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Canada's Evolving Geographical Names

This dataset is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada, illustrating a curated selection of official geographical names in Canada that have changed over time. The selection comes from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, displaying additional information including the previous name(s) of each feature, the year and the reason why the names changed along with a short history of each name change.

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Date Created

2025-06-23

Date Published

2025-08-01

Temporal Coverage

1897-01-01 - 2025-06-30

Access in last 30 days

154

All time access

3,054

Source(s) and Citation

Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector/Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery. (2025-08-01). Canada's Evolving Geographical Names.

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