While the provinces' delegates spent little time, if any, in settling on Canada as the name for the new country, others proposed a variety of other names:[25][2]
Anglia – the medieval Latin name for England
Albionoria – 'Albion of the north'
Borealia – from borealis, the Latin word for 'northern'; compare with Australia
Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England
Colonia
Efisga – an acronym of English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Aboriginal
Hochelaga – an old name for Montreal
Laurentia
Mesopelagia – 'land between the seas'
New Albion
Norland
Superior
Tupona – derived from The United Provinces of North America
Transatlantica
Ursalia – 'place of bears'
Vesperia – 'land of the evening star'
Victorialand – in honour of Queen Victoria
― silverfish, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:40 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Imagine if this country had been named 'Superior'. Everything would be completely different.
― silverfish, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:44 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
colonia
― mark s, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:45 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
moosalia
― mookieproof, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:14 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
"Efisga" is mindshattering
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, August 27, 2019 12:34 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
anyway poll
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, August 27, 2019 12:34 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Ursalia – 'place of bears' | 20 |
| Vesperia – 'land of the evening star' | 11 |
| Borealia – from borealis, the Latin word for 'northern'; compare with Australia | 4 |
| Superior | 3 |
| Efisga – an acronym of English, French, Irish, Scottish, German, Aboriginal | 2 |
| Victorialand – in honour of Queen Victoria | 1 |
| Tupona – derived from The United Provinces of North America | 1 |
| Mesopelagia – 'land between the seas' | 1 |
| Hochelaga – an old name for Montreal | 1 |
| Laurentia | 0 |
| New Albion | 0 |
| Norland | 0 |
| Colonia | 0 |
| Transatlantica | 0 |
| Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England | 0 |
| Albionoria – 'Albion of the north' | 0 |
| Anglia – the medieval Latin name for England | 0 |
― silverfish, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link