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Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America — New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec ...
- 10 provinces, 3 territories
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- British Columbia. British Columbia is the country's most western province. Bordered by the Pacific Ocean, B.C., as it is more commonly known, has some of the most temperate locations in the country.
- Alberta. Alberta is one of Canada's three prairie provinces. It shares the Canadian Rocky Mountain range with its western B.C. neighbor and is famous as a ski and hiking destination.
- Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is the central prairie province, landlocked between the other two, Alberta and Manitoba. Most of Saskatchewan's population lives in the southern half of the region, especially in Saskatoon and Regina.
- Manitoba. Manitoba is the most easterly prairie province and longitudinal center of Canada. Like Saskatchewan, a majority of the population lives in the southern region.
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The territories are to the north, where fewer people live, close to the Arctic Circle and Arctic Ocean. Here is a list of the provinces and territories, and their standard abbreviations, with their capitals (the cities where their governments are based) and largest cities. Canada's national capital, where the federal government meets, is Ottawa.
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- Alberta. Alberta is a western province sandwiched in between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The province's strong economy relies mainly on the oil industry, given Alberta's abundance of natural resources.
- British Columbia. British Columbia, colloquially referred to as BC, is Canada's westernmost province, bordering the Pacific Ocean. Many mountain ranges run through British Columbia, including the Rockies, Selkirks, and Purcells.
- Manitoba. Manitoba is located in the center of Canada. The province borders Ontario to the east, Saskatchewan to the west, Northwest Territories to the north, and North Dakota to the south.
- New Brunswick. New Brunswick is Canada's only constitutionally bilingual province. It is located above Maine, to the east of Quebec, and along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
Canada is the world's second largest country based on area. In terms of governmental administration, the country is divided into ten provinces and three territories. Canada's provinces differ from its territories because they are more independent of the federal government in their ability to set laws and maintain rights over certain characteristics of their land such as natural resources.
Canada consists of 10 provinces and three territories that vary greatly in size. The Atlantic Provinces include Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. If the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is excluded, the three remaining east coast provinces are called the Maritime Provinces, or the Maritimes.
Canada — the second-largest country in the world after Russia — is made up of 10 provinces and three territories. They extend from the Atlantic all the way to the Pacific, south to the U.S. border, and north to the Arctic Circle. For a country so expansive, however, Canada is sparsely populated by only about 39 million residents.
