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This partial list of city nicknames in Canada compiles the aliases
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

, sobriquet
Sobriquet
A sobriquet is a nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another. It is usually a familiar name, distinct from a pseudonym assumed as a disguise, but a nickname which is familiar enough such that it can be used in place of a real name without the need of explanation...

s and slogan
Slogan
A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm . Slogans vary from the written and the...

s that cities
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

 boards or chambers of commerce.

City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. They are also believed to have economic value, but their economic value is difficult to measure.

Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide use.

Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

  • Calgary
    Calgary
    Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
    • "Cow Town" or "Cowtown"
    • "The Stampede City"
    • "The Heart of The New West", official city slogan
    • "The 403"
    • "C-Town"

  • 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...
    • "The City of Champions", official city slogan
    • "Festival City"
    • "The Chuck" or "Edmonchuk", in reference to Edmonton's large Ukrainian population
    • "The Big E"
    • "E-Town"
    • "Deadmonton", a disparaging term used by British media during the 2001 World Championships in Athletics
      2001 World Championships in Athletics
      The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

       (although the term was coined earlier), painting Edmonton as a boring place, and re-emerging in 2011 due to an increasing amount of homocides
    • "Redmonton", for Edmonton provincial and federal ridings' tendency to vote more Liberal candidates per capita than other jurisdictions in Alberta
    • "Oil Country"
    • "The Big Onion", a reference to the large Ukrainian population and a play off of NYC's nickname The Big Apple

  • Fort McMurray
    • "Fort Mac"
    • "Fort Crack"
    • "Fort MacMoney"
    • "Fort McMordor", a reference to the nearby Athabasca Oil Sands
      Athabasca Oil Sands
      The Athabasca oil sands are large deposits of bitumen, or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada - roughly centred on the boomtown of Fort McMurray...

    • "The Big Mac", a reference to the lucrative prospects in the Oil Sands
    • "The Mac", as called by Tron in FUBAR 2
      FUBAR 2
      FUBAR 2 is a 2010 comedy film and the sequel to the 2002 cult film FUBAR. It was released on October 1, 2010 in Canada...


  • Lloydminster
    Lloydminster
    Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...
    • "Floydminster"
  • Medicine Hat
    • "Saamis", Medicine Hat's original name, a Blackfoot word for the feather headdress of the tribal Medicine Man
    • "The Hat"
    • "The City with All Hell for a Basement", a quote from Rudyard Kipling
      Rudyard Kipling
      Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...

       regarding the fact that Medicine Hat has a vast natural gas field beneath it, which was also further used by the band Big Sugar
      Big Sugar
      Big Sugar is a Canadian blues-rock band, they were active from 1991 to 2004 and again since April 2010. The band has sold more than half a million albums in Canada.-History:...

       in the song "All Hell for a Basement", once again referring to Kipling's quote
    • "The Gas City", official city slogan

  • Red Deer
    Red Deer, Alberta
    Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...
    • "Dead Rear", a spoonerism
      Spoonerism
      A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...


  • Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
    Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
    Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, approximately west of the City of Red Deer. It is located at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 and Highway 11 .- History :The town has a long history dating to the...
    • "Rotten Monkey House"

British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

  • Abbotsford
    Abbotsford, British Columbia
    Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
    • "City in the Country"
    • "The Raspberry Capital of Canada"
    • "The Ford"
    • "Abby"

  • Campbell River
    Campbell River, British Columbia
    Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
    • "Grease Town"

  • Castlegar
    Castlegar, British Columbia
    Castlegar is the second largest city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. It is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy fueled by forestry, mining and tourism...
    • "C-Gar"
    • "The Gar"

  • Chilliwack
    Chilliwack, British Columbia
    Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...
    • "The Wack"

  • Courtenay
    Courtenay, British Columbia
    Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District...
    • "C-Town"

  • Duncan
    Duncan, British Columbia
    Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The community is named after William Chalmers Duncan . He arrived in Victoria in May 1862, then in August of that year he was one of the party of a hundred settlers which Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay...
    • "D-Town"

  • Kamloops
    Kamloops, British Columbia
    Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly...
    • "The Rainbow City"
    • "The Tournament Capital"

  • Kelowna
    Kelowna, British Columbia
    Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
    • "K-Town"
    • "Sun City"

  • 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...
    • "Gangford"
    • "Langhole"

  • Nanaimo
    • "Harbour City"
    • "The Hub City"

  • Nanoose Bay
    • "Most Profitable Gas Station on the Island"

  • 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,...
    • "The Queen City"

  • 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 ....
    • "New West"

  • Oliver
    Oliver, British Columbia
    Oliver is a community at the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 4370. The community of Oliver is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the...
    • "Wine Capital of Canada"

  • Penticton
    • "The Pen"
    • "The Peach City"
    • "Ticky"

  • Port Alberni
    • "Salmon Capital of the World"

  • Port Coquitlam
    Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
    Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Located 27 km east of Vancouver, it sits at the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it on the north, the Coquitlam River borders it on the west, and the cities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows lie across the Pitt...
    • "Po-Co"

  • Powell River
    Powell River, British Columbia
    Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...
    • "Pearl of the Sunshine Coast"
    • "P-Riv"

  • Squamish
    Squamish, British Columbia
    Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...
    • "Mother of the Wind"
    • "Little Windy"
    • "Squampton"
    • "Squamolia"
    • "Squish"

  • 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...
    • "Surreylanka"
    • "Slurrey"
    • "City of Parks"
    • "Browntown", referring to Surrey's large Indian population

  • Tofino
    Tofino, British Columbia
    Tofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound....
    • "Tuff"
    • "Tuff City"

  • Trail
    Trail, British Columbia
    Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:Trail has an area of . The city is located on both banks of the Columbia River, approximately 10 km north of the United States border. This section of the Columbia River valley is located between the...
    • "Home of Champions"
    • "Silver City"

  • Vancouver
    Vancouver
    Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
    • "The Big Smoke", Vancouver was once called the Big Smoke because of the mills and processing plants in the earliest days of the incorporated city
    • VanCity
    • "Gastown", a historic title and now a Vancouver neighbourhood
    • "Hollywood North", in reference to the city's large film and television industry, sometimes also used to refer to Toronto
    • "Hongcouver", a reference to the large Asian population
    • "Terminal City", Vancouver's original name, given for its location at the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway
      Canadian Pacific Railway
      The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

       completed in 1885
    • "Van"
    • "Vansterdam", a reference to the city's prominent drug culture
    • "Eurocouver", a reference to the city's large number of European immigrants
    • "City of Glass"
    • "Lotusland", coined by Vancouver Sun writer Allan Fotheringham referencing Homer's Odyssey
    • "YVR", in reference to the Vancouver International Airport

  • Victoria
    Victoria, British Columbia
    Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
    • "The Little Smoke", in contrast with Vancouver being called the Big Smoke
    • "The Garden city"
    • "Vic City"
    • "Capital City"
    • "Chicktoria"
    • "City of Newly Weds and Nearly Deads"
    • "City of Love and Death"

Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

  • Brandon
    Brandon, Manitoba
    Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
    • "The Wheat City"

  • Thompson
    Thompson, Manitoba
    Thompson is a city in northern Manitoba. As the "Hub of the North" it serves as the regional trade and service centre of northern Manitoba. Thompson is located north of the Canada – United States border, north of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, and is northeast of Flin Flon...
    • "Hub of the North"
    • "Nickel City"

  • Winnipeg
    Winnipeg
    Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
    • "Winterpeg"
    • "Gateway to the West"
    • "The Peg"
    • "Slurpee Capital of the World"
    • "The 2-0-4"
    • "Negativipeg", said by Winnipegger Burton Cummings
      Burton Cummings
      Burton L. Cummings, OC, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.He was the lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...

       after he was assaulted at a 7-Eleven
      7-Eleven
      7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores, operating under Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd, which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co...

    • "Floodipeg"

New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

  • Fredericton
    Fredericton, New Brunswick
    Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...
    • "Freddy Beach"

  • Moncton
    Moncton, New Brunswick
    Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...
    • "Monkey Town"
    • "Hub City"
    • "Metro", often used locally by various news media and includes the surrounding areas of Riverview and Dieppe

Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

  • Amherst
    Amherst, Nova Scotia
    Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New...
    • "Busy Amherst", named from the arrival of the Intercolonial Railway creating an economic boom lasting through World War I opening numerous foundries, factories and mills

  • Canso
    Canso, Nova Scotia
    For the headland, see Cape Canso.Canso is a small Canadian town in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, next to Chedabucto Bay. The area was established in 1604, along with Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The British construction of a fort in the village , was instrumental...
    • "Oldest Fishing Port on Mainland North America"

  • 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...
    • "City of Lakes", boasting 23 lakes
    • "The Darkside"
    • "Darkness"

  • 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,...
    • "The Scallop Capital of The World"

  • Halifax
    • "Dalifax", a reference to Dalhousie University
      Dalhousie University
      Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

    • "Hali", a reference to the LL Cool J song "Goin' Back to Cali"
    • "HFX", a reference to the City of Halifax
    • "HRM", the often locally used abbreviation of the Halifax Regional Municipality
    • "The Fax"

  • Kentville
    • "The Devil's Half Acre", after developing a reputation for rowdy drinking and horseraces in the early 19th century

  • 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...
    • "Port of the Privateers"

  • 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:...
    • "Wild Blueberry Capital of Canada"

  • Pictou
    • "Birthplace of New Scotland"

  • Port Hawkesbury
    • "Cape Breton's Front Porch"

  • Shelburne
    Shelburne, Nova Scotia
    Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Shelburne County.-History:-Settlers:...
    • "Where Canada's History Comes Alive"

  • St. Peter's
    St. Peter's, Nova Scotia
    St. Peter's is a small incorporated village located on Cape Breton Island in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada....
    • "Gateway to the Bras d'Or"

  • Stewiacke
    • "Halfway between the North Pole and the Equator"

  • Sydney
    • "The Steel City", a reference to the former City of Sydney's history as a mining city
    • "Baile Shidni", a Gaelic term for the City of Sydney
    • "CBRM", the often locally used abbreviation of Cape Breton Regional Municipality
    • "Community of Communities", a nickname for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality

  • Truro
    Truro, Nova Scotia
    -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...
    • "Hub of Nova Scotia"

  • Westville
    • "The Gateway to Northern Nova Scotia"

  • Wolfville
    • "First Fair Trade Town"
    • "Mud Creek", a previous name for Wolfville
    • "Horton", a previous name for Wolfville

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

  • Bishop's Falls
    • "The Ship""
    • "The Bish"


Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

  • 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...
    • "The Mineral Capital of Canada"

  • Belleville
    Belleville, Ontario
    Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
    • "The Friendly City"
    • "Bell-vegas"

  • 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...
    • "Flower City"
    • "Browntown"
    • "Bramladesh"
    • "B-Town"

  • 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...
    • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

  • Durham Region
    • "The Durr"

  • Goderich
    Goderich, Ontario
    Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town...
    • "The Prettiest Town in Canada", derived from a comment made by Queen Elizabeth II
    • "Godrock"

  • Guelph, Ontario
    Guelph, Ontario
    Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Waterloo and west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it...
    • G-Spot

  • Hamilton
    Hamilton, Ontario
    Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
    • "The Hammer"
    • "Hammertown"
    • "Steeltown"
    • "Hamildump"

  • Kitchener
    Kitchener, Ontario
    The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
    • "K-W", when referring jointly to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo
    • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

  • 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...
    • "K-town"
    • "Limestone City"
    • "Kingstonia"

  • 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...
    • "The Forest City"
    • "London Town"
    • "L-Town"

  • Mississauga
    • "Sauga"
    • "Sauga City"
    • "Mrs.Sauga"
    • "Mistersauga" or "Mr.Sauga"
    • "The Sausage"
    • "MSS"

  • Niagara Falls
    Niagara Falls, Ontario
    Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...
    • "The World's Most Famous Address"

  • North Bay
    North Bay, Ontario
    North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing.-History:...
    • "Gateway to the North"
    • "Gateway City"
    • "Smoothie Capital of the World"
    • "Shadfly Capital"

  • Oakville
    Oakville, Ontario
    Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...
    • "The OC"
    • "Oakville County"
    • "Joke-Vile", a tongue-in-cheek nickname used by college students
    • "The Oaks"

  • Oshawa
    Oshawa
    Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...
    • "The Dirty Shwa"

  • Ottawa
    Ottawa
    Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

  • 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...
    • "PeterPatch"
    • "P-Dot"

  • Sarnia
    Sarnia, Ontario
    Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....
    • "Narnia"
    • "Sarn-Hole"
    • "Chemical Valley", named for the petrochemical industry in the area
    • "The Imperial City", named after Imperial Oil and its influence on the City
    • "Bluewater Country"

  • Sault Ste Marie
    • "The Sault"
    • "The Soo"
    • "Lock City"

  • Scarborough
    Scarborough, Ontario
    Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

     (Note: Scarborough merged into the City of Toronto in 1999)
    • "Scarberia", a derogatory nickname based on Scarborough's reputation a barren, faraway land to the east of Toronto
    • "Scarlem", a derogatory nickname which associates Scarborough with the inner-city crime of Harlem
      Harlem
      Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

      , New York
    • "Scartown"

  • St. Catharines
    St. Catharines, Ontario
    St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
    • "St. Kitts"

  • Sudbury
    • "Sudz"
    • "Scudz"
    • "Nickel City"

  • Thunder Bay
    Thunder Bay
    -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
    • "The Lakehead"
    • "T-Bay"
    • "Superior by Nature"

  • Timmins
    Timmins
    Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
    • "The City with the Heart of Gold" / "La ville au coeur d'or"

  • Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

     (see also Name of Toronto)
    • "Queen City"
    • "Methodist Rome
      Methodist Rome
      Methodist Rome was a nickname sometimes given to the city of Toronto, Ontario in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The moniker implied that Toronto was as central to Canadian Methodism as Rome, or more specifically Vatican City in Rome, is to Catholicism.Methodism was never the...

