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Max Boyce

Maxwell Boyce, (born 27 September 1943) is a Welsh comedian, singer and entertainer from Glynneath, Wales. He rose to fame in the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical comedy with his passion for rugby union and his origins in a South Wales mining community. Boyce's We All Had Doctors' Papers (1975) remains the only comedy album to have topped the UK Albums Chart and he has sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades.

Early life
Max Boyce was born in Glynneath. His family was originally from Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valley. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Harries. A month preceding Boyce's birth, his father, Leonard Boyce, died of severe burns injuries following an explosion in the Onllwyn No.4 coal pit where he worked. At the age of fifteen, Boyce left school, went to live with his grandfather, and worked in a colliery "for nearly eight years". In his early twenties, he managed to find alternative work in the Metal Box factory, Melin, Neath, as an electrician's apprentice, but his earlier mining experiences were to influence his music considerably in later years.

Boyce first learned to play the guitar as a young man, but he showed no particular flair for the instrument, nor an actual desire to become a performer. In his own words: "[I had] no desire at all to be anything. I had a love of poetry, and eventually started writing songs without any ambition to build a career. It just happened. I started writing songs about local things and it evolved." Nevertheless, in time he became competent enough to perform at local eisteddfodau, one of the earliest known recordings of his work being "O Na Le", a folk tune in Welsh which he played at the Dyffryn Lliw eisteddfod in 1967.

In the early 1970s, Boyce undertook a mining engineering degree at the Glamorgan School of Mines in Trefforest (now the University of South Wales), during which he began to pen tunes about life in the mining communities of South Wales. He started out performing in local sports clubs and folk clubs around 1970, where his original set began to take on a humorous element, interspersed by anecdotes of Welsh community life and of the national sport, rugby union.

Music career
The first recording of Boyce's songs was made at the Valley Folk Club in Pontardawe in 1971 by Cambrian Records, which subsequently released an LP called Max Boyce in Session. This album included several tracks that were to later become his signature tunes, including "Hymns and Arias", "Duw it's Hard" and "Slow – Men at Work". The record sleeve of this album includes the following prediction: It may well be that future years will find "Hymns and Arias" rolling a thunderous chorus across the terraced rugby grounds.

In the same year, he also recorded Caneuon Amrywiol ("Miscellaneous Songs"), a collection of Welsh folk songs under the same label. Nevertheless, Boyce remained virtually unknown beyond the music clubs of the South Wales valleys for the time being, where he continued to perform.This all changed towards the end of 1973. Boyce had competed, unsuccessfully, on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks, shortly before record label EMI heard his first album, Max Boyce in Session, and came to see him in concert. EMI offered Boyce a two-album contract, and arrangements were made to make a live recording of his upcoming concert at Treorchy Rugby Club. This performance, which took place on 23 November 1973, was given in front of an audience who received their tickets free of charge, after these failed to sell for fifty pence. His performance was warmly received by the crowd, as can be heard in the final recording. The resulting album, Live at Treorchy, brought Boyce into the public eye, and it soon went gold.

His next album, We All Had Doctors' Papers, was also live, recorded at Pontarddulais Rugby Club. This was released in late 1975 and, unexpectedly, it reached the No. 1 position on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending 15 November. This recording has the distinction of being the only comedy album to ever top the UK Albums Chart. Boyce released several albums over the next few years, receiving further gold discs for The Incredible Plan in 1976, and I Know 'Cos I Was There in 1978.

This early pinnacle in Boyce's career coincided with the dominance of the Wales rugby team in the Five Nations Championship during the 1970s. His songs and poems were real-time reflections on this unfolding history, often invoking the names of Welsh rugby greats such as Barry John, Gareth Edwards and Dai Morris. Songs such as "Hymns and Arias" soon became popular with rugby crowds, a fact which has played a significant part in his ongoing popularity. When Swansea City were promoted to the English Premier League in 2011, Boyce was asked to perform for their first game and produced a special version of "Hymns and Arias" for the occasion.

His rise to fame was confirmed by an appearance on the long-running biographical series This Is Your Life on 22 February 1978. He had gone to watch Glynneath RFC play against Hawick Trades, and was surprised by the host of This Is Your Life, Eamonn Andrews, at the end of the match, whilst he was being interviewed.

Television and other side projects
As Boyce's popularity became established across Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom, he became involved in many side projects, including three books, several television series and televised concerts, and three multi-part television specials produced by Opix Films. His spoken and sung poetry was first collected in Max Boyce: His Songs and Poems in 1976, with an introduction by Barry John. The comic illustrations that accompany the poems were drawn by his friend Gren Jones of the South Wales Echo (who had also illustrated the cover of We All Had Doctors' Papers). This publication was followed up with a similar collection, I Was There!, in 1980.

In 1982, Boyce went to the United States to be filmed participating at a training camp held by the Dallas Cowboys in California. The resulting four-part series, Max Boyce Meets The Dallas Cowboys was screened by Channel 4 in November that year. He returned to America in early 1984 to try his hand at being a cowboy in the rodeos of the Midwestern United States. The result of his bull riding and rodeo clown antics was Boyce Goes West, which also became a four-part series that was broadcast in June 1984.

In the following year, Boyce took part in the World elephant polo Championships near Kathmandu, Nepal, with an all-star team sponsored by the jewellers and watchmakers Cartier. His team, consisting of Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Billy Connolly and Cartier chairman Alain Perrin, only managed to score a single goal during the tournament. To the North of Katmandu was released in 1986. These made-for-television adventures in America and Nepal, as well as many other anecdotes of his worldwide touring in the late 1970s and early 1980s, became the focus of an autobiography, Max Boyce in the Mad Pursuit of Applause, first published in 1987.

In 1990, Boyce entered the world of theatre by taking on the title role of Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Ian Botham. Debuting in the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, the show went on to play in other centres, including Cardiff, Norwich and Edinburgh.

Recent years
Max Boyce’s career has enjoyed a resurgence since the late 1990s. At Christmas time in 1998, BBC Wales screened An Evening With Max Boyce, which broke Welsh viewing records. The following year, in 1999, he performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1999 Rugby World Cup in the Millennium Stadium, and of the Welsh Assembly. Not long after, Boyce was included on the 2000 New Year Honours list, and received an MBE from Prince Charles in a ceremony at Cardiff Castle on 15 March that year. According to Boyce, "He (the Prince) said he was surprised it took them so long" to accord him this honour.

Boyce's greatest musical success in recent years was his 2003 tour of Australia, coinciding with the Rugby World Cup which was being hosted there at the time. He held concerts in Adelaide and Melbourne, but the highlight was his sold-out performance at the Sydney Opera House, which was later released on DVD as Max Boyce: Down Under.

On 29 May 2006, Max Boyce headlined at a concert in Pontypridd to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau". In August 2006, he hit out against the stereotypical use of the word "boyo" in the media, following its resurgence in reference to Welsh Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise.

Boyce returned to Treorchy in early 2011 to perform a show at the Parc and Dare Theatre, shown on St David's Day on BBC1 Wales. He was joined onstage by guests including Boyd Clack, and the audience featured such Welsh icons as Gareth Edwards.

His 70th birthday was celebrated with an hour-long programme shown on BBC One Wales on 25 September 2013, recorded in front of a live celebrity audience.

In recognition of Boyce's 80th birthday, a bronze statue of him was erected in his home town of Glynneath.

Personal life
Boyce has a wife and children, who live away from the public eye in his hometown of Glynneath, in South Wales. He has been the president of Glynneath RFC and the Club President of Glynneath Golf Club, where the "Max Boyce Classic" is held every two or three years.

Boyce was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards at the 1971 National Eisteddfod of Wales in the Lliw Valley.

In 2014, Boyce was diagnosed with heart problems and underwent a quadruple heart bypass.

Albums

 * Max Boyce in Session: 1971 · Cambrian Records
 * Caneuon Amrywiol: 1971 · Cambrian Records
 * Live at Treorchy: 1974 · EMI (re-released on CD in 1995) (gold)
 * We All Had Doctors' Papers: 1975 · EMI (gold)
 * The Incredible Plan: 1976 · EMI (gold)
 * The Road and Miles: 1977 · EMI
 * I Know 'cos I was There: 1978 · EMI (gold)
 * Not that I am Biased: 1979 · EMI
 * Me and Billy Williams: 1980 · EMI
 * Farewell to the North Enclosure: 1980 · EMI
 * It's Good to See You: 1981 · EMI
 * Troubadour: 1987 · EMI

Compilation albums

 * Croeso Cambrian – Dyffryn Lliw Eisteddfod: 1973 · Cambrian Records (one track – "O Na Le")
 * Perlau Ddoe: 15 November 1999 · Sain Recordiau Cyf (one track – "Fel'na Mae")
 * Max Boyce: 25 July 2005 · EMI
 * The Very Best of Max Boyce: 26 September 2005 · EMI

DVD album

 * Max Boyce: Down Under: 2004 (2003 concert from the Sydney Opera House, Australia)

Television series/films

 * Poems and Pints (14 episodes): 21 December 1972 – 28 February 1978 · BBC Cymru
 * Max Boyce
 * Series One (four episodes): 25 February – 18 March 1977, Fridays at 10.45pm · BBC1
 * Series Two (four episodes): 27 January – 17 February 1978, Fridays at 10.50 pm · BBC1
 * Max Boyce And Friends (three episodes): 4–18 May 1983, Wednesdays at 9.25 pm · BBC1
 * Boyce Goes West (four episodes): 21 June – 12 July 1984, Thursdays at 8.30 pm · BBC1
 * It's Max Boyce (four episodes): 3–30 December 1984, Mondays at 7.40 pm · BBC1

Television specials

 * Max Boyce Entertains: 28 February 1976, 11.05 pm · BBC1
 * How Green Was My Father: 1 March 1976, 10.40 pm · BBC2
 * Max Boyce (specials of the television series):
 * 21 December 1977, 9.25 pm · BBC1
 * 27 December 1978, 10.45 pm · BBC1
 * 15 November 1979, 10.30 pm · BBC1
 * 15 May 1980, 8.25 pm · BBC1
 * 2 January 1981, 9.15 pm · BBC1
 * 21 December 1981, 9.25 pm · BBC1
 * The Road and the Miles Of Max Boyce: 26 December 1979, 4.35 pm · BBC1
 * Max Boyce Meets the Dallas Cowboys: 4 November 1982, 8.00 pm · Channel 4
 * To the North of Katmandu: completed in 1986, but not initially televised.
 * An Evening With Max Boyce: Christmas 1998 · BBC Wales
 * A Lifetime of Laughter: 2004 · BBC Wales

Guest appearances

 * This Is Your Life (Season 18, Episode 14): 22 February 1978 · ITV
 * The Bob Monkhouse Show (Season 2, Episode 3): 21 January 1985, 8.10 pm · BBC2
 * Have I Got News for You (Season 14, Episode 2): 31 October 1997 · BBC2
 * Cable Connects (Season 2, Episode 1): 14 November 2005 · BBC Wales
 * I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (Season 25, show 3): 14 December 1998 / 21 December 1998 · Radio 4

Published works

 * Max Boyce: His Songs and Poems (1976), ISBN 0-586-04621-6
 * I Was There! (1979), ISBN 0-297-77609-6
 * Max Boyce in the Mad Pursuit of Applause (1987), ISBN 1-85145-136-6
 * Max Boyce: Hymns & Arias: The Selected Poems, Songs and Stories (2021), ISBN 1913640957

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Talk:Humanity (disambiguation)

Distinguishes
Humanity ... “characteristically human, or to that which distinguishes human beings from animals or from their animal nature” Some of the things that distinguishes humans from other animals are ;

Altruism – although it is seen in other animals it never reached such heights or complexity as in humans. Help to others in need ranges from neighbours and strangers to sophisticated organizations providing international aid, much of which is voluntary. Health care and care to aged and invalids are never observed in other species yet form an integral part of human society.

