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'''Note:''' CDNE does not affect plain-vanilla [[Hollywood North]] productions like [[X-Files]], [[Stargate]], [[Andromeda]] and ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''. These shows are usually big-budget, all-American productions simply outsourced to Canada. They're either set unequivocally in the USA or in a futuristic setting where the whole question is moot.

 

 

Contrast with [[Eagleland Osmosis]].

 

== Literature ==

* The [[Strugatsky Brothers]] famous sci-fi novel ''[[Roadside Picnic]]'' is (unlike its later adaptations) set in a town located somewhere in midwestern North America. But it's never made explicit whether the country it lies in is Canada or the US. Some of the governmental lingo involved would point to the US, but other details of the setting (including motor vehicles, like the more British Land Rover Defender) would point to Canada.

 

* ''[[Flashpoint]]'' tried to be set in an ambiguous North American metropolis, but officers in the very first episode had Canadian flags on their uniforms. The setting slowly let more aspects leak through that reflected the already obvious setting of Toronto until they finally admitted they're in Toronto.

* ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' reshot scenes involving money for the US version. Later, ''[[Degrassi]]'' became a notable subversion although generic rather than Ontario-specific terms are still used when discussing things like driver licensing and standardized tests.

** Zoot's Police Car was a New Zealand/Australian model, but with blue insignia more typical of American police cars. They really went out of their way to avoid setting that show in a specific country. Also, in one episode, Jack finds a tape with footage of the President (presumably of the United States, given his American accent and other clues in the footage); later, he simply refers to the character on that tape as "The President" (not "The American President" as we would expect a non-US Native to call him). This actually implies that [[The City]] is in American territory, despite the kids' mostly New Zealand accents and speech idioms.

* ''[[Lost Girl]]'': if you pay attention you can figure out it takes place in Toronto, but this is never made explicit