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Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers.

Alberta

  • Bentley
    Bentley, Alberta
    Bentley is a town located 28 km north-west of Red Deer, in the province of Alberta, Canada.It was named in honour of George Bentley, an early homesteader.-History:...

  • Castor
    Castor, Alberta
    Castor is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is intersected by Highway 12 and Highway 861, east of the city of Red Deer, at an elevation .It was incorporated July 13, 1910...

  • Didsbury
    Didsbury, Alberta
    Didsbury is a town in central Alberta, Canada, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.Located next to Alberta Highway 2A, near the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, Didsbury is within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. Didsbury is approximately the half-way point between the cities of Calgary and Red...

  • Edmonton
    Edmonton
    Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

  • Fairview (hamlet)
    Fairview, Alberta (hamlet)
    Fairview is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Lethbridge. It is adjacent to the eastern boundary of Lethbridge, approximately south of Highway 3...

  • Fairview (town)
  • Hinton
    Hinton, Alberta
    Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.-History:...

  • Redcliffe
    Redcliff, Alberta
    Redcliff is a town in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. Bordering the City of Medicine Hat to the south and east, the town is bisected by Highway 1 and is located on the north bank of the South Saskatchewan River....

  • Torrington
  • Vauxhall
    Vauxhall, Alberta
    Vauxhall is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Municipal District of Taber, in the prairie land between Bow River and Oldman River....

  • Wembley
    Wembley, Alberta
    Wembley is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located west of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 724. A resident of Wembley is known as a "Wemblian", or "Wembleyite".-Demographics:In 2001, the town population was 1,542....

  • Willingdon
    Willingdon, Alberta
    Willingdon is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Two Hills County, 117 km northeast of the city of Edmonton.- Demographics :...


British Columbia

  • Ashcroft
  • Barnet
  • Barnston
    Barnston Island, British Columbia
    Barnston Island is an unincorporated island located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area of British Columbia, Canada. Most of the island is part of the Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A; the remainder is Barnston Island Indian Reserve No...

  • Boston Bar
    Boston Bar, British Columbia
    Boston Bar is an unincorporated town in the Fraser Canyon of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was not named for an organization of Massachusetts lawyers but dates from the time of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush...

  • Brentwood
    Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
    Brentwood Bay, is a small neighbourhood in the municipality of Central Saanich, on the Saanich Peninsula. It lies north of the city of Victoria and south of Sidney on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Situated on the Saanich Inlet, it includes the Butchart Gardens, the Victoria Butterfly...

  • Crofton
    Crofton, British Columbia
    Crofton, British Columbia, Canada, is a small coastal town that is part of the District of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The population is estimated at 2,500 people...

  • Cumberland
    Cumberland, British Columbia
    Cumberland is a town in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The village was originally named Union, British Columbia after the Union Coal Company, which was in turn named in honour of the 1871 union of British Columbia with Canada. The town was renamed after...

  • Enderby
    Enderby, British Columbia
    The City of Enderby is in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Armstrong and Salmon Arm. It is approximately 80 km north of Kelowna and 130 km east of Kamloops...

  • Fort Nelson
    Fort Nelson, British Columbia
    Fort Nelson is a town of approximately 5000 residents in British Columbia's northeastern corner. It is the administrative centre of the newly formed Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, a first for BC. The majority of Fort Nelson's economic activities have historically been concentrated in the...

  • Kimberley
    Kimberley, British Columbia
    Kimberley is a small city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead-zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine...

  • Langdale
    Langdale, British Columbia
    Langdale is a small community on the Sunshine Coast of southern British Columbia. It is set in a verdant environment characteristic of many small BC communities. Its main feature is the BC Ferries terminal that links the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver via Horseshoe Bay, with connecting foot-passenger...

  • Langford
    Langford, British Columbia
    Langford is a city of 22,459 residents on southern Vancouver Island, within the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is considered one of Greater Victoria's Western Communities...

  • Langley
    Langley, British Columbia (city)
    The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...

  • Lytton
    Lytton, British Columbia
    Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of...

  • Nelson
    Nelson, British Columbia
    Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...

  • New Brighton
  • New Denver
    New Denver, British Columbia
    New Denver is a village in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, along the shore of Slocan Lake. New Denver was founded as a mining town in 1892, and briefly known as Eldorado City before being renamed after Denver, Colorado. It was incorporated as a village in 1929 and currently has approximately...

  • New Westminster
    New Westminster, British Columbia
    New Westminster is an historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and is a member municipality of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. It was founded as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia ....

  • Pemberton
    Pemberton, British Columbia
    Pemberton is a village north of Whistler in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia in Canada, with a population of 2,192. Until the 1960s the village could be accessed only by train but that changed when Highway 99 was built through Whistler and Pemberton.-Climate:The climate of Pemberton is...

  • Revelstoke
    Revelstoke, British Columbia
    Revelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River...

  • Revelstoke Lake
    Revelstoke Lake
    Lake Revelstoke or Revelstoke Lake or Revelstoke Lake Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Columbia River, north of the town of Revelstoke, British Columbia and south of Mica Creek...

  • Richmond
    Richmond, British Columbia
    Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...

  • Rosedale
    Rosedale, British Columbia
    Rosedale is a farming-based community located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. It serves as a base for many tourists, both in summer and winter. The hills and valleys of British Columbia are popular skiing, snowboarding and dogsledding locations...

  • Royston
    Royston, British Columbia
    Royston is a small hamlet which is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated across the harbour from Comox and just southeast of the municipal boundary of Courtenay...

  • Surrey
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...


Manitoba

  • Kenton
    Kenton, Manitoba
    Kenton is a community in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Woodworth, about an hour's drive west of Brandon, Manitoba. The first permanent settlement of the area began in 1881, following the westward expansion of the borders of the province of Manitoba. The settlement was...

  • Morden
    Morden, Manitoba
    Morden is a small town with a population of 6571 located in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, Canada. Morden is less than ten minutes west of neighbouring Winkler, and a relatively short distance to Pembina Valley Provincial Park...

  • Oxford House
    Oxford House, Manitoba
    Oxford House is a First Nations Cree community in Northern Manitoba, located on the Oxford House 24 Indian Reserve. According to the web site of the Bunibonibee Cree Nation, "Oxford House was originally one of the trading posts set up by the Hudson's Bay Company, en route to Norway House...

  • Reston
    Reston, Manitoba
    Reston is a small community in southwestern Manitoba, located near the border of Saskatchewan on the west and North Dakota on the south. It is the biggest town in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, which also includes the towns of Sinclair, Cromer and Pipestone...

  • Seven Sisters
    Seven Sisters, Manitoba
    Seven Sisters Falls, is a community in Manitoba. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth....

  • Somerset
    Somerset, Manitoba
    Somerset is a village in south-central Manitoba, Canada. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Lorne. The village had a 2006 census population of 432 inhabitants, a decline of 5.88% from 459 during the 2001 census.-External links:*...

  • St. Clements
    St. Clements, Manitoba
    St. Clements is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the north-east of Winnipeg, stretching from East St. Paul and Birds Hill Provincial Park in the south to Lake Winnipeg and Grand Beach Provincial Park to the north. The Red River demarcates the western boundary of the...


New Brunswick

  • Beresford
    Beresford, New Brunswick
    Beresford is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.It is situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay immediately north of the city of Bathurst...

  • Carleton County
    Carleton County, New Brunswick
    Carleton County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.The county is located in western New Brunswick, it borders on the west, the State of Maine; on the south, York County; on the north, Victoria County and is bisected by the Saint John River. Potato farming is a major industry...

  • Gloucester County
    Gloucester County, New Brunswick
    Gloucester County is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada. Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county...

  • Hampton
    Hampton, New Brunswick
    Hampton is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County...

  • Hartland
    Hartland, New Brunswick
    Hartland is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.Hartland is situated on the Saint John River in the central-western portion of the province in the agricultural heartland of Carleton County. It is the hometown of two of New Brunswick's premiers during the 20th century: Hugh John...

