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Stratford, Ontario

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The Resume

    (1854- )
    Born in Perth County, Canada
    Incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1886
    Located on the Avon River in Perth County, southwest Ontario
    First mayor was John Corry Wilson Daly
    Site of the Canadian Stratford Shakespeare Festival (1953– )
    1997 Prettiest City in the World
    Population 30,461 (2006)
    Motto: Industria et Ars (‘Industry and art’)

Why Stratford, Ontario might be annoying:

    Its modern economy revolves primarily around the Shakespeare Festival!
    Justin Bieber was born here.
    But Howie Morenz, nicknamed ‘The Stratford Streak,’ was not.
    The Avon River was formerly known as the Little Thames (yes, there really is a Canadian river called that).
    A furniture workers’ strike in 1933 – led by a Communist league – required Army deployment to break.

Why Stratford, Ontario might not be annoying:

    It takes its name from Stratford-upon-Avon, England, one of its four sister cities in the Stratford Sister Cities Program.
    At least the city motto is honest.
    Loreena McKennitt called it home.
    In 1918, a Michigan-based employee at Canadian National Railway gave the city a flock of swans, which would set off an annual ritual of releasing 26 swans – two black and 24 white – into the Avon River.
    City Hall became a National Historic Site of Canada (1976).

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying