Canadian Geographical Names on Internet

This is a project to offer information about Canadian geographical names on Internet. The site was initially implemented onto the World Wide Web on August 30, 1994.

Frequently Asked Questions

New

• Canadian Society for the Study of Names
• What is the usual procedure for changing a geographical name? If you'd like to suggest a new name or a name change, click here to read about the process.
• Aboriginal Place Names - Charting our Heritage [PDF, 295.2 kb, viewer] - a new fact sheet. Also available in Inuktitut [PDF, 294.6 kb, viewer].
• Nunavut Information

Our Work

• About the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC)
• Geographical Names Board of Canada - Members
• A Brief History of the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC)
• Guiding principles for geographical naming
• Principles and Procedures for Geographical Naming (1990)
• About Geographical Names on the Internet
• Geographical Feature Types

About Canadian Geographical Names:

• GeoNames Trivia
• Other Interesting Web Sites
• Useful Material for Translators
• Names of Pan-Canadian Significance
• Province Abbreviations
• Geographical names approved in both English and French within one province
• Guidelines for names outside Canada for official Canadian use