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Queen City 
1 Toronto, Ontario.
See also: Queen City of the West (def. 2)
- 1852 Out of respect to an enlightened humanity, notwithstanding the influence of fogeys and foggieism, I am compelled once more to return to the social geniality of the "Queen City."
- 1887 . . . in the presence of the peach-blow complexion, brilliant eyes and juno-like form of our Queen City girls, they fade into positive homeliness.
- 1958 [He went] to the Queen City where he made a home large enough to accommodate four or five boarders and his wife and three children.
- 1963 In 1921. . . University of Toronto . . . "swamped" the McGill Redmen . . . by 11 to 0 in a sudden-death game at the Queen City.
2 Regina, Saskatchewan.
See also: Queen City of the Plains
- 1892 Winnipeg is known as "The Prairie City"; Regina as "The Queen City."
- 1957 Moose Jaw . . . was years ahead of the Queen City when it built its warm-water natatorium and it was not until the post-World War II era that Regina caught up with the construction of out-door pools.
3 Victoria, B.C. Also Queen City of British Columbia.
- 1900 Of course, the Queen City has its Chinatown, its parks, and its share of good hotels, just like Vancouver.
- 1908 . . . over at our right the Queen City of British Columbia, Victoria, the city of eleven lakes. . . .
- 1852 Out of respect to an enlightened humanity, notwithstanding the influence of fogeys and foggieism, I am compelled once more to return to the social geniality of the "Queen City."