diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 29db5138..b244ed81 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(SOURCES
     results.cpp
     schema.cpp
     shared_realm.cpp
-    impl/background_collection.cpp
+    impl/collection_notifier.cpp
     impl/list_notifier.cpp
     impl/realm_coordinator.cpp
     impl/results_notifier.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set(HEADERS
     results.hpp
     schema.hpp
     shared_realm.hpp
-    impl/background_collection.hpp
+    impl/collection_notifier.hpp
     impl/external_commit_helper.hpp
     impl/list_notifier.hpp
     impl/realm_coordinator.hpp
diff --git a/src/collection_notifications.cpp b/src/collection_notifications.cpp
index 7eae2cb8..9a11941d 100644
--- a/src/collection_notifications.cpp
+++ b/src/collection_notifications.cpp
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 
 #include "collection_notifications.hpp"
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 
 using namespace realm;
 using namespace realm::_impl;
 
-NotificationToken::NotificationToken(std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection> notifier, size_t token)
+NotificationToken::NotificationToken(std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier> notifier, size_t token)
 : m_notifier(std::move(notifier)), m_token(token)
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/collection_notifications.hpp b/src/collection_notifications.hpp
index c2dc9d03..8fc2c0c8 100644
--- a/src/collection_notifications.hpp
+++ b/src/collection_notifications.hpp
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 
 namespace realm {
 namespace _impl {
-    class BackgroundCollection;
+    class CollectionNotifier;
 }
 
 // A token which keeps an asynchronous query alive
 struct NotificationToken {
     NotificationToken() = default;
-    NotificationToken(std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection> notifier, size_t token);
+    NotificationToken(std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier> notifier, size_t token);
     ~NotificationToken();
 
     NotificationToken(NotificationToken&&);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct NotificationToken {
     NotificationToken& operator=(NotificationToken const&) = delete;
 
 private:
-    util::AtomicSharedPtr<_impl::BackgroundCollection> m_notifier;
+    util::AtomicSharedPtr<_impl::CollectionNotifier> m_notifier;
     size_t m_token;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/impl/background_collection.cpp b/src/impl/collection_notifier.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from src/impl/background_collection.cpp
rename to src/impl/collection_notifier.cpp
index 552f457b..acf95d71 100644
--- a/src/impl/background_collection.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/collection_notifier.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 
 #include "impl/realm_coordinator.hpp"
 #include "shared_realm.hpp"
@@ -58,20 +58,20 @@ bool TransactionChangeInfo::row_did_change(Table const& table, size_t idx, int d
     return false;
 }
 
-BackgroundCollection::BackgroundCollection(std::shared_ptr<Realm> realm)
+CollectionNotifier::CollectionNotifier(std::shared_ptr<Realm> realm)
 : m_realm(std::move(realm))
 , m_sg_version(Realm::Internal::get_shared_group(*m_realm).get_version_of_current_transaction())
 {
 }
 
-BackgroundCollection::~BackgroundCollection()
+CollectionNotifier::~CollectionNotifier()
 {
     // Need to do this explicitly to ensure m_realm is destroyed with the mutex
     // held to avoid potential double-deletion
     unregister();
 }
 
-size_t BackgroundCollection::add_callback(CollectionChangeCallback callback)
+size_t CollectionNotifier::add_callback(CollectionChangeCallback callback)
 {
     m_realm->verify_thread();
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ size_t BackgroundCollection::add_callback(CollectionChangeCallback callback)
     return token;
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::remove_callback(size_t token)
+void CollectionNotifier::remove_callback(size_t token)
 {
     Callback old;
     {
@@ -122,19 +122,19 @@ void BackgroundCollection::remove_callback(size_t token)
     }
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::unregister() noexcept
+void CollectionNotifier::unregister() noexcept
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_realm_mutex);
     m_realm = nullptr;
 }
 
-bool BackgroundCollection::is_alive() const noexcept
+bool CollectionNotifier::is_alive() const noexcept
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_realm_mutex);
     return m_realm != nullptr;
 }
 
-std::unique_lock<std::mutex> BackgroundCollection::lock_target()
+std::unique_lock<std::mutex> CollectionNotifier::lock_target()
 {
     return std::unique_lock<std::mutex>{m_realm_mutex};
 }
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ static void find_relevant_tables(std::vector<size_t>& out, Table const& table)
     }
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::set_table(Table const& table)
+void CollectionNotifier::set_table(Table const& table)
 {
     find_relevant_tables(m_relevant_tables, table);
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::add_required_change_info(TransactionChangeInfo& info)
+void CollectionNotifier::add_required_change_info(TransactionChangeInfo& info)
 {
     if (!do_add_required_change_info(info)) {
         return;
@@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ void BackgroundCollection::add_required_change_info(TransactionChangeInfo& info)
     }
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::prepare_handover()
+void CollectionNotifier::prepare_handover()
 {
     REALM_ASSERT(m_sg);
     m_sg_version = m_sg->get_version_of_current_transaction();
     do_prepare_handover(*m_sg);
 }
 
