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Google Autocomplete's Take On Canada's Provinces And Territories

What Do Other People Think Of Your Province? Ask Google.
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Ever wonder what other people think about where you live? Take a cue from Renee DiResta and use Google's autocomplete tool.

DiResta, an associate at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and blogger, was curious about how Americans felt about people in other states. So she did what anyone would do: she asked Google.

She typed in "Why is [this state] so" and let the search engine do the rest. What did she find?

Many of the results referenced culture or the weather, with some politics and economics mixed in. While some positive searches came up, "for the most part, it doesn’t seem like we think very nice things about each other… at the very least, we’re more inclined to search for articles supporting (or related to) negative biases," she blogged. (To see her full report with an interactive map of the results, click here.)

Autocomplete displays search terms based on an analysis of other people's searches and the pages Google has indexed, the site says. It also updates "frequently" to reflect new trends.

So what do Google users think about Canadian provinces and territories? Click through the gallery to find out.

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CANADIAN PROVINCES & TERRITORIES ACCORDING TO GOOGLE
WHY IS NEWFOUNDLAND SO(01 of13)
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... foggy?... obese?... cold?More searches:"Why is Newfoundland time unique?""Why is Newfoundland called the rock?""Why is Newfoundland half an hour later?" (credit:Flickr: Cindy Funk)
WHY IS NOVA SCOTIA SO...(02 of13)
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... poor?... high?More searches: "Why is Nova Scotia a good place to live?""Why is Nova Scotia called Nova Scotia?""Why is Nova Scotia tax so high?" (credit:Robert Alfers, Wikimedia)
WHY IS NEW BRUNSWICK SO...(03 of13)
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Google's autocomplete doesn't have a go-to for this province.. Other autocompletes ask, "Why is New Brunswick called New Brunswick?," and "Why is New Brunswick the only bilingual province?" (credit:Flickr: scazon)
WHY IS PEI SO...(04 of13)
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Again, no straight response here from Google autocomplete. Although some Google users have apparently asked, "Why is PEI soil red?" and "Why is PEI a province?" (credit:Shutterstock)
WHY IS QUEBEC SO...(05 of13)
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... corrupt?... poor?... cold?More searches: "Why is Quebec tuition so low?""Why is Quebec raising tuition?""Why is Quebec protesting?" (credit:Shutterstock)
WHY IS ONTARIO SO...(06 of13)
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... humid?... hot?... populated?More searches:"Why is Ontario Place closing?""Why is Ontario in debt?""Why is Ontario drinking age 19?" (credit:FLICKR: MICHAELNUGENT)
WHY IS MANITOBA SO...(07 of13)
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... cold?More searches: "Why is Manitoba called Manitoba?""Why is Manitoba called the keystone province?" (credit:Makaristos, Wikimedia)
WHY IS SASKATCHEWAN SO...(08 of13)
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... flat?... windy?... cold?More searches: "Why is Saskatchewan booming?""Why is Saskatchewan called Canada's breadbasket?""Why is Saskatchewan the land of the living skies?" (credit:Wikimedia)
WHY IS ALBERTA SO...(09 of13)
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... conservative?... cold?... windy? ... smokey?More searches:"Why is Alberta rat-free?""Why is Alberta a good place to live?""Why is Alberta called Alberta?""Why is Alberta beef the best?" (credit:Wikimedia)
WHY IS BC SO...(10 of13)
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... expensive?... prone to earthquakes?... warm?More searches:"Why is BC bud so good?""Why is BC the best place to live?" (credit:Makaristos, Wikimedia)
WHY IS NORTHWEST TERRITORIES(11 of13)
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Another no-show!Other queries include "Why is Northwest Territories a province?" and "Why is Northwest Territories part of Canada?" (credit:Zscout370, Wikimedia)
WHY IS NUNAVUT SO...(12 of13)
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... cold?More searches: "Why is Nunavut important to Canada?""Why is Nunavut called Nunavut?""Why is Nunavut a territory?" (credit:Shutterstock)
WHY IS YUKON SO...(13 of13)
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... cold?More searches: "Why is Yukon not a province?""Why is Yukon a territory?" (credit:Fry1989, Wikimedia)

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