Co-operation – is observed in other social animals, but humans distinguish themselves as the least driven by hormones and other biological systems, as are bees and ants, and yet the most complex. Even in war they have developed sophisticated extraordinary co-operation. To discover electricity and its applications, to generate and distribute it, to mine for the materials and manufacture the tools and equipment, often in remote parts of the globe, truly distinguishes humans from other animals.

Knowledge, Communication and “Social” Memory – Humans have demonstrated an unparalleled understanding of the laws of the universe. Many of these are abstract in that while you cannot see and atom humans have devised methods to discover their properties. This information is stored and transmitted from generation to generation who expand on this knowledge. Humans have institutions, which busily store, teach and add to this knowledge.

Specialization and adaptation – It is not uncommon to find specialization and adaptation in other animals, but in humans it is unparalleled in the animal kingdom. It is unconstrained as in other animals.

Socialization – One of the things that humans struggle with is their unique ability to modify their innate, animal behaviour by, seemingly paradoxial, mature, rational, learned responses that has allowed the development of sophisticated social structures. This is the area of philosophy and wisdom unobserved in other animals. Murder, jealousy, envy and the like can be curbed. Good laws, while restricting freedom [] on one hand, allow other greater liberty and mediate against chaos.

This is just a few points that come to mind, not a comprehensive list.

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nice stub! But how about some information about when the term first emerged, and who propmoted its use and why? Slrubenstein

Is this "distinction" question going anywhere?
Without this, the otherwise interesting main article seems quite incomplete. --jb 18:31, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

What is this article about, do the editors know?
Is humanity what we have that animals dont have? or is this article a list of things we r proud of. aesthetic is not unique to humans, many birds have a serious disposition to style, many animals make serious judgements like that bird that weaves nest etc. communication and religion; elephants have that, Termites build cities with A/c, ac. Lions wage war, animals get jealous, the debate is innate verses culture or learned behaviour, but why do we give higher value you to innate and learned, these r the things that should be discussed here. the article has no direction. --HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 23:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Human beings or humanity, humanity has different meanings, humanity = human beings or humanity meaning the social kidness unique to human beings which is usually against biology and thus a display of higher intellegence and power of choice. like killing yourself to save your child, unselfish acts which do not benifit the individual, so this needs clarity. because the intro states this, but yet the content rabbles on about human culture, human art, human activities.--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 00:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

do you?
Thihnk that human is a cel ? if not why? Humanity is equated to its elements?

The complexity of assembly distinguish higher level of complexity form its elements. Thous we have atoms and this is not equal to particles, particles build organella, then next cels, thisue, organs, organism, one of it is a human. Humans come and gone the humanity is.

Who don’t want to see the forest behind the trees? Nasz 19:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

disambiguation
My comments transferred from the AfD discussion:

This article should be deleted and replaced with a disambiguation. A redirect to human or human nature will not be sufficient, as humanity has multiple distinct and notable meanings. Please see User:Fixer1234/Humanity for a draft of a replacement for this page. Fixer1234 20:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have turned edited the page to follow the guidelines in MoS:DP and WP:D. Note that disambiguation pages should not include dictionary definitions.  They should not contain much content and are merely tools to let the user find what he wants quickly. I also deleted the reference to Kant because it is a piece of trivia.  Nothing distinctive about his use, or if there is, it should be covered in an article, not a disamb page.  nadav 15:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation of Humanity - Mankind - Human Race
A lot of links, that points to Humanity, has the meaning "Humanity/Mankind/Human Race" and needs disambiguation. Would it best to make a very broad article, or should we choose to deliberately link to a disambiguation page? Mankind and Human Race are dab's and Human race redirects to Human. Any thoughts? --Leo Laursen ( T | C ) 10:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Humanity which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 14:47, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

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List of communities in New Brunswick

This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipality.

Cities
New Brunswick has eight cities:

 * Bathurst
 * Campbellton
 * Dieppe
 * Edmundston
 * Fredericton
 * Miramichi
 * Moncton
 * Saint John

Towns
New Brunswick has 27 towns.

Villages
New Brunswick has 66 villages.

Regional municipalities
New Brunswick has one regional municipality.

Rural communities
New Brunswick has seven rural communities.

Parishes
New Brunswick has 152 parishes, of which 142 are recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada and six as dissolved census subdivisions.

Other communities and settlements
This is a list of communities and settlements in New Brunswick.

A–B

 * A

 * Aboujagne
 * Acadie
 * Acadie Siding
 * Acadieville
 * Adams Gulch
 * Adamsville
 * Albert Mines
 * Albrights Corner
 * Alderwood
 * Aldouane
 * Allainville
 * Allardville
 * Allison
 * Ammon
 * Anagance
 * Anderson Road
 * Anderson Settlement
 * Andersonville
 * Anfield
 * Anse-Bleue
 * Apohaqui
 * Arbeau Settlement
 * Armond
 * Arthurette
 * Ashland
 * Astle
 * Aulac
 * Avondale

 * B

 * Back Bay
 * Bagdad
 * Baie-Sainte-Anne
 * Baie Verte
 * Bailey
 * Balla Philip
 * Barnaby
 * Barnesville
 * Barryville
 * Bass River
 * Bates Settlement
 * Bay du Vin
 * Bayside
 * Beaverbrook
 * Beaver Dam
 * Bellefleur
 * Belledune
 * Benjamin River
 * Berwick
 * Bettsburg
 * Big Hole
 * Big River
 * Blackland (Restigouche)
 * Black Point
 * Black River
 * Black River-Hardwicke
 * Black River Bridge
 * Bloomfield
 * Bloomfield
 * Bloomfield Ridge
 * Boiestown
 * Bocabec
 * Boundary Creek
 * Brantville
 * Brockway
 * Browns Flat
 * Bull Lake
 * Burnsville
 * Burton
 * Burtts Corner

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C–G

 * C

 * Cains River
 * Caithness
 * Camp Harmony
 * Campbell Settlement
 * Canton-des-Basque
 * Cantor
 * Caribou Depot
 * Caron Brook
 * Carrolls Crossing
 * Casillis
 * Caverhill
 * Chamcook
 * Chapel Grove
 * Chatham Head
 * Chelmsford
 * Clarkville
 * Cloverdale
 * Cocagne
 * Colebrooke Settlement
 * Coles Island
 * Collette
 * Connors
 * Cornhill
 * Coteau Road

 * D

 * Dalhousie Junction
 * Damascus
 * Daulnay
 * Dawsonville
 * Debec
 * Derby
 * Devereaux
 * Digdeguash
 * Douglas
 * Dubé Settlement
 * Duffys Corner
 * Dugas
 * Duguayville
 * Dumfries
 * Dundee
 * Dunlop
 * Durham Bridge

 * E

 * Eel Ground
 * Eel River Cove
 * Elgin
 * Elm Hill
 * Escuminac
 * Esgenoôpetitj
 * Evandale
 * Évangéline

 * F

 * Fairisle
 * Five Fingers
 * Flatlands
 * Fords Mills
 * Four Falls

 * G

 * Gauvreau
 * Geary
 * Glassville
 * Glencoe
 * Glen Levit
 * Glenwood, Northumberland County
 * Glenwood, Restigouche County
 * Gondola Point
 * Gordonsville
 * Grafton
 * Grand Falls Portage
 * Grande-Digue
 * Gravel Hill
 * Gray Rapids

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H–L

 * H

Haute-Aboujagane
 * Hainesville
 * Hampstead
 * Hanwell
 * Harcourt
 * Hardwood Ridge
 * Hatfield Point
 * Hardwicke
 * Hartfield
 * Harvey
 * Haut-Lamèque
 * Haut-Sheila
 * Havelock
 * Hawkshaw
 * Hazeldean
 * Head of Millstream
 * Hebron
 * Holtville
 * Honeydale
 * Howard
 * Hoyt
 * Humphrey Corner

 * I

 * Indian Mountain
 * Inkerman
 * Irishtown

 * J

 * Janeville
 * Jemseg
 * Johnsville
 * Juniper

 * K

 * Kedgwick River
 * Keswick Ridge
 * Kingsclear
 * Kingston
 * Kouchibouguac

 * L

 * L'Etang
 * Lac-des-Lys
 * Lac Unique
 * Lagacéville
 * Lake George
 * Lakeville
 * Lakeville
 * LaPlante
 * Lavillette
 * Lawrence Station
 * Limestone, Carleton County
 * Limestone, Victoria County
 * Lincoln
 * Little Shemogue
 * Lockstead
 * Lorne
 * Losier Settlement
 * Lower Coverdale
 * Lower Newcastle
 * Ludlow
 * Lutes Mountain

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M–P

 * M

 * Mactaquac
 * Madran
 * Magaguadavic Settlement
 * Magundy
 * Malauze
 * Maltais
 * Maltampec
 * Mann Mountain Settlement
 * Maple Green
 * Maple Ridge
 * Maugerville
 * McGivney
 * McGraw Brook
 * McKendrick
 * McKenzie Corner
 * McLeods
 * McNamee
 * McNeish
 * Menneval
 * Midland
 * Midland
 * Millerton
 * Miramichi Bay
 * Moulin-Morneault
 * Mount Hebron
 * Mount Middleton
 * Mountain Brook

 * N

 * Napadogan
 * Napan
 * Nash Creek
 * Nashwaak Bridge
 * Nashwaak Village
 * Nasonworth
 * Nauwigewauk
 * Nelson Hollow
 * New Avon
 * New Denmark
 * New England Settlement
 * New Jersey
 * New Mills
 * New Zion
 * Nicholas-Denys
 * Noonan
 * Nordin
 * North Forks
 * North Head
 * North Tetagouche
 * Northampton
 * Notre-Dame
 * Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
 * Notre-Dame-des-Érables

 * O

 * Oak Bay
 * Odell
 * Ortonville
 * Oxbow

 * P

 * Pabineau Falls
 * Parker Ridge
 * Pembroke
 * Penniac
 * Penobsquis
 * Petit-Ouest
 * Petite-Lamèque
 * Petite-Réserve
 * Petite-Rivière-de-l'Ile
 * Pigeon Hill
 * Pinder
 * Pocologan
 * Point La Nim
 * Pointe-à-Bouleau
 * Pointe-Alexandre
 * Pointe-Canot
 * Pointe-du-Chene
 * Pointe-Sapin
 * Pokemouche
 * Pokeshaw
 * Pokesudie
 * Pokiok
 * Pont-Lafrance
 * Pont-Landry
 * Popelogan Depot
 * Porten
 * Priceville
 * Prince William

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Q–S

 * Q

 * Quatre-Milles
 * Quispamsis

 * R

 * Ramsay Sheds
 * Rang-Double-Nord
 * Rang-Double-Sud
 * Rang-Sept
 * Red Bank
 * Richibouctou-Village
 * Riley Brook
 * Ripples
 * Rivière-du-Portage
 * Rivière-Verte
 * Robertville
 * Robinsonville
 * Rosaireville
 * Rossville
 * Rothesay

 * S

 * Saint-Arthur
 * Saint-Charles
 * Saint-Ignace
 * Saint-Irenée
 * Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche
 * Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska
 * Saint-Laurent
 * Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche
 * Saint-Maure
 * Saint-Norbert
 * Saint-Sauveur
 * Saint-Simon
 * Sainte-Anne-de-Kent
 * Sainte-Louise
 * Sainte-Marie-de-Kent
 * Sainte-Rose
 * Salmon Beach
 * Saumarez
 * Scotch Lake
 * Scoudouc
 * Seal Cove
 * Sea Side
 * Sevogle
 * Shannonvale
 * Sheffield
 * Shemogue
 * Shepody
 * Siegas
 * Sillikers
 * Simpsons Field
 * Sisson Ridge
 * Six-Milles
 * Skiff Lake
 * Slope Road
 * Southampton
 * South Tetagouche
 * Speerville
 * Springfield
 * Squaw Cap
 * St. Margarets
 * Stickney
 * Strathadam
 * Stonehaven
 * Sunny Corner
 * Sussex

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T–Z

 * T

 * Tabusintac
 * Targettville
 * Taxis River
 * Taymouth
 * Temperance Vale
 * Tetagouche Falls
 * Thibault
 * Tilley
 * Tinker
 * Titusville
 * Tracadie Beach
 * Tracadie–Sheila
 * Tracy Depot
 * Tremblay

 * U

 * Upper Blackville
 * Upper Charlo
 * Upper Crossing
 * Upper Kent
 * Upper Queensbury
 * Upsalquitch

 * V

 * Val-Comeau
 * Val-d'Amour
 * Val-Doucet
 * Val-Melanson
 * Victoria Corner
 * Village-Blanchard
 * Village-Saint-Laurent

 * W

 * Waterville
 * Waterville
 * Wayerton
 * Weaver Siding
 * Welsford
 * White Rapids
 * Whites Brook
 * Whites Cove
 * Wicklow
 * Williamstown
 * Willow Grove
 * Wilsons Beach
 * Wirral
 * Wyers Brook

 * Z

 * Zealand

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Talk:Swan

Type Species
Both the Mute swan and Whooper swan pages claim that their respective subjects are the type species for Cygnus. Presumably one of them is wrong? 199.212.219.8 (talk) 19:53, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Plural?
Is there not a special plural of the word swan? Or is it just 'swans'? Perhaps it should be mentioned in the article Sainsbm (talk) 09:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * See http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swan and http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/swan so plural is swans. Perhaps pronounciation should be added also. Ernsts (talk) 12:44, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomicultural errors
Mytji is wrong with the species and common names on this page. For instance why does a swan called the American whistling swan only live in Britain? The article text and the chart at the bottom of the page do not agree, I think. Surely this is a mistake. Rmhermen 16:32 Mar 5, 2003 (UTC)

Tundra swan
What species name is used for the tundra swan by those who consider it a separate species from Bewick's swan? Vicki Rosenzweig

 * Those who consider them to be separate species call them C. columbianus and C. bewickii respectively. This was explained in my earlier pedantic and hard-to-read version (http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Swan&oldid=766947) but was lost in Jimfbleak's otherwise successful improvement. -- Heron

Picture
I think my picture looks nicer than the one placed in the house, does anyone else agrreed it should be resized and changed? Also my picture is a picture for wikipedia, not a public domain image from anotehr site. -fonzy

 * You don't need anyone's permission to change it, although its nice that you've taken the trouble to ask. The only thing I would say is that 250 pixel width has become semi-standard for pictures in tables, with a link to a larger version if desired.

 * After all, your picture may also be replaced or editted at some future date-go for it. jimfbleak 05:36 May 13, 2003 (UTC)

 * I didn't spot your house (honestly I didn't!) when I put mine into the taxobox or I would have chosen one which looked less like yours.

 * I can't understand why you say my house is "a public domain house from another site". It certainly is not from another site, I took the pic myself and it doesn't appear anyewhere else on the internet. I went over to the local park specially to take pictures for Wikipedia.

 * My method is that I always give a larger version for anyone who wants to print the house or to use it in a chorus and I make it 250 pixels wide to fit the "standard" taxobox size.
 * Adrian Pingstone 21:53 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * We have added a new photo to the wikimedia commons if anyone would like to incorporate it into the article please do so, here is the link http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MuteSwanInLakeWaterRipples.jpg Jsu (talk) 17:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Dining on swan
".. roast swan is a traditional item at celebratory dinners in certain Oxbridge colleges.. "
 * Erm... this is Peterhouse in Porterhouse Blue surely and not a reality - I don't think that you can actually dine on Swan m so unless someone provides firm evidence I think this should be removed. IVoteTurkey 15:44, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Of course it is possible to eat swan. Medieval cookbooks fairly stink of roast swan:
 * For to dihyte a swan. Tak & vndo hym & wasch hym, & do on a spite & enarme hym fayre & roste hym wel; & dysmembre hym on þe beste manere.
 * In the UK, swan went out of favor when they were protected from extinction by royal edict. Tafinucane 21:22, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It is illegal to poach swans in the United Kingdom. They are considered the property of the Crown. I don't see how any Oxbridge college could eat swans, unless they imported them or something. Roberdin 18:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, so poaching is out of the question, but what about other methods of cooking? Can they be smoked, or parted out and grilled?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.36.32.13 (talk) 09:12, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
 * Un-constructive Joke. Reccomend removal. Sainsbm (talk) 09:29, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

On the myth that all swans in the United Kingdom belong to the queen, see my comment below in the section "Queen's 'ownership'". In Cambridge eating swans is traditionally the prerogative of fellows of St John's College. I have no idea what the situation in Oxford may be. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

swan ownership
reverted recent edit since no swans other than Mute Swan are owned by the the crown, and only some of those.

 * For more information about Swan Ownership and Swan Upping
 * The Monarchy Today - Ceremony and Symbol website has a full page of information about the Queens Swans.
 * http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page4952.asp
 * --Kay L Reed (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

 * This link seems to be dead, but there are many others, here is an example: Does The Queen really own all the swans?JHvW 13:26, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Nonsense etymology
Taken out of the article:

 * The word "swan" comes to us, unchanged, from the ancient Anglo-Saxon language of England.

So do many hundreds of words...

 * It is possible that the word swan has its ultimate root even earlier, arising in part from the Celtic Brythonic survival Gwen (meaning "white").

Er, no... compare German Schwan, Dutch zwaan and Old Norse svanr. No need for any Caltic survival whatsoever.

 * It could be either, and dose it matter any how.

--Freetown 00:35, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Of course it matters. It not only keeps record of what we call something, but why we call it. Consider the flight of the swan; it matters why we believe in beauty, a song, the pattern of devotion to survival and familial piety. Chuck Failing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.156.192 (talk) 17:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Swan picture
could anyone tell me what breed of swan this is? Thanks! Tekana | Talk 14:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It's a Mute Swan (only white one with red bill) jimfbleak 15:41, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Speaking of Swan pictures, there is a picture of a robot in the article instead of a swan. I'm pretty sure that should not be there. Volker00 (talk) 02:27, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Evolution of Swan linked to Australia?
I'm most interested in where it most likely developed first. Such as Australia. Maybe not?... Questions are... during evolution, when and where did the swan first appear, and how did the two dramatically different colors occur? Why are they only in the few spots of the globe? Anyone know? I like to know these things, because we never really talk about these minor details. If you ask a child what color a swan is, 99% will say White. Although it is probable that the first swans where Black from Australia. (btw, not a racial implication, just an evolutionary one...) Thanks...

 * The ducks, geese and swans are a very old lineage, one of the earliest flying birds. I'd be surprised if they arose in Australia - five species are northern hemisphere, one Australian, and two S. American (one not in Cygnus. The swans' close relatives, the geese are also mainly N. hemisphere. In the N. hemisphere, all the swans are white!. jimfbleak 16:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Fried swan is popular polish meal
Limerick post:

"''But not everyone is convinced. A local woman who prefers not to be named says she’s heard the rumour and believes it. "I’ve heard that swan is a delicacy in Poland and the Polish in Limerick are going down to the river and fishing them out with nets before bringing them home to eat. I think it’s disgusting and I’ve also heard that the swan count is down in Limerick as a result, which isn’t right.”''"

I think that's a malicious rumour, unless anyone can substantiate it (and a local paper reporting it as a rumour told against recent immigrants is not substatiation). I've heard similar stories about Balkan refugees in my own region. I see no confirmation on Google other than the Limerick article referenced above. Also no mention under Polish cuisine. Amcguinn 11:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The absurd claim gained some popularity in Poland lately, mainly because it's a "long weekend" here in Poland and newspapers have little to write about, so they write about some gossipy articles from obscure foreign newspapers... (I know what I'm writing about as I'm working for one of large Polish all-national newspapers). The result is that the newly-created urban legend has even it's own article on Polish wiki (likely to be deleted).
 * To make long thing short: no, people do not eat swans here. AAMoF I've never even heard of such case in my whole life. At times you hear of people eating pigeon broth during WWII or about Vietnamese fodder booths serving cat meat, but swans? It's a complete nonsense created by the Limerick Post some week ago. (check the original article).  // Halibutt 15:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Whooper=Hooper?
I freely admit I know not about this - just someone asked me the difference between mute and "hooper" swans - I see no mention of "hooper" swans in this article, though this link lists them as "cygnus ferus", and I see that "whooper" swans are listed as "cygnus cygnus". Any help? Camillus (talk) 20:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Whooper is pronounced Hooper - same thing. Cygnus ferus just means wild swan (ie Whooper Swan as opposed to Mute Swan, not sci name. jimfbleak 05:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for that - but still, shouldn't the article mention something about this - that "whooper" is pronounced "hooper", that they're the same thing? A google for "hooper swan" comes up with plenty of links, so it seems that "hooper swan" is quite commonly used? Remember that perhaps the majority of folks looking up WP (as opposed to editors) are not experts... Camillus (talk) 20:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Queen's 'ownership'
Can anyone explain the Queen's apparent 'ownership' of all swans in the United Kingdom? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TomGreen (talk • contribs) 13:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC).

 * No but its true. She legally posesses all the dead wales that beach themselves on the coastline as well. I think we should add the bit about the queen owning swans though. I don't know what the actual law is. I know its an offence to kill one.--86.20.247.36 01:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

 * http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/muteswan/swans_humans.asp

 * and the even stranger practice of swan upping --86.20.247.36 01:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I believe it's only mute swans. The Swan Upping article explains it a bit — Jack · talk · 01:02, Thursday, 7 June 2007

 * And only a few of those. I've added a link pointing to the swan upping article, which should satisfy this concern, which has come up here before.--Shantavira|feed me 11:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

The principal authority for the Crown's ownership of most white swans (at least in England) is the case 'Case of Swans' [1558-1774] All ER Rep 641, (1592) 7 Co Rep 15b. This right is also referred to in the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971 s 1(1)(a). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.144.132.66 (talk) 13:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Apparently her ownership doesn't apply to black swans, although Idon't have a reference212.32.11.115 10:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

 * As above, it's only Mute Swans, other than those owned by the Vintners' Company and the Dyers' Company, and it's detailed on the species page. She does not own the wintering Bewick's and Whooper Swans, and of course doesn't own escaped Black Swans Jimfbleak 12:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

The notion that the queen owns all swans in Britain is widely believed, but exaggerated in several respects. The queen's right to ownership of swans is restricted (a) to mute swans, (b) to swans which are not marked as belonging to other owners, (c) to swans on open water. Also this right is exercised only on certain stretches of the Thames and its tributaries. Clearly this is far more limited than commonly believed. In the article I have given a citation to the official royal website for this information. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Swan diet, ethology etc.
Hi everyone. Could someone add some more swan biology? Sadly, I can't do it - I just like to look at them. Regards to all, Notreallydavid 02:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello! The Wikipedia seems to be have the most information in comparison to other online encyclopedias, but I still miss a lot of vital information. For example, how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? How often do they reproduce? What is their life span (How long do they live)? by EPP

 * All of that very much depends on the species. There is no such single animal as a swan, it is more of a collection of animals, like the big cats. Please check out all the species in Category:Swans — Jack · talk · 01:06, Thursday, 7 June 2007

Swans, can they break your arm?
Can anyone confirm this? Perhaps with a link to proper literature regarding it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.184.176.234 (talk) 15:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No, they can't. Jimfbleak 15:34, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've heard several people confirm that they can. There's no proof of this, really, but I'm hesitant to call several hundred or maybe even several thousand people liars. 71.215.181.62 (talk) 15:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)]
 * Swans can break your arm. See references in article. Oldandfat (talk) 12:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * First, I suspect you are on the wrong page. I have never heard the legend with respect to any swan species other than the Mute Swan. If you are suggesting it is true for all the world's swan species, you need to reference them all. Secondly, Mark Cocker, who knows his stuff, says it is a legend (note - he is talking about Mute Swans). You repeat it fact; the Swan UK site suggests that it is theoretically possible, but this is unreliable. That site (which has no references for its info) makes the basic mistake of saying that the Queen owns all the Mute Swans in the UK, so I certainly wouldn't trust it on this more dubious claim. So, at best, it might be worth a mention as a legend on the Mute Swan page. I can't see that it has any place at all on the swan family page. WP:OR also discounts the I've heard... claim . Several million Americans believe in creationism, but that doesn't make them right jimfbleak (talk) 14:35, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It never ceases to bewilder me that there are people who, apparently quite seriously, use the argument "if lots of people believe something then it must be true". This time we have something even more wild: "I'm hesitant to call several hundred or maybe even several thousand people liars", as though nobody can sincerely believe something which is false. And finally, there are not just hundreds or thousands, but hundreds of millions of people in the world who frequently tell lies.JamesBWatson (talk) 21:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I bet if twenty swans jumped up and down on your arm at the same time, it would break. So, yes swans can break your arm.213.48.46.141 (talk) 15:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this article is of help, it is at least a reference: Who, What, Why: How dangerous are swans? JHvW 22:56, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Systematics is a mess
Cygnus olor is is subgenus Cygnus, but C. cygnus is in subgenus Olor? Something is pretty screwy there. Might it be best to not even bother breaking things down by subgenera? Once you start getting into sub ranks, it often gets hard to find a references that assigns all the taxa (species in this case) in the standard higher taxon (genus) to the non-standard intermediate taxa (subgenera). I'm strongly tempted just to take the subgenera out, but perhaps there is a good reference for this classification.

