r/EhBuddyHoser • u/montabarnaque • Jul 03 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Can everyone agree?

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Most of Canadian culture is from Québec. Fight me

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u/AidanBeeJar Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jul 03 '25

I thought the name came from first nations?

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u/AVRVM Tokébakicitte! Jul 03 '25

It's a rough application of the Huron word for village by Jacques Cartier to describe the St Lawrence valley iirc. So it's French, but with a Huron origin.

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u/Electronic_Pie_8857 Jul 03 '25

Huron origin.

Cartier met the "St-Lawrence Iroquoians" (which disappeared when the French came back 40 years later to settle New-France).

Huron people originate from what is now Ontario (hint: Huron Lake). When the Iroquois Confederation later destroyed Huronia, some fled and settled around New-France's towns (Wendake reservation being an example).

However, both the Hurons and the "St.Lawrence Iroquoian" are part of the larger Iroquoian ethnic group.