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This is relevant to my interests.

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I have tried to make such a list myself, but the issue becomes all existential, like, what is the Canadian identity? We are basically just Americans who are not Americans. All the things Canadians have, America does too. Maple syrup, flannel, hockey, beavers, pioneers.... and the names of "famous Canadians" are not exactly evocative of Canada. Like:

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Laura (Secord)
Louis (Riel)
Tommy (Douglas)
Bobby (Hull)
Nellie (McClung)
Donald (Sutherland)
Emily (Carr)
Wilfred (Laurier)
Pierre (Elliott Trudeau)
Agnes (MacPhail)

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You see??? Try browsing this list of people for ideas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadians

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You could maybe get into Native Canadian stuff which is not a good idea but there are lots of pretty nation and tribe names....

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As for place names, we have a similar issue.

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Hudson
Jasper
Charlotte(town)
Regina (except we say it "ruh-JYE-nah", not like "re-JEE-na". It's gross)
Abraham (the Plains of. A "Canadian" battle)
Rocky?????
Fraser

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Dudley!!! Dudley Do-Right. Ahh, national pride.

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I guess you could do a subtle theme, like Edward (PEI), Albert (a), Charlotte(town), John (St.), Lawrence (St.), Regina.... but it would be just that, very subtle. you could give them Canadian middle names:

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Edward Lumberjack
Albert Hockey
Charlotte Politeness
John Healthcare
Lawrence Okanagan
Regina Avonlea

This message was edited 10/21/2015, 7:56 AM

By "so Canadian" do you want names that are associated with Canadian places? Or actual names used by Canadians?

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Oh, and a Kennebec is a potato.

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I associate these names with being "So Canadian"
Cameron
Calvin
Douglas
Gordon
Laurence / Lawrence
Loic
Lorne
Olivier
Owen
Pierre
Robert *Bob*
William *Bill*

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Anne
Catherine / Katherine *Cathy*
Emily
Helen
Joni - this spelling
Lea
Margaret
Marie
Marie-Neige

Gordon. 'Nuff said.

I don't know. I haven't spent much time in Canada.

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Maybe:

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Acadia
Cascade
Elias
Kennebec
Victoria

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_writers

This message was edited 10/20/2015, 8:16 PM

I see you want names that have to do with Canadian cities/provinces and symbols. Unfortunately I'm not Canadian enough to know any of these. Scotia, since you have Nova? http://www.behindthename.com/name/scotia/submitted And no one wants to use Harper for Canada, right?

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BtN has a list of names that are popular in Canada but not in the US, if that interests you:
http://www.behindthename.com/names/browse.php?type_usage=1&operator_usage=is&value_usage[]=english&type_popularity=1&operator_popularity=is&value_popularity[]=canada-bc&yearoperator_popularity=more&year_popularity[]=2000&rankoperator_popularity=less&rank_popularity[]=100&type_popularity2=1&operator_popularity2=isnot&value_popularity2[]=united-states&yearoperator_popularity2=more&year_popularity2[]=1930&rankoperator_popularity2=less&rank_popularity2[]=200