What is difference between a Canada territory and a province?

Answer 1

"The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces are jurisdictions that receive their power and authority directly from the Constitution Act, 1867, whereas territories derive their mandates and powers from the federal government."

Answer 2

Canada has a constitution - the Constitution Act of 1982. The constitution includes: what is the official languages, individual rights and more. The constitution works together with the system of laws to make up the rules of the country. The constitution also indicates what provinces are a part of Canada and what the powers those provinces have. For example, provinces have jurisdiction over education and the environment. Territories on the other hand are created by Federal Law. That means the territories have a bit less power than the provinces. They still have representation in the federal government, but don't have provincial governments. One of the biggest difference is that the provinces get to vote on changes to the constitution but the territories do not.

Answer 3

The difference is a bit difficult to describe because you have to start looking at the murky world of Constitutional governance and the separation of various powers of government. It all centres on how Constitutional Powers are used in the Territories and Provinces.

Historically, Provinces have the right to use Constitutional Powers on their own, while Territories exercise power at the discretion of the Federal government.

What this means is the Provinces have their own central government to take care of the day to day business but Territories are still subject to Federal authority. The Federal Government has clear boundries it cannot cross when dealing with Provinces.

This is gradually changing to the point where Territories are now exercising the same basic rights to govern that the Provinces are.

Answer 4

Ontario is a province and has a premier as the head of its provincial government.

Answer 5

i border the Pacific Ocean on the west Alberta on the east the yukon terriyory and nort west territories on the north and the united states on the south i am

Answer 6

There govern themselves much like the states in the united states