This article lists the etymologies of the names of cities across Canada.
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d David McLennan (2008). Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park. Regina: University of Regina Press. ISBN 978-0-88977-209-0.
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- ^ City of Melfort. "History of Melfort". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ E.T. Russell, ed. (1975). What's In a Name?. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. ISBN 0-919306-39-X.
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- ^ City of Swift Current. "History of Swift Current". Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Cy Warman: Pioneer Railroad Writer". Great Eastern. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "History & Heritage - Weyburn". City of Weyburn. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "City of Yorkton - History". City of yorkton. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
Sources
- Brown, Thomas J. (1922). Place-names of the province of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Royal Print & Litho.
- Hessel, Peter D. K. (1987). The Algonkin Tribe. Arnprior, Ontario: Kichesippi Books. ISBN 0-921082-01-0.
- MacMillan, Gail (1978). An Outline of the History of Bathurst. Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press.
- McMillan, Alan D.; Yellowhorn, Eldon (2004). First Peoples In Canada (3rd ed.). Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 1-55365-053-0.
- Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1967). "Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia/with an introd. by Charles Bruce Fergusson". Halifax. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Shaw, S. Bernard (1998). Lake Opeongo: Untold Stories of Algonquin Park's Largest Lake. General Store Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-896182-82-7.
- Taylor, John H. (1986). Ottawa: An Illustrated History. J. Lorimer. ISBN 978-0-88862-981-4.
Further reading
- Alan Rayburn (1 March 2001). Naming Canada: stories about Canadian place names. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8293-0.
- William B. Hamilton (2006) [1978]. The Macmillan book of Canadian place names. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 978-0-7715-9754-1.