[ That's near the Arctic, and it seems like an easy enough thing for a foreigner to get mixed up. If most of the English can't accurately identify the states in America, he imagines they don't have a standing chance at accurately labeling a map of Canada's far fewer provinces.
Either way, it's valuable information. If they're close to the Arctic and to the west, this place is likely almost exclusively populated by English speakers and indigenous people speaking their languages. The aren't that many French speakers this far north. ]
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Do you mean the Northwest Territory?
[ That's near the Arctic, and it seems like an easy enough thing for a foreigner to get mixed up. If most of the English can't accurately identify the states in America, he imagines they don't have a standing chance at accurately labeling a map of Canada's far fewer provinces.
Either way, it's valuable information. If they're close to the Arctic and to the west, this place is likely almost exclusively populated by English speakers and indigenous people speaking their languages. The aren't that many French speakers this far north. ]