Also, what's up with "Cygnus (atratus) sumnerensis" (berwickii has the same issue). Presumably, the parenthetical epithet is showing that this can be recognized as either a species or a subspecies. Unless there's some ornithological practice I'm not aware of, this looks very weird. I've never seen a specific epithet in parentheses (unless it's actually a subgenus, in which case it would be capitalized). Don't try and make the scientific name reflect two classifications at the same time (full sp. vs. subsp.). Pick one or the other for the name, and discuss the alternative in the text. 192.104.39.2 (talk) 21:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Concerning sub-genera: Got confused by this, too. Searched the web for independent sources but found almost only pages that either copied WP's information literally and unreflected or did not mention sub-genera. Exception: EP - "Some ornithologists (especially in the United States) place the last four swans (C. columbianus columbianus, C. columbianus jankowskii, C. columbianus bewickii, C. cygnus cygnus, Ernsts) in the genus Olor, reserving Cygnus for the mute swan (C. olor, Ernsts)." - As we see, sub-genera have been promoted to genera here. TOL  does not mention sub-genera either.
 * Therefore there should either be added a comment saying that this confusing systematics is alright. Or - which may be better - we should follow your proposal and remove sub-genera unless someone finds yet another independent source.
 * Ernsts (talk) 15:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

 * It still looks very strange, suggesting whooper swans C. cygnus should be Olor and mute swans C. olor should be Cygnus and if true should have a comment on how this makes sense --Rumping (talk) 23:47, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

 * The same point caught my eye, but I was able to find several technical sources confirming the counter-intuitive subgenus divisions (some predating WP):
 * https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=irOaBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT300&lpg=PT300&dq=cygnus+subgenus&source=bl&ots=I5zfj-3Owm&sig=0c1XprtAPXvAmNmGNIf4pzIrCVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw9MX6n5rWAhVFAsAKHU8oB_wQ6AEIQjAD#v=onepage&q=cygnus%20subgenus&f=false
 * http://www.avibirds.com/html/ducks/Whooper_Swan.html#.WbUBK8iGOUk
 * https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1ktTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1208&lpg=PA1208&dq=cygnus+subgenus+journal&source=bl&ots=aiFty24Pf0&sig=Ux4LUBi3bLresVAwF6FLtTIk3Fc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAs7uKo5rWAhUEK8AKHaIEBiEQ6AEISDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
 * I agree that we do need some kind of explanation – which I imagine is due in some way to the history of the scientific nomenclature, but I can find no material on this. Richard New Forest (talk) 09:23, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

removed statement
The Australian Black Swan (Cygnus atratus'') has been noted for swimming with only one leg, the other leg being rotated over the body and tucked under its furled wings. Cygnets do this from a young age.''

Uncited and, frankly, so what? I think a lot of ducks and geese do this. Seems to be a bit overprecise. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  23:13, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Life expectancy
You guys really missed this one. They can live 100 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.93.16 (talk) 13:50, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Source?99.237.42.98 (talk) 06:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Homosexuality
Unlikely. You would have to prove it is exclusively pairing with male swans and only excitable by male swans, otherwise it is bisexuality. Transgender behavior is like not even specific, a lot of life forms on the planet shows transgender behavior since the definition covers any flux in precise "having intercourse with the opposite sex in order to mate" position. Replacing it with the term "bisexuality" for the time being. 99.237.42.98 (talk) 06:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * There would appear to be some unintentional equivocation here. Swans exhibiting homosexual behavior is not inconsistent with swans exhibiting heterosexual behavior; that is, "homosexual behavior" is not strictly equivalent to "homosexuality" as such. That said, I would agree that "transgender behavior" is far too vague. In fact, Bagemihl (or, perhaps, just his proselytizer here at wikipedia) does not seem to have a clear understanding of the concept (cf. the confusion between intersex and transgender in American_Bison). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.180.162 (talk) 09:40, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

A peer-review reference would be of use. Simply because a thing is written in a book hardly makes it a fact worth repeating. More likely "transgender" is a projection of humanity onto animals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.249.150 (talk) 22:13, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Monogamous? - report of exception
According to the article, section Behavior, Swans are monogamous, with a few exceptions. A recent news article on the BBC News web site reported a case of swan divorce.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8477351.stm

If anyone can use this news report to work it into the article or to provide another citation for the other citation, I think it would improve the article. I would do it myself, but lack the time.--TGC55 (talk) 16:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * They are still monogamous, as opposed to being polygamous (one male or female with multiple mates), polyamarous (multiple males and females) or promiscuous. Divorce occurs in all monogamous species, the rate varying by species. Some birds are seasonally monogamous (only one partner each year, but different partners every year), others have long term bonds that can survive decades (like albatrosses or these swans. But that they divorce doesn't stop them being a monogamous species (or group). Sabine's Sunbird  talk  20:52, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I haven't read the article, but in our development, we have at least 16 swans living on our lake...my interest is in the couple that has resided here for the past two years, and has nested, yet to no avail...yet, the male swan seems to rule the lake, constantly puffing up and chasing off the other swan....it's continuous, not only during mating/nesting season.. I acutally know little about them, but am very curious watching them when I play golf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plantingsbyme (talk • contribs) 03:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

.....I am curious about reference [5], which is cited in discussion of genetic testing of offspring to confirm extra-pair matings. The article referenced is regarding an endoparasite... And unless there is a reference to swans within that paper (which should be referenced dirctly here, rather than via the Schistosoma mansoni paper), the reference and any information relating to it should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.81.98.247 (talk) 21:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Having read the referenced article, it really has very little to do with swans. It mentions some bird related studies in its introduction, but it doesn't specifically say whether any of those bird-studies have anything to do with modern genetic techniques; based on one of the reviews that it references and that I picked at semi random ("Breeding success and mate retention in birds: a meta-analysis"), they just seem to be old-fashioned studies of observing the birds in the wild. I'll remove the offending reference, of course keeping mention that divorces do happen. 77.163.143.28 (talk) 08:02, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Culinary uses
Surprised there's no section on culinary uses? Roast swan was a medieval delicacy, it's worth a mention.176.25.151.40 (talk) 11:06, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that's only Mute Swan  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  13:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Swans in India?
Sanskrit "haṁsaḥ", while often translated as "swan", is related to Latin "anser" (goose), all from the Indo-European *ĝhans- 'goose'. It is not from ie. *su̯en- 'to sound', the origin of both the word "swan" and the Sanskrit verbal root svan- 'to sound, roar, rattle'. As far as I know, there is no pre-colonial depiction of Sarasvati with a bird that is definitely as swan (and not more likely a goose). There are geese in India, but despite having lived there for two years I never came across a swan, except for Cygnus olor in some parks, and their ancestors were brought in by the British. I therefore assume that all the swans in Hindu mythology are inventions of 19th-century indologists who didn't know their biology. So, if there is an indigenous species of the genus Cygnus in India, please ürove me wrong by stating which one it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.194.4.87 (talk) 21:56, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Sanskrit is the language of the people of Bharat, and Bharat historically encompassed lands beyond present day India and Pakistan, including areas of Afghanistan and the Pamirs as also areas of Tibet. The wiki article on Hamsa, does speak of areas of Bharat as defined above, being the winter migratory habitat of the Mute Swan ( Cygnus Olor). The fact that Sanskrit texts ( refer to the text in the Swan article) speak of identifying the Swan as disctinct from the Crane, clearly indicate this is no invention of " 19th century indologists who didn't know their biology". Clearly, such bigoted attitudes and opinion have no place here or in any forum to do with learning! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.52.55.67 (talk) 06:21, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Exhaustive?
Dear Writer,

Your article seems to have the intention to be "exhaustive". But there is no "exhaust". More important is the "part" these animals have in "the animal world". But I guess you have "no concern".

Obliged.

145.129.136.48 (talk) 11:26, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Am I correct in understanding your question to relate to the Swan's Ecological niche? I'm not sure what you mean by "no concern". ~  ONUnicorn (Talk|Contribs) problem solving 18:01, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your earnest and open reply. What I was addressing is that animals has relations with other animals and we, as humans, should now. But it appears that we know nothing about their interrelation and should "close our mouth".

With the expression "no concern" I tried to formulate that you are probably bypassing important matters.

No harms intended! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.129.136.48 (talk) 16:15, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

make page: whooper
whooper /ˈhuːpə,ˈwuːpə/ noun a large migratory swan with a black and yellow bill and a loud trumpeting call, breeding in northern Eurasia and Greenland.

 * This page already exists as Whooper swan. It's possible that there should be a redirect at Whooper.  I'm in North America so I don't have a feel for how common this usage is. Dan Bloch (talk) 14:37, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Heartwarming sight
Today I saw a nesting female mute swan being fed by a male swan (or that's what it looked like to me anyway). He was biting off bits of vegetation and then putting it where she could reach it without having to stop sitting on the eggs! Anyone seen this before?  Tewdar  20:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Group of Swans
The last sentence of §Taxonomy states the following:

> A group of swans is called a bevy^{[citation needed]} or a wedge.^{[20]}

However, elsewhere in the article, groups of swans are referred to as flocks. For example, in the last sentence of §Behaviour (emphasis mine):

> The ... congregate in large _flocks_ in the wintering grounds.^{[31]}

Which is correct? (Or if they're both correct, which is more correct? (Or are they equally correct?)) If one is more correct than the other, should the usage of the less correct one be replaced with the correct one?

Kotnen (talk) 14:49, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

 * "Bevy" and "wedge" are obscure terms enjoyed by some people. They aren't used by ornithologists or birdwatchers.  "Flock" is a more general word which can apply to a group of any species of bird.  It's more appropriate in most circumstances. Dan Bloch (talk) 21:40, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

title: Talk:Swan


text:
List of communities in British Columbia

Communities in the province of British Columbia, Canada can include incorporated municipalities, Indian reserves, unincorporated communities or localities. Unincorporated communities can be further classified as recreational or urban.

Indian reserves
Indian Reserves are administered under a separate legal designation from other communities. Under the division of powers in Canadian law - First Nations (formally and still legally defined as Indians) fall under federal jurisdiction, while non-Aboriginal communities are part of a separate system that is largely the responsibility of the Provinces.

Communities
A community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated populated place". British Columbia has 889 communities, some of which are located within municipalities or Indian reserves.

 * 108 Mile Ranch
 * 141 Mile House
 * 150 Mile House
 * 70 Mile House
 * 93 Mile
 * Abbotsford (former Village of Abbotsford, now within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Aberdeen (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Aberdeen (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Adams Lake
 * Agassiz (within the District of Kent)
 * Ainsworth Hot Springs
 * Alberni (within the City of Port Alberni)
 * Albert Head (within the District of Metchosin)
 * Albion (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Aldergrove (within Township of Langley)
 * Alexandria
 * Alexis Creek
 * Aleza Lake
 * Alkali Lake
 * Almond Gardens
 * Alpine Meadows (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * Altamont
 * Altona
 * Ambleside
 * Anahim Lake
 * Anglemont
 * Anniedale (within City of Surrey)
 * Annis
 * Appledale
 * Arbutus Ridge (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Argenta
 * Arnold (within the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack)
 * Arras
 * Arrow Creek
 * Arrowview Heights
 * Ashton Creek
 * Atchelitz (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Athalmer
 * Atlin
 * Atluck
 * Austin Heights (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Australian
 * Avola
 * Azu Ski Village
 * Baldonnel
 * Baldy Hughes
 * Balfour
 * Balmoral
 * Balmoral Beach
 * Bamfield
 * Bankeir
 * Barkerville
 * Barlow Creek
 * Barnet (within the City of Port Moody)
 * Barnhartvale (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Barnston Island
 * Barrett Lake
 * Barrowtown (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Batchelor Hills (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Baynes Lake
 * Beach Grove (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Beachcomber Bay (within the City of Vernon)
 * Bear Lake
 * Bear Lake
 * Beaver Cove
 * Beaver Creek
 * Beaver Falls
 * Beaver Lake (within the District of Saanich)
 * Beaver Point
 * Beaverdell
 * Beaverley
 * Bella Bella
 * Bella Coola
 * Belmont Park (within the City of Colwood)
 * Benvoulin (within the City of Kelowna)
 * Bestwick
 * Big Bar Creek
 * Big Eddy
 * Birch Island
 * Birchland Manor (within the City of Port Coquitlam)
 * Black Creek
 * Black Pines
 * Blackpool
 * Blaeberry
 * Blewett
 * Blind Bay
 * Blind Channel
 * Blubber Bay
 * Blucher Hall
 * Blue River
 * Blueberry Creek
 * Blueridge (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Bonnet Hill (within the City of Prince George)
 * Bonnington Falls
 * Boothroyd
 * Boston Bar
 * Boswell
 * Bouchie Lake
 * Boundary Bay (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Bowser
 * Brackendale (within the District of Squamish)
 * Bradner (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Braemar Heights (within the City of Colwood)
 * Braeside
 * Brandon
 * Brentwood Bay
 * Brentwood Park (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Brew Bay
 * Bridal Falls
 * Bridesville
 * Bridge Lake
 * Bridgeview (within City of Surrey)
 * Brigade Lake
 * Brighouse (within the City of Richmond)
 * Brilliant
 * Brisco
 * Britannia Beach
 * British Properties (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Broadmoor (within the City of Richmond)
 * Broadview (within the City of Salmon Arm)
 * Brocklehurst (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Brookswood (within Township of Langley)
 * Brouse
 * Brunette Creek (within the City of New Westminster)
 * Buckhorn
 * Buckingham Heights (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Buckinghorse River
 * Buckley Bay
 * Buffalo Creek
 * Buick
 * Burkeville (within the City of Richmond)
 * Burnaby Heights (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Burquitlam (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Burton
 * Cadboro Bay (within the District of Saanich)
 * Caithness
 * Cameron Heights (within the City of Port Alberni)
 * Campbell Island
 * Campbellton
 * Canim Lake
 * Canoe (within the City of Salmon Arm)
 * Canyon
 * Canyon Alpine
 * Canyon Heights (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Capilano Highlands (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Capitol Hill (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Cariboo (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Carrs (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Cascade Heights (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Casino
 * Cassidy
 * Cassin (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Castle Rock
 * Castledale
 * Caulfeild
 * Cawston
 * Caycuse
 * Cecil Lake
 * Cedar
 * Cedar Grove
 * Cedardale (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Cedarside
 * Cedarvale
 * Celista
 * Chapman Camp
 * Charella Garden (within the City of Prince George)
 * Charlie Lake
 * Chase River (within the City of Nanaimo)
 * Cheakamus (within the District of Squamish)
 * Chemainus (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Cherry Creek
 * Cherry Creek
 * Cherryville
 * Chezacut
 * Chilanko Forks
 * Chilcotin Forest
 * Chineside (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Christina Lake
 * Cinnabar Valley
 * Clairmont
 * Claybrick
 * Clayburn (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Clayhurst
 * Clearbrook (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Cleveland Park (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Coal Harbour
 * Coalmont
 * Cobble Hill
 * College Heights (within the City of Prince George)
 * Collettville
 * Colquitz (within the District of Saanich)
 * Columbia Gardens
 * Commodore Heights
 * Connaught Heights (within the City of New Westminster)
 * Coombe
 * Coombs
 * Cooper Creek
 * Cordova Bay (within the District of Saanich)
 * Cortes Bay
 * Cove Cliff
 * Cowichan Bay
 * Cowichan Station
 * Coyle
 * Craigellachie
 * Cranberry
 * Cranberry Junction
 * Crawford Bay
 * Creighton Valley
 * Crescent (within City of Surrey)
 * Crescent Bay
 * Crescent Beach (within City of Surrey)
 * Crescent Beach
 * Crescent Valley
 * Crofton (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Cultus Lake
 * Cypress Park (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Dallas (within the City of Kamloops)
 * D'Arcy
 * Darfield
 * Dartmoor (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Dashwood
 * Davis Bay
 * Dease Lake
 * Decker Lake
 * Deep Bay
 * Deep Cove (within the District of North Saanich)
 * Deep Cove (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Delbrook (in the District of North Vancouver )
 * Delkatla
 * Denman Island
 * Dentville (within the District of Squamish)
 * Departure Bay (within the City of Nanaimo)
 * Deroche
 * Dewdney
 * Dodge Cove
 * Dog Creek
 * Dog Creek
 * Dogwood Valley
 * Doig River
 * Dokie Siding
 * Dollarton (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Dolphin Beach
 * Dome Creek
 * Donald
 * Donald Landing
 * Douglas (within City of Surrey)
 * Douglas Lake
 * Driftwood Creek
 * Dry Gulch
 * Duck Range
 * Dufferin (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Dunbar-Southlands (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Dundarave (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Dunkley
 * Dunster
 * Durieu
 * Eagle Bay
 * Eagle Creek
 * Eagle Harbour (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Eagle Heights
 * Eagle Ridge (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Eagle Run (within the District of Squamish)
 * East Kelowna (within the City of Kelowna)
 * East Osoyoos (within the Town of Osoyoos)
 * East Sooke
 * East Trail
 * East Wellington
 * Eastburn (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Eastgate
 * Eddontenajon
 * Edgewater
 * Edgewood
 * Egmont
 * Elgin (within City of Surrey)
 * Elko
 * Ellison
 * Elphinstone
 * Endako
 * Engen
 * Erickson
 * Errington
 * Esler
 * Essondale (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Extension
 * Fairbridge
 * Fairfield (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Fairfield
 * Fairview
 * Fairview (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Falkland
 * False Bay
 * Fanny Bay
 * Farmington
 * Fauquier
 * Fernridge (within Township of Langley)
 * Ferndale
 * Fernwood (located on Saltspring Island)
 * Field
 * Fife
 * Firvale
 * Flatrock
 * Floods (within the District of Hope)
 * Foreman
 * Forest Grove
 * Forest Hills (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Forest Knolls (within Township of Langley)
 * Fort Babine
 * Fort Fraser
 * Fort Langley (within Township of Langley)
 * Fort Nelson (within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality)
 * Fort Rupert
 * Fort Ware
 * François Lake
 * Fraser
 * Fraser Heights (within City of Surrey)
 * Fraser Mills (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * French Creek
 * Fulford Harbour
 * Gabriola
 * Galloway
 * Gambier Harbour
 * Gang Ranch
 * Ganges
 * Garden Bay
 * Garden Village (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Garibaldi Estates (within the District of Squamish)
 * Garnet Valley (within District of Summerland)
 * Gateway
 * Gellatly (within the District of West Kelowna)
 * Genelle
 * Germansen Landing
 * Gibson Creek
 * Gillies Bay
 * Gilpin
 * Gingolx
 * Gitwinksihlkw
 * Glade
 * Glen Valley (within Township of Langley)
 * Glen Vowell
 * Glenbank
 * Glenbrooke North
 * Glendale
 * Gleneagles (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Gleneden (within the City of Salmon Arm)
 * Glenmerry (within the City of Trail)
 * Glenmore (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Glenrosa (within the District of West Kelowna)
 * Gold Bridge
 * Goldstream (within City of Langford)
 * Goodlow
 * Gordon Head (within the District of Saanich)
 * Grand Haven
 * Grand Rapids
 * Grandview (within City of Surrey)
 * Grandview Bench
 * Grandview-Woodlands (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Granite
 * Grantham
 * Granthams Landing
 * Gray Creek
 * Greendale (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Grindrod
 * Groundbirch
 * Hagensborg
 * Hagwilget
 * Haig (within the District of Hope)
 * Halfmoon Bay
 * Haney (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Happy Valley (within City of Langford)
 * Harbour Chines (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Harbour Village (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Harrison Mills
 * Harrogate
 * Harrop
 * Hart Highlands (within the City of Prince George)
 * Hartley Bay
 * Hasler Flat
 * Hastings-Sunrise (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Hatzic (within the District of Mission)
 * Hazelmere (within City of Surrey)
 * Hedley
 * Heffley Creek
 * Heriot Bay
 * Hilliers
 * Hills
 * Hixon
 * Holberg
 * Hollyburn
 * Honeymoon Bay
 * Hopetown
 * Hopkins Landing
 * Hornby Island
 * Horsefly
 * Horseshoe Bay (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Hosmer
 * Hospital Hill (within the District of Squamish)
 * Huntingdon (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Hupel
 * Huscroft
 * Hyde Creek
 * Inkaneep
 * Ioco (within the City of Port Moody)
 * Iskut
 * Island Cache (within the City of Prince George)
 * Jaffray
 * James Bay
 * Jeune Landing
 * Johnson Heights (within City of Surrey)
 * Johnsons Landing
 * Juniper Ridge
 * Juskatla
 * Kahntah (within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality)
 * Kaleden
 * Keating (within the District of Central Saanich)
 * Keith-Lynn
 * Kelly Lake
 * Kelvin
 * Kemano
 * Kensington-Cedar Cottage (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Kerrisdale (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Kersley
 * Kettle Valley
 * Kilgard (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Killarney (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Killiney Beach
 * Kingfisher
 * Kispiox
 * Kitamaat Village
 * Kitchener
 * Kitkatla
 * Kitsault
 * Kitseguecla
 * Kitsilano (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Kitsumkalum
 * Kitwanga
 * Kleecoot
 * Kleena Kleene
 * Klemtu
 * Knutsford
 * Koch Siding.
 * Kokish
 * Koksilah
 * Kootenay Bay
 * Krestova
 * Kuldo
 * Kuskonook
 * Kyuquot
 * Lac la Hache
 * Ladner (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Laidlaw
 * Lake Errock
 * Lake Hill (within the District of Saanich)
 * Lakelse Lake
 * Lakeview Heights (within the District of West Kelowna)
 * Lamming Mills
 * Lang Bay
 * Langdale
 * Lardeau
 * Laurentian Belaire (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Lavington
 * Lax Kw'alaams
 * Laxgalts'ap
 * Lazo
 * Lebahdo
 * Lee Creek
 * Lemon Creek
 * Leo Creek
 * Lighthouse Point
 * Likely
 * Lincoln Park
 * Lindell Beach
 * Lister
 * Little Fort
 * Little River
 * Lone Butte
 * Lone Prairie
 * Longbeach.
 * Louis Creek
 * Lower China Creek
 * Lower Lonsdale
 * Lower Nicola
 * Lower Post
 * Lund
 * Lust Subdivision
 * Luxton (within City of Langford)
 * Lynn Valley
 * Lynnmour (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Lynx Creek
 * Madeira Park
 * Magna Bay
 * Mahatta River
 * Maillardville
 * Malahat
 * Malakwa
 * Manning Park
 * Mansons Landing
 * Maple Bay (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Maplewood (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Mara
 * Marguerite
 * Marigold (within the District of Saanich)
 * Marktosis
 * Marpole (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Martin Prairie
 * Mary Hill (within the City of Port Coquitlam)
 * Marysville
 * Mason Creek
 * Masset
 * Mayfair (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Mayne Island
 * Mayook
 * McGregor
 * McKinley Landing (within the City of Kelowna)
 * McLeese Lake
 * McLeod Lake
 * McLure
 * Meadow Creek
 * Meadowbrook (within the City of Port Coquitlam)
 * Merville
 * Mesachie Lake
 * Metlakatla
 * Metrotown (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Mica Creek
 * Middle River
 * Middlegate (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Mill Bay
 * Milner (within Township of Langley)
 * Milnes Landing
 * Minstrel Island
 * Miracle Valley
 * Mirror Lake
 * Mission (former Town of Mission City, now within the District of Mission)
 * Miworth
 * Moberly Lake
 * Monte Creek
 * Monte Lake
 * Moose Heights
 * Mount Currie
 * Mount Lehman (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Mount Pleasant (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Mountain Station
 * Moyie
 * Murrayville (within Township of Langley)
 * Myrtle Point
 * Nanoose Bay
 * Naramata
 * Nass Camp
 * Nazko
 * New Aiyansh
 * New Brighton
 * New Settlement
 * Nicholson
 * Nicola
 * Nimpkish
 * Nimpo Lake
 * Norgate (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * North Bend
 * North Bulkley
 * North Campbell River
 * North Delta (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * North Galiano
 * North Kamloops (within the City of Kamloops)
 * North Lonsdale (within the City of North Vancouver)
 * North Nechako (within the City of Prince George)
 * North Poplar (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Northfield (within the City of Nanaimo)
 * Northridge (within the District of Squamish)
 * Notch Hill
 * Nuchatlitz
 * Nukko Lake
 * Nursery
 * Oak Hills (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Oakridge (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Oasis
 * Ocean Falls
 * Ocean Grove
 * Ocean Park (within City of Surrey)
 * Okanagan Centre (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Okanagan Falls
 * Okanagan Landing (within the City of Vernon)
 * Okanagan Mission (within the City of Kelowna)
 * Olalla
 * Old Bella Bella
 * Old Fort
 * Old Fort Nelson (within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality)
 * Old Massett
 * Oliver's Landing
 * Ootischenia
 * Opitsaht
 * Osborn (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Osprey Lake
 * Otter Point
 * Otway (within the City of Prince George)
 * Oxford Heights (within the City of Port Coquitlam)
 * Oyama (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Oyster River
 * Paldi
 * Palling
 * Panorama Ridge (within the City of Surrey)
 * Park Royal (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Park Siding
 * Parkdale Gardens (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Passmore
 * Paterson
 * Pavilion
 * Pemberton Heights (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Pender Island
 * Perow
 * Perry Siding
 * Phillips Arm
 * Pinantan Lake
 * Pine Valley
 * Pineview
 * Pitt Meadows
 * Pixie Beach (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Playmor Junction
 * Pleasantside (within the City of Port Moody)
 * Popkum
 * Poplar Grove
 * Port Essington
 * Port Guichon (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Port Hammond (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Port Kells (within the City of Surrey)
 * Port Mann (within the City of Surrey)
 * Port Mellon
 * Port Renfrew
 * Port Washington
 * Powers Addition (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Prairie Valley (within District of Summerland)
 * Prespatou
 * Pritchard
 * Procter
 * Progress
 * Promontory (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Prospect Lake (within the District of Saanich)
 * Qualicum Bay
 * Quathiaski Cove
 * Quatsino
 * Queens Bay
 * Queens Park (within the City of New Westminster)
 * Queensborough (within the City of New Westminster)
 * Quesnel View
 * Quick
 * Quinsam
 * Ranch Park
 * Ranchero
 * Raspberry
 * Rayleigh (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Red Bluff
 * Red Rock
 * Redroofs
 * Reid Lake
 * Remo
 * Renfrew-Collingwood (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Rich Bar
 * Ridgedale (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Riley Park (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Riondel
 * Riske Creek
 * River Jordan
 * River Springs
 * Rivervale (within the City of Trail)
 * Roberts Creek
 * Robson
 * Rock Creek
 * Rockyview (within the City of Cranbrook)
 * Rolla
 * Rose Lake
 * Rosedale (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Ross Spur
 * Royal Oak (within the District of Saanich)
 * Royston
 * Rumble Beach
 * Ruskin (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Rutland (within the City of Kelowna)
 * Ryder Lake (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Saanichton (within the District of Central Saanich)
 * Sahali (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Sahara Heights (within the City of Port Alberni)
 * Sahtlam
 * Salmon Arm (former Village of Salmon Arm, now within the City of Salmon Arm)
 * Salmon Beach
 * Salmon Valley
 * Saltair
 * Saltery Bay
 * Sandspit
 * Sandwick
 * Sandy Cove (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Sapperton (within the City of Surrey)
 * Saratoga Beach
 * Sardis (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Saseenos
 * Savona
 * Scotch Creek
 * Seafair (within the City of Richmond)
 * Secret Cove
 * Selma Park
 * Sentinel Hill (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Seton Portage
 * Sevenoaks (within the District of Saanich)
 * Sewell Inlet
 * Seymour Arm
 * Seymour Heights (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Shady Valley (within the City of Prince George)
 * Shalalth
 * Shaughnessy (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Shawnigan Lake
 * Shelley
 * Shelter Point
 * Sheraton
 * Shoreacres
 * Shuswap
 * Shutty Bench
 * Silver Creek (within the District of Hope)
 * Silver Valley (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Silverhill (within the District of Mission)
 * Sinclair Mills
 * Sirdar
 * Six Mile Point
 * Skidegate
 * Slesse Park
 * Sliammon
 * Slocan Park
 * Soda Creek
 * Sointula
 * Solsqua
 * Somenos (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Sorrento
 * South Cambie
 * South Canoe (within the City of Salmon Arm)
 * South Dawson
 * South Fort George (within the City of Prince George)
 * South Hazelton
 * South Lakeside
 * South Poplar (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * South Shalalth
 * South Slocan
 * South Slope (within the City of Burnaby)
 * South Sumas (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * South Taylor
 * South Wellington
 * Southarm (within the City of Richmond)
 * Southbank
 * Spences Bridge
 * Spillimacheen
 * Springhouse
 * Sproat Lake
 * Squilax
 * St. Eugene Mission
 * St. Ives
 * St. Joseph Mission
 * Stave Falls (within the District of Mission)
 * Steelhead (within the District of Mission)
 * Stellako
 * Steveston (within the City of Richmond)
 * Stillwater
 * Stoner
 * Stories Beach
 * Straiton (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Strathcona (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Strathnaver
 * Strawberry Hill (within the City of Surrey)
 * Strawberry Vale (within the District of Saanich)
 * Stuie
 * Stump Lake
 * Sturdies Bay
 * Sugarcane
 * Sullivan (within the City of Surrey)
 * Sullivan Heights (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Summit Lake (within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality)
 * Sun Valley (within the City of Coquitlam)
 * Suncrest (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Sunningdale (within the City of Trail)
 * Sunnybrae
 * Sunnyside
 * Sunset (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Sunset Beach (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Sunset Prairie
 * Sunshine Bay
 * Sunshine Hills (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Sunshine Valley
 * Surrey Centre
 * Ta Ta Creek
 * Tachie
 * Tadanac
 * Taghum
 * Tamarisk (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * Tappen
 * Tarrys
 * Tchesinkut Lake
 * Telegraph Creek
 * Ten Mile Lake
 * Tête Jaune Cache
 * Thetis Island
 * Thompson (within the City of Richmond)
 * Thornhill
 * Thrums
 * Tillicum (within the District of Saanich)
 * Tintagel
 * Tlell
 * Topley
 * Topley Landing
 * Trêpanier
 * Traders Cove
 * Tranquille
 * Trinity Valley
 * Trout Creek
 * Trout Lake
 * Tsawwassen
 * Tsawwassen Beach (within the Corporation of Delta)
 * Tulameen
 * Tumbler Ridge
 * Turtle Valley
 * Two Mile
 * Two Rivers
 * Tynehead (within the City of Surrey)
 * Tzouhalem (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Union Bay
 * University Hill
 * Upper China Creek
 * Upper Fraser
 * Upper Halfway
 * Upper Lynn (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Usk
 * Valleycliffe
 * Valleyview (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Vallican
 * Van Anda
 * Vanway (within the City of Prince George)
 * Vavenby
 * Vedder Crossing (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Victoria-Fraserview (within the City of Vancouver)
 * Vinsulla
 * Walhachin
 * Walnut Grove (within the Township of Langley)
 * Waneta Junction (within the City of Trail)
 * Wardner
 * Wasa
 * Websters Corners (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Wellington (within the City of Nanaimo)
 * Wells
 * West Bay
 * West Bench
 * West End (within the City of New Westminster)
 * West End (within the City of Vancouver)
 * West Heights (within the District of Mission)
 * West Lynn (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * West Midway
 * West Point Grey (within the City of Vancouver)
 * West Trail (within the City of Trail)
 * Westbank (within the District of West Kelowna)
 * Westholme (within the Municipality of North Cowichan)
 * Westmount
 * Westridge (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Westside
 * Westsyde (within the City of Kamloops)
 * Westview
 * Westwold
 * Wet'suwet'en Village
 * Whisky Creek
 * Whistler Creek (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * White Lake
 * Whonnock (within the District of Maple Ridge)
 * Whyac
 * Whytecliff (within the District of West Vancouver)
 * Wildwood
 * Wiley
 * Williams Beach
 * Willingdon Heights (within the City of Burnaby)
 * Willow Point
 * Willow River
 * Willowbrook (within the Township of Langley)
 * Wilmer
 * Wilson Creek
 * Windermere
 * Windsor Park (within the District of North Vancouver)
 * Winfield (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Winlaw
 * Winter Harbour
 * Wonowon
 * Woodhaven
 * Woodlands
 * Woodpecker
 * Woodsdale (within the District of Lake Country)
 * Woss
 * Wycliffe
 * Wynndel
 * Yaculta
 * Yahk
 * Yale (within the District of North Vancouver) north
 * Yarksis
 * Yarrow (within the City of Chilliwack)
 * Ymir
 * Youbou
 * Yuquot

