Viceregal eponyms in Canada
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In Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country
Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...

, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country.

Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....

 (1627–1635)

  • Lake Champlain
    Lake Champlain
    Lake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...

  • Champlain Sea
    Champlain Sea
    The Champlain Sea was a temporary inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, a paratropical subsea or epeiric sea created by the retreating glaciers during the close of the last ice age...

  • Champlain Mountain in Acadia National Park
    Acadia National Park
    Acadia National Park is a National Park located in the U.S. state of Maine. It reserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast...

    , first sighted by de Champlain in 1604
  • Champlain, Ontario
    Champlain, Ontario
    Champlain is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River.-Communities:The township comprises the communities of Aberdeen, Cassburn, Green Lane, Happy Hollow, Henrys Corners, L'Ange-Gardien, L'Orignal, Pleasant Corners, Ritchance, Riviera...

    , a township
  • Champlain, Quebec
    Champlain, Quebec
    Champlain is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1566 * Population in 2001: 1623* Population in 1996: 1608...

    , a municipality
  • Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
    Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
    Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park is a provincial park spanning both sides of the Mattawa River. It has an area of 25.5 km² and is about 14 km west of Mattawa, Ontario, Canada...

    , near Mattawa, Ontario
    Mattawa, Ontario
    Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in Ojibwa...

  • Champlain Bridge, Montreal and Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)
    Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)
    The Champlain Bridge crosses the Ottawa River about west of Parliament Hill, joining the communities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. It is the westernmost link between the two cities....

  • the Château Champlain, a Montreal hotel

The Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...

 (1672–1682, 1689–1698)

  • Fort Frontenac
    Fort Frontenac
    Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario , in a location traditionally known as Cataraqui...

    , Kingston, Ontario
  • Frontenac County, Ontario
    Frontenac County, Ontario
    Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The City of Kingston is included in the census division, but is politically separated from the County of Frontenac. It has a land...

     and its townships
  • the Kingston Frontenacs
    Kingston Frontenacs
    The Kingston Frontenacs are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team is coached by Todd Gill and Doug Gilmour is the General Manager. The Frontenacs play home games at the K-Rock Centre, which opened in 2008.Team history predates the OHA,...

    , a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
    Ontario Hockey League
    The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

    , in turn named for an Eastern Professional Hockey League team
    Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL)
    The Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League were a minor league professional ice hockey team affiliated with the NHL's Boston Bruins....

     before them
  • Chateau Frontenac
    Château Frontenac
    The Château Frontenac, currently known as Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1980...

    , Quebec, Quebec
  • Frontenac (Montreal Metro)
    Frontenac (Montreal Metro)
    Frontenac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Overview :...

  • Rue Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec

The Marquis de Vaudreuil
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil was a French politician, who was Governor-general of New France from 1703 to 1725....

 (1703–1725) or The Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal
Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal
Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal was a Canadian-born French colonial governor in North America...

 (1755–1760)

  • Vaudreuil-Dorion, a suburb of Montreal
  • Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec
    Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec
    Terrasse-Vaudreuil is a small municipality on Île Perrot, just west of Montreal Island in Quebec, Canada. Attractions nearby include the Faubourg de l'Ile, the Terrasse-Vaudreuil baseball field, the soccer field, the municipal pool and POLYMOS, a styrofoam company that operates out of an area where...

    , also near Montreal

The Marquis de Beauharnois
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois was a French Naval officer who served as Governor of New France from 1726 to 1746.Charles had two brothers who also impacted the history of New France...

 (1725–1747)

  • Beauharnois, Quebec
    Beauharnois, Quebec
    Beauharnois is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada and is part of Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 11,918...

  • Beauharnois Canal
    Beauharnois Canal
    The Beauharnois Canal is a Canadian canal located in southwestern Quebec. The canal is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.Located in Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality within the cities of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, and Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka,...

     in Quebec, part of the St. Lawrence Seaway

The Marquis de la Jonquière
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière was a French admiral and Governor General of New France from March 1, 1746 until his death in 1752.De la Jonquière was born near Albi...

 (1749–1752)

  • Jonquière, Quebec
  • Fort La Jonquière, Saskatchewan

Sir Jeffery Amherst (1760–1763)

  • Amherstburg, Ontario
    Amherstburg, Ontario
    Amherstburg is a Canadian town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario. It is approximately south of the U.S...

    • General Amherst High School
  • Amherst, Nova Scotia
    Amherst, Nova Scotia
    Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New...

  • Amherst Island
    Amherst Island
    Amherst Island is one of the Thousand Islands in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. The island is approximately 70 km² in size, measuring 16.5 km long and 7 km at its widest. It is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addington County. The two main communities on the island are...

    , Ontario
  • Amherst Island (Nunavut)
    Amherst Island (Nunavut)
    Amherst Island is one of several uninhabited, irregularly shaped islands located in the Fury and Hecla Strait of Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is north of Grinnell Lake on the mainland's Melville Peninsula, and south of Baffin Island....

  • Rue Amherst, Montreal, Quebec

Sir Guy Carleton
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...

, later The Lord Dorchester (1768–1778, 1786–1796)

  • HMCS Carleton
    HMCS Carleton
    HMCS Carleton is a unit of the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve based in Ottawa, Ontario, with approximately 230 sailors who are part time, full time and work with the Chief of Maritime Staff.-History:...

    , a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve unit
  • Carleton University
    Carleton University
    Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

  • Dorchester Square
    Dorchester Square
    Dorchester Square is a large urban square in downtown Montreal. Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m2 or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe to the east and Dominion Square to...

     in Montreal was so named when Dorchester Boulevard was renamed Boulevard René-Lévesque
    René Lévesque Boulevard
    René Lévesque Boulevard is one of the main streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is a main east-west thoroughfare passing through the downtown core in the borough of Ville-Marie. The street begins on the west at Atwater Avenue and continues until it merges with Notre Dame Street East just east...

  • Carleton County, New Brunswick
    Carleton County, New Brunswick
    Carleton County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.The county is located in western New Brunswick, it borders on the west, the State of Maine; on the south, York County; on the north, Victoria County and is bisected by the Saint John River. Potato farming is a major industry...

  • Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
    Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
    Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County was divided in 1836.In 1840, the Township of St. Mary's, in Guysborough...

  • Dorchester, Ontario
    Dorchester, Ontario
    Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the municipality of Thames Centre, located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, a few kilometers directly east from the city of London. According to the Canada 2006 Census, the town has a population of 9,329....

  • Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School
    Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School
    Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School is a high school in Ottawa, Canada. It specializes in Adaptive Education, with programs modified to suit individual abilities...

    , Ottawa

Sir Frederick Haldimand
Frederick Haldimand
Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War...

 (1778–1786)

  • Haldimand County
    Haldimand County
    Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Municipal offices are located in Cayuga....

    , Ontario

Robert Prescott
Robert Prescott
General Robert Prescott was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He enlisted in the British Army in 1745 and served during the Seven Years' War...

 (1796–1799)

  • Prescott, Ontario
    Prescott, Ontario
    Prescott is a town of approximately 4,180 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, 5 km east of Prescott in Johnstown, connects it with Ogdensburg, New York...

  • Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario
    Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario
    The United Counties of Prescott and Russell are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2006, the population is 80,184. Its county seat is L'Orignal, Ontario. It was created as a result of a merger between Russell County and Prescott County in 1820...


Sir George Prévost
George Prevost
Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...

 (1812–1815)

  • HMS Wolfe was called HMS Sir George Prevost before its launch in 1813

Sir Gordon Drummond
Gordon Drummond
Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB was the first Canadian-born officer to command the military and the civil government of Canada...

 (1813–1814)

  • Drummondville, Quebec
  • Drummond/North Elmsley, Ontario
    Drummond/North Elmsley, Ontario
    Drummond/North Elmsley is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Lanark. It is situated on the north shore of the Rideau River between the town of Perth and the town of Smiths Falls. The township covers 364.78 km²...

  • Drummond, New Brunswick
    Drummond, New Brunswick
    Drummond is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick. Its population as of the Canada 2006 Census is 839, with roughly 95% of its residents being FrancophoneIt is located in rolling farmland approximately 5 kilometres southeast of Grand Falls...


Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
John Coape Sherbrooke
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean , and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811.His active defense of the colony during the War of 1812...

 (1816–1818)

  • Sherbrooke, Quebec
  • Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
    Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
    Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.Sherbrooke is nestled between Sherbrooke Lake and St. Mary's River...

  • Sherbrooke Street
    Sherbrooke Street
    Sherbrooke Street is a major east-west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles, intersecting Gouin Boulevard and joining up with Notre-Dame...

    , Montreal
  • Sir John Sherbrooke (Halifax) and Sir John Sherbrooke (Saint John)
    Sir John Sherbrooke (Saint John)
    The Sir John Sherbooke of Saint John, New Brunswick was a letter of marque brig named after Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor of Nova Scotia. Though technically a privateer, she was actually an armed merchantman. She was commissioned on 27 November 1812 and carried ten guns and a crew of 30 men...

    , letter of marque privateer brigs in the War of 1812

The Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox KG, PC was a British soldier and politician and Governor General of British North America.-Background:...

