Scottish place names in Canada

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or .

For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) please see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada

Note that, unless otherwise stated, province names are not Scottish.

Alberta

*Airdrie
*Ardmore, Alberta
*Ardrossan
*Banff - named after town in north east Scotland
*Bankhead, Alberta (ghost town)
*Barrhead, Alberta
*Blairmore, Alberta
*Bon Accord, Alberta (Bon Accord is the motto of Aberdeen)
*Bonnie Doon (Edmonton)
*Bonnie Lake (Alberta)
*Caldwell, Alberta (ghost town)
*Calgary - named after place in Mull
*Canmore, Alberta (named for King Malcolm Canmore)
*Carstairs
*Chisholm, Alberta
*Clyde
*Coutts
*Craigmyle, Alberta
*Cromdale (Edmonton)
*Dunmore, Alberta
*Erskine, Alberta
*Ferintosh
*Fort Macleod
*Fort McMurray
*Halkirk, Alberta (Halkirk)
*Hazeldean (Edmonton)
*Holyrood (Edmonton) (Holyrood)
*Irvine, Alberta
*Lomond (Loch Lomond)
*Mallaig, Alberta
*Mintlaw (ghost town)
*Mount Hector (after James Hector)
*Mount Lady Macdonald (after wife of John A. Macdonald)
*Scotfield, Alberta
*Stirling, Alberta
*Strathcona County

British Columbia

*Abbotsford (location of Sir Walter Scott's house). Suburbs include Aberdeen and Glen Mountain.
*Balfour (also known as "Balfour Bay")
*Cameron Bar 13
*Craigellachie, British Columbia
*Coldstream, British Columbia
*Cunningham Lake
*Davidson, British Columbia, a settlement west of Prince Rupert, British Columbia
*Duncan
*Fintry Delta, British Columbia
*Invermere, British Columbia ("inbhir" + mere)
*Logan Lake, British Columbia
*Montrose, British Columbia
*Mount Lyell (named by James Hector in 1858 for the Scottish geologist Sir Charles Lyell)
*Mount Macdonald (after John A. Macdonald)
*Stewart, British Columbia
* Yarrow (River in Scottish Borders)

Manitoba

*Angusville, Manitoba
*Carberry, Manitoba (named for Carberry Tower)
*East Kildonan, Manitoba
*East Selkirk, Manitoba
*Elgin, Manitoba
*Elphinstone, Manitoba
*Gretna
*MacGregor
*Old Kildonan
*Rossburn, Manitoba
*Selkirk
*St Andrews

Rural municipalities -
* Argyle
* Armstrong
*Cameron
*Clanwilliam
* Lorne
* Macdonald
* Morton
* Rossburn
* St Andrews
* Strathcona
* Strathclair
* Stuartburn

New Brunswick

*Aberdeen
*Atholville (Atholl)
*Balmoral
*Campbellton
*Dalhousie
*Drummond, New Brunswick
*Dundas Parish, New Brunswick
*Elgin, New Brunswick
*Lower Kintore, New Brunswick (Kintore)
*Minto, New Brunswick
*New Scotland
*Perth-Andover
*Port Elgin (Elgin)
*Rothesay
*St Andrews
*Upper Kintore, New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

*Buchans & Lake Buchans
*Campbell's Creek
*Campbellton
*Hamilton River
*Highlands
*Holyrood (Holyrood is the site of the current Scottish Parliament)
*Iona
*Loch Leven
*Loch Lomond
*Lomond
*McKay's
*Melrose
*St. Andrews

Nova Scotia

"Nova Scotia" is the Latin for New Scotland

*Argyle
*Arisaig
*Ben Eoin (from the Scottish Gaelic for "mountain of the birds")
*Beinn Bhreagh
*Beinn Scalpie
*Berwick
*Caledonia
*Clydesdale
*Dunvegan
*Inverness County
**Glendale
**Inverness
*Glencoe
*Knoydart
*Lismore
*Loch Broom
*New Glasgow
*New Ross
*Scotch Village
*Victoria County
**Iona

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories also contain two places with Scottish surnames: Fort Simpson and Fort McPherson.
* Mackenzie Mountains
* Macmillan Pass

Nunavut

* Baillie-Hamilton Island
* Cameron Island
* Dundas Harbour
* Eglinton Island
* Graham Island
* McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary & McConnell River
* Mackenzie hotspot & Mackenzie dike swarm
* Melville Island (named for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville)
** Dundas Peninsula (part of Melville Island)
* Melville Peninsula

