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Outline of Canada#History of Canada

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Canada:

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General reference

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Geography

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Geography of Canada

::{{flag|United States}} {{convert|8893|km|abbr=in}}The total length of the land border between Canada and the United States is the longest between any two countries.

::{{flag|Greenland}} {{convert|1280|m|abbr=in}} (on Hans Island)

  • Coastline: {{convert|202080|km|abbr=in}}The coastline of Canada is the longest in the world. The total length of the coast of Canada is more than five times as long as the circumference of the Earth.
  • Population of Canada: 36,991,981 people (2021 Census{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=Statistics Canada|date=December 15, 2022|title=Census Profile, 2021 Census - Canada [Country] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&DGUIDList=2021A000011124&GENDERList=1,2,3&STATISTICList=1&HEADERList=0&SearchText=Canada|access-date=January 24, 2023|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}) - 36th most populous country
  • Area of Canada: {{convert|9984670|km2|abbr=in}} - 2nd most extensive country
  • Atlas of Canada

=Environment=

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Environment of Canada

==Geographic features ==

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=Regions =

{{main|List of regions of Canada|Regions of Canada}}

==Other regions==

==Ecoregions ==

{{main|Ecoregions of Canada (disambiguation)}}

=Provinces and territories =

Provinces and territories of Canada

==Provinces==

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! rowspan="2" | Province, with flag

! rowspan="2" | Postal abbreviation/
ISO code

! rowspan="2" | Other abbreviations

! rowspan="2" | Capital

! rowspan="2" | Entered Confederation

! rowspan="2" | Population
(2016){{cite web |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=July 17, 2020}}

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LandWaterTotal
style="text-align: left;" | {{ON}}1

| style="text-align: center;" | ON

| Ont.

| Toronto

| rowspan = "4" | July 1, 1867

| colpos = "6" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 13,448,494

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 917,741

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 158,654

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 1,076,395

style="text-align: left;" | {{QC}}1

| style="text-align: center;" | QC

| Que., PQ, P.Q.

| Quebec City

| colpos = "6" rowpos = "3" style="text-align: right;" | 8,164,361

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "3" style="text-align: right;" | 1,356,128

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "3" style="text-align: right;" | 185,928

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "3" style="text-align: right;" | 1,542,056

style="text-align: left;" | {{NS}}2

| style="text-align: center;" | NS

| N.S.

| Halifax

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 923,598

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 53,338

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 1,946

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 55,284

style="text-align: left;" | {{NB}}2

| style="text-align: center;" | NB

| N.B.

| Fredericton

| colpos = "6" rowpos = "2" style="text-align: right;" | 747,101

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "2" style="text-align: right;" | 71,450

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "2" style="text-align: right;" | 1,458

| colpos = "7" rowpos = "2" style="text-align: right;" | 72,908

style="text-align: left;" | {{MB}}3

| style="text-align: center;" | MB

| Man.

| Winnipeg

| July 15, 1870

| style="text-align: right;" | 1,278,365

| style="text-align: right;" | 553,556

| style="text-align: right;" | 94,241

| style="text-align: right;" | 647,797

style="text-align: left;" | {{BC}}2

| style="text-align: center;" | BC

| B.C.

| Victoria

| July 20, 1871

| style="text-align: right;" | 4,648,055

| style="text-align: right;" | 925,186

| style="text-align: right;" | 19,549

| style="text-align: right;" | 944,735

style="text-align: left;" | {{PE}}2

| style="text-align: center;" | PE

| PEI, P.E.I., P.E. Island

| Charlottetown

| July 1, 1873

| style="text-align: right;" | 142,907

| style="text-align: right;" | 5,660

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: right;" | 5,660

style="text-align: left;" | {{SK}}4

| style="text-align: center;" | SK

| Sask., SK, SKWN

| Regina

| rowspan = "2" | September 1, 1905

| style="text-align: right;" | 1,098,352

| style="text-align: right;" | 591,670

| style="text-align: right;" | 59,366

| style="text-align: right;" | 651,036

style="text-align: left;" | {{AB}}4

| style="text-align: center;" | AB

| Alta.

| Edmonton

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 4,067,175

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 642,317

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 19,531

| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 661,848

style="text-align: left;" | {{NL}}5

| style="text-align: center;" | NL

| Nfld., NF, LB

| St. John's

| March 31, 1949

| style="text-align: right;" | 519,716

| style="text-align: right;" | 373,872

| style="text-align: right;" | 31,340

| style="text-align: right;" | 405,212

Notes:

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  1. Immediately prior to Confederation, Ontario and Quebec were part of the Province of Canada.
  2. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island were separate colonies at the time of joining Canada.
  3. Manitoba was established simultaneously with Northwest Territories.
  4. Saskatchewan and Alberta were created out of land that had been part of Northwest Territories.
  5. Prior to its entry in Confederation, Newfoundland had been a Dominion within the British Commonwealth, but due to a financial crisis during the Depression had surrendered its right to self-government and was under direct British governance.

