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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. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
"New land", and the surname of João Fernandes Lavrador, meaning "farmer" or "plower" [9] Northwest Territories: English: Referring to the territory's position relative to Rupert's Land Nova Scotia: Latin "New Scotland", referring to the country Scotland, derived from the Latin Scoti, the term applied to Gaels [10] [11] Nunavut: Inuktitut
A topographic map of Canada, in polar projection (for 90° W), showing elevations shaded from green to brown (higher) By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second-largest country. [115] By land area alone, Canada ranks fourth, due to having the world's largest area of fresh water lakes. [116]
In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom.Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names."
In 2011, just under 21.5 million Canadians, representing 65% of the population, spoke English most of the time at home, while 58% declared it their mother language. [14] English is the major language everywhere in Canada except Quebec and Nunavut, and most Canadians (85%) can speak English. [15]
English is the primary language of the province, with 82.4% of Saskatchewanians speaking English as their first language. [11] Saskatchewan has been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples. Europeans first explored the area in 1690 and first settled in the area in 1774.
English Canada comprises that part of the population within Canada, whether of British origin or otherwise, that speaks English. The term English Canada is also used for any of the following: Describing all the provinces of Canada that have an anglophone majority. This is every province except Quebec. When used in this way, English Canada is ...
While English is not the preferred language in Quebec, 36.1% of the Québécois can speak English. [166] Nationally, Francophones are five times more likely to speak English than Anglophones are to speak French – 44% and 9% respectively. [167] Only 3.2% of Canada's English-speaking population resides in Quebec—mostly in Montreal. [nb 1]