Maple City

### Aliases

Mapletown, M.O., Hogtown, The Big Sticky, Sticky Six, 6ix, Toronto, Greatest Insult to Civilization

### Residents

Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, Neil Nordegraf, Knives Chau, Wallace Wells, Julie Powers, Stacey Pilgrim, Jian Chau, Jimmy Comeau, Dominique Graham

### Former Residents

Marian Drews, Cecil Moran, Megan Boyer, Garrett Miller, Lisa Miller, Nathan Scofield, Envy Adams, Stephanie Nordegraf

## Overview

* **Dimensions:** 630.20 square kilometers (243.32 square miles)
* **Population:** 2,752,521
* **Settled:** 1750 (as Fort Rouillé)
* **Established:** August 27th, 1793 (as York)
* **Originally Incorporated:** March 6th, 1834 (as Toronto)
* **Re-Incorporated:** January 1st, 1998 (as Maple City)
* **Elevation:** 76.5 m (251.0 ft) - 209 m (686 ft)
* **Districts:** East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto, Scarborough, York
* **Demonym:** Mapler

## History

Formerly known as Toronto, Maple City was renamed after a series of restructuring during the 1990s as the city welcomed a lot of refugees from around the world in the period after the Manhattaning attacks. The name leads to a lot of people assuming that the city produces a lot of syrup, but it's name is actually a reference to the iconic leaf on the nation's flag as Maple City became the nation's new capital during the restructuring.

More than fifty percent of the city belongs to a visibly ethnic minority and the city's tolerant reputation has attracted a lot of metahumans to move to this haven where they are legislated as a protected class. It is no wonder the city has become a hotspot for the world's new trend of Meta-Music.

The city is often demonized by the Norsefire Party of England who cite it as the "greatest insult to civilization", a distinction that most Maplers wear proudly on graphic t-shirts and bumper stickers. It is common for Maplers to return the "love" by decorating their city with graffiti which features Adam Sutler or the Norsefire name accompanied with an expletive or cries of support for the Resistance or the mysterious figure known only as V. Such graffiti is rarely removed with any sort of haste by city services.

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Canada has a modest amount of metahumans, in small pockets in various communities. Due to the combination of a lower crime rate, a National Healthcare system, and general Canadian cultural norms, Earth-27 Canadians do not really put any expectations on metahumans to put on capes or masks and fight crime. Some still go that route, but most of those who do usually end up in America. The costumed heroes who stay in Canada are usually quite effective enough and do not require support from an excessive number of vigilantes. To curb the numbers of metahuman youth who might be tempted to become vigilantes, the Canadian government supports a number of special academies that give scholarships to metahuman teenagers in order to help them develop skills that do not require reliance on their powers or train them to use their abilities without resorting to vigilantism or villainy.
* Gilded Palace of Flying Burritos, Happy Avocado, No-Account Video, and Chaos Theatre are all locations from *Scott Pilgrim* graphic novels. 4 is the location from the movie.
	+ The Rocket is a club from the *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game*. In the graphic novel and the movie club is called Club Rockit. It's a real place in Toronto, and it closed down sometime in 2005.
* LaPerier International Airport might be a nod to Henri LaPerier, a character from *Catwoman: Selina's Big Score*. Henri was canadian.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Maple City
* Location Gallery: Maple City
* Residents of Maple City

1. ↑ Earth-27's Maple City!
2. ↑ Scott Pilgrim vs Earth-27