 (1818–1819)

  • Lennoxville, Quebec
    Lennoxville, Quebec
    Lennoxville is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometers south of downtown Sherbrooke....

  • Richmond, Ontario
    Richmond, Ontario
    Richmond is a Canadian village. Founded in 1818, it spans the Jock River, a tributary of the Rideau River. Like many communities in eastern Ontario, Richmond houses several unique populations. Some residents have historic and economic roots in the immediate area. Richmond operates as a small core...

  • Richmond, Quebec
    Richmond, Quebec
    Richmond, population 3,336 , is a town nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Drummondville, in the heart of Estrie in Quebec, Canada.-Richmond today:...

  • Richmond County, Nova Scotia
    Richmond County, Nova Scotia
    Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Named in honour of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who was Governor General of British North America 1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835....

  • Richmond Hill, Ontario
    Richmond Hill, Ontario
    Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...


The Earl of Dalhousie
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB , styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator...

 (1820–1828)

  • Dalhousie University
    Dalhousie University
    Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

  • Dalhousie, New Brunswick
    Dalhousie, New Brunswick
    Dalhousie is a Canadian town located in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.- History :Dalhousie is the shire town of Restigouche County and dates European settlement to 1800. The Town of Dalhousie has been through some very distinct periods between its founding in 1825 and today...

  • Port Dalhousie, Ontario
    Port Dalhousie, Ontario
    Port Dalhousie is a community in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its waterfront appeal. It is also home to the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and is historically significant as the terminus for the first three routes of the Welland Canal.The city's most popular beach, on the...


Sir James Kempt
James Kempt
General Sir James Kempt, GCB was a British Army officer, who served in Holland, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars...

 (1828–1830)

  • Kemptville, Ontario
    Kemptville, Ontario
    Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Southern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville...

  • Kemptville, Nova Scotia
    Kemptville, Nova Scotia
    Kemptville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Yarmouth Municipal District and Yarmouth County. It was home of local celebrity Tyler Messervey. It is located approximately 38 kilometers northeast of the town of Yarmouth....


The Lord Aylmer
Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer
‎Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer was a British military officer and colonial administrator.- Napoleonic Wars :...

 (1830–1835)

  • Aylmer, Quebec
    Aylmer, Quebec
    Aylmer is a former city in Quebec, Canada. It became a sector of the City of Gatineau on January 1, 2002. Located on the Ottawa River and Route 148 it is a part of the National Capital Region. The population in 2006 was 41 882 — approx. 16% of Gatineau...

  • Aylmer, Ontario
    Aylmer, Ontario
    Aylmer is a town in Elgin County in southern Ontario, Canada, just north of Lake Erie, on Catfish Creek. It is 20 km south of Highway 401...


Sir John Colborne
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:...

 (1837–1838)

  • Port Colborne, Ontario

The Lord Sydenham
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC was a British politician and the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.-Background:...

 (1839–1841)

  • Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario
    Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario
    For other places called Sydenham, see Sydenham .Sydenham, named after Lord Sydenham, is a community in Frontenac County, located in the municipality of South Frontenac...

  • Sydenham, Grey County, Ontario
    Sydenham, Grey County, Ontario
    For other uses called Sydenham, see Sydenham .Sydenham is a community in Ontario....

  • Sydenham River
    Sydenham River
    The Sydenham River is a river in Kent County, Lambton County and Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, flowing southwest from its source west of London, Ontario and emptying into Lake Saint Clair. The length of the river is and it drains a watershed of approximately 2,700 square...

    , empties into Lake Saint Clair, Ontario
  • Sydenham River (Lake Huron), empties into Georgian Bay, Ontario

Sir Charles Metcalfe
Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe, Bt, KCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt between 1822 and 1845, was a British colonial administrator...

 (1843–1845)

  • Metcalfe, Ontario
    Metcalfe, Ontario
    Metcalfe is a large village in the Osgoode Ward of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The local agricultural fair, the Metcalfe Fair, has been held each fall since 1856....

  • Metcalfe Street (Montreal)
    Metcalfe Street (Montreal)
    Metcalfe Street is a north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Sherbrooke Street in the north and René Lévesque Boulevard in the south...

  • Metcalfe Street (Ottawa)

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Sir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...

 (1847–1854)

  • Kincardine, Ontario
    Kincardine, Ontario
    The Municipality of Kincardine is located on the shores of Lake Huron in the County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 12,000, and covers an area of 580 square kilometres...

  • Port Elgin, Ontario
    Port Elgin, Ontario
    Port Elgin is a community in the Ontario municipality of Saugeen Shores. Close to MacGregor Point Provincial Park in Bruce County, the community has several beaches on Lake Huron....

