Canadian Province of Alberta

The province of Alberta is situated on the southern border of Canada, between the provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Alberta is fast becoming the destination of choice for new immigrants. It is a region of contrasts, with the snowy peaks of the Rockies in the west giving way to the broad and fertile prairies.

The population is concentrated in the lower half of the province, where the major cities of Calgary and the provincial capital Edmonton are located. Alberta's economy was originally founded on cattle and wheat farming, but petroleum and natural gas have fuelled the growth of the past half century and most recently Calgary has seen enormous growth in the technology industry. Alberta is now Canada's fourth most populous province.

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Canadian Province of British Columbia

The province of British Columbia is situated on the South-Western border of Canada, between the Pacific Ocean on the west and the province of Alberta on the east, the state of Alaska, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon on the north and the states of Montana, Idaho and Washington on the south. British Columbia is the third largest Canadian province, after Quebec and Ontario and has three main mountain ranges, and two-thirds of the province is covered in forest.

The largest cities of British Columbia include Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, and North Vancouver. A chain of islands, large and small, run from north to south along the mainland. Vancouver Island is at the south end of the island chain, and a short ferry ride north of the state of Washington. The provincial capital, Victoria, is at the southern tip of Vancouver Island. British Columbia was admitted to the Canadian Confederation in July, 1871. Important industries in British Columbia are forestry, mining, fisheries, agriculture, energy, and transportation.

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Canadian Province of Manitoba

The province of Manitoba is situated in the heart of Canada, surrounded by Nunavut to the North, the province of Saskatchewan on the West and the province of Ontario to the East. Manitoba's North-Eastern boundary lies on the shores of Hudson Bay. The capital is at Winnipeg, the province's largest city. Most of the population is concentrated in the south near the border with the United States. A large part of the province is covered by the three lakes known as "Manitoba's Great Lakes." These are Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.

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Canadian Province of New Brunswick

The province of New Brunswick is situated on the East coast of Canada between Quebec to the West, and the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia to the South and Prince Edward Island to the East. Forests cover about 85 percent of the land in New Brunswick and the manufacture of lumber, paper, and other forest products is important to the province's economy. New Brunswick also has rich farmland in the St John River Valley. Mineral deposits have been discovered in the northeastern part of the province and the province's rivers have been harnessed to provide electricity.

Much of New Brunswick's early settlement came from American colonists who left after the American Revolution. Some 14,000 of these, known as United Empire Loyalists, began arriving in 1783. New Brunswick was one of the original provinces of the Canadian Confederation. One of its best known natural features is the Bay of Fundy, which it shares with Nova Scotia.

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Canadian Province of Newfoundland

The province of Newfoundland is situated on the Eastern-most coast of Canada, between the provinces of Quebec to the West, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia to the South-West and the Atlantic Ocean to the East. Newfoundland has a longer connection with Great Britain than any other place in the New World, but it was not until 1949 that it gave up its colonial status and joined Canada as the 10th province. Newfoundland is Canada's easternmost province. Like Prince Edward Island, it is primarily an island, although unlike PEI it includes a substantial mainland territory in Labrador.

Next to PEI, Newfoundland has the smallest population of any Canadian province. The economy of Newfoundland is based on fishing and the exploitation of its timber resources. Mining is also a major contributor. The capital of Newfoundland has been St John's since 1729.

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Canadian Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is situated above the 60th parallel and is surounded by the Yukon to the West, the Arctic circle to the North, Nunavut to the East and the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the South. The Northwest Territories of Canada cover 1.13 million square km and include Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake, the fourth and fifth largest in North America. Incredible mountain ranges rise in the west and the Barrenlands lie to the east. Only 40,000 people inhabit this immense territory, which they share with white wolves and white whales, herds of bison, prowling bears, and caribou by the thousand.

In 1999, the eastern part of the Northwest Territories were organized separately as a new territory now known as Nunavut.

