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Canada Provinces and Territories

This category is for the 10 provinces and three territories that make up the second largest country in the world: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.

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Which of Canadian provinces has the highest percentage of francophone's?

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Quebec; the province of Quebec is mostly francophone. There are French-speaking communities in other Canadian provinces, too.

What province in Canada has the most aboriginals?

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Ontario has the highest population of Indigenous peoples in Canada, with many residing in cities such as Toronto and Ottawa.

What does Canadian province means light?

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In this context, "Canadian province means light" likely refers to the fact that Canada has a province named "British Columbia," which could be interpreted as associating the province with the word "light." It could be a playful or poetic way of referencing the province.

What province is the most dense in Canada?

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The most densely populated province in Canada is Ontario, with a population density of around 14.1 people per square kilometer. This makes it the most populous province in the country.

What is the most populated province in Canada?

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Ontario is the most populated province (12.5 million).

Ontario

How many provinces do not have trespass act?

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A security patrol should always be done at the same time following the same route so that nothing important is missed.

What types of jobs do Nunavut people do?

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  • Framing
  • Manufacturing
  • a lot of fishing

What is the largest land in Canada?

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Nunavut has the largest surface area, but it also composed of islands.

As far as "solid" land mass, it would probably be Quebec.

What provinces that depend on fishing?

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It depends entirely on the country. However, if you have a country with landlocked and maritime provinces, you should expect to find larger fishing industries in the maritime provinces.

How many province are there in Canada?

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Ten Provinces

As a country, Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

Provinces and territories

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon

The Regions of Canada

Canada includes many different geographical areas and five distinct regions.

  • The Atlantic Provinces
  • Central Canada
  • The Prairie Provinces
  • The West Coast
  • The Northern Territories

The National Capital

Ottawa, located on the Ottawa River, was chosen as the capital in 1857 by Queen Victoria, the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Province of Alberta in Canada the meaning of Alberta?

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I am not sure if this applies to the Alberta in Canada, but the French meaning of the name is 'Noble & Famous'.

Alberta, Canada was named after Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, whose husband was the Governor General of Canada.

What is the smallest province in area?

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Hainan, 1665000 km2

But hainan has a huge erea in ocean.

so it depends if you includes ocean when you compare them.

What Canadian province is nearest to Vancouver Island?

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Vancouver Island is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

How many provinces were in Canada in 1885?

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Canada did not come into being as a country until 1867.

From 1841 to 1867 there was a colony named Canada, which included the area of the former colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, but did not include the colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

What is the Driving distance from bar harbor Maine to Halifax?

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The driving distance is about 371 road miles and total driving time is approximately 8 hours and 15 minutes.

What province of Canada is in the south central of Canada whose borders are all straight?

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The only province in Canada with straight borders is land locked Saskatchewan. As all such straight borders suggest they were selected by people from outside the area with little consideration for those living there.

It's location is south, the 49th to north, the 60th, and is West of Canada's Central province Manitoba. So not really south or central.

What province started movement to secede from Canada?

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Quebec wanted to secede from Canada.

What province in Canada has the most mountains?

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British Columbia has the most mountains in it, but also has prairie and ranchland, as well as some orchards to the south,

How many provinces were there in Canada in 1867?

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The original provinces were:

  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • New Brunswick
  • Nova Scotia

Provinces that joined confederation after 1867 were:

  • Manitoba was established by an Act of Parliament on July 15, 1870
  • British Columbia joined Canada July 20, 1871
  • Prince Edward Island joined July 1, 1873
  • Alberta and Saskatchewan were established September 1, 1905
  • Newfoundland joined on March 31, 1949

What two Canadian provinces lie to the west of James bay?

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James Bay is the southern portion of Hudson Bay. It borders Ontario and Quebec. Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia all are west of James Bay.