How Did The Provinces And Territories Of Canada Get Their Names?

The Portuguese have a legend about how Canada got its name. So, when the Portuguese first landed on what they'd call Terra Nova, they found rock and ice and short, ugly trees and swarms of mosquitos and nothing else and so put up a sign that said: "Cá Nada" which means "Here Nothing". Interestingly enough, the word "canada" in Portuguese also means dirt road or laneway or a beating with a cane or a measurement for wine. So the following is a sentence that actually makes sense: Tu mereces uma canada depois de beber a canada toda na Canada do Canadá. And if you drop the N from Ontario, you get Otario, which means idiot, fool, moron and dipshit in Portuguese. Which makes sense, of course, since both Ford brothers were voted into power by the otarios of Ontario. Cheers!

I am from Minnesota, so I’m basically kinda Canadian

Newfoundland is not pronounced new found land. it's newfunlend.

You need to learn the meaning of etymology before you explain

It's pronounced "kay-beck", not "kwuh-beck"
I'm not surprised no ones corrected you in the comments, no Quebecer would be caught dead watching anything Anglo

I’m speaking half Canadian right now, but I’m American.

People trying to take a piece of Canada.
Canada: You aren’t having Nunavut it’s Nunavut (Our land) and you are having Nunavut. (None of it)

Who is watching canadian history bc there is no school for 2 more weeks?

Quebec is from Algonquian (Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq) kébec

Manitoba is from Cree "Manitou-wapow" or from Ojibwe.

Saskatchewan is from Cree.

Nunavut is from Inuktitut "Nunavut"/"nunavut".

Yukon is from Gwich'in.

Nova Scotia is from Latin Nova Scotia (New Scotland).

Newfoundland and Labrador is from Portuguese (Português) Terra Nova and Lavrador, named for João Fernandes Lavrador. The word "lavrador" means "farmer" Spanish (Español): labrador.

stupid corona in canada

Gotta admit, Newfoundland is the most unique lol

Quebec. I always thought it was French.

non Canadian should never attempt to say Newfoundland... they'll never say it right and will only make somebody Newfoundland furious.... yes he butchered it, and yes i bet in the comments there's someone upset about it lol

bruh i got a assiment on googleclassroom to watch this video

colonozer #1: hey, what do we name this province
colonizer #2: looks at the nearest body of water uhhh THIS
colonizer #1: excelent idea!

I thought Alberta was named after Prince Albert

As a Ontarian, I think Newfoundland and Labrador should change their name to Vinland. Vinland was the original name for newfoundland, it's been a name for the area via Denmark since the mid medieval period. which is still use today as a alternative name for the province

I'm from Ontario!!!

I've always had the idea that Canada was a conciliation prize for England and France. Am I wrong ! ✊☘️

S CANDINA VIA
(CANADIAN), wake up Canada

Awesome BC, AB and Québec

Ontario. And it is pronounced New Fin land.

ontario - lake ontario
quebec - narrow passage
manitoba - lake manitoba
saskatchewan - swift flowing river
yukon - yukon river
nunavut - our land
north west territory - in the north west
nova scotia - new scotland
new brunswick - braunschweig
alberta - queen victoria 's daughter
prince edward island - prince edward
british columbia - british columbia river
labrador and newfoundland pronounced new fin land - newfoundland dog and labrador dog breeds

As a member of the metis Nation of Alberta I say hello white people

Newfoundland is actually pronounced as "Nu-fin-land"

Even though it's correct that 'Brunswick' comes from Germany and "Braunschweig" it is actually not "anglicized as the old original name of Braunschweig is indeed >Brunswiek<.
Braunschweig is the High German version while Brunswiek is the Low German one. Low German/ old Saxon was the original language of that Area. "Wick" or "Wyk" is an old germanic word for a trading place. If you look up the map of north-western germany you'll find some more cities with the word wiek/ wick or wyk in it - like Bardowick or Wyk Föhr.

If they could see what they are doing and I'll just give you vision, I lived fort norman

New Brunswick, Canada.

I'm british but I love Canada 🇨🇦 and this was very interesting

As someone from Saskatchewan it’s pronounced Sask-Atche-win

In Uzbekistan we use a lot of rivers with adding "daryo"!

Noo-na-voot. NOT Nun-of-it, NOT Nun-a-vut.

NewF-IN-land. NOT New-FOUND-land, NOT New-Finland.

Before 1999, The Northwest Territories included what is now Nunavut.

Although it's now northwest, the territories originally included Alberta and Saskatchewan prior to 1905.

Saskatchewan being named after a swift flowing river?…it’s far more believable that it would have origins after the mighty Sasquatch bipeds of the northwest region, plus the names are so similar…

So what did people of The Northwest Territories call them before that name? It's so obviously tacked on by people coming in, who didn't know or care much. "Oh that cold, weird place up there to the Northwest? Guess we're going there. What shell we call that big bunch of land?"

NewFoundland
New Found Land 😂

Man, in the late 90s them natives were having Nunavut. 🤣

Newfoundland is not pronounced like that. Its more like newf'ndland.

They may have named it "new found land," but please do NOT pronounce it that way!! newf-un-land

I am made very humble by the fact that I did not know most of these origins.

Canadians: which province or territory are you watching from?