Viceregal eponyms in Canada

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

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Samuel de Champlain (1627–1635)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Maine ME (U.S. state)
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • 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

Charles de Montmagny

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Charles de Montmagny (1635–1648)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Quebec QC

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge

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Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (1648–1651)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Quebec QC

The Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

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Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1672–1682, 1689–1698)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • Rue Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec

Vaudreuil family

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Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (1703–1725)
or
Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1755–1760)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Quebec QC

The Marquis de Beauharnois

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Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois (1725–1747)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Quebec QC

The Marquis de la Jonquière

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Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (1749–1752)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Quebec QC
Saskatchewan SK

Governors and Governors General of Canada (1760–1867)

Sir Jeffery Amherst

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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1760–1763)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • Rue Amherst, Montréal (renamed Rue Atateken in 2019)
Nunavut NU

The Lord Dorchester

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1768–1778, 1786–1796)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Prince Edward Island PEI
  • Carleton
  • Carleton Cove
  • Carleton Point
Quebec QC

Sir Frederick Haldimand

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Frederick Haldimand (1778–1786)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
Prince Edward Island PEI
  • Haldimand River

Robert Prescott

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Robert Prescott (1796–1799)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

Sir George Prévost

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George Prévost (1812–1815)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • HMS Wolfe (launched in Kingston) was called HMS Sir George Prevost before its launch in 1813.

Sir Gordon Drummond

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Gordon Drummond (1815–1816)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Ontario ON
Quebec QC

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

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John Coape Sherbrooke (1816–1818)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Nova Scotia NS
Quebec QC

The Duke of Richmond

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Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond (1818–1819)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Quebec QC

The Earl of Dalhousie

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George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1820–1828)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON

Sir James Kempt

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James Kempt (1828–1830)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON

The Lord Aylmer

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Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer (1830–1835)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
Quebec QC

The Earl of Gosford

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Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (1835–1837)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Quebec QC

Sir John Colborne

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John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (1837–1838)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

The Lord Sydenham

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Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1839–1841)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

Sir Charles Metcalfe

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Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe (1843–1845)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
Quebec QC

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1847–1854)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
Ontario ON

Sir Edmund Walker Head

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Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet (1854–1861)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB

Governors General of Canada (since 1867)

The Viscount Monck

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Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck (1867–1869)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

The Lord Lisgar

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John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1869–1872)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

The Earl of Dufferin

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Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1872–1878)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
Manitoba MB
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • Dufferin Street, Quebec City
  • Terrasse Dufferin, Quebec City

Marquess of Lorne

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John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1878–1883)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Manitoba MB
New Brunswick NB
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Prince Edward Island PEI
Yukon YK

The Marquess of Lansdowne

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1883–1888)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
British Columbia BC
Manitoba MB
  • Lansdowne School, Winnipeg
New Brunswick NB
  • Lansdowne Street, Fredericton
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
  • Lansdown House
Quebec QC
  • Lansdowne Street, Quebec City
Yukon YK

The Lord Stanley of Preston

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Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1888–1893)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
New Brunswick NB
Nova Scotia NS
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • Rue Stanley, Montréal
  • the Stanley Cup, a trophy presented to the winning team of the National Hockey League annually

The Earl of Aberdeen

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John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1893–1898)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
New Brunswick NB
Ontario ON
  • Aberdeen Street, Hamilton
  • Aberdeen Street, Kingston
  • Aberdeen Street, Sarnia
  • Aberdeen Street, Toronto
Quebec QC
Saskatchewan SK

The Earl of Minto

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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1898–1904)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
  • Minto Street, Vancouver
Manitoba MB
New Brunswick NB
Ontario ON
  • Minto Place, Ottawa
  • Minto Street, Toronto
  • Lady Minto Hospital, Cochrane, is named for Lord Minto's wife Mary, Countess of Minto.
  • Minto Skating Club, Ottawa
  • the Minto Cup, a trophy presented annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team in Canada

