Provinces and territories of Canada

==Territories==
There are three territories in Canada. Unlike the provinces, the territories of Canada have no inherent [[sovereignty]] and have only those powers delegated to them by the federal government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/N-27/index.html | title=Northwest Territories Act | year=1986 | publisher=Department of Justice Canada | access-date=March 25, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515072706/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/N-27/index.html | archive-date=May 15, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y-2.01/FullText.html | title=Yukon Act | year=2002 | publisher=Department of Justice Canada |access-date=March 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528193436/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y%2D2.01/FullText.html |archive-date=May 28, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-28.6/index.html|title=Nunavut Act|year=1993|author=Department of Justice Canada |access-date=January 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105214204/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-28.6/index.html|archive-date=January 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> They include all of mainland Canada north of [[60th parallel north|latitude 60° north]] and west of [[Hudson Bay]] and all islands north of the Canadian mainland (from those in [[James Bay]] to the [[Queen Elizabeth Islands]]). The following table lists the territories in order of precedence{{clarify|reason=The concept of precedence has not been introduced or explained in this article. It is not clear from context what this means.|date=April 2021}} (each province has precedence over all the territories, regardless of the date each territory was created).

Another territory, the [[District of Keewatin]], existed from October 7, 1876, until September 1, 1905, when it rejoined the Northwest Territories and became the [[Keewatin Region]]. It occupied the area that is now the [[Kenora District]] of Ontario, northern Manitoba, and mainland Nunavut. The government of Keewatin was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The territory did not have any representation in federal parliament.

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin: auto; text-align: center;"
|+ {{sronly|Territories of Canada}}
! scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Name and [[Canadian postal abbreviations for provinces and territories|postal {{Abbr|abbr.|abbreviation}}]]
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Cities<ref name="canada1"/>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Entered Confederation<ref name="(Canada)2004"/>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Official languages
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Population<ref name="pop"/>
! scope="col" class="unsortable" colspan="3" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=StatsCan/>
! scope="col" class="unsortable" colspan="2" | Seats<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Capital
! scope="col" | Largest
! scope="col" |2021 census<ref name=StatCan2021/>
! scope="col" |Q4 2023<br>estimates<ref name="pop"/>
! scope="col" | Land
! scope="col" | Water
! scope="col" | Total
! [[House of Commons of Canada|Commons]]
! [[Senate of Canada|Senate]]
|-
| align=left | {{nowrap|[[Northwest Territories]]}}
| NT
| colspan="2" | [[Yellowknife]]
| {{dts|July 15, 1870}}
| [[Chipewyan language|Chipewyan]], [[Cree language|Cree]], English, French, [[Gwichʼin language|Gwichʼin]], [[Inuinnaqtun]], [[Inuktitut]], [[Inuvialuktun]], [[Slavey language|North Slavey]], [[Slavey language|South Slavey]], [[Dogrib language|Tłįchǫ]]<ref name="lang">[http://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/files/T1.01.01_Official%20Languages%20Act.pdf Northwest Territories Official Languages Act, 1988] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722182727/http://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/files/T1.01.01_Official%20Languages%20Act.pdf |date=July 22, 2014}} (as amended 1988, 1991–1992, 2003)</ref>
| {{right|41,070}}
| {{right|44,760}}
| {{right|1,183,085}}
| {{right|163,021}}
| {{right|1,346,106}}
| 1
| 1
|-
| align=left | [[Yukon]]
| YT
| colspan="2" | [[Whitehorse]]
| {{dts|June 13, 1898}}
| English, French<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/yukon_e.php |title=OCOL – Statistics on Official Languages in Yukon |publisher=Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages |year=2011 |access-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725222019/http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/yukon_e.php |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{right|40,232}}
| {{right|45,148}}
| {{right|474,391}}
| {{right|8,052}}
| {{right|482,443}}
| 1
| 1
|-
| align=left | [[Nunavut]]
| NU
| colspan="2" | [[Iqaluit]]
| {{dts|April 1, 1999}}
| Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, English, French<ref>{{cite web|url=http://langcom.nu.ca/nunavuts-official-languages/|title=Nunavut's Official Languages|publisher=Language Commissioner of Nunavut|year=2009|access-date=August 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814112846/http://langcom.nu.ca/nunavuts-official-languages|archive-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>
| {{right|36,858}}
| {{right|40,817}}
| {{right|1,936,113}}
| {{right|157,077}}
| {{right|2,093,190}}
| 1
| 1
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan="6" | Total territories
! {{right|{{nts|118160}}}}
! {{right|{{nts|130725}}}}
! {{right|{{nts|3593589}}}}
! {{right|{{nts|328150}}}}
! {{right|{{nts|3921739}}}}
! 3
! 3
|}