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I worded that wrongly...names are similar in Canada compared to the US, but there are subtle differences. Essentially- from my limited observations- Canadians tend to use fewer Old Testament names, more traditional names and fewer kre8tiv-type names. The chic names in Canada mirror the US, but also take more from the UK/Australia name pools, too. For example, Beatrice, Imogen and Matilda (and the odd Lois) come up fairly frequently on Canadian birth announcements, but none of those is in the american top-1000; on the boys' side, I know/have seen birth announcements for a fair number of Canadian baby boys called Ewan, Oscar, Frederick and Hamish. It's just a different mix!

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Canada doesn't track national statistics for names (the sillies), but the Globe and Mail is the national newspaper in Canada, it usually ahas a small collection of births each week. otherwise, I look through local papers, and the provincial lists (actually, I found those from a poster on this board!)