Saskatchewan
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- For the river, see Saskatchewan River.
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| Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: "The Strength of Many Peoples") | |||||
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| Capital | Regina | ||||
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| Largest city | Saskatoon | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Lieutenant-Governor | Gordon Barnhart | ||||
| - Premier | Lorne Calvert (NDP) | ||||
| Federal representation | in Canadian Parliament | ||||
| - House seats | 14 | ||||
| - Senate seats | 6 | ||||
| Confederation | September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) | ||||
| Area | Ranked 7th | ||||
| - Total | km ( sq mi) | ||||
| - Land | km ( sq mi) | ||||
| - Water (%) | km ( sq mi) (9.1%) | ||||
| Population | Ranked 6th | ||||
| - Total (2007) | 996,869 (est.)[1] | ||||
| - Density | /km (/sq mi) | ||||
| GDP | Ranked 5th | ||||
| - Total (2006) | C$45.051 billion[2] | ||||
| - Per capita | C$45,718 (5th) | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| - Postal | SK | ||||
| - | CA-SK | ||||
| Time zone | UTC−6 (no Daylight saving time) Lloydminster and vicinity: UTC−7 and does observe DST | ||||
| Postal code prefix | S | ||||
| Flower | Western Red Lily | ||||
| Tree | Paper Birch | ||||
| Bird | Sharp-tailed Grouse | ||||
| Web site | www.gov.sk.ca | ||||
| Rankings include all provinces and territories | |||||
Geography
Climate
Saskatchewan lies far from any significant body of water. This, combined with its northerly latitude gives it a cold summer type humid continental climate (Köppen type Dfb) in the eastern half, drying off to a semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen type Bsk) in the western part of the province. Summers can be very hot, with temperatures above 32°C (90°F) during the day. Warm southern winds blow from the United States during much of July and August. While winters can be bitterly cold, with high temperatures not breaking −17°C (0°F) for weeks at a time, warm chinook winds often blow from the south, bringing periods of mild weather. Annual precipitation averages from 12 to 18 inches annually across the province, with the bulk of rain falling in June, July, and August. [3]Municipalities
Ten largest municipalities by population| Municipality | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 |
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| Saskatoon | 193,653 | 196,861 | 202,340 |
| Regina | 180,404 | 178,225 | 179,246 |
| Prince Albert | 34,777 | 34,291 | 34,138 |
| Moose Jaw | 32,973 | 32,131 | 32,132 |
| Yorkton | 15,154 | 15,107 | 15,038 |
| Swift Current | 14,890 | 14,821 | 14,946 |
| North Battleford | 14,051 | 13,692 | 13,190 |
| Estevan | 10,752 | 10,242 | 10,084 |
| Weyburn | 9,723 | 9,534 | 9,433 |
| Corman Park | 7,142 | 8,043 | 8,349 |
Note that the list does not include Lloydminster, which has a total population of 24,028 but straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. As of 2006, only 8,118 people lived on the Saskatchewan side, which would make it Saskatchewan's 11th largest municipality. All of the listed communities are considered cities by the province, with the exception of Corman Park, which is a rural municipality. Municipalities in the province with a population of 5000 or more receive official city status.
Economy
Saskatchewan's economy is associated with agriculture; however, increasing diversification has meant that now agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting together make up only 6.8% of the province's GDP. Saskatchewan grows 45% of Canada's grain. Wheat is the most familiar crop, and perhaps the one stereotypically associated with the province, but other grains like canola, flax, rye, oats, peas, lentils, canary seed, and barley are also produced. Beef cattle production in the province is only exceeded by Alberta. Mining is also a major industry in the province, with Saskatchewan being the world leader in potash exports. In the northern part of the province, forestry is significant.Oil and Natural Gas production is also a very important part of Saskatchewan's economy. Oil and natural gas production is only exceeded by Alberta. Heavy crude is extracted in the Lloydminster-Kerrobert-Kindersley areas. Light crude is found in the Kindersley-Swift Current areas as well as the Weyburn-Estevan fields. Natural gas is found almost entirely in the western part of Saskatchewan, from the Primrose Lake area through Lloydminster