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This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Coca-Cola Coliseum (also or formerly known as CNE Coliseum, Royal Coliseum, Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto Coliseum, or Coliseum) is an arena at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, used for agricultural displays, ice hockey, and trade shows. It was built for the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (the ...
Newfoundland and Labrador. Official Nicknames/Slogans. "The Big Land" (Labrador) "The Rock" [18][4] Former Nicknames/Slogans. "Canada's Happy Province" – formerly used on its license plates from 1968 to 1974. "A World of Difference" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 2001.
Scotiabank Arena (French: Aréna Scotiabank), formerly known as Air Canada Centre (ACC), is a multi-purposed arena located on Bay Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The history of Canadian sports falls into five stages of development: early recreational activities before 1840; the start of organized competition, 1840–1880; the emergence of national organizations, 1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last half-century. [1]
The Toronto Rock is a National Lacrosse League team is based outside the city limits of Toronto, but is located within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The team played their home games in Toronto from 1999 to 2021, when it relocated to FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.
Rich Harden. Blake Hawksworth. Ferguson Jenkins, 3x MLB All Star, first Canadian to gain election to National Baseball Hall of Fame (1991) [1] George Kottaras. Pete Laforest. Joseph Lannin, owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth. Brett Lawrie (born 1990) Adam Loewen. Russell Martin, 4x All Star.