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scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Name and [[Canadian postal abbreviations for provinces and territories|postal {{abbr|abbr.|abbreviation}}]] ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Cities ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Entered Confederation<ref name="(Canada)2004">{{cite book|author=Reader's Digest Association (Canada)|author2=Canadian Geographic Enterprises|title=The Canadian Atlas: Our Nation, Environment and People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDR7hrnO1aYC&pg=PP41|year=2004|publisher=Douglas & McIntyre|isbn=978-1-55365-082-9|page=41|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503090030/https://books.google.com/books?id=vDR7hrnO1aYC&pg=PP41|archive-date=May 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Official<br>language(s)<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Language Policies of the Canadian Provinces |publisher=Fraser Institute |year=2012 |first1=Olivier |last1=Coche |first2=François |last2=Vaillancourt |first3=Marc-Antoine |last3=Cadieux |first4=Jamie Lee |last4=Ronson |url=http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/official-language-policies-of-canadian-provinces.pdf |access-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428174237/http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/official-language-policies-of-canadian-provinces.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref> ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Population ! scope="col" class="unsortable" colspan="3" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=StatsCan>{{cite web|url=http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/phys01-eng.htm|title=Land and freshwater area, by province and territory|publisher=Statistics Canada|year=2005|access-date=August 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524063547/http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/phys01-eng.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> ! scope="col" class="unsortable" colspan="2" | Seats<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/GuideToHoC/index-e.htm |title=Guide to the Canadian House of Commons |publisher=Parliament of Canada |year=2012 |access-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627214354/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/GuideToHoC/index-e.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Capital<ref name="canada1"/> ! scope="col" | Largest<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |title=Census Profile |publisher=Statistic Canada |year=2013 |access-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208074653/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> ! scope="col" |2021 census<ref name=StatCan2021>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=October 11, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209134802/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000101}}</ref> ! scope="col" |Q4 2023<br>estimates<ref name="pop">{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2023 |title=Population estimates, quarterly |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928010937/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> ! scope="col" | Land ! scope="col" | Water ! scope="col" | Total ! scope="col" | [[House of Commons of Canada|Commons]] ! scope="col" | [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] |- ! scope="row" | [[Ontario]] | ON | colspan="2"| [[Toronto]] | {{dts|July 1, 1867}} | [[English language|English]]{{efn|name=english|De facto; French has limited constitutional status.}} | {{right|14,223,942}} | {{right|15,801,768}} | {{right|917,741}} | {{right|158,654}} | {{right|1,076,395}} | 121 | 24 |- ! scope="row" | [[Quebec]] | QC | [[Quebec City]] | [[Montreal]] | {{dts|July 1, 1867}} | [[French language|French]]{{efn|As established under the [[Charter of the French Language]]. English has limited constitutional status in Quebec.}} | {{right|8,501,833}} | {{right|8,948,540}} | {{right|1,356,128}} | {{right|185,928}} | {{right|1,542,056}} | 78 | 24 |- ! scope="row" | [[Nova Scotia]] | NS | colspan="2" | [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]{{efn|Nova Scotia dissolved cities in 1996 in favour of [[Administrative divisions of Nova Scotia|regional municipalities]]; its largest regional municipality is therefore substituted.}} | {{dts|July 1, 1867}} | English{{efn|name=english}} | {{right|969,383}} | {{right|1,066,416}} | {{right|53,338}} | {{right|1,946}} | {{right|55,284}} | 11 | 10 |- ! scope="row" | [[New Brunswick]] | NB | [[Fredericton]] | [[Moncton]] | {{dts|July 1, 1867}} | English, French{{efn|As established under [[Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]].}} | {{right|775,610}} | {{right|842,725}} | {{right|71,450}} | {{right|1,458}} | {{right|72,908}} | 10 | 10 |- ! scope="row" | [[Manitoba]] | MB | colspan="2" | [[Winnipeg]] | {{dts|July 15, 1870}} | English{{efn|name=english}} | {{right|1,342,153}} | {{right|1,465,440}} | {{right|553,556}} | {{right|94,241}} | {{right|647,797}} | 14 | 6 |- ! scope="row" | [[British Columbia]] | BC | [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] | [[Vancouver]] | {{dts|July 20, 1871}} | English{{efn|name=english}} | {{right|5,000,879}} | {{right|5,581,127}} | {{right|925,186}} | {{right|19,549}} | {{right|944,735}} | 42 | 6 |- ! scope="row" | [[Prince Edward Island]] | PE | colspan="2" | [[Charlottetown]] | {{dts|July 1, 1873}} | English{{efn|name=english}} | {{right|154,331}} | {{right|175,853}} | {{right|5,660}} | {{right|0}} | {{right|5,660}} | 4 | 4 |- ! scope="row" | [[Saskatchewan]] | SK | [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] | [[Saskatoon]] | {{dts|September 1, 1905}} | English{{efn|name=abandsk}} | {{right|1,132,505}} | {{right|1,218,976}} | {{right|591,670}} | {{right|59,366}} | {{right|651,036}} | 14 | 6 |- ! scope="row" | [[Alberta]] | AB | [[Edmonton]] | [[Calgary]] | {{dts|September 1, 1905}} | English{{efn|name=abandsk|As established under Languages Acts passed by Alberta and Saskatchewan's respective legislatures in 1988. French has limited constitutional status.}} | {{right|4,262,635}} | {{right|4,756,408}} | {{right|642,317}} | {{right|19,531}} | {{right|661,848}} | 34 | 6 |- ! scope="row" | [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] | NL | colspan="2" | [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] | {{dts|March 31, 1949}} | English{{efn|name=english}} | {{right|510,550}} | {{right|540,418}} | {{right|373,872}} | {{right|31,340}} | {{right|405,212}} | 7 | 6 |- class="sortbottom" ! scope="row" colspan="6" | Total provinces ! {{right|{{nts|36873821}}}} ! {{right|{{nts|40397671}}}} ! {{right|{{nts|5490918}}}} ! {{right|{{nts|572013}}}} ! {{right|{{nts|6062931}}}} ! {{nts|335}} ! {{nts|102}} |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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