dbd33

Why would they need to rename? The business may have been named for the town or the street originally but it the street name is changed to, for example, Trudeau Street FKA Dundas Street, that doesn't affect the businesses.

The rename is a government thing, like using metric. If you're dealing with some levels of government then it's Trudeau street and there's a mandate that people on it stand 1.82 metres apart. if you're dealing with the public then it's Dundas and 6'.

Shard

More for reputational reasons than legal reasons ! Not sure if Dundas Kebab would like being in the wokists firing line.

dbd33

I don't imagine anyone outside the internet and the government pays any attention. I think the idea of renaming exists independently of real life. It's certainly not a factor in kebab marketing.

Shard

I suppose so. Maybe just a storm in a teacup.

caretaker

Regina has been ahead of the re-naming game for ages, but the fact our streets and schools were named after land swindlers and racists had been common knowledge for years so gives us an unfair advantage.

Former Lancastrian

I notice downtown Edmonton & Calgary don't use names for streets so they appear not to be having problems other cities are. Was that good planning on their part or just wanting to frustrate drivers who don't add the correct N, S, E & W after the street number

Shard

Crowchild / Sarcee / Blackfoot Trail - Calgary is ahead of the curve !

dbd33

Wait a minute, isn't using anglo names for Indian tribes unacceptable now? The Washington Redskins had some trouble with that. They should change these names to something more correct, Dundas maybe.

caretaker

If you say Toronto, Ontario, Canada you're already speaking Mohawk.

scrubbedexpat091

San Diego has a lot of random street names, a good chunk with no history behind them, there are some with Australian names because the developer liked Australia, someone seemed to have a liking for Canada at some point and used Canadian city's and provinces for streets.

Windsor Dr
Edmonton Ave
Vancouver Street & Vancouver Ave (this one is debatable as it could also be Vancouver, WA or Vancouver the person)
Halifax Street
Quebec Ct & Quebec Pl
Alberta Pl & Alberta Dr
Saskatchewan Ave
Ontario Ave
Ottawa Ave
Regina Ave
Kelowna Rd


Those are the ones I could find, there could be more, but its not easy task to find them all.

Shard

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A few provincially named streets east of Cambie too.

scrubbedexpat091

Canada spelled backwards street in Vancouver.

Adanac st.

Shard

Didn't know that !

scrubbedexpat091

It took me a few times seeing the sign before my brain clicked.

BristolUK

Which way is the numbering?

When you go one end to the other do you go back in time?