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Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government. Each of the country's provinces and territories also has a head of government, called premier in English.
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
Combination of Bruno and wik, referring to a place where merchants rested and stored their goods [8] Newfoundland and Labrador: Portuguese: Terra Nova and Lavrador "New land", and the surname of João Fernandes Lavrador, meaning "farmer" or "plower" [9] Northwest Territories: English: Referring to the territory's position relative to Rupert's Land
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 ...
List of current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada; Premiers of the provinces, in the order their province joined confederation and by population at joining to break ties Premier of Ontario ; Premier of Quebec (François Legault) Premier of Nova Scotia (Tim Houston) Premier of New Brunswick ; Premier of Manitoba
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
This is a list of joint premiers of the Province of Canada in order of time served in office as joint premier, both as premier and as deputy. This list counts time during an election campaign as belonging to the preceding premier. When adding together days in non-consecutive terms, a month is taken to mean 30 days.
Historically, several provinces had bicameral legislatures, but they all eventually dissolved their upper house or merged it with their lower house, so that all provincial legislatures are now unicameral. Members of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories are called by various names.