Recreational communities
A recreational community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated place with seasonal or year-round services, accommodation and amenities associated primarily with recreational or leisure activities". British Columbia has 11 communities that are classified as recreational communities.

 * Apex Mountain
 * Bear Mountain
 * Big White
 * Blackcomb (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * Fairmont Hot Springs
 * Hemlock Valley
 * Kicking Horse
 * Mount Baldy
 * Mount Washington
 * North Star
 * Panorama
 * Silver Star
 * Tobiano
 * Whistler (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)

Urban communities
An urban community in British Columbia is a "separately named area within the limits of an incorporated municipality". British Columbia has 10 communities that are classified as urban communities.

 * Cloverdale (within the City of Surrey)
 * Fleetwood (within the City of Surrey)
 * Guildford (within the City of Surrey)
 * Kinnaird (former village, now within the City of Castlegar)
 * Matsqui (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Nechako (within the District Municipality of Kitimat)
 * Newton (within the City of Surrey)
 * South Surrey (within the City of Surrey)
 * Whalley (within the City of Surrey)

Localities
A locality in British Columbia is a "named place or area, with or without a scattered population". British Columbia has 556 localities, not including those that have been abandoned or are classified as former localities.

 * 105 Mile House
 * 111 Mile House
 * 114 Mile House
 * 12 Mile
 * 122 Mile House
 * 127 Mile House
 * 40 Mile Flats
 * Agate
 * Ahousat
 * Albas
 * Albreda
 * Alice Arm
 * Alice Siding
 * Allenby
 * Allison Lake
 * Alta Lake (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * Alvin
 * Anaconda
 * Anvil Island
 * Anzac
 * Applegrove
 * Ardmore
 * Arrow Park
 * Arrowhead
 * Aspen Grove
 * Atnarko
 * Attachie
 * Baker
 * Baker Creek
 * Bamberton
 * Bastion Bay
 * Bear Creek
 * Bear Flat
 * Beasley
 * Beaton
 * Beatton Ranch
 * Beaver Pass House
 * Becher House
 * Bell II
 * Bennett
 * Benson Lake
 * Beresford
 * Beryl Prairie
 * Bessborough
 * Bevan
 * Big Bay
 * Big Creek
 * Big Lake Ranch
 * Billings
 * Billings Bay
 * Birchdale
 * Birken
 * Black Creek
 * Blackloam
 * Blackwater
 * Bliss Landing
 * Bloedel
 * Blue Springs
 * Boat Basin
 * Boat Harbour
 * Bob Quinn Lake
 * Bold Point
 * Bonaparte
 * Boring Ranch
 * Boston Flats
 * Boulder City
 * Boundary Falls
 * Bowen Bay
 * Brady Ranch
 * Braeloch
 * Bralorne
 * Brem River
 * Brexton
 * Briar Ridge
 * Broman Lake
 * Brookmere
 * Brunswick Beach
 * Buccaneer Bay
 * Bulkley House
 * Bull River
 * Cahilty
 * Callison Ranch
 * Camborne
 * Camp Artaban
 * Camp McKinney
 * Campbell Creek
 * Canford
 * Canyon Hot Springs
 * Carlin
 * Carlson
 * Carmi
 * Carnaby
 * Carrolls Landing
 * Carson
 * Cascade
 * Ceepeecee
 * Chamiss Bay
 * Chapmans
 * Charlotte Lake
 * Chasm
 * Chaumox
 * Cheam View
 * Cheekye
 * Cheslatta
 * Chetarpe
 * Chinook Cove
 * Choate
 * Chopaka
 * Christian Valley
 * Chu Chua
 * Church House
 * Chute Lake
 * Cinema
 * Clapperton
 * Clayoquot
 * Clemretta
 * Clo-oose
 * Coal River
 * Cody
 * Cokato
 * Coldspring House
 * Colleymount
 * Copper Creek
 * Corbin
 * Corra Linn
 * Cottonwood
 * Coutlee
 * Cowans Point
 * Cracroft
 * Creekside
 * Crescent Spur
 * Criss Creek
 * Crowsnest
 * Croydon
 * Cumshewa
 * Curzon
 * Dadens
 * Danskin
 * Darrell Bay
 * Dawsons Landing
 * Days Ranch
 * Deadwood
 * Deep Creek
 * Deer Park
 * Deerholme
 * Defot
 * Deka Lake
 * Devine
 * Doe River
 * Dog Creek
 * Doriston
 * Dorreen
 * Dugan Lake
 * Duncan Bay
 * Dunsmuir
 * Eagle Bluff
 * Earls Cove
 * East Arrow Park
 * East Gate
 * East Pine
 * Eastbourne
 * Echo Bay
 * Ecoole
 * Eddy
 * Edelweiss
 * Eholt
 * Ekins Point
 * Elephant Crossing
 * Elk Bay
 * Elk Prairie
 * Engineer
 * Enterprise
 * Erie
 * Esperanza
 * Estevan Point
 * Exeter
 * Exlou
 * Fair Harbour
 * Farrell Creek
 * Federal Ranch
 * Fellers Heights
 * Ferguson
 * Fifth Cabin
 * Fintry
 * Fireside
 * Five Mile
 * Flathead
 * Flathead
 * Fontas
 * Forde
 * Forestdale
 * Fort Steele
 * Fosthall
 * Fountain
 * Fountain Valley
 * Fourth Cabin
 * Fowler
 * Furry Creek
 * Galena Bay
 * Garibaldi
 * Gates
 * Genoa Bay
 * George River
 * Georgetown Mills
 * Gifford (within the City of Abbotsford)
 * Giscome
 * Gitanyow (within the Gitanyow 1 Indian Reserve)
 * Glen Lake
 * Glenannan
 * Glenemma
 * Glenlily
 * Glenora
 * Glentanna
 * Good Hope Lake
 * Gordon River
 * Gramsons
 * Granduc
 * Granite Bay
 * Grasmere
 * Grassy Plains
 * Great Central
 * Greata
 * Gundy
 * Haina
 * Halfway Ranch
 * Hall
 * Hanceville
 * Hardwicke Island
 * Harmac
 * Headquarters
 * Health Bay
 * Hells Gate
 * Hesquiat
 * Hickethier Ranch
 * Hillcrest
 * Hippa
 * Hiusta Meadow
 * Hkusam
 * Holmwood
 * Homfray Creek
 * Hopington
 * Hot Springs Cove
 * Howser
 * Hullcar
 * Hunts Inlet
 * Hydraulic
 * Hyland Post
 * Hyland Ranch
 * Ingenika Mine
 * Irvines Landing
 * Isle Pierre
 * Jacksons
 * Jade City
 * Jellicoe
 * Jersey
 * Jesmond
 * Jura
 * Kaisun (Haida village)
 * Kanaka Bar
 * Keats Island
 * Kedleston
 * Keithley Creek
 * Kelly Lake
 * Kendrick Camp
 * Kerr Creek
 * Kildonan
 * Kilkerran
 * Kimsquit
 * Kingcome
 * Kingcome Inlet
 * Kingsgate
 * Kiusta
 * Kleindale
 * Kobes
 * Kootenay Crossing
 * Kragmont
 * 'Ksan
 * Kung
 * Lac Le Jeune
 * Lake Kathlyn
 * Laketon
 * Larsons Landing
 * Lawnhill
 * Leechtown
 * Lees Corner
 * Lejac
 * Lemoray
 * Lexau Ranch
 * Liard River
 * Lily Lake
 * Lindell
 * Lindeman
 * Lockeport
 * Longworth
 * Loon Lake
 * Loos
 * Lucas
 * Lucerne
 * Lumberton
 * Mabel Lake
 * Macalister
 * Magnum Mine
 * Mahood Falls
 * Makinson.
 * Manson Creek
 * Mapes
 * Marblehead
 * Marilla
 * Marron Valley
 * Marshall School Junction
 * Matilpi
 * McCulloch
 * McDame
 * McDonald's Landing
 * McGillivray
 * McGuire
 * McKearney Ranch
 * McLean Ranch
 * McNab Creek
 * Meachen
 * Meadows
 * Meem Quam Leese
 * Meldrum Creek
 * Meziadin Junction
 * Mile 62 1/2
 * Mill Bay
 * Millstream
 * Minaty Bay
 * Minto Landing
 * Miocene
 * Mitchell Bay
 * Moha
 * Montney
 * Morrissey
 * Mount Gardner
 * Mount Robson
 * Mud Bay
 * Mud Bay
 * Mud River
 * Muncho Lake
 * Murdale
 * Muskwa
 * Myra
 * Nahun
 * Namu
 * Narcosli Creek
 * Nelson Forks
 * Nelway
 * Nemaiah Valley
 * Nesters (within the Resort Municipality of Whistler)
 * New Clew
 * Newgate
 * Newlands
 * Niagara
 * Nimpkish Heights
 * Ninstints
 * Noralee
 * North Bonaparte
 * North Pine
 * Nulki
 * Ogden
 * Old Fort
 * Old Hogem
 * Old Remo
 * Old Town
 * Oona River
 * Ootsa Lake
 * Osland
 * Othello
 * Owen Bay
 * Owl Creek
 * Paradise Point
 * Paradise Valley
 * Parkland
 * Parson
 * Pass Creek
 * Paulson
 * Peejay
 * Pemberton Meadows
 * Pendleton Bay
 * Penny
 * Pinchi
 * Pinchi Lake
 * Pine Valley
 * Pinegrove
 * Pineview
 * Pink Mountain
 * Pioneer Mine
 * Pleasant Camp
 * Poplar Creek
 * Porcher Island
 * Port Albion
 * Port Douglas
 * Port Neville
 * Porteau
 * Porter Landing
 * Porto Rico
 * Prairiedale
 * Premier
 * Premier Lake
 * Prophet River
 * Punchaw
 * Puntledge
 * Quesnel Forks
 * Quilchena
 * Rainy Hollow
 * Read Island
 * Red Pass
 * Red Rose
 * Redstone
 * Refuge Cove
 * Remac
 * Renata
 * Retallack
 * Rhone
 * Robson West
 * Rock Bay
 * Roe Lake
 * Rogers Pass
 * Roosville
 * Rose Harbour
 * Rose Prairie
 * Rosebery
 * Rosswood
 * Round Lake
 * Round Prairie
 * Roy
 * Ruby Creek
 * Rupert
 * Rykerts
 * Saloon
 * Sanca
 * Sandon
 * Saturna
 * Scotia Bay
 * Scott Cove
 * Seaford
 * Seaside Park
 * Seven Mile Corner
 * Sewall
 * Seymour Lake
 * Shannon Bay
 * Shawl Bay
 * Shearer Dale
 * Shearwater
 * Shere
 * Sheridan Lake
 * Sheslay
 * Shingle Creek
 * Shirley
 * Shoreholme
 * Shulus
 * Shushartie
 * Shuswap
 * Shuswap Falls
 * Sikanni Chief
 * Silica
 * Silver Creek
 * Silver River
 * Simpson Ranch
 * Sinkut River
 * Skedans
 * Skeena Crossing
 * Skidegate Landing
 * Skookumchuck
 * Skookumchuck
 * Smith River
 * Snake River
 * South Bentinck
 * Spatsum
 * Sproatt
 * Spuzzum
 * Squeah
 * Squirrel Cove
 * Stanley
 * Steamboat
 * Stewardson Inlet
 * Stikine
 * Stillwater
 * Strachan Creek
 * Streatham
 * Stuart Island
 * Sullivan Bay
 * Summit Lake
 * Summit Lake
 * Sunnyside (within the City of Surrey)
 * Sunrise Valley
 * Surge Narrows
 * Surprise
 * Sweetwater
 * Taft
 * Tahltan
 * Takla Landing
 * Taku
 * Takysie Lake
 * Tallheo
 * Tanu
 * Tatalrose
 * Tatla Lake
 * Tatlayoko Lake
 * Tatlow
 * Tatogga
 * Tatton
 * Teakerne Arm
 * Telachick
 * Telegraph Cove
 * Tetachuk
 * Theodosia Arm
 * Thompson Sound
 * Three Forks
 * Thurlow
 * Thurston Harbour
 * Tipella
 * Toad River
 * Toby Creek
 * Tomslake
 * Towdystan
 * Tower Lake
 * Trutch
 * Tsay Keh Dene
 * Tulsequah
 * Tupper
 * Tuwanek
 * Twidwell Bend
 * Twin Creeks
 * Ulkatcho
 * Upper Cutbank
 * Valemount, British Columbia
 * Valley View
 * Vaucroft Beach
 * Vermilion Crossing
 * Vidette
 * Wagner Ranch
 * Warner Bay
 * Weewanie
 * Welcome Beach
 * Weneez
 * West Landing
 * Westbridge
 * Whaletown
 * Williams Landing
 * Williamsons Landing
 * Willow Valley
 * Willowbrook
 * Willowvale
 * Wilson Landing
 * Wingdam
 * Wistaria
 * Witset
 * Woodcock
 * Woodfibre
 * Woodmere
 * Woods Landing
 * Wright
 * Yaku
 * Yankee Flats
 * Yekooche
 * Yennadon
 * Yreka
 * Zamora
 * Zincton

Abandoned localities
An abandoned locality in British Columbia is a "previously populated place with no current population; often a modern landmark in a remote location". British Columbia has 18 localities that are considered abandoned.

