Reader’s Digest ranked 15 of our biggest cities on their consideration for strangers.

You may recall the worldwide courtesy test that the Digest undertook in our July 2006 issue, but this year we put our country under the politeness microscope.

For our test, we travelled from Vancouver to St. John's, to find out if the rumours are true: that courtesy is a thing of the past.

What we discovered is that Western and Eastern hospitality are alive and well. But what about that metropolis so many Canadians love to hate, which ranked third in last year's global test? Poor Toronto -- you must have been having a bad day.

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