Hilton

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Horton

en-proper noun

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Guthrie

Guthrie (countable and uncountable, plural Guthries)

Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.

A community of Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Massey

Massey (countable and uncountable, plural Masseys)

* As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in Normandy such as Macey in Manche, Massy in Seine-Maritime, Macé-sur-Orne in Orne, La Ferté Macé in Orne.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Marsay (see Marcey).
* As a French surname, variant of Massé (see Masse).
* As a southern French surname of Italian origin, from several places named Massa in Italy.

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

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


Maynard

Maynard (countable and uncountable, plural Maynards)

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A village in Augusta Township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Mayhew

Mayhew (countable and uncountable, plural Mayhews)

Anglicized form of Norman Mahieu, a common form of the personal name Matthew.

A community in Horton township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Mead

Meads (plural)
Meade (alternative)
Meades (alternative)

Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English


Clarkson

From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.

A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.


Beasley

Beasley (countable and uncountable, plural Beasleys)

A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Chisholm

Chisholm (countable and uncountable, plural Chisholms)

Chisholms (plural)
Chisolm (alternative)

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).


Putnam

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A community of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario.


Collingwood

A place in Canada:
A town in Simcoe County, Ontario.


Havelock

The parish in New Brunswick is named after British military officer Henry Havelock (1795 – 1857).

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Langton

A small town in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

A community of Wellesley, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Oxley

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

A community of the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Palmerston

Most places were named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, usually known as Lord Palmerston.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

An unincorporated community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Rutter

* As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.

A community of French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Borden

A Canadian Forces Base in Ontario, Canada.


ハミルトン

Hamilton (a port city in Ontario, Canada)


Cheltenham

A community of the town of Caledon, Peel municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Glenelg

A placename given to towns, rivers, etc., in several countries, and a location on Mars.

A community (Glenelg Centre) and former township in West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Nepean

A suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; formerly a city until 2001


Kenilworth

From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”).

Wellington North
Wellington North#English

A community of Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario.


モントリオール

From English Montreal, from French Montréal. Doublet of モンレアル (Monrearu).

ja:モントリオール (曖昧さ回避)

Montreal (a river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada)

Montreal (a river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada)


Whitehaven

A neighbourhood in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Burlington

-ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Burling + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").


Minto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Old Welsh minid (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

der

Any of various places named after an Earl of Minto, including:


Huron

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *ɹonõɁ.

A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

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


Cochrane

Cochran (alternative)
Cockrum (alternative)
Cocrane (alternative)
Cocran (alternative)
Cochren (alternative)
Cockram (alternative)
Cockran (alternative)
Cockren (alternative)
Colqueran (alternative)
Cothran (alternative)
Coughran (alternative)
Cofran (alternative)
Cohran (alternative)
Corcoran (alternative)
Corcorran (alternative)
O'Corcoran (alternative)
MacCorcoran (alternative)

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

A town in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Ingersoll

A town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Barrie

en-proper noun

Barrie (countable and uncountable, plural Barries)

An independent city in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada


Brant

English, German, Jewish and Dutch surname, variant of Brand.
The municipality in Ontario is named after Mohawk political leader Joseph Brant (1743 - 1807).

A municipality in Ontario, Canada, named Brant County or the County of Brant.


South River

/ˈsʌʊθ ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A village in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Oshawa

A city in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Clarington

In Ontario, a blend of Clarke + Darlington, introduced in 1994 as a portmanteau of the names of two former townships.

A municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada


Deseronto

Named for Captain John Deseronto, a native Mohawk leader who was a captain in the British Military Forces during the American Revolutionary War.


Belleville

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Timmins

A city in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Mattawa

My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education.

2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Annan

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


Lansdowne

Lansdowne (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdownes)


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A village in Asphodel-Norwood township, Peterborough County, Ontario.


New Edinburgh

Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.

A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)


Evansville

Burpee and Mills
Burpee and Mills#English

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community of Burpee and Mills, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Lively

An urban area of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Springbrook

A community in the township of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario, Canada.


Harmony

A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County, Ontario.

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

A community of North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario.


오타와

[~시(市)] Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada)


토론토

[~시(市)] Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


Tavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

East Zorra-Tavistock
East Zorra-Tavistock#English

A community, formerly a village, in East Zorra-Tavistock township, Ontario, Canada.


Guilford

Guilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)

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


Maple

An urban community of Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.


Dowling

Dowling (countable and uncountable, plural Dowlings)

A community of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + -tun (“enclosure”).


Bala

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.


Clute

A rural unincorporated community in the town of Cochrane, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Wendover

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.


Renfrew

Renfrew (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrews)

Renfrews (plural)
Renfro (alternative)
Renfrow (alternative)
Rentfro (alternative)
Rentfrow (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù. from Old British rhyn frwd meaning "point at the current".

A town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Petawawa

/ˌpʰɛ.ɾəˈwɑːwɑː/


Ratho

A rural community of the township of Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


North York

A suburban district within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly a municipality.


Laird

A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.


Harcourt

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


Varney

A community of Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

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

A former community in Walden, Ontario, Canada.


Markham

A city in southern Ontario, a suburb of Toronto.


Bolingbroke

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

/ˈbɒlɪŋbɹəʊk/

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

From Old English Bolin (“River Bollin”) + brōc (“stream”).

inh

River <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Bollin</i>

A community in Tay Valley township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Clavering

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


Cartier

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Linton

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.


Norland

Norland (countable and uncountable, plural Norlands)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”).

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


Welbeck

Welbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Welbecks)

A community of West Grey township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Southgate

A township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

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


Narrows

Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Leeds and the Thousand Islands#English

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

An unincorporated community in the Leeds and the Thousand Islands, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Dutton

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Northumberland County, Ontario.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.


