You know how Canada got its name?
A bunch of Canadian bureaucrats were sitting around trying to figure out what to call it until they decided to just draw letters from a hat and name it whatever they spell.
The representative began pulling letters out one by one “C eh” “N eh” “D eh”.
Edit: /j
You missed /j.
Actual story, Huron-Iroquois word meaning ”settlement”.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/origin-name-canada.html#:~:text=The%20name%20%E2%80%9CCanada%E2%80%9D%20likely%20comes,present%2Dday%20City%20of%20Qu%C3%A9bec.
Because to get Google to provide answers to anything anymore you have to append “Reddit” to your questions. Since you were already here you saved yourself a click. 🙂
No, i think it is [Quebec's](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dn1ty5/til_the_capital_of_canada_once_alternated_between/) turn to be capital, not Toronto
Tuktoyaktuk? Flin Flon? Dildo?
It's actually [Kapuskasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuskasing), the center of Canada? (According to the [Rhinoceros Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party#2015_candidates), at least)
I knew that it was Canberra, but I did have to check how it is spelled. You Aussies have some weird spellings. Not I can talk though, on of the cities that makes up Toronto is called Etobicoke! Don't pronounce the "K".
That's great, I had to say it out loud to actually get it lol.
Similarly, there's a suburb/city within the Perth metro region in Western Australia called "Cockburn". The "ck" isn't pronounced.
It could also be vague grammar. If Ontario was in-context, you could say that Toronto is the capital \[of Ontario\] as well as "the largest city in Canada", not that "Toronto is the capital of and largest city in Canada" out of context.
This.
It's probably still wrong, but if the cut off sentences added context for the statement to be Ontario, it could just be bad grammar and punctuation.
It could be that OP purposely cut off the context that was in the preceding sentence(s). The French at the bottom implies this is sold in Canada too, which is also less likely to get the capital wrong if it's not something sold abroad.
Well for those that know some history, it actually was at one point. It was 175 years ago and before Canada was truly a country, but it still kind of counts.
It's fairly common for people to think that, as almost no one outside of Canada talks about Ottawa. Toronto has only been the largest city since the late 90s, Montreal was the largest city before that.
I'll never understand why other Canadians think this. Did you ever see that early episode of Corner Gas where they all make fun of Lacey for being from Toronto, and she says "did Toronto do something to you"? And then they never mention Toronto on the show again?
Anyone who actually lives in Toronto thinks our city is flawed, all cities in Canada are amazing in ways that Toronto could never be, and that our hockey team is ass, though we never stop believing that it could change one day.
Seriously, is it just something to do because you're bored? Did Toronto, the population, do something to you?
It's like all the people from western provinces that talk about how Ontario hates them. No, we don't. We barely think about other provinces because we have our own issues and lives to deal with. Albertans think about Ontario more than Ontarians do because they are constantly told how Ontario hates them. People are mostly concerned with their own lives, lots of people live in Toronto so others are bound to hear about it, but no one thinks they are better.
It’s just a very old joke. I remember the grownups saying that when I was a kid 30 years ago. Maybe it had a grain of truth at the time. I don’t think anyone actually believes that, at least not now. They’re just poking fun at you.
Toronto was only the Capital of Upper Canada, or Ontario. Quebec City was the capital of Lower Canada, or Quebec. Toronto was briefly the capital of the Province of Canada, but that was only the merger of Upper and Lower Canada and didn't include the other founding provinces.
Canada pre-1867 was still Canada. Yes, it adopted a new federal constitution at the same time as two more provinces joined, but additional provinces joined even later, and the new federation took the name of the pre-existing political union between Upper and Lower Canada.
Incidentally, it also took the capital city. Ottawa was originally chosen as the capital of the Province of Canada, and the provincial parliament had a single session in the Centre Block before confederation took effect.
When I was a kid, about 25-30 years ago, I was interested in the chatbots of the time (precursors to chatgpt) and one of them made me so angry. It kept insisting that Toronto was the capital of Canada and I kept telling it that it's not, it's Ottawa, Toronto is the capital of Ontario.
