Canada/Japan Municipal Twining

As of December 2010

Canadian municipal / Province / Japanese municipal / Prefecture / Twinning date

AB: Alberta, BC: British Columbia, MB: Manitoba, ON: Ontario, QC: Québec, PE: Prince Edward Island, YT: Yukon

1. New Westminster / BC / Moriguchi / Osaka / April 10, 1963
2. Vancouver / BC / Yokohama / Kanagawa / July 1, 1965
3. Hamilton (Dundas) / ON / Kaga / Ishikawa / March 21, 1968
4. Prince Rupert / BC / Owase / Mie / September 26, 1968
5.  North Vancouver / BC / Chiba / Chiba / January 1, 1970
6. Winnipeg / MB / Setagaya / Tokyo / October 5, 1970
7. Richmond / BC / Wakayama / Wakayama / March 31, 1973
8. Hamilton / ON / Fukuyama / Hiroshima / October 4, 1976
9. Kelowna / BC / Kasugai / Aichi / February 5, 1981
10. Mississauga / ON / Kariya / Aichi / July 7, 1981
11. Timmins / ON / Naoshima / Kagawa / August 28, 1981
12. Collingwood / ON / Katano / Osaka / November 3, 1981
13. Oakville / ON / Neyagawa / Osaka / April 6, 1984
14. Whitehorse / YT / Ushiku / Ibaraki / April 19, 1985
15. Victoria / BC / Morioka / Iwate / May 23, 1985
16. Vernon / BC / Tome / Miyagi / August 22, 1986
17. Nelson / BC / Izu / Shizuoka / May 1, 1987
18. Windsor / ON / Fujisawa / Kanagawa / December 2, 1987
19. Oliver / BC / Bandai / Fukushima / April 23, 1988
20.  Surrey / BC / Koto / Tokyo / April 20, 1989
21. Burlington / ON / Itabashi / Tokyo / May 12, 1989
22. Salmon Arm / BC / Inashiki / Ibaraki / April 11, 1990
23.  Kamloops / BC / Uji / Kyoto / July 1, 1990
24. Trail / BC / Sagamihara / Kanagawa / April 15, 1991
25. Toronto (Scarborough) / ON / Sagamihara / Kanagawa / May 31,1991
26. Vaughan / ON / Sanjo / Niigata / October 18, 1993
27.  Hope / BC / Izu / Shizuoka / August 1, 1995
28. Minnedosa / MB / Ishii / Tokushima / August 1996
29. Nanaimo / BC / Saitama / Saitama / September 25, 1996
30. Mission / BC / Oyama / Shizuoka / October 7, 1996
31.  St-Valentin / QC / Misaku / Okayama / October 24, 1997
32.  Montreal / QC / Hiroshima / Hiroshima / May 20, 1998
33. Whistler / BC / Karuizawa / Nagano / March 3, 1999
34. Colwood / BC / Shika / Ishikawa / May 11,1999
35. Crowsnest Pass / AB / Anpachi / Gifu / April 25, 2000
36. Perth / ON / Asago / Hyogo / July 5, 2000
37. Squamish / BC / Shimizu / Shizuoka / November 3, 2003
38. Kimberley / BC / Annaka / Gunma / December 16, 2005
39. Thunder Bay / ON / Gifu / Gifu / May 2007
40. Sidney / BC / Niimi / Okayama / June 30, 2008

- List Courtesy of Dr. Olenka Bilash, Professor, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta


Also see Alberta/Japan Municipal Twining