Villiers

Otonabee-South Monaghan
Otonabee-South Monaghan#English

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


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.


טאָראָנטאָ

head

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

yi-proper noun

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

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


Mountain View

Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View, California

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Picton

en-proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


Centralia

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


Kirkhill

Equivalent to kirk with hill. Compare Churchhill.

A community in North Glengarry township, Ontario, Canada.


Oakville

A town in southern Ontario, suburb of Toronto.


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

An unincorporated community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.


Loyalist

Named after the United Empire Loyalists.

A township municipality in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; formerly in former town of Nickel Centre.


カーディフ

ja-pos

カーディフ • (Kādifu)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

Cardiff (a community of the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada)


Uxbridge

From Wixan + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”), meaning, "the bridge leading to the Wixan", a Saxon tribe which settled near the Lincolnshire fens.

A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A former township in the former Victoria County, now City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Redbridge

A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


McKay

From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.

bor

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A former township in eastern Ontario, Canada, merged into Laurentian Hills municipality in 2000.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

McIntyres (plural)
MacIntyre (alternative)
McEntire (alternative)
McEntyre (alternative)
McIntire (alternative)
McTier (alternative)
Teare (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

A community in Loyalist township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

A community in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario.


लंदन

landan (romanization)
لندن (Urdu)
लंदन (direct singular)
लंदन (oblique singular)
लंदन (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, a borrowing from Latin Londīnium.


多市

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

Toronto's government and police have indicated that if the 24 recommendations in the report are implemented accordingly, it can help the city government save 100 million dollars in the next 3 years.

2016, 星島日報 (Sing Tao Daily), 多市警方招標 外判違泊抄牌

Duōshì zhèngfǔ jí jǐngfāng biǎoshì, rúguǒ ànzhào bàogào de 24 xiàng jiànyì quánbù luòshí, zài wèilái 3 nián kě wèi shìfǔ jiéxǐng 1 yì yuán.

多市政府及警方表示，如果按照報告的24項建議全部落實，在未來3年可為市府節省1億元。

多市政府及警方表示，如果按照报告的24项建议全部落实，在未来3年可为市府节省1亿元。

Short for 多倫多市／多伦多市 (Duōlúnduō shì, “Toronto”), the capital city of Ontario, Canada


Beaverton

The name of several places
A town in Ontario, Canada


旺市

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

Phono-semantic matching of English Vaughan + 市 (shì, “city”).

psm

(Cantonese, local) Vaughan (a city in Ontario, Canada)


Τορόντο

head

Τορόντο • (Torónto) n

Torónto (romanization)
Τορόντο (nominative singular)
Τορόντου (genitive singular)
Τορόντο (accusative singular)
Τορόντο (singular vocative)

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


Hillier

* As an English occupational surname for a roofer, from the noun hellier (“one who heles, thatches”).
* As a French surname, from the personal name Hillier, vernacular form of Hilaire.

A community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


パリス

ja:パリス (曖昧さ回避)


Woolwich

A township in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Tilbury

en-proper noun

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Castleford

A community in Horton township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.


Uttoxeter

A small village in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Warminster

A community of Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Grantham

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A neighbourhood of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Kent County

→ French: Comté de Kent (calque)

Several are named after Kent in England.

A former county of Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1998, with unknown etymology; now absorbed into Chatham-Kent.


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.


Woodbridge

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


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.

County of Middlesex (alternative)
Middlesex Co. (alternative)


Thornbury

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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.


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)


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.


Orton

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


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from a Brythonic word such as *dwr-gent (“clear water”).

Darwent (alternative)
Darwen (alternative)
Darwin (alternative)
Darran (alternative)
Durrans (alternative)
Durant (alternative)

A community of Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada.


Bruton

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


Dart

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


Plympton

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

Plymptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

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.


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A community of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Amesbury

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


Doherty

Daugherty (alternative)
Dougherty (alternative)

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


Wylie

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


Cheney

en-prop

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)

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


Ridgeway

An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.


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.


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.

St Clair (alternative)
Saint Clair (alternative)
Saint-Clair (alternative)
St-Clair (alternative)
St.-Clair (alternative)

A township in Lambton County, Ontario, 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.


Huron County

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


St. Charles

Saint Charles (alternative)
Saint-Charles (alternative)
St-Charles (alternative)
St.-Charles (alternative)
St Charles (alternative)

A municipality of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Chamberlain

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

Timiskaming District
w:Timiskaming District

A township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.


Vickers

en-proper noun

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)

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


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

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

Timiskaming District
Timiskaming District#English


Parham

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

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

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English


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.


Armour

en-proper noun

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

Armour (disambiguation)#Places
Armour (surname)

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, 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.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

Regional Municipality of York
w:Regional Municipality of York

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


Treadwell

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Treadwells (plural)
Tredwell (alternative)

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.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

Applebys (plural)
Applebee (alternative)

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.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

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


Woodford

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

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

A community of Meaford, Ontario, Canada.


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Bidwell

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

Bidwells (plural)
Bedwell (alternative)
Bodwell (alternative)

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

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

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


St. George

St George (alternative)
Saint George (alternative)

A village in Brant County, Ontario, 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.


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)


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

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


Seguin

en-proper noun

Seguin (countable and uncountable, plural Seguins)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English


Moorefield

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

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Blackstock

Blackstock (countable and uncountable, plural Blackstocks)

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


Rockwood

en-proper noun

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

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


Crampton

Crampton (countable and uncountable, plural Cramptons)

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


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

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


Blandford

Blandford (countable and uncountable, plural Blandfords)

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


Arnott

Arnott (countable and uncountable, plural Arnotts)

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

A community in Chatsworth municipality, Grey County, Ontario, 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.


Bothwell

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

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

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


Chatsworth

A township and village in Grey County, Ontario, 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.


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)


賓頓

/pɐn⁵⁵ tɵn²²/

/pɐn⁵⁵ tɵn²²/

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


哈密爾頓

ㄏㄚ ㄇㄧˋ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

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


咸美頓

ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(chiefly Cantonese) Transliteration of English Hamilton


萬錦

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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


Brownsville

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Thedford

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


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Bellevues (plural)
Belle Vue (alternative)
Belle-Vue (alternative)
Belle-vue (alternative)
Belleview (alternative)
Bellvue (alternative)
Bellview (alternative)

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

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


Kemble

Kemble (countable and uncountable, plural Kembles)

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


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.


Marysville

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)


Dymond

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.


Ellwood

Ellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ellwoods)

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, 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


Nairn

A small community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Ettrick

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


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.


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.


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.


Bagnall

en-proper noun

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, 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.


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)

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


Haliburton

Haliburton (countable and uncountable, plural Haliburtons)

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


Mariposa

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


Centreville

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)

Silverthorns (plural)
Silverthorne (alternative)

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 in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

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


Birr

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)

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


Green Bay

Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island#English

A community on Manitoulin Island, 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.


Midhurst

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


Garson

Garson (countable and uncountable, plural Garsons)

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.


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.


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

Sault Sainte Marie (alternative)
Sault Saint Marie (alternative)
Sault Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault Saint-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Saint-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste Marie (alternative)
Sault St Marie (alternative)
Sault St. Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault St-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste.-Marie (alternative)
Sault St.-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault-St-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste.-Marie (alternative)
Sault-St.-Marie (alternative)

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 Sainte Marie (alternative)
Sault Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste.-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste.-Marie (alternative)

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)


Minden

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


Jerseyville

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


Summerhill

en-proper noun

Summerhill (countable and uncountable, plural Summerhills)

A number of places in various countries:

A neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


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 in Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Essa

en-proper noun

Essa (countable and uncountable, plural Essas)

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


Carling

Carling (countable and uncountable, plural Carlings)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


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.


Brockton

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


Bloomington

From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).

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


Hartington

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)


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.


Rosedale

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

An unincorporated village in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.

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


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.


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)


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/


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/


Craigmont

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


ओटावा

hi-proper noun

ओटावा • (oṭāvā) ? (Urdu spelling اوٹاوا)

/oː.ʈɑː.ʋɑː/

[oː.ʈäː.ʋäː]

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


ब्रैंपटन

ब्रैंपटन • (braimpṭan) ? (Urdu spelling برامپٹن)

braimpṭan (romanization)
برامپٹن (Urdu)
ब्रांपटन (alternative)

[bɾɛ̃ːmp.ʈɐ̃n]

Brampton (a city in Peel, Ontario, 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)


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:


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

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


O'Donnell

O'Donnells (plural)
O'Donald (alternative)
O'Donnel (alternative)

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

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


Smithfield

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Wellington County

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

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


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.


Enterprise

A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.


Queen's Park

An urban park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Rocksprings

A community of Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario, Canada.


LaSalle

en-prop

LaSalle (countable and uncountable, plural LaSalles)

LaSalles (plural)
La Salle (alternative)
la Salle (alternative)
laSalle (alternative)
Lasalle (alternative)
Salle (alternative)

A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Little Falls

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


Westport

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

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

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


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)


Glencoe

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

bor

Southwest Middlesex
w:Southwest Middlesex

A community in Southwest Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, 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)


Mount Pleasant

Places in Canada:
A number of communities in Ontario.


Indian River

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.

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.


Crestview

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


White River

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

A township in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Durham County

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


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A community in Kenyon Township, North Glengarry, Ontario.


Lake of the Woods

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


Bessemer

A community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Hillsdale

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


Soperton

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

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

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.


טורונטו

he-proper noun

טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ • (torónto) f

טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ (canonical)
torónto (romanization)

Toronto (The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in 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, a univerbation of din (“fort”) + bych, a variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Tenby.

Addington Highlands
Addington Highlands#English

A community of Addington Highlands township, Ontario, Canada.


Kanata

National Capital Region
National Capital Region

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


Cathedraltown

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


Meadowvale

A neighbourhood in northwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.


Strathcona

1897, srath + Coe (modern strath), a variant of Glencoe, invented in Canada to avoid the negative associations with the Massacre of Glencoe (1692), created as an aristocratic title for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Other uses derive from places named after Smith.

A geographic township in Temagami municipality, Ontario.


Cookstown

A neighbourhood in the city of Innisfil, Ontario, Canada.


Sydenham

en-proper noun

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A community of Frontenac County, Ontario.

Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.


אוטווה

he-proper noun

אוטווה / אוֹטָוָה • ('otawa)

אוֹטָוָה (canonical)
'otawa (romanization)

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


Sudbury

From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southbury.

This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted.

2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times:

A city in northern Ontario, Canada, properly Greater Sudbury.

Sudbury District, a district in northern Ontario.


Notting Hill

Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).

Notting Gate
Notting Hill
Notting Hill, Victoria

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, also known as Notting Gate.


Mississippi River

A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Ottawa River.


多朗度

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

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


杜郎度

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²²/

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²²/


坎問頓

ㄎㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Каньвэньдунь

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(dated) Hamilton (a city in Ontario, Canada)


杜朗度

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/


McCool

en-proper noun

McCool (countable and uncountable, plural McCools)

McCools (plural)
Mc Cool (alternative)
Mccool (alternative)
MacCool (alternative)
Mac Cool (alternative)
Maccool (alternative)
Macool (alternative)
MaCool (alternative)
Ma'Cool (alternative)
M'Cool (alternative)
Cool (alternative)
McCole (alternative)

Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario#English

An unincorporated community in Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


McDougall

McDougall (countable and uncountable, plural McDougalls)

McDougalls (plural)
Dougall (alternative)
MacDougall (alternative)
McDougal (alternative)
McDougald (alternative)
McDougle (alternative)

Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (“son of Dubhghall”), from dubh (“black”) + Gall (“stranger”). Compare Doyle, McDowell.

der

A township in Parry Sound District, central Ontario, Canada, named after William McDougall.


Wellesley

→ Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there

Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)

Samoan: ʻesi

Tongan: lesi

From the name of the town Wells (“springs”) + lēah (“woodland”), thus 'the woodland by the springs'.

Wellersley (alternative)
Wellsley (alternative)

A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Dalkeith

From Cumbric [Term?], equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow”) + Welsh coed (“wood, forest”).

A village in the township of North Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.


Warkworth

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community in the municipality of Trent Hills, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Cranbrook

A community and unincorporated area of Huron County, Ontario.


Long Branch

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Halfway

A community of Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Foxboro

A community in southern Ontario, Canada.


Elmwood

The name of a few places in Canada:
A community of Grey County, Ontario.


Kintore

A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

An unincorporated community in the municipality of Huron East, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Dalston

en-proper noun

Dalston (countable and uncountable, plural Dalstons)

From either one of the above etymologies.

A community of Springwater, Ontario, Canada.


Dundalk

A village in Southgate, Ontario, Canada.


Aberfoyle

A community of Puslinch, Ontario, Canada; a suburb of Guelph.


ออตตาวา

th-proper noun

ออตตาวา • (ɔ́t-dtaa-wâa)

/ʔɔt̚˦˥.taː˧.waː˥˩/

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


Millbrook

en-proper noun

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A village in the township of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, Canada.


Horncastle

A ghost town in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Ayton

Ayton (countable and uncountable, plural Aytons)

Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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


Springwater

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Raglan

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the Durham Region of Ontario.


Amberley

A community in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Ontario, Canada.


Duntroon

A community of Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Roseland

Roseland (countable and uncountable, plural Roselands)

Americanized form of Norwegian Røysland.

A neighbourhood of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.


McKillop

McKillop (countable and uncountable, plural McKillops)

McKillops (plural)
Mackillop (alternative)
MacKillop (alternative)

A former township in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Unionville

A neighbourhood in Markham, Ontario, Canada.


Castleton

A community in Cramahe township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Cumnock

An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Apsley

A community in North Kawartha, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Aberfeldy

A community in Dawn-Euphemia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Manor Park

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Culloden

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Navan

From Irish An Uaimh or its alternative form An Uamhain.

A rural community in Cumberland Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Oldcastle

An unincorporated community in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada.


Kinloss

A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.


Roseville

From rose (“a flower”) + -ville or Rose (“a name”) + -ville.

A community of North Dumfries township, Waterloo regional municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Fallowfield

An unincorporated village in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Tobermory

From Scottish Gaelic Tobar Mhoire (literally “Mary's well”).

bor

Northern Bruce Peninsula
Northern Bruce Peninsula#English

A community in Northern Bruce Peninsula municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Golspie

A community in Zorra township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Riverdale

A neighbourhood of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Lakeside

Places in Canada:
A neighbourhood in Kenora, Ontario.

A community in Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario.


Bobcaygeon

From French Bobcaygeon, from Ojibwe [Term?].

A village in Verulam, Kawartha Lakes, Victoria, Ontario, Canada


Bobcaygeon

Bobcaygeon (a village in Verulam, Kawartha Lakes, Victoria, Ontario, Canada)


Kawartha Lakes

From Ojibwe Ka-wa-tha, from Ka-wa-tae-gum-maug (“Land of Reflections”).

A chain of lakes Ontario, Canada, that form the upper watershed of the Trent River.

A city in Victoria County, Ontario, Canada


Kawartha

From Ojibwe Ka-wa-tha, from Gaa-waategamaag (“Land of Reflections”).
Coined in 1895, by Martha Whetung, a member of the Curve Lake First Nations.

Ellipsis of Kawartha Lakes. A city in Ontario, Canada


Fawkham

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


Fort Erie

A town in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.


Oldfield

en-proper noun

Oldfield (countable and uncountable, plural Oldfields)

Oldfields (plural)
Offield (alternative)

From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).

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


Saltford

An unincorporated community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Molesworth

A small community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Newington

A community of South Stormont township, Ontario, Canada.


Arkell

refer someone to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram

A community in Puslinch township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Kilsyth

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


โทรอนโต

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


Thorncliff

A neighbourhood in the city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Callander

Callander (countable and uncountable, plural Callanders)

Callanders (plural)
Callender (alternative)

A municipality in central Ontario, Canada.


Lifford

A community in the former Manvers Township, Ontario, Canada.


Tyendinaga

From a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.

A township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Bay of Quinte

A long, narrow bay on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada.


Malahide

A township municipality in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, named after Malahide Castle in Ireland.


Wilstead

A community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, Ontario, Canada.


Wolseley

en-proper-noun

Wolseley (countable and uncountable, plural Wolseleys)

Wolseleys (plural)
Wolsley (alternative)
Woolseley (alternative)
Woolsley (alternative)
Woosley (alternative)

From Middle English Ulselei, from Old English Wulfsieslega, from the personal name Wulfsiġe (“wolf victory”) in the genitive case Wulfsiġes + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A river in Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Ellipsis of Wolseley River.


