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North Broughton Island. Eden Island. Bonwick Island. Baker Island. Cormorant Island (loc. of Alert Bay) Hardwicke Island. Harbledown Island, site of New Vancouver. Malcolm Island (loc. of Sointula) Turnour Island, site of Kalugwis (Karlukwees)
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 ...
The six geographical regions of Canada defined by Statistics Canada: Atlantic. Quebec. Ontario. Prairies. British Columbia. Territories. The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, [ 4] and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land. The island is the largest by area and the ...
Haida Gwaii ( / ˈhaɪdə ˈɡwaɪ /; [2] Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people "), [3] also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between 55–125 km (34–78 mi) off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the ...
List of islands of British Columbia, many islands including: Haida Gwaii, some 400 islands near Alaska Graham Island, the main northern island; Moresby Island, the main southern island; Vancouver Island, Canada's largest Pacific island Gulf Islands, numerous islands off the southeast coast of V.I. near the U.S. San Juan Islands
An enlargeable map of Canada, showing its ten provinces and three territories. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Canada: Canada ( / ˈkænədə /) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean ...
5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...