What do you call a person from Chelsea? Municipality taking names [Video]

A Chelsean? A Chelsite? A Chelski? What should a resident of Chelsea, Que., be called?

There’s no agreed-upon choice, but the municipality is hoping to change that.

As part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of its founding, the municipality about 15 kilometres north of downtown Ottawa has launched an online poll to let residents declare what they’d like to be called — also known as their demonym. 

“It’s a nice way to rally people,” Chelsea Mayor Pierre Guénard told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning, adding that Chelsea is one of the few municipalities in the Outaouais region without an official demonym.

Once all the proposals have been collected, the municipality will send them to the Commission de toponymie du Québecfor comments. Then the municipal council will finally choose one …