Using a browser I never use to limit biased search history results, I Googled "why is PROVINCE/TERRITORY so" and recorded the top result from Google's autocomplete feature. Then I plopped them in a map using Illustrator and a vector map I got from wikipedia.
edit: See U.S. version in comment below. Also I've got more (dumb) visualizations at r/mattshirleycharts
Very cool! I love it. One item I might mention: Google may change your search results based on your specific location. So when you search 'why is Ontario so...' while in BC you may get vastly different results than searching this phrase in Ontario or elsewhere. You might offset this by searching for each phrase using a VPN based in each province.
Source: have been a search engine optimization specialist for ten years.
![image showing [OC] How google describes Canada](a5477800-9e06-5001-99b2-a5432f0d17c0.jpg)
matts41 on February 20th, 2020 at 23:40 UTC »
Using a browser I never use to limit biased search history results, I Googled "why is PROVINCE/TERRITORY so" and recorded the top result from Google's autocomplete feature. Then I plopped them in a map using Illustrator and a vector map I got from wikipedia.
edit: See U.S. version in comment below. Also I've got more (dumb) visualizations at r/mattshirleycharts
survivalist626 on February 21st, 2020 at 00:44 UTC »
Resident manitoban here. Can confirm, cold as fuck
Trannysaurus-Sex on February 21st, 2020 at 02:03 UTC »
Very cool! I love it. One item I might mention: Google may change your search results based on your specific location. So when you search 'why is Ontario so...' while in BC you may get vastly different results than searching this phrase in Ontario or elsewhere. You might offset this by searching for each phrase using a VPN based in each province.
Source: have been a search engine optimization specialist for ten years.