-bool BackgroundCollection::deliver(SharedGroup& sg, std::exception_ptr err)
+bool CollectionNotifier::deliver(SharedGroup& sg, std::exception_ptr err)
 {
     if (!is_for_current_thread()) {
         return false;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bool BackgroundCollection::deliver(SharedGroup& sg, std::exception_ptr err)
     return should_call_callbacks && have_callbacks();
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::call_callbacks()
+void CollectionNotifier::call_callbacks()
 {
     while (auto fn = next_callback()) {
         fn(m_changes_to_deliver, m_error);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void BackgroundCollection::call_callbacks()
     }
 }
 
-CollectionChangeCallback BackgroundCollection::next_callback()
+CollectionChangeCallback CollectionNotifier::next_callback()
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> callback_lock(m_callback_mutex);
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ CollectionChangeCallback BackgroundCollection::next_callback()
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::attach_to(SharedGroup& sg)
+void CollectionNotifier::attach_to(SharedGroup& sg)
 {
     REALM_ASSERT(!m_sg);
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void BackgroundCollection::attach_to(SharedGroup& sg)
     do_attach_to(sg);
 }
 
-void BackgroundCollection::detach()
+void CollectionNotifier::detach()
 {
     REALM_ASSERT(m_sg);
     do_detach_from(*m_sg);
diff --git a/src/impl/background_collection.hpp b/src/impl/collection_notifier.hpp
similarity index 97%
rename from src/impl/background_collection.hpp
rename to src/impl/collection_notifier.hpp
index 830cd8bf..a21ff042 100644
--- a/src/impl/background_collection.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/collection_notifier.hpp
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ struct TransactionChangeInfo {
 // most of the lifetime-management issues related to sharing an object between
 // the worker thread and the collection on the target thread, along with the
 // thread-safe callback collection.
-class BackgroundCollection {
+class CollectionNotifier {
 public:
-    BackgroundCollection(std::shared_ptr<Realm>);
-    virtual ~BackgroundCollection();
+    CollectionNotifier(std::shared_ptr<Realm>);
+    virtual ~CollectionNotifier();
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Public API for the collections using this to get notifications:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public:
     // Release references to all core types
     // This is called on the worker thread to ensure that non-thread-safe things
     // can be destroyed on the correct thread, even if the last reference to the
-    // BackgroundCollection is released on a different thread
+    // CollectionNotifier is released on a different thread
     virtual void release_data() noexcept = 0;
 
     // Call each of the currently registered callbacks, if there have been any
diff --git a/src/impl/list_notifier.cpp b/src/impl/list_notifier.cpp
index 11a74bb4..2d14602b 100644
--- a/src/impl/list_notifier.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/list_notifier.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ using namespace realm;
 using namespace realm::_impl;
 
 ListNotifier::ListNotifier(LinkViewRef lv, std::shared_ptr<Realm> realm)
-: BackgroundCollection(std::move(realm))
+: CollectionNotifier(std::move(realm))
 , m_prev_size(lv->size())
 {
     // Find the lv's column, since that isn't tracked directly
diff --git a/src/impl/list_notifier.hpp b/src/impl/list_notifier.hpp
index 9cc0d775..82b4e414 100644
--- a/src/impl/list_notifier.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/list_notifier.hpp
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 #ifndef REALM_LIST_NOTIFIER_HPP
 #define REALM_LIST_NOTIFIER_HPP
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 
 #include <realm/group_shared.hpp>
 
 namespace realm {
 namespace _impl {
-class ListNotifier : public BackgroundCollection {
+class ListNotifier : public CollectionNotifier {
 public:
     ListNotifier(LinkViewRef lv, std::shared_ptr<Realm> realm);
 
diff --git a/src/impl/realm_coordinator.cpp b/src/impl/realm_coordinator.cpp
index 7f0f6ff2..78a2f7ae 100644
--- a/src/impl/realm_coordinator.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/realm_coordinator.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "impl/realm_coordinator.hpp"
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 #include "impl/external_commit_helper.hpp"
 #include "impl/transact_log_handler.hpp"
 #include "impl/weak_realm_notifier.hpp"
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void RealmCoordinator::pin_version(uint_fast64_t version, uint_fast32_t index)
     }
 }
 
-void RealmCoordinator::register_notifier(std::shared_ptr<BackgroundCollection> notifier)
+void RealmCoordinator::register_notifier(std::shared_ptr<CollectionNotifier> notifier)
 {
     auto version = notifier->version();
     auto& self = Realm::Internal::get_coordinator(*notifier->get_realm());
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ namespace {
 class IncrementalChangeInfo {
 public:
     IncrementalChangeInfo(SharedGroup& sg,
-                          std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection>>& notifiers)
+                          std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier>>& notifiers)
     : m_sg(sg)
     {
         if (notifiers.empty())
diff --git a/src/impl/realm_coordinator.hpp b/src/impl/realm_coordinator.hpp
index 899f2c03..2a6f74b2 100644
--- a/src/impl/realm_coordinator.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/realm_coordinator.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class SharedGroup;
 class StringData;
 
 namespace _impl {
-class BackgroundCollection;
+class CollectionNotifier;
 class ExternalCommitHelper;
 class WeakRealmNotifier;
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
     // Update the schema in the cached config
     void update_schema(Schema const& new_schema);
 