      "
    • "Hogtown"
    • "T.O.", derived from Toronto, Ontario
    • "The 4-1-6", a reference to the original area code for Toronto, as compared with "the 9-0-5", which is the area code for much of the outlying suburbs
    • "T-Dot"
    • "The Big Smoke"
    • "T-Dot-O-Dot"
    • "Toronto the Good"
    • "Trons"
    • "The Centre of the Universe", a tongue-in-cheek name used to poke fun at Toronto's narcissistic attitude.
    • "Trauma"
    • "Trana"
    • "El Toro"

  • 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....
    • "K-W", when referring jointly to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo
    • "The 'Loo"
    • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

  • 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...
    • "Rose City"
    • "Motor City C-A", in relations to Detroit, Michigan
      Detroit, Michigan
      Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

      's nickname of "Motor City U-S-A"
    • "Sin City of the North"
    • "The Dub"
    • "The Dirty South"

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

  • Charlottetown
    Charlottetown
    Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
    • "Town"
    • "C-town"
    • "The Birthplace of Confederation"

  • Crapaud
    Crapaud, Prince Edward Island
    Crapaud is a Canadian village in Queens County, Prince Edward Island , North of Victoria in the township of Lot 29.- References :...
    • "Craptown"

  • Georgetown
    Georgetown, Prince Edward Island
    Georgetown is a Canadian town and the county seat of Kings County, Prince Edward Island. As of 2011, the population was 693.-Geography:Georgetown, Capital of Kings County, sits on an 8 kilometre long peninsula formed by the Cardigan and Brudenell Rivers, Along with Georgetown Harbour...
    • "G-town"
    • "The Capital of Kings County"

  • Kensington
    Kensington, Prince Edward Island
    Kensington is a town located 15 kilometres northeast of Summerside in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; As of 2001, the population was 1,385....
    • "K-town"
    • "The Town of One Intersection"

  • Montague
    Montague, Prince Edward Island
    Montague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...
    • "Montague the Beautiful"
    • "The Big Real Town"
    • "Mountaintown"

  • Souris
    Souris, Prince Edward Island
    Souris is a Canadian port town in northeastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island. It is located in an area famous for its beaches and potatoes, containing the majority of Prince Edward Island's potato manufacturers.-History:...
    • "Gateway to the Maggies"
    • "The Town Up East"

  • Summerside
    Summerside, Prince Edward Island
    Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...
    • "S-side"
    • "The Big West"
    • "Second City"

Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

  • Gatineau
    Gatineau
    Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
    • "Got-No", a tongue-in-cheek nickname used to poke fun at Gatineau's economic status compared to Ottawa's.

  • 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...

     (Amalgamated with Gatineau
    Gatineau
    Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...

     in 2002)
    • "Hell"
    • "Ottawa North"

  • Montreal
    Montreal
    Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
    • "The City of Saints"
    • "The 5-1-4", after its original area code
    • "Real City"
    • "La Metropole", French for "The Metropolis"
    • "Sin City", a historical nickname from the prohibition-era
    • "MTL"
    • "Mount Real"
    • "La Belle Ville"

  • Quebec City
    Quebec City
    Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
    • "La Vieille Capitale"

Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

  • Prince Albert
    Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
    Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...
    • "P.A."
    • "Gateway to the North"
    • "The Forest City"

  • Moose Jaw
    • "Band City"
    • "Little Chicago"

  • Regina
    Regina, Saskatchewan
    Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
    • "The Queen City"
    • "Pile-'O-Bones", Cree for "Wascana"
    • "The QC"
    • "The Vag"
    • "The City that Rhymes with Fun"
    • "The City that Smells like it Sounds"

  • Saskatoon
    Saskatoon
    Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....
    • "Hub City"
    • "Paris of the Prairies"
    • "Saskabush"
    • "Toontown"
    • "S'toon"
    • "City of Bridges"
    • "Toon Town"
    • "POW City"

  • Swift Current
    • "Speedy Creek"

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