Fredericton

Fredericton (the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada)


Yellowknife

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

Yellowknife (the capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada).


Iqaluit

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (iqaloit, “place of fish”), plural of ᐃᖃᓗᒃ (iqalok, “fish”).

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Iqaluit (the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


Winnipeg

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye

* From English Winnipeg; see English etymology for more information. Rendered as Ouinipigon by La Vérendrye.

Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)


Edmonton

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Ottawa

Borrowed from English Ottawa, ultimately from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”).

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


Vancouver

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

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


Medicine Hat

Borrowed from English Medicine Hat. From Blackfoot saamis.

Medicine Hat (a city in Cypress, Alberta, Canada)


Montréal

English: Montreal

Inherited from Middle French Montreal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain, Mont Royal, named by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


Amos

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

A city in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Dieppe

The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Québec

English: Quebec

→ Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.

Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

(by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.


Laval

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-hôtel de la Croix-Laval.wav

From la (“the”) + val (“vale (valley)”).
* (Mayenne): From being situated at a valley
* (surname): Derived from the placename in Mayenne
* (Quebec municipality): Derived from the surname of an early settler
* (Quebec island): Derived from the name of the city located on the island

A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; suburb of Montreal


Ville de Québec

Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Frobisher Bay

Frobisher Bay (the former name of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


Dauphin

→ English: Dauphin

From dauphin
* (Dauphin, MB, CA): Named after the French monarchal title, the heir to the French throne.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Dauphin (a city in Manitoba, Canada)
# Dauphin (a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
# Dauphin (a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States)


Kamloops

Borrowed from English Kamloops. From French Camp des loups (“camp (“camp”)+loup (“wolf”)”). From Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”).

der

Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Edmundston

Borrowed from English Edmundston. The city is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).

Madawaska County
Madawaska County#English

A city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Saguenay

A city and regional county municipality of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.


Lévis

A city and regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.


Dorval

English: Dorval

Island of Montreal
Island of Montreal#English

Dorval: A city in Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Sherbrooke

Borrowed from English Sherbrooke, the surname of the British governor general.

A city and regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Gatineau

English: Gatineau

Korean: 가티노 (Gatino)

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


Thurso

The city was named by Scottish settlers after the city of Thurso in Scotland.

A city in Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Bathurst

Borrowed from English Bathurst. The city is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

Bathurst (a city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada).


Mirabel

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


Val-d'Or

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

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

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


Shawinigan

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

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


Longueuil

English: Longueuil

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

Longueil

A placename of several locations in France


Sault Ste. Marie

English: Sault Ste. Marie

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

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

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

Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada)
# Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States)


Moncton

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

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


Trois-Rivières

English: Trois-Rivières

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


Varennes

English: Varennes

A city, a suburb of Greater Montreal Area, Quebec; founded by René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes


CSL

CSL; Initialism of Côte-Saint-Luc. A city in Montréal, Québec, Canada


Princeville

* (Québec): Prince + -ville, named after Pierre Prince, one of the first pioneer colonizers of the area.
* (Hawaii): prince + -ville. From English Princeville, named after Hawaiian Prince Albert Kamehameha

A city in L'Érable, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada


La Tuque

English: La Tuque

La Tuque (a city in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada)


Sept-Îles

From sept îles (literally “seven islands”).

Sept-Îles (a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

A city and municipality of Quebec, Canada


Gracefield

Derived from a compound of the English surname Grace and field. The city is named after mayor of the former municipality Patrick Grace.

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

A city in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Campbellton

Borrowed from English Campbellton. The city is named after colonial administrator Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (1769–1843).

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Rouyn-Noranda

The name of the city is derived from the name of the former cities of Rouyn and Noranda.

A city and regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Portneuf

The city is named after the fiefdom of Portneuf, named in turn after military officer René Robineau de Portneuf (1659–1726).
The municipality is named after the former Barony of Portneuf, named in turn after the city.

A city in Portneuf, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


Belleterre

Compound of beau (“beautiful”) + terre (“earth, land”). Originally the name of a mine.

af

A city in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Ville-Marie

Derived from ville (“city”) and the name Marie. The city is named after Saint Mary.


Témiscaming

Derived from the name of lac Témiscamingue, derived in turn from the Algonquin terms tim (“deep”), kami (“expanse of water”) and the locative element -ing (“in”).


Duparquet

The city is named after French military officer Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet.

A city in Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


La Sarre

The city is named after the La Sarre Regiment.


Macamic

The city is named after a nearby lake, the name of which is derived from a Algonquin compound composed of mak (“crippled, lame”) and amik (“beaver”).


Malartic

The municipality is named after French colonial administrator and military officer Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de Maurès de Malartic (1730–1800).

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

fr:Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de Maurès de Malartic


Senneterre

Both the city and the municipality are likely named after a French military officer from the Languedoc regiment.


Maniwaki

The name of the city is derived from an Algonquin compound toponym derived from mani (“Mary, Maria”) (referring to Saint Mary) and aki (“land”). The settlement began as a missionary project.


Mont-Laurier

The name of the city is derived from mont (“mountain”) + Laurier (a surname). The city is named after Canadian lawyer and statesman Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919).

A city in Antoine-Labelle, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Rivière-Rouge

The name of the city is derived from rivière (“river”) and rouge (“red”). The city is named after a nearby river.


Barkmere

Derived from an English toponym derived in turn from a compound of bark and mere.

A city in Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Mont-Tremblant

The city is named after a nearby mountain, the name of which derives from mont (“mountain”) and tremblant (“shaking, shaky”). The name of the mountain is said to derive from a Native American story about a powerful spirit inhabiting the peak. Alternatively, the name may derive from a muffled sound that can be heard near the mountain.


Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Agatha of Sicily (c. 231–251) and the plural form of mont (“mountain”).


Baie-Saint-Paul

Baie-Comeau (a city in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada)


Baie-Comeau

Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau, Québécois naturalist.

Baie-Comeau (a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (a city in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada)


Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (a city in the Eastern Townships region of southern Quebec, Canada)


Trois-Pistoles

Trois-Pistoles (a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Sorel-Tracy

Compound of Sorel + Tracy, names of the two towns that amalgamated to form the city.

Sorel-Tracy (a city in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada)


Lebel-sur-Quévillon

Lebel-sur-Quévillon (a city in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)