  • Bruce Mines, Ontario
    Bruce Mines, Ontario
    Bruce Mines is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District along Highway 17. The town of Bruce Mines has a population of 584 residents. The current mayor of Bruce Mines is Gordon Post.- History :...

  • Bruce County, Ontario
    Bruce County, Ontario
    Bruce County is a county in western Ontario, Canada, and includes the Bruce Peninsula. As of 2006, the population was 65,349. The area was . The county seat is Walkerton, Ontario. It is located at ....

  • Elgin County, Ontario
    Elgin County, Ontario
    Elgin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario with a current population of approximately 46,000. The county seat is St. Thomas.It consists of:*Town of Aylmer*Municipality of Bayham*Municipality of Central Elgin...

  • Elgin, New Brunswick
    Elgin, New Brunswick
    Elgin is a Canadian rural community in Albert County, New Brunswick.It is situated in the western part of the county, approximately 14 kilometres south of Petitcodiac on Highway 905....


Sir Edmund Walker Head (1854–1861)

  • Edmundston, New Brunswick

The Viscount Monck (1867–1869)

  • Monck, a town in Wellington North, Ontario
    Wellington North, Ontario
    Wellington North is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Wellington County.-Communities:The primary communities in Wellington North are the village of Arthur and the town of Mount Forest....

  • Monck Road, a series of settlement roads in Northeastern Ontario

The Lord Lisgar
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...

 (1869–1872)

  • Lisgar Collegiate Institute
    Lisgar Collegiate Institute
    Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill...

    , a public secondary school in Ottawa
  • Lisgar GO Station, a GO Transit stop in Mississauga, Ontario, and the surrounding community of Lisgar
  • Lisgar Middle School
    Lisgar Middle School
    Lisgar Middle School is a part of the Peel District School Board in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Lisgar Middle School was opened on June 1, 1996...

     in Mississauga, Ontario

The Earl of Dufferin
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society...

 (1872–1878)

  • Dufferin Street
    Dufferin Street
    Dufferin Street is a major north-south street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, two concessions west of Yonge Street. The street starts at the foot of Lake Ontario, continues north to Toronto's northern boundary with some discontinuities and continues into York Region where it...

    , a major road in Toronto
  • Dufferin County, Ontario
    Dufferin County, Ontario
    Dufferin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Orangeville, and the current Warden is Deputy Mayor Warren Maycock of the Town of Orangeville, Ontario. The Current Chief Administrative Officer is Linda J. Dean...

  • Dufferin Roblin
    Dufferin Roblin
    Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, PC, CC, OM was a Canadian businessman and politician. Known as "Duff," he served as the 14th Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney, he served as...

    , premier of Manitoba 1958 to 1967, was named after the electoral district where his grandfather Rodmond Palen Roblin
    Rodmond Palen Roblin
    Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, KCMG was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada .Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West . The Roblin family were descended from Dutch American Loyalist farmers Philip and Elizabeth Roblin from Smith's Cove in Orange...

    , also provincial premier, served.
  • Dufferin, Kamloops
    Dufferin, Kamloops
    Dufferin is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Originally its own municipality, created in 1971, it was amalgamated with the City of Kamloops in 1973.-References:...

    , British Columbia
  • Countess of Dufferin
    Countess of Dufferin
    The Countess of Dufferin was the first steam locomotive to operate in the Canadian prairie provinces and is named after Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Countess of Dufferin , the wife of the Earl of Dufferin, a Governor General of Canada. The locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works...

    , the first steam locomotive to operate in the prairies, named for Lord Dufferin's wife Hariot, Countess of Dufferin
    Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
    Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava VA CI DBE was a British peeress, known for her success in the role of "diplomatic wife", and for leading an initiative to improve medical care for women in British India.-Biography:Born Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton, she...

  • Terrasse Dufferin, Quebec, located in Old Quebec
    Old Quebec
    Old Quebec is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, the capital of the province of Quebec in Canada. Comprising the Upper Town and Lower Town , the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

    , next to the walls of the Fortress and the Chateau Frontenac
    Château Frontenac
    The Château Frontenac, currently known as Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1980...


Marquess of Lorne
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC , usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883...

 (1878–1883)

  • Lorne, Manitoba
    Lorne, Manitoba
    Lorne is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered village of Somerset is enclaved within the municipality, while the village of Notre Dame de Lourdes lies between it and the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk.-External links:*...

  • Lorne, New Brunswick
    Lorne, New Brunswick
    Lorne is an unincorporated Canadian community in Durham Parish, Restigouche County, New Brunswick.Lorne is named for the Marquis of Lorne, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll....

  • Lorne Park, Ontario
  • Mount Lorne, Yukon
    Mount Lorne, Yukon
    Mount Lorne is an unincorporated hamlet in Canada's Yukon. Population in 2001 according to the Census was 379. It is located just south of Whitehorse, comprising rural residential areas along the South Klondike Highway, the Annie Lake Road and connecting sideroads. It is part of the Whitehorse...

  • The given name Lorne
    Lorne
    Lorne is a given name and place name especially popular in Canada, due to the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor-General of Canada . Lorne may refer to:-Given name:*Lorne Anderson , Canadian hockey player...

     is more common in Canada than in any other part of the world.
  • For eponyms of Lord Lorne's wife Princess Louise
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    The Princess Louise was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort.Louise's early life was spent moving between the various royal residences in the...

    , see Royal eponyms in Canada

The Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...

 (1883–1888)

  • Lansdowne Avenue
    Lansdowne Avenue
    Lansdowne Avenue is an arterial road in Toronto, Ontario. It runs north-south and starts at Queen Street West and proceeds north to St. Clair Avenue West. Lansdowne Avenue is primarily a four-lane arterial road, with two lanes regularly used for motor vehicle parking.-Character:Lansdowne Avenue...

    , Toronto
  • Lansdowne Park
    Lansdowne Park
    Lansdowne Park is a historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located along Bank Street and is adjacent to the Rideau Canal, in central Ottawa...

    , Ottawa
  • Lansdowne, Edmonton
    Lansdowne, Edmonton
    Lansdowne is a neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the Whitemud Creek Ravine. The neighbourhood description in the on the City of Edmonton website describes Lansdowne as a neighbourhood with "a quiet pastoral atmosphere and the opportunity to view the rural,...

  • Lansdowne Centre, a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia
  • Lansdowne Public School, Sudbury, Ontario

The Lord Stanley of Preston
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General...

 (1888–1893)

  • the Stanley Cup
    Stanley Cup
    The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

    , a trophy presented to the winning team of the National Hockey League annually
  • Stanley, New Brunswick
    Stanley, New Brunswick
    Stanley is a village in York County, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.Straddling the Nashwaak River 30 km north of Fredericton, the village is home to the annual Stanley Fair, the longest continuously running agricultural fair in Canada...

  • Stanley, Nova Scotia
    Stanley, Nova Scotia
    Stanley is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Hants County, located in the Municipal District of East Hants. Stanley is most renoun for being the birth place of the acclaimed Canadian poet Alden Nowlan.- History :...

  • Stanley Park
    Stanley Park
    Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada....

    , Vancouver

The Earl of Aberdeen
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician...

 (1893–1898)

  • Aberdeen Pavilion
    Aberdeen Pavilion
    The Aberdeen Pavilion is an exhibition hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Overlooking the Rideau Canal, it is located in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa's historic fairgrounds...

    , an exhibition hall in Ottawa
  • Aberdeen, Kamloops
  • Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick
  • Aberdeen, Saskatchewan
    Aberdeen, Saskatchewan
    -Aberdeen Rec Complex:The Aberdeen Rec Complex is located in the town and consists of a Library, meeting room, ice rink, curling rink, bowling alley, dance studio, music room and meeting rooms.-Water supply:...


The Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 17th.-Early life and career:Minto was born in London, the...

 (1898–1904)

  • the Minto Cup
    Minto Cup
    The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team of Canada.It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto, and from 1901 until 1909 awarded to the senior men's champion of Canada...

    , a trophy presented annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team in Canada
  • Minto Skating Club, Ottawa
  • Minto Street, Vancouver
  • Minto City, British Columbia
    Minto City, British Columbia
    Minto City, often called just Minto, sometimes Minto Mines or Minto Mine, was a gold mining town in the Bridge River Valley of British Columbia from 1930 to 1936, located at the confluence of that river with Gun Creek, one of its larger tributaries...

  • Mount Minto
    Mount Minto
    Mount Minto is a mountain in the Atlin Country of far northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located north of the town of Atlin. It lies on the western side of the northeast arm of Atlin Lake...

    , British Columbia
  • Minto, New Brunswick
    Minto, New Brunswick
    Minto is a Canadian village straddling the border of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick. Located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton, its population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the...

  • Minto, Ontario
    Minto, Ontario
    Minto is a town in midwestern Ontario, Canada, on the Maitland River in Wellington County. Minto is the eastern terminus of Highway 9. It is named for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto; 8th Governor General of Canada....

