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This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
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Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers. The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 census. [1]
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is the 10th largest urban area in Canada and among the largest in Southern Ontario. It comprises the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge. The region is also home to 4 rural townships which are home to numerous towns and villages.
Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
"The Loyalist Province" – referring to Upper Canada (what is now Ontario) being one of the main destinations for Loyalists fleeing the United States during the American Revolution. "Yours to Discover" (French: Á vous de Découvrir) – used on license plates issued since 1982. "Open for Business" – as written on the "Welcome to Ontario" sign.
Mississippi River, US, and Mississippi River, Ontario, Canada (Big River River – Algonquian) [3] Mekong River – A triple tautonym. 'Mae' in Thai is an abbreviation for "river", while 'khong' is an old Austroasiatic word for river. Mekong River can thus be translated as "river river river"
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland.