Newfoundland and Labrador
Nestled into the northeast corner of North America, facing the North Atlantic, is Newfoundland, Canada's most easterly province. The province consists of two distinct geographical entities Newfoundland and Labrador.

Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia's 580-kilometre-long peninsula is surrounded by four bodies of water.  Its geographic location, together with large, ice-free, deep-water harbours, has been a key factor in the province's economic development.

PEI
Prince Edward Island is also Canada's smallest province in both area and population.  It lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, separated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Northumberland Strait.

New Brunswick
New Brunswick, the largest of Canada's three Maritime provinces, is nestled under Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and beside the State of Maine.  85 percent of the province is covered by forest over its rolling plateau.

Quebec
Bordered by Ontario, New Brunswick and by the United States, Quebec has an area of  three times that of France and seven times that of Great Britain, making it the largest of Canada's provinces.

Ontario
The name "Ontario" comes from the Iroquois word "Kanadario" meaning "sparkling water." The name is fitting Ontario is bordered on the south by the Great Lakes and on the north by Hudson Bay.  One sixth of its terrain is covered by rivers and lakes.

Manitoba
Bordered by Ontario, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Hudson Bay and the United States, Manitoba is one of the three Prairie provinces and is located in the centre of Canada.  Manitoba is known as the land of 100 000 lakes.

Saskatchewan
Located in the prairie region of Canada, Saskatchewan is bordered by Manitoba, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the United States.  Half of Saskatchewan consists of forests, one-third of cultivated lands, and one-eighth is covered with water.

Alberta
The westernmost of Canada's three Prairie provinces, Alberta is nearly equal in size to the state of Texas.   Alberta has more hours of sunshine a year than any other province.  Alberta is also Canada's largest producer of petroleum and natural gas. 

British Columbia
British Columbia is Canada's westernmost province and one of North America's most mountainous regions. B.C. is among the top three film and TV production centres in the world.
Given its location, British Columbia is a gateway to the Pacific and Asia.

The Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (NWT) lies north of the 60th parallel, above Saskatchewan, Alberta, and eastern British Columbia, and between the Yukon and Nunavut.  NWT is not a province but its government still has the same general responsibilities as a provincial government.
 
The Yukon
The Yukon Territory is in Canada's northwest. The perimeters of this mountainous territory form a rough triangle bordered on the south by British Columbia, on the west by the U.S. state of Alaska and on the east by the Northwest Territories. 

Nunavut
On April 1, 1999, the map of Canada changed with the birth of the new territory of Nunavut.  It is a vast territory - larger than Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec combined - that contains one fifth of Canada's land. 

British Columbia
Alberta 
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
PEI
Newfoundland and Labrador

Nunavut
The Northwest Territories
The Yukon

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