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	List of Canadian provinces and territories
		The major difference between a Canadian province and a Canadian territory is that a province is a creation of the Constitution Act, while a territory is created by federal law.
		Provincial legislatures are unicameral, having no Senate, and operate on a procedure similar to that of the Canadian House of Commons.
		List of Canadian provinces and territories by population
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Canadian_provinces_and_territories.html (269 words)

	Provinces and territories of Canada Information
		On September 1, 1905, the portion of Northwest Territories south of the 60° parallel became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
		Provincial and territorial legislatures are unicameral, having no second chamber equivalent to the Canadian Senate.
		The provincial political climate of Quebec is quite different: the main split is between sovereigntism (of which separatism is generally held to be one strain), represented by the Parti Québécois, and federalism, represented primarily by the Parti Libéral du Québec.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada (1201 words)

	Northwest Territories
		The Northwest Territories are located east of Yukon, west of Nunavut, and north of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
		Eight languages are spoken in the Northwest Territories: the Dene[?] languages Chipewyan[?], Dogrib[?], Gwich'in[?], North Slavey[?], and South Slavey[?]; the Inuit language Inuvialuktun[?]; and English and French.
		In 1876, the district of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/nt/NT.html (779 words)

	Coat of Arms of New Brunswick
		The achievement of arms was augmented with a crest, supporters, and compartment by Queen Elizabeth II, in a public ceremony in Fredericton on September 25, 1984, to mark the province's bicentennial.
		The supporters are white-tailed deer collared with Maliseet friendship wampum, and bear badges of the Union colours and of the fleurs-de-lis of royal France, to commemorate the colonization of the area by those powers.
		The compartment is covered by the provincial flower, the purple violet, and the fiddlehead, an edible fern that grows in New Brunswick.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/c/co/coat_of_arms_of_new_brunswick.html (464 words)

	Provinces - Canadawiki
		On September 1, 1905, the portion of North-West Territories south of the 60° parallel became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
		In contrast to United States territories such as the Virgin Islands, Canadian territories' members of Parliament are full and equal voting representatives.
		The provincial political climate of Quebec is quite different: the main split is between sovereigntism (of which separatism is but one strain), represented by the Parti Québécois, and federalism, represented by the Parti Libéral du Québec.
	canadawiki.org /index.php/Provinces (1427 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level.
		North of the St. Lawrence River Valley, the territory of Quebec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
		While the fleur-de-lis, a symbol of France's Ancien Régime, may be thought of as "counter-revolutionary" in France today, it is a modern symbol in Quebec (which was never ruled by the French Republic) and is prominent in its coat of arms.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Quebec (4621 words)

	Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The provincial political climate of Quebec is different with the main split being between represented by the Parti Québécois and federalism represented by the Parti libéral du Québec.
		Canadian culture was a topic of international in 2003 when Canada refused to join the 2003 Iraq War moved toward legalizing same-sex marriage and took steps towards decriminalizing the of small amounts of marijuana.
		In terms of national symbols and emblems is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains) and the wild animals that reside them such as moose beavers and grizzly bears.
	www.freeglossary.com /Canada (3101 words)

	Canada - Wikinfo
		In the second half of the 20th century, some citizens of the French-speaking province of Quebec have sought independence, but two referendums have been defeated, albeit marginally in the last case (50.6% were against independence).
		Most of Canadians are of European descent (mostly British and French origins); only 2% of the population is formed by the native population.
		Canadian culture is heavily influenced by British and American influences.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Canada (4411 words)

	Quebec - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Being the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language, Quebec is also the sole territory in North America, except for the archipelago of St-Pierre and Miquelon, where the French language is in a majority.
		North of the St. Lawrence River Valley, the territory of Quebec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
		The fleur-de-lis as a symbol of the now deposed House of Bourbon is regarded as "counter revolutionary" in France, but is prominent in the coat of arms of Quebec.
	en.wikipedia.b4d.pl /wiki/Quebec (5074 words)

	Northwest Territories at AllExperts
		In 1882 Regina in the then-District of Assiniboia became the territorial capital; after Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905, Regina became the provincial capital of the new province of Saskatchewan.
		Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
		The rest of the Northwest Territories had no repesentation in the House of Commons until the early 1960s when the Northwest Territories electoral district was created in recognition of Inuit having been given the right to vote in 1953.
	en.allexperts.com /e/n/no/northwest_territories.htm (1648 words)

	ipedia.com: Ontario Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Northern Ontario is entirely upon the rugged terrain of the Canadian Shield.
		The provincial government of Ontario sits in the legislative buildings at Queen's Park in Toronto.
		The main provincial political parties are the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, and New Democrats.
	www.ipedia.com /ontario.html (1416 words)

	Newfoundland and Labrador - ExampleProblems.com
		In 1959, a local controversy arose when the provincial government pressured the Moravian Church to abandon its mission station at Hebron, Labrador, resulting in the relocation southward of the area's Inuit population, who had lived there since the mission was established in 1831.
		Tobin rode the waves of economic good fortune as the downtrodden provincial economy was undergoing a fundamental shift, largely as a result of the oil and gas industry's financial stimulus, although the effects of this were mainly felt only in communities on the Avalon Peninsula.
		Toward the end of 2004, Williams ordered the Canadian flag to be removed from all provincial buildings as a protest against federal policies, and asked for municipal councils to consider doing the same.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Newfoundland_and_Labrador (2652 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Prince Edward Island
		The provincial economy is dominated by the seasonal industries of agriculture, tourism, and the fishery.
		The high season, as with most Canadian provinces, is during the summer months of July and August, although increased travel by American visitors during September and October for fall foliage tours of the Maritime provinces and neighbouring New England and Newfoundland is pushing the shoulder season farther into the winter months.
		Canadian Author Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, setting many of her famous novels in her native North Shore communities.
	random.dragonslife.org /prince-edward-island/1699 (2316 words)

