What Part of Canada are RFDers from?

[Happy13178]

Bored, and just curious....maybe Ryan or Derek know the exact numbers, but I'm curious as to where the majority of RFDers are from....I know there's a lot on Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, but where else? Poll will only allow for 10 options, so I can't go into too much detail, but I'll put in what I can think of...if I miss your town, my apologies.

[dre145]

there are people on here other then toronto?? :confused:

in anycase it doesnt really matter since we all know where the center of the universe is

[Dash]

This is going to turn into a Toronto haters thread. I can feel it coming already.

[Happy13178]

This is going to turn into a Toronto haters thread. I can feel it coming already.

I don't see why. I just want to know how the site visitors split up. I'm sure Toronto area has the most, since it has the highest population, with MTL and VCR coming in next. Toronto's not the centre of the universe any more than all Quebecers want to split up the country. Its all nonsense.

[yao416]

Toronto

[Shaner]

OP, thanks for the putting some cities beside the provinces, otherwise I wouldn't have known what province I was from. lol

[dre145]

I don't see why. I just want to know how the site visitors split up. I'm sure Toronto area has the most, since it has the highest population, with MTL and VCR coming in next. Toronto's not the centre of the universe any more than all Quebecers want to split up the country. Its all nonsense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_the_universe

also sometimes known as the capital of canada

[molala]

Intertesting..

I remembered Ryan posted once that there's no way to find out specifically where members come from...the traffic on RFD from Ontario is less than 40% and urban more than rural....

[Happy13178]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_the_universe

Since when is Wikipedia based in facts?

[Shaner]

Off topic, sports, motor vehicles, hot deals and the BST forums all seem to be mostly people from the GTA. I would assume the other forums are the same but I don't go into them enough to know.

[Happy13178]

OP, thanks for the putting some cities beside the provinces, otherwise I wouldn't have known what province I was from. lol

:p I forget on occasion. Mind you, I don't remember what I had for breakfast this morning.

[dre145]

Since when is Wikipedia based in facts?

its based in sweet sweet chocolate but based on facts!

[Dash]

I don't see why. I just want to know how the site visitors split up. I'm sure Toronto area has the most, since it has the highest population, with MTL and VCR coming in next. Toronto's not the centre of the universe any more than all Quebecers want to split up the country. Its all nonsense.

No one said that Toronto was the center of the Universe.

[Happy13178]

No one said that Toronto was the center of the Universe.

Its been said, but w/e. I'm kinda surprised that nobody's in from BC yet. Little too early for the west coast?

[dre145]

Its been said, but w/e. I'm kinda surprised that nobody's in from BC yet. Little too early for the west coast?

quote the person that said toronto is the centre of the universe

[Absolute]

Ottawa here, but props for listing North Bay in the Ontario list.... lived there for a few years in university!

[Happy13178]

there are people on here other then toronto?? :confused:

in anycase it doesnt really matter since we all know where the center of the universe is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_the_universe

also sometimes known as the capital of canada

quote the person that said toronto is the centre of the universe

You linked to it, and unless you meant the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory north of Victoria, British Columbia, nothing else in Canada is listed there.

[Setz]

Doesn't Toronto have like 10% of all Canada in it alone? That's probably why so many people are from Ontario on RFD.

[JordanN]

Brampton, Ontario. :D

[molala]

Doesn't Toronto have like 10% of all Canada in it alone? That's probably why so many people are from Ontario on RFD.

A think a lot of people forgot that RFD was started in Toronto, and last I checked, the headquarter is still in Toronto

[rayray27]

Toronto ftw

[RenegadeX]

Here ya go, folks, RFD stats from DomainTools.com:
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1259/88pu1.jpg
As you can see, 'Toronto' is Toronto proper and not 'GTA'.

What's interesting is that while the GTA's Mississauga(pop.668,500) & Markham(pop.262,000) seem to have a lot of RFDers, Brampton(pop.433,000) does not. And when you consider places like Calgary(pop.990,000), Ottawa(pop.812,000), Winnipeg(pop.633,000), Hamilton(pop.505,000), Surrey(pop.394,000) and London(pop.352,000) all have significantly higher populations than Markham, that does seem odd. Until you look at the demographics...

