Trivia: Name the largest cities in each Canadian province.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Yeah, I know the Canadians can do it easily, let's see what the USians can manage.

[HEyHEY]

1. I know I'm Canadian, but this looked fun

BC - Vancouver
Alberta- Calgary
Saskatchewan - Saskatoon
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Ontario - Toronto
Quebec- Montreal
New Brunswick - St John
PEI - Charlottetown
Nova Scotia - Halifax
Newfoundland - St John's
Nunuvat - Iqaluit
NWT - Yellowknife
Yukon - Whitehorse

[LibLabUK]

2. Interesting names...

Where did the names come from, and what do they mean?

[HEyHEY]

6. Well

Some are native names, others are British discoverer names and some are inuit names. Of course, two are named after Saints.

I believe Montreal came from Mont Royal (Mount Royal) Which is in the area. Whitehorse and yellow knife have cool stories behind them I bet

[Dogmudgeon]

8. PEI

PEI was named PEI because the local beer has a very quick bottle-to-loo time.

They were actually going to call it "PEE" but since the locals were pronouncing it to rhyme with "eh", PEI it was.

And that's the truth.

--bkl

[HEyHEY]

16. HA! Your Mas-uh-chew-sitts ebonics will not help you here

loved that story - good show

[Dogmudgeon]

32. Akshilly, I'm from Fluffya

But yous can sell that PEI thing down here in Fluffya. They'll buy it along wit' their Tastykakes an' hoagies.

--bkl

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Here goes.

Vancouver is of Dutch origin, named for Capt. George Vancouver, RN
Calgary is Gaelic, named after a farm on Mull
Saskatoon is a native name shared with a local berry.
Winnipeg - I have no idea.
Toronto - No idea.
Montreal - Mount Royal
Charlottetown - Queen Charlotte
Halifax - Named for the East Anglian town, possibly because of a connection with the Earl of Halifax (if there in fact, is one)
As to why there are two St Johns, or more correctly one St John's and one Saint John, I don't know.

[LibLabUK]

13. Thanks!

I like learning about this stuff...

[HEyHEY]

17. Probably

Because one was named by the French, and the other the English.

Interestingly, St. John's Newfoundland is the oldest city in North America (I'm told by a newfie so it doens't hold much water)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Big no-no. You abbreviated Saint John.

They hate that, for some reason.

[LibLabUK]

7. Umm..

Is it pronounced "Sin-jin" or "Saint John"?

[HEyHEY]

10. It'd be

Saint Jan - loosely

[HEyHEY]

9. I was never told not to do that in all the time I lived in NB

But now that you mention it I've never seen it not spelled out

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. I'd forgotten you lived out there.

AFAIK, they never, ever abbreviate the name.

[Inland]

3. Yeah, well, sheep can tell sheep apart, too, but here goes.

Ontario--Toronto
Quebec--Montreal
Newf--St John
Nova Scotia--Halifax
BC--Vancouver
PEI--There are no cities
Yukon--Whitehorse
Whatever they call that north part now--Yellowknife
Sasketchewan--Winnipeg
Alberta--Calgary
Eastern slope rocky place, dunno

[HEyHEY]

14. Inland gets credit for being honest and not cheating

But, there is a city in PEI - CHarlottetown. Only about 60,000 but still a city.
Winnipeg is in Manitoba, and you forgot New brunsick (that's okay so do most Canadians)

[terrya]

5. I can name 6 (one is iffy)

British Columbia: Vancouver

Alberta : Calgary

Saskatchewan: Saskatoon (maybe wrong on this..Regina?)

Manitoba: Winnepeg

Ontario: Toronto (that was easy. :-))

Quebec: Montreal

[northzax]

15. wait, you people have cities now?

when did this happen?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

18. Last Tuesday.

We just got the news by pigeon post this morning.

[northzax]

25. well that explains it

I was on vacation and am still working through my pigeon posts. thanks for the heads up, and congratulations, we're really proud of you all.

[felonious thunk]

19. I think Edmonton has a higher population than Calgary

Thought I read that somewhere...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

No, it's Calgary.

The Edmonton region may possibly have a higher population (although I don't think it does), but the City of Calgary is about 45% bigger than the City of Edmonton.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. No, it's Calgary.

The Edmonton region may possibly have a higher population (although I don't think it does), but the City of Calgary is about 45% bigger than the City of Edmonton.

[carolinayellowdog]

21. Didn't look at anyone else's answers...

St. John's, Halifax, Charlottetown, Saint John, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Vancouver, Dawson, Yellowknife, and no clue about the new province-- Inuvik?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. One wrong. Still, damned impressive.

[Lucky Luciano]

22. Off the top of my head:

BC - Vancouver
Alberta - Calgary...if not, then Edmonton
Saskatchewan - Regina
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Ontario - Toronto
Quebec - Montreal
NB - Guesses in order: Fredericton, Moncton, St John
NS - Halifax
Newf - St Johns
PEI - Charlottetown

Edited to add the territories:

Yukon - Whitehorse
What used to be the NWT - Yellowknife for one half and the other one starts with an I and that is all I know.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

24. 2 wrong. Unless your NB list is lowest to highest, then it's one wrong.

[Lucky Luciano]

26. My NB is in the wrong order, so it must be St John,

but I bet the three cities are pretty close!
Which other one is wrong?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

27. Regina.

[Lucky Luciano]

28. Hmmm...

Then the only other city I can think of is Saskatoon.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

30. There you go.

[camero]

29. can't remember em all but I'll try

BC: Vancouver
AB: Calgary
SK: Regina
MB: Winnipeg
YT: Whitehorse
NWT: Yellowknife
Nunavut: Inuvik
ONT: Toronto
QB: Quebec City
NS: Halifax
NB: St. John's
PEI: Charlottetown

Heck, I tried. :shrug:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. Pretty good. Only two wrong.

[Donkeyboy75]

33. I'll give it a shot, but I'm not sure I even

know all the provinces.

Quebec - Montreal
Alberta - Calgary
Northwest Territories - Yellowknife (I think it's the capital, but not sure if it's the largest)
British Columbia - Vancouver
Saskatchewan - Moosejaw
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Ontario - Toronto
Yukon - I have no fucking idea
Newfoundland -
Prince Edward Island - ????
Nova Scotia - Halifax
New Brunswick - No clue

Wow, I'm terrible. Not even sure if I got all the provinces. I'm guessing I got four right.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. You did get all the provinces.

Otherwise 6/10. Respectable.

[Donkeyboy75]

35. What do you call the other three?

Territories?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

36. Leftovers.