  • Hillsborough
    Hillsborough, New Brunswick
    Hillsborough is a village in Albert County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It has a population of 1,292 . The village is situated on a hill overlooking the Petitcodiac River near Riverview, New Brunswick.- History :...

  • Kent County
    Kent County, New Brunswick
    Kent County is located in east-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county features a unique blend of cultures including Mi'kmaq, Acadian and English Speaking Settlers...

  • Northumberland
    Northumberland County, New Brunswick
    Northumberland County , having the largest area of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.-Geography:Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy...

  • Norton
    Norton, New Brunswick
    Norton is a Canadian village in Kings County, New Brunswick.It is situated on the Kennebecasis River 55 kilometres northeast of Saint John...

  • Salisbury
    Salisbury, New Brunswick
    Salisbury, New Brunswick is a Canadian village located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.The village's population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick; however, its municipal status has not been changed.-History:Salisbury first...

  • Sunbury County
    Sunbury County, New Brunswick
    Sunbury County is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto...

  • Sussex
    Sussex, New Brunswick
    Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...

  • Sussex Corner
    Sussex Corner, New Brunswick
    Sussex Corner is a Canadian village in Kings County, in south central New Brunswick.Southeast of the town of Sussex, with which it shares a border, the village was settled by Loyalists during the American Revolution...

  • Westmorland County
    Westmorland County, New Brunswick
    Westmorland County is located in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton as well as its northern and eastern suburbs...

  • Woodstock
    Woodstock, New Brunswick
    Woodstock is a Canadian town in Carleton County, New Brunswick located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Meduxnekeag River, 92 km west of Fredericton and close to the Canada – United States border and Houlton, Maine.- History :Woodstock was settled by Loyalists...

  • York
    York County, New Brunswick
    York County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River...


Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Appleton
    Appleton, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Appleton is a Canadian town in the northeastern part of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It is located in Division No. 6, on Gander Lake, south east of Glenwood...

  • Barton
    Barton, Newfoundland and Labrador
    -See also:* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador...

  • Bristols Hope
    Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Bristol's Hope is the modern name of a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on Conception Bay between Carbonear and Harbour Grace....

  • Dover
    Dover, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Dover is a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village located in a small cove at the head of Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Settled in the early 1890s it was originally known as Shoal Bay, presumably from its many shallow covers and inlets in the area...

  • English Harbour
    English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
    English Harbour is a village on Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador at Trinity Point. The Way Office was established in 1883 and the first Waymaster was Henry G. Batson. It had a population of 190 in 1956...

  • Epworth
  • Henley Harbour
    Henley Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Henley Harbour is a small town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador....

  • Lancaster
  • Port Blandford
    Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Port Blandford is a town in eastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Clode Sound. The population in 1940 was 539 and 631 by 1956.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 580...

  • Red Cliff
  • Riverhead
    Riverhead, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Riverhead was a small village of 20 families in 1864. It is now a town in the St. Mary's area with a population of over 400 by 1968.-See also:*List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...

  • Southport
    Southport, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Southport is a community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the southern side of the entrance to Trinity Bay's Southwest Arm, about 41 km southeast of Clarenville. Its latitude and logitude are 48°02'59"N, 53°37'59"W....

  • Torbay
    Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Torbay is a town located on the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The town is located north of the capital city of St. John's and is part of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. Due to the Torbay's close proximity with St. John's, the town's population is...

  • Whitbourne
    Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Whitbourne is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Division No. 1.Whitbourne, Newfoundland’s first inland town, is named after Sir Richard Whitbourne, one of the most colourful early settlers of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador who wrote a book about...


Nova Scotia

  • Aylesford
    Aylesford, Nova Scotia
    Aylesford is a farming community in the county of Kings in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is nestled between the North and South Mountains and located roughly 15 minutes from CFB Greenwood and 10 minutes from Berwick...

  • Barrington
    Barrington, Nova Scotia
    Barrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :...

  • Bedford
    Bedford, Nova Scotia
    Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...

