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All provincial highways in Alberta are 'Primary Highways'. They are divided into two series, and sub-series. 1-216 Series — core highway network Hwy 1-100 — intercity (Hwy 100 is unmarked, ex:Hwy 2) Hwy 201, 216 — orbital routes (ex:Hwy 216) 500-986 Series — local highways Hwy 500-699 — west-east routes (ex:Hwy 501)
The National Highway System (French: Réseau routier national) in Canada is a federal designation for a strategic transport network of highways and freeways. [1] The system includes but is not limited to the Trans-Canada Highway, [1] and currently consists of 38,098 kilometres (23,673 mi) of roadway designated under one of three classes: Core Routes, Feeder Routes, and Northern and Remote Routes.
List of British Columbia provincial highways; List of Manitoba provincial highways; List of New Brunswick provincial highways; List of Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highways; List of Northwest Territories highways; List of Nova Scotia provincial highways; List of Ontario provincial highways; List of Prince Edward Island provincial highways
The Yellowhead Highway is a 2,859-kilometre (1,777 mi) highway in Western Canada, running from Masset, British Columbia, to where it intersects Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) just west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It is designated as Highway 16 in all four provinces that it passes through (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and ...
Population growth in the Northwest Territories, and then the Western provinces, picked up when the Canadian government passed the Dominion Lands Act in 1872 to encourage the settlement of the Canadian Prairies, and to help prevent the area from being claimed by the United States. [10]
The Trans-Canada highway in Chilliwack, BC. There is a total of 1,042,300 km (647,700 mi) of roads in Canada, of which 415,600 km (258,200 mi) are paved, including 17,000 km (11,000 mi) of expressways (the third-longest collection in the world, behind the Interstate Highway System of the United States and China's National Trunk Highway System).
This is a list of Canadian historical population by province and territory, drawn from the Canadian census of population data and pre-Confederation censuses of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1871, Canada has conducted regular national census counts.
List of former New Brunswick provincial highways; List of New Brunswick provincial highways; List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways; List of Northwest Territories highways; List of Nova Scotia provincial highways; Highways in Nunavut