Proud Descendants of the Third Clan

Proud Descendants of the Third Clan

CANADA: THE PROVINCES, THE COUNTRY AND MORE

Background Info on Canada


 Canada ( /ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends 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. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.

The land that is now Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament.

Canada is a federal state that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. One of the world's highly developed countries, Canada has a diversified economy that is reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship. It is a member of the G7, G8, G20, NATO, OECD, WTO, Commonwealth of Nations, Francophonie, OAS, APEC, and UN. With the eighth-highest Human Development Index globally, it has one of the highest standards of living in the world.
Provinces and territories of Canada

Canada is a federation composed of ten provinces and three territories. In turn, these may be grouped into regions: Western Canada, Central Canada, Atlantic Canada, and Northern Canada (Eastern Canada refers to Central Canada and Atlantic Canada together). Provinces have more autonomy than territories. The provinces are responsible for most of Canada's social programs (such as health care, education, and welfare) and together collect more revenue than the federal government, an almost unique structure among federations in the world. Using its spending powers, the federal government can initiate national policies in provincial areas, such as the Canada Health Act; the provinces can opt out of these, but rarely do so in practice. Equalization payments are made by the federal government to ensure that reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces.

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Web addresses of Canadian Provinces and Territories


Ten provinces and three territories:

Province of British Columbia:

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/

http://www.employment.gov.bc.ca/

Province of Alberta:

http://alberta.ca/home/

Province of Saskatchewan:

http://www.gov.sk.ca/

http://www.careers.gov.sk.ca/

Province of Manitoba:

http://www.gov.mb.ca/

Province of Ontario:

www.ontario.ca/

Province of Quebec:

www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs?lang=en

Province of Newfoundland and Labrador:

http://www.gov.nl.ca/

Province of New Brunswick:

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/gateways/employment.html

Province of Nova Scotia:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Province of Prince Edward Island:

http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Territories:

Yukon:

www.gov.yk.ca/

http://employment.gov.yk.ca/

Northwest Territories:

http://www.gov.nt.ca/

www.hr.gov.nt.ca

Dep’t of Human Resources

Nunavut:

http://www.gov.nu.ca/en/

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