The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada’s two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south.
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Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada on the country’s Atlantic coast in northeastern North America. This easternmost Canadian province comprises two main parts: the island of Newfoundland off the country’s eastern coast, and Labrador on the mainland to the northwest of the island.
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New Brunswick is one of Canada’s three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally bilingual province (French and English) in the confederation. The provincial capital is Fredericton.
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Manitoba is a prairie province in Canada and has an area of 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi). Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of Nunavut to the north, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Manitoba also has a saltwater coastline on Hudson’s Bay at Churchill.
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British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada’s provinces. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest.
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Alberta is one of Canada’s prairie provinces. Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to border only a single U.S. state (the others being New Brunswick and Yukon). It is also one of only two Canadian provinces that are landlocked (the other being Saskatchewan).
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Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America. As Canada’s economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and is one of the top financial centres in the world.
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Two vertical bands of red (hoist and fly side, half width), with white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square; the official colors of Canada are red and white.
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Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world’s second largest country by total area and shares the world’s longest common border with the United States to the south and northwest.
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