North Shore

/ˈnɔɹθ ˈʃɔɹ/

The municipality in Prince Edward Island is named for its location on the northern shore of the eponymous island.

A rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Woodbridge

A suburban community of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, formerly a town.


Broadmead

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A neighbourhood of Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Lincoln County

Named after Abraham Lincoln, except where noted.

County of Lincoln
County of Lincoln#English

A former county of Ontario, Canada. Named after Lincolnshire, England, then known as County of Lincoln.


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A neighbourhood in north-east Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Middlesex County

All are presumably named after the former county of Middlesex in England.


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Waltham

The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Waltham.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Thornbury

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Wimborne

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Niton

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada


滑鐵盧

ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ

/xu̯ä³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵/

/kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/

/kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ²³/

/xu̯ä³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵/

/kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/

/kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ²³/

Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese. Doublet of 窩打老／窝打老.

(～市) Waterloo (a city in Ontario, Canada)


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.

A small community of British Columbia, Canada.


Welland

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).

A river in southern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Niagara River and was named after the English river.

A city on the Welland River in Niagara regional municipality, Ontario.


Mauricie

administrative region
administrative region

An administrative region of Quebec, Canada


Mauricie

Equivalent to Maurice + -ie. Coined by Québécois priest Albert Tessier. Named after the rivière Saint-Maurice that flows through the region.

coin

Mauricie (an administrative region of Quebec, Canada)


Shawinigan

Borrowed from English Shawinigan, a transliteration of the Amerind terms used for the area.
The municipality is named after the city.

Shawinigan (a city in the Mauricie region, Quebec).

A regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.


Val-d'Or

From French Val-d’Or (literally Gold Vale).


Val-d'Or

Derived from val (“vale”) + d’ (“of”) + or (“gold”). The city is named after the gold mines in the area.

La Vallée-de-l'Or
La Vallée-de-l'Or#English

A city in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Orton

A community in East Garafraxa, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from Celtic dwr-gent ("clear water").

A hamlet and former village in Alberta, Canada.

A community of Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada.


Bruton

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Plympton

en-proper noun

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plume. Doublet of Plumpton.

A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.


Dart

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Lauderdale

A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Lynton

A locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada.


Amesbury

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.

A neighbourhood of North York district, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Little River

The name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:

A community of the Comox Valley region, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community in the District of Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

District of Digby
District of Digby#English


Doherty

A locality in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Crabtree

Crabtree (countable and uncountable, plural Crabtrees)

A municipality in the region of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada.


Wylie

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A community of Laurentian Hills municipality, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Debden

A village in the Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A community of Hastings County, Ontario.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Middlesex County, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A small community of Nova Scotia.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.


McCreary

McCreary (countable and uncountable, plural McCrearys)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).


Alameda

From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).


Busby

en-proper noun

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.


Doig

Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.

Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County#English

A community of Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada, named after the Doig River.


Bayne

The Rural Municipality of Bayne No. 371, a rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan, Canada, named after J. N. Bayne.


Ridgeway

An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Region of Queens Municipality
Region of Queens Municipality#English

A community of Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Cheney

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)

A community of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

der

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.

A former unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada; modern Westlock.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Yellowhead County.


Gretna

An unincorporated urban community of Manitoba, Canada, on the border with North Dakota, USA.


Weir

en-proper noun

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A community of Saskatchewan, Canada; named for the city in Iowa.


Lake St. Clair

A lake on the border between Michigan, USA, and Ontario, Canada. Although not one of the Great Lakes it forms part of the Great Lakes system.


New London

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


St. Clair River

They followed the St. Clair River south to the fishing towns of Marine City and Algonac and back again.

2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 37:

A river which flows from Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, and forms part of the border between Ontario, Canada and Michigan, United States.


York County

→ French: Comté d’York (calque)

The county in New Brunswick is named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763 - 1827).
The county in Maine is named after the city of York in England.


St. Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.

A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Huron County

A county of Ontario, Canada. County seat: Goderich. Named after Lake Huron.


Richmond County

desc

→ Scottish Gaelic: Siorramachd Richmond (calque)

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
Richmond County

The county of Nova Scotia is named after colonial administrator Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond (1764 - 1819).


St. Charles

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A municipality of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A community of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Bear Lake

Any of a large number of lakes and settlements in Canada and the United States.


Cumberland County

The county in Nova Scotia is named after Fort Cumberland, named in turn after Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721 - 1765).


Ripon

A municipality in Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada.


Ripon

The municipality is named after the English city of Ripon.

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


新斯科舍

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄎㄜ ㄕㄜˋ

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

(～省) (Mainland China) Nova Scotia (a province of Canada)


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav

Timiskaming District
w:Timiskaming District

A township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Vickers

en-proper noun

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)

A community in West Grey municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Chamberlains

lang

the <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Chamberlain</i> family

Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South#English

A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Hilliard

en-proper noun

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A hamlet in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada.

A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, named after Daniel Hilliard.

Timiskaming District
Timiskaming District#English


Smiley

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

a placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Perdue

Perdue (countable and uncountable, plural Perdues)

The Rural Municipality of Perdue No. 346, a rural municipality in mid Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Calvert

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

A community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Tilley

Tilley (countable and uncountable, plural Tilleys)

County of Newell
County of Newell#English

A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

A community of Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Parham

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A community of Central Frontenac township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English


Nesbitt

Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).

A community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada.


Geary

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Carman

Carman (countable and uncountable, plural Carmans)

A town in Pembina Valley Region, southern Manitoba, Canada.


Low

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Low. The municipality is named after Irish lumber merchant Charles Adamson Low.

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A township municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Whiteside

Whiteside (countable and uncountable, plural Whitesides)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + sīde (“side; slope of a hill”).

A community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

From the Old English personal name Rǣdwulf (“Ralph”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village (called a Crown village) in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Bratton

Bratton (countable and uncountable, plural Brattons)

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, No. 285, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Gallants

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Craddock

Craddock (countable and uncountable, plural Craddocks)

A ghost town in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.


Peace

en-prop

Peace (countable and uncountable, plural Peaces)

The Municipal District of Peace No. 135, a municipal district in north-west Alberta, Canada.


Cranford

en-proper noun

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)

A community in the Municipal District of Taber, Alberta, Canada.


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Kersey

en-proper noun

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.


Armour

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

Armour (disambiguation)#Places
Armour (surname)

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Pitman

Pitman (countable and uncountable, plural Pitmans)

A hamlet in the rural municipality of Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Griswold

An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.


Matheson

Matheson (countable and uncountable, plural Mathesons)

Black River-Matheson
Black River-Matheson#English

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A community of Black River-Matheson township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin, No.10, Alberta, Canada.

Central Okanagan
Central Okanagan#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A neighbourhood of Lake Country district municipality, Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada.


Hargrave

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).

A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba, Canada.


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)

A town in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada, named after John Henderson Lamont.


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

A municipality in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A community near Terrace, British Columbia, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Regional Municipality of York
w:Regional Municipality of York

A suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Southwood

Southwood (countable and uncountable, plural Southwoods)

A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta.

A community in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.

doublet

A village municipality of Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Labelle

English: Labelle

desc

→ Chinese: → 拉貝勒／拉贝勒 (Lābèilè) (transliteration)

From la + belle.
The municipality in Québec is named after Catholic priest and colonisation advocate Antoine Labelle (1833 - 1891).

A municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Treadwell

en-proper noun

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Marriott

Marriott (countable and uncountable, plural Marriotts)

A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Marriott No. 317, in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A hamlet in Saskatchewan, within the rural municipality.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A community of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.


Cashman

Cashman (countable and uncountable, plural Cashmans)

A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named after writer Tony Cashman.


Lessard

Lessard (countable and uncountable, plural Lessards)

A river in Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada

A placename
Ellipsis of Lessard River.
A river in Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada


Lessard

English: Lessard

desc

→ Chinese: → 萊薩爾／莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Lessard: A placename
Ellipsis of Rivière Lessard.
A river in Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada


Port Moody

A city in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


滿地寶

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phono-semantic matching of English Port Moody.

psm

Port Moody (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Coquitlam

From a Coast Salish term meaning "red fish up the river".

A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.


高貴林

ㄍㄠ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹/

Phono-semantic matching of English Coquitlam.

Coquitlam (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Greenway

en-proper noun

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A former village in south-central Manitoba, Canada.

A community of North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English


Forde

Forde (countable and uncountable, plural Fordes)


Chipman

The civil parish is named after lawyer and politician Ward Chipman Jr. (1787 - 1851).

A civil parish of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Racine

Racine (countable and uncountable, plural Racines)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Racine.wav

A municipality in southern Quebec, Canada.


Barnwell

A village in the Municipal District of Taber, Alberta, Canada.


Whitford

Whitford (countable and uncountable, plural Whitfords)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + ford (“ford”).

A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.


Bidwell

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community of Assiginack township, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.


Woodford

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A community of Meaford, Ontario, Canada.


Findlay

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Sifton, Manitoba, Canada.


St. George

Charlotte County
Charlotte County#English

A town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A village in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


白馬

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² be⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² be⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/

(～市) Whitehorse (a city in Yukon, Canada)


Stickney

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).


Pinder

en-proper noun

Pinder (countable and uncountable, plural Pinders)

A community of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Beaudry

* The neighbourhood is named after priest Stanislas Beaudry.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Isham

Isham (countable and uncountable, plural Ishams)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A community of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cavanagh

Cavanagh (countable and uncountable, plural Cavanaghs)

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Blakeney

Blakeney (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeneys)

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

Mississippi Mills
Mississippi Mills#English

A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Fulford

Fulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”) + ford (“ford”).

A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Brownfield

County of Paintearth
County of Paintearth#English

A hamlet in the County of Paintearth, No. 18, Alberta, Canada.


टोरंटो

hi-proper noun

टोरंटो • (ṭoraṇṭo) m (Urdu spelling ٹورانٹو)

ṭoraṇṭo (romanization)
ٹورانٹو (Urdu)
टोरंटो (direct singular)
टोरंटो (oblique singular)
टोरंटो (singular vocative)

/ʈoː.ɾəɳ.ʈoː/

[ʈoː.ɾɐ̃ɳ.ʈoː]

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”).

der

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


Charette

en-proper noun

Charette (countable and uncountable, plural Charettes)

A municipality in the region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.


Lasalle

Lasalle (countable and uncountable, plural Lasalles)


Lasalle

English: Lasalle

Lasalle (a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada)


Bridgewater

From bridge + water.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location next to a bridge over the LaHave River.

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/

A common placename:
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Langham

Langham (countable and uncountable, plural Langhams)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hearne

Hearne (countable and uncountable, plural Hearnes)

A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Dupuy

English: Dupuy

The municipality in Québec is named after priest Jean-Baptiste Dupuy (1804 - 1879).

A municipality of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Bankhead

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

A neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia.

A place in Canada:
A community of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

A community, the main centre of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.


Elswick

en-proper noun

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)

A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36 , Saskatchewan, Canada.


Portage

Cape Breton Regional Municipality#English

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

A community of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Leader

Leader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders)

English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).

A town in the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231, western Saskatchewan, Canada, originally named Prussia.


Hartfield

Hartfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hartfields)

From Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + feld (“field”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A community of New Brunswick, Canada.


Hendon

Hendon (countable and uncountable, plural Hendons)

From Old English hēan, dative case of hēah (“high”), + dūn (“hill”).

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Lakeview, No. 337, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hillsboro

Hillsboro
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Bainbridge

en-proper noun

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

A locality and ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Seguin

Seguin (countable and uncountable, plural Seguins)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Mount Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, literally “vineyard of God”).


Moorefield

In most cases, if not all, from Moore + field.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Govan

en-proper noun

Govan (countable and uncountable, plural Govans)


Lawrenceville

A village municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Blackstock

Blackstock (countable and uncountable, plural Blackstocks)

A community of Scugog township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Medicine Lodge

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)

A community in South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Northumberland County

desc

→ French: Comté de Northumberland (calque)

The county in New Brunswick is named after the nearby Northumberland Strait.

A county of New Brunswick, Canada, the largest in the province.

A county of Ontario, Canada. County seat: Cobourg.


Cobourg

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A town, the county seat of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, situated on Lake Ontario.


Rogersville

A village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Crampton

en-proper noun

Crampton (countable and uncountable, plural Cramptons)

A community of Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Plaisance

Derived from plaisance (“pleasure”), either as a reference to the pleasant surroundings of the municipality or as a reference to one of several locales in France. The Italian city is derived from the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

A rural municipality north of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The main community in Guelph/Eramosa township, Wellington County, Ontario.


Mandeville

Mandeville (countable and uncountable, plural Mandevilles)


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

A rural community in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Howley

Howley (countable and uncountable, plural Howleys)

The town in Newfoundland is named after geologist and surveyor James Patrick Howley (1847 - 1918).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Carberry

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).


Winsor

en-proper noun

Winsor (countable and uncountable, plural Winsors)

A settlement in New-Wes-Valley municipality, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after John Winsor..


Chehalis

From Halkomelem Stsʼaʼí:les (the name of a village, literally “beating heart”). Doublet of Sts'Ailes.

bor

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A small community in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.

A river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the Harrison River.


Woodburn

en-proper noun

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)

A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Silverton

A village in the Slocan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Lumsden

Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A town in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan that includes the town.


