In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country.
Governors and Governors General of New France (1627–1760)
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (1627–1635)
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- Champlain Bridge, Montréal
- HMCS Champlain
- Boulevard Champlain, Quebec City
- Avenue Champlain, Saint-Hyacinthe
- Avenue Champlain, Shawinigan
- Avenue Champlain, Rouyn-Noranda
- Avenue Champlain, Pointe-Claire
- Avenue Champlain, Val-d'Or
- Boulevard Champlain, Candiac
- Avenue Champlain, Baie-Comeau
- Avenue Champlain, Mont-Joli
- Avenue Champlain, Chertsey
- Avenue Champlain, Disraeli
- Avenue Champlain, Venise-en-Québec
- Avenue Champlain, Saint-Armand
- Avenue Champlain, Hemmingford
- Avenue Champlain, Courcelles
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Charles de Montmagny
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge
The Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau
Vaudreuil family
The Marquis de Beauharnois
The Marquis de la Jonquière
Governors and Governors General of Canada (1760–1867)
Sir Jeffery Amherst
The Lord Dorchester
Sir Frederick Haldimand
Robert Prescott
Robert Prescott (1796–1799)
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Sir George Prévost
George Prévost (1812–1815)
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- HMS Wolfe (launched in Kingston) was called HMS Sir George Prevost before its launch in 1813.
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Sir Gordon Drummond
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
The Duke of Richmond
The Earl of Dalhousie
Sir James Kempt
James Kempt (1828–1830)
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The Lord Aylmer
The Earl of Gosford
Sir John Colborne
The Lord Sydenham
Sir Charles Metcalfe
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
Sir Edmund Walker Head
Governors General of Canada (since 1867)
The Viscount Monck
The Lord Lisgar
The Earl of Dufferin
Marquess of Lorne
The Marquess of Lansdowne
The Lord Stanley of Preston
The Earl of Aberdeen
The Earl of Minto
The Earl Grey
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1904–1911)
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- the Grey Cup, a trophy presented annually to the champion of the Canadian Football League
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The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The Duke of Devonshire
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1916–1921)
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- Devonshire Cup, a trophy presented to the champion of the Canadian Senior Golf Association
- Duke of Devonshire Trophy, awarded by the Ottawa Horticultural Society to its highest scoring exhibitor
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The Lord Byng of Vimy
The Viscount Willingdon
The Earl of Bessborough
The Lord Tweedsmuir
The Earl of Athlone
The Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Vincent Massey
Vincent Massey (1952–1959)
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- Vincent Massey Memorial Centre Ice Skating Rink, Bewdley
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- Rue Vincent-Massey, Quebec City
- Rue Vincent-Massey, Laval
- Rue Vincent-Massey, Trois-Rivières
- Rue Vincent-Massey, Beloeil
- Chemin Vincent-Massey, Rawdon
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Georges Vanier
Georges Vanier (1959–1967)
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- Vanier, a city that merged into Quebec City in 2002
- Parc Georges-Vanier, Shawinigan
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- Georges-Vanier, a station on the Montreal Metro
- Boulevard Georges-Vanier, Montréal
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Laval
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Gatineau
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Saguenay
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Shawinigan
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Thetford Mines
- Rue Georges-Vanier, Beauharnois
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- the Vanier Cup, a trophy awarded annually to the university football champion
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- Georges Vanier Scholarship
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Roland Michener
Roland Michener (1967–1974)
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Jules Léger
Jules Léger (1974–1979)
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- Jules Léger Library, Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa
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- Lac Jules-Léger
- Parc Jules-Léger, Châteauguay
- Parc Jules-Léger, Saint-Anicet
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- Rue Jules-Léger, Montréal
- Rue Jules-Léger, Gatineau
- Rue Jules-Léger, Trois-Rivières
- Rue Jules-Léger, Boucherville
- Rue Jules-Léger, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
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- the Jules and Gabrielle Léger Fellowship, after Léger and his wife Gabrielle
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Edward Schreyer
Edward Schreyer (1979–1984)
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- Edward Schreyer Fellowship, University of Toronto
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Jeanne Sauvé
Jeanne Sauvé (1984–1990)
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- Bourassa-Sauvé (electoral riding) in Montréal
- Parc Jeanne-Sauvé, Montréal
- Parc Jeanne-Sauvé, Saint-Charles-Borromée
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- Jeanne Sauvé Cup, awarded to the Canadian Ringette champions
- Jeanne Sauvé Fair Play Award
- Jeanne Sauvé Trophy, world championship for women's field hockey
- Rue Jeanne-Sauvé, Québec
- Rue Jeanne-Sauvé, Sherbrooke
- Rue Jeanne-Sauvé, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
- Rue Jeanne-Sauvé, Saint-Charles-Borromée
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Ray Hnatyshyn
Ray Hnatyshyn (1990–1995)
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Roméo LeBlanc
Roméo LeBlanc (1995–1999)
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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005)
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- the Clarkson Cup, a trophy awarded to the champion of the National Canadian Women's Hockey Championship
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Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean (2005–2010)
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David Johnston
David Johnston (2010–2016)
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- David Johnston International Experience Awards, University of Waterloo
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- David Johnston Research and Technology Park, Waterloo
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Julie Payette
Julie Payette (2017–2021)
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Lieutenant governors
British Columbia
- Barnard Island and Mount Barnard – Francis Stillman Barnard
- Dewdney, Dewdney Creek, Dewdney Flats, Dewdney Island, Dewdney Peak, Dewdney Street (Vancouver), Dewdney Trail, Dewdney Trunk Road, and Mount Dewdney – Edgar Dewdney
- Lotbinière Island – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Mount Trutch, Trutch Island, and Trutch Street (Vancouver) – Joseph Trutch
- Prior Island, Prior Lake, Prior Peak, and Prior Street (Vancouver) – Edward Gawler Prior
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
See also
Notes
- ^ Hamilton (1978, p. 291) identifies the elder Vaudreuil as the town's namesake.
- ^ Previously, there was also a street named when Dorchester Boulevard. The square received its name when the street was renamed Boulevard René-Lévesque.
- ^ The town takes its name from the old Drummond Parish, which was named for the Governor General.
- ^ The identity of this town's namesake is disputed. Carolyn Harris, in The Canadian Encyclopedia, identifies the Governor General as the namesake. Hamilton (1978, pp. 183–184), however, suggests that the namesake is his ancestor, the 2nd Marquess.
- ^ The identity of this mountain's namesake is disputed. Carolyn Harris, in The Canadian Encyclopedia, identifies the Governor General as the peak's namesake. The official database for geographical names in British Columbia, however, identifies Stanley H. Mitchell, an official of the Alpine Club of Canada, as the mountain's namesake.
- ^ The identity of this town's namesake is disputed. Carolyn Harris, in The Canadian Encyclopedia, identifies the Governor General as the town's namesake. Hamilton (1978, p. 102), however, identifies his father, who served as the British Prime Minister, as the town's namesake.
- ^ Named for the town