Official Name: | Canada, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pike |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 833 |
Coordinates: | 37.6056°N -82.3244°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 41519[1] |
Area Code: | 606 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 507642 |
Canada is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. Canada is located on U.S. Route 119, 13.8miles northeast of Pikeville.[2]
There are two possible scenarios for the origin of the name "Canada". One possible explanation being that Canada (or “kanata”) is the Huron-Iroquois word for settlement, since the area once had a large population of Native Americans. The other explanation involves Zebulon Pike, a general in the War of 1812 who most of Pike County is named after. Pike died in Canada, which leads to this being a possible origin of the name "Canada".