Alberta is the second westernmost of the 10 provinces in Canada. (only British Columbia is farther west) It includes parts of the Canadian Rockies and is known for its oil and natural gas fields and cattle farming. Alberta has a lot to offer visitors. It is a surprisingly diverse province in many ways, from the beauty of the Rockies to the serene flatness of prairie t...

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto,Splendor sine occasu("Splendour without Diminishment"). Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada. As well as being the westernmost province of Western Canada, British Columbia is also a com...

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province. The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other major industries are transportation, manufacturing, mining, forestry, energy, and tourism...

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual (English–French). New Brunswick is a relatively sparsely populated province, with considerable forests forming the main body. The core of the province is virtually uninhabited, with the population very focused on the Eastern, We...

Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Newfoundland is an island that was a separate British colony until 1949 when it joined confederation with Canada. Labrador is an adjoining mainland coastal region which abuts Quebec. There are many extraordinary things about Newfoundland: the rugged natural beauty of the place, the extraordinary fri...

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when French colonists established the first ...

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province/territory and fourth largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa. Ontario is bordered by Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay to the north, Quebec to the east, and by the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michig...

Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.) is a Canadian island and province. The island has a few other names: "Garden of the Gulf" referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province; and "Birthplace of Confederation", referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, although PEI did not join the confederation itself until 1873 when it ...

Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is bordered to the west by ...

Saskatchewan is one of Canada's 10 provinces, located in the Prairies. Its southern third is predominantly prairie (with a reputation for being very flat), while its northern two-thirds is covered in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield. The prairie is known for its seemingly endless fields of wheat, while the north contains the majority of Saskatchewan's 100,000 ...