There are loads of communities outside the GTA which are largely post-war and are still exceptionally bikable. Collingwood, Guelph, Orangeville, Owen Sound, Bra

There are loads of communities outside the GTA which are largely post-war and are still exceptionally bikable. Collingwood, Guelph, Orangeville, Owen Sound, Brantford - even Hamilton comes to mind. I don’t think Ontario is a great example of your heuristic here, if anything it demonstrates the opposite. Those cities are only bikable _because_ of the wide, smooth roads necessitated by cars.