Place names

To enable the City of Edmundston to effectively manage the entire place name topic, City Council has put in place a Place Name Administrative Policy.

A Place Names Committee was also established with a mandate to advise and make recommendations on any matter relating to the designation, change or replacement of place names for municipal buildings, public spaces, monuments, parks and green spaces, streets and trails as well as the establishment, where appropriate, of a public onsultation process.The committee is composed of citizens and municipal employees.

The primary role of place names is to insure the identity of a location. The names given to places often use the geography, people and significant events, history or local traditions emphasizing the community's collective memory.

Some of the specific tasks of the committee include:

• Develop and ensure respect for the fundamental criteriae for selecting and assigning named;
• Suggest names for roads, parks and public buildings;
• Evaluate proposals for new names and make recommendations to Council;
• Create and maintain a bank of historic names for different sectors of the city.

name bank

The Place names committee wants, with the help of the public, to improve the bank of names for future place name designations.

The committee has identified a number of potential names that you can consult by CLICKING HERE.

If you have any suggestions for place names, please send them to us by completing the form below or by visiting the City of Edmundston's Communications Department located at the Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 7 Canada Road, Edmundston. You can also send us your suggestions by phone at 506.737.6799.

The Place name committee will evaluate all proposed names according to criteria clearly identified in the City of Edmundston's Place names administrative policy.

To make your suggestions to the name bank, please fill out THIS FORM. Please make sure to fill all fields and to document your proposition.