Seeking opinions: lowlander or highlander?

[Singlemalt]

I agree it would be very difficult to tell without more information. My surname is another very common one all over Scotland. In my case I know my Grandparents came from outside Inverness because they were still alive when I was a boy. If you did some searching on Canadian immigration websites you might find something that would state his place of birth. It is on my Grandparent's immigration records. Sites like Ancestry.ca have this type of data but I think you would need to buy and account. There is probably other places where this data is available.