List of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin
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The following is a list of place names in Canada (primarily Western Canada) whose name origin comes from the Ukrainian language or places in modern-day Ukraine. Some of these places, especially in Saskatchewan, were named by ethnic Germans from Ukraine.
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Most of these places were rural communities without a railway or grain elevator and accessible solely by gravel road; typically consisting only of a church and cemetery, post office, school, and sometimes a community/national hall, a grocery/"general" store or a blacksmith shop.