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Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.
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 .
There are 10 Canadian provinces, with three territories to the north. The provinces are, in alphabetical order: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
Political Map of Canada. This political map of Canada includes the country's ten provinces and three territories, each distinguished by different colors.
Discover the names, populations, areas, and capitals of Canada's ten provinces and three territories.
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.
Learn more about Canada’s provinces and territories, including services to help you settle and resources for Francophone immigrants.
Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. Its border with the United States is the world's longest international land border.
The Province of Canada was made up of Canada West (formerly Upper Canada) and Canada East (formerly Lower Canada). The two regions were governed jointly until Confederation in 1867. Canada West then became Ontario and Canada East became Quebec.
Today, Canada includes ten provinces and three territories. Most of the acts that established the provinces and territories of the Canadian federation, are acts of the British Parliament, as the federal union in 1867 did not mark Canada's independence from Great Britain.