Popular Names in Canada (Ontario and BC)

This is a combination of the provincial statistics from Ontario (Government and Consumer Services) and British Columbia (Vital Statistics Agency)
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 3,804 +1
2.
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Robert		 3,692 +1
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Joseph		 3,386 -2
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William		 2,774 0
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James		 2,547 0
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David		 2,476 0
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Richard		 1,875 +2
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Donald		 1,684 -1
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Ronald		 1,623 -1
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Kenneth		 1,296 0
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Douglas		 1,151 0
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Brian		 1,084 +6
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Thomas		 1,063 -1
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Michael		 1,062 0
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Gary		 1,019 -2
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Paul		 1,017 0
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Wayne		 879 +3
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George		 844 -3
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Peter		 765 -2
20.
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Gordon		 691 +1
21.
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Gerald		 679 +2
22.
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Edward		 678 -3
23.
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Dennis		 646 +1
24.
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Larry		 644 +1
25.
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Charles		 602 -3
26.
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Bruce		 475 +2
27.
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Raymond		 464 -1
28.
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Allan		 440 +2
29.
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Daniel		 417 +1
30.
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Barry		 411 +2
31.
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Lawrence		 405 -4
32.
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Frederick		 400 -3
33.
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Garry		 358 +3
34.
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Stephen		 352 +8
35.
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Norman		 349 -2
36.
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Patrick		 311 +3
37.
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Harold		 309 -2
38.
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Alan		 287 +5
38.
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Roger		 287 +2
40.
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Baby		 285 -3
41.
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Arthur		 280 -7
42.
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Leonard		 256 -1
43.
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Gregory		 255 +30
44.
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Roy		 242 +5
45.
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Stanley		 221 0
46.
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Murray		 219 -2
47.
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Walter		 217 -9
48.
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Frank		 213 0
49.
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Terrance		 205 +15
50.
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Albert		 203 -5
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Keith		 203 -3
52.
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Terry		 202 +6
53.
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Ralph		 199 -2
54.
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Harry		 191 0
55.
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Ross		 190 +2
56.
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Francis		 188 -3
57.
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Ernest		 184 -5
58.
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Howard		 183 -3
59.
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Glenn		 177 +17
60.
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Clifford		 174 -4
61.
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Bryan		 173 +5
62.
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Eric		 171 -3
62.
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Lloyd		 171 -1
64.
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Alexander		 169 +2
65.
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Leslie		 166 +5
66.
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Philip		 165 +5
67.
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Terrence		 160 +8
68.
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Allen		 158 +6
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Carl		 158 -4
70.
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Lorne		 155 -8
71.
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Glen		 151 -9
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Victor		 151 -21
73.
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Jack		 148 -13
74.
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Ian		 146 -2
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Russell		 143 -9
76.
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Alfred		 141 +6
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Bernard		 141 +4
78.
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Andrew		 135 -12
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Timothy		 134 +10
80.
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Christopher		 133 +18
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Earl		 126 +6
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Anthony		 121 +3
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Reginald		 121 +1
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Herbert		 118 0
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Hugh		 117 +11
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Harvey		 115 -5
87.
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Fredrick		 112 -8
88.
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Neil		 111 -10
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Rodney		 107 new
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Dale		 105 new
91.
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Henry		 104 -14
92.
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Steven		 102 new
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Jean		 101 -8
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Mark		 101 new
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Martin		 100 new
96.
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Melvin		 98 -3
97.
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Warren		 94 new
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Maurice		 93 -3
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Grant		 91 -8
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Terence		 87 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,674 +1
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Marie		 2,608 -1
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Linda		 1,797 +1
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Patricia		 1,736 -1
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Barbara		 1,498 +2
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Sharon		 1,459 +2
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Margaret		 1,449 -2
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Carol		 1,439 -2
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Judith		 1,217 0
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Sandra		 1,214 0
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Susan		 1,119 +3
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Donna		 1,061 -1
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Shirley		 801 -1
14.
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Elizabeth		 754 -1
15.
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Nancy		 747 +3
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Joan		 691 -1
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Marilyn		 642 -1
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Karen		 641 +1
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Diane		 636 -2
20.
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Gail		 557 +2
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Janet		 513 0
22.
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Lynda		 504 +1
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Helen		 466 -3
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Heather		 447 +11
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Cheryl		 423 +13
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Dianne		 423 +2
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Catherine		 408 +2
28.
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Bonnie		 396 +3
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Gloria		 396 -3
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Carolyn		 388 0
31.
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Ruth		 382 -5
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Beverley		 377 +1
33.
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Dorothy		 365 -9
34.
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Betty		 354 -2
35.
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Janice		 352 +16
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Brenda		 330 +6
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Frances		 330 0
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Kathleen		 323 +2
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Jean		 316 -11
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Sheila		 314 -6
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Joanne		 304 +3
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Maureen		 304 +10
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Marion		 299 -4
44.
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Joyce		 295 -3
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Jane		 278 -1
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Anne		 274 +3
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Wendy		 274 +16
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Elaine		 272 -2
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Beverly		 269 -1
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Marlene		 265 -13
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Lorraine		 262 -2
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Diana		 258 +1
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Lois		 244 -10
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Lynn		 241 +15
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Darlene		 230 -1
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Judy		 230 +16
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Baby		 229 -10
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Jacqueline		 228 -2
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Suzanne		 227 +30
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Norma		 213 +6
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Marjorie		 200 -3
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Evelyn		 199 -7
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Rose		 196 -3
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Ann		 189 -6
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Irene		 189 +2
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Doreen		 186 -9
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June		 183 +1
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Valerie		 183 +6
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Carole		 181 -8
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Phyllis		 170 +8
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Pamela		 168 +18
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Kathryn		 165 +6
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Alice		 164 -3
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Eleanor		 162 -10
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Sylvia		 162 -12
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Louise		 161 -4
77.
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Doris		 159 -12
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Rosemary		 155 +3
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Katherine		 154 +4
80.
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Audrey		 153 +9
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Virginia		 153 -6
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Edith		 148 +17
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Constance		 143 +2
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Pauline		 143 -9
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Lynne		 134 +1
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Eileen		 130 -3
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Lillian		 130 +10
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Ellen		 129 new
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Sharron		 126 +3
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Geraldine		 124 -9
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Lorna		 123 +7
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Theresa		 121 0
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Caroline		 118 -17
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Christine		 117 new
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Arlene		 116 -9
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Rita		 115 -4
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Gayle		 114 new
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Laura		 112 new
99.
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Colleen		 111 new
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Florence		 111 -21
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Leslie		 111 new
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Popularity extremes for Canada