Canada's provinces and territories

Canada has 13 different places.

There are three territories and ten provinces for a total
of 13 different unique areas.
The three territories are in the northern part of Canada.
They are colder than other part of Canada and also have
a smaller population than the provinces.
Territory ‫إقليم‬
Province ‫مقاطعة‬

The first territory I want to take a look at is Yukon.

Yukon is the westernmost territory.
It is beside Alaska.
The capital of Yukon is Whitehorse.
Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon.

Notes
‫االتجاهات الرئيسية‬
North/ northern ‫صفة تعني شمالي‬
South/ southern ‫صفة تعني جنوبي‬
East / eastern ‫صفة تعني شرقي‬
West/ western ‫صفة تعني غربي‬
‫االتجاهات الفرعية‬
northeast and northwest ‫الشمال الشرقي او الشمال الغربي‬
southeast and southwest ‫الجنوب الشرقي او الجنوب الغربي‬
‫صفات اخري‬
Northernmost ‫صفة تعني واقع باقصي الشمال‬
southernmost  ‫صفة تعني واقع باقصي الجنوب‬
Easternmost ‫صفة تعني واقع باقصي الشرق‬
Westernmost ‫صفة تعني واقع باقصي الغرب‬

Beside Yukon, we have the northwest territories.

The capital of northwest territories is Yellowknife.
Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest territories.

Beside northwest territories is Canada's easternmost

territory.
The name of this territory is Nunavut.
Nunavut is Canada's newest territory.
The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit.
Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut.

Now let's take a look at Canada's ten provinces.

The majority of Canadians live in the provinces.
Provinces are a little bit different from territories, not
just because they have larger population , but also
because each provinces has a provincial government and
provincial taxes that will contribute to things like
hospitals and schools.
Let's take a look at our ten provinces.
Our westernmost province is British Columbia.
Most people just say BC for Short.
The capital of British Columbia is Victoria.
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia.
However, Vancouver is also a very popular city in British
Columbia.
You might remember that the 2010 Olympics were held
in Vancouver.

The province beside British Columbia is Alberta.

The capital of Alberta is Edmonton.
Edmonton is the capital of Alberta.
Calgary is also a very popular city in Alberta.
It is most famous for the Calgary Stampede.
Both Alberta and British Columbia are well known for
the Rocky Mountains, sometimes just called The
Rockies.

The next province beside Alberta is Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is probably the most difficult province
name to pronounce.
The capital of Saskatchewan is Regina.
Regina (which means "Queen" in Latin) is the capital of
Saskatchewan.

The province beside Saskatchewan is Manitoba.

The capital of Manitoba is Winnipeg.

Beside Manitoba is the province where over 40% of all

Canadians live.
It is the most populated province in Canada.
This province is Ontario.
The capital of Ontario is Toronto.
Most native speakers just say Trono/Trona.
The capital of Canada is also in Ontario.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
We already mentioned that the Rocky Mountains are in
the western area of Canada.
In the eastern area of Canada we also have one of
Canada's most popular tourist destinations and this is
Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls is also in Ontario.
Notes
Niagara falls ‫شالالت نياجرا‬
The Rocky Mountains ‫جبال الروكي‬

Beside Ontario is the province of Quebec.

Quebec is a unique province because although most of
Canada tries to be bilingual, they really aren't and in
Quebec people tend to speak French more than they do
English.
The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, however I think
The most famous city in Quebec isn't Quebec City, but is
actually Montreal.
Montreal is also a great city in Quebec.

The last four provinces that we have in Canada border

the Atlantic Ocean.
So these four provinces are on the Atlantic coast, and
often the four provinces are grouped together using the
word Maritimes.
Coast ‫ساحل‬
Border ‫يتاخم‬
So they are the Maritime provinces.
The biggest maritime province is Newfoundland And
Labrador.
Most people call it just simply Newfoundland.
Be careful though, many people who are not Canadian
try to pronounce this word as new found land.
We do not pronounce it that way.
We say Newfoundland.
The capital of Newfoundland is St.john's.
The next province is New Brunswick.
The capital of New Brunswick is Fredericton.

As we mentioned before, most of Canada tries to be

bilingual.
Bilingual ‫صفة تعني ثنائي اللغة‬
Primarily ‫ظرف يعني في االصل‬
Bilingual meaning able to speak two languages.
Most of Canada, however, speaks primarily only English
and in Quebec people speak primarily only French.
However, New Brunswick is actually Canada's truly
Bilingual province where the majority of people living
there can fluently speak both English and French.

Now let's take a look at Canada's smallest province.

Canada's smallest province is Prince Edward Island.
Most people will just call it PEI for short.
PEI is famous for growing many potatoes in Canada, but
is also internationally known for Anne of Green Gables.
Anne of Green Gables comes from PEI.
The capital of Anne of Green Gables is Charlottetown.
Charlottetown is the capital of PEI.

And now the province of Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia technically means "New Scotland", but it's a
part of Canada (since confederation on July 1, 1867), not
a part of Scotland.
So Nova Scotia is the name of this province.
The capital of Nova Scotia is Halifax.
So you learned about Canada's 13 different areas, 3
territories and 10 provinces.

How is your country divided?

Do you have territories, provinces, states, prefectures,
or do you just have cities?

Notes
Name + city = ‫مدينة كذا‬
Name + Prefecture = ‫محافظة كذا‬
Name + province = ‫مقاطعة كذا‬
Name + territory = ‫إقليم كذا‬
Name + Island = ‫جزيرة كذا‬

Notes
Country / nation ‫دولة او شعب‬
Area ‫منطقة‬
District ‫منطقة مخصصة بميزة‬
Zone ‫منطقة مخصصة بميزة‬
Territory/region ‫اقليم‬
Province/state ‫مقاطعة او والية‬
Prefecture ‫محافظة‬
City/town ‫مدينة‬
Village/town ‫قرية‬
Neighborhood ‫حي‬