Lanigan

Lanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Lanigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

der

A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Blandford

en-proper noun

Blandford (countable and uncountable, plural Blandfords)

A community of Chester district municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada

A community and former township in Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Anaconda

Boundary Country
Boundary Country#English

A ghost town in the Boundary Country district, British Columbia, Canada.


Halifax County

The county is named after the city of Halifax.


Blouin

Blouin (countable and uncountable, plural Blouins)

Ellipsis of Lake Blouin.; A lake in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada


Blouin

English: Blouin

Shortened from the name Belouin, of Germanic origin, from *biliz (“gentle, kind, fitting”) + *winiz (“loved one, friend”). Also from the Old French adjective bloe (“blue”). Compare the variant Beloin.

Ellipsis of Lac Blouin.; Blouin (a lake in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada)


Arnott

Arnott (countable and uncountable, plural Arnotts)

Scottish habitational surname, from a place called Arnot, near Kinross.

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Victory

Victory (countable and uncountable, plural Victorys or Victories)

The Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Lipton

Lipton (countable and uncountable, plural Liptons)

The Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Embree

Embree (countable and uncountable, plural Embrees)

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Torrance

Torrance (countable and uncountable, plural Torrances)

A community of Muskoka Lakes township, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Yelverton

Yelverton (countable and uncountable, plural Yelvertons)

Probably from the Old English personal name Geldfriþ + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Fitzmaurice

A community in the Rural Municipality of Garry No. 245, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Bothwell

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Crystal City

An unincorporated community in Louise, Manitoba, Canada.


Chatsworth

A township and village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Louisbourg

Borrowed from French Louisbourg, named after Louis XIV of France.

An unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Louisbourg

From Louis (“King Louis XIV of France”) + -bourg.

af

Louisbourg (an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Dumbarton

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Breatann (“fort of the Britons”).

der

A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Wilmer

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.

inh

A small settlement near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada, named after Wilmer Cleveland Wells.


Fassett

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Fassett. The municipality is named after American businessman Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853 - 1924).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Grimshaw

en-proper noun

Grimshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Grimshaws)

From Old Norse Grímr and Old English sċeaga (“shaw”), equivalent of Grim + 's + shaw.

A town in the Municipal District of Peace No. 135, Alberta, Canada.


Worsley

Worsley (countable and uncountable, plural Worsleys)

From the genitive case of an Old English personal name of uncertain form + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”).

Clear Hills County
Clear Hills County#English

A hamlet in Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada.


Drysdale

Drysdale (countable and uncountable, plural Drysdales)

A community in Stanley Township, Bluewater, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Crystal Falls

A community of West Nipissing, Ontario, Canada.


Greenhill

Greenhill (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhills)

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Garden City

A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


阿省

/ˀä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


育空

/y⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jʊk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/y⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jʊk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/


卡爾加里

ㄎㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˇ

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～市) Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


阿爾伯塔

ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄊㄚˇ

/ˀä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ jiː¹³ paːk̚³ tʰaːp̚³/

/ˀä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ jiː¹³ paːk̚³ tʰaːp̚³/


卡加利

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/


新省

/ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/


素里

/su⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/su⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～市) Surrey (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


本那比

/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～市) Alternative name for 本拿比 (Běnnábǐ, “Burnaby (a city in British Columbia, Canada)”).


溫尼伯

/wən⁵⁵ ni³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/wən⁵⁵ ni³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

(～市) Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)


溫尼辟

/wən⁵⁵ ni³⁵ pʰi⁵¹/

/wən⁵⁵ ni³⁵ pʰi⁵¹/

(～市) Winnipeg (a city, the provincial capital of Manitoba, Canada)


努納武特

ㄋㄨˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄊㄜˋ

/nu²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/nu²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

(～地區) (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Nunavut (a territory of Canada)


艾伯塔

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋaːi̯²² paːk̚³ tʰaːp̚³/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋaːi̯²² paːk̚³ tʰaːp̚³/


布蘭普頓

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Буланьпудунь

/pu⁵¹ län³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ laːn²¹ pʰou̯³⁵ tɵn²²/

/pu⁵¹ län³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ laːn²¹ pʰou̯³⁵ tɵn²²/

(～市) Brampton (a city in Ontario, Canada)


艾德蒙頓

ㄞˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(～市) (chiefly Taiwan) Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


賓頓

/pɐn⁵⁵ tɵn²²/

/pɐn⁵⁵ tɵn²²/

(Cantonese, local) (～市) Brampton (a city in Ontario, Canada)


萬錦

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Cantonese, local) (～市) Markham (a city in Ontario, Canada)


西北地區

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ

/ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ tei̯²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ tei̯²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

Northwest Territories (a territory of Canada)


本拿比

/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～市) (chiefly Cantonese or Canada) Burnaby (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


埃德蒙頓

ㄞ ㄉㄜˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(～市) (chiefly Mainland China) Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


愛民頓

ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ min³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɔːi̯³³ mɐn²¹ tɵn²²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ min³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɔːi̯³³ mɐn²¹ tɵn²²/

(～市) (chiefly Cantonese) Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


諾華斯高沙

ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄙ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄚ

Нохуа Сыгаоша

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/nɔːk̚² waː²¹ siː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/nɔːk̚² waː²¹ siː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

(～省) (chiefly Hong Kong) Nova Scotia (a province of Canada)


亞伯達

/jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tä³⁵/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tä³⁵/

/aː³³ paːk̚³ taːt̚²/

/jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tä³⁵/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tä³⁵/

/aː³³ paːk̚³ taːt̚²/


Longueuil

English: Longueuil

From Middle French Longueil. Named after Longueil, a village in Normandy.

Longueil

A placename of several locations in France


Farmington

Peace River Country
Peace River Country#English

An unincorporated settlement in the Peace River Country, British Columbia, Canada.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Pontiac

Most places are named after Pontiac, a war chief, whose name is a borrowing of Ottawa Bwandiag.

A municipality in western Quebec, Canada.

A regional county municipality in Quebec, not to be confused with the municipality above.


Pontiac

Both the name of the regional county municipality as well as the name of the regular municipality derive from English Pontiac, rendered in turn from the name of the Ottawa leader Obwandiyag.

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


咸美頓

ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(chiefly Cantonese) Transliteration of English Hamilton

(～市) Hamilton (a large port city in Ontario, Canada)


哈密爾頓

ㄏㄚ ㄇㄧˋ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/


Thedford

A village in Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Wishart

Wishart (countable and uncountable, plural Wisharts)

Scottish surname derived from Anglo-Norman Wischard, from the Old French personal name Guiscard. Compare Modern French Guiscard.

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Westgate

Westgate (countable and uncountable, plural Westgates)

A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta.

