Canada Provinces & Territories

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British Colombia

Cities: Victoria and Vancouver / Geo: Canadian Cordillera, coastal the Rocky Mountains / Climate: Subarctic, maritime, semiarid, and CCS / PD: 1-25 people per sq. mi. / NR: Minerals, fish, and timber / Leading industries: Agriculture, mining, fishing, tourism Culture:British pacific coastland Canadian cordillera van cover island 1 to 25 people per square mile

Alberta

Coal, timber, minerals. Leading industries: manufacturing, Agriculture . Major cities Edmonton, Calgary population density 1 to 25 people per square mile Culture native Canadian Geo. Canadian shield , plains, Saskatchewan River Climate: subarctic some mountains 2 hockey teams interior plains

New Brunswick

Geo: Coastal plains, coastlands / Major cities Fredricktun, and St John / Climate: CCS / PD: 25 people per sq. mi. / NR: Coal and Fish / Leading Industries: Agriculture, mining, electricity, transportation, and manufacturing / Culture: British heritage and fishermen atlantic providence coastal plains coastlands HL

Newfoundland and Labrador

Geo: Lots of coastline/labrador sea/grand banks,cities: St.Johns: CCS/PD: tundra /subarctic / 1 person per sq. mi. / NR: oil, timber, minerals, fish, manufacturing, mining / Culture: fisherman/british heritage/viking history Newfoundland Island grand banks highlands coast line Ladbrador sea

Manitoba

Geo: Winnipeg Lake arable farmland / climate: subarctic, continental / PD: 1 to 25 people per square mile Natural resources timber, coal, hydroelectric dam / leading industries:Agriculture, fishing, tourism / Culture: Mostly eskimo, italian, ice landers, european, and Inuit borders Hudson bay rich farmland canaidian shield

Prince Edward Island

Geography: In Gulf of St.Lawrence, Northumberland Strait, rolling plains, forests, cities: Charlotte Town Climate and Pop. density: 20 people per sq. mi./ most densely populated province/ cold winters, smallest province NR and Industry: fish and kindred/fishing, forestry, tourism Culture: British heritage most densely populated providence gulf of st. Lawrence rolling plains forests

Nova Scotia

Geography: Piedmont and Plateau/water ways and bays/Coves and beaches/saltwater marshes/surrounded by Northumberland cities: Halifax Climate and Pop. density: 1-25 people per sq. mi./ Continental warm summer/ year-round precipitation/cold, snowy winters NR and Industry: coal, natural gas, minerals/ mining service, fishing, manufacturing, agriculture Culture: European and former slaves piedmont atlantic providence Halifax

Ontario

Geography: valleys, mountain plains, great lakes/St.Lawrence River Valley Climate and Pop. density: 25-150 per sq. mi./ subarctic, limited precipitation/south: most populated province NR and Industry: timber, oil, hydroelectricity, agriculture, mining, power, manufacturing, shipping Culture: Hunting, water is precious, golden horseshoe extremely populated most populated providence Canadian shield st. Lawrence river valley

Quebec

climate /tundra , subartic, continental, NR/ timber, minerals, hydroelectric dam. culture/ french and british, eskimos lived there once. Leading industries/ agriculture, banking, fur trade, fishing, power. PD/ (25 to 60 in Montreal ) 1 to 25 people every sq. mile. Major cities Montreal / and Quebec city /geo. Canadian shield high lands st. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers meet. St. Lawrence River Valley highlands maple syrup laurentian

Saskatchewan

geo. interior plains, Saskatchewan River, Major CitiesRegina Saskatoon Climate CCS, subarctic NR / coal, hydroelectric dam / leading industries / power, agriculture culture / french, indian , farmers.

Yukon nunavet north west territory

geo. rockies, yukon river, mackenzie river Hudson/Baffin bay, Mt. Logan, and the Great bear and slave lakes / Climate: Subarctic tundra / PD:0-1 people per sq. mi. / NR: Timber and oil / Culture; Native Canadian major industries forestry mostly NA mt. logan island arctic circle mckenzie


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