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| | Canada |
 | | Since this question was asked, Canada added Nunavut as a territory, giving the country a total of 10 provinces and 3 territories. | | | Red and white are the national colours of Canada since 1921 (when they were proclaimed by King George V on the recommendation of the Canadian Government). | | | The Canadian National Flag was adopted by the Canadian Parliament on October 22, 1964 and was proclaimed into law by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Queen of Canada) on February 15, 1965. |
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| | Canada: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Canada is a federation of 10 provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—and three territories—Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory. | | | Eventually, as the territory increased in size and the present arrangement of the provinces developed, Canada applied to all the land north of the United States and east of Alaska. | | | The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867 and extended to the western provinces in 1905; Newfoundland formally joined the federation in 1949. |
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| | Topic-based Tabulations : 2001 Census Housing Overview |
| | Household Type (12) and Age Groups of Primary Household Maintainer (8) for Private Households, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data | | | Period of Construction (10), Condition of Dwelling (4) and Tenure (4) for Occupied Private Dwellings, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data | | | Household Type (12), Tenure (4) and Structural Type of Dwelling (5) for Private Households, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Canada |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories, governed as a parliamentary representative democracy. | | | Its economy has traditionally relied heavily on the abundance of natural resources and trade, particularly with the United States, with which it has a long, extensive relationship (see U.S.-Canada relations). | | | Canada has three main national parties: the New Democratic Party (NDP), which is the party furthest to the "left", the Liberal Party of Canada, and the Conservative Party of Canada, which is the party furthest to the "right". |
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| | Canada |
| | Canada came into its own in 1791 when the Constitutional Act (or Canada Act) divided Quebec into the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. | | | Canada's provinces and territories...10 provinces, listed from East to West are: | | | Prior to its adoption, Canada did not have a national flag and the red ensign, a British maritime flag, was in general use as the flag of Canada. |
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http://www.geocities.com/proudcanadagirl/canada.html
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| | Statistics Canada - Census |
| | Labour Force 15 Years and Over by Sex and Class of Worker For Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1981-1996, employees, self-employed with and without paid help, unpaid family workers. | | | (for Canada, Provinces and Territories) Showing Labour Force Activity of Wife/Female Common-law Partner or Lone Parent | | | Place of Work, Canada, Provinces and Metropolitan Areas by age and gender, e.g. |
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| | Canada |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, and as of April 1, 1999, Nunavut). | | | At that time the population of Canada was almost entirely French, but in the next few decades, thousands of British colonists emigrated to Canada from the British Isles and from the American colonies. | | | In Dec. 2003, Chrétien stepped down and handed the prime ministership to the new leader of Canada's Liberal Party, former finance minister Paul Martin. |
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| | Chile Maps |
| | This selection of maps of Canada includes an overview map, maps of the Canadian provinces and territories, and travel, history and topographic maps of Canada. | | | Explore Canada with these maps of Canadian provinces and territories. | | | Products include small-scale base maps and thematic maps of Canada and its provinces, in both digital and conventional formats. |
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http://map.researchffff.com/directory/chile-maps.html
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| | Canada. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Canada is a federation of 10 provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—and three territories—Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory. | | | Canada’s new constitution also opened the way for native land claims that have changed the political appearance of N Canada and had effects elsewhere as well. | | | The islands off W Canada are partially submerged portions of the Coast Mts. |
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| | Canada |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, and as of April 1, 1999, Nunavut). | | | In 1869, Canada purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company the vast middle west (Rupert's Land) from which the provinces of Manitoba (1870), Alberta (1905), and Saskatchewan (1905) were later formed. | | | At that time the population of Canada was almost entirely French, but in the next few decades, thousands of British colonists emigrated to Canada from the British Isles and from the American colonies. |
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| | References: 2001 Census of Canada Mapping |
| | Profile of Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions, and Dissemination Areas, 2001 Census. | | | Profile of Age and Sex, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions, and Dissemination Areas, 2001 Census. | | | Profile of School Attendance, Education, Field of Study and Highest Level of Schooling, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions, and Dissemination Areas, 2001 Census. |
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http://www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/Atlas2001/references.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Northwest Territories |
| | The mainland of the Northwest Territories was part of British North America until 1870, when Canada obtained the Hudson’s Bay Company’s lands from the British government. | | | The Northwest Territories is located in northwestern Canada and occupies nearly 13 percent of the country’s landmass. | | | The Northwest Territories is bounded to the south by three provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761561711
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| | Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories. | | | Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60° and 141° W longitude ([4]); this claim is not universally recognized. | | | In 1919, Canada became a member of the League of Nations and, in the Imperial Conference of 1926, Canada assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the Balfour Declaration. |
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| | News on Northwest Territories, Canada |
| | Canada, focusing on natural gas exploration in Alberta and BC The company will also explore for oil in the central Mackenzie area of the Northwest Territories. | | | Stephen Kakfwi, Premier of the Northwest Territories, met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien this week on the issue, and is in the midst of a large lobbying... | | | Software piracy reported on the rise in most provinces: national... |
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| | Provinces and territories of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces which, together with three territories, comprise the world's second largest country. | | | Ontario and Quebec were united before Confederation as the Province of Canada. | | | In most provinces, the single house of the legislature is known as the Legislative Assembly except in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, where it is called the House of Assembly, and Quebec where it is called the National Assembly. |
