I know for a fact that this isn't so; much of Canada, especially anywhere west of Ontario, would feel right at home in much of the north-central US. Unfortunately, Toronto happens to be the single largest population centre in Canada, and can almost deliver a majority government all by itself (imagine if the US was run on a strictly rep-by-pop basis, with no senate to balance things; California and NY would be passing the laws that every other state would have to follow).
Comparing a city in canada to a city in the US isn't valid. The two nations are not the same. Canada's pop is around 32 million. The US is over 300 million. Canada has two official languages. The US has (unofficially) one.... sort of. Canadas population is largely homogeneous. The US isn't. Canada's government is parlimentary. Ours isn't. We have a 2nd amendment. Canada doesn't. We have the NRA and other lobbying groups. Canada doesn't to the extent we do.
The two are just not comparable.