Reaction To How Each Canadian Province & Territory Got Its Name

Reaction To How Each Canadian Province & Territory Got Its Name

This is my reaction to How Each Canadian Province & Territory Got Its Name

In this video I react to Canadian history and Canadian geography by looking at how the Canadian provinces and territories got their names.

[nadiagrace]

You know what’s funny..I am Canadian, born raised. And I’ve learned more about my own country from your videos than school taught me.

[casard]

Great video. Being Canadian, I'm surprised and glad of this video. It's already saved. Thank you.

[Joncom]

Lovely video, but those pronunciations were killing me haha

[casard]

Yes, your video is saved. It's good to have a refresher now and then. Thanks, from British Columbia 🇨🇦

[theblackbear]

I have a copy of a letter from my maternal grandmother - who had emigrated from what is now part of Ukraine,
about being present in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1905 at the celebration of Saskatchewan becoming a province.

[Ottawajames]

The way he pronounced Métis as meatus instead of may-tee... 😮

[talon_craft]

I'm Albertan, and Princess Louise was quite the firecracker! The iconic Lake Louise was named for her as well. ❤

[michaeldowson]

Prince Edward was the only member of the Royal Family to choose to reside in Canada, serving as a governor, living first in Quebec City and later in Halifax Nova Scotia. He returned to England when his older siblings' children all died, and he needed to produce an heir to the throne - Queen Victoria. He was a friendly sort and got on well with both the British and French residents. Kent Street in Ottawa is named after his title.

[shamusmenzies]

I straight up shouted ITS LOO-EE REE-EL when he said that 😂😅

[billybob-vi]

Louis Riel is an interesting historical figure, if you don't know about him, it's an interesting bit of Canadian history, Metis and First Nations relations.

[teej-hw]

Riel - pronounced ree-Al, is a legend in Canadian mythology, and history.

[CONSTANTINEXI]

Yeah he messed up a lot of the names. For example: it's Louis, not Lewis, and it's Ree al, not real. He even got Quebec wrong

[djknox]

Not only can this dude not pronounce most Canadian names, he doesn't even know how to say anglicized. Amazing.

[tessamania]

I always enjoy your videos, Mert. Thank you for this one. It was entertaining and enlightening, lol. My family has been Canadian since before confederation (1867), so I'm really enjoying watching people like yourself learn about my incredible country. It's a country created by the British and molded by many different people since but always the British backbone is there, underpinning the ebbs and flows of change.

[manxkin]

American here. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec.

[carlop.]

Thanks for the video--I knew about Québec, which is the province where I live (I remember from my history classes, more than 40 years ago), but I learned a lot about the 9 other provinces.

[rbrtr]

When Saskatchewan was formed in 1905, there were three large towns or cities, Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Regina was chosen to be the capital as it was on the major trans canada rail, the second city, Prince Albert was given the choice of hosting the province's prison or the university. Prince Albert chose the prison because of guaranteed employment. Saskatoon had no choice but to take the university. Flashforward 120 years, Saskatoon has a population of 273k, Prince Albert 47 k.

[EchoesDaBear]

Great video Mert! It was a good 'reminder' for this Ontarian - we did study this when I was a kid, but some of it has been forgotten.
Where I'm from, there's plenty of reminders on the settlers origins, or of the Indigenous in the area. Kitchener (originally Berlin) was from Lord Kitchener. London, Cambridge all, obviously, have British ties. Neighbouring city of Waterloo is named after the battle site (Waterloo, Belgium). Brantford, named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk leader...etc.
Toronto as well is from the Mohawk (Tkaronto), meaning 'where there are trees in the water', referring to a channel of water where Lake Simcoe goes into another.
Our history is very interesting! Cheers for checking it!

[pierrebelliveau]

Prince Edward Island was Called L' Isle Saint Jean beforehand as it was a French colony from earlier times .

[chaos]

France did not give up all its claim, it still holds an island south of Newfoundland