Cabbagetown

From cabbage + town.
* (Toronto): From the 19th-century, when mid-century immigrants from Ireland and the Balkans started growing cabbages in their front yards.
* (Atlanta): From the post-Reconstruction Era, when late-19th-century Appalachian newcomers of Scots-Irish descent moved in, and started growing cabbages in their front yards.

Jeevan lived in Cabbagetown, north and east of the theatre.

2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 11:

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.


Ancaster

A town in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Dornoch

A village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Ardoch

A community of North Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.


Beeton

A community in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Granton

A community in Lucan Biddulph township, Ontario, Canada.


Beaumaris

A small settlement on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Queensville

From queen's + -ville. Cf. Queenstown, Queenston, Kingsville, and Princeville. In particular, the Ontario town is named for Queen Victoria of the British Empire.

Queensville, Indiana
Queensville, Nova Scotia
Queensville, Ontario

East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury#English

A village in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.


Niddrie

An unincorporated place in the Unorganized Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.


Bluewater

A municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Lakeview

A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario.

A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.

A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario.


Bryanston

en-proper noun

Bryanston (countable and uncountable, plural Bryanstons)

Middlesex Centre
Middlesex Centre#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Claremont

A community of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Manilla

A village in the former Mariposa Township, now Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada; named after Manilla, Indiana.


Tullamore

A community of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.


Lyndhurst

From Old English lind (“lime tree”) + Old English hyrst (“hurst”).

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


Brightside

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

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


Londesborough

A community of Central Huron municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Cashel

A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.


North Woolwich

A rural community in the township of Woolwich, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Fermoy

From Irish Fir Maí (literally “men of the plain”).

der

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


de Lesseps

English: de Lesseps

Spanish: de Lesseps

From de + Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Lesseps (alternative)
De Lesseps (alternative)

Ellipsis of lac de Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

lac de Lesseps

rivière de Lesseps
rivière de Lesseps#French

De Lesseps River
De Lesseps River#English

Ellipsis of rivière de Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


De Lesseps

en-proper-noun

De Lesseps (countable and uncountable, plural De Lesseps or De Lessepses)

De Lesseps (plural)
De Lessepses (plural)
Lesseps (alternative)
deLesseps (alternative)
Delesseps (alternative)
DeLesseps (alternative)
de Lesseps (alternative)

Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario#English

Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario#English

Ellipsis of De Lesseps Lake. A lake in Thunder Bay district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada

De Lesseps Lake

Ellipsis of De Lesseps River. A river in Thunder Bay district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


De Lesseps

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of lac De Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

rivière De Lesseps
rivière De Lesseps#French

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of rivière De Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


Ullswater

A community of the township of Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Dacre

A community in the township of Bonnechere Valley, Ontario, Canada.


Pikangikum

bor

Ojibwe ᐱᑳᐣᒋᑲᒦᐣᐠ

A village in Pikangikum 14, Kenora district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Armadale

A neighbourhood in Markham and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Woburn

A neighbourhood in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Listowel

A community in the municipality of North Perth, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Edgeley

A community of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.


Killarney

A municipality in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Dunchurch

A community in the municipality of Whitestone, Ontario, Canada.


Kernahan

en-proper noun

Kernahan (countable and uncountable, plural Kernahans)

A community of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Leggatt

A community of Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada.


Rosehill

A community of Caledon, Ontario, Canada.


Kirkton

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


Douglastown

A community of Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.


Elmstead

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


Keady

Keady (countable and uncountable, plural Keadys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaigh.

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


Moose River

Rivers and communities in Canada:
A river in northern Ontario.


Sussex Street

Former name of Sussex Drive; a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Long Sault

From French Long Sault, from Middle French. From being a long (“long”) stretch of sault (“rapids”).

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

A rapids in the Saint Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada

A village in Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River


Long Sault

English: Long Sault

From long (“long”) + sault (“rapids”), from Middle French. From being a long stretch of rapids.


Hensall

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


Bishopsgate

Equivalent to Bishop + -s- + gate.
(street and ward): From one of the eastern gates in London’s former defensive wall, traditionally attributed to Earconwald, who was Bishop of London in the 7th century.

A community in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada.


Haileybury

Temiskaming Shores
Temiskaming Shores#English

A town in Temiskaming Shores, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Glenshee

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Allan Water

A river in northern Ontario, Canada, named after the river in Stirling.


Southwold

A township in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Auden

A community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District, north-western Ontario, Canada.


Uphill

A community in Dalton Township, Ontario, Canada.


McGarry

McGarry (countable and uncountable, plural McGarrys)

McGarrys (plural)
McCary (alternative)
McGeary (alternative)
McVearry (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearadhaigh (“son of Fhearadhach”), a personal name meaning "strong", "brave", from fear (“man”).


Harburn

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Milltown

A community of Tyendinaga, Hastings County, Ontario.


Hastings County

The county is named after British politician and military officer Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754 - 1826).

A county in south-east Ontario, Canada. County seat: Belleville.


Badenoch

Badenoch
Badenoch, Ontario
George Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch

A community of Puslinch, Ontario, Canada.


Newholm

From Old English nīwe (“new”) + hām (“homestead”).

A community of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.


Geraldton

A community, formerly a town, in Greenstone, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.


Simcoe

en-proper noun

Simcoe (countable and uncountable, plural Simcoes)

An unincorporated community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Woodlawn

A community in Torbolton Township, Ontario, Canada.


Port Arthur

Named after British naval officer William Arthur (Royal Navy) (1830-1866) in 1860.

named-after

A community and former city in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Newburgh

From Old English nĭwe burh, equivalent to new + burgh. Doublet of Newbury.

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community and former village in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Beechwood

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


Delamere

* The placename senses are from French de (“of”) la (“the”) mer (“sea”).
* As an English and French surname, prefixed variant of Mear, itself related to the noun mere (both senses, meaning "pond" and "boundary"), a variant of Mayer, and a variant of Lemer.
Compare Delamare, de la Mare.

