Every Name Tells a Story From St. John's to Nanaimo and Windsor to Alert , place names reveal the story of Canada. We use place names every day.
Every name tells a story - about history or geography, a group or an individual.
On this 100th anniversary, let's celebrate Canada's place names and the stories they tell. Canada's place names from head to toe. Adapted with permission from Canadian Geographic. Most of Canada's official place names stem from years of unofficial naming. Official place naming in Canada is 100 years old.