Why Is It Easy To Choose Canada's Name

It was easy to choose Canada’s name. Similarly, finding the names of "Ontario" and "Quebec" for the two halves of the Province of Canada was also easy. However, difficulties arose in choosing a label. The delegates wished it to be a kingdom; the British were worried that such a title would make the United States angry, and turned down the request. An alternative, "Dominion," was suggested by Samuel Leonard Tilley, from a line in Psalm 72 of the Bible: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth."