Canada's Regions Flashcards

Flashcards about key concepts in the regions of Canada.

Canada

The second largest country on earth with 10 million square kilometers. It is bordered by the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans.

Ottawa

The National Capital, chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857, located on the Ottawa River. It is Canada’s fourth largest metropolitan area.

Rideau Canal

Located in Ottawa, it was once a military waterway, and is now a tourist attraction and winter skateway.

Atlantic Provinces

Canada's coasts and natural resources, including fishing, farming, forestry and mining, have made these provinces an important part of Canada’s history and development. The Atlantic Ocean brings cool winters and cool humid summers.

Prince Edward Island (PEI)

The smallest province in Canada, known for beaches, red soil, and agriculture, especially potatoes; Called the “Birthplace of Confederation.”

Confederation Bridge

A 13-kilometer long bridge in Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables

A famous Canadian story (though not a true story) written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, about a red-headed orphan girl in PEI.

Newfoundland and Labrador

The most easterly part in North America with its own time zone and the oldest colony of the British Empire. Known for fisheries, coastal fishing villages and its distinct culture along with off-shore oil and gas extraction.

Nova Scotia

The Atlantic province with the biggest population, known for the world’s highest tides in the Bay of Fundy. Nova Scotian culture comes from Celtic and Gaelic traditions.

New Brunswick

The only officially bilingual province. Its main industries are forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, food processing, and tourism. Has the second largest river system on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in North America, the St. John River system.

Central Canada

Southern Quebec and Ontario, known as Central Canada, is the industrial and manufacturing heartland. Together, Ontario and Quebec produce more than three-quarters of all Canadian manufactured goods.

Quebec

The vast majority of people reside along or near the St. Lawrence River. More than three-quarters speak French as their first language. Canada’s main producer of pulp and paper and Canada’s largest producer of hydro-electricity.

Montreal

Canada’s second largest city and the second largest mainly French-speaking city in the world (after Paris), is famous for its cultural diversity.

Ontario

The people of Ontario make up more than one-third of Canadians. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the country’s main financial center.

Niagara Region

Located in Ontario, it is known for its vineyards, wines and fruit crops.

Great Lakes

Five Great Lakes located between Ontario and the United States: Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan (in the U.S.A.) and Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.

Prairie Provinces

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta with rich energy resources and some of the most fertile farmland in the world. The region is mostly dry, with cold winters and hot summers.

Manitoba

The economy is based on agriculture, mining and hydro-electric power generation. Winnipeg’s French Quarter, St. Boniface, has Western Canada’s largest Francophone community at 45,000.

Saskatchewan

Once known as the breadbasket of the world” and the “wheat province,” has 40% of the arable land in Canada and is the country’s largest producer of grains and oilseeds. It also boasts the world’s richest deposits of uranium and potash.

Alberta

The most populous Prairie province and the largest producer of oil and gas. Alberta is also renowned for agriculture, especially for the vast cattle ranches that make Canada one of the world’s major beef producers.

British Columbia (B.C.)

Known for its majestic mountains and as Canada’s Pacific gateway. The Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest and busiest, handles billions of dollars in goods traded around the world. About one-half of all the goods produced in B.C. are forestry products

Northern Territories

The Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon contain one-third of Canada’s land mass. The Northern territories have long cold winters and short cool summers.

Land of the Midnight Sun

The North is often referred to as the “Land of the Midnight Sun” because at the height of summer, daylight can last up to 24 hours.

Yukon

Thousands of miners came to the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Mount Logan, located in the Yukon, is the highest mountain in Canada.

Mount Logan

Located in the Yukon, is the highest mountain in Canada.

Northwest Territories (N.W.T.)

Originally made up in 1870 from Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory. The capital, Yellowknife is called the “diamond capital of North America.”

Nunavut

Meaning “our land” in Inuktitut, was established in 1999 from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. The population is about 85% Inuit, and Inuktitut is the official language and the first language in schools.

Canadian Rangers

Part of the Canadian Forces Reserves (militia), play a key role in the vast North, dealing with harsh weather conditions in an isolated region. Drawing on indigenous knowledge and experience, the Rangers travel by snowmobile in the winter and all-terrain vehicles in the summer.