A Land of Great Variety Canada Provinces and Facts
Canada has ten provinces and two territories with a national government and individual provincial governments. Quebec is highlighted with a large French-speaking population and a historic separatist sentiment. Montreal is a major city. Paris is noted as the largest. Economic sectors include tourism, forestry, mining, manufacturing, fishing, and hydroelectric power. details cover demographics and regional differences.
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Canada
United States
Montreal
Paris
Quebec
Joan Abeles
Montreal Gazette
Canadian Embassy
New Brunswick Coast and Economy Overview
New Brunswick borders the Bay of Fundy with the world’s highest tides and a 50 foot daily rise. The coast features many islands and bays, icebergs, and a diverse economy including fishing mining tourism forestry and manufacturing. Acadian French settlers were displaced in 1755 with Cajun descendants in Louisiana. The province is Canada’s smallest with beaches on islands and red sand tourism.
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Bay of Fundy
New Brunswick
Louisiana
Alberta's Diverse Lands Shape Fossil Rich Badlands
The region hosts the oldest exposed rocks with vast prairie and forested areas. It includes a large desert zone and rugged hills near the Rockies. Alberta's economy centers on farming, forestry, mining, oil, and tourism with forests covering half the land.
Land of the Midnight Sun Description
The region is described as having continuous daylight in summer and four months of darkness in winter. It features forests and tundra with rocky arctic terrain. The economy hinges on mining hunting fishing trapping tourism and forestry.
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Nunavut
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Atlantic
Intario
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
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Island
Nova Scotia
Andrews and McMeel
Kansas City
Creree
oFeas
Bob Hope
Doctor “J
John Wayne
John Glenn
Wayne Gretzky
Jimmy Durante
Dwight Eisenhower
Herald-Journal
Mimi Jolkes
Tunal
Angie Campbell
Laura Ozios
von the Wind
Bamon
Alberta
Edmonton
British Columbia
Victoria
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Fredericton
ST. John's
Toronto
Astoclavo
AdvTe
Dnaldnu
Wenoda
Storiaen
Ifegoo
Kcl
Nurb
Quebecna
Joanne Britton
Syracuse Herald-Journal
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Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta Badlands
Prairies
Rocky Mountains
Tyrrell Museum
Calgary
Ontario
Casa Loma
North America
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory
Arctic
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