Indigenous place names

Calgary, Alberta

Traditional territory: Treaty 7 territory, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut'ina Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Bearspaw, Wesley).

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Traditional territory: Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people.

Edmonton, Alberta

Traditional territory: Treaty 6 territory, which includes the Cree, Dene, Nakota Sioux, Saulteaux, and Métis.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Traditional territory: Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people.

Montreal, Quebec

Traditional territory: Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe.

Ottawa, Ontario

Traditional territory: Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation.

Quebec City, Quebec

Traditional territory: Wendat, Abenaki, and the Huron-Wendat.

Regina, Saskatchewan

Traditional territory: Treaty 4 territory, which includes the Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, and Métis.

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Traditional territory: Beothuk and Mi'kmaq.

Toronto, Ontario

Traditional territory: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Traditional territory: Coast Salish peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Victoria, British Columbia

Traditional territory: Lekwungen-speaking peoples, including the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Traditional territory: Treaty 1 territory, which includes the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, as well as the Métis Nation.