  • Berwick
    Berwick, Nova Scotia
    Berwick is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. The town is located in the eastern part of the Annapolis Valley on the Cornwallis River. The town site stretches south from the river and Exit 15 of Highway 101 to Highway 1...

  • Bridgetown
    Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
    Bridgetown is a Canadian town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the Annapolis River at the head of the tide, the area saw Mi'kmaq settlements in the area, followed by Acadian settlers from Port-Royal and then British-sponsored settlements by the late 18th century.There were at least ten...

  • Canning
    Canning, Nova Scotia
    Canning, Nova Scotia is a village in northeastern Kings County located at the crossroads of Route 221 and Route 358.-History:The area was originally settled by Acadians who were expelled in 1755 during the Acadian Expulsion...

  • Chester
    Chester, Nova Scotia
    Chester is an incorporated Canadian village located in and part of Nova Scotia's Chester Municipal District in the southeastern part of Lunenburg County.-History:...

  • Colchester County
    Colchester County, Nova Scotia
    Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called "Cobequid," and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex...

  • Cumberland County
    Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
    Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beauséjour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at...

  • Dartmouth
    Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
    Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...

  • Digby
    Digby, Nova Scotia
    Digby is a Canadian town in western Nova Scotia. It is the shiretown and largest population centre in Digby County.The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to the Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN,...

  • Enfield
    Enfield, Nova Scotia
    Enfield, , is a Canadian exurban community located in the Shubenacadie Valley on the border of Hants and Halifax counties. Specifically, Enfield exists in both the East Hants Municipal District and the Halifax Regional Municipality and is divided by the Shubenacadie River.The history of European...

  • Halifax
  • Kingston
    Kingston, Nova Scotia
    Kingston is a village in Kings County on the north bank of the Annapolis River in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2001, the population was 3,009....

  • Liverpool
    Liverpool, Nova Scotia
    Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia...

  • Manchester
    Manchester, Nova Scotia
    Manchester, is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.-References:*...

  • Milton
    Milton, Nova Scotia
    Milton, Nova Scotia is a village located immediately north of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Region of Queens Nova Scotia. The village is most well known for being the birth place of the international best selling author Margaret Marshall Saunders. Her most famous book was Beautiful Joe...

  • Oxford
    Oxford, Nova Scotia
    Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321.-History:...

  • Richmound County
    Richmond County, Nova Scotia
    Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Named in honour of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who was Governor General of British North America 1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835....

  • South End
    South End, Halifax
    The South End is a region of Halifax Regional Municipality, located on the southern half of the Halifax Peninsula in Halifax's urban centre. Quinpool Road is increasingly considered to be an arbitrary border between the South and North Ends, though Quinpool Road is also a part of the West End, and...

  • Tiverton
    Tiverton, Nova Scotia
    Tiverton is a small village located on the northeast tip of Long Island, Nova Scotia. Tiverton has a population of about 300 people .The main industry is lobster fishing, while a second, and growing industry, is tourism. The Bay of Fundy is known for whale watching, and Tiverton and the surrounding...

  • Weymouth
    Weymouth, Nova Scotia
    -History:The area was settled in the 1760s by New England Planters after the Acadian Expulsion. The town was formally founded by Loyalists in 1783 . Current day Weymouth was once called Weymouth Bridge, and Weymouth North was called Weymouth...

  • Windsor
    Windsor, Nova Scotia
    Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...

  • Yarmouth
    Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
    Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may...

  • Yarmouth County
    Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
    For the ship built in Yarmouth County, see County of YarmouthYarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo-Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers...


Ontario

  • Abingdon
  • Acton
    Acton, Ontario
    Acton is a community located in the Town of Halton Hills, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.Acton is located on Highway 7 and the former Highway 25. Acton is served by GO Transit bus service on the Georgetown line corridor.-History:Acton was first named Danville when Settler Wheeler Green opened...

  • Acton Corners
    Actons Corners, Ontario
    Actons Corners is a small rural community in eastern Ontario in the municipality of North Grenville in the County of Leeds and Grenville. It is located on County Road 43 between Kemptville and Merrickville at the intersection of Actons Corners Road and County Road 25 .Except for a historic stone...

