City	Language of origin	Explanation
Airdrie	Scottish Gaelic	Named forAirdrie, North Lanarkshire, in Scotland. Possibly originally from GaelicAn Àrd Ruigh meaning a level height or high pasture.
Brooks	English	Named for Noel Edgell Brooks, aCanadian Pacific Railway Divisional Engineer from Calgary. Brooks' name was chosen through a contest in 1904.^[1]
Calgary	Scottish Gaelic	Named forCalgary, Mull, which originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)". The name was suggested by ColonelJames Macleod, Commissioner of theNorth-West Mounted Police, who had stayed atCalgary Castle.^[2]^[3]
Camrose	English	There is no factual evidence to explain why the city was named Camrose. It is suspected that it is named after the village ofCamrose inPembrokeshire, South Wales.^[4]
Chestermere	English	Named afterChestermere Lake, a man-made reservoir built in 1880.
Cold Lake	English	Named afterthe nearby lake, which was named for its cold and deep water.^[5]
Edmonton	English	Named forEdmonton, London.
Fort Saskatchewan	English	Named after a fort built by theNorth-West Mounted Police in 1875.
Grande Prairie	French	Named for its location, literally it means "great meadow" or "big prairie".
Lacombe	French	Named forAlbert Lacombe, a French-Canadian Roman CatholicOblate missionary who lived among and evangelized theCree andBlackfoot First Nations of western Canada.^[6]
Leduc	French	While the city is named after Father Hippolyte Leduc, a French-Canadian priest who served in the area, there is a dispute over how the designation became official. One story is that the settlement was named after Leduc by theMinister of the Interior,Edgar Dewdney. The other story is that the settler who established the local telegraph office, which required a name to be associated with it, decided to name the settlement after the first person to walk through the door of the office, who turned out to be Leduc.^[7]
Lethbridge	English	Named forWilliam Lethbridge.
Lloydminster	English	Named forGeorge Lloyd, who at the time was the bishop of theDiocese of Saskatchewan.
Medicine Hat	English /Blackfoot	Translation of BlackfootSaamis, a type ofheaddress worn bymedicine men.
Red Deer	English /Cree	Mistranslation into English of the Cree name for theRed Deer River,Waskasoo Seepee, which means "Wapiti River" or "Elk River". North American elk (akaWapiti) are often confused with EuropeanRed Deer.
Spruce Grove	English	Named after the groves ofspruce trees which were common in the area.^[8]
St. Albert	French	Named by BishopAlexandre-Antonin Taché after FatherAlbert Lacombe and his patron name saintAlbert of Louvain.
Wetaskiwin	Cree	Translation of the Cree word 'wītaskiwinihk', meaning "the hills where peace was made".^[9]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Abbotsford	English	There is some controversy over the origin of the Abbotsford name.^[10] The most commonly cited origin is that John Cunningham Maclure named the land "Abbotsford" after family friend Henry Braithwaite Abbott, the western superintendent of theCanadian Pacific Railway.^[11] Maclure's sons later stated that the property had actually been named forSir Walter Scott's home, Abbotsford, and pronounced it with the accent onford,^[12] while in his later years Maclure himself claimed that the naming had been "a combination of two ideas".^[10]
Armstrong	English	Named for E.C. Heaton Armstrong, a London banker who helped finance the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway in 1892 and local development at the turn of the century.^[13]
Burnaby	English/Danish	Named forRobert Burnaby as the result of a public vote.^[14]
Campbell River	English	Named after the nearby river, which in turn was named by CaptainGeorge Henry Richards for Samuel Campbell, the surgeon on boardHMS Plumper.^[15]
Castlegar	Irish	Named after Castlegar Estate, nearAhascragh inCounty Galway, Ireland.^[16]
Chilliwack	Halq'eméylem	Anglicization of the Halq'eméylem wordTcil'Qe'uk, meaning "valley of many streams".^[17]
Colwood	English	Named by Captain Edward Langford for his family farm inSussex,England.^[18]
Coquitlam	Coast Salish	Anglicization of the wordKwikwetlem, meaning "red fish up the river".^[19]
Courtenay	English	Named after the Courtenay River, which was named after Captain George William Courtenay ofHMS Constance, which was stationed in the area.^[20]
Cranbrook	English	Named byColonel James Baker after his home inCranbrook,Kent, England.^[21]
Dawson Creek	English	Named after the creek of the same name, which was named afterGeorge Mercer Dawson. who led a surveying team through the area in August 1879; a member of the team labelled the creek with Dawson's name.^[22]
Delta	English	Named for its location on theFraser River delta.^[23]
Duncan	English	Named for William Chalmers Duncan, one of the original settlers of the community.^[24]