A community in French River municipality, Ontario, Canada.


French River

A number of rivers and communities in Canada:

A river in central Ontario which flows from Lake Nipissing to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron.

A river in Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario.

A municipality in Sudbury district, Ontario, named after the river.

A First Nations reserve, French River 13, in Parry Sound District, in Ontario.


North End

A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario.

An area of land in St. Catharines, Ontario.


Johnstown

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

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

A community of Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario.


Eades

en-prop

Eades (countable and uncountable, plural Eadeses)

A community in Unorganized North Cochrane District, northeastern Ontario, Canada.


ཨོ་ཏ་ཝ

head

ཨོ་ཏ་ཝ • (o ta wa)

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


Silver Creek

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Ontario.


Red Rock

A township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada.


Little Island

An island in Lake Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada.


McKellar

en-proper noun

McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)

McKellars (plural)
MacKellar (alternative)
McCullah (alternative)
McCullar (alternative)
McCuller (alternative)
McCullers (alternative)
McKeller (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.


Carss

Carss, Ontario
Tony Carss
William Leighton Carss


Goodwood

Regional Municipality of Durham
Regional Municipality of Durham#English

A settlement in Uxbridge, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.


Glenarm

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


Calstock

A community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Dundas

en-proper-noun

Dundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)

Dundas
Dundas Castle
en:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.


미시사가

[~시(市)] Mississauga (a city in Ontario, Canada)


미시소가

미시사가 미시사가#Korean

[~시(市)] Alternative form of 미시사가 (Misisaga, “Mississauga (a city in Ontario, Canada)”)


미시소거

[miɕ͈isʰo̞ɡʌ̹]

미시사가 미시사가#Korean


Glen Falloch

In Scotland, the valley of the River Falloch.

A community in South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Ravensworth

A community in the municipality of Kearney, Ontario, Canada.


Hillcrest

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Grassie

en-prop

Grassie (countable and uncountable, plural Grassies)

A community of West Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.


Speyside

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada.


Ponsonby

en-proper noun

Ponsonby (countable and uncountable, plural Ponsonbys)

A rural community in Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada.


Appin

A community in Southwest Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.


Bruce County

A county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.


Cloyne

Addington Highlands
Addington Highlands#English

A community of Addington Highlands township, central-eastern Ontario, Canada.


Gay Village

Former name of The Village; a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Wainfleet

Ultimately from Old English wæġn (“wagon”) + flēot (“small stream”).

A rural township in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada.


Flamborough

A district and former municipality in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Madawaska

Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).

A community within the township of South Algonquin in Ontario, Canada.


Madawaska Valley

A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Oakwood

A community of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Sellwood

Sellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Sellwoods)

A ghost town, formerly a village in Capreol, Ontario, Canada.


Grand River

(Churchill River): grand+river. Calque of Montagnais Mishta-shipu Literally, “Great River”. From mishta+shipu.

A river in Ontario, Canada, that flows into Lake Erie.


Codrington

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

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

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Meaford

A municipality in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Wallacetown

A hamlet in Dutton/Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Aterónto

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


Orford

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Brudenell

Brudenell (countable and uncountable, plural Brudenells)

Habitational surname from Breidden Hill, in Wales, or Breedon on the Hill, a village in Leicestershire.

Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan#English

A community in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Renfrew County

The county is named after Renfrew in Scotland.


Hospital Row

From hospital + row, from the number of hospitals lined up in the area.

A neighbourhood of Downtown, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


New Canaan

A settlement in Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Normanby

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

A former township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, now part of West Grey.


Beardmore

Beardmore (countable and uncountable, plural Beardmores)

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

A community and former township in Greenstone municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Ahkwesáhsne

English: Akwesasne

French: Akwesasne

Literally, “Land Where the Partridge Drums”, from the abundant wildlife in the area.

lit

Akwesasne: A Mohawk territory in North America, at the triple point of the New York state, Ontario, Quebec border lying astride the Canada-United States international boundary.


Sundridge

A village in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Mount Joy

In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from Mountjoy, the name of an Irish ship.

A community of Markham, Ontario, Canada.


ウォーターフォード

ja-pos

ウォーターフォード • (Wōtāfōdo)

A community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Hawtrey

en-proper noun

Hawtrey (countable and uncountable, plural Hawtreys)

A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Stoneleigh

A community in Bracebridge, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Bracebridge

Bracebridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bracebridges)

Perhaps from the unattested Old English element *bræsċ (“twigs, underwood”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).

A town in and the seat of the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Frankford

A village in Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Shedden

Shedden (countable and uncountable, plural Sheddens)

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Renfrewshire.

A hamlet in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Hanbury

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A settlement in Harley, Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.


Mildmay

en-proper-noun

Mildmay (countable and uncountable, plural Mildmays)

Two possible origins:
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + mægden (“girl, virgin”), a nickname for a young woman.
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + dēma (“judge”), a nickname for a merciful judge or person.

A community of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Sylvan

en-proper noun

Sylvan (countable and uncountable, plural Sylvans)

An altered form of French Sylvain, or borrowed from Swedish Sylvan.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Grey County

A county in Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.


Port Hope

In Ontario, from the surname Hope.
In Michigan, seemingly from the noun hope.

A municipality in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, on Lake Ontario.


Lanark County

The county is named after Lanark in Scotland.

A county in Ontario, Canada. County seat: Perth.


Mississippi Mills

Mississippi River
Mississippi River#English

A town in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, named after the local Mississippi River.


Huron Shores

A municipality in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Rideau Lakes

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


Peterborough County

The county is named in honour of Canadian politician Peter Robinson (1785 - 1838).

A county in Southern Ontario, Canada, with its county seat in Peterborough, an independent city.


Trent Lakes

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A municipality in Peterborough County, Southern Ontario, Canada, and named in recognition of the Trent-Severn Waterway.


Simcoe County

Named by colonial administrator John Graves Simcoe (1752 - 1806) in honour of his father, John Simcoe.

A county in Ontario, Canada, just north of the Greater Toronto Area.


Trout Lake

A number of lakes and communities in Canada:

Other lakes in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario.


West Lincoln

A township in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, United States.


West Grey

A municipality in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Cambray

en-prop

Cambray (countable and uncountable, plural Cambrays)

A community of Kawartha Lakes, central Ontario, Canada, named for the literary works of the Archbishop of Cambrai.


East Gwillimbury

Gwillimbury is formed from Gwillim, the maiden name of Elizabeth Simcoe.

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


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

From the Old English personal name Wīga, a byname from wīġ (“war”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

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


North Huron

A municipality (called a township) in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Palgrave

en-proper-noun

Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)

From either the Old English personal name Palla or pāl (“stake, pole”) + Old English grāf (“grove”).

A neighbourhood of Caledon, Ontario, Canada.


Shuniah

A municipality bordering the city of Thunder Bay, north-western Ontario, Canada.


Haldimand County

Named after British military officer Frederick Haldimand (1718 - 1791).

A municipality with city status on the north shore of Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada.


Oro-Medonte

Formed from the merger of Oro and Medonte townships in 1994.

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Springdale

The name of the Newfoundland town was apparently coined as a description of its immediate surroundings.

A suburban community of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.


St. Lawrence

(Newfoundland) Derived from the Portuguese hydronym Baía de São Lourenço. The town is thus indirectly named after Saint Lawrence (225 - 258).

A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.


Lambton County

Named after British colonial administrator and politician John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792 - 1840). Lambton had visited the area of the future county in the late 1830s.


Plympton-Wyoming

A town in Lambton County, south-west Ontario, Canada, formed in 2001 from these two places.


Allandale

A neighbourhood of Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Brookfield

en-proper noun

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie#English

A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.


Barrack Hill

From barrack + hill.
* (Canada): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River that hosted barracks of the military outpost.

(Canada, historical) Former name of Parliament Hill. A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

(Canada, historical, military) A former military outpost in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Parliament Hill

From parliament + hill.
* (Ottawa): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings.
* (Quebec): Calque of French Colline parlementaire From being a rise and promontory over the Saint-Lawrence River hosting parliament buildings.
* (London): From being a gathering place for troops of the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) during the English Civil War. Apocryphally, the location where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, to blowup the Palace of Westminster (Parliament).

(Canada) A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Chatham-Kent

Formed in 1998. Chatham was a township and city, Kent was formerly Kent County. Chatham in England is in the county of Kent.

A municipality in south-western Ontario, Canada.


West Nipissing

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


Thorold

en-proper-noun

Thorold (countable and uncountable, plural Thorolds)

From the Middle English personal name Thurold, Thorold, Thorald, from the Old English Thorweald, Thorwald, Turwald etc. and variations, suffix from Old English weald, likely influenced and reinforced by cognate Old Norse Þóraldr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and valdr (“ruler”).


Brockville

From the surname Brock + -ville.
*In Ontario, named after Isaac Brock, major general and temporary administrator of the province of Upper Canada. Formerly named Elizabethtown, then a village.
*In Dunedin, named after settler Frederick Brock-Hollinshead.


Kenora

Blend of Keewatin + Norman + Rat Portage, from 1905. Formerly named Rat Portage, then a fur trading post.

blend

A small city in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba.


Orillia

Uncertain, but commonly believed to be from Spanish orilla (“shore”).

A city in northern Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Rat Portage

Named after the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post: rat referred to muskrats.

A former town in northern Ontario, Canada, near the border with Manitoba; modern Kenora


Hawkesbury

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Hawkesbury.


Wooler

A community of Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Quinte West

A city on the Bay of Quinte, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Magnetawan

From Algonquin or Ojibwa, meaning "swiftly flowing waters".

The Magnetawan River, a river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Huron.

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario.


Blayney

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Smiths Falls

A town in Lanark County, eastern Ontario, Canada, named after Thomas Smyth.


Perth South

A township in Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


North Dundas

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

A township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, south-east Ontario, Canada.


Altona

Many places, if not all, are named after Altona in Hamburg.

A ghost town in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.


Central Frontenac

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A township in Frontenac County, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Frontenac County

Named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac, whose name comes from the Gallo-Roman name Frontinus + -acum.


Plainfield

A rural community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Smithville

A community of West Lincoln, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.


Wartburg

Wartburg is a castle in Eisenach, Germany, where Martin Luther worked on his translation of the Bible.

A community of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Balsam Lake

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


Dufferin County

The county is named after British colonial administrator Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902).


Elgin County

The county is named after British colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 - 1863).


Haliburton County

The county is named after Canadian statesman and author Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796 - 1865).


Lennox and Addington County

The county is named after the former Lennox County and Addington County.


Williamstown

* From Williams + town.
** (Kansas): Founded in 1865 by local property owners Mapes, Williams & Moore.
** (New Jersey): Renamed after John Williams, grandson of prominent landowner Richard Penn who left him the land.
** (New York): Renamed in honor of Judge Henry Williams shortly after he relocated there in 1802.
** (Ohio): Named after John W. Williams who laid out it in 1834.
** (West Virginia): Named for Isaac Williams (1737–1820), who settled there in 1787.
* From William + -s- + town.
** (Victoria): Renamed after William IV, then the English monarch.