[Setz]

Here ya go, folks, RFD stats from DomainTools.com:
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1259/88pu1.jpg
As you can see, 'Toronto' is Toronto proper and not 'GTA'.

Why would people of India be interested in RFD in the first place?

[RenegadeX]

Why would people of India be interested in RFD in the first place?I would suspect because:

- a) there is a large Indian population in Canada, and perhaps when some Indian RFDers go back home for a visit, out of habit, they check in on RFD

- b) Indians typically like deals. Perhaps it comes up in their websearches and they can't resist visiting? Perhaps they're checking Canadian pricing so when relatives visit from Canada or when they go to Canada they know how item's pricing compares.

- c) something else?

[Sazafraz]

mississaugaaa

[molala]

Why would people of India be interested in RFD in the first place?

Maybe the outsource CSR of Dell wants to know some hot deal from their own company? or to predict how many ppl will call and complain that day?

[AiMnDtel]

This is going to turn into a Toronto haters thread. I can feel it coming already.

Didn't you know this was be kind to a Torontonian week.;)

[smartcdn]

Why would people of India be interested in RFD in the first place?

DomainTools.com stats as of when? 2008? October?

[serathe]

I do find a bit on here useful. Buying anything for the GF, it's usually from Canada. So it's nice to have an idea on the good/bad places to buy things. I actually started reading after I ordered and found out an online shop was crap. The google searches led me here. :)

When I go to Canada it's BC :)

[board123]

Waterloo!

[gordholio]

Ottawa here, but props for listing North Bay in the Ontario list.... lived there for a few years in university!

Of course North Bay is in Ontario! Ontario is much more than just Toronto and surrounding area.

[gordholio]

I would suspect because:

- a) there is a large Indian population in Canada, and perhaps when some Indian RFDers go back home for a visit, out of habit, they check in on RFD

- b) Indians typically like deals. Perhaps it comes up in their websearches and they can't resist visiting? Perhaps they're checking Canadian pricing so when relatives visit from Canada or when they go to Canada they know how item's pricing compares.

- c) something else?

Large is relative. Probably only about 2 or 3% of the total population of Canada.

[12th hour]

When did Moosejaw and Elliot Lake become part of Manitoba??????

[AcidBomber]

GTA owns all...

should have done "GTA" as 1 choice and "Rest of Ontario" as another.

[i6s1]

...and unless you meant the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory north of Victoria, British Columbia, nothing else in Canada is listed there.

Toronto is listed.

[i6s1]

Until you look at the demographics...

Pardon my ignorance, but what demographic is common in Markham and Miss?

[aplayaz2000]

Hi, can someone tell me the other parts of Toronto names? Like the GTA would be the north side right?

[__Kingpin__]

brampton

[RenegadeX]

DomainTools.com stats as of when? 2008? October?Sorry, am not sure - I took the screenshot today so assume it is relatively current.
Pardon my ignorance, but what demographic is common in Markham and Miss?- The 2006 census indicated that (in subsequent rank order) :
- 34.6% of Markham's population (~262,000) was white, 34.2% Chinese and 17.2% South Asian (that's Indian, Pakistani, etc).
- 50.6% of Mississauga's population (~668,500) was white, 20.2% South Asian, and 6.9% Chinese

Hi, can someone tell me the other parts of Toronto names? Like the GTA would be the north side right?GTA = Greater Toronto Area, which includes the neighbouring regions of Durham, Halton, Peel and York. Here's a map:
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7228/mapaz5.gif
It's a large area, Burlington is 60km west, Clarington is 80km east, and Georgina is 80km north, and it's densely populated all the way along the lake from Burlington to Oshawa, Brampton, Vaughan & Markham, and then up the Yonge St corridor from downtown Toronto to Newmarket in the north.

