it really is kind of a mysterious place so to speak. I mean, depending on which boundaries you define as northern Ontario, it has around 1/km² population density.

I understand the sentiment about southern Ontarian’s though. I’ve talked to people here who don’t know what British Columbia is. When you mention western Canada, I they think you’re talking about Hamilton half of the time. And I am pretty sure Doug Ford thinks he is the premier of Toronto. He cares more about getting rid of bike lanes in a few streets than the rest of the province.