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As noted in the previous GeoCurrents post, Alberta is Canada’s most prosperous and economically productive province. But it does have, as might be expected, by the country’s highest cost of living. Although living costs in Alberta are above the national average, they are below those of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. The major factor is […] The post Canadian Provinces and U.S. States Economically Compared appeared first on GeoCurrents.
Several recent GeoCurrents posts have emphasized similarities in the electoral geographies of the United States and Canada. But there are also some major differences, particularly regarding state/province voting patterns and levels of economic development. In the U.S., the wealthiest states tend to favor the left-leaning Democratic Party while the poorest states tend to favor the […] The post Economic Factors Behind the Alberta Secession Movement in Canada appeared first on GeoCurrents.
Comparing electoral maps of Canada and the United States is a challenging exercise. The two countries have markedly different political systems: the United States is a presidential democratic republic and Canada is a nominally monarchical state governed through a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. Although both counties are organized as federal rather than unitary states, the individual […] The post Comparing Recent Patterns of Electoral Geography in the United States and Canada (Part 1: State/Province Level) appeared first on GeoCurrents.
The Conservative Party was widely expected to win Canada’s April 28 federal election. As recently as January 2025, the party was polling well ahead of the governing Liberals (see the graph posted below). But after U.S. President Donald Trump began calling Canada the “fifty-first state,” support for the Conservative Party plunged while support for the […] The post A Major Win for the Left in Canada’s 2025 Election – But Not in Alberta or Saskatchewan appeared first on GeoCurrents.
As I argued in the previous Geo-Currents post, the semi-standard world regional model is indispensable for understanding global geography. But as it is also highly flawed, it should be complemented with other models. I have therefore devised an alternative scheme, one designed to more accurately reflected deep cultural affinities. It is highly idiosyncratic and problematic […] The post A Semi-Serious Historically Based Alternative World Regionalization Model appeared first on GeoCurrents.
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Medieval Murder Maps is a project of the Violence Research Center at the University of Cambridge. Using data from the coroners of the cities of London, Oxford and York they have created maps showing the locations of murders in the 14th Century. Sadly the image above (from York) does not indicate death by pancake. That is merely the murderers name, though it makes for a great headline. The red icons indicate female victims or perpetrators while blue are men. here is a legend to translate the murder weapon, and incident type. London, unlike the other cities has a full menu of incident types. A click on an incident gives you more information. Unlike today, murders correlate more with areas of affluence and college students are frequently listed. In London there is a large cluster or murders on the western end of Cheapside (or Westcheap), an area of upscale clothing stores now. The background maps are from the Historic Towns Trust who create modern digital historic maps that represent the towns as they appeared at the time. For London, you can also switch backgrounds to see a map from Braun and Hogenburg, circa 1560. Credit to a recent Washington Post article for bringing this site to my attention. Explore on your own here.
As noted in the previous GeoCurrents post, Alberta is Canada’s most prosperous and economically productive province. But it does have, as might be expected, by the country’s highest cost of living. Although living costs in Alberta are above the national average, they are below those of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. The major factor is […] The post Canadian Provinces and U.S. States Economically Compared appeared first on GeoCurrents.