A place in Canada:
A community in northern Manitoba.


Brownsville

A former community in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Kemble

Kemble (countable and uncountable, plural Kembles)

A community in Georgian Bluffs township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Borrowed from French Bellevue and belle (“nice, fair”) + vue (“view”).

An urban community of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

A placename
A place in Canada
A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

A community on Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A placename
A place in Canada
A community of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Dysart

Dysart (countable and uncountable, plural Dysarts)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

der

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A former township in Dysart et al municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Marysville

A former village in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A village on Wolfe Island, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

A community of Tyendinaga, Hastings County, Ontario.


Cresswell

en-proper noun

Cresswell (countable and uncountable, plural Cresswells)

A community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Charlesworth

Charlesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Charlesworths)

A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Forward

Forward (countable and uncountable, plural Forwards)

A hamlet and former village in the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Grand Marais

A community of the Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.


Mallow

Mallow (countable and uncountable, plural Mallows)

County of Newell
County of Newell#English

A locality in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.


Kuper

Kuper (countable and uncountable, plural Kupers)

Strait of Georgia
Strait of Georgia#English

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

Former name of Penelakut. Ellipsis of Kuper Island. An island in Strait of Georgia, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada


Villeneuve

Villeneuve (countable and uncountable, plural Villeneuves)

Borrowed from French Villeneuve (literally “Newtown, new town”).

bor

A placename:
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.


Dymond

en-proper noun

Dymond (countable and uncountable, plural Dymonds)

Temiskaming Shores
Temiskaming Shores#English

A community and former township in the City of Temiskaming Shores, Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.


Laforce

The municipality is named after coloniser and journalist Joseph-Ernest Laforce (1879 - 1977).

A municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Ellwood

Ellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ellwoods)

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Vanscoy

Vanscoy (countable and uncountable, plural Vanscoys)

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada

A village in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, Canada


Albury

Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)

From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Ontario, Canada.


Cantley

Cantley (countable and uncountable, plural Cantleys)

A town in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Cantley

The municipality is likely named after the English village of Cantley. Alternatively, the municipality may have been named after a colonel Cantley who worked on the Rideau canal and was given a land grant in the township of Hull.

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Botsford

The civil parish is New Brunswick is named after lawyer and politician Amos Botsford (1744 - 1812).

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Halton

Halton (countable and uncountable, plural Haltons)

* (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.

A regional municipality in southern Ontario, Canada.

Southern Ontario
Southern Ontario#English

A county of Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Key West

Borrowed from Spanish Cayo Hueso (literally “Bone Cay”), which was coined in reference to the indigenous use of the island as a gravesite. Modified by folk etymology to Key + West as it is the westernmost inhabited island of the Florida Keys.

Cayo Hueso

island in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA

The Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70, a rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Key West in Florida.


Pinedale

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A hamlet in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Tribune

A small community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Nairn

A small community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Kinross

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Ettrick

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of the municipality of Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Stonehaven

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A rural community of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A municipality and community of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Kirkcaldy

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Chaladain (“place of Caled's fort”), from Pictish caer (“fort”) + caled (“hard, harsh, rough”), possibly referring to a tough ruler.

der

A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Dunmore

en-proper noun

Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

der

A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Dummer

en-proper noun

Dummer (countable and uncountable, plural Dummers)

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

A community in the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A village in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Harewood

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A neighbourhood of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Coldwell

Coldwell (countable and uncountable, plural Coldwells)

The Rural Municipality of Coldwell, a rural municipality in the Interlake Region of Saskatchewan, Canada, named after George R. Coldwell.


Summerford

Summerford (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfords)

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Duhamel

The municipality is named after Catholic bishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1841 - 1909).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community and former village in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Elliston

Elliston (countable and uncountable, plural Ellistons)

In Newfoundland, from Ellis (a surname) + -ton. The town is named after missionary William Ellis (1780 - 1837).


Coverdale

Coverdale (countable and uncountable, plural Coverdales)

*The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale.
*The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.


Fort William

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A former city, now a neighbourhood of the city of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)

A community of North Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Gillies

A township in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Whitehorn

Whitehorn (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehorns)

A neighbourhood in north-east Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Holford

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Lytton

en-proper noun

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

Cascade Mountains
Cascade Mountains#English

A mountain in the Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada; the northernmost mountain in the Cascade Mountains.

Ellipsis of Lytton Creek.; A stream in Thompson-Nicola district, British Columbia, Canada


Kootenai

A river in the United States and Canada, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Columbia River.


Whitelaw

Whitelaw (countable and uncountable, plural Whitelaws)

Habitational surname from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Fairview, No. 136, northern Alberta, Canada.


Bagnall

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.


Evanston

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A small community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Tweedie

en-proper noun

Tweedie (countable and uncountable, plural Tweedies)

Lac La Biche County
Lac La Biche County#English

A locality in Lac La Biche County, Alberta, Canada.


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.


Goshen

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A rural community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Sweetland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English swēte (“sweet”) + land (“land”).

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Illingworth

Illingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Illingworths)

From the Old English personal name Illa + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Weedon

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).

Le Haut-Saint-François
Le Haut-Saint-François#English

A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

A community of Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Haliburton

Haliburton (countable and uncountable, plural Haliburtons)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

The main town in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Bridgeport

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

A neighbourhood on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Forest City

A rural community of York County, New Brunswick, Canada, just across the border from Forest City, Maine.


Mariposa

A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Gloucester County

→ French: Comté de Gloucester (calque)

The county in New Brunswick is named in honour of Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776 - 1857).


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

A community of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.


Morristown

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Antigonish County
Antigonish County#English

A community of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Big Lake

A residential area in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A rural community and lake in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Centreville

A ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.

A village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.

An area in the town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality
w:Cape Breton Regional Municipality

A subdivision of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

A small community of Inverness County, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A rural farming community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

Cape Sable Island
Cape Sable Island#English

A community of Shelburne County, on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The former name of the community and former village of Rodney, in the municipality of West Elgin, in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the municipality of Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Hocca or hocc (“mallow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A village in Mono, Ontario, Canada.


Silverthorn

Silverthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Silverthorns)

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English seolfor (“silver”) + þorn (“thorn; thorny bush”).

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Woodville

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Clear Lake

The name given to a large number of lakes, especially in Canada and the United States.


Moffet

The municipality is named after priest Joseph Moffet (1852 - 1932).

A municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Clearwater

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.

A local urban district in south Manitoba, Canada.


Clearwater County

A municipal district in west-central Alberta, Canada.


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A community in Centre Hastings, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Birr

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Prince Edward County

A municipality and census division in southern Ontario, Canada, on a peninsula in Lake Ontario. Named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.


Farmville

A community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Green Bay

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A bay in northern Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A bay in Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island#English

A community on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.