Enderby	English	Named after a line in the poem "The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire," byJean Ingelow:The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three; "Pull, if ye never pulled before; Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he. "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells! Ply all your changes, all your swells, Play uppe 'The Brides of Enderby".^[25]
Fernie	English	Named for William Fernie, a miner who founded the city.^[26]
Fort St. John	English	There is no confirmed explanation for the city's name. Some suggest that it received its name as a result of the original fort being founded on the feast day of St John the Baptist. Another story is that the name originates as nothing more than a suggestion by an employee of theHudson's Bay Company, which renamed the community after rebuilding it due to arson.^[27]
Grand Forks	English	Named for its location at the fork between theKettle andGranby Rivers.^[28]
Greenwood	English	Named after Robert Wood, one of the original settlers in the area. Greenwood was chosen as an appropriate name given Wood's last name and the presence of green timber in the area.^[29]
Kamloops	Shuswap	Anglicization of the wordTk'əmlúps, meaning "meeting of the waters".^[30]
Kelowna	Okanagan	Named after the Okanagan term for a female grizzly bear. According to myth, the name was inspired by a husky French Canadian settler named Augustus Gillard, who lived in a half-underground dwelling known as akeekwillee. When some passing Indians saw him emerge from his home one morning, they called him "kemxtús" as he resembled a bear exiting its den. The name was brought up as a potential name for the new community, but it was changed to Kelowna as the original name was considered too uncouth.^[31]
Kimberley	English	Named afterKimberley,South Africa, which in turn was named afterJohn Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. The city was named after its counterpart in the hopes that the mining in the area would prove as bountiful as those found in South Africa.^[32]
Langford	English	Named for Captain Edward Langford, who established one of the fourHudson's Bay Company farms in theVictoria area.^[33]
Langley	English	Named afterFort Langley, a fort owned by theHudson's Bay Company. The fort was named for Thomas Langley, a prominent HBC director^[34])
Maple Ridge	English	Named for the abundance ofmaple trees in the area.^[35]
Merritt	English	Named for railway promoterWilliam Hamilton Merritt III. The original name of the settlement was Forksdale.^[36]
Nanaimo	Halq'eméylem	Anglicization of the wordSne-ny-mo, meaning "group of many people" and referring to the confederacy of five local bands.^[37]
Nelson	English	Named forHugh Nelson,fourth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.^[38]
New Westminster	English	Named byQueen Victoria afterWestminster, England. The original proposed name of the city was Queensborough.^[39]
North Vancouver (city)	English	Named for its geographical location north of Vancouver.
Parksville	English	Named for Nelson Parks, the postmaster at the time of incorporation.^[40]
Penticton	Okanagan	Anglicization of the wordpente-hik-ton, meaning "place where water passes beyond", in reference to the year-round flow of theOkanagan River.^[41]
Pitt Meadows	English	Named after thePitt River and Pitt Lake, which were possibly named after former British Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt.^[42]
Port Alberni	Spanish	Named for CaptainDon Pedro de Alberni, a Spanish officer who commandedFort San Miguel atNootka Sound onVancouver Island's west coast from 1790 to 1792.^[43]
Port Coquitlam	Coast Salish	Anglicization of the wordKwikwetlem, meaning "red fish up the river".^[44]
Port Moody	English	Named by CaptainGeorge Henry Richards ofHMS Plumper for ColonelRichard Clement Moody of the Royal Engineers. Moody was the commissioner of lands and works in the new Colony of British Columbia.^[45]
Powell River	English	Named after thePowell River, which in turn was named after DoctorIsrael Wood Powell, who was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for British Columbia and the first graduate ofmedicine fromMcGill University to practice on the west coast.^[46]
Prince George	English	Named after Fort George, aNorth West Company trading post, which in turn was named bySimon Fraser in honour ofKing George III.^[47]
Prince Rupert	English	Named forPrince Rupert of the Rhine, the first Governor of theHudson's Bay Company, as the result of an open competition held by theGrand Trunk Railway.^[48]
Quesnel	English/French	Named by Simon Fraser forJules Maurice Quesnel, one of two North West Company clerks who accompanied him on the expedition where he discovered theQuesnel River.^[49]
Revelstoke	English	Named by theCanadian Pacific Railway in appreciation ofLord Revelstoke, head ofBaring Brothers & Co., the British investment bank that helped save the Canadian Pacific Railway from bankruptcy in the summer of 1885.^[50]
Richmond	English	Named by Hugh McRoberts for Richmonds Farm inAustralia.
