While the provinces East of Ontario have less population than the 4/10ths of the provinces that lie to the West of Ontario they comprise 5/10ths of all the provinces.
Canada west is also known as Western Canada and the western provinces. This is the result of the attempt to reject from the culture.
Canada's major Wheat-Farming areas are in the west in the region of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. These three provinces are called the Prairie Provinces.
nunavut, north west territories , and yukon.
Alberta, Saskatuwan, Manitoba, Ontario
Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territoriesProvinces (West to East)British ColumbiaAlbertaSaskatchewanManitobaOntarioQuebecNew BrunswickNewfoundland & LabradorPrince Edward IslandNova ScotiaTerritories (West to East)Yukon TerritoryNorthwest TerritoriesNunavut
Here are Canada's 10 provinces listed below from west to east:British ColumbiaAlbertaSaskatchewanManitobaOntarioQuebecNow we have to go north/eastNewfoundland and LabradorProvinces south/east of Quebec:New BrunswickNova ScotiaPrince Edward IslandThe 3 territories of Canada from west to east:YukonNorthwest TerritoriesNunavut
According to the Government of Canada website, the four official "western provinces" in Canada are, from west to east, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Above these are the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, but they are considered northern territories and not western provinces.
Strictly speaking, no, the united Province of Canada was split to form the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec at confederation. However, the Province of Canada included the old Canada West and the old Canada East, which were to become the new provinces. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were there before confederation.
Canada is made up of ten provinces and three territories. The three territories are in the North, above the 60th parallel of latitude. From west to east, they are Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavit.
The population of Canada in 1867 was 1,500,000.
As a guess, confederation happened at the last conference, the London conference, on 1867.At that time only four provinces joined - *Canada East, *Canada West, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. At the second Conference which was the Quebec Conference. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland didn't want to join Confederation. Canada East - Quebec \ Canada East and Canada West were called the United Provinces of Canada in 1841 Canada West- Ontario /