  • Addington
  • Aldershot
    Aldershot, Ontario
    Aldershot is a community in south-central Ontario, Canada, on Burlington Bay, Lake Ontario. It is a neighbourhood of Burlington, in Halton Regional Municipality....

  • Alton
  • Amberley
  • Ancaster
    Ancaster, Ontario
    Ancaster is a picturesque and historic community located on the Niagara escarpment, within the greater area of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This former town was founded officially in 1793 and was one of the oldest European communities established in present day Ontario along with Windsor...

  • Ashton
    Ashton, Ontario
    The small village of Ashton is located about west of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Ashton Station Road and Flewellyn Road. Ashton Station Road runs through the centre of the community, and serves as the south-western boundary line for the City of Ottawa, thus making the eastern...

  • Bancroft
    Bancroft, Ontario
    Bancroft is a town located on the York River in Hastings County in the Canadian province of Ontario.- History :In 1853 the first pioneer family settled in the area, and over the next 15 years the settlement grew quickly, as another 88 families followed...

  • Bath
  • Battersea
    Battersea, Ontario
    Battersea is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of South Frontenac, north of Kingston. Battersea is well known for its fishing and outdoor activities as it is closely located to Loughborough Lake, Dog Lake and the Rideau Canal Waterway.-History:Henry Van...

  • Belton
  • Berkeley
    Berkeley, Ontario
    Berkeley is a community on Ontario Highway 10 in the township of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.The Berkeley Post Office was opened in 1853. There were three churches in Berkeley: a Presbyterian Church, an Anglican Church and a United Church. Only the United Church is still standing,...

  • Berwick
  • Blackburn
    Blackburn Hamlet, Ontario
    Blackburn Hamlet is a community in eastern Ontario, Canada in the city of Ottawa. It is considered an outer-suburb of Ottawa, and before the 2001 amalgamation of the city of Ottawa, it was in the city of Gloucester. It is still a partially rural area, but with several older and newer areas of...

  • Bolton
    Bolton, Ontario
    Bolton is the most populated community in the town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. In regional documents, it is referred to as a 'Rural Service Centre'. It has 26,478 residents in 8,721 households...

  • Bradford
    Bradford, Ontario
    Bradford is the primary country urban area of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, in Canada. It overlooks a beautiful and prosperous farming community, known as The Holland Marsh, located on the Holland River that flows into Lake Simcoe...

  • Brampton
    Brampton, Ontario
    Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

  • Brighton
    Brighton, Ontario
    Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Toronto and west of Kingston. It is intersected by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. It is on the West end of the Bay of Quinte on the entrance of the Murray Canal....

  • Burford
    Burford, Ontario
    Burford is a rural community and is part of the County of Brant, in central southwestern Ontario. It has 1,940 residents . It is located eight kilometers west of the City of Brantford along Highway 53, and seventy kilometers east of London, Ontario...

  • Cambridge
    Cambridge, Ontario
    Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...

  • Carlisle
  • Chatham-Kent
    Chatham-Kent, Ontario
    Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city of...

  • Chelmsford
  • Colchester
  • Cornwall
    Cornwall, Ontario
    Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St...

  • Croydon
  • Cumberland
    Cumberland, Ottawa, Ontario (community)
    Cumberland is a large village on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the city of Ottawa. It was part of the historic Township of Cumberland, and was originally part of Russell County, joining the Region of Ottawa-Carleton in the 1960s. In 1999, the township became the short lived City...

  • Dorchester
    Dorchester, Ontario
    Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the municipality of Thames Centre, located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, a few kilometers directly east from the city of London. According to the Canada 2006 Census, the town has a population of 9,329....

  • Dorset
    Dorset, Ontario
    Dorset is a small community located on the boundary between the Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District and the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. Dorset was originally called Cedar Narrows. In 1859 Francis Harvey became the first white settler here....

  • English River
    English River, Ontario
    English River, Ontario is an unincorporated census tract in a wilderness area of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the river named English River....

  • Essex
    Essex, Ontario
    Essex is a town with a population of 20,032 in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, whose municipal borders extend to Lake Erie. Essex is also the name of the largest community within the municipality. The present mayor is Ron McDermott...

  • Exeter
    Exeter, Ontario
    Exeter is a Canadian community in the municipality of South Huron, in the southern portion of Huron County, Ontario, located approximately 50 kilometres north of London. The community proclaims itself the "Home of the White Squirrel", owing to the presence of the unusually-coloured mammals...

  • Felton
  • Grimsby
    Grimsby, Ontario
    Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is a part of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. The majority of residents reside in the area bounded by Lake Ontario and the Niagara escarpment...

  • Hampton
    Hampton, Ontario
    Hampton is a community located in the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Hampton was founded by Henry Elliot in 1840, who opened the first mill here in the former Darlington Township. At first it was called "Elliot's Mill" and then by 1848 just "Millsville". Other former names have...

  • Harrow
    Harrow, Ontario
    Harrow is a community located in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.Hiram Walker, of Canadian Club Whisky fame is credited with putting Harrow on the map. Walker built the railroad, which then brought grain from the South end of the County into the city for use in his distillery...

  • Hastings
    Hastings, Ontario
    Hastings is an amalgamated village within the municipality of Trent Hills, Northumberland County, in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is on the Trent River, in what is considered to be Ontario's "cottage country"....

  • Inglewood
  • Islington
  • Kingston
    Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

  • Lambeth
    Lambeth, Ontario
    Lambeth, Ontario may refer to:*Lambeth, Middlesex County, Ontario*Lambeth, Oxford County, Ontario...

  • Lancaster
  • Latchford
    Latchford, Ontario
    Latchford is a Single-tier municipality town in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Bay Lake on the Montreal River near the town of Cobalt and the municipality of Temagami, and is 20 kilometres from the city of Temiskaming Shores. The population of the town in...

  • Leamington
    Leamington, Ontario
    Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, southern Ontario, Canada, and has a population of 31,113. It includes Point Pelee, the southernmost point of mainland Canada. It has a large H. J. Heinz Company factory and is known as the "Tomato Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the...

  • Limehouse
    Limehouse, Ontario
    Limehouse is a community in the Town of Halton Hills in southern Ontario, Canada. it has a population of about 800 people and its closest neighbours are Georgetown and Acton. Limehouse has many hills, trails and even a small school.-Limehouse Public School:...

  • Lincoln
    Lincoln, Ontario
    Lincoln is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. The town's administrative and commercial centre is in the community of Beamsville.-Geography:...

  • London
    London, Ontario
    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

  • Maidstone
    Maidstone, Ontario
    This community should not be confused with the former neighbouring Township of Maidstone.Maidstone, Ontario is a small hamlet along Essex County Road 34, in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario...

  • Malton
    Malton, Ontario
    Malton is a neighbourhood in the northeastern part of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, located to the northwest of Toronto. The neighbourhood has a population of approximately 36,400 as of 2002....

  • Manchester
  • Mansfield
  • Middlesex
    Middlesex County, Ontario
    Middlesex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario. Landlocked, the county is bordered by Huron and Perth counties on the north, Oxford County on the east, Elgin County on the south, and Chatham-Kent and Lambton County on the west.The seat is the city of London, although the city...

  • Newcastle
    Newcastle, Ontario
    Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The Town of Newcastle was also the original name of what is now Clarington....

  • Norwich
    Norwich, Ontario
    The Township of Norwich is a municipality located in Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Preferred pronunciation of the town name is 'NOR-witch' , different from the city of Norwich, England, though its origin is more likely Norwich in Upper New York State, the area from which the...

  • Peterborough
    Peterborough, Ontario
    Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...

  • Port Dover
    Port Dover, Ontario
    Port Dover is an unincorporated community and former town located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Erie.The community was the subject of an American raid during the War of 1812, on May 14, 1814....

  • Preston
    Preston, Ontario
    Preston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Prior to its amalgamation with the city of Galt, the town of Hespeler and the village of Blair to form the new city in 1973, it was an independent town. It is located near the confluence of the Grand River and Speed River...

  • Richmond
    Richmond, Ontario
    Richmond is a Canadian village. Founded in 1818, it spans the Jock River, a tributary of the Rideau River. Like many communities in eastern Ontario, Richmond houses several unique populations. Some residents have historic and economic roots in the immediate area. Richmond operates as a small core...

  • Rosedale
    Rosedale, Ontario
    Rosedale is an unincorporated village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, partially in Fenelon Township and Somerville Township, Canada. It is home to Lock 35 of the Trent-Severn Waterway on Balsam Lake....

  • Salford
  • Saltford
    Saltford, Ontario
    Saltford is a small unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 21 and Saltford Road, on the north bank of the Maitland River in the township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh just north of Goderich. In early 1866, local entrepreneur Samuel Platt discovered the...

  • Seaforth
    Seaforth, Ontario
    Seaforth is a Southern Ontario community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

  • Southampton
    Southampton, Ontario
    Southampton is a community of approximately 3083 people on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, located at the mouth of the Saugeen River....

  • Stratford
    Stratford, Ontario
    Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

  • Sunderland
    Sunderland, Ontario
    Sunderland is a community located approximately 100 km northeast of Toronto, Ontario in Brock Township, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.-Business and Commerce:...

  • Sutton
    Sutton, Ontario
    Sutton is a suburban community located nearly 2 km south of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. The community was formerly a village but is now part of the Town of Georgina after amalgamation with it and North Gwillimbury in 1971.-Geography and information:...

  • Tamworth
    Tamworth, Ontario
    Tamworth is a small community in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Tamworth is located due North of Napanee, Ontario and Northeast of Belleville, Ontario, near Kingston, Ontario.-Sports:...

  • Tiverton
    Tiverton, Ontario
    Tiverton is a community located in Ontario, Canada. It is near the shore of Lake Huron on Highway 21 between Port Elgin, Ontario and Kincardine, Ontario.Tiverton is incorporated in the Municipality of Kincardine.- History :...

  • Tottenham
    Tottenham, Ontario
    Tottenham is a community in the town of New Tecumseth, in south-central Ontario, Canada. It takes its name from its first postmaster, Alexander Totten. The Tottenham Conservation Area is a recreational facility in the village, which is also famous for its Bluegrass Festival...

  • Uxbridge
    Uxbridge, Ontario
    Uxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge...

  • Walford
  • Waterloo
    Waterloo, Ontario
    Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....

  • Watford
  • Wellington
    Wellington, Ontario
    Wellington is a farming community located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Wellington's population is roughly 1700 people. Once called Smokeville after a local First Nations elder, the name was changed in the 1860s to Wellington....

  • Wellington North
    Wellington North, Ontario
    Wellington North is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Wellington County.-Communities:The primary communities in Wellington North are the village of Arthur and the town of Mount Forest....

  • Westminster, Middlesex County
    Westminster, Middlesex County, Ontario
    The Town of Westminster was a municipality established in 1988 from the former Westminster Township in Ontario. It was created as an attempt to prevent annexation with nearby London. The town was made up of numerous villages including Lambeth and Glanworth...

  • Westminster, Prescott and Russull United Counties
  • Whitby
    Whitby, Ontario
    Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region...

  • Winchester
  • Windsor
    Windsor, Ontario
    Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

  • Woodstock
    Woodstock, Ontario
    Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...

  • York
    York, Ontario
    York is a dissolved municipality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of Etobicoke, where it is bounded by the Humber River. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities that amalgamated in 1998 to form...


Quebec

  • Acton Vale
    Acton Vale, Quebec
    Acton Vale is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton and is in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,797...

  • Beaconsfield
    Beaconsfield, Quebec
    Beaconsfield , 2006 Population 19,194) is a municipality on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Lake Saint-Louis and is bordered on the west by Baie-D'Urfé, on the north by Kirkland and on the east by Pointe-Claire...

