List of Scottish place names in Canada

a Provincial Historic Site of Alberta, in the National Historic Site, Stirling Agricultural Village • Airdrie • Alness • Alyth • Ardmore • Ardrossan • Banff - named after town in northeast Scotland • Bankhead (ghost town) • Barrhead • Blairmore • Bon Accord (Bon Accord is the motto of Aberdeen) • Bonnie Doon • Bonnie Lake • Broxburn • Butedale Falls • Caldwell (ghost town) • Calgary - Calgary, Mull • Canmore (named for King Malcolm Canmore) • Carstairs • Chisholm • Clyde • Colinton • Coutts • Craigmillar • Craigmyle • Cromdale • Dalmuir • Dunmore • Dunvegan - named after town on Isle of Skye • Eaglesham • Erskine • Ferintosh • Fort Macleod • Fort McMurray • Gartly • Halkirk (Halkirk) • Hazeldean • Holyrood (Holyrood) • Innisfail • Inverness River • Irvine • Islay • Kilsyth • Kirkcaldy • Kirriemuir • Lenzie • Lomond (Loch Lomond) • Mackenzie County • Mallaig • Mintlaw (ghost town) • Mount Hector (after James Hector) • Mount Lady Macdonald (after wife of John A. Macdonald) • New Stirling (Maybutt) • Pitlochrie • Scotfield • Stirling • Strathcona County • Strathcona ==British Columbia==

• Abbotsford (location of Sir Walter Scott's house). Suburbs include Aberdeen and Glen Mountain. • Balfour (also known as "Balfour Bay") • Butedale (ghost town) • Cameron Bar 13 • Cape Scott Provincial Park • Craigellachie • Coldstream • Cunningham Lake • Davidson, a settlement west of Prince Rupert, British Columbia • Duncan • Dundarave (West Vancouver) • Fintry Delta • Invermere (inbhir + mere) • Logan Lake • Montrose • Mount Brown (named after the Scottish botanist Robert Brown) • Mount Lyell (named by James Hector in 1858 for the Scottish geologist Sir Charles Lyell) • Mount Macdonald (after John A. Macdonald) • Stewart • Yarrow (River in Scottish Borders) ==Manitoba==

• Angusville • Argyle • Carberry (named for Carberry Tower) • East Kildonan • Elgin • Elphinstone • Gretna • MacGregor • North Kildonan • Old Kildonan • Reston • Rossburn • Selkirk and East Selkirk • St Andrews • West Kildonan Rural municipalities: • Argyle • Armstrong • Cameron • Clanwilliam • Glenwood • Grahamdale • Lorne • Macdonald • Minto • Morton • Rossburn • St Andrews • Strathcona • Strathclair • Stuartburn ==New Brunswick==

crossing between Campbellton and Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec Glenlevit Glencoe Dundee • Aberdeen • Atholville (Atholl) • Balmoral • Campbellton • Dalhousie • Drummond • Dumbarton Parish • Dumfries • Dundas Parish • Dundee • Elgin • Lower Kintore and Upper Kintore (Kintore) • Melrose • Minto • New Scotland • Perth-Andover • Port Elgin (Elgin) • Rothesay • St Andrews Caledonia Mountain, New Brunswick ==Newfoundland and Labrador==

• Anderson's Cove • Buchans and Lake Buchans • Campbell's Creek • Campbellton • Hamilton River • Highlands • Holyrood (Holyrood is the site of the current Scottish Parliament) • Iona • Loch Leven • Loch Lomond • Lomond • McKay's • Melrose • St. Andrew's ==Northwest Territories==

The Northwest Territories also contain three places with Scottish surnames: Fort Simpson, Fort McPherson and Rae (Although now collectively known with Edzo as Behchoko). • Cameron River Volcanic Belt • District of Mackenzie • Ferguson Lake (Kitikmeot Region) • Finlayson Islands • Fort McPherson (Murdoch McPherson) • Fort Simpson (George Simpson) • Mackenzie Highway • Mackenzie Mountains and Mackenzie River • Macmillan Pass • Melville Island (named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville) ==Nova Scotia==

of Nova Scotia "Nova Scotia" is Latin for New Scotland. Nova Scotia's Gaelic name is Alba Nuadh, which also literally means "New Scotland". • Aberdeen • Argyle • Arisaig • Ben Eoin (from the Scottish Gaelic for "mountain of the birds") • Beinn Bhreagh • Beinn Scalpie • Berwick • Boisdale • Broughton (ghost town) • Caledonia • Campbell • Clydesdale • Dundee • Dunvegan • Glencoe • Glendale • Granton • Inverness • Inverness County • Iona • Knoydart • Lismore • Lochaber • Loch Broom • Morar • Loch Lomond • New Edinburgh • New Gairlock • New Glasgow • New Ross • Portree • Scotch Village • Tantallon and Upper Tantallon ==Nunavut==

• Baillie-Hamilton Island • Cameron Island • Clyde Inlet and Clyde River • Craig Harbour (on Ellesmere Island) • Dundas Harbour • Edinburgh Island (PIN-DA) • Eglinton Island • Graham Island • Houston Stewart Island • Kuugaarjuk Migratory Bird Sanctuary (formerly the McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary) and McConnell River • Mackar Inlet (CAM-5) • Mackenzie hotspot and Mackenzie dike swarm • Melville Island (named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville) • Dundas Peninsula (part of Melville Island) • Melville Peninsula • Rankin Inlet • Simpson Lake (CAM-D) ==Ontario==

