That is generally the case. When I lived in Hamilton (birthplace of Tim Horton’s), there were five or six within a 20-minute walk. Tim’s is very prevalent in Ontario, but start to thin out as you go west.
Absolutely! There are only 10 of them within a 20 minute drive of my place in Saskatoon. That’s very, very thin. 
Or east, there are only two in walking distance from my place in Montreal. And one is in a gas station.
If you’ve seen the lineups at the drive-thrus around here, you’d understand why.
We only have 1 Tim Hortons for every 10,000 people in my city. twitchtwitchtwitch
Go further east and they once again bloom like wildflowers on a prairie. For some reason lot’s of Quebec is a bit of a dead zone for Timmys.
In Halifax, after the hurricane a few years ago when most of the city was without power, anybody that was seen with a Tim Horton’s cup was mobbed by other civilians trying to track down Timmys outlets that had electricity.
Yep, Maritimer here, everywhere you turn, there’s a Tim’s. Even in my backwater, no-stoplight town.
Tim’s hit afoul of the ol’ language police… And were seen as too much English Canada for the likes of rural pure laine Quebecois.
Dunkin’ Donuts was somehow acceptable though :rolleyes:
No kiddin’! Well, that just makes me darn glad. When I moved to Vancouver, there wasn’t anything within walking distance.
Life is good again.
This guy lost all credibility when he penned the following:
“…not all Americans call it soda. Some call it pop, some call it coke (regardless of the brand or kind: “D’ya want a Sprite coke or a root beer coke?”) – it’s a regional difference, rather than a national one.”
As a resident of the American Southeast, I can safely say that NO southerner has ever uttered the above words. Ever. EVER. If you heard it once, you have an awful memory.
A few thoughts:
I have a warm spot for Canada and Canadians. Though I experienced a bit more culture shock that I expected when I spen a month there last summer, the folks were quite kind (though many of them ripped on Americans the minute I turned around to walk away).
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Tim Hortons is owned by a US company, and expanding its operations into the the lower 48. I see this as a good thing (the expansion, I mean).
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Noticed a TON of coffee/doughnut places in Canada (both in Winnipeg & Ontario) when I visited. Chalked it up to the weather, quite frankly. Cold = coffee
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I did not find Toronto, or its surrounding communities, to be more clean than the US, which surprised me. I was doing marketing work in malls. When I visited malls in the US, large vacuum cleaners came through every evening after closing time. At Canadian malls, I noticed cigarette butts and small peices of garbage all over the parking lots and entrances. Took me by surprise, I must say.
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The food is phenominal in Toronto. I had more conversations with fellow chefs re. food preparation than I ever have in any one US city. There is some damn good Asian, Italian, French, etc. food in Toronto. Very impressive.
Great country, really.
FWIW, in the nine years I’ve been here, Tim’s has completely supplanted Dunkin’ Donuts throughout Montreal.
I’ve never really liked Tim Horton’s. I suppose I’ll be deported to the States for admitting that. The coffee isn’t all that great. I’m not big into sugary stuff, so I never get any donuts or Timbits. I’m guessing Tim’s came so popular based on location and the sheer number of them. If I’m out running around it’s really easy to stop at a Tim’s and get a coffee. I can’t find a Second Cup as easily, which would be my prefered choice.
Anyway, onto the topic. I was only in the States once, for about three days. One thing that I thought was interesting was the different chip brands. I’m so used to the usual ones up here that it was nice to see a change. Also what surprised me was seeing cigarette’s in Wal-Mart. There was a wall of them. And when I bought some, paying only 2 or 3 percent in tax. So pretty much what you see as the price is what you’re going to get, plus some pennies. And lastly, beer in corner stores. I’ve since been to provinces where that’s also common, but at the time I was amazed by that.
Would Canadians make a big issue out of any of the Territories wanting to become full-fledged provinces? I could see Yukon wanting it (maybe?)
Just like we hear grousing whenever the idea of statehood for Puerto Rico, DC, or the Virgin Islands is mentioned (stupid stuff like , oooh, a weird number of stars on the flag, how will we cope?)
Re: Tim Horton’s showing up in even backwater towns…
In the rural, small town where I grew up, there used to be a field across the street from my house, between the street and the railroad tracks. Now it’s the site of a Tim Horton’s.
Too bad, really, for the ladies that used to come over every morning and kaffee-klatsch with my mother all day. They were drinking Taster’s Choice or Maxwell House or some such thing. If it’d been today, they could have become regulars at Tim’s (and had a better class of coffee). Tim’s became a part of my brother’s daily routine many years ago. “Large double double.” There’s a phrase I haven’t heard in a long time!
Likely no. The issue as I understand it with Puerto Rico is that by gaining statehood the whole US Congress would have to be re-jigged (number of Senators, number of Reps etc.) In Canada, the number of Federal MPs is based on riding assigned by Elections Canada. Those ridings are based on population not territorial/provincial status. I doubt provincial status for the Territory of Bob would induce large numbers of us to migrate north.
Now if we actually redesign the Senate the perhaps it might tweak some noses.
Don’t forget the rise of Second Cup and Starbucks 
Yee gads, it’s been nine years since I moved away from Montreal. What happened to my life?!
I would question why you think Yukon might want provincial status, but not the others?
I’m a Canadian living part-time in the States. I think I can’t comment reliably on a lot of differences, since I moved from the second largest city in Canada to a small town in rural Pennsylvania, and I’m sure a lot of the differences stem from the size of the place.
Well, that and certain constitutional guarantees (which is why Prince Edward Island has four federal ridings when the population of the whole island is slightly larger than that of the riding in which I live).