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Canadian Province of Nova Scotia

The province of Nova Scotia is situated off the East coast of Canada, with the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland to the North and Quebec to the West. Nova Scotia is one of the Atlantic province of Canada. Most of its land is a peninsula connected to New Brunswick by only a narrow strip of land. Its eastern end is Cape Breton Island. The narrow Strait of Canso that separates the island from Nova Scotia's mainland is crossed by a highway. The coastline measures about a thousand miles. The rocky southern shore is broken by many inlets, which would raise the length of the coastline to more than 4000 miles if included in the total. The province has few rivers over 50 miles long, the longest being the Mersey and St Marys. The northwestern side of the province is bounded by the Bay of Fundy, noted for the world's highest tides.

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Canadian Provincial Territory of Nunavut

The province of Nunavut (the Inuktitut word for "our land") was created April 1, 1999 as a result of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. For millennia a major Inuit homeland, Nunavut today is a growing society that blends the strength of its deep Inuit roots and traditions with a new spirit of diversity. It is a territory that spans the two million square kilometres of Canada extending north and west of Hudson’s Bay, above the tree line to the North Pole. With landscapes that range from the flat muskeg of the Kivalliq to the towering mountain peaks and fiords of North Baffin, it is a Territory of extraordinary variety and breathtaking beauty.

Nunavut's population is the youngest in Canada. The largest employer in Nunavut is government - federal, territorial, and municipal. But new jobs are rapidly emerging in the mining and resource development sectors. Important growth is also occurring in the tourism sector, in fisheries, and in Inuit art such as carvings and prints.

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Canadian Province of Ontario

The province of Ontario is situated in the central to Eastern part of Canada, between Manitoba to the West, Hudson Bay in the North and Quebec to the East. Ontario is the second largest Canadian province with around 1million square kilometers of land. The name "Ontario" is derived from the Iroquois (native indian tribe) phrase "glittering waters" referring to the thousands of lakes in the province.

Ontario is responsible for producing more than half of Canada's manufactured goods, making it the top economy in Canada. Unfortunately the price of Ontarios economic success, has been severe damage to the environment, making it the least environmentally friendly Canadian province.

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The Province of Prince Edward Island is situated on the East coast of Canada in the region more popularly referred to as the "Maritimes" for it's location and obviously also it's prominance in the fishing industry of Canada. Prince Edward Island is connected to the mainland by the gigantic Confederation Bridge which was completed in 1997.

Apart from it's fishing industry, the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island also benefits from agricultural production of potatoes as it is one of the few maritime provinces to boast some degree of arrable land between its vast forrests. Some of the more popular destinations in Prince Edward Island are Charlottetown and the Prince Edward Island National Park.

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The Province of Quebec is situated in the East of Canada, surrounded by Newfoundland and Hudson's Bay to the North, the Maritimes to the East and Ontario to the West. As the heart of Canada's modern genesis, Quebec was the first point of settlement for French immigrants in the early 1700's. Since then Quebec has been a virtual hotbed of political debate and contention which continues today. The language divide between French Canadians and English Canadians remains a sore point in the Canadian political arena.

As a result of various independant initiatives, Quebec enjoys a greater deal of autonomy than do most other Canadian provinces. Quebec for example administers much of it's own immigration policy with little interferrance from the Federal government.

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The Province of Saskatchewan lies in the central region of Canada surrounded by Nunavut to the North, Manitoba to the East and Alberta to the West. Like Manitoba, Saskatchewan is regarded as one of the "Prarie provinces" with vast landscapes of treeless plains, intersparsed with occasional rivers, valleys and low-lying hills.

Saskatchewan is generally known as part of Canada's wheat-growing-belt, which forms the predominant part of it's economy. Although tourism is not a major driving force in Sakatchewan, there are numerous lakes and mountains in the northern regions worth visiting. The Prince Albert National Park is renowned for it's lakes, forest-hiking and canoeing routes.

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The provincial Territory of the Yukon is situated in the North-Western corner of Canada's Pacific West Coast and is surrounded by the Arctic circle to the North, Nunavut to the East and British Columbia to the South. Perhaps the best known part of the Yukon, Dawson City was at the center of the Klondike gold rush of the nineteenth century. The Yukon remains one of Canada's richest deposits of mineral resources.

Tourism in the Yukon is on the increase with the provincial capitol of Whitehorse enjoying much of the focus. Another point of interest for visitors to the Yukon is the Kluane National Park, which boasts Canada's highest peaks and most expansive glacial wilderness.

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