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1081.81. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
Province/territory Largest municipality 2nd largest 3rd largest Alberta: Calgary: Edmonton: Strathcona County: British Columbia: Vancouver: Surrey: Burnaby: Manitoba
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 ...
Category. : Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada. These are the provincial and territorial capitals of Canada. The national capital of Canada is Ottawa; see Category:Ottawa . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada.
Ottawa is known as the most educated city in Canada, with over half the population having graduated from college and/or university. [239] Ottawa has the highest per capita concentration of engineers, scientists, and residents with PhDs in Canada. [240] The city has two main public universities and two main public colleges.
Until the late 18th century Québec was the most populous city in present-day Canada. As of the census of 1790, Montreal surpassed it with 18,000 inhabitants, but Quebec (pop. 14,000) remained the administrative capital of the former New France. [30] It was then made the capital of Lower Canada by the Constitutional Act of 1791. [31]
For their ranking, see the list of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada. A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital (Ottawa). The three territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) and one province (Prince Edward Island) do not have municipalities among the 100 most populous in Canada.
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans 446.04 km 2 (172.22 sq mi) and is the easternmost city in North America (excluding Greenland). [8][9][10][11] The closest European settlement is ...