The name “Canada” comes from the Iroquois word for “village.” Many Canadian place names have Aboriginal origins. There were two Canadas, which were united in 1841 as the Province of Canada. Other suggested names for the country included “Tuponia,” “Colonia,” “Cabotia,” and “Mesopelagia.”
The word “Canada” comes from the Iroquois word for “village.” An expedition up the St. Lawrence River led by Jacques Cartier picked up the name from the Iroquois who pointed the way to Stadacona, a St. Lawrence Iroquois village located near present-day Quebec City. Cartier marked the St. Lawrence River as “rivière du Canada” on maps, and the name was eventually applied to all areas north of the St. Lawrence River.
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Many areas of Canada have names that are variations of Aboriginal terms. For example, Ontario comes from the Huron term for “beautiful water or lake,” Quebec comes from a Mi’kmaq term for “strait,” and Saskatchewan comes from the Cree word for “fast-flowing river.”
There were two Canadas: Canada Upper and Canada Lesser. The two were united as a British colony called the Province of Canada in 1841, and the name Canada was legally adopted for the country on July 1, 1867.
An alternative suggested name for the country was “Tuponia”, which stood for “The United Provinces of North America”. Other suggested names were Colonia, Cabotia and Mesopelagia.
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