Large is relative. Probably only about 2 or 3% of the total population of Canada.Perhaps. Hard to say as it's usually broken down as 'South Asian', in which case it's 4% .. but who's counting? ;)
25% of the Canadian total South Asian population lives in Mississauga, Brampton and Markham alone, and another 25% live elsewhere in the GTA.


Make-up of Canada's visible minority population (chart from Wiki) :
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1568/79776932wh9.jpg

Source: too many links to post, but I used the Wikipedia pages for each of the relevant towns/cities/GTA/country's demographics- all of which referenced various Stats Can pages, and a calculator. I verified the Wiki info on Stats Can before posting.

[CSR]

Thanks for pulling the stats, would you mind posting the source, just out of curiosity.

[RenegadeX]

Thanks for pulling the stats, would you mind posting the source, just out of curiosity.Sorry - I normally do, but there were so many I didn't bother this time. Still I should have stated that my source was the various Wikipedia pages for the relevant towns/cities/GTA/country - all of which sourced various Stats Can pages.. and that I verified those individually before posting.

Will add to the original post.

[Peckerwood]

Whitehorse is spelled as one word

:)

[Absolute]

Of course North Bay is in Ontario! Ontario is much more than just Toronto and surrounding area.

Sorry, I meant listing it in the poll, instead of other cities in Ontario like Kingston, Sudbury, Midland, London, etc. Just made it seem important ;)

[artsreview]

I would suspect because:

- a) there is a large Indian population in Canada, and perhaps when some Indian RFDers go back home for a visit, out of habit, they check in on RFD

- b) Indians typically like deals. Perhaps it comes up in their websearches and they can't resist visiting? Perhaps they're checking Canadian pricing so when relatives visit from Canada or when they go to Canada they know how item's pricing compares.

- c) something else?

It's the "1% effect" at work! I.e. even if 1% of India's population visited RFD, it's still 10 million people! That's like twice the population of the GTA...

[Happy13178]

Toronto is listed.

I know, that was my point. :p

Whitehorse is spelled as one word

:)

My bad, hadn't had my morning coffee yet. :)

[licious]

Wow, almost 80% from Ontario. I had expected more people to be from BC at least.

[Happy13178]

Wow, almost 80% from Ontario. I had expected more people to be from BC at least.

BC and Quebec both seem pretty low....maybe they just don't browse off-topic that much?

[ghostryder]

When did Moosejaw and Elliot Lake become part of Manitoba??????

Basic Canadian geography, brought to you by the Toronto District School Board. :lol:

[thecharlie]

It's funny how the OP lists random cities within the province, as if we don't what province we live in.

Oh no, Markham's not listed! Which option should I pick??

[Happy13178]

It's funny how the OP lists random cities within the province, as if we don't what province we live in.

Oh no, Markham's not listed! Which option should I pick??

I'd go American....the attitude is right. The names were more for other people looking at the poll, not the voters. GJ thinking it over though.

[Setz]

It's the "1% effect" at work! I.e. even if 1% of India's population visited RFD, it's still 10 million people! That's like twice the population of the GTA...

It's not 1% of India, it's 1% of visitors to RFD. If RFD gets 100 visitors a day, 1 of them live in India.

[Happy13178]

Basic Canadian geography, brought to you by the Toronto District School Board. :lol:

:p Yeah, no excuse there. I was tossing up names and mixed some up.

[kleptodathief]

i guessd around 70% ontario, if im also guessing 50% off all voters r in toronto!

[gflux]

When did Moosejaw and Elliot Lake become part of Manitoba??????

Bwaahahaa!

[skyblue12]

err.. toronto ontario for me.. -_-"

[Realrena]

lol close to 80% is from Ontario.. wow.
Thought there will be more from Vancouver

[Horndogg]

I live in Grey County, Ontario. Which is 100 miles north on Toronto on beautiful Georgian Bay!:cheesygri

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

w00t, ontario ftw!

[mapleflag]

Another one from Toronto, Ontario :)