The Earl Grey

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Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1904–1911)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Newfoundland and Labrador NL
Saskatchewan SK
  • the Grey Cup, a trophy presented annually to the champion of the Canadian Football League

The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

The Duke of Devonshire

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Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1916–1921)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • 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

The Lord Byng of Vimy

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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1921–1926)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
British Columbia BC
Manitoba MB
Ontario ON
Quebec QC

The Viscount Willingdon

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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1926–1931)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
British Columbia BC
  • the Willingdon Cup, presented annually to the champion of the Royal Canadian Golf Association

The Earl of Bessborough

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Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1931–1935)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
New Brunswick NB
Saskatchewan SK

The Lord Tweedsmuir

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1935–1940)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
British Columbia BC

The Earl of Athlone

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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1940–1946)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
Newfoundland and Labrador NL
Quebec QC
  • Chemin Athlone, Mount-Royal

The Viscount Alexander of Tunis

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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1946–1952)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
Manitoba MB
Ontario ON

Vincent Massey

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Vincent Massey (1952–1959)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Manitoba MB
Ontario ON
  • Vincent Massey Memorial Centre Ice Skating Rink, Bewdley
Quebec QC
  • Rue Vincent-Massey, Quebec City
  • Rue Vincent-Massey, Laval
  • Rue Vincent-Massey, Trois-Rivières
  • Rue Vincent-Massey, Beloeil
  • Chemin Vincent-Massey, Rawdon
Saskatchewan SK

Georges Vanier

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Georges Vanier (1959–1967)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
British Columbia BC
Ontario ON
Quebec QC
  • Vanier, a city that merged into Quebec City in 2002
  • Parc Georges-Vanier, Shawinigan
  • 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
  • the Vanier Cup, a trophy awarded annually to the university football champion
  • Georges Vanier Scholarship

Roland Michener

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Roland Michener (1967–1974)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Alberta AB
Ontario ON

Jules Léger

Jules Léger (1974–1979)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • Jules Léger Library, Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa
Quebec QC
  • Lac Jules-Léger
  • Parc Jules-Léger, Châteauguay
  • Parc Jules-Léger, Saint-Anicet
  • Rue Jules-Léger, Montréal
  • Rue Jules-Léger, Gatineau
  • Rue Jules-Léger, Trois-Rivières
  • Rue Jules-Léger, Boucherville
  • Rue Jules-Léger, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
  • the Jules and Gabrielle Léger Fellowship, after Léger and his wife Gabrielle

Edward Schreyer

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Edward Schreyer (1979–1984)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • Edward Schreyer Fellowship, University of Toronto

Jeanne Sauvé

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Jeanne Sauvé (1984–1990)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Manitoba MB
Quebec QC
  • Bourassa-Sauvé (electoral riding) in Montréal
  • Parc Jeanne-Sauvé, Montréal
  • Parc Jeanne-Sauvé, Saint-Charles-Borromée
  • 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

Ray Hnatyshyn

Ray Hnatyshyn (1990–1995)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings

Roméo LeBlanc

Roméo LeBlanc (1995–1999)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
New Brunswick NB
  • LeBlanc Park, Memramcook

Adrienne Clarkson

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Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • the Clarkson Cup, a trophy awarded to the champion of the National Canadian Women's Hockey Championship

Michaëlle Jean

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Michaëlle Jean (2005–2010)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

David Johnston

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David Johnston (2010–2016)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures and other objects Schools Buildings
Ontario ON
  • David Johnston International Experience Awards, University of Waterloo
  • David Johnston Research and Technology Park, Waterloo

Julie Payette

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Julie Payette (2017–2021)
Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools Buildings
Ontario ON

Lieutenant governors

British Columbia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hamilton (1978, p. 291) identifies the elder Vaudreuil as the town's namesake.
  2. ^ Previously, there was also a street named when Dorchester Boulevard. The square received its name when the street was renamed Boulevard René-Lévesque.
  3. ^ The town takes its name from the old Drummond Parish, which was named for the Governor General.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Named for the town

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