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If there is a growing community that should be in this list, please comment it below.
If you think a category should / should not be in this list, let us know. There are so many amazing communities, but we also don't want this list to feel overwhelming.
/c/Guelph exists. We try to keep it active. It's really just me and @CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works posting articles from local news....
Thank you! The community looks good :)
I've gone through and updated the post/sidebar + added the community
!CanadianSkincare@lemmy.ca is another community that is becoming more active
Thanks! I've added it to both lists under '💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales'
There's a fairly inactive community for Saskatoon: !saskatoon@lemmy.ca
Hopefully putting it here gets it more visibility.
Edit: Since we don't really hate each other, even if we pretend to, I'll also point out Regina's community: !regina@lemmy.ca
Thanks! Both have been added to the post & sidebar
!nanaimo@lemmy.ca is another city community.
Cheers!
!oceanside_bc@lemmy.ca East Vancouver Island - Nanoose Bay to Fanny Bay
Another good town on Lemmy!
thank you, it should be added now :)
There is also /c/TorontoCycling
Thanks! I added it under Toronto in the Cities / Local Communities section
!greater_sudbury@lemmy.ca is actually the 2nd or 3rd oldest city-based community on lemmy.ca . It's not very active, but should definitely be added to this list.
Also, !canadasoccer@lemmy.ca would be a good community to add to the soccer category.
For team-specific Canadian-based soccer teams, there's !torontofc@lemmy.ca of the MLS (US-league with 3 Canadian-based teams). Other MLS sides include Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montreal, which I don't think have a community created.
None of the 8 Canadian Premier League teams, nor any of the numerous League1 Canada sides have taken steps to establish their communities yet (as far as I know).
Thank you! Added all three to the post and the sidebar.
I'll also keep a look out for the other teams if they should pop up :)
Oh there's also /c/QuebecLibre which is NOT about Québec separatism, but about free (as in LIBRE) open source software in Québec.
Added as well!
I added both to the 🍁 Social / Culture section, and I listed this one as Logiciels libres au Québec
Hahaha that's perfect
There are two communities I would really like to see some traffic driven to:
!maplemusic@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian music
!givergaming@lemmy.ca - Celebrating Canadian games, gamedevs and studios
I think these would be an easy add to the Canadian Social / Culture section.
Thanks! I've added them to the post and sidebar
MapleMusic has a recent post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, but !givergaming@lemmy.ca could doesn't so it could be good to post about it. Thanks for sharing them!
Hey, I added Burnaby, Anmore, Squamish, Whistler, Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake.
https://lemmy.ca/c/NiagaraFalls
https://lemmy.ca/c/NiagaraOnTheLake
Will moderate them, but looking for new mods who might live in these areas. I've lived either in or near them. And still visit.
Thanks, I've added them all
If you want an example of a call for mods, here's one I posted from a while back: https://lemmy.ca/post/31769390
I love the photos you chose for each community. Looking forward to seeing them grow!
Hey Otter, is the admin DM checked here? I sent a DM to there asking about taking over a specific community here that has an inactive mod and also inviting users from various Canadian Reddit subs to use this Lemmy, but it's been like 2 or so weeks and no reply. No rush, or being pushy for a yes or anything, just want to know if it's been received.
Hi Slyke,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you! The team has been extra busy these past few days. We did receive the message and we should have acknowledged it sooner.
Someone should hopefully review is soon and get back to you!
All good, thanks for letting me know!
Would love if you could add !ndp@lemmy.ca, and perhaps combine it with canadapolitics under a "politics" category?
Thank you, updated!
!kootenays@lemmy.ca (BC) is not growing much but could be added?
Thanks! It has been added to both post and sidebar
!vancouverisland@lemmy.ca
Thank you, it's been added to both!
I went ahead and made a Windsor community! Windsor is the city I was born in and I grew up in Essex County, so I felt a little left out not being on this list. While the community is named for Windsor, I figured it'd make sense to welcome content from all over Essex county instead of making community bloat for every town in the county.
/c/Windsor or !Windsor@lemmy.ca
Man Vancouver community is a wasteland...
We need some more activity there for sure. There are a lot of users here from Vancouver, we just don't seem to use the community much
Once one person starts posting regularly and others see it, eventually more people will join in!
There's a French Canadian community as well:
Thanks! Added it to the social/culture section
Be sure to add !portalberni@lemmy.ca
Thank you! It has been added to the post and the sidebar
Awesome good to have more spaces on Lemmy <3
Hello!
I have made the 2 political communities: Animal Protection Party of Canada and BC Greens for environmentalists and vegans to discuss important issues on the fediverse as I would like to encourage more growth on community owned social media ran by everyday canadians and to avoid the conflicts that may arise with corporate owned social media namely Facebook and Twitter interfering with campaigning that goes against their commercial interests.
May I request that !appc and !bcgreens be listed under !ndp under the politics section.
Please and Thank you <3
For sure! Sorry for the delay, I wanted to sit down at a computer to make the changes properly and check over all the links, and then kept procrastinating.
They should be updated now, thank you for making those!