in Caledonia, Ontario • Aberdeen, Grey County • Aberdeen, Prescott and Russell County • Aberfeldy • Aberfoyle • Achray • Ailsa Craig • Alloa • Angus • Angus Glen • Ardbeg • Ardoch • Armadale • Armstrong, Thunder Bay District • Armstrong Township, Armstrong Corners and Armstrong Mills • Arnprior • Arranvale (Isle of Arran) • Athol, Prince Edward County • Athol, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties • Avonmore • Ayr • Ayton • Badenoch • Bainsville • Bairds • Ballantrae • Ballinafad • Bannockburn • Baxter • Bell Ewart • Berriedale (Berriedale, Sutherland) • Berwick • Bisset Creek • Bothwell • Boyds (Surname, derived from Bute) • Brechin • Bruce Mines • Bruce Peninsula • Bruce Station • Cairngorm • Caledon • Caledon East • Caledonia • Caledonia Springs • Callander • Campbellcroft • Campbellford • Campbellville • Cargill • Clachan • Cockburn Island • Coldstream • Colgan • Craigleith • Craigmont • Crieff • Cromarty • Crombie • Cruikshank • Dalhousie Lake • Dalhousie Mills • Dalkeith • Dalmeny • Dalrymple • Doon • Drummond • Dundas • Dundonald • Dunedin (Dunedin, poetic name for Edinburgh/Dun Eideann) • Dunkeld • Dunvegan • Dysart et al. (Dysart) • East Tay Point (Tay) • Elgin • Elgin County, Ontario • Farquhar • Fergus • Ferguslea • Ferguson Corners, Ferguson Falls and Fergusons Beach • Forfar • Galbraith • Gillies Hill • Gilmour • Glasgow • Glen • Glen Buell • Glenburn • Glenburnie • Glen Cross • Glenfield • Glen Huron • Glencairn • Glencoe • Glenelg Centre • Glen Major • Glen Nevis • Glenora • Glen Robertson • Glenview • Glenville • Glen Williams • Gorrie • Greenock • Haliburton • Hamilton • Hampden • Henderson • Innerkip • Inverary • Inverhuron (inbhir, meaning river mouth + Huron) • Invermay • Iona and Iona Station • Jura, Ontario • Katrine (Loch Katrine) • Kilsyth • Kinburn • Kincardine • Kinghorn • Kinmount • Kintail • Kirkfield • Laggan • Laird • Lake Dalrymple (Dalrymple) • Lamlash • Lammermoor • Lanark • Leith • Lochalsh, Algoma District • Lochalsh, Huron County • Lochwinnoch • Lowther • McAlpine Corners • Macdiarmid • MacDonald Bay • MacDonald's Grove • MacDuff • MacGillivrays Bridge • Mackenzie • MacKenzie Point • MacLarens Landing • MacLean Park • MacTier • Maitland, Huron County • Maitland, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville • Malcolm • Maxwell, Grey County • Maxwell, Hastings County • Maxwells • Minto • Moffat • Monteith • Moray • Morven • Nairn, Middlesex County • Nairn Centre • Napier • New Dundee • New Edinburgh • New Glasgow • New Scotland, Chatham-Kent • New Scotland, Regional Municipality of York • Paisley • Perth • Perth Road Village • Port Elgin • Raith • Rankin, Nipissing District • Rankin, Renfrew County • Rannoch • Ratho • Renfew, named for Renfrewshire • Renfrew Junction • Rutherford • Rutherglen • Scone • Scotch Bush, Hastings County and Scotch Bush, Renfrew County • Scotch Corners • Scotia • Selkirk • Speyside - Early settlers believed a local creek resembled the River Spey. • St. Andrews • Staffa, Perth County • Strathroy, near London • Stirling • Tarbert • Tartan • Tay • Tobermory, Ontario • Tweed • Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent (William Wallace) • West Elgin (Elgin) • West Lorne (Lorne) • Wick ==Prince Edward Island==

. • Breadalbane • Glenfinnan Island (Prince Edward Island) and Glenfinnan River • Greenmount-Montrose • Inverness • Mount Stewart • Lennox Island • MacDonalds River • Montrose River • Murray River • New Glasgow • St Andrews • Uigg, Prince Edward Island ==Quebec==

• Abercorn • Campbell's Bay • Denholm • Drummondville and Drummond RCM • Duncan Lake (Quebec) • Dundee • East Angus • Elgin • Hampden • Inverness • Lennoxville • Lochaber • Lochaber-Partie-Ouest • MacMasterville • MacNider • Napierville and Les Jardins de Napierville • Scotstown • Stornoway • Thurso • Tingwick ==Saskatchewan==

• Aberdeen and Aberdeen No. 373 • Abernethy and Abernethy No. 186 • Ancrum • Argyle No. 1 • Arran • Balcarres • Balgonie • Biggar • Birsay • Calder • Calderbank • Carmichael No. 109 • Carnduff • Clansman • Colonsay and Colonsay No. 342 • Crichton • Cupar • Dalmeny • Davidson • Dysart • Fairy Glen • Fife Lake • Girvin • Glen Ewen • Glenavon • Glenside • Govan • Inchkeith • Innes • Invergordon No. 430 • Invermay • Isbister's Settlement (former name of Prince Albert) • Jedburgh • Kyle • Kylemore • Laird • Lomond No. 37 • Lumsden and Lumsden No. 189 • Markinch • Mortlach • Neidpath • Oban • Orkney and Orkney No. 244 • Peebles • Ravenscrag • Saltcoats • Scotsguard • Simpson • St. Boswells • Tiree The town of Coronach was originally named after a horse; however, the original meaning of coronach is a Gaelic lament. ==Yukon==

• Bell River • Dawson City • Fort Selkirk • Mackenzie Mountains • Mount Logan • Houston's Peak • Mount Lorne • Mount Macaulay • Macmillan River • Ogilvie Mountains • Ogilvie River • Robert Campbell Highway • Ross River • Stewart River ==See also==