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  • OtterOPMAEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    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.

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Thanks! Added it to both

        Love the banner and icon :)

    • dankmEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! Both have been added to the post & sidebar

    • tjernobyl
      3·
      2 years ago

      /c/ThunderBay exists, but doesn’t have much activity yet.

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Thanks! I’ve added it to both lists under ‘💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales’

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thank you! The community looks good :)

        I’ve gone through and updated the post/sidebar + added the community

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Thanks, it’s been added to both spots!

    • Amuletta
      2·
      2 months ago

      I tried to start a community called Assorted Crafts, but for some reason the url shows up with my user name instead of the community name.

      https://lemmy.ca/c/Amuletta

      How can I fix it? Do I need to blow it away and start again?

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Ah, I can see how the ‘name’ field can be misinterpreted. That was supposed to be the short name of the community, and it will appear in the URL. Unfortunately, that field can’t be changed after the community as been created. Even if we mess with the database on lemmy.ca, it might show up incorrectly elsewhere.

        Since the community is just starting out, the easiest would be to make a new one with the name that you want.

        There are also a few other communities that you might enjoy:

        It’s totally up to you if you want to post in those or if you want to build your own community. If you want to build your own, you can also cross post to / from these communities to help it grow.

  • SR GrayEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    !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).

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      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 :)

      • SR GrayEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        If I see any, I’ll be sure to let you know!

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! It has been added to both post and sidebar

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thank you, it’s been added to both!

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! Both should be updated now :)

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! I added it under Toronto in the Cities / Local Communities section

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      thank you, it should be added now :)

  • GrizzlyBur
    2·
    9 months ago

    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

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Thank you for making that, and sorry for the delay. It’s been updated in the post and sidebar now!

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      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!

      • Slyke
        2·
        3 months ago

        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.

        • OtterOPMAEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          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!

          • Slyke
            21·
            3 months ago

            All good, thanks for letting me know!

  • GrizzlyBur
    2·
    7 months ago

    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.

      • GrizzlyBur
        2·
        6 months ago

        The owner of those two communities deleted his account. They passed moderation of maplemusic to me and one other person, but givergaming got deleted with their account.

        I’ve created !canadiangaming@lemmy.ca to refill the void. Out of the two, a canadian gaming community was the one I was hoping to take off the most since I’m more of a gamer person than a music person. I’ve got some plans for fostering a community on there. I’ll post about it in !communitypromo once I’ve got it set up a bit nicer, it is sorta barebones at the moment.

        Strange how I didn’t want to mod any communities on here but ended up moderating 3!

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Thanks! It has been added

  • Cyborganism
    2·
    8 months ago

    Oh there’s also /c/QuebecLibre which is NOT about Québec separatism, but about free (as in LIBRE) open source software in Québec.

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Added as well!

      I added both to the 🍁 Social / Culture section, and I listed this one as Logiciels libres au Québec