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On July 15, 1870, Britain transferred Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory to Canada. On the same date, out of part of Rupert's Land, the Government of Canada created the Province of Manitoba as Canada's fifth province.

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British Columbia was the sixth province to join Canada, in 1871.

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