Star City

A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the first postmaster, Walter Starkey.


Dawsonville

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

An unincorporated community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Midhurst

A community in the township of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Didsbury

Mountain View County
Mountain View County#English

A town in Mountain View County, central Alberta, Canada.


Garson

Garson (countable and uncountable, plural Garsons)

A community in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.

A community of Nickel Centre, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, named after William Garson.


Rideau

Rideau (countable and uncountable, plural Rideaus)

A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, a tributary of the Ottawa River.


Hullett

Hullett (countable and uncountable, plural Hulletts)

A former township, now merged into Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Whitburn

Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County#English

A locality in the Municipal District of Saddle Hills County, Alberta, Canada.


Victoria County

→ French: Comté de Victoria (calque) (New Brunswick)

desc

→ Scottish Gaelic: Siorramachd Bhioctoria (calque) (Nova Scotia)

The counties in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are named after Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901).

A former county of Ontario, Canada, which became the city of Kawartha Lakes in 2001.


Riverhead

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Sault Ste. Marie

en:Sault Ste. Marie
en:St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)

From French Sault Ste. Marie (“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”), from Middle French. The two cities were originally one until the US-Canadian border was defined as the St. Marys River (“St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)”).

bor

A city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Sault Ste. Marie

English: Sault Ste. Marie

From sault + Sainte Marie, from Middle French. From being the sault (“rapids”) on the Rivière Sainte Marie (“Saint Marys River”).

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie#English:_Q463165

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie#English:_Q986634

Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada)

Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States)


Ladysmith

The South African town was named after Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith, as the wife of Sir Harry Smith she was known as Lady Smith.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, originally Oyster Harbor. Named to commemorate the lifting of the siege of Ladysmith, Natal, in 1902.


Beynon

en-proper noun

Beynon (countable and uncountable, plural Beynons)

A locality in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Papineau

Papineau (countable and uncountable, plural Papineaus)

A regional county municipality in Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Papineau

Named after the former County of Papineau, named in turn after politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871).

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Jerseyville

A farming community and suburb of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Minden

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A township, the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada, also known as Minden Hills.


Glenville

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

A community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Brazeau

Brazeau (countable and uncountable, plural Brazeaus)

A river in Alberta, Canada; named for linguist Joseph Brazeau, who was part of the Palliser expedition.


Winterton

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(historical)

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after James Spearman Winter.


Eardley

Eardley (countable and uncountable, plural Eardleys)

A community of Pontiac municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Carbon

Carbon (countable and uncountable, plural Carbons)

A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Essa

Essa (countable and uncountable, plural Essas)

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The origin of the name is unexplained.


Walford

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

der

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Hawke's Bay

Battle of Quiberon Bay
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Hawke Bay
Hawke's Bay
James Cook

Named after a large bay, Hawke Bay, which was named after Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705 - 1781). The name was given by explorer James Cook (1728 - 1779).
The town in Newfoundland was named by Cook during his survey of Newfoundland in honor of Hawke's victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Carling

en-proper noun

Carling (countable and uncountable, plural Carlings)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Grand Forks

Grand Forks (disambiguation)
Red Lake River
Red River of the North

The area of the city in North Dakota was known as "Les Grandes Fourches" (The Grand Forks) by French fur traders, referring to the confluence of the Red River of the North and Red Lake River.

A city in Boundary Country district, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers.


Northwood

A neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Yorkville

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Osceola

Anglicized form of Creek Asi-yahola, name of an influential Seminole leader.

A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Ashville

A community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.


Brockton

A municipality in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.


二埠

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/jiː²² fɐu̯²²/

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/jiː²² fɐu̯²²/

Such cities were second in importance to the local Chinese community.

New Westminster (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Bloomington

From Old English blōma (“flower”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A hamlet in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Taylorville

An unincorporated community in Cardston County, in southern Alberta, Canada.


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.


Sturgis

Sturgis (countable and uncountable, plural Sturgises)

From the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + gils (“hostage, pledge”). The initial s- is not explained.

A town in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada.


Red Bluff

An unincorporated settlement and Indian reserve near the city of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.


Green Lake

A village in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a nearby lake.


Philipsburg

A village in the municipality of Saint-Armand, Quebec, Canada.


Quesnel

Quesnel (countable and uncountable, plural Quesnels)

A city in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, named after Jules-Maurice Quesnel.


Hartington

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A village in South Frontenac township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.


士嘉堡

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː²² kaː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː²² kaː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese, local) Scarborough (a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


Lewisville

A neighbourhood of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.


Biggar

Biggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”).

The Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347, a rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada.


St. James

St. James (countable and uncountable, plural St. Jameses)

A district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


Danbury

"The stronghold of the people called after Dæne", from Old English folk name Dœnningas, genitive plural *Dœnninga + byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort, castle”).


Elkton

Mountain View County
w:Mountain View County

An unincorporated community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada.


Errington

Errington (countable and uncountable, plural Erringtons)

A community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Langstaff

Langstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Langstaffs)

A community divided between Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hornby

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


Saint Croix

The name of the island is derived from French croix (“cross”), the actual French spelling is Sainte-Croix. Named after the Holy Cross. Doublet of Santa Cruz.
The parish is named after the St. Croix River.

Charlotte County
Charlotte County#English

A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Crofton

Crofton (countable and uncountable, plural Croftons)

From Old English croft (“enclosure”) + tūn (“farmstead”).

A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Cudworth

Cudworth (countable and uncountable, plural Cudworths)

From the Old English personal name Cutha or Cuda + worþ (“enclosure”).

A small town north-east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Shelburne

Shelburne (countable and uncountable, plural Shelburnes)

The town in Nova Scotia is named after prime minister of Great Britain William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737 - 1805).


Heward

Heward (countable and uncountable, plural Hewards)

A village in the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Codner

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A locality in the Municipal District of Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.

Conception Bay South
Conception Bay South#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Stoneham

Stoneham (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehams)

French: Stoneham

From Middle English Stonham, from Old English Stanham. By surface analysis, stone + home.

A resort community in Stoneham-and-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada


Stoneham

English: Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

Stoneham (a resort community in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada)


Winnipegosis

From Swampy Cree, meaning "little muddy water", a diminutive of Winnipeg.

Lake Winnipegosis, a lake in Manitoba, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Manitoba.


Winnipegosis

Borrowed from Swampy Cree, meaning "little muddy water", a diminutive of Winnipeg.

Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnipegosis#English

Lake Winnipegosis (a lake in Manitoba, Canada)

Winnipegosis (an unincorporated community in Manitoba)


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

Various places in Canada:
A community of Drumheller, Alberta.

Various places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

A community near Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Various places in Canada:
A rural municipality of Manitoba.

An unincorporated village in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.

Various places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.


