# On the naming of Canada

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443 "2024-04-18T03:35:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/81 "2024-04-24T11:36:12Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Incidentally, Google informs me that the conversion of Dominion stores to the Metro name began in August, 2008, beginning with the stores in the Toronto area, which is more recent than I would have guessed.

I remember moving to Ontario from Saskatchewan in the late '90s and feeling like I had entered a time warp because I thought the Dominion chain had closed years earlier.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/82 "2024-04-24T12:51:13Z")

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Kind of like seeing a Becker’s?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/83 "2024-04-24T16:49:45Z")

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[Or a Loblaws](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Kh8Pii0p4)?

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/84 "2024-04-24T17:01:15Z")

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> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> Kind of like seeing a Becker’s?

I can walk to a Becker’s. They’re around.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/85 "2024-04-24T18:41:29Z")

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Sure. I know a couple in my city. But there used to be hundreds.

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**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/86 "2024-04-24T22:47:40Z")

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> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> Kind of like seeing a Becker’s?

They use to be all over when I was a kid, can’t remember the last time I saw one

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