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As a dual US/Canadian citizen who grew up in Canada, I absolutely agree with you. There are cultural differences between the USA and Canada, but they are much less than the cultural differences that I've experienced between different parts of the USA. And I'm not sure that growing up I even met anyone with Finnish ancestry outside of my own family.

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Actually two of my friends ended up married to Finnish-Canadians: one from a Northern Ontario family (Thunder Bay) and one recently from Finland. So if we go by personal anecdote Canada is indeed full of Finns. :)

Part of the whole cultural mosaic thing is that ethnic groups wind up in fairly well defined geographic areas. I have no reason to doubt that there are significant Finnish communities somewhere in Canada. However I didn't notice any in Victoria, BC.

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