Rossland	English	Named by Ross Thompson after himself in 1890, after purchasing the land the settlement was to be built on. He originally attempted to name the settlement Thompson, but there was already a town in BC by that name.^[51]
Salmon Arm	English	Named for the southwest arm ofShuswap Lake, which bears the same name. The arm received its name due to its heavy population of salmon; settlers often pitchforked them out of the water and used them for fertilizer on their fields.^[52]
Surrey	English	The city is named after the county ofSurrey in England, however the reasoning why is disputed. One story suggests the name arose out of a meeting of settlers, one of which was reminded of Surrey by the countryside. Another story suggests it was named Surrey because it lies south of New Westminster, just as the county of Surrey lies south of Westminster in England.^[53]
Terrace	English	Named by George Little after the terraces which surrounded theSkeena River. The settlement was originally to be named Littleton, however this name was rejected by the post office as there was already a Littleton in New Brunswick.^[54]
Trail	English	Named after theDewdney Trail, which passed through the area.^[55]
Vancouver	English,Dutch	Named forCaptain George Vancouver, an officer of the BritishRoyal Navy.
Vernon	English	Named forForbes George Vernon, a pioneer member part of theLegislative Assembly of British Columbia forYale.^[56]
Victoria	English	Named forQueen Victoria.
West Kelowna	Okanagan / English	Named for its geographical location west of Kelowna.
White Rock	English	Named for a large white boulder found on the beach near the city, which was used by sailors as a navigational aid. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock.^[57]
Williams Lake	English	Named for William, a Secwepemc chief whose counsel prevented theShuswap from joining the Tsilhqot'in intheir uprising against the settler population.^[58]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Brandon	English	Named by General Thomas Rosser after the Blue Hills of Brandon, which got their name fromBrandon House.^[59]
Dauphin	French	Named after nearby Dauphin Lake, which was named by French Canadian explorerPierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1739 in honour ofLouis, Dauphin of France.^[60]
Flin Flon	English	Named after the character of Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin in the novelThe Sunless City byJ. E. Preston Muddock.^[61]
Morden	English	Named after Alvey Morden, the original owner of the land that the community was established on.^[62]
Portage la Prairie	French	The name is derived from the French wordportage, which means to carry a canoe overland between waterways. In this case the "portage" was between theAssiniboine River andLake Manitoba, overla prairie.^[63]
Selkirk	English	Named afterThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, who helped establish theRed River Colony.
Steinbach	German	Named after the village inUkraine, where the city's founders emigrated from. The city's founders spokePlautdietsch but wrote in High German. The name means "Stone Brook" in German.
Thompson	English	Named after John F. Thompson, the chairman ofInco Limited. The community was designed as a planned community by the company to house workers for its nearby mining operations.^[64]
Winkler	German	Named afterValentine Winkler, a local politician and business owner.
Winnipeg	Cree	Western Cree word meaning "muddy waters".^[65]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Bathurst	English	Named for the British Colonial Secretary,Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst.^[66]
Campbellton	English	Named by Robert Ferguson in honour ofLieutenant Governor SirArchibald Campbell.
Dieppe	French	Named in the memory of the 913 Canadians who were killed during theDieppe Raid in theSecond World War.^[67]
Edmundston	English	Named forLieutenant Governor SirEdmund Walker Head.^[68]
Fredericton	English	Named for the second son of KingGeorge III of Great Britain,Prince Frederick Augustus,Duke of York.
Miramichi	Innu	Named after theMiramichi River, which is likely derived from the Innu term "Maissimeu Assi", meaning "Mi'kmaq Land".
Moncton	English	Named forLieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton, who captured nearbyFort Beauséjour.
Saint John	English	Named in commemoration ofJohn the Baptist; the Saint John River supposedly was discovered onSaint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June 24).

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Corner Brook	English	Named for a stream which flows through the area into theHumber Arm.^[69]
Mount Pearl	English	Named for James Pearl, who in 1829 was granted the land the city was founded on in recognition of his time in theRoyal Navy. He named the estate after himself in 1837, after having originally named it Mount Cochrane in honour of SirThomas John Cochrane, the firstcivil governor of Newfoundland.^[70]
St. John's	English,Basque orSpanish	Named for thefeast day ofSaint John the Baptist, which was the date of landing byJohn Cabot. The name by Basque fishermen for the bay of St. John's was similar to the Bay of Pasaia in the Basque region, and one of the fishing towns called St. John (in Spanish,San Juan).

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Dartmouth	English	Named for BritishSecretary of State for the Colonies William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.^[71]
Halifax	English	Named forGeorge Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax,President of the Board of Trade
Sydney	English	Named for BritishHome Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney^[72]^[73]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Barrie	English	Named for SirRobert Barrie, who was in charge of the naval forces in Canada and frequently had to portage fromLake Simcoe toGeorgian Bay.
Belleville	English	Named after Lady Arabella Gore, wife ofSir Francis Gore, following a visit by the two to the settlement in 1816. The community was previously known as Singleton's Creek, after an early settler named George Singleton, and Meyer's Creek, afterJohn Walden Meyers.^[74]^[75]
Brampton	English	Named afterBrampton, England, by a settler named John Elliot.^[76]
Brant	English	Named afterMohawk ChiefThayendanegea (also known as Joseph Brant), who allied his people with the British during theAmerican Revolution and ultimately led to them receiving a land grant for the area at the site of the current city.
Brantford	English	Named afterMohawk ChiefThayendanegea (also known as Joseph Brant), who allied his people with the British during theAmerican Revolution and ultimately led to them receiving a land grant for the area at the site of the current city. The original Mohawk settlement was at a location favourable for landing canoes, which quickly became known as Brant's ford.
Brockville	English	Named afterSir Isaac Brock in 1812 by the settlement's residents in honour of his service toUpper Canada. The original name, Elizabethtown, had been selected by government officials but was unpopular with residents, who opted to use Brockville until it was officially changed several years later.
Burlington	English	Named after the nearby bay of the same name (nowHamilton Harbour), which was named in 1792 byLieutenant Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe in honour of the original name ofBridlington, England.^[77]
Cambridge	English	The city received its name in 1973 following the amalgamation of the towns of Galt, Preston and Hespeler into a single municipality. The name Cambridge originates from Preston's name prior to 1834, Cambridge Mills.^[78]^[79]
Clarence-Rockland	English	The city received its name in 1998 following the amalgamation of the Clarence Township and the Town of Rockland.
Cornwall	English	Named after theDuchy of Cornwall.^[80]
Dryden	English	Named afterJohn Dryden, who served as Ontario's Minister of Agriculture in 1895 and founded the settlement as an agricultural community after visiting the area.^[81]
Elliot Lake	English	Named after the neighbouring lake of the same name.
Greater Sudbury	English	Named forSudbury, Suffolk in England; "Greater" was added in 2001 when the city of Sudbury was amalgamated with six suburban municipalities.
Guelph	English	Named to honour Britain's royal family, the Hanoverians, who were descended from the Guelfs, the ancestral family of George IV, the reigning British monarch; thus the nickname The Royal City.
Haldimand County	English	Named afterSir Frederick Haldimand, the Governor of theProvince of Quebec from 1778 to 1786.
Hamilton	English	Named forGeorge Hamilton, the city's founder.
Kawartha Lakes	Anishinaabe	Named after the nearby lakes of thesame name, which are an Anglicization of the Anishinaabe wordKa-wa-tha, meaning "land of reflections". The name was later changed to Kawartha, which means "bright waters and happy lands".^[82]
Kenora	Ojibwe / English	The name is aportmanteau of the names of the three towns which amalgamated in 1905 to form the present-day city: Keewatin, Norman and Rat Portage.^[83]
Kingston	English	Originally referred to as "the King's Town", the name was shortened to Kingston in 1788.^[84]^[85] The settlement's original name, Cataraqui, likely was derived from an Iroquois word meaning "the place where one hides".^[86]
Kitchener	English	Originally named Berlin thanks to the German heritage of many of its citizens, in 1916 the citychanged its name to Kitchener in response toanti-German sentiment during theFirst World War. The name Kitchener was suggested in honour of British military officerHoratio Herbert Kitchener, who had died that same year.^[87] The other options in the referendum were Adanac, Brock, Benton, Corona, and Keowana.
London	English	Named byJohn Graves Simcoe in 1826 afterLondon, England.
Markham	English	Named byJohn Graves Simcoe after his friend,William Markham, the Archbishop of York.
Mississauga	Ojibwe	Named for theMississaugas who originally inhabited the area.
Niagara Falls	Iroquois	Named after the eponymouswaterfalls. There are differing theories as to the origin of the word "Niagara", with one theory suggesting the name is derived from a local tribe named the Niagagarega, and another theory suggesting it is an Anglicization of the word "Ongniaahra", meaning "point of land cut in two".^[88]^[89]
Norfolk County	English	Named forNorfolk County in England.^[90]
North Bay	English	Named for its geographical location on the shore ofLake Nipissing.
Orillia	Spanish	The first recorded use of the name Orillia was in 1820 bySir Peregrine Maitland, then-Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. There is no record as to the meaning of the name, however the most common explanation is that it originates from the Spanish word "orilla", which means the shore of a lake or river.
Oshawa	Ojibwe	Anglicization of the Ojibwa term "aazhaway", meaning "the cross place".^[91]^[92]
Ottawa	Odawa	TheOttawa Valley was the traditional home of theAlgonquin people (Anishinaabe) who called theOttawa River theKichi Sibi orKichissippi' meaning "Great River" or "Grand River".^[93]^[94]^[95]^[96]^[97] Despite the name of the city, theOttawa people, another First Nation who lived far to the west alongGeorgian Bay andLake Huron never lived in the area, but rather maintained a trade route along the Ottawa River for a relatively short time.^[98]
Owen Sound	English	The area of the present city was named Owen Sound byWilliam Fitzwilliam Owen in 1815 after his older brother,Admiral Edward Owen. The settlement received its current name in 1851. It had previously been known as Sydenham.
Pembroke	English	Indirectly named afterSidney Herbert, who served as British First Admiralty Secretary from 1841 to 1845. His father was the11th Earl of Pembroke.
Peterborough	English	Named after Peter Robinson, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and the man primarily responsible for the 1825 emigration plans which saw Irish immigrants settle in the area.
Pickering	English	Named afterPickering, North Yorkshire, England.^[99]
Port Colborne	English	Named in honour of former Lieutenant GovernorSir John Colborne.
Prince Edward County	English	Named in honour ofPrince Edward Augustus, then-commander-in-chief ofBritish North America.
Quinte West	French/Mohawk	Named for its location on the western end of theBay of Quinte onLake Ontario. The name Quinte is derived from the French name "Kenté", which was the name of a French Catholic mission in the area.^[100]
Sarnia	Latin	Named after the Latin term forGuernsey, one of the BritishChannel Islands.^[101]
Sault Ste. Marie	French	Named for therapids in theSt. Mary's River. The city shares its name withSault Ste. Marie, Michigan, as they were a singular community prior to the establishment of the Canadian-United States border.
St. Catharines	English	The origins of the name are obscure, but it is thought that the city is named after Catharine Askin Robertson Hamilton, who was the wife of Robert Hamilton, a prominent businessman.^[102]
St. Thomas	English	Named in honour ofThomas Talbot.^[103]
Stratford	English	Named afterStratford-upon-Avon, England.
Temiskaming Shores	Algonquin	Named after neighbouring Lake Timiskaming, which means "deep waters" in Algonquin. The city received its name in 2004 following the amalgamation of New Liskeard, Haileybury, and Dymond.
Thorold	English	Named afterSir John Thorold, a former British MP in response to his opposition to war with the United States.^[104]^[105]
Thunder Bay	English, French	Named forthe bay on which the city is located, which was originally labelled Baie du Tonnerre on French maps in the 17th century. The name was chosen byreferendum in 1969 with the merger of the cities ofFort William andPort Arthur.
Timmins	English	Named by Alphonse Paré in 1912 in honour of his uncle Noah Timmins, President of Hollinger Mines.^[106]
Toronto	Iroquoian	Derived from word "tkaronto", meaning "place where trees stand in the water".
Vaughan	English	Named for Benjamin Vaughan, a British commissioner who signedthe peace treaty with the United States in 1783.
Waterloo	Dutch	Named afterWaterloo, Belgium.
Welland	English	Named after theWelland Canal, which formerly ran directly through downtown Welland. The name Welland is derived from theRiver Welland inLincolnshire, England.
Windsor	English	Named afterWindsor, Berkshire, England.
Woodstock	English	Named by the city's founder,Admiral Henry Vansittart in 1834 afterWoodstock, England.^[107]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Charlottetown	English	Named forCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of KingGeorge III of Great Britain
Summerside	English	Named for Summerside House, an inn operated by the son of the settlement's founder.^[108]

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Chicoutimi	Innu	The name means "The end of the deep water" in the Innu/Montagnais language
Montreal	Middle French	Named for "Mont Réal", orMount Royal, a geological feature located within the city. The mountain was named in honour ofFrancis I of France byJacques Cartier.^[109]
Quebec City	Algonquin	French transcription of the Algonquin word "kébec", which means "where the river narrows"

City	Language of origin	Explanation
Estevan	English	Named after thetelegraphic address ofGeorge Stephen, first President of theCanadian Pacific Railway.^[110]
Humboldt	German	Named after German explorerAlexander von Humboldt.^[111]
North Battleford	English	The name Battleford originated from a nearbyford of theBattle River. The city is named North Battleford to distinguish it from the town ofBattleford, which is located south across theNorth Saskatchewan River.^[112]
Martensville	English	Named after the Martens family, who founded the city on land which they had previously purchased.^[113]
Meadow Lake	English	Named after the nearby lake, which is the source of the Meadow River.^[112]
Melfort	English	Named by Reginald Beatty, the first European woman to settle in the area, after her family estate inArgyll,Scotland.^[114]
Melville	English	Named forCharles Melville Hays, President of theGrand Trunk Railway andGrand Trunk Pacific Railway.^[115]
Prince Albert	English	Named byJames Nisbet in honour ofPrince Albert, the husband ofQueen Victoria.^[112]
Regina	Latin	Named byPrincess Louise, wife of the then-Governor General of Canada theMarquess of Lorne in honour ofQueen Victoria;Regina is the Latin word for queen.^[112]
Saskatoon	Cree	Named after thesaskatoon berry. The berry's name is an anglicization of the Cree wordmisâskwatômina, meaning “the fruit of the tree of many branches”.^[116]
Swift Current	French/Cree	Named after the Swift Current Creek, which was originally calledRiviere au Couran by theMetis. That name was likely inspired by the Cree name for theSouth Saskatchewan River,Kisiskâciwan, which means "fast flowing river".^[117]
Warman	English	Named after American journalistCy Warman, who recorded the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway.^[118]
Weyburn	English	The origin of the city's name is disputed. One story is that the city is named after a worker who supervised the building of the railroad in the area. Another story is the name came from a Scottish man who exclaimed "Wee Burn!" after stumbling upon theSouris River on a hot day.^[119]
Yorkton	English	The name of the city is inspired by the York Farmers' Colonization Company, which led the founding and initial settlement of the community. Originally named York Colony, it was changed to Yorkton in 1884.^[120]

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