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Provinces of Canada

BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC) MANITOBA (MB)
COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE MANITOBA
MOTTO: Splendor sine occasu MOTTO: Gloriosus et liber | Glorious and free
Splendour without diminishment JOINED CANADA: 1870 CAPITAL: Winnipeg
JOINED CANADA: 1871 CAPITAL: Victoria POPULATION: 1,278,365 †
POPULATION: 4,648,055 † SIZE: Sixth-largest province (647,797 km )
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SIZE: Third-largest province (944,735 km )
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FLOWER: BIRD: TREE:
Prairie Crocus Great Grey Owl White Spruce
FLOWER: BIRD: ANIMAL: TREE: MINERAL:
Pacific Steller’s Spirit Western Jade CANADA IS COOL! The town of Churchill in
Dogwood Jay Bear Red Cedar Manitoba is most famous for the many polar bears
CANADA IS COOL! BC is home to the Great that can be seen there in the autumn. Churchill is
Bear Rainforest. It’s part of the largest coastal nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”
temperate rainforest in the world. It is one of the
most endangered forests on Earth and is home to
thousands of types of animals, birds, and plants.
ONTARIO (ON)
ONTARIO
ALBERTA (AB)
ALBERTA MOTTO: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet
Loyal she began, loyal she remains
MOTTO: Fortis et liber | Strong and free JOINED CANADA: 1867
JOINED CANADA: 1905 CAPITAL: Edmonton CAPITAL: Toronto
POPULATION: 4,067,175 † POPULATION: 13,448,494 †
SIZE: Fourth-largest province (661,848 km ) SIZE: Second-largest province (1,076,395 km )
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FLOWER: BIRD: ANIMAL: TREE: MINERAL:
Wild Rose Great Rocky Lodgepole Petrified FLOWER: BIRD: TREE: MINERAL:
Horned Mountain Pine Wood White Common Eastern Amethyst
Owl Bighorn Trillium Loon White Pine
Sheep
CANADA IS COOL! Canada’s tallest roller coaster
CANADA IS COOL! There are two bridges in Banff, is in Vaughan, Ontario. It is 93 metres high!
Alberta, for animals! They were built so animals can
safely cross the busy Trans-Canada Highway.

SASKATCHEWAN (SK)
SASKATCHEWAN

MOTTO: Multis e gentibus vires | From many peoples strength
JOINED CANADA: 1905 CAPITAL: Regina FLOWER: BIRD: ANIMAL: TREE: MINERAL:
POPULATION: 1,098,352 † Western Sharp- White- White Sylvite
Birch
Tailed
Red Lily
(potash)
Tailed
SIZE: Fifth-largest province (651,036 km ) Grouse Deer
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CANADA IS COOL! A huge T-Rex fossil was found in Eastend, Saskatchewan.
It was as long as a school bus and as tall as a house!
R–14 † Population source: www.statcan.gc.ca (Census 2016)