Scots place names in Canadae
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This is a leet o placenames in Scotland that hae subsequently been applee'd tae pairts o Canadae bi Scots emigrants or splorers.
For Nova Scotian names in Scots Gaelic (no necessarily the same as the Inglis versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers an Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada.
Note that, unless otherwise stated, province names isna Scottish.
Alberta eedit
- Airdrie
- Ardmore
- Ardrossan
- Banff - named efter toun in north east Scotland
- Bankhead (ghaist toun)
- Barrhead
- Blairmore
- Bon Accord (Bon Accord is the motto of Aberdeen)
- Bonnie Doon (Edmonton)
- Bonnie Lake (Alberta)
- Butedale Falls
- Caldwell (ghaist toun)
- Calgary - named efter place in Mull
- Canmore (named for Keeng Malcolm Canmore)
- Carstairs
- Chisholm
- Clyde
- Coutts
- Craigmyle
- Cromdale (Edmonton)
- Dunmore
- Erskine
- Ferintosh
- Fort Macleod
- Fort McMurray
- Halkirk (Halkirk)
- Hazeldean (Edmonton)
- Holyrood (Edmonton) (Holyrood)
- Innisfail
- Irvine
- Lomond (Loch Lomond)
- Mackenzie County
- Mallaig
- Mintlaw (ghaist toun)
- Mount Hector (efter James Hector)
- Mount Lady Macdonald (efter wife of John A. Macdonald)
- New Stirling (Maybutt)
- Scotfield
- Stirling
- Strathcona County
- Strathcona
British Columbie eedit
- Abbotsford (location of Sir Walter Scott's hoose). Suburbs include Aberdeen and Glen Moontain.
- Balfour (kent as "Balfour Bay" an aw)
- Butedale (ghaist toun)
- Cameron Bar 13
- Cape Scott Provincial Park
- Craigellachie
- Coldstream
- Cunningham Lake
- Davidson, a dounset wast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia
- Duncan
- Fintry Delta
- Invermere (inbhir + mere)
- Logan Lake
- Montrose
- Mount Brown (named efter the Scottish botanist Robert Brown)
- Mount Lyell (named bi James Hector in 1858 for the Scottish geologist Sir Charles Lyell)
- Mount Macdonald (efter John A. Macdonald)
- Stewart
- Yarrow (River in Scottish Borders)
Manitoba eedit
- Angusville
- Carberry (named for Carberry Touer)
- East Kildonan
- Elgin
- Elphinstone
- Gretna
- MacGregor
- Old Kildonan
- Rossburn
- Selkirk and East Selkirk
- St Andrews
Rural municipalities -
New Brunswick eedit
Glenlevit Glencoe Dundee
Newfoundland an Labrador eedit
- Anderson's Cove
- Buchans and Lake Buchans
- Campbell's Creek
- Campbellton
- Hamilton River
- Highlands
- Holyrood (Holyrood is the site o the current Scottish Parliament)
- Iona
- Loch Leven
- Loch Lomond
- Lomond
- McKay's
- Melrose
- St. Andrew's
Nova Scotia eedit
"Nova Scotia" is the Laitin for New Scotland.
- Argyle
- Arisaig
- Ben Eoin (frae the Scottish Gaelic for "mountain of the birds")
- Beinn Bhreagh
- Beinn Scalpie
- Berwick
- Broughton (ghaist toun)
- Caledonia
- Clydesdale
- Dunvegan
- Inverness County
- Glendale
- Inverness
- Glencoe
- Knoydart
- Lismore
- Lochaber
- Loch Broom
- Loch Lomond
- New Glasgow
- New Ross
- Scotch Village
- Iona
Northwast Territories eedit
The Northwast Territories awso contain three places wi Scots surnames: Fort Simpson, Fort McPherson an Rae (awtho the nou collectively kent wi Edzo as Behchoko).
