Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. The provinces formed between 1867-1905, with Newfoundland and Labrador joining in 1949. Each province and territory has its own capital city, with Canada's national capital being Ottawa. The populations range from over 13.5 million people in Ontario to under 35,000 in Yukon. Basketball was invented in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian James Naismith. Canada exports more oil than it consumes, primarily to the United States. On average, each Canadian eats around 190 eggs per year.
3. Provinces
Dates of Canadian Province and Territory
Formation
1867 - Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick
1870 - Manitoba, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.)
1871 - British Columbia
1873 - Prince Edward Island
1880 - Transfer of the Arctic Islands (to N.W.T.)
1898 - Yukon Territory
1905 - Alberta, Saskatchewan
1949 - Newfoundland and Labrador
1999 - Nunavut
4. Capital Cities
Canada’s Capital Cities
Province/Territory
Capital City
Canada
Ottawa
Newfoundland & Labrador
St. John's
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
Halifax
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Quebec
Quebec City
Ontario
Toronto
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Regina
Alberta
Edmonton
British Columbia
Victoria
Yukon
Whitehorse
North West Territories
Yellowknife
Nunavut
Iqaluit
5. Canada Populations
Location
Population
Canada
34,880,491
Newfoundland & Labrador
512,659
Prince Edward Island
146,145
Nova Scotia
948,695
New Brunswick
755,950
Quebec
8,054,756
Ontario
13,505,900
Manitoba
1,267,003
Saskatchewan
1,079,958
Alberta
3,873,745
British Columbia
4,622,573
Yukon
36,101
North West Territories
43,349
Nunavut
33,697
Figures from Statistics Canada, 2012 preliminary postcensal estimates.
6. Interesting facts
Basketball – A Canadian Invention
Basketball was invented by a Canadian – Dr. James Naismith. He was
born on November 6, 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte,
Ontario. His mother and father had immigrated to Canada from
Scotland.
While at school Naismith’s played a game called duck-on-a-rock,
trying to knock a “duck” off the top of a large rock by throwing another
rock at it. He remembered this when tasked with devising an indoor,
winter game for 18 students at the YMCA Training School in
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He wanted to provide students with
an activity that required skill and not strength. Basketball was the
result.
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7. Facts about Canada
The Good Oil –
From Canada
Canada produces more oil
than it consumes
Canada produces more oil than it
needs for domestic consumption.
Nearly all of the surplus is exported
to the USA.
The USA buys more oil from
Canada than from any other
country, including Saudi Arabia.
8. Facts continued
Good Eggs – Eggs in
Canada
Each Canadian eats an average of about 190 eggs
a year.
In total, Canada has about 20 million egg-laying
hens laying about 7 billion eggs each year.
Canada has just over one thousand regulated egg
farms with an average of between 17,000 and
18,000 hens each.
One egg farm in the United States, which is home to
about 280 million egg-laying hens, can produce as
many eggs as all of the egg farms in Canada
combined.
