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joefromchicago · 06-15-2014, 07:21 PM

CANADIAN NAMES (nameset 32)

Doing research on this nameset proved surprisingly difficult, Unlike the US census, the Canadian census does not publish a list of the most popular first or last names. I assume that has something to do with the complicated language politics in Canada. As a result, lists of the most common Canadian names that can be found online apparently are drawn from surveys of phone books. Those are limited and not very satisfactory. Consequently, I used the name data for the 1901 census (the 1911 census data are available also, but they haven't been posted online yet). Granted, that's not very satisfactory either, but presumably name frequencies haven't changed drastically since then.

Some notes on usage: these are predominantly English last names. Common Scottish and Irish names are included, but this nameset is intended to be used in conjunction with my Irish (18) and Scottish (16) namesets. Likewise, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese, and other non-British names have been deleted - if you want to add other ethnic groups, change the ethnicities settings for Canada in the in-game editor or in the world_default.xml file (a breakdown of Canadian ethnic origins can be found here). The only non-British names that I consciously retained (or added) are Ukrainian, since there's a large Ukrainian population in Canada and there aren't any Ukrainian namesets. Some French last names are included (or retained) to reflect French-Canadians who have been "Anglicized."

I have not been able to find reliable data for first names, so I simply adapted my Anglo-American (20) first names file. Like all the other first names files here, I would consider this nameset appropriate for the era prior to the 1960s. After that, I suggest using the OOTP nameset.

As with the other namesets here, you install them by copying-and-pasting the contents of the attachments over the appropriate set of names in the first_names or names files in the game's database folder. To make the names appear in current games, you'll need to re-import the names in the global setup page.

There are 5473 names in the last names file. There are 1960 in the OOTP file.

32 Canadian first names.txt

32 Canadian Names.txt

06-15-2014, 07:21 PM	#34
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,695	CANADIAN NAMES (nameset 32) Doing research on this nameset proved surprisingly difficult, Unlike the US census, the Canadian census does not publish a list of the most popular first or last names. I assume that has something to do with the complicated language politics in Canada. As a result, lists of the most common Canadian names that can be found online apparently are drawn from surveys of phone books. Those are limited and not very satisfactory. Consequently, I used the name data for the 1901 census (the 1911 census data are available also, but they haven't been posted online yet). Granted, that's not very satisfactory either, but presumably name frequencies haven't changed drastically since then. Some notes on usage: these are predominantly English last names. Common Scottish and Irish names are included, but this nameset is intended to be used in conjunction with my Irish (18) and Scottish (16) namesets. Likewise, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese, and other non-British names have been deleted - if you want to add other ethnic groups, change the ethnicities settings for Canada in the in-game editor or in the world_default.xml file (a breakdown of Canadian ethnic origins can be found here). The only non-British names that I consciously retained (or added) are Ukrainian, since there's a large Ukrainian population in Canada and there aren't any Ukrainian namesets. Some French last names are included (or retained) to reflect French-Canadians who have been "Anglicized." I have not been able to find reliable data for first names, so I simply adapted my Anglo-American (20) first names file. Like all the other first names files here, I would consider this nameset appropriate for the era prior to the 1960s. After that, I suggest using the OOTP nameset. As with the other namesets here, you install them by copying-and-pasting the contents of the attachments over the appropriate set of names in the first_names or names files in the game's database folder. To make the names appear in current games, you'll need to re-import the names in the global setup page. There are 5473 names in the last names file. There are 1960 in the OOTP file. 32 Canadian first names.txt 32 Canadian Names.txt __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules Last edited by joefromchicago; 06-16-2014 at 08:20 AM.