  • Bedford
    Bedford, Quebec
    Bedford is a town located in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,612. This small community is just a half hour's drive from larger cities such as Burlington and Montreal, and is the home to southern Quebec's largest boy scout troop.-...

  • Brigham
    Brigham, Quebec
    Brigham is a municipality located in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,408. Part of the Brome-Missisquoi regional county municipality, in the administrative region of Montérégie, the municipality is west of Cowansville and close to...

  • Bury
    Bury, Quebec
    Bury is a municipality of 1,249 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well-known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it...

  • Cantley
    Cantley, Quebec
    Cantley, Quebec, Canada, is a rural municipality north of the city of Gatineau, east of the Gatineau River, located within Canada's National Capital Region approximately 15–20 minutes from Parliament Hill. The population in 2006 was 7,926. Between 2001 and 2006, Cantley had the largest population...

  • Chelsea
    Chelsea, Quebec
    Chelsea is a municipality located immediately north of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and about 7 miles north of Ottawa. Chelsea is located within Canada's National Capital Region. In 2006 the population was 6,703....

  • Frampton
    Frampton, Quebec
    Frampton is a village of 1,858 people in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region....

  • Hatley
    Hatley, Quebec
    Hatley is a village of 700 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.An otherwise quiet and tiny agricultural village, one of Hatley's main claims to fame is its annual Canada Day Celebration which always takes place on July 1st...

  • Huntingdon
    Huntingdon, Quebec
    Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,587...

  • Hull
    Hull, Quebec
    Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...

  • New Carlisle
    New Carlisle, Quebec
    New Carlisle, Quebec is a small town in the Gaspé region of Quebec, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking...

  • New Richmond
    New Richmond, Quebec
    New Richmond is an incorporated municipality in Quebec, Canada situated on the southern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula between the municipalities of Maria and Caplan. The first European settlers arrived from Scotland in 1755. The first arrivals were the Duthie brothers, George and John Duthie and...

  • Rawdon
    Rawdon, Quebec
    Rawdon is a municipality located on the Ouareau River in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 45 minutes north of Montreal. It is the seat for the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, in the Lanaudière region...

  • Richmond
    Richmond, Quebec
    Richmond, population 3,336 , is a town nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Drummondville, in the heart of Estrie in Quebec, Canada.-Richmond today:...

  • Ripon
    Ripon, Quebec
    Ripon is a town in the Papineau Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. It is located in the valley of the Petite-Nation River.The town was named after Ripon in North Yorkshire, England.-External links:*...

  • Upton
    Upton, Quebec
    Upton is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,954.-Population:Population trend...

  • Weedon
    Weedon, Quebec
    Weedon is a municipality of 2,600 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada....


Saskatchewan

  • Aylesbury
    Aylesbury, Saskatchewan
    -See also:* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*********-References:...

  • Cudworth
    Cudworth, Saskatchewan
    - Notable residents :* Gerry Ehman* Orland Kurtenbach* Kirk Medernach - References :...

  • Cumberland House
    Cumberland House, Saskatchewan
    Cumberland House is a village in Census Division No. 18 in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River. It is the oldest community in Saskatchewan and has a population of about 2000 people...

  • Eston
    Eston, Saskatchewan
    -External links:*...

  • Hanley
    Hanley, Saskatchewan
    Hanley is a town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 65 km south of Saskatoon. Population 510. It was named after Hanley in Staffordshire, England by early founders. It is also the seat for the rural municipality of Rosedale....

  • Weldon
    Weldon, Saskatchewan
    -Attractions:Weldon has modern amenities and services, and its population of approximately 250 enjoys a quiet, relaxed lifestyle reminiscent of another era. Many of the residents trace their lineage back to their Norwegian forebears who first established the community just after the turn of the...

  • White City
    White City, Saskatchewan
    White City is a commuter town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. White City is 10 kilometres east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway. The town is primarily populated by urban professionals and young families who work in Regina. The town's motto is "Country Living."-History:White City...

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