A community of South Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Algoma District

Coined by American ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793 - 1864) from an element "Al" referring to Algonquin and an Algonquian term meaning "lake", "body of water".


Cochrane District

The district is named after the town of Cochrane.


South Glengarry

A township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Kenora District

The district is named after the town of Kenora.


Manitoulin District

The district is named after Manitoulin Island.


Nipissing District

The district is named after Lake Nipissing.


Parry Sound District

The district is named after the town of Parry Sound.


Rainy River District

The district is named after the town of Rainy River.


Sudbury District

The district is named after the town of Sudbury.


Thunder Bay District

The district is named after the city of Thunder Bay.


Timiskaming District

Derived from the Algonquian toponym and ethnonym Timiskaming.


តូរ៉ុនតូ

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


North Middlesex

A municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Jellicoe

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

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A community of Greenstone municipality, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Yarker

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


Stone Mills

A township in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Nickel Centre

A large community and former town in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Greater Sudbury

A large city and municipality in the south of Northern Ontario, Canada.


Otter Creek

A stream and settlement in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Highlands East

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A township municipality in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Thames Centre

A municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, formed in 2001.


Don Valley

Don+valley. From being the valley containing the Don River

A river valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Don River

Don Valley Parkway
Don Valley Parkway#English

Ellipsis of Don Valley Parkway (“DVP”).; A highway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, along the Don River


Killaloe

Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards#English

A town in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Panmure

From Pictish, equivalent to Welsh pant (“hollow”) + mawr (“large”).

A community in West Carleton-March Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Burwash

A former community in Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada.


New Tecumseth

There was a township of Tecumseth until reorganisation in 1991; it was decided to add "New" to the name to avoid confusion with Tecumseh, also in Ontario.

A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Morningside

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


North Glengarry

A township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


en-proper noun

the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River

An upper-tier municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, bordering Quebec and the Saint Lawrence River.


Temiskaming Shores

A city in Timiskaming district, north-east Ontario, Canada, created in 2004.


Willowdale

A neighbourhood of North York, Toronto, Ontario.


Cannington

* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641.
* In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Laurentian Hills

A town and municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, formed in 2000.


Bonfield

Bonfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bonfields)

English and Irish habitational surname of Norman origin, from an altered form of any of three places in France called Bonneville.

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A township in Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada, named after James Bonfield.


Eastside

A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.


United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

A county in eastern Ontario, Canada, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville or Leeds Grenville.


Spring Bay

Central Manitoulin
Central Manitoulin#English

A community of Central Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada.


Central Manitoulin

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A township in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.


Maple Ridge

A community of Lake of Bays, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of North Dundas, Ontario.


Lake of Bays

A lake and township municipality in the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.

A lake in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.


Huron-Kinloss

Formed in 1999. Huron and Kinloss were separate townships previously.

A township in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


North Branch

Many places are named after north branches of rivers.

A community of South Glengarry, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.


টরন্টো

head

টরন্টো • (ṭoronṭō)

bn-proper noun

টরন্টো • (ṭoronṭō)

Toronto (the largest city, the provincial capital of Ontario)


Aldborough

From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldbrough, Aldeburgh, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

A former township in West Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, named after Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.


West Elgin

A municipality in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Otonabee-South Monaghan

Created on the merger of Otonabee and South Monaghan townships in 1998.

A township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Otonabee

A river in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, a tributary of the Trent River.


AMIR

Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reserve
Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reserve#English

Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation#English

Akwesasne: Abbreviation of Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reserve/Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation.; An Amerind settlement in Ontario, Quebec, New York in Canada, United States


Akwesasne

A Mohawk territory in North America, at the triple point of the New York state, Ontario, Quebec border lying astride the Canada-United States international boundary.


Akwesasne

Akwesasne: A Mohawk territory in North America, at the triple point of the New York state, Ontario, Quebec border lying astride the Canada-United States international boundary.


North Dumfries

A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Tiny

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Muskoka Lakes

A township in the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Bayside

A community of Quinte West, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Bridgeburg

A former town in Ontario, Canada, merged with Fort Erie in 1932.


St. Thomas

A city in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Morrisburg

A community of South Dundas municipality, eastern Ontario, Canada, named after James Morris.


South Dundas

A municipality in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Cherry Grove

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Dundonald

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Cramahe township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Cramahe

Named after Hector Theophilus de Cramahé.

A rural township in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Lanark Highlands

A township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Horseshoe Falls

horseshoe+falls (waterfall). From the shape of the waterfall being like a horseshoe.

en:Horseshoe Falls
en:Horseshoe Falls (disambiguation)

Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Peninsula#English

A waterfall in Niagara river, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara regional municipality, Niagara region, Ontario, Canada. A massive set of contiguous waterfalls, the larger and more spectacular portion of the Niagara Falls.


Canadian Falls

Canadian+falls (waterfall).
* (Niagara Falls): From being the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
* (Shoshone Falls): Coined by Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop Augustin-Magloire Blanchet in 1847. Blanchet, being from Canada, named the falls "Canadian Falls"

coin

A waterfall in Niagara Falls, Niagara river, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara regional municipality, Niagara region, Ontario, Canada.


Garden River

A river in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

Garden River First Nation, a reserve along the river in Ontario.


Alnwick/Haldimand

A township in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Lakefield

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community of Selwyn township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Blessington

A community in Tyendinaga township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Grey Highlands

A municipality in south-east Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Dromore

/dɹəˈmɔː(ɹ)/

A community of Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


East Zorra-Tavistock

A township in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1975.


East Zorra

East Zorra-Tavistock
East Zorra-Tavistock#English

A community, formerly a township, in East Zorra-Tavistock township, Ontario, Canada.