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Canadian and US Abbreviations Style Guide

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Abbreviations

Canada Capitalization

ForeignTermsandPhrases
ThefollowingtableliststheabbreviationsofCanadianprovincesandterritoriesthatareusedinneutral
citationstandardcitations,courtcitations,Emondbibliographiccitations,andMcGillGuide Headings

bibliographiccitations. Hyphenation

Lists
Note:NewfoundlandbecameNewfoundlandandLabradorasofDecember6,2001.
MathSymbols

Numbers
Province/Territory Neutral McGillCourt* McGillBiblio EmondBiblio
Punctuation
Alberta AB Alta Alta AB
Quotations
BritishColumbia BC BC BC BC

Manitoba MB Man Man MB

NewBrunswick NB NB NB NB

Newfoundland** NF Nfld Nfld NF

NewfoundlandandLabrador NL NL NL NL

NorthwestTerritories NWT NWT NWT NT

NovaScotia NS NS NS NS

Nunavut NU Nu Nunavut NU

Ontario ON Ont Ont ON

PrinceEdwardIsland PE PEI PEI PE

Quebec QC Qc Que QC

Saskatchewan SK Sask Sask SK

Yukon YK Y YT YT

*Emondstyleincludesaperiodinabbreviationsthatcombineuppercaseandlowercaseletters.
**UntilDecember6,2001.

United States
ThefollowingtableliststheabbreviationsofUSstatesthatareusedinbibliographiccitationsand,where
theformdiffers,thoseusedinlegalcitations.

Bluebook
State EmondBiblio McGillBiblio/Legal
Legal

Alabama AL Ala. Ala

Alaska AK Alaska Alaska

Arizona AZ Ariz. Ariz

Arkansas AR Ark. Ark

California CA Cal. Cal

Colorado CO Colo. Colo

Conneticut CT Conn. Conn

Delaware DE Del. Del

DistrictofColumbia DC DC DC

Florida FL Fla. Fla

Georgia GA Ga. Ga

Hawaii HI Haw. Hawaii

Idaho ID Idado Id

Illinois IL Ill. Ill

Indiana IN Ind. Ind

Iowa IA Iowa Iowa

Kansas KS Kan. Kan

Kentucky KY Ky. Ky

Louisiana LA La. La

Maine ME Me. Me

Maryland MD Md. Md

Massachusetts MA Mass. Mass

Michigan MI Mich. Mich

Minnesota MN Minn. Minn

Mississippi MS Miss. Miss

Missouri MO Mo. Mo

Montana MT Mont. Mont

Nebraska NE Neb. Neb

Nevada NV Nev. Nev

NewHampshire NH NH NH

NewJersey NJ NJ NJ

NewMexico NM NM NMex

NewYork NY NY NY

NorthCarolina NC NC NC

NorthDakota ND ND NDak

Ohio OH Ohio Ohio

Oklahoma OK Okla. Okla

Oregon OR Or. Or

Pennsylvania PA Pa. Pa

RhodeIsland RI RI RI

SouthCarolina SC SC SC
SouthDakota SD SD SDak

Tennessee TN Tenn. Tenn

Texas TX Tex. Tex

Utah UT Utah Utah

Vermont VT Vt. Vt

Virginia VA Va. Va

Washington WA Wash. Wash

WestVirginia WV W.Va. WVa

Wisconsin WI Wis. Wis

Wyoming WY Wyo. Wyo

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