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Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
Cartographers began using the name Arcadia to refer to areas progressively farther north until it referred to the French holdings in maritime Canada (particularly Nova Scotia). The -r-also began to disappear from the name on early maps, resulting in the current Acadia. [20]
Catégorie:Pont au Canada par province ou territoire; Catégorie:Aire protégée au Canada par province ou territoire; Catégorie:Club sportif au Canada par province ou territoire; Catégorie:Île au Canada par province ou territoire; Catégorie:Énergie au Canada par province ou territoire; Catégorie:Économie au Canada par province ou territoire
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ISO 3166-2:CA is the entry for Canada in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
There are 19 lakes shown; each has an ID that matches its official name. The lakes can be easily be found in the XML tree and they can be individually deleted to make room for text or other overlays. Date: 03-07-2007 edited 8-Aug-2007: Source: Vector map File:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.svg. Modified by Lokal_Profil; Author
Provinces and territories whose official names are aboriginal in origin are Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut. Manitoba : Either derived from the Cree word manito-wapâw meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau" or the Assiniboine words mini and tobow meaning "Lake of the Prairie", referring to Lake Manitoba .
Also, all states/provinces have a "id" attached to them, making them easy to find. Select "find" and then enter in the state/provinces's ISO 3166-2 code in the "id" field to find it. The codes can be found here (Canada) and here (USA). Date: 03-07-2007 edited 8-Aug-2007: Source: Vector map BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.svg. Modified by ...