- Cameron River Volcanic Belt
- District of Mackenzie
- Ferguson Lake (Kitikmeot Region)
- Finlayson Islands
- Fort McPherson (Murdoch McPherson)
- Fort Simpson (George Simpson)]
- Mackenzie Highway
- Mackenzie Mountains and Mackenzie River
- Macmillan Pass
- Melville Island (named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
eedit
- Baillie-Hamilton Island
- Cameron Island
- Clyde Inlet an Clyde River
- Craig Harbour (on Ellesmere Island)
- Dundas Harbour
- Edinburgh Island (PIN-DA)
- Eglinton Island
- Graham Island
- Houston Stewart Island
- McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary an McConnell River
- Mackar Inlet (CAM-5)
- Mackenzie hotspot an Mackenzie dike swarm
- Melville Island (named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville)
- Dundas Peninsula (pairt of Melville Island)
- Melville Peninsula
- Rankin Inlet
- Simpson Lake (CAM-D)
Ontario eedit
- Aberdeen, Grey County
- Aberdeen, Prescott and Russell County
- Aberfeldy
- Aberfoyle
- Achray
- Ailsa Craig
- Alloa
- Angus
- Angus Glen
- Ardbeg
- Ardoch
- Armadale
- Armstrong, Thunder Bay District
- Armstrong Township, Armstrong Corners and Armstrong Mills
- Arnprior
- Arranvale (Isle of Arran)
- Athol, Prince Edward County
- Athol, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties
- Avonmore
- Ayr
- Ayton
- Badenoch
- Bainsville
- Bairds
- Ballantrae
- Ballinafad
- Bannockburn
- Baxter
- Bell Ewart
- Berriedale (Berriedale, Sutherland)
- Berwick
- Bisset Creek
- Bothwell
- Boyds (Surname, derived frae Bute)
- Brechin
- Brucedale
- Bruce Mines
- Bruce Peninsula
- Bruce Station
- Cairngorm
- Caledon
- Caledon East
- Caledonia
- Caledonia Springs
- Callander
- Campbellcroft
- Campbellford
- Campbellville
- Cargill
- Cockburn Island
- Coldstream
- Colgan
- Craigleith
- Craigmont
- Cromarty
- Crombie
- Cruikshank
- Dalhousie Lake
- Dalhousie Mills
- Dalkeith
- Dalmeny
- Dalrymple
- Drummond
- Dundas
- Dundonald
- Dunedin (Dunedin, poetic name for Edinburgh/Dun Eideann)
- Dunkeld
- Dunvegan
- Dysart et al. (Dysart)
- East Tay Point (Tay)
- Elgin
- Elgin County, Ontario
- Farquhar
- Fergus
- Ferguslea
- Ferguson Corners, Ferguson Falls and Fergusons Beach
- Galbraith
- Gillies Hill
- Gilmour
- Glasgow
- Glen
- Glen Buell
- Glenburn
- Glenburnie
- Glen Cross
- Glenfield
- Glen Huron
- Glencairn
- Glencoe
- Glenelg Centre
- Glen Major
- Glen Nevis
- Glenora
- Glen Robertson
- Glenview
- Glenville
- Glen Williams
- Gorrie
- Greenock
- Haliburton
- Hamilton
- Hampden
- Henderson
- Innerkip
- Inverary
- Inverhuron (inbhir, meanin river mooth + Huron)
- Invermay
- Iona and Iona Station
- Jura, Ontario
- Katrine (Loch Katrine)
- Kilsyth
- Kinburn
- Kincardine
- Kinghorn
- Kinmount
- Kintail
- Kirkfield
- Laggan
- Laird
- Lake Dalrymple (Dalrymple)
- Lamlash
- Lammermoor
- Lanark
- Leith
- Lochalsh, Algoma District
- Lochalsh, Huron County
- Lochwinnoch
- Logan
- Lowther
- McAlpine Corners
- Macdiarmid
- MacDonald Bay
- MacDonald's Grove
- MacDuff
- MacGillivrays Bridge
- Mackenzie
- MacKenzie Point
- MacLarens Landing
- MacLean Park
- MacTier
- Maitland, Huron County
- Maitland, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
- Malcolm
- Maxwell, Grey County
- Maxwell, Hastings County
- Maxwells
- Minto
- Moffat
- Monteith
- Moray
- Morven
- Nairn, Middlesex County
- Nairn Centre
- Napier
- New Dundee
- New Glasgow
- New Scotland, Chatham-Kent
- New Scotland, Regional Municipality of York
- Paisley
- Perth
- Perth Road Village
- Port Elgin
- Raith
- Rankin, Nipissing District
- Rankin, Renfrew County
- Rannoch
- Ratho
- Renfew
- Renfrew Junction
- Rutherford
- Rutherglen
- Scone
- Scotch Block
- Scotch Bush, Hastings County and Scotch Bush, Renfrew County
- Scotch Corners
- Scotia
- Selkirk
- Speyside
- St. Andrews
- Staffa, Perth County
- Stirling
- Tarbert
- Tartan
- Tay
- Tweed
- West Elgin (Elgin)
- West Lorne (Lorne)
- [Wick
Prince Edward Island eedit
- Breadalbane
- Glenfinnan Island (Prince Edward Island) and Glenfinnan River
- Greenmount-Montrose
- Inverness
- Mount Stewart
- Lennox Island
- MacDonalds River
- Montrose River
- Murray River
- New Glasgow
- St Andrews
Quebec eedit
Saskatchewan eedit
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen No. 373
- Abernethy No. 186 an Abernethy
- Argyle No. 1
- Arran
- Balcarres
- Balgonie
- Biggar
- Birsay
- Calder
- Calderbank
- Carmichael No. 109
- Carnduff
- Clansman
- Colonsay an Colonsay No. 342
- Crichton (ghaist toun)
- Cupar
- Dalmeny
- Davidson
- Fairy Glen
- Fife Lake
- Girvin
- Glen Ewen
- Glenavon
- Glenside
- Inchkeith
- Innes (ghaist toun)
- Invergordon No. 430
- Invermay
- Lomond No. 37
- Lumsden No. 189
- Isbister's Settlement (umwhile name of Prince Albert dounset)
- Jedburgh
- Kyle
- Kylemore
- Laird
- Lumsden
- Markinch
- Mortlach
- Neidpath (ghaist toun)
- Orkney
- Orkney No. 244
- Saltcoats
- Ravenscrag (ghaist toun)
- Scotsguard (ghaist toun)
- Simpson
- St. Boswells (ghaist toun)
- Tiree
The toun o Coronach wis oreeginally named efter a horse; houiver, the oreeginal meanin o coronach is a Gaelic lament.
Yukon eedit
- Fort Selkirk
- Mackenzie Mountains
- Mount Logan an Houston's Peak
- Mount Lorne (Lorne)
- Ross River (Ross)