List of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin

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This 1908 postmark is from Szewczenko, Manitoba (now called Vita). The post office's name is a Polonized spelling of the name of Ukraine's national poet, Taras Shevchenko.
Railways of Galicia before 1897. Place names are in their Polish language form.

The following is a list of place names in Canada (primarily Western Canada) whose name origin is in the Ukrainian language. Some places – especially in Saskatchewan – were named by ethnic Germans from Ukraine.

Most of these places were rural communities without a railway or grain elevator and accessible solely by gravel road; typically consisting only of a church & cemetery, post office, school, and sometimes a community/national hall, a grocery/"general" store or a blacksmith shop.

Alberta

One-room schools

Rural communities

Edmonton

Neighbourhoods
Schools
Parks
Roads

Saskatchewan

One-room schools

Rural communities

Rural roads

Schools

Manitoba

Rural communities

Ontario

Rural communities

See also

References

  1. ^ Sanders 2003, p. 48.
  2. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 206.
  3. ^ MacGregor, p. 206, 215, 244 & 266; Luciuk and Kordan, maps 17 & 19.
  4. ^ a b MacGregor, p. 206 & 215.
  5. ^ Sanders, p. 322; MacGregor, p. 154.
  6. ^ a b c d MacGregor, p. 211, 215 & 272.
  7. ^ a b c d e f MacGregor, p. 215 & 272.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i MacGregor, p. 215 & 274.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n MacGregor, p. 215 & 273.
  10. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 222 & 273.
  11. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 228-29 & 271.
  12. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 231 & 271.
  13. ^ Choriawy, Cathy (1989). Commerce in the country : a land use and structural history of the Luzan grocery store. Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Historical Resources Division. p. 22.
  14. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 231 & 273.
  15. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 222, 227 & 272.
  16. ^ MacGregor, p. 215, 226 & 272; Luciuk and Kordan, map 21.
  17. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 206, 215 & 273.
  18. ^ a b MacGregor p. 215, 231 & 273.
  19. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 226 & 272.
  20. ^ a b c http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/cihm_30425
  21. ^ a b c MacGregor, p. 75.
  22. ^ a b c d MacGregor, p. 75-76.
  23. ^ a b MacGregor, p. 211, 215, 226 & 272.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n see both "Population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine" and "Operation Vistula".
  25. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 226, 231 & 273.
  26. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 157-158, 215 & 271.
  27. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 219, 222 & 272.
  28. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 211, 215, 231 & 272.
  29. ^ a b MacGregor, p. 215, 222 & 272.
  30. ^ Barry 2001, p. 25.
  31. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 210, 215, 227 & 271.
  32. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 219 & 273.
  33. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 205.
  34. ^ http://www.westlockcounty.com/
  35. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215.
  36. ^ Hunt & 200-, p. 4.
  37. ^ Hunt & 200-, p. 5.
  38. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 205, 215, 219, 221, 222 & 272.
  39. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 205 & 215.
  40. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, map 21.
  41. ^ MacGregor, p. 215, 219, 222 & 272; Luciuk and Kordan, map 17.
  42. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 157-158, 205 & 215.
  43. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 206, 215 & 272.
  44. ^ Hunt & 200-, p. 21, 24-25.
  45. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 215, 231 & 272.
  46. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 197, 205 & 215.
  47. ^ Hunt & 200-, p. 24-25, 35.
  48. ^ Julia Parrish; David Ewasuk (February 20, 2013). "Efforts underway to stop planned burning of aging rural church". CTV Edmonton. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  49. ^ MacGregor, p. 206, 215 & 273; Luciuk and Kordan, map 19.
  50. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 206, 215, 222, 226 & 271.
  51. ^ a b c d e f City of Edmonton (2004).
  52. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 7-23.
  53. ^ City of Edmonton (2004); MacGregor, p. 259.
  54. ^ MacGregor 1969, p. 13-18.
  55. ^ Barry 2001, p. 43..
  56. ^ Barry 2001, p. 34.
  57. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 27.
  58. ^ a b c d e Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 42.
  59. ^ a b c Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 24.
  60. ^ a b c d e f g Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 41.
  61. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 19.
  62. ^ a b c d e f Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 29.
  63. ^ Barry 2001, p. 45.
  64. ^ Barry 2001, p. 141.
  65. ^ Barry 2001, p. 39-40.
  66. ^ Barry 2001, p. 14.
  67. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 26.
  68. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 16.
  69. ^ Barry 2001, p. 20.
  70. ^ Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 93. [Editor's Note - "Heuboden" was the name of a "Russian" Mennonite village in Ukraine.]
  71. ^ Barry 2001, p. 17.
  72. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 18.
  73. ^ Barry 2001, p. 35.
  74. ^ Barry 2001, p. 38.
  75. ^ a b c d Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 31.
  76. ^ Barry 2001, p. 44.
  77. ^ Barry 2001, p. 39.
  78. ^ Another name for Adamiwka was Kolo Kamins'kykh, after the Kaminsky family (Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 28).
  79. ^ Barry 2001, p. 28.
  80. ^ Barry 2001, p. 11.
  81. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 21.
  82. ^ a b Barry, "Ukrainian People Places", p. 15.
  83. ^ Barry 2001, p. 57.
  84. ^ Barry 1998, p. 196.
  85. ^ Tiaziv Church of St. Demetrius
  86. ^ Barry 2001, p. 40-41.
  87. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, maps 4 & 16.
  88. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, maps 16 & 17.
  89. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, map 16.
  90. ^ See also Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine.
  91. ^ a b Luciuk and Kordan, map 17.
  92. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, map 19.
  93. ^ Luciuk and Kordan, map 4.
  94. ^ See also Galizien German Descendants.org

Sources

  • Barry, Bill (1998). People Places : The Dictionary of Saskatchewan Place Names. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-894022-19-X.
  • Barry, Bill (2001). Ukrainian People Places. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-894022-65-3.
  • City of Edmonton (2004). Naming Edmonton : From Ada to Zoie. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-423-X
  • Hunt, Tina (200-). Lamont County : Church Capital of North America (booklet) (2nd ed). Edmonton, Alberta: Lamont County [distributor].
  • Luciuk, Lubomyr; Kordan, Bohdan (1989). Creating a Landscape : A Geography of Ukrainians in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5823-X.
  • MacGregor, J.G. (1969). Vilni Zemli (Free Lands) : The Ukrainian Settlement of Alberta. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
  • Sanders, Harry M. (2003). The Story Behind Alberta Names : How Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets Got Their Names. Calgary, Alberta: Red Deer Press. ISBN 0-88995-256-6.