	Austin Texas Real Estate Directory Austin Home for Sale Austin Real Estate Directory REALTOR-Reference Desk
		This was to recongize Canadian autonomy from Britain, though some critics insisted that the country's proper name should continue to be "Dominion of Canada." The last major change was renaming the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982.
		Canadian culture was a topic of international discussion in 2003, when Canada refused to join the US-led war in Iraq, moved toward legalizing same-sex marriage, and took steps towards decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
		Most Canadians believe that the country does not have enough holidays (in comparison to the United States, and the United Kingdom, and although these nations have about the same number of nationally recognized holidays, they generally receive more days off of work/school).
	www.austinrealestateshopper.com /a.php?title=Canada (3650 words)

	Quebec : Political culture:Quebec
		The territory of Quebec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
		Another constitutional deal, the Charlottetown Accord[?], which sought to resolve a long list of unrelated issues at the same time as it resolved the nation's relationship with Quebec, was rejected by countrywide referendum in 1992.
		The provincial bird of Quebec is the snowy owl.
	www.fastload.org /po/Political_culture:Quebec.html (1943 words)

	Ontario
		the thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, a mainly infertile area rich in minerals and studded with lakes and rivers; sub-regions are Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario.
		Freight rail is dominated by the founding cross-country CN and CP rail companies, which during the 1990s sold many short rail lines from their vast network to private companies operating mostly in the south.
		Regional Commuter rail is limited to the provincially owned GO Transit, which serves a train/bus network spanning the Golden Horseshoe region, its hub in Toronto.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Ontario (3838 words)

	Canada - Gurupedia
		This was to recongize Canadian autonomy from Britain, though some critics insisted that the country's proper name should continue to be "Dominion of Canada." The last major change was renaming the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982.
		Canadian culture was a topic of international discussion in 2003, when Canada refused to join the US-led war in Iraq, moved toward legalizing same-sex marriage, and took steps towards decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of
		Most Canadians believe that the country does not have enough holidays (in comparison to the United States, and the United Kingdom, and although these nations have about the same number of nationally recognized holidays, they generally receive more days off of work/school).
	www.gurupedia.com /c/ca/canada.htm (3430 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Northwest Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the territories of Arctic Canada, the Northwest Territories (NWT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) has a landmass of 1,171,918 square kilometres and a population of 42,944 as of January 1, 2005.
		In 1882 Regina in the then-District of Assiniboia became the territorial capital; after Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905 Regina became the provincial capital of the new province of Saskatchewan.
		Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/northwest_territories (2048 words)

	999 Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, The word "Nunavut" in Inuktitut) is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada: it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993.
		The territory covers approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of land and water including part of the mainland, most of the Arctic Islands, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay (including the Belcher Islands) which were formerly attached to the Northwest Territories.
		As in the other territories, the commissioner's role is symbolic and is analogous to that of a lieutenant-governor.
	www.999nunavut.com (1223 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All of the listed communities are considered cities by the province, with the exception of Corman Park, which is a rural municipality.
		Settlement of the province started to take off as the Canadian Pacific Railway was built in the early 1880s, and the Canadian government divided up the land by the Dominion Land Survey and gave free land to any willing settlers.
		Saskatchewan has the same form of government as the other Canadian provinces with a Lieutenant-Governor (who is the representative of the Crown), premier, and a unicameral legislature.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Saskatchewan (2317 words)

	List of Canada-related topics : QuicklyFind Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
		List of elections in the Province of Canada
		List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
	www.quicklyfind.com /info/List_of_Canada-related_topics.htm (88 words)

	Quebec at AllExperts
		The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language.
		Quebec is also the sole territory north of the Caribbean Sea - aside from France itself, and the thinly populated archipelago of St-Pierre and Miquelon - where French is spoken by a majority of the population.
		While the fleur-de-lis, a symbol of France's Ancien RÃ©gime, may be thought of "counter-revolutionary" in France today, it is a cherished symbol in Quebec (which was never ruled by the French Republic) and is prominent in its coat of arms.
	en.allexperts.com /e/q/qu/quebec.htm (4185 words)

	cars - Ontario
		He fought for provincial rights, weakening the power of the federal government in provincial matters, usually through well-argued appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
		Beginning with Sir John A. Macdonald's the National Policy (1879) and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1875-1885) through Northern Ontario and the Prairies to British Columbia, Ontario manufacturing and industry flourished.
		In 1904 the Canadian automobile industry was launched in what is now Windsor, Ontario with the establishment of the Ford Motor Company of Canada.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Ontario (2139 words)

	999 Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Qu©bec is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language (at the provincial level), and it is one of only two provinces Ã¢â¬â in addition to the federal government Ã¢â¬â where French is an official language (the other, per the Constitution Act, 1982, is New Brunswick; Manitoba enjoys limited official bilingualism).
		The second attempt, the Charlottetown Accord of 1992, was rejected by 56.7% of all Canadians and 57% of Qu©becers.
		North of the St. Lawrence River Valley, the territory of Qu©bec is extremely rich in resources in its coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers—pulp and paper, lumber, and hydroelectricity are still some of the province's most important industries.
	www.999quebec.com (2546 words)

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