Are Aliens Real? Top 5 Alien-Believing Ontario Cities

By Christopher Boan
Fact Checked by Jim Tomlin

With news in August that there’s water on Mars, it’s worth wondering whether we may have more lifeforms in our galaxy than previously thought. It seems to be less of an alien concept in certain parts of Canada’s largest province than others.

That’s because a few Ontario cities are true believers when it comes to extraterrestrial life. Cities in the province such as North Bay, Oshawa and Thunder Bay post the highest online search interest scores of any locale in the country when it comes to aliens in the home of Ontario online casinos.

A poll found that 79% of Canadians believed in at least one conspiracy theory, compared to 84% of Americans (according to Global News). One of those conspiracy theories is about the existence of aliens. At OntarioBets.com, we saw that Ontario ranked fifth among Canadian provinces for percentage of alien believers. That’s according to Google Trends search interest scores for “aliens,” between August 15, 2004 and August 15, 2024. Because of this, we wanted to know which Ontario cities have the most alien believers, following the same criteria in Google Trends. Using the search interest scores, we ranked the top provinces and top 5 Ontario cities for alien conspiracists.

 
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Top 5 Ontario Cities For Alien Conspiracists

Rank

City

Search Interest Score

1

North Bay

100

T2

Oshawa

92

T2

Thunder Bay

92

4

Sudbury

89

5

Orangeville

88

When it comes to alien search interest in the province where Ontario sports betting proliferates, there’s no topping North Bay, Oshawa and Thunder Bay. Those three posted the highest scores overall, at 100 and 92, respectively.

North Bay was the lone city in the province to post a perfect score when it came to aliens, beating out the other two, who tied for second. Sudbury (89 search interest score) and Orangeville (88) rounded out the top five in the province.

Top 5 Alien Conspiracy Provinces

Rank

Province

Search Interest Score

T1

Manitoba

100

T1

Saskatchewan

100

3

Nova Scotia

98

4

British Columbia

85

5

Ontario

81

Still, when it comes to alien search interest totals, Ontario can’t hold a candle to Canada’s provinces on the plains. Manitoba and Saskatchewan both posted scores of 100 apiece when it came to topics related to extraterrestrial life.

Throw in the Maritime province of Nova Scotia (98 search interest score), Canada’s western-most province at 85 and Ontario in a distant fifth at 81 and you have the full rundown of the Canadian provinces that are digging through the online troves the most to find out about UFOs and ETs in 2024.

For another topic of general interest, see where Ontario ranks among Canada’s biggest dog lovers.

USA Today Network photo by Carter Skaggs/The Enquirer

Author

Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan is a writer at OntarioBets.com. He's covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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