-    static void register_notifier(std::shared_ptr<BackgroundCollection> notifier);
+    static void register_notifier(std::shared_ptr<CollectionNotifier> notifier);
 
     // Advance the Realm to the most recent transaction version which all async
     // work is complete for
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ private:
     std::vector<WeakRealmNotifier> m_weak_realm_notifiers;
 
     std::mutex m_notifier_mutex;
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection>> m_new_notifiers;
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection>> m_notifiers;
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier>> m_new_notifiers;
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier>> m_notifiers;
 
     // SharedGroup used for actually running async notifiers
     // Will have a read transaction iff m_notifiers is non-empty
diff --git a/src/impl/results_notifier.cpp b/src/impl/results_notifier.cpp
index 7f3c7320..c6ae69c9 100644
--- a/src/impl/results_notifier.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/results_notifier.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace realm;
 using namespace realm::_impl;
 
 ResultsNotifier::ResultsNotifier(Results& target)
-: BackgroundCollection(target.get_realm())
+: CollectionNotifier(target.get_realm())
 , m_target_results(&target)
 , m_sort(target.get_sort())
 , m_from_linkview(target.get_linkview().get() != nullptr)
diff --git a/src/impl/results_notifier.hpp b/src/impl/results_notifier.hpp
index 03b4be60..de0b2d65 100644
--- a/src/impl/results_notifier.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/results_notifier.hpp
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 #ifndef REALM_RESULTS_NOTIFIER_HPP
 #define REALM_RESULTS_NOTIFIER_HPP
 
-#include "background_collection.hpp"
+#include "collection_notifier.hpp"
 #include "results.hpp"
 
 #include <realm/group_shared.hpp>
 
 namespace realm {
 namespace _impl {
-class ResultsNotifier : public BackgroundCollection {
+class ResultsNotifier : public CollectionNotifier {
 public:
     ResultsNotifier(Results& target);
 
diff --git a/src/impl/transact_log_handler.cpp b/src/impl/transact_log_handler.cpp
index 129384a9..8aedd052 100644
--- a/src/impl/transact_log_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/transact_log_handler.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "impl/transact_log_handler.hpp"
 
 #include "binding_context.hpp"
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 #include "index_set.hpp"
 
 #include <realm/group_shared.hpp>
diff --git a/src/list.hpp b/src/list.hpp
index 2be94748..8abd601d 100644
--- a/src/list.hpp
+++ b/src/list.hpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private:
     std::shared_ptr<Realm> m_realm;
     const ObjectSchema* m_object_schema;
     LinkViewRef m_link_view;
-    std::shared_ptr<_impl::BackgroundCollection> m_notifier;
+    std::shared_ptr<_impl::CollectionNotifier> m_notifier;
 
     void verify_valid_row(size_t row_ndx, bool insertion = false) const;
 
diff --git a/src/shared_realm.hpp b/src/shared_realm.hpp
index f1ea3b2a..25e5acfd 100644
--- a/src/shared_realm.hpp
+++ b/src/shared_realm.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace realm {
     typedef std::weak_ptr<Realm> WeakRealm;
 
     namespace _impl {
-        class BackgroundCollection;
+        class CollectionNotifier;
         class ListNotifier;
         class RealmCoordinator;
         class ResultsNotifier;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace realm {
         // Expose some internal functionality to other parts of the ObjectStore
         // without making it public to everyone
         class Internal {
-            friend class _impl::BackgroundCollection;
+            friend class _impl::CollectionNotifier;
             friend class _impl::ListNotifier;
             friend class _impl::RealmCoordinator;
             friend class _impl::ResultsNotifier;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace realm {
             // to be able to call the handover functions, which are not very wrappable
             static SharedGroup& get_shared_group(Realm& realm) { return *realm.m_shared_group; }
 
-            // BackgroundCollection needs to be able to access the owning
+            // CollectionNotifier needs to be able to access the owning
             // coordinator to wake up the worker thread when a callback is
             // added, and coordinators need to be able to get themselves from a Realm
             static _impl::RealmCoordinator& get_coordinator(Realm& realm) { return *realm.m_coordinator; }
diff --git a/tests/collection_change_indices.cpp b/tests/collection_change_indices.cpp
index 7eddc254..1ca24f16 100644
--- a/tests/collection_change_indices.cpp
+++ b/tests/collection_change_indices.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "catch.hpp"
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 
 #include "util/index_helpers.hpp"
 
diff --git a/tests/transaction_log_parsing.cpp b/tests/transaction_log_parsing.cpp
index da394289..319a08ca 100644
--- a/tests/transaction_log_parsing.cpp
+++ b/tests/transaction_log_parsing.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "util/index_helpers.hpp"
 #include "util/test_file.hpp"
 
-#include "impl/background_collection.hpp"
+#include "impl/collection_notifier.hpp"
 #include "impl/transact_log_handler.hpp"
 #include "property.hpp"
 #include "object_schema.hpp"