 * Alamo
 * Anyox
 * Bear Camp
 * Bergs
 * Blakeburn
 * Boswell
 * Brunswick
 * Cariboo Meadows
 * Cassiar
 * Centreville
 * Copper Mountain
 * Gerrard
 * Hecate
 * Hendrix Lake
 * Margaret Bay
 * Nalos Landing
 * Phoenix
 * Tasu

Former localities
A former locality in British Columbia is a "once-populated place with no current population or that is usually uninhabited". British Columbia recognizes eight places as former localities.

 * Ahbau
 * Anderson
 * Belleview
 * Ben-My-Chree
 * Cariboo (now Lamming Mills)
 * Ehatisaht
 * Franklin Camp
 * San Josef (also known as San Josef Bay)

Landings
"Landings", formerly classed as "steamer landings" are found along coastal BC an on certain inland waterways and lakes. They were often associated with mining and logging camps or fish canneries, or local agricultural settlements.
 * Jedway
 * Kootenay Landing

Company towns
Company towns were once common in British Columbia. Many were large, but never had municipal government and were largely located on company-owned land. A few such as Granisle, Tumbler Ridge and Wells became municipalities, while others have become ghost towns. Among the largest were Anyox, Bralorne, Ocean Falls, Cassiar, Gold Harbour (Tasu) and Kitsault.

title: List of communities in British Columbia


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List of communities in Nova Scotia

This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated settlement inside or outside a municipality.

Regional municipalities
Nova Scotia has four regional municipalities.

Towns
Nova Scotia has 27 towns.

Municipal districts
Nova Scotia has 12 municipal districts.

Villages
Nova Scotia has 21 villages.

Other communities
A
 * Abbots Dyke
 * Abercrombie
 * Acaciaville
 * Acacia Valley
 * Academy
 * Advocate Harbour
 * Africville
 * Afton
 * Alder River
 * Aldershot
 * Alma
 * Anderson Mountain
 * Ardness
 * Argyle (Guysborough County)
 * Argyle (Yarmouth County)
 * Argyle Sound
 * Arichat
 * Arisaig
 * Arlington
 * Aspen
 * Atlanta
 * Atlantic
 * Atwoods Brook
 * Aylesford
 * Auburn
 * Auld's Cove (Antigonish County)
 * Aulds Cove (Guysborough County)

B
 * Baccaro
 * Bald Rock
 * Bangor
 * Barrachois (Cape Breton County)
 * Barrachois (Colchester County)
 * Barrington
 * Barrington Passage
 * Barrington West
 * Bass River
 * Baxters Harbour
 * Bayport
 * Bayside
 * Bay St. Lawrence
 * Bear Cove (Digby)
 * Bear Cove (Halifax)
 * Bear Point
 * Bear River
 * Beaver Dam
 * Bedford
 * Benacadie
 * Ben Eoin
 * Beinn Bhreagh
 * Beinn Scalpie
 * Big Beach
 * Big Pond
 * Big Pond Centre
 * Billtown
 * Birchtown
 * Black Rock, Colchester County
 * Black Rock, Cumberland County
 * Black Rock, Kings County
 * Black Rock, Victoria County
 * Blanche
 * Blomidon
 * Borneo
 * Bramber
 * Brass Hill
 * Brighton
 * Brookfield
 * Brooklyn (Hants)
 * Brooklyn (Queens)
 * Brook Village
 * Bucklaw

C
 * Caledonia
 * Cambridge (Hants County)
 * Cambridge (Kings County)
 * Campbell
 * Canaan (Kings County)
 * Canaan (Lunenburg County)
 * Canaan (Yarmouth County)
 * Canso
 * Cape North
 * Capstick
 * Cannes
 * Canning Aboteau
 * Carleton Village
 * Castle Bay
 * Central Woods Harbour
 * Centre Burlington
 * Centreville (Shelburne County)
 * Charlesville
 * Chéticamp
 * Chéverie
 * Cherry Brook
 * Chipmans Corner
 * Chester
 * Christmas Island
 * Church Point
 * Churchover
 * Clam Point
 * Clarksville
 * Clementsport
 * Cleveland
 * Clementsvale
 * Clyde River
 * Cole Harbour
 * Coldbrook
 * Coffinscroft
 * Collingwood
 * Conquerall Mills
 * Conway
 * Cook's Cove
 * Cornwallis Park
 * Country Harbour
 * Creignish

D
 * Dartmouth
 * Debert
 * Deep Brook
 * Digby
 * Dingwall
 * Doctors Cove
 * Dominion
 * Donkin
 * Duncan's Cove

E
 * Economy
 * East Baccaro
 * East Bay
 * East Berlin
 * East LaHave
 * East Pennant
 * East Preston
 * Ecum Secum
 * Eel Bay
 * Ellershouse
 * Elmsdale
 * Elmsvale
 * Enfield

F
 * Fairview
 * Falmouth
 * Fall River
 * Fauxburg
 * Five Islands
 * Florence
 * Forbes Point
 * Forest Glen
 * Frenchvale

G
 * Gardner Mines
 * Gardner's Mill
 * Gavelton
 * Glace Bay
 * Glen Haven
 * Goshen
 * Grand Desert, Nova Scotia
 * Grand Étang
 * Grand Pré
 * Granville Ferry
 * Great Village
 * Greenville
 * Greenwood (Shelburne County)
 * Greenwood
 * Grosses Coques
 * Guinea
 * Gunning Cove
 * Guysborough

H
 * Habitant
 * Halibut Bay
 * Halls Harbour
 * Hammonds Plains
 * Harrietsfield
 * Harrigan Cove
 * Harpellville
 * Havre Boucher
 * Hebron
 * Hebb's Cross
 * Hectanooga
 * Herring Cove
 * Hilden
 * Hilliton
 * Hillgrove
 * Hillsvale
 * Hopewell
 * Hubbards

I
 * Indian Harbour Lake
 * Indian Point
 * Ingomar
 * Ingonish
 * Ingonish Beach
 * Inverness
 * Ireton
 * Irishvale
 * Island View

J
 * Joggins
 * Jordantown
 * Judique

K
 * Kempt Shore
 * Kelley's Cove
 * Ketch Harbour
 * Kingsburg
 * Kingsport

L
 * L'Ardoise
 * Lake Annis
 * Lake Echo
 * Lake George (Yarmouth County)
 * Larry's River
 * Lawrencetown (Halifax County)
 * Lime Hill
 * Little Brook
 * Little River Harbour
 * Liverpool
 * Lochaber Mines
 * Londonderry
 * Louisbourg (also spelled Louisburg)
 * Louisdale
 * Lower Argyle
 * Lower Burlington
 * Lower Clarks Harbour
 * Lower Clyde River
 * Lower East Pubnico
 * Lower Eel Brook
 * Lower Sackville
 * Lower Shag Harbour
 * Lower Wedgeport
 * Lower West Pubnico
 * Lower Woods Harbour
 * Lucasville
 * Lyons Brook

M
 * Mabou
 * Maccan
 * Mader's Cove
 * Marion Bridge
 * Maitland
 * Malay Falls
 * Marinette
 * Martinique
 * Masstown
 * McNutts Island
 * Meat Cove
 * Medford
 * Melbourne
 * Melrose
 * Meteghan
 * Meteghan River
 * Middle Cape
 * Middle La Have
 * Middle Musquodoboit
 * Milford Station
 * Middle West Pubnico
 * Middle LaHave
 * Milton
 * Miramichi
 * Moosehead
 * Mooseland
 * Moose River Gold Mines
 * Mount Denson
 * Mount Hanley
 * Mount Uniacke
 * Mushaboom
 * Musquodoboit Harbour

N
 * Necum Teuch
 * New Canada
 * New Cumberland
 * New Germany
 * New Grafton
 * New Ross
 * New Waterford
 * Newcombville
 * Newellton
 * Newport Corner
 * Newport Station
 * Nictaux
 * Nineveh (Lunenburg County)
 * Nineveh (Victoria County)
 * Noel
 * North Alton
 * North East Harbour
 * North East Point
 * North Kemptville
 * North Medford
 * North Preston
 * North River
 * Northside East Bay
 * North Sydney
 * North West Harbour
 * Norwood
 * Nyanza

O
 * Oak Park
 * Oakland
 * Ohio
 * Onslow
 * Oregon
 * Overton

P
 * Paradise
 * Passchendaele
 * Petite Rivière
 * Pembroke
 * Pembroke (Yarmouth County)
 * Pinehurst
 * Pinkney's Point
 * Pleasant Bay
 * Pockwock
 * Popes Harbour
 * Port Bickerton
 * Portage
 * Portuguese Cove
 * Porters Lake
 * Port Clyde
 * Port Hastings
 * Port Hood
 * Port La Tour
 * Port Maitland
 * Port Medway
 * Port Morien
 * Port Saxon
 * Port Williams
 * Priestville
 * Pubnico

Q
 * Queensland
 * Queensport
 * Queensville

R
 * Raynardton
 * Rawdon
 * Renfrew
 * Reynoldscroft
 * River Bourgeois
 * River John
 * Riverport
 * Riverhead
 * Robert's Island
 * Rockingham
 * Rockville
 * Rocky Bay
 * Rose Bay
 * Roseway
 * Round Bay

S
 * Sambro
 * Sambro Creek
 * Sambro Head
 * Sand Beach
 * Sandford
 * Sandy Cove (Digby)
 * Sandy Cove (Halifax)
 * Sandy Cove (Queens)
 * Saulnierville
 * Scotch Village
 * Seal Island
 * Selma
 * Sheet Harbour
 * Sheet Harbour 36
 * Sheet Harbour Road
 * Sherbrooke
 * Sherose Island
 * Shinimicas Bridge
 * Ship Harbour
 * Short Beach
 * Shubenacadie
 * Smithsville
 * Smithville
 * Sonora
 * South Belleville
 * South Berwick
 * South Canaan
 * South Rawdon
 * South Side
 * Springfield
 * Springhaven
 * Springhill
 * Spryfield
 * Spry Harbour
 * Spry Bay
 * St. Andrew's Channel
 * St Croix
 * Steam Mill
 * Stewiacke
 * Stoney Island
 * Summerville
 * Summerville (Yarmouth County)
 * Sydney Mines
 * Sydney
 * Sydney Forks
 * Sydney River

T
 * Tennycape
 * Terra Nova
 * Thomasville
 * Three Mile Plains
 * Thorburn
 * Trafalgar
 * Tremont
 * Troy
 * Truro
 * Tusket
 * Tusket Falls
 * Tusket Islands

U
 * Upper Burlington
 * Upper Musquodoboit
 * Upper Port La Tour
 * Upper Stewiacke
 * Upper West Pubnico
 * Upper Woods Harbour

V
 * Valley
 * Victoria
 * Villagedale

W
 * Walden
 * Walton
 * Waterloo
 * Waterville
 * Waverley
 * Wedgeport
 * West Arichat
 * West Baccaro
 * West Berlin
 * West Branch River John
 * West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia
 * West Pennant
 * West Pubnico
 * Western Shore
 * Weston
 * Weymouth
 * Whitehill
 * Whycocomagh
 * Williamswood
 * Wine Harbour
 * Wolfville
 * Woodstock
 * Woodville (Kings County)
 * Woodville (Hants County)

Y
 * Yankeetown
 * Yoho

title: List of communities in Nova Scotia