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* When Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario merged, they changed their name. Everyone just called the area "The Lakehead" anyway, so of course they named it "''Thunder Bay''". You see, there was a vote, and both "Lakehead" and "The Lakehead" were on the ballot next to Thunder Bay. Oops.
** More of the same when the city of Galt merged with Preston and Hespeler - resulting in the city of Cambridge, Ontario.
** Toronto Township (and the towns of Port Credit, Malton and Streetsville) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200810194042/https://www.insauga.com/when-mississauga-was-toronto are now Mississauga] – named for a native first nation which sold muddy York town officials the land for £1000 (at prices so low, [[Insane Proprietor|we're crazy]]!) back in 1805. They couldn't change status from "township" to "city" without changing the name, as a City of Toronto already existed one county away.
** After amalgamation, Bowmanville, Newcastle et al. are now Clarington, Ontario. Likewise, Chatham-Newcastle et al. are now Miramichi, New Brunswick.
** Chicoutimi-Jonquière, Québec appears to be named Saguenay (after the river) this week, as part of the same string of amalgamations which renamed Hull for its suburb Gatineau. The previous string of town amalgamations merged Bagotville into "Ville de la Baie" – only to rename the same communities again on the subsequent merger.
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