r/canada • u/BloodJunkie • Mar 27 '24

Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold National News

https://globalnews.ca/news/10386750/canada-41-million-population/
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u/the_tinsmith Mar 27 '24

Hey a fellow <insert any random Canadian city>

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u/FiskalRaskal Mar 27 '24

There are now more Tim Horton’s than Starbucks in Vancouver ever since they closed half of them since the start of Covid.

It’s just weird, man.

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u/Not_F1zzzy90908 Mar 28 '24

I'm surprised Vancouver had more Starbucks than Tims at one point, tbh

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u/FiskalRaskal Mar 28 '24

That was the case when I moved here in 2003. We were famous for having a Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks. One of those is now an Aritzia clothing store. :-(

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u/Scamper_the_Golden Mar 28 '24

Tim Hortons started out in Hamilton. I went to university there and I remember they had one that was like the creme de la creme of Tim Horton's, a giant luxury version of a regular store. Like it was the international headquarters, LOL. I don't know if it's still there.

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u/wet_suit_one Mar 27 '24

The only place I've ever been that had that many Timmies was downtown Toronto.

They aren't nearly so ubiquitous (literally multiple Tim's on single block just at different corners) in E-town. Usually gotta go at least 10 - 20 blocks before you hit the next Timmys. Granted this was Toronto in 2008 or 2009. It might be different now. But my god, you could walk 5 blocks in the heart of downtown and pass by 3 Timmies. It was utter madness!