I’ve been playing acoustic guitar (with picks and fingerpicking) for some time now. I want to buy an electric-acoustic guitar that sounds good both unplugged and plugged. I’ve got around 6 or 7 hundred Canadian dollars in my budget. Definite "model one > model two" answers would be especially appreciated.

don’t know, I play high end US stuff as a general rule and way out of your price range, however Seagull is a Canadian built guitar and quite nice, very underrated but get some of the best reviews on the market, might want to check one out, my girlfriend plays an S6 if that’s any help.
here’s the electric version. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Seagull-S6-AcousticElectric-Guitar?sku=512121