Viceregal eponyms in Canada

In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country.

Samuel de Champlain (1627–1635)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
ME (U.S. state)	Champlain Mountain in Acadia National Park^[1]
ON	Champlain Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park	Champlain Bridge, Ottawa
QC	Champlain^[2] Champlain Sea Lake Champlain^[3]	Champlain Bridge, Montréal HMCS Champlain Boulevard Champlain, Quebec City^[4] Avenue Champlain, Saint-Hyacinthe^[5] Avenue Champlain, Shawinigan^[6] Avenue Champlain, Rouyn-Noranda^[7] Avenue Champlain, Pointe-Claire^[8] Avenue Champlain, Val-d'Or^[9] Boulevard Champlain, Candiac^[10] Avenue Champlain, Baie-Comeau^[11] Avenue Champlain, Mont-Joli^[12] Avenue Champlain, Chertsey^[13] Avenue Champlain, Disraeli^[14] Avenue Champlain, Venise-en-Québec^[15] Avenue Champlain, Saint-Armand^[16] Avenue Champlain, Hemmingford^[17] Avenue Champlain, Courcelles^[18]	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	Château Champlain, Montréal

Charles de Montmagny (1635–1648)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
QC	Montmagny^[19]

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (1648–1651)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
QC	Coulonge River^[20]

Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1672–1682, 1689–1698)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
ON	Frontenac County		Kingston Frontenacs	Fort Frontenac, Kingston^[21]
QC		Rue Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec		Château Frontenac, Quebec City^[22] Frontenac (Montreal Metro)

Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (1703–1725) or Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1755–1760)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
NB	Mount Elizabeth, named for the elder Vaudeuil's wife Louise Élisabeth de Joybert^[23]
QC	Terrasse-Vaudreuil Vaudreuil-Dorion^[a]

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1888–1893)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures and other objects	Schools	Buildings
BC	Stanley Park, Vancouver^[82] Stanley Peak^[e]
NB	Stanley^[f]
NS	Stanley^[84]
ON	Port Stanley^[82]
QC		Rue Stanley, Montréal^[82]
		the Stanley Cup, a trophy presented to the winning team of the National Hockey League annually^[85]

Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois (1725–1747)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
QC	Beauharnois^[24]	Beauharnois Generating Station^[25] Beauharnois Canal

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1760–1763)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
NS	Amherst^[27]
ON	Amherstburg^[28] Amherst Island^[28] Amherstview^[28]		General Amherst High School, Amherstburg^[29]
QC		Rue Amherst, Montréal (renamed Rue Atateken in 2019)^[30]
NU	Amherst Island

Robert Prescott (1796–1799)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
ON	Prescott^[39] Prescott and Russell United Counties^[40]

George Prevost (1812–1815)
Region	Geographic locations	Civil structures	Schools	Buildings
ON		HMS Wolfe (launched in Kingston) was called HMS Sir George Prevost before its launch in 1813.

Charles de Montmagny

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge

The Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

Vaudreuil family

The Marquis de Beauharnois

The Marquis de la Jonquière

Sir Jeffery Amherst

The Lord Dorchester

Sir Frederick Haldimand

Robert Prescott

Sir George Prevost

Sir Gordon Drummond

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

The Duke of Richmond

The Earl of Dalhousie

Sir James Kempt

The Lord Aylmer

The Earl of Gosford

Sir John Colborne

The Lord Sydenham

Sir Charles Metcalfe

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine

Sir Edmund Walker Head

The Viscount Monck

The Lord Lisgar

The Earl of Dufferin

Marquess of Lorne

The Marquess of Lansdowne

The Lord Stanley of Preston

The Earl of Aberdeen

The Earl of Minto

The Earl Grey

The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

The Duke of Devonshire

The Lord Byng of Vimy

The Viscount Willingdon

The Earl of Bessborough

The Lord Tweedsmuir

The Earl of Athlone

The Viscount Alexander of Tunis

Vincent Massey

Georges Vanier

Roland Michener

Jules Léger

Edward Schreyer

Jeanne Sauvé

Ray Hnatyshyn

Roméo LeBlanc

Adrienne Clarkson

Michaëlle Jean

David Johnston

Julie Payette

British Columbia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

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