Top 10 Most ISOLATED CITIES in CANADA | Canada's Index of REMOTENESS
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Hi Everyone, In this video we go through the most geographically isolated cities in Canada based of StatsCAN's Index of Remoteness. Let me know if you agree with this list!
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To be clear, this isn’t my personal list, it’s based on data compiled from Stats Canada Index of Remoteness. Link is in the description. Although I believe this is a strong list and I understand Stats Canada’s methodology, if I had to make my own personal list of what I believe are the most isolated cities, I would make a few changes. Let me know what your top 10 list would be? Hope you all enjoy the video!
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Ah, Dryden. I went there on days off while working as a tree planter in the area. It's a pretty unpleasant little city, the pulp and paper mill looms over it and stinks up the whole town while being a reminder of its dark history. It poisoned the first nations community of Grassy Narrows through dumping mercury into the waterways. It is in a beautiful part of Ontario, though. Interesting that Dryden is on the list rather than Red Lake to the north though, I'd have thought it was more remote.
Thanks for sharing, great insights! Red Lake doesn’t have city status, it’s technically considered a town hence why it wasn’t included!
These places may seem isolated, and they are. But, remember that most, if not all, of Canada was like this prior to British and European settlement. The natives were mostly located near bodies of water or were nomads, so it took industrialization to populate the interior and even to this day, it's still pretty barren. These communities are a reminder of Canadian history.
What I think of isolated cities around the world I think of those within countries and autonomous territories that have rather large landmasses and are far from the most densely populated. To be fair plenty of parts of the Tibetan Plateau are isolated from larger population centers in India and Mainland China but I also think of those in Russia (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and plenty of localities on Sakhalin Island among them), Argentina (at least far enough away from the national capital), Chile (particularly in the extreme north and within that country’s part of Patagonia), Brazil (including in the far west) and within Japan's Okinawa Prefecture (connected to the mainland only by air or sea).
@@wainber1 You're right on. The only remote city or town on this list is Iqaluit. The rest aren't even close to being remote as they're all easily accessible by major highways.
Great video. Dryden and Flin Flon being so high baffled me as a Manitoban
Part of it is the fact that the communities we usually consider as quite remote are mostly categorized as towns, townships, villages or hamlets as per stats Canada and not as cities.
I did not expect to have been to the first 5 cities on this list
You are well travelled!
Ive been to FlinFlon Manitoba. I was born in Manitoba i now live in Burnaby b.c
Wonderful very informative. Thanks
Thank you
Index of remoteness is a cool metric
It is!
Oh, there are lonlier places than Iqaluit. Iqaluit is a territorial capital that is accessible by sea for a good part of the year.
Definitely, I made a video on the most isolated “communities” in Canada! Check it out!
I agree with you that Iqaluit and Flin Flon should be reversed in the list. My girlfriend is from Flin Flon and she goes home via car all the time to visit. She definitely couldn't do that if she were from Iqaluit.
That’s exactly my rationale into mentioning that Iqaluit should be number 1z
From Canada: I've lived in the Arctic regions of Canada for many years. I smile at the way "city dwellers" describe the region. "Remote, isolated, lonely, barren, etc. Well, beauty and ugly are in the eye of the beholder. It takes a special kind of individual to appreciate the beauty and a special kind of individual who can appreciate each day and stay in the moment. It's in our favour that most of you will never see our northern regions for many regions and that's the way we like it.
No doubt it’s a beautiful region, that has so much to offer in terms of its natural scenery. But it’s also remote and isolated meaning it’s located far away from modern cities and amenities that are associated with said cities. It’s not meant to make these areas look bad, it’s just a way to describe the geography of the region 🙏
Im this world I'll take isolation. Love my Country.
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Most aren’t even close to being real “cities”…if not for the vagaries of Canada’s local government definitions.
There’s only 2 cities in BC…metro Vancouver and metro Victoria. Everywhere else…town, big town!
I agree. Iqaluit is the most remote.
Yea def, but I think stats Canada also factors in the population in their equation when calculating remoteness, Iquali has about 30% more residents than Flin Flon, I assume that’s why Flin is considered more remote.
great video, you should go down the line, city, to town to village and whats after
Good idea! I was thinking the same!
Then Churchill would win!
Wow, this was such an eye-opening video! I had no idea how vast and remote some parts of Canada really are. The way you highlighted the unique challenges and beauty of these isolated cities was fascinating. Thanks for sharing this incredible content!
Thank you so much 🙏🙏
Love your content bro
Thank you so much brother! More awesome content on the way bro!
Great video 👏
Thank you so much 🙏
More people should move up to the nwt.
It’s a tough sell brother
@@Urban_Atlas everybody from britan and Ireland should move and build thier.
I love your videos, really interesting topics and they seem to be very well-researched. There are so many neat places here in Canada, it's awesome to see more people taking the time to learn about them!
I appreciate your kind words! Thank you 🙏
I lived in Iqaluit for over 2 years, it has some nice things about it, the weather is awesome for someone like me who hates warm weather - 56° last winter was the record, the air is so pure to breathe there.
But social issues are BIG and can easily disrupt your way of life.
Everything is expensive there if you ain't being housed by your employer you're basically screwed, sma thing if you ant to own a car ( you can live easily without one there) but groceries you have to make choices.
If you ever go there, bring a water filter as tap water isn't good for consumption right away.
Pollution is also a problem there, littering and stuff like that.
A water pipe breaking in the middle of winter is also common there( I was dispatching calls about these issues as part of my job) and can last over a week before it gets fixed.
It's another way of life up there, government town, you usually go there for work.
Be on the lookout if you do it's got a high minor crimes rate there.
** I really like your videos man, keep up the good work
Great insights! I enjoyed reading your first hand experience. Thank you. 🙏
You sounds like a typical whiner who is only there for the money.
@billfarley9167 how?
Seriously dude explain to me how, I just gave a quick opinion about my experience.
Did I say I didn't like the cold?
Did I say anything bad about inuit culture?
I pointed out the fact that it is super expensive to live there and social issues are a big problem.
Maybe you live there and you don't see it that way, maybe you don't know anything about me.
But please develop on how I was there only for the money since you know me so well.