Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, which was incorporated in 1855 and gets its name from the Algonquin word for "trade." Ottawa's archaeological sites reveal an indigenous population that lived there for centuries before Europeans arrived.
Canada's political map showing provinces/territories and their capital cities. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Toronto, the capital of Ontario, is also the largest city in Canada.
This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.
Here is a list of the provinces and territories, and their standard abbreviations, with their capitals (the cities where their governments are based) and largest cities. Canada's national capital, where the federal government meets, is Ottawa.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa. For more detailed information on the Canadian provinces, territories, and capitals, follow the links below. Canada consists of 10 provinces and three territories that vary greatly in size. The Atlantic Provinces include Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island,….
There are 14 capital cities in Canada – one per province/territory, and the capital of Canada as a whole. They are: Ottawa, St. John’s, Charlottetown, Halifax, Fredericton, Quebec City, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Victoria, Iqaluit, Yellowknife, and Whitehorse.
This map shows provinces, territories, provincial and territorial capitals in Canada.
Capital cities are the designated centres of formal political power and administrative authority in their respective territories. They are also very often the chief focus of economic power and, therefore, of real political power, particularly in the form of head offices of business corporations and nongovernmental institutions of all kinds.
Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. Established as a City in 1834, Toronto became the capital of Ontario when the Province was created at Confederation in 1867.
The map also indicates major cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Ottawa, and Montreal, and it includes geographical features like Hudson Bay, Great Bear Lake, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The national capital, Ottawa , is prominently marked in the province of Ontario.