Ontario

*Aberdeen, Grey County
*Aberdeen, Prescott and Russell County
*Aberfeldy
*Aberfoyle
*Achray
*Ailsa Craig
*Alloa
*Angus
*Angus Glen
*Ardbeg
*Ardoch
*Armadale
*Armstrong, Thunder Bay District
*Armstrong Township
*Armstrong Corners
*Armstrong Mills
*Arnprior
*Arranvale (Isle of Arran)
*Athol, Prince Edward County
*Athol, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties
*Avonmore
*Ayr
*Ayton
*Badenoch
*Bainsville
*Bairds
*Ballantrae
*Ballinafad
*Bannockburn
*Baxter
*Bell Ewart
*Berriedale (Berriedale, Sutherland)
*Berwick
*Bisset Creek
*Bothwell
*Boyds (Surname, derived from Bute)
*Brechin
*Brucedale
*Bruce Mines
*Bruce Peninsula
*Bruce Station
*Cairngorm
*Caledon
*Caledon East
*Caledonia
*Caledonia Springs
*Callander
*Campbellcroft
*Campbellford
*Campbellville
*Cargill
*Cockburn Island
*Coldstream
*Colgan
*Craigleith
*Craigmont
*Cromarty
*Crombie
*Cruikshank
*Dalhousie Lake
*Dalhousie Mills
*Dalkeith
*Dalmeny
*Dalrymple
*Dundas
*Dundonald
*Dunedin (Dunedin, poetic name for Edinburgh/Dun Eideann)
*Dunkeld
*Dunvegan
*Dysart et al (Dysart)
*East Tay Point (Tay)
*Elgin
*Elgin County, Ontario
*Farquhar
*Fergus
*Ferguslea
*Ferguson Corners
*Ferguson Falls
*Fergusons Beach
*Galbraith
*Gillies Hill
*Gilmour
*Glasgow
*Glen
*Glen Buell
*Glenburn
*Glenburnie
*Glen Cross
*Glenfield
*Glen Huron
*Glencairn
*Glencoe
*Glenelg Centre
*Glen Major
*Glen Nevis
*Glenora
*Glen Robertson
*Glenview
*Glenville
*Glen Williams
*Gorrie
*Greenock
*Haliburton
*Hamilton
*Hampden
*Henderson
*Innerkip
*Inverary
*Inverhuron ("inbhir", meaning river mouth + Huron)
*Invermay
*Iona
*Iona Station
*Jura, Ontario
*Katrine (Loch Katrine)
*Kilsyth
*Kinburn
*Kincardine
*Kinghorn
*Kinmount
*Kintail
*Kirkfield
*Laggan
*Laird
*Lake Dalrymple (Dalrymple)
*Lamlash
*Lammermoor
*Lanark
*Leith
*Lochalsh, Algoma District
*Lochalsh, Huron County
*Lochwinnoch
*Logan
*Lowther
*McAlpine Corners
*Macdiarmid
*MacDonald Bay
*MacDonald's Grove
*MacDuff
*MacGillivrays Bridge
*Mackenzie
*MacKenzie Point
*MacLarens Landing
*MacLean Park
*MacTier
*Maitland, Huron County
*Maitland, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
*Malcolm
*Maxwell, Grey County
*Maxwell, Hastings County
*Maxwells
*Minto
*Moffat
*Monteith
*Moray
*Morven
*Nairn, Middlesex County
*Nairn, Sudbury District
*Nairn Centre
*Napier
*New Dundee
*New Glasgow
*New Scotland, Harwich
*New Scotland, Howard
*New Scotland, Regional Municipality of York
*Paisley
*Perth
*Perth Road Village
*Port Elgin
*Raith
*Rankin, Nipissing District
*Rankin, Renfrew County
*Rannoch
*Ratho
*Renfew
*Renfrew Junction
*Rutherford
*Rutherglen
*Scone
*Scotch Block
*Scotch Bush
*Scotch Corners
*Scotia
*Selkirk
*Speyside
*St. Andrews
*Staffa, Perth County
*Stirling
*Tarbert
*Tartan
*Tay
*Tweed
*West Elgin (Elgin)
*West Lorne (Lorne)
*Wick, Ontario

Prince Edward Island

*Breadalbane
* Greenmount-Montrose
* New Glasgow
* St Andrews

Quebec

*Abercorn
*Campbell's Bay
*Drummondville & Drummond RCM
*Dundee
*East Angus
*Elgin
*Hampden
*Inverness
*Lennoxville
*Lochaber
*Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
*MacMasterville
*MacNider
*Napierville & Les Jardins de Napierville
*Scotstown
*South Glengarry
*Stornoway
*Thurso
*Tingwick, Quebec

Saskatchewan

*Aberdeen
*Abernethy
*Arran
*Balcarres
*Balgonie
*Biggar
*Birsay
*Calder
*Carnduff
*Clansman
*Colonsay
*Crichton (ghost town)
*Cupar
*Dalmeny
*Davidson
*Fife Lake
*Girvin
*Glen Ewen
*Glenavon
*Glenside
*Inchkeith
*Innes (ghost town)
*Invermay
*Isbister's Settlement (former name of Prince Albert settlement)
*Jedburgh
*Kyle
*Kylemore
*Laird
*Lumsden
*Markinch
*Neidpath (ghost town)
*Saltcoats
*Ravenscrag (ghost town)
*Simpson
*St. Boswells (ghost town)
*Tiree

The town of Coronach was originally named after a horse; however, the original meaning of "coronach" is a Gaelic lament.

Yukon

* Fort Selkirk
* Mackenzie Mountains
* Mount Logan & Houston's Peak
* Mount Lorne (Lorne)
* Ross River (Ross)