To Celebrate [name_f]Canada[/name_f] [name_u]Day[/name_u] today - what names do you feel are distinctly Canadian ?
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[name_f]Happy[/name_f] [name_f]Canada[/name_f] [name_u]Day[/name_u]! 
I mean, these are Canadian places and figures, but I think they still count 
Also, a lot of these places are in [name_m]Ontario[/name_m], mostly because that’s where I’m from and therefore am most familiar with names from!
[name_m]Wayne[/name_m] (Gretzky)
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_u]Crosby[/name_u]
[name_m]Drake[/name_m]
[name_m]Keanu[/name_m] ([name_m]Reeves[/name_m])
[name_u]London[/name_u]
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
[name_m]Halifax[/name_m]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m] (MB)
[name_m]Dryden[/name_m]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f] ([name_m]Dion[/name_m])
[name_f]Avril[/name_f] (Lavigne)
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Acadia[/name_f]
[name_u]London[/name_u] (works for either imo!)
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f] (Winnipeg)
[name_f]Maple[/name_f]
[name_f]Avonlea[/name_f] (@anon68906791 actually love this idea!)
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] ([name_u]Anne[/name_u] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables)
[name_u]Windsor[/name_u]
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Ooh, probably names of really Canadian people so:
[name_u]Atwood[/name_u]
[name_u]Terry[/name_u]
Laurier
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_u]Crosby[/name_u]
I also find there to be a lot of names that I only hear in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], moreso than Anglophone parts of [name_f]Canada[/name_f] or even in [name_f]France[/name_f]:
[name_m]Thierry[/name_m]
Léonie
Ève
Léa
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
[name_u]Romy[/name_u]
Benoît
And then there are the names of the Indigenous peoples who reside here, which I would consider to be highly out of bounds for use by non-native people, but are still beautiful to acknowledge:
[name_u]Aki[/name_u] (Ojibwe)
Ziigwan (Ojibwe)
Migizi (Ojibwe)
Skaay (Haida)
Anong (Anishinaabe)
Makwa (Anishinaabe)
Sinopa (Siksika)
Sahaiʔa (Chipewyan)
(I would also suggest reading this if you’re interested in some Indigenous naming traditions http://www.montler.net/KlallamNames-Montler-SSILA2012.pdf )
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Coming back because Canadian place names are also an option that I hadn’t thought of!
Columbia (as in British)
[name_u]Nova[/name_u] (as in [name_f]Scotia[/name_f])
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]
[name_f]Avonlea[/name_f] (love this suggestion @anon68906791!)
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] ([name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Edward[/name_m] Island)
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (as in Charlottetown)
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m] ([name_m]Bruce[/name_m] Peninsula)
[name_f]Sable[/name_f] ([name_f]Sable[/name_f] Island)
[name_m]Breton[/name_m] (Cape [name_m]Breton[/name_m])
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I love this idea! [name_f]Happy[/name_f] [name_f]Canada[/name_f] [name_u]Day[/name_u] from a fellow Canadian 
@anon68906791 I have to agree with [name_f]Avonlea[/name_f]! It was almost my name, and now it’s on my list as well!
Some others that I can think of:
[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] ([name_f]Laura[/name_f] Secord)
[name_m]Gord[/name_m]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m] (Prime Minister [name_m]Justin[/name_m] Trudeau)
[name_m]Tim[/name_m]
[name_m]Horton[/name_m] ([name_m]Tim[/name_m] [name_m]Horton[/name_m]'s? Lol)
[name_f]Lulu[/name_f] (Lululemon’s is based in BC)
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] (Although I prefer it with a u, this is how St. [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] [name_u]River[/name_u] is spelt)
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederic[/name_m]
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f] (McClung)
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