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"The Left Coast" – a name shared with the West Coast of the United States, referring to the region notably leaning politically left. [6]"British California" – a play on the initials of the province, referring to its similarities with California in terms of culture, geography (particularly in the Lower Mainland), politics, and demographics.
Slang words used widely in Canada. Subcategories. ... Whatever (slang) This page was last edited on 12 February 2021, at 02:40 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The -r-also began to disappear from the name on early maps, resulting in the current Acadia. [ 20 ] Possibly derived from the Míkmaq word akatik , pronounced roughly "agadik", meaning "place", which French-speakers spelled as -cadie in place names such as Shubenacadie and Tracadie , possibly coincidentally.
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)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
Previously Nfld. and T.-N. for Newfoundland before the change of name of the province occurred on December 6, 2001. [3] T.-N. is short for Terre-Neuve. T.-N.-L. is short for Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. NF was the two-letter abbreviation used before the province's name changed to Newfoundland and Labrador.
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
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The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: the West, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as for the three territories of Northern Canada ('the North').