Handout: Provinces Facts and Figures
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Provinces
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Size
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Capital City
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Major Cities
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Major Products/
Industries
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British Columbia
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948,596. sq.
km.
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Victoria
|
Vancouver
|
copper, fishing,
forestry, lumber, tourism, shipping
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Alberta
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661,185 sq.
km.
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Edmonton
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Calgary, Lethbridge,
Medicine Hat
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oil, coal, potash, gold,
tourism
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Saskatchewan
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651,900 sq.
km.
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Regina
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Moose Jaw, Prince Albert,
Saskatoon
|
wheat, forestry, farming
(cattle and hogs)
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Manitoba
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650,087 sq.
km.
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Winnipeg
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Brandon, Thompson,
Portage la Prairie
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wheat, mining-nickel,
copper, zinc, tourism
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Ontario
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1,068,582 sq.
km.
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Toronto
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Ottawa, Hamilton,
Kitchener, London, Windsor, Niagara Falls
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tourism, forestry,
electrical power, automobile manufacturing,mining
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Quebec
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1,540,680 sq. km.
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Quebec City
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Montreal, Laval,
Sherbrooke, Hull
|
forestry, mining,
electricity, electronics, telecommunications equipment
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Newfoundland/ Labrador
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405, 720 sq.
km.
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St. John's
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Grand Falls, Windsor,
Corner Brook, Church Hill Falls
|
fishing,
mining
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New Brunswick
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73,436 sq. km.
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Fredericton
|
St. John, Moncton,
Fredericton
|
forestry, tourism, mining
- silver, coal agriculture
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Prince Edward Island
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5,660 sq. km.
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Charlottetown
|
Summertown
|
agriculture - potatoes,
tourism
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Nova Scotia
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55,491 sq. km.
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Halifax
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Yarmouth, Kentville,
Bridgewater, New Glasgow
|
fishing, canning
agriculture - fruit, pulp and paper
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Yukon
|
482,515 sq.
km.
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Whitehorse
|
Dawson, Watson
Lake
|
mining
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North West Territories
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1,171,918 sq. km.
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Yellowknife
|
Inuvik, Hay River, Fort
Smith
|
mining oil and gas
exploration
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Nunavut
|
1,900,000 sq.
km.
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Iqaluit
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Grise Fiord, Rankin,
Coppermine, Resolute Bay
|
in development
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