Richmond

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):


Alma

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.


Chandler

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/

A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.


Amos

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Windsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

gloss

"reel, winch"; > Middle English <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">windel</i> (“reel, spool”)

A town in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

Le Val-Saint-François
Le Val-Saint-François#English


Amherst

Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).


Kirkland

en-proper noun

Kirkland (countable and uncountable, plural Kirklands)


Stanstead

From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".


Matagami

From the Cree word for "the confluence of waters".


Chibougamau

From the Cree word for "gathering place".

A town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada


Chibougamau

Chibougamau (a town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)


Schefferville

The longest haul is in Canada, from the vast deposits of ore at Schefferville, in Quebec, to Seven Islands—a distance of 357 miles; [...].

1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409:


Rimouski

A town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.


Clermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.

A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent#English

A town in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada, originally in Huntingdon County.


Val-d'Or

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


Cantley

Cantley (countable and uncountable, plural Cantleys)


Yamachiche

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


Roxboro

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


Victoriaville

French: Victoriaville

From Victoria + -ville, after Queen Victoria.

A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in south-central Quebec, Canada.


Victoriaville

Borrowed from English Victoriaville. Analyzable as Victoria + -ville.

Victoriaville (a town in Quebec, Canada)


Boisbriand

English: Boisbriand

From Boisbriant and Gué de Boisbriand (“Gué de Boisbriant”).
* (Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada): From the name of the seigneur (landholder), named after a governor of Montreal.


Asbestos

From asbestos, from Old French abestos.
* (Asbestos, Quebec): Named by the Royal Mail for the asbestos mines the mining settlement was setup for, when Canada was still a colony of Britain. The county was named for the town.
* (Asbestos, Russia): English for the Russian term for asbestos, асбест (asbest)

Former name of Val des Sources.; A town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada

Regional County Municipality of Asbestos


Asbestos

Borrowed from English asbestos, from Old French abestos.

municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos

Municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos

Municipalité Régionale de Comté Asbestos

municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos

Municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos

Municipalité Régionale de Comté d’Asbestos

Former name of Val-des-Sources.; Asbestos (a town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada)


Desbiens

en-proper-noun

Desbiens (countable and uncountable, plural Desbiens or Desbienses)

A town in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada


Desbiens

English: Desbiens

Desbiens (a town in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada)


Mount Royal

A suburban town in Montreal, Quebec, named after the hill.


Coaticook

From French Coaticook, from Abenaki koatikeku.

A town on the Coaticook, Estrie, Quebec, Canada


Berthierville

From Berthier + -ville, renamed from Berthier in 1942.

A town in D'Autray regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Lanoraie

A town and municipality in D'Autray regional county municipality, Lanaudière region, Quebec, Canada.


Murdochville

Murdochville (a town in the Gaspésie region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Pascal

Saint-Pascal (a town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Vaudreuil-Dorion

Compound of Vaudreuil + Dorion, names of the two towns that merged to form the new municipality.

Vaudreuil-Dorion (a town in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon

Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (a town in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (a town in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada)


Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Mont-Joli

From mont (“mountain”) + joli (“pretty”).

Mont-Joli (a town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (a town in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada)


Brome Lake

A town and lake therein, in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.