  • Minto, Manitoba
    Minto, Manitoba
    The Rural Municipality of Minto is located north of Brandon, Manitoba and was named after Sir Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto in 1902.The R.M. is in area and primarily agricultural as its economic base. Minnedosa...

  • Lady Minto Hospital
    Lady Minto Hospital
    Lady Minto Hospital is an acute care facility in Cochrane, Ontario and part of the MIC's Group of Health Services in Northern Ontario.Founded in 1911, the hospital building was built in 1915 and opened in 1916. The hospital is named for Mary Caroline Grey, wife of Lord Minto Lady Minto Hospital is...

     in Cochrane, Ontario is named for Lord Minto's wife Mary, Countess of Minto

The Earl of Grey
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since Canadian Confederation....

 (1904–1911)

  • the Grey Cup
    Grey Cup
    The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

    , a trophy presented annually to the champion of the Canadian Football League
  • Earl Grey, Saskatchewan
    Earl Grey, Saskatchewan
    -External links:* * *...

  • Grey River, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Grey River, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Grey River is a small remote fishing community located on the south coast of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-See also:* List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...


HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...

 (1911–1916)

see Royal eponyms in Canada

The Duke of Devonshire
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire , known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 11th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1916–1921)

  • Devonshire Cup, a trophy presented to the champion of the Canadian Senior Golf Association

The Lord Byng of Vimy
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1921–1926)

  • Camp Byng, a camping facility in Roberts Creek, British Columbia
  • Lord Byng Elementary School
    Lord Byng Elementary School
    Lord Byng Elementary School in the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond, British Columbia, is an elementary school named after The Lord Byng of Vimy, the Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926....

    , Richmond, British Columbia
  • Lord Byng Secondary School
    Lord Byng Secondary School
    Lord Byng Secondary School is a grade 8-12 school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

    , Vancouver
  • General Byng School
    General Byng School
    General Byng School is a Kindergarten-Grade 9 school located in the south end of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is in the Pembina Trails School Division.The school is named after Julian Byng, former Governor General of Canada....

    , Winnipeg
  • Baron Byng High School
    Baron Byng High School
    Baron Byng High School was located at 4251 St. Urbain Street, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was named after the Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, the Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926. Byng was a World War I hero at the battle of Vimy Ridge, an important battle...

    , Montreal
  • the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
    Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
    The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability"...

    , presented annually to the most sportsmanlike NHL player, was donated by Lord Byng's wife Evelyn, Lady Byng of Vimy

The Viscount Willingdon
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...

 (1926–1931)

  • the Willingdon Cup
    Willingdon Cup
    The Willingdon Cup is an annual amateur golf team competition among Canada's provinces.-History:The Governor General of Canada, Lord Willingdon, donated the cup to Golf Canada in 1927, for annual rivalry among men's amateur teams from the provinces of Canada...

    , presented annually to the champion of the Royal Canadian Golf Association
  • Willingdon, Alberta
    Willingdon, Alberta
    Willingdon is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Two Hills County, 117 km northeast of the city of Edmonton.- Demographics :...

  • Willingdon Heights
    Willingdon Heights
    Willingdon Heights is a neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is named after a major Burnaby thoroughfare Willingdon Avenue connecting North Burnaby with Kingsway and the Metrotown area in the south.-Location:...

    , Burnaby, Vancouver
  • Willingdon Secondary School
    Willingdon Secondary School
    Willingdon Secondary School is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia part of School District 41 Burnaby....

    , Burnaby

The Earl of Bessborough
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
Captain Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough was a British businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 14th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1931–1935)

  • Bessborough School
    Bessborough School
    Bessborough School, more commonly referred to as Bessborough, is a combined elementary-middle school in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located in Moncton's New West End.-Clubs and activities:...

    , Moncton, New Brunswick
  • Bessborough Armoury
    Bessborough Armoury
    Bessborough Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 2025 West 11th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia.- History :Construction of the armoury began in September 1932 and was completed in the following spring. The architect was Richard T. Perry, who was also the Commanding Officer of the...

    , a Canadian Forces armoury in Vancouver
  • Delta Bessborough, a hotel in Saskatoon

The Lord Tweedsmuir
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1935–1940)

  • Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
    Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
    Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Formerly part of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park it was formed from the southern portion of that park, the northern portion being redesignated Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area in order to allow...

     and Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area
    Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area
    Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Formerly part of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, one of the earliest large parks established in the provincial parks system, it was redesignated a park and protected area as the latter classification...

    , British Columbia
  • Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
    Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
    Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. In September 1993, staff and students from Cloverdale Junior Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir Senior Secondary joined together to form Lord Tweedsmuir...

    , Surrey, British Columbia
  • Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
    Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
    Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is a private school in Okotoks, Alberta, just outside of Calgary. It has students in grades 1 to 12. Its grade 12 provincial exam scores are consistently some of the most highly ranked in the province, along with Old Scona of Edmonton. Strathcona-Tweedsmuir also...

    , Okotoks, Alberta

The Earl of Athlone
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...

 (1940–1946)

  • Athlone, Edmonton
    Athlone, Edmonton
    Athlone is a residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood is named for the Earl of Athlone, Canada's Governor-General from 1940-46...


The Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian...

 (1946–1952)

  • Viscount Alexander Park
    Viscount Alexander Park
    Viscount Alexander Park is a neighbourhood in the northeastern corner of Ottawa, Canada. At its maximum extent, the neighbourhood has a population of 5,686 according to the Canada 2006 Census....

    , a neighbourhood in Ottawa

Vincent Massey
Vincent Massey
Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1952–1959)

  • Vincent Massey Park
    Vincent Massey Park
    Vincent Massey Park is an urban park along the Rideau River in the Confederation Heights neigbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, accessible via Heron Road. It is extensively used in the summer for family and group picnics....

    , Ottawa
  • Massey Place, Saskatoon
    Massey Place, Saskatoon
    Massey Place, is a geographically localised subdivision of the Confederation Suburban Development Area in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan which is nestled around Archibald McDonald Park. Mcdonald Park is centrally located along the northern perimeter of 33rd Street East...

  • Institut collegial Vincent Massey Collegiate, Winnipeg
  • Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute
    Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute
    Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute was a high school located at 105 Eringate Drive in Etobicoke from 1961-1985.During its existence, it produced two Reach for the Top National Championship teams in 1966 and 1978, and was the only high school in Canada to accomplish this during the original 20 year...

    , Etobicoke
  • Vincent Massey Public School
    Vincent Massey Public School (Ottawa)
    The Vincent Massey Public SchoolPrincipalDenis DelormeVice principalFay WooleySchool typePublicReligious affiliationNoneFounded1958LocationOttawa, OntarioEnrollment600-650Faculty39 Campus surroundings...

    , Ottawa
  • Massey College
    Massey College
    Massey College is a postgraduate residential college at the University of Toronto, established in 1963 with an endowment by the Massey Foundation. Similar to All Souls College, Oxford, members of Massey College are nominated from the university community, and are elected by and as fellows of the...

    , University of Toronto
  • Vincent Massey Secondary School
    Vincent Massey Secondary School
    Hon. Vincent Massey Secondary School, commonly known simply as Massey, is a public high school located in the South Windsor neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Greater Essex County District School Board, one of the four school boards in...

    , Windsor, Ontario
  • Vincent Massey Memorial Center Ice Skating Rink, Bewdley, Ontario
  • the Massey Lectures
    Massey Lectures
    The Massey Lectures are an annual week-long series of lectures on a political, cultural or philosophical topic given in Canada by a noted scholar. They were created in 1961 to honour Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada...

    , a prestigious week-long annual event

Georges Vanier
Georges Vanier
Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 19th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1959–1967)

  • the Vanier Cup
    Vanier Cup
    The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is currently played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl...

    , a trophy awarded annually to the university football champion
  • Vanier Park
    Vanier Park
    Vanier Park is a municipal park located in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Vancouver Museum, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the City of Vancouver Archives, and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.-History:...

    , Vancouver
  • Rideau-Vanier Ward
    Rideau-Vanier Ward
    Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward on Regional Council....

    , Ottawa
  • Vanier, Ontario
    Vanier, Ontario
    -External links:**...

    , a former municipality that merged into the city of Ottawa in 2001
  • Georges-Vanier
    Georges-Vanier (Montreal Metro)
    Georges-Vanier is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Little Burgundy area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

    , a station on the Montreal Metro
  • Vanier, Quebec City, a city that merged into Quebec City in 2002
  • Place Vanier
    Place Vanier
    Place Vanier is an office building complex on North River Road in the Vanier section of Ottawa. The Building has three towers, and the major tenant in two of them is the Federal Human Resources and Social Development Canada department.-External links:**...

    , an office-building complex in Ottawa
  • Georges P. Vanier Secondary School
    Georges P. Vanier Secondary School
    Georges P. Vanier Secondary School is a high school in Courtenay, British Columbia, CanadaIts doors opened in January 1968 completing a move of students from the old Courtenay Sr. high school. The school was named after one of Canada's most popular Governors-General. Vanier was built to house a...