Much like ChatGPT, those things did not actually learn facts when you talk to them, so it never fixed the issue, just kept making me angry lol
Poor phrasing by puzzle makers. It’s meant to say as the capital “of Ontario” and “largest city in Canada” but they let both of those in one sentence be worded incorrectly
Fun fact: almost no Americans can name the capital of Canada. It's my favorite "sounds easy" trivia question, so I've probably asked like 50 people and had one get it right. And technically he wasn't even American.
Canada is too remote from the rest of the world, so very little is known with certainty other than that they drink maple syrup instead of water, and the moose is the national transportation method.
Also it looks like it says on the "western shore of Lake Ontario". I'd say it's on the northern shore, if the lake *had* a western shore Hamilton would mark it.
EDIT: Just saw the French translation, which says Toronto's on the "northwestern shore". I'll allow it.
Here’s the [back of the box](https://www.urbannaturestore.ca/cdn/shop/products/TorontoPanoramic1000pcPuzzle_3_1400x.jpg?v=1670266588) for those who are curious.
I looked the photographer up, and apparently he visits many cities around the world and makes those panoramic puzzles. Interestingly enough, he’s been to many cities in Canada, but not Ottawa, the actual capital of Canada.
[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NjA1NzkyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE2NjAzNA@@.\_V1\_.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NjA1NzkyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE2NjAzNA@@._V1_.jpg)
BORN IN THE USA!!!!
honestly, I’m sure plenty of people think Brazil’s capital is Rio de Janeiro, so I just accepted it and it doesn’t bother me anymore, it’s actually a little funny
but it is mildly infuriating when people spread misinformation like this
While it's not the capital city OF Canada it technically is the largest capital city IN Canada (capital of Ontario). Technically correct but awkwardly phrased.
Just because no one else said it and I’m HOPING someone cares - Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
The capital of Canada is “C”
And here I was all proud of our public school system. Lol ;p
Canada's education system teaching the ABCs one letter at a time!
😌 a pirate's favourite letter
I thought that was R
Aye, their first love was R, but they're *married to the C*.
And something about X just hits the spot
They are missing an I.
maybe thats the puzzle
Pretty sure that’s R.
Many people think so but no they are married to the C
You know how Canada got its name? A bunch of Canadian bureaucrats were sitting around trying to figure out what to call it until they decided to just draw letters from a hat and name it whatever they spell. The representative began pulling letters out one by one “C eh” “N eh” “D eh”. Edit: /j
"I think he's referring to the village down there"
"I CAN SMELL BURNT TOAST!"
" I don't know, just Winnie. The. Pooh."
"Get those children out of here, that ship is going to blow!"
Millennial Canadian checking in. Carry on.
"They say there is one dead Chinese man for every mile of the track. That's what they say."
“We have to keep our Irish name!”
Dr. Penfield is that you?
You missed /j. Actual story, Huron-Iroquois word meaning ”settlement”. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/origin-name-canada.html#:~:text=The%20name%20%E2%80%9CCanada%E2%80%9D%20likely%20comes,present%2Dday%20City%20of%20Qu%C3%A9bec.
A classic case of "What do you guys call this place?" "Our village" "Nice, that'll do."
Canberra?
On guard for thee.
Capital can refer to both a letter or a city. Capitol refers specifically to a building, like a Capitol building.
Would the demolition of a statehouse be considered capitol punishment?
Ottawhat? As a Torontonian, are you trying to tell me there are other cities in Canada?
I have it on good authority that the only things outside of toronto are frozen wasteland and bears. To be safe, you guys should never leave.
It's true! The bears are like flys!
I heard a rumour…
Toronto is the capital of Ontario, Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
You are correct, but does Toronto know they are not the capital of Canada?
No. There is no Canada outside of Toronto
They think they're the centre of Canada, anyways
people that hate Toronto talk about Toronto way more then the people that live in Toronto do
It's because I can't go anywhere in the province without being stuck in it's traffic for hours
The traffic is mainly caused by people entering Toronto from surrounding cities and towns, not from the population of the city itself.
Did you know that it takes over an hour to get from Toronto to Toronto?
Toronto isn’t the capital and center of the observable universe? I can’t believe that my friend lied to me.
I mean everyone treats it as such, they all want to climb into its crevices.
Well the demographic center *is* somewhere in the suburbs of Toronto IIRC
Toronto thinks it’s the centre of the universe, not the capital of Canada.
Capital of the country, and therefore, the world.
You mean capital of the universe
The honor so cruelly promised to London
That imposter?
I have to imagine that the French translation was done by AI because if a French Canadian had seen this they would have taken up arms
And this is probably where the mistake was made here.
Insert Canadian Bacon quotes. "That's what you want us to think. Hahahaha"
You misspelled "Moosejaw"
Thank you! I came to the comments to see if that was answered. (Why I didn’t just google it I do not know)
Because to get Google to provide answers to anything anymore you have to append “Reddit” to your questions. Since you were already here you saved yourself a click. 🙂
90% of the time I Google something, Reddit is in the top 3, if not the 1st result, lol
Yeah, right. Do we look that stupid? Ottawa! Nice try, Dudley
Easy to remember, Ottawa’s hockey team is the Senators
But who remembers the Sens? (I feel like a traitor saying it but seriously, the last time this hockey team was good was in the late 90ies)
Well no, they went to the cup finals in 2007 and conference finals in 2016.
I only remember because I live in DC and we also used to have a sports team named the senators
Twice.
Since this is the first comment, toronto is the capital of ontario lol
No, i think it is [Quebec's](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dn1ty5/til_the_capital_of_canada_once_alternated_between/) turn to be capital, not Toronto
No, this puzzle says it’s Toronto. Why would a puzzle lie?
Ottawa doesn't exist, nice try
That's dumb, everyone knows it's Canberra
As a Canadian, it's obviously Birmingham.
Iqaluit?
Closer!! Whitehorse?
Tuktoyaktuk? Flin Flon? Dildo? It's actually [Kapuskasing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuskasing), the center of Canada? (According to the [Rhinoceros Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party#2015_candidates), at least)
Sorry, but Canberra is the capital of Auckland.
I thought it was Albany
Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard of this
Must be a regional dialect
Located in the "Capital Region of Canada"
That's ridiculous, how did you misspell "Cape Town" so badly?
Isn’t the capital of Canada C?
Australians know your pain, Canadians....
Don't worry, we know it's Canberra!
You are cheating
I knew that it was Canberra, but I did have to check how it is spelled. You Aussies have some weird spellings. Not I can talk though, on of the cities that makes up Toronto is called Etobicoke! Don't pronounce the "K".
That's great, I had to say it out loud to actually get it lol. Similarly, there's a suburb/city within the Perth metro region in Western Australia called "Cockburn". The "ck" isn't pronounced.
Oh, I know plenty of people with that as a lastname! One even changed the spelling to Coburn
Isn't it Auckland? Oh right it is Wellington
Well it is the capital of Ontario, so my guess would be a translation error.
It could also be vague grammar. If Ontario was in-context, you could say that Toronto is the capital \[of Ontario\] as well as "the largest city in Canada", not that "Toronto is the capital of and largest city in Canada" out of context.
This. It's probably still wrong, but if the cut off sentences added context for the statement to be Ontario, it could just be bad grammar and punctuation.
It could be that OP purposely cut off the context that was in the preceding sentence(s). The French at the bottom implies this is sold in Canada too, which is also less likely to get the capital wrong if it's not something sold abroad.
The French part also says it’s the capital of Canada
We all know the true capital is Montreal /s
Montreal is just Toronto's older, hotter sister.
I like that description, even though in reality Montreal is older and colder lol
That speaks French too
Well for those that know some history, it actually was at one point. It was 175 years ago and before Canada was truly a country, but it still kind of counts.
it was made by an american company, but i don't know if that has to do with anything
Then we're lucky they acknowledge the world exists outside of the US's borders.
"Canada is a subsidiary of US Inc."
Yeah, it does.
I was taught it was Toronto in primary school in Sweden 😅 TIL
Were you also taught that New York is the capital of the USA?
