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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 ...
Canada is divided into 10 provinces and three territories.The majority of Canada's population is concentrated in the areas close to the Canada–US border.Its four largest provinces by area (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta) are also its most populous; together they account for 86.5 percent of the country's population.
Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States. The economies of Alberta , Saskatchewan , Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories rely heavily on natural resources .
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').
Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density Map 17 South Australia: Adelaide Australia: 984,321 km 2: 1,772,787 [2] 4th 1.7/km 2: 18 British Columbia: Victoria: Vancouver Canada: 944,735 km 2: 5,249,635 [4] 5th 5.41/km 2: 19 Mato Grosso: Cuiabá Brazil: 903,357 km 2: 3,567,234 [9] 3rd 3.94/km 2: 20 New South ...
The Act of Union 1840 merged the Canadas into a united Province of Canada and responsible government was established for all provinces of British North America east of Lake Superior by 1855. [63] The signing of the Oregon Treaty by Britain and the United States in 1846 ended the Oregon boundary dispute , extending the border westward along the ...
Second largest sub-federal jurisdiction of Canada, largest province of Canada. Mexican Cession: 1,360,000: A large area of the First Mexican Empire, which was lost after the Mexican–American War in 1848 to the US. West North Central states: 1,347,716: Division of the United States.
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 Ocean. [1]