Sundance

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A ghost town in northern Manitoba, Canada.


Langdale

Langdale (countable and uncountable, plural Langdales)

From Old English lang (“long”) + Old Norse dalr (“valley”), "long valley".

A community on the Sunshine Coast, southern British Columbia, Canada.


Yamachiche

A town and municipality of the administrative region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

A river in the administrative region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


Pontypool

From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.

A village in the city of Kawartha Lakes, previously Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.


Jade City

From jade + city. From being a community dedicated to jade mining.

Cassiar Mountains
Cassiar Mountains#English

An unincorporated community in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia, Canada


奧沙華

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ou̯³³ saː⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ou̯³³ saː⁵⁵ waː²¹/


怡陶碧谷

ㄧˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ

/i³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

/i³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

Etobicoke (a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


奧克維爾

ㄠˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˇ

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ hɐk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jiː¹³/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ hɐk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jiː¹³/


Etobicoke

→ French: Etobicoke

→ Chinese:

Cantonese: 怡陶碧谷 (ji4 tou4 bik1 guk1), 伊陶碧谷 (ji1 tou4 bik1 guk1)

zh-l

怡陶碧谷 (Yítáobìgǔ)

伊陶碧谷 (Yītáobìgǔ)

Mandarin: 怡陶碧谷 (Yítáobìgǔ), 伊陶碧谷 (Yītáobìgǔ)

From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (wah-do-be-kang, “where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. First transliterated into English as Ato-be-coake, becoming Tobacock, before becoming Etobicoke.

der

A suburban district and former city in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area#English

Ellipsis of Etobicoke Creek., a river in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada


Etobicoke

Borrowed from English Etobicoke. From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (“where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River.

Etobicoke (a former city and district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


伊陶碧谷

ㄧ ㄊㄠˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ

/i⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

/i⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/


सिडनी

Borrowed from English Sydney, named after Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.

(uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)

(uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
hi:सिडनी


Craigmont

An unincorporated community and ghost town in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Moncton

The city is named after military officer and colonial administrator Robert Monckton (1726 - 1782).
The civil parish is named after the city.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Moncton

Borrowed from English Moncton. The city is named after military officer and colonial administrator Robert Monckton (1726 - 1782).

Moncton (a city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada).


ओटावा

hi-proper noun

ओटावा • (oṭāvā) ? (Urdu spelling اوٹاوا)

/oː.ʈɑː.ʋɑː/

[oː.ʈäː.ʋäː]

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


聖約翰斯

ㄕㄥˋ ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ ㄙ

Шэнъюэханьсы

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ³³ jœːk̚³ hɔːn²² siː⁵⁵/

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ³³ jœːk̚³ hɔːn²² siː⁵⁵/

St. John's (the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


聖約翰

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/

/sɪŋ³³ jœːk̚³ hɔːn²²/

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/

/sɪŋ³³ jœːk̚³ hɔːn²²/

Saint John (a city in New Brunswick, Canada)


Owen Sound

From Owen + sound. From being a sound (inlet) named after Admiral Owen.

A city in Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of the eponymous inlet


Brittiläinen Kolumbia

Brittiläinen Kolumbia (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbia (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbian (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbian (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaa (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassa (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiasta (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaan (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbialla (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialta (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialle (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbiana (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksi (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiani (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiani (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiani (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiani (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaani (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassani (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastani (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaani (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallani (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtani (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialleni (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianani (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiakseni (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattani (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiasi (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiasi (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiasi (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiasi (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaasi (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassasi (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastasi (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaasi (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallasi (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtasi (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallesi (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianasi (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksesi (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattasi (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiamme (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiamme (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiamme (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiamme (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaamme (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassamme (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastamme (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaamme (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallamme (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtamme (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallemme (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianamme (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksemme (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattamme (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbianne (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbianne (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbianne (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbianne (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaanne (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassanne (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastanne (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaanne (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallanne (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtanne (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallenne (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbiananne (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksenne (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattanne (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiansa (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiansa (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiansa (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiansa (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaansa (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassaan (inessive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassansa (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastaan (elative singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastansa (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaansa (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallaan (adessive singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallansa (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtaan (ablative singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtansa (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialleen (allative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallensa (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianaan (essive singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianansa (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiakseen (singular translative)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksensa (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattaan (abessive singular)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattansa (abessive singular)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


विनिपेग

विनिपेग • (vinipeg) ? (Urdu spelling ونی پیگ)

Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)


कैलगरी

कैलगरी • (kailgarī) ? (Urdu spelling کیلگری)

Borrowed from English Calgary, from Scottish Gaelic cala ghearraidh.

Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


वैंकूवर

वैंकूवर • (va͠ikūvar) ? (Urdu spelling وینکوور)

/ʋɛ̃ː.kuː.ʋəɾ/

[ʋɛ̃ː.kuː.ʋɐɾ]

Borrowed from English Vancouver, named after George Vancouver.

Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)


मिसिसॉगा

मिसिसॉगा • (misisŏgā) ?

Borrowed from English Mississauga, from French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”).

der

Mississauga (a city in Peel, Ontario, Canada)


ब्रैंपटन

hi-proper noun

ब्रैंपटन • (braimpṭan) ? (Urdu spelling برامپٹن)

[bɾɛ̃ːmp.ʈɐ̃n]

Brampton (a city in Peel, Ontario, Canada)


Trois-Rivières

/ˌt(ɹ)wɑ ɹɪˈvjɛɹ/

From French Trois-Rivières (“Three Rivers”).


Trois-Rivières

English: Trois-Rivières

From trois (“three”) + rivières (“rivers”).
From the fact that three rivers flow through the area (confluence of two rivers, one flowing into the other, resulting in three channels, two incoming and one outgoing).

A city and regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


सरी

Borrowed from English Surrey, from Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + gē (“district, region”).

compound

Surrey (a city in Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada)


Pangnirtung

An Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.


杜林

(～區) Durham (a regional municipality of Ontario, Canada)


Salmon River

Many of the rivers are named for the presence of salmon.

A number of rivers and communities in Canada:

A tributary of the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.

A tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A river in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A small river in Langley district municipality, British Columbia.

A tributary of Shuswap Lake, in the Shuswap region, British Columbia.

A river on Moresby Island, in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia.

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

A river and unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

A small rural community of Digby County, Nova Scotia.

A small community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia.


列治文

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹/

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹/

(specifically) Richmond (a city in Great Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)


列治文山

ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄢ

Лечживэнь Шань

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

(chiefly Canada) Richmond Hill (a town in Ontario, Canada)


里士滿希爾

ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄒㄧ ㄦˇ

Лишимань Сиэр

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(chiefly Mainland China) Richmond Hill (a town in Ontario, Canada)

列治文山

town in Ontario; local Chinese in Canada


Lavant

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Fogo

A community of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


O'Donnell

From Irish Ó Dónaill, Ó Domhnaill (“of Domhnall”).

A ghost town in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Eldon

A locality in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada.


Coldwater

A river in British Columbia, Canada, the Coldwater River.

The name of various rivers in the United States and Ontario, Canada; see Coldwater River.


Wellington County

Named after British military officer Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852).

A county in southwestern Ontario, Canada. County seat: Guelph.


North Norfolk

The Municipality of North Norfolk, a rural municipality in south-central Manitoba, Canada.


Beaver County

A municipal district in central Alberta, Canada, with its offices in Ryley.


Smithfield

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Hondo

w:Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124

An unincorporated community in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta, Canada.


パース

ja-pos

パース • (Pāsu)


Green River

The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.

The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:

If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado.

1968, Edward Abbey, “Terra Incognita: Into the Maze”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 259:

The Green River has cut down through the Uinta Mountains in the last few million years, the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains, the Laramie River through the Laramie Range.

1986, John McPhee, Rising from the Plains; reprinted in Annals of the Former World, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, page 298:

A tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.


Alcona

A community of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario#English

A settlement in Sioux Lookout, Kenora District, Northwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.


Rock Island

The island near Trinidad is named for its physical characteristics.

A former town in Quebec, Canada, now part of Stanstead.


Eagle River

A number of rivers in Canada and the United States, including Alaska.


ヴァンクーヴァー

ヴァンクーヴァー • (Vankūvā)

[bã̠ŋkɯ̟ːba̠ː]

バンクーバー バンクーバー#Japanese

Alternative form of バンクーバー (Bankūbā, “Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)”)


Bend

Most places get their name from bends in rivers.

A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line.


Hood River

A river in Nunavut, Canada, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.


Queen's Park

An urban park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Enterprise

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A hamlet in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.

A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Willows

Lake of the Rivers No. 72
Lake of the Rivers No. 72#English

An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Lake of the Rivers No. 72, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Willows, a residential community of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Rocksprings

A community of Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario, Canada.


LaSalle

en-prop

LaSalle (countable and uncountable, plural LaSalles)

A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

Alternative form of Lasalle; A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Freeport

From free + port.
The village in Nova Scotia was likely named after the town in Maine.


Little Falls

A community of Ramara, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


La Salle

en-proper noun

La Salle (countable and uncountable, plural La Salles)

Rural Municipality of Macdonald
w:Rural Municipality of Macdonald

A town in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada.


Westport

From west + port. From west or the surname West and port.

(historical)

A placename:
A locale in Canada
A village in Nova Scotia.

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A village in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


多朗多

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Waterloo and Toronto are 80 miles apart; driving [between the two cities] doesn't even take two hours. The twin cities in that area form one of the industrial centres of eastern Canada.

1968 June 8, 周維幹 and 盛慶琜, 加拿大校友會分區聯誼會短記, in 交大友聲

Huátiělù jù Duōlǎngduō bāshí lǐ zhī yáo, qūchē bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí, gāi dì liǎng chéng luánshēng wéi Jiādōng gōngyè zhòngqū zhīyī.

滑鐵路距多朗多八十哩之遙，驅車不到兩小時，該地兩城孿生為加東工業重區之一。

滑铁路距多朗多八十哩之遥，驱车不到两小时，该地两城孪生为加东工业重区之一。

(obsolete) Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)


Shell Lake

A village in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Glencoe

From Scottish Gaelic Gleann Comhann (“valley of the river Coe”)

bor

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

A community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Southwest Middlesex
w:Southwest Middlesex

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A community of Southwest Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Poplarville

A community near Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


Water Valley

Mountain View County
w:Mountain View County

An unincorporated community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada.


Allendale

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Mount Olivet

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

An unincorporated area of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


オーロラ

ja-pos

オーロラ • (Ōrora)


Crestview

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Charlotte County

→ French: Comté de Charlotte (calque)

The county in New Brunswick is named after Queen Charlotte (1744–1818).


Indian River

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.

A river in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A river in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.

A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

A river in Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A river in Renfrew County and Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

The former name of the Dän Tàgé river, Yukon, Canada.

Otonabee-South Monaghan
Otonabee-South Monaghan#English

A community in the township of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.

A First Nations reserve in Ontario, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

An unincorporated area of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Mount Pleasant

Places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Lunenberg County
Lunenberg County#English

A community of Lunenberg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Region of Queens Municipality
w:Region of Queens Municipality

A community of Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Places in Canada:
A number of communities in Ontario.

A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.

Places in Canada:
A rural municipality of Saskatchewan.


White River

A major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A tributary of the Salmon River, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

A tributary of the Nass River, British Columbia, Canada.

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River#English

A tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.

A tributary of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.

A township in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Sandy Hook

A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.


Blue Ridge

Woodlands County
Woodlands County#English

A hamlet in Woodlands County, Alberta, Canada.


Fincastle

Most place names appear to come, either directly or indirectly, from the Viscount of Fincastle (Earl of Dunmore).


Fauquier

Central Kootenay
Central Kootenay#English

A community of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.


Lunenburg County

The county in Nova Scotia is named after the town of Lunenburg.


Prince George

Related terms (previous names of townsites): Fort George

Fraser-Fort George
Fraser-Fort George#English

A city in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada, incorporated in 1915.


King George

A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada


Wheatland County

A municipal district in south-central Alberta, Canada.


Durham County

A historical county of Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974. Named after County Durham in England.


Roxboro

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A town which is now part of Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Ortonville

An unincorporated community in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Lake of the Woods

A large lake in Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota on the Canada-US border.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A town in the Peace River Country of Alberta.

A hamlet in Lethbridge County, southern Alberta.

Lethbridge County
Lethbridge County#English

A neighbourhood in south-east Calgary, Alberta.

The Municipal District of Fairview No. 136, a municipal district surrounding the town in northern Alberta.

A ghost town near Oliver, British Columbia.

A neighbourhood in west Vancouver, British Columbia.

A community of Halifax municipality, Nova Scotia.

A community in Kenyon Township, North Glengarry, Ontario.


Pipestone

A community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, within the rural municipality.


Bessemer

A community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Hillsdale

A community of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Montmorency

A former municipality of Quebec, Canada, now part of Quebec City.


West Branch

A community of Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Sylvania

From sylvan (“silva, forest”) + -ia.
Compare with sylvan.


Soperton

Leeds and the Thousand Islands
w:Leeds and the Thousand Islands

A community of the Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada.


Eagle Pass

Monashee Mountains
Monashee Mountains#English

A mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.


