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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.
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." The "last name" is usually taken from a child's parents ...
Official Nicknames/Slogans. "The Big Land" (Labrador) "The Rock" [18][4] Former Nicknames/Slogans. "Canada's Happy Province" – formerly used on its license plates from 1968 to 1974. "A World of Difference" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 2001.
Iroquoian, Wyandot. Ontarí꞉io or Skanadario. "Great lake" or "beautiful water", after Lake Ontario [13][14] Prince Edward Island. English (ultimately from Old English) After Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, ultimately from the Anglo-Saxon ead "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and weard "guardian, protector" [15] Quebec.
Canuck / kəˈnʌk / is a slang term for a Canadian, though its semantic nuances are manifold. [1] Older sources often claimed the origins of the word as uncertain, [2] or related to the Iroquoian word for village (kanata), or other folk linguistic etymologies. Historical linguists consider it as "highly plausible" today that Canuck derives ...
Cajun. (US) A person from Louisiana (mainly the southern portion of the state); derived from 'Acadian'. Canuck. A person from Canada. [9] Capixaba. People born in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo are called this nickname. Carioca. (Brazil) A person from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Wayne and Shuster, dressed as Mounties, apprehend their host on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963. Canadian comedians have been recognized internationally since the 1910s [a][1] and were embraced as the country sought a national identity distinct from that of Great Britain and the United States. [2] Canadians closely identify with their sense of ...
Players. The following are hockey players listed by their last name along with nicknames. Players listed in bold are still active as of the 2023–24 season. Player. Nat. Nickname. Note. Noel Acciari. Cookie.