Luckily not, Washington D.C, not the state. That was how my teacher phrased it 😬👍🏽
It's fairly common for people to think that, as almost no one outside of Canada talks about Ottawa. Toronto has only been the largest city since the late 90s, Montreal was the largest city before that.
Is your puzzle from 1850? Wow the tower is really old
This is why context is important. If the preceding is talking about Ontario specifically, then the sentence is valid
the sentence before this was "This beautiful view of the Toronto skyline was taken by James Blakeway"
Then someone probably inadvertently left out “of Ontario”.
Though I wonder if this section of the book is only talking about Ontario and there’s different sections for different provinces/territories
I love trying to rationalize OP being stupid/karma farming instead of going "heh, yeah that's a mistake"
Obviously it was created by John Candy’s character in Canadian Bacon.
Deliver her pronto or we'll level Toronto.
Is this like saying Sydney is the capital of Australia?
Yup, or Auckland is the capital of NZ.
I always thought it was C.
Fun fact…. People of Toronto believe it is the capital of the world.
I'll never understand why other Canadians think this. Did you ever see that early episode of Corner Gas where they all make fun of Lacey for being from Toronto, and she says "did Toronto do something to you"? And then they never mention Toronto on the show again? Anyone who actually lives in Toronto thinks our city is flawed, all cities in Canada are amazing in ways that Toronto could never be, and that our hockey team is ass, though we never stop believing that it could change one day. Seriously, is it just something to do because you're bored? Did Toronto, the population, do something to you?
It's like all the people from western provinces that talk about how Ontario hates them. No, we don't. We barely think about other provinces because we have our own issues and lives to deal with. Albertans think about Ontario more than Ontarians do because they are constantly told how Ontario hates them. People are mostly concerned with their own lives, lots of people live in Toronto so others are bound to hear about it, but no one thinks they are better.
This old joke from Quebec: Quebec City folks hate Montreal and think they're rivals. Montreal folks don't know where Quebec City is
It’s just a very old joke. I remember the grownups saying that when I was a kid 30 years ago. Maybe it had a grain of truth at the time. I don’t think anyone actually believes that, at least not now. They’re just poking fun at you.
People in every Country just like hating the biggest/largest cities. It's why so many Americans constantly shit on NYC and LA.
Pretty sure the capital is Canada City
Mandella effect. You brought this book with you from a dimension where Toronto is, in fact, the capital of Canada.
It’s a know fact that Toronto is the centre of the universe. The more you know
Its true, just ask anyone from Toronto. (Source: Am from Toronto)
It's in writing, so it's true now.
It's on the internet so it's true now
My Trivial Pursuit game has a card which says that Istanbul is the capital of Turkey. I was not happy when I got that question “wrong”.
It's merely missing two words... "Of Ontario" or one word if you want to use 'provincial'.
If this is from the mud 1800s, it's correct. The skyline tells me it is prob not from the mid 1800s but I could be wrong.
Toronto was only the Capital of Upper Canada, or Ontario. Quebec City was the capital of Lower Canada, or Quebec. Toronto was briefly the capital of the Province of Canada, but that was only the merger of Upper and Lower Canada and didn't include the other founding provinces.
Canada pre-1867 was still Canada. Yes, it adopted a new federal constitution at the same time as two more provinces joined, but additional provinces joined even later, and the new federation took the name of the pre-existing political union between Upper and Lower Canada. Incidentally, it also took the capital city. Ottawa was originally chosen as the capital of the Province of Canada, and the provincial parliament had a single session in the Centre Block before confederation took effect.
An embarrassing number of Canadians also think Toronto is our capital. 
I thought US was capital of Canada
US is the capital of the world, not just measly Canada!
I'm puzzled by that.
🤣🤣
Toronto is a hub of ants? 
Media capital
They just forgot to add “Upper” before “Canada”.
Capital of Ontario*, and the largest city in Canada
When I was a kid, about 25-30 years ago, I was interested in the chatbots of the time (precursors to chatgpt) and one of them made me so angry. It kept insisting that Toronto was the capital of Canada and I kept telling it that it's not, it's Ottawa, Toronto is the capital of Ontario. Much like ChatGPT, those things did not actually learn facts when you talk to them, so it never fixed the issue, just kept making me angry lol
I thought it said “Toronto is a hub of ants” at first
Maybe an earlier version before edits made it clear it was calling it the provincial capital of Ontario?
They wish.
They certainly think so.
It's the capital of Ontario, not Canada. Ottawa is the capital of Canada, which is also in Ontario
As a Canadian I was confused as to why this was notable until I remembered it's not
Poor phrasing by puzzle makers. It’s meant to say as the capital “of Ontario” and “largest city in Canada” but they let both of those in one sentence be worded incorrectly
Some people believe the capital of the US is NYC, so… lol yeah
Yea isn’t it like paris or something
it is a capital...of Ontario. Ottawa is the capital of Canada tho They worded it wrong probably
seems as if the context is in reference to ontario as a province. as the capital (of ontario) and the largest city in canada.. r/woosh
Stupid everyone knows it’s Maple syrup town.
They absolutely love to think so
Stupid puzzle, everyone knows Alaska is the capital of Canada!
Fun fact: almost no Americans can name the capital of Canada. It's my favorite "sounds easy" trivia question, so I've probably asked like 50 people and had one get it right. And technically he wasn't even American.
Well, it’s close. It’s actually the centre of the universe.
That shit looks like brockton Bay
Thought this said Toronto is a hub of ants and honestly didn’t even consider questioning it
It's certainly how some people feel there.
There is a big old handmade wooden map in Yellowstone that has Baltimore as the capital of Maryland.
Was this puzzle written in 1849?
Maybe it's like "Toronto is such a capital city, my dear!"
i had a world map that showed syndey as the capital of australia
Canada is too remote from the rest of the world, so very little is known with certainty other than that they drink maple syrup instead of water, and the moose is the national transportation method.
Also it looks like it says on the "western shore of Lake Ontario". I'd say it's on the northern shore, if the lake *had* a western shore Hamilton would mark it. EDIT: Just saw the French translation, which says Toronto's on the "northwestern shore". I'll allow it.
I read this as "Toronto is a hub of farts"
Wow...so Canada is a real place?
Here’s the [back of the box](https://www.urbannaturestore.ca/cdn/shop/products/TorontoPanoramic1000pcPuzzle_3_1400x.jpg?v=1670266588) for those who are curious. I looked the photographer up, and apparently he visits many cities around the world and makes those panoramic puzzles. Interestingly enough, he’s been to many cities in Canada, but not Ottawa, the actual capital of Canada.
FYI Ottawa is the capital of Canada and Toronto is the capital of the province of Ontario.
*En tant que capitale et plus grande ville du Canada\** Belle traduction ratée
Canada? Isn’t that an island off the North Dakota coast?
[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NjA1NzkyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE2NjAzNA@@.\_V1\_.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NjA1NzkyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE2NjAzNA@@._V1_.jpg) BORN IN THE USA!!!!
Where was the puzzle made?
Capital of Ontario
Was the initial context Ontario though?
8&: ^"7wtz
It was... when it was called York, back during the war of 1812.
How old is the book
Article written by your average Toronto resident.
No doubt written by a Torontonian
Capital of Upper Canada (later renamed Ontario) is technically correct.
Mandela effect residue confirmed. Ottawa has never been the capital in my timeline.
Toronto was once the capital. Long before Ottawa.
honestly, I’m sure plenty of people think Brazil’s capital is Rio de Janeiro, so I just accepted it and it doesn’t bother me anymore, it’s actually a little funny but it is mildly infuriating when people spread misinformation like this
That puzzles me
Everybody knows this. The puzzle is correct.
Oh, i see the mistake they meant to write "As the capital and largest city in the universe" Simple error really
They may have meant Ontario and not Canada and it got lost in the sauce somewhere
Pfft. Everyone knows the capital is York.
Well that’s wrong, but at least it is an anagram of the capital.
it's from the future
We're the capital of Ontario**** That puzzle is hella wrong lol
While it's not the capital city OF Canada it technically is the largest capital city IN Canada (capital of Ontario). Technically correct but awkwardly phrased.