From Dildo, N.L. to Stoner B.C., there's no shortage of hilarious town names in Canada — the kind that make tourists screech to a halt for a photo opp with the town's "Welcome To…" sign.
If you're from a town with an unusual moniker, you're familiar with that moment when people ask where you're from. Will they snort or crack a joke you've heard a thousand times? Because your town is no laughing matter. You're not from some unforgettable Smallville. Maybe it sounds silly to outsiders, and possibly a tad dirty. But then you straighten your spine: "This is the name of my home town. You'd better not forget it."
We asked our Still Standing community on Facebook to nominate their favourite, most hilarious and unforgettable small town Canadian names. Here are their top picks.
Alberta
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (An actual place where Buffalo were run off a cliff by hunters and where one First Nation hunter met his head-smashy demise)
Dead Man's Flats (are you getting the feeling that Alberta has a rough history?)
Vulcan (yes, Leonard Nimoy actually visited here)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Dildo (There were a few nominations for this one, and Honorary Mayor and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel famously put the town on the world map!)
Come By Chance
Blow Me Down
Goobies
Witless Bay
Nova Scotia
Balls Creek
Sober Island
Mushaboom
Lower Economy (there is also an Upper Economy — no word on its comparative financial ranking)
New Brunswick
Quispamsis (say it three times, really fast)
Cocagne
PEI
Cardigan (did you even know there was an Earl of Cardigan? Well now you do!)
Crapaud
Quebec
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (Also bears the distinction of being the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.)
Mayo
Trois-Pistoles (yep, three of 'em)
Ontario
Punkeydoodles Corners
Crotch Lake
Ball's Falls
Wawa
Mono
Manitoba
Flin Flon (actually named after a science fiction character)
Finger
Bacon Ridge
Saskatchewan
Mosquito Grizzly Bears Head Lean Man (you just know there's a good story in that name)
Climax
Moose Jaw
Eyebrow
Big Beaver
Urin (Where are you? Ur-in Saskatchewan!)
British Columbia
One of our readers, Jason, wrote: "There is a town in BC that couldn't decide if it wanted a laid back name or an aggressive name, so the townsfolk compromised: Chilliwack"
Spuzzum (made famous in the '80s when "Six Cylinder" in a song with the refrain "If you haven't been to Spuzzum, you ain't been anywhere")
Skookumchuk
Stoner
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