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==Territories==

There are currently three territories in Canada. Unlike the provinces, the territories of Canada have no inherent jurisdiction and only have those powers delegated to them by the federal government.

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! rowspan="2" | Postal abbreviation/
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! rowspan="2" | Other abbreviations

! rowspan="2" | Capital

! rowspan="2" | Entered Confederation

! rowspan="2" | Population
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! colspan="3" | Area (km2)

LandWaterTotal
style="text-align: left;" | {{NT}}

| style="text-align: center;" | NT

| N.W.T., NWT

| Yellowknife

| July 15, 1870

| style="text-align: right;" | 41,786

| style="text-align: right;" | 1,183,085

| style="text-align: right;" | 163,021

| style="text-align: right;" | 1,346,106

style="text-align: left;" | {{YT}}

| style="text-align: center;" | YT

| Y.T., YK

| Whitehorse

| June 13, 1898

| style="text-align: right;" | 35,874

| style="text-align: right;" | 474,391

| style="text-align: right;" | 8,052

| style="text-align: right;" | 482,443

style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Nunavut}}

| style="text-align: center;" | NU

| NV

| Iqaluit

| April 1, 1999

| style="text-align: right;" | 35,944

| style="text-align: right;" | 1,936,113

| style="text-align: right;" | 157,077

| style="text-align: right;" | 2,093,190

Note: Canada did not acquire any new land to create Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Nunavut. All of these originally formed part of Northwest Territories.

===Municipalities ===

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Municipalities of Canada

=Demography =

Demography of Canada

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==Territories==

Government and politics

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Politics of Canada

=Branches of the government =

Politics of Canada

==Executive branch of the government ==

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Government of Canada

==Legislative branch of the government ==

==Judicial branch of the government ==

Court system of Canada

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=Foreign relations =

Foreign relations of Canada

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==International organization membership==

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=Legal system=

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Law of Canada

=Military =

Military of Canada

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History

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Culture

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Culture of Canada

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==Provinces==

==Territories==

=Art in Canada=

==Music ==

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Music of Canada

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= Religion in Canada =

=Sport in Canada=

Sport in Canada

Official Sports

Other sports

Hall of Fame Museums

Economy and infrastructure

Economy of Canada

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:* CNQ

:* Nasdaq Canada

:* Toronto Stock Exchange, S&P/TSX 60 is the main index of TSX

:* TSX Venture Exchange

:* Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

:* Montreal Exchange

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==Territories==

Education in Canada

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Bibliographies

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References

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External links

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; Government

  • [http://www.gc.ca Official website of the Government of Canada]
  • [http://www.pm.gc.ca Official website of the Prime Minister of Canada]
  • [http://www.gg.ca Official website of the Governor General of Canada]
  • [http://www.forces.gc.ca/ Official website of the Canadian Forces]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505002938/http://atlas.gc.ca/site/index.html Official Government of Canada online Atlas of Canada]
  • [https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/un-onu/index.aspx?lang=eng Canada and the United Nations]

;Crown corporations

  • [http://www.cbc.ca/ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]
  • [http://www.canadapost.ca/ Canada Post]
  • [https://appointments.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CTC&lang=eng Canadian Tourism Commission]

;Other

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080302170327/http://www.culture.ca/ Culture.ca — Canada's Cultural Gateway]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200949/http://www.culturescope.ca/ Culturescope.ca — Canadian Cultural Observatory]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821200252/http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/blackwell.html Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080323075300/http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm Statistics Canada with Canada's population clock]
  • [http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/ The Canadian Atlas Online]
  • [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/canada/ Canada]. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
  • UN Human Development Program: [http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_CAN.html Country Fact Sheet: Canada] (link broken), [http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/countries.cfm?c=CAN Statistics — Country Sheet: Canada]
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  • [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada Canada from The Canadian Encyclopedia]

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