Kingsville

Typically from King's + -ville after the model of Kingstown, Kingston, &c. but principally derived from the names of various people surnamed King rather than the noun king. Cf. Kingsburg, Queensville, and Princeville.

Inverness County
Inverness County#English

A community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Belwood

en-proper noun

Belwood (countable and uncountable, plural Belwoods)

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Rosewood

Latin: rosewoodēnsis

An affluent residential neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


טורונטו

he-proper noun

טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ • (torónto) f

טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ (canonical)
torónto (romanization)

Toronto (The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)


Courtenay

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Caernarvon

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Carnarvon

Anglicisation of Welsh caer + yn + ar Fôn, opposite Môn (Anglesey) .

A community in Minden Hills, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Denbigh

From Welsh Dinbych, from din (“fort”) + bych, variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Tenby.

Addington Highlands
Addington Highlands#English

A community of Addington Highlands township, Ontario, Canada.


孖結街

/maː⁵⁵ kiːt̚³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

/maː⁵⁵ kiːt̚³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

雲高華埠孖杰街三拾二號 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
云高华埠孖杰街三拾二号 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Yúngāohuá Bù Zījié Jiē sānshí'èr hào [Pinyin]

Market Alley (a street in Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)


雲高華

/yn³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/yn³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ waː²¹/

(～埠) (obsolete) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Jacksons

A settlement in British Columbia, Canada.


Kanata

Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region, Ontario, Canada.

National Capital Region
National Capital Region


Cathedraltown

A neighbourhood and unincorporated community in Markham, Ontario, Canada.


Morinville

After Father Morin, a French-speaking oblate missionary who brought French settlers into the area.

A town in Alberta, Canada; suburb of Edmonton.


Maskwacis

From Cree ᒪᔉᐗᒌᐢ (maskwaciis), from ᒪᔉᐗ (maskwa, “bear”) + ᒌᐢ (ciis, “hill”). Literally "bear hills".

An unincorporated community and hamlet in central Alberta, Canada, formerly Hobbema.


Canmore

From Scottish Gaelic ceann mòr (“big head”), the nickname of Malcolm III of Scotland.


Drayton Valley

A town in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Brazeau County.


Neepawa

From Cree ᓃᐸᐘ (niipawa, “land of plenty”).


Blackfalds

A town in central Alberta, Canada, north of Red Deer.


Barrhead

The County of Barrhead No. 11, a municipal district in north-central Alberta, which surrounds the town.


Innisfail

From Inisfail, poetic name of Ireland, from Irish Inis Fáil.


Red Deer

→ Chinese: 紅鹿市／红鹿市 (Hónglùshì) (calque)

Translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as “red deer river” after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.

der

A city in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Red Deer County.


Westlock

Blend of Westgate + Lockhart, surnames of the owners who owned the land where the settlement was built since 1912.
The original unincorporated community east of the present town, established 1902, is named Edson, after the Edgson family, who owned the settlement's land, but is renamed Edison by Irish immigrants after Thomas Edison, because it duplicated with another settlement along the Grand Trunk Railway.

A town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.


Brazeau County

A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Drayton Valley


Yellowhead County

A municipal district in Alberta, Canada; centre: Edson.


Parkland County

A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Stony Plain.


Fort McMurray

After Hudson's Bay Company factor William McMurray.

A hamlet and former city in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, disincorporated in 1995 when it amalgamated into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

麥克默里堡

hamlet and former city in Alberta, Canada


Stony Plain

Uncertain, but two name origins exist:
*The community is named after the Stoney (Nakoda) First Nations, who historically camped in the surrounding area, and;
*According to Dr. James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition, the town is named after boulders in the area.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Parkland County.


Sturgeon County

A municipal district of Alberta, Canada; centre: Morinville.


Evansburg

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A hamlet in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Sherwood Park

* (hamlet in Alberta, Canada): Originally named Campbelltown, after the Campbell family, who first settled in the area, but is renamed by Canada Post because of duplication with other places in Canada with that name.

Strathcona County
Strathcona County#English

A large hamlet in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, with over 70,000 people.


Bon Accord

In Alberta, from French bon accord, the ancient motto of Aberdeen, Scotland, the hometown of its first settler.


Fort Macleod

After North-West Mounted Police Colonel James Macleod.


イカルイト

From English Iqaluit, from Inuktitut ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (iqaloit).

Iqaluit (a city, the capital of Nunavut, Canada)


デンバー

ja-pos

デンバー • (Denbā)


オースティン

オースティン • (Ōsutin)

ja:オースティン (曖昧さ回避)


Enderby

en-proper noun

Enderby (countable and uncountable, plural Enderbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Eindrithi + bý (“farmstead; village”).

A city in Okanagan region, British Columbia, Canada.


域多利

/wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

/wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

/wɪk̚² tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²²⁻³⁵/

1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 6:

Qí tiělù zhī chēzhàn, lúnchuán zhī mǎtóu, jiē yǐ Wēngēhuá wéi zhōngdiǎn, gù Wēngēhuá zhòu shèng. Gēlúnbǐyà shěng běn yǐ Yùduōlì wéi shǒufǔ, jīn zé shìlì quán qū yú Wēngēhuá yǐ.

其鐵路之車站，輪船之碼頭，皆以溫哥華為終點，故溫哥華驟盛。哥侖比亞省本以域多利為首府，今則勢力全趨於溫哥華矣。

其铁路之车站，轮船之码头，皆以温哥华为终点，故温哥华骤盛。哥仑比亚省本以域多利为首府，今则势力全趋于温哥华矣。

(Cantonese) Victoria (personal name or place name)

Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)


Lake Champlain

From lake + Champlain (“Samuel de Champlain”).
Named after Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. From French Champlain.

compound

A north–south running lake surrounded by the Champlain Valley, in upstate New York, Vermont and southern Quebec, spanning the United States and Canada, mostly lying within the U.S.; separating the Adirondacks from the Green Mountains and Appalachians.

Champy

the lake monster found in Lake Champlain

Hudson River

the river running south of Lake Champlain

Richelieu River

the river running north from Lake Champlain

Erie Canal

the watercourse running west from south of Lake Champlain

Lake George

a lake just to the south and east of Lake Champlain


Abhainn San Labhrás

head

Abhainn San Labhrás m (genitive Abhann San Labhrás)

Abhann San Labhrás (genitive)
Abhainn San Labhrás
nAbhainn San Labhrás
hAbhainn San Labhrás

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

Saint Lawrence River (a river in Canada)


Spadina

From the Spadina Estate established in 1818 by William Warren Baldwin. From Ojibwe espadinong (“hill”).

(Canada) A placename in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A mansion and former estate that was subdivided into the neighbourhood


Ishpatina

From Ojibwe ishpadinaa (“it is a ridge”).

Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park#English

A ridgeline in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. (the highest point in Ontario)