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| | :: Regional :: North America :: Canada :: Regions :: Northern |
| | The Atlas of Canada - The Territories - A political map of the northern territories showing boundaries, the capitals, selected populated places, drainage and selected roads. | | | Canada - Northwest Territories/Nunavut - Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) - Agency responsible for occupational safety and health activities (inspection, training, information) as well as for the compensation of workplace accidents and diseases in two of Canada's northern territories. | | | The Northern Region is comprised of the northern portions of all provinces and territories save Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. |
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| | Physical Map of Northwest Territories, Canada |
| | Quality maps of Canada, its provinces, territories and major cities | | | Canada Maps » Maps of Canada's Territories » Northwest Territories Map | | | Northwest Territories car hire and rental in Northwest Territories Canada. |
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| | cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide |
| | The creation of this province, within the Northwest Territories, had been provided for when Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory became part of Canada. | | | Rupert's Land (which belonged to the Hudson's Bay Company) and the North-Western Territory became part of Canada under the name of the Northwest Territories. | | | At the time of Confederation, the Province of Canada was divided into two separate provinces, Ontario and Quebec. |
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| | ESRI - Canada - Provinces |
| | Data source type: Canada Provinces is an ESRI shapefile with polygon features. | | | Summary: Canada Provinces represents the 12 Canadian provinces and territories as well as coastline, international boundaries, and provincial boundaries. | | | Summary: Canada Demographics is a table with four attributes on province population. |
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http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/gis/ESRI/esri_cdn.cfm
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| | Canada |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, and as of April 1, 1999, Nunavut). | | | At that time the population of Canada was almost entirely French, but in the next few decades, thousands of British colonists emigrated to Canada from the British Isles and from the American colonies. | | | On April 1, 1999, the Northwest Territories were officially divided to create a new territory in the east that would be governed by Canada's Inuits, who make up 85% of the area's population. |
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| | Macleans.ca Top Stories History Big West country |
| | At the heart of that vision was responsible democratic government, constitutional equality for the West with the older provinces of Canada, and unification of the West into one big province strong enough to counterbalance the weight of Quebec or Ontario. | | | Fast forward to the Canadian West, which had its political and economic beginnings as a colony of central Canada. | | | Preston Manning, of course, went on, in 1987, to found and lead the Reform party, and to orchestrate its successor, the Canadian Alliance, in the process turning federal politics in the West on its ear. |
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| | Canada - definition of Canada by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867 and extended to the western provinces in 1905; Newfoundland formally joined the federation in 1949. | | | Nunavut- an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago | | | Eventually, as the territory increased in size and the present arrangement of the provinces developed, Canada applied to all the land north of the United States and east of Alaska. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Canada
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| | Canada - Voyager, the free encyclopedia |
| | Governed as a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, Canada is a federation of ten provinces with three territories. | | | In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unilateral secession by a province to be unconstitutional. | | | Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60° and 141° W longitude ([4]); this claim is not universally recognized. |
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| | Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories. | | | Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60°W and 141°W longitude ( [4]); this claim is not universally recognized. | | | In 1919, Canada became a member of the League of Nations and, in 1926, assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the Balfour Declaration. |
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| | Reference Sources for Canadian Genealogy - Canadian Genealogy Centre |
| | A catalogue of census returns, 1666-1891, for the provinces and territories of Canada, held on microfilm by the National Archives of Canada (formerly the Public Archives of Canada). | | | The Canada Christian advocate began publishing in January 1845 as the newspaper of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Upper Canada. | | | Many are available at the National Archives of Canada or the Archives of Ontario. |
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| | Canada |
| | Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, and as of April 1, 1999, Nunavut). | | | In December, Canada was incensed when the U.S. included the country on its list of countries banned from bidding on future reconstruction contracts in Iraq. | | | France's colonization efforts were not very successful, but French explorers by the end of the 17th century had penetrated beyond the Great Lakes to the western prairies and south along the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| | TurtleIsland.org :: View topic - DETAILS -Aboriginal Peoples - A Growing Population in Canada |
| | Canada, provinces and territories, 1911 to 2001 censuses - 20% sample | | | Undercoverage in the 2001 Census was considerably higher among Aboriginal people than among other segments of the population due to the fact that enumeration was not permitted, or was interrupted before it could be completed, on 30 Indian reserves and settlements. | | | As in previous censuses, the highest concentrations of Aboriginal population in 2001 were in the North and on the Prairies. |
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| | Guide to Census of Canada 2001 |
| | Provides multi-dimensional, subject-related tables for the following levels of census geography: Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, Census Metropolitan areas, Census Tracts. | | | Detailed census characteristics for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions (districts or counties), Census Subdivisions (municipalities), Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, Census Tracts, and Federal Electoral Districts. | | | Data for these variables are presented according to a standardized, hierarchical system of geographic areas, or census geography. |
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| | English and British Empire, Possessions c.1497-1800 |
| | So, for example, the provinces now part of Canada are listed under "Canada," despite its later creation, and the Thirteen Colonies are listed under "United States." In these cases, the US MARC country codes are not given for separate provinces, states, or territories because the ESTC uses only the codes of the larger entities. | | | Not to be confused with Prince Edward Island, which is part of Canada. | | | The Quebec Act of 1774 incorporated Ohio and Mississippi into Canada East. |
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