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  2. List of locations in Canada with an English name - Wikipedia

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    English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.

  3. Provinces and territories of Canada - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of regions of Canada - Wikipedia

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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').

  5. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    Lake in Manitoba, Canada: Cree "Where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks". Note: The longest official one-word placename in Canada. [7] Nondraisilisilinayalewatonga [8] 28 A stream in Viti Levu, Fiji: Fijian Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau: 28: Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea: Korean

  6. List of Canadian provincial and territorial name etymologies

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    Moore, Christopher; Slavin, Bill; Janet Lunn (2002), The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories, Tundra Books, ISBN 0-88776-457-6; Alan Rayburn (1 March 2001). Naming Canada: stories about Canadian place names. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8293-0. William B. Hamilton (2006) [1978].

  7. List of twin towns and sister cities in Canada - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of municipalities in Canada which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

  8. Canada - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Outline of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The National Flag of Canada An enlargeable map of Canada, showing its ten provinces and three territories. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Canada: Canada (/ ˈ k æ n ə d ə /) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories.