Checked for Toronto and Ottawa they do not have "City of" : http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?q=Toronto&theme[]=985&category=O I agree with what Bernie said, unless it's the official name. It seems it's a classification.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:02 PM, Bernie Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the use of "City of" as indicating the official name of a > municipality as it is defined in legislation. Here in New Brunswick the > Municipalities Act defines the official names of municipalities. Some opt > to use "City of ", "Town of ", etc in the Municipalities Act and some > don't. But when it comes to names on maps we should be more concerned with > toponyms and not official names. The use of "City of ", "Town of ", etc is > very rare in toponyms. Here is a query on the Canadian Geographic Names > Database searching for the term "of" in the "populated places" category - > http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?q= > of&theme%5B%5D=985&category=O > > I only see two examples that include "City of ", "Town of ", etc across > the entire country: > City of Brant, ON > Village of Queen Charlotte, BC > > Bernie. > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:45 PM, OSM Volunteer stevea < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I smell a harmonization with admin_level...not that there's anything >> wrong with that. >> SteveA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> > > > > -- > Bernie Connors > New Maryland, NB > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > -- 外に遊びに行こう！
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