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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
Ottawa is considerably more puritanical than Toronto as well. Same with Kingston.
The only exception might be in deep rural Eastern Ontario where the libertarian "back off gubment" mindset overrides pretty much anything else.
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Despite the old "Toronto the Good" stereotypes, Toronto strikes me as generally being the most disorderly and least rule-following place in Canada, outside of Quebec (and maybe parts of the East Coast? never been there). Maybe not in terms of any actual legal framework, but at least in practice based on how people live.
It's not just attitudes towards alcohol or how much people drink either, but a broader cultural trait. Moving to comparatively straight-laced Vancouver a few years ago (which is itself less orderly than most of the rest of Canada) was a minor shock - even if it's just the little things: people actually queue in lines for the bus, wear bike helmets, wait for crossing lights, go to bed early, sort their recyclables, and so on. Canadians like to follow the rules to a level that most Torontonians just don't.