Useful Material for Translators

The following lists, taken from the publication Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and French, provide you with a quick reference for some categories of such names: (Download full version here [PDF, 4.3 Mb, viewer]).

The following lists, taken from the publication Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and French, provide you with a quick reference for some categories of such names: (Download full version here [PDF, 4.3 Mb, viewer]).

• Pan-Canadian names: 81 large and well-known Canadian features and areas designated in Treasury Board Circular 1983-58 (e.g., Lake Winnipeg / Lac Winnipeg);
• Dual names:
  
  1. for Canadian federal lands (e.g. names of National Parks, Indian Reserves and Military Areas);
  2. for some places approved in both languages within one province (e.g., Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, New Brunswick);
  3. names of features shared by more than one province.
• Abbreviations and symbols for the names of the provinces and territories
• Names of sovereign states:
  • guidelines for the official Canadian use of names of sovereign states
  • list of English and French names of sovereign states [PDF, 52.4 kb, viewer]

  Also available: Additions [PDF, 581.2 kb, viewer] to the Glossary of Generic Terms in Canada's Geographical Names, 1987 (TB 176)

• The Bilingual Glossary of Ontario's Names can be purchased from:
  
  Ministry of Natural Resources
  
  Natural Resource Information Centre
  
  300 Water Street, 1st Floor
  
  Box 7000
  
  Peterborough ON K9J 8M5
  or
  
  Ministry of Natural Resources
  
  Natural Resource Information Centre
  
  Room M1-73, MacDonald Block
  
  900 Bay Street
  
  Toronto ON M7A 2C1