List of City Nicknames in Canada - Cities By Province - Ontario

Ontario

• Bancroft
  • "The Mineral Capital of Canada"

• Belleville
  • "The Friendly City"

• Brampton
  • "Flower City"
  • "Browntown"
  • "Bramladesh"
  • "B-Town"

• Cambridge
  • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

• Goderich
  • "The Prettiest Town in Canada", derived from a comment made by Queen Elizabeth II
  • "Godrock"

• Guelph
  • G-Spot

• Hamilton
  • "The Hammer"
  • "Hammertown"
  • "Steeltown"

• Kitchener
  • "K-W", when referring jointly to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo
  • "K-Dub"
  • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

• Kingston
  • "K-town"
  • "The Limestone City"

• London
  • "The Forest City"
  • "London Town"
  • "L-Town"

• Mississauga
  • "Sauga"
  • "Sauga City"
  • "The Sausage"
  • "MSS"

• Niagara Falls
  • "The World's Most Famous Address"

• North Bay
  • "Gateway to the North"
  • "Gateway City"
  • "Smoothie Capital of the World"
  • "Shadfly Capital"
  • "The Bay"

• Oakville
  • "The OC"
  • "Coke-ville"
  • "Oakville County"
  • "Joke-Vile", a tongue-in-cheek nickname used by college students
  • "The Oaks"

• Oshawa
  • "The Dirty Shwa"
  • "Canada's Motor City"

• Ottawa
  • "Bytown", the city's official name prior to 1855; still used as a nickname in the media
  • "O-Town"
  • "Capital City"
  • "The N.C.", referring to the initials of the "National Capital"
  • "O-Dot"

• Owen Sound
  • "Chicago of the North"
  • "Little Liverpool"
  • "The Scenic City"
  • "The Elephant's Butthole" (colloquial)

• Peterborough
  • "PeterPatch"
  • "P-Dot"

• Sarnia
  • "Narnia"
  • "Sarn-Hole"
  • "Chemical Valley", named for the petrochemical industry in the area
  • "The Imperial City", named after Imperial Oil and its influence on the City
  • "Bluewater Country"
  • "Land of Destiny" name given by Imperial Oil for the land occupied by Sarnia

• Sault Ste. Marie
  • "The Sault"
  • "The Soo"
  • "Lock City"

• Scarborough (Note: Scarborough merged into the City of Toronto in 1999)
  • "Scarberia", a derogatory nickname based on Scarborough's reputation a barren, faraway land to the east of Toronto
  • "Scarlem", a derogatory nickname which associates Scarborough with the inner-city crime of Harlem, New York
  • "Scartown"

• St. Catharines
  • "St. Kitts"

• Sudbury
  • "Sudz"
  • "Scudz"
  • "Nickel City"

• Thunder Bay
  • "The Lakehead"
  • "T-Bay"
  • "Superior by Nature"
• Timmins
  • "The City with the Heart of Gold" / "La ville au coeur d'or"

• Toronto
  • "Queen City"
  • "Methodist Rome"
  • "Hogtown"
  • "T.O.", derived from Toronto, Ontario
  • "The 4-1-6", a reference to the original area code for Toronto, as compared with "the 9-0-5", which is the area code for much of the outlying suburbs
  • "T-Dot"
  • "The Big Smoke"
  • "Toronto the Good"
  • "The Centre of the Universe", a tongue-in-cheek name used to poke fun at Toronto's narcissistic attitude.
  • "Trana"

• Waterloo
  • "K-W", when referring jointly to the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo
  • "K-Dub"
  • "The 'Loo"
  • "The Tri-City", referring to the adjacent cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge
  • "Waterwoo", a racist reference to the high number of Asian residents, especially students

• Windsor
  • "Rose City"
  • "Motor City C-A", in relations to Detroit, Michigan's nickname of "Motor City U-S-A"
  • "Sin City of the North"
  • "The Dub"
  • "The Dirty South"