Statistics for Name Entomologies of Canadian Provinces

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Language	Meaning	Province/Territory	% Correct
Latin/English	Combination of British rule and the name of the main drainage river in the region, itself referencing an Italian explorer	British Columbia	94%
Latin	"New Scotland"	Nova Scotia	94%
Algonquin, Mi'kmaq, or Ojibwe	"Where the river narrows", in reference to a point where the St. Lawrence river narrows	Quebec	94%
Inuktitut	"Our land"	Nunavut	88%
Iroquoian or Wyandot	"Great lake", in reference to one of the Great Lakes	Ontario	88%
Latin	Named for Queen Victoria's 4th daughter Princess Louise Caroline _____	Alberta	82%
Cree, Ojibwe, or Assiniboine	"Great Lake of the Prairie", in reference to the regions most important lake	Manitoba	82%
Portugese	"new land" + the surname of a Portuguese explorer	Newfoundland and Labrador	82%
English	Named for the Duke of Kent and Strathearn,	Prince Edward Island	82%
Gwichʼin	"White water river"	Yukon	82%
Cree	"Swift flowing river"	Saskatchewan	76%
German	Named for a German region that was in union with Britain and Ireland	New Brunswick	71%
English	Refers to the territory's relative position to Rupert's Land	Northwest Territories	65%