A lot of canadian province and town names come from the natives who already lived there when french colonists first arrived. Their language contained a lot of vowels and repeating syllables, hence a great presence of the letter "A" in Canada.
Not just cAnAdA, also mAnitobA, AlbertA, british colombiA, ontArio, sAskAtchewAn...
"Give me your tired...your poor...your huddled masses yearning to breathe free....the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send THESE homeless tempest tost to me....