Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles covering communities in Canada with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles as well as to do lists for communities of  Canada.

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles relating to Canada's communities, municipalities, census subdivisions and metropolitan areas, including sub-topics such as:

Communities by provinces and territories

It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Canadian communities and settlements in a fair and accurate manner.


Relations

Parents

The following is a list of other Wikiprojects which focus on a specific topic within the scope of Canada.

Provinces/territories
Communities
Canadian Topics
Politics
Entertainment
Canada-related tasks in other projects


Participants


To do

{{WikiProject Canada|community=yes|[province mnemonic]=yes|class=???|importance=???}}

Current status

  • current as of May/2023


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Structure guidelines

Shortcut

A complete article about a Canadian community should have the following elements and sections:

Infobox - {{Infobox Settlement}}
Lead - Context (what and where), summary of the article, total population, name origin, see also Wikipedia:Lead section
  1. History - Historic events, incorporation history²
  2. Geography - Geographic setting, geographical features, climate, communities/neighbourhoods
  3. Demographics - Use Canada 2016 Census data where available (2016 Census Profiles)
  4. Economy - Dominant industries, agriculture if applicable, major employers
  5. Arts and culture - Cultural venues, festivals and significant cultural events
  6. Attractions - Museums and other points of interest, parks (local, regional, provincial parks), recreation venues
  7. Sports - Sport teams and significant athletic events
  8. Government - Governing body (council, mayor)², administrative bodies, political representation, police and crime, military facilities
  9. Infrastructure - Transportation, utilities, health care, amenities
  10. Education - Schools, colleges, responsible organizations
  11. Media¹ - Local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Optional sections can include the following:

12. Sister cities - List of sister cities or twin towns (national and/or international)
13. Notable people - Names of notable people born, previously resided in, or residing in the community. Include only people with a Wikipedia article, see also WP:NLIST. Note: Larger cities, with possibly thousands of notable individuals, usually do not include such a list, but may have a separate article ([[List of notable people from ...]]) that can be linked.

Closing sections should include:

14. See also - Related Wikipedia articles, if not already detailed in other sections
15. References - Citations per Verifiability, see Citing sources, use {{reflist}}, also books and further external sources
16. External links - Official link of the community only, be aware of Wikipedia:External links
18. Footers - The following optional entries per WP:Footers:
Geography and place navigational box - optional, use {{Adjacent communities}}
Navigational box(es) - see available Canadian templates, but use only relevant navigational boxes, and be aware of Wikipedia:Avoid template creep
Coordinates - use {{Coord|display=title|region:CA_type:city}} to geo-tag articles, but only if not already presented in infobox
Categories - don't over-categorize
Stub tags - for new short pages that should be subsequently expanded, see available stub tags
¹ For larger cities, this should be little more a link to a separate "Media of City" article. This section should only list media which are locally based.
² For incorporated places only
See also: Wikipedia:Layout, WP:City structure, WP:USCITIES, and WP:UKCITIES


Templates

Infoboxes

Provinces
Territories
Neighbourhoods

Map templates

Location

Linked

Stub tags

Talk pages

Tag talk pages with {{WikiProject Canada|community=yes|[province mnemonic]=yes|class=|importance=}}

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Volunteer recognition

{{subst:The Maple Leaf Award| ... }}

A Barnstar!
The Red Maple Leaf Award
Award for editors that contribute to Canada, and Canadian communities related projects and topics.


Resources

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org
  • Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
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