Lesson 12 · Discover Canada p.93–105
Thirteen capitals. The guide says plainly: "You should know the capital of your province or territory as well as that of Canada." Learn all thirteen anyway — they are free marks.
| Region | Province / Territory | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's |
| Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | |
| Nova Scotia | Halifax | |
| New Brunswick | Fredericton | |
| Central Canada | Quebec | Québec City |
| Ontario | Toronto | |
| Prairies | Manitoba | Winnipeg |
| Saskatchewan | Regina | |
| Alberta | Edmonton | |
| West Coast | British Columbia | Victoria |
| North | Nunavut | Iqaluit |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | |
| Yukon | Whitehorse |
Canada's capital: Ottawa.
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Most easterly point in North America; its own time zone; oldest colony of the British Empire |
| Prince Edward Island | Smallest province; birthplace of Confederation; Confederation Bridge; Anne of Green Gables |
| Nova Scotia | Most populous Atlantic province; world's highest tides in the Bay of Fundy; Canada's largest naval base at Halifax |
| New Brunswick | Only officially bilingual province; founded by United Empire Loyalists; St. John River system |
| Quebec | Nearly eight million people; Canada's largest producer of hydro-electricity and of pulp and paper; Montreal is the second largest mainly French-speaking city in the world after Paris |
| Ontario | See Lesson 13 |
| Manitoba | Portage and Main, most famous intersection in Canada; St. Boniface French Quarter; largest Aboriginal population of any province, over 15% |
| Saskatchewan | "Breadbasket of the world"; 40% of Canada's arable land; world's richest uranium and potash; RCMP academy at Regina |
| Alberta | Most populous Prairie province; named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta; largest producer of oil and gas; Banff National Park, 1885 |
| British Columbia | Population four million; Port of Vancouver is Canada's largest and busiest; about 600 provincial parks; Chinese and Punjabi most spoken after English |
| Yukon | Gold Rush of the 1890s; coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada, −63°C; Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife, "diamond capital of North America"; Mackenzie River, 4,200 km, second-longest in North America |
| Nunavut | Nunavut means "our land"; established 1999; about 85% Inuit; its 19-member Assembly chooses a premier by consensus |
The three territories hold one-third of Canada's land mass but only 100,000 people. The "Land of the Midnight Sun" — up to 24 hours of daylight in summer, three months of darkness in winter. Tundra is the vast rocky Arctic plain: no trees, permanently frozen soil. The Canadian Rangers, part of the Forces Reserves, patrol it.