    , Courtenay, British Columbia
  • General Vanier Intermediate School
    General Vanier Intermediate School
    General Vanier Intermediate School is a public intermediate school located in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. It shares a building with the catholic high school St. Joe's. After the 2010-2011 school year General Vanier I.S. will be closing...

    , Cornwall, Ontario
  • École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier
    École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier
    École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier is a French first language high school located in the Westdale Village district in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It serves the french language population of...

    , Hamilton, Ontario
  • Georges Vanier Catholic School
    Georges Vanier Catholic School
    Georges Vanier Catholic School is a Canadian elementary school in the community of Beaverbrook, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 40 Varley Drive. It has classes from junior kindergarten to grade 6. The school is in the Zone 2 school board district of the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board...

    , Kanata, Ontario
  • Georges Vanier Secondary School
    Georges Vanier Secondary School
    Georges Vanier Secondary School is a public high school located in Toronto, Ontario.The school was selected by the Canadian Education Association as one of 21 exemplary schools across Canada. There are many specialized courses offered in the school...

    , Toronto
  • École secondaire Georges-Vanier
    École secondaire Georges-Vanier
    École Secondaire Georges-Vanier is a public high school located in Laval, Quebec. It is named for Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier.-Special programs:...

    , Laval, Quebec
  • Vanier College
    Vanier College
    Vanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system...

    , Montreal
  • Georges Vanier Scholarship

Roland Michener
Roland Michener
Daniel Roland Michener , commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1967–1974)

  • the Michener Award
    Michener Award
    The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism. The award was founded in 1970 by Roland Michener, who was Governor General of Canada at the time, and his wife Norah...

    , an annual journalism award
  • The Michener Institute
    The Michener Institute
    The Michener Institute, more formally The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, is a post-secondary institution in Toronto, Ontario, that educates applied health science professionals.-History:...

    , a health sciences college in Toronto
  • Mount Michener
    Mount Michener
    Mount Michener, with a peak, is a mountain on the eastern border of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. It forms the northerly part of the Ram Range....

    , Alberta
  • Roland Michener Secondary School
    Roland Michener Secondary School
    Roland Michener Secondary School is an English and French Immersion public high school in South Porcupine, Ontario. It is a small school with an average enrollment of 350-500, and is part of the District School Board Ontario North East...

    , South Porcupine, Ontario

Jules Léger
Jules Léger
Jules Léger was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 21st since Canadian Confederation....

 (1974–1979)

  • the Jules and Gabrielle Léger Fellowship, after Léger and his wife Gabrielle
    Gabrielle Léger
    Gabrielle Léger, CC was the wife of the 21st Governor General of Canada Jules Léger and was the Viceregal consort of Canada....


Jeanne Sauvé
Jeanne Sauvé
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....

 (1984–1990)

  • Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, Winnipeg
    Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, Winnipeg
    Collège Jeanne-Sauvé or CJS was the first French immersion high school in Western Canada, named in honour of former governor-general of Canada, Jeanne Sauvé. It is situated in the southern St. Vital area of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is part of the Louis-Riel school division...

  • the Sauvé Foundation
    Sauvé Foundation
    The Jeanne Sauvé Foundation was established by the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, the first female governor-general of Canada, to implement its mission "to develop the leadership potential of promising youth from around the world"...

    , a charity dedicated to youth leadership

Ray Hnatyshyn
Ray Hnatyshyn
Ramon John Hnatyshyn , commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1990–1995)

  • the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of the Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival
    Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival
    The Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival or Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival takes place every June on the waters and shoreside of False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia...


Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation....

 (1999–2005)

  • the Clarkson Cup
    Clarkson Cup
    The Clarkson Cup is an ice hockey trophy, which since 2009 has been awarded to the winner of the Canadian Women's Hockey Championship. Like the Stanley Cup, it was created by and named after a former Governor General of Canada: Adrienne Clarkson....

    , a trophy awarded to the champion of the National Canadian Women's Hockey Championship
  • Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School
    Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School
    Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School is located in Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a JK–6 English and French immersion school. The school belongs to the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. It was named after Adrienne Clarkson, a former Governor General of Canada...

    , Nepean, Ottawa

Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....

 (2005–2010)

  • Michaëlle Jean Public School, Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • the Michaëlle Jean tulip, a cultivar
    Cultivar
    A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

     designed to Jean's specific tastes, presented to her in 2010 by Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
    Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
    Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands...


David Johnston
David Johnston
David Lloyd Johnston is a Canadian academic, author and statesman who is the current Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation....

 (2010–present)

  • David Johnston International Experience Awards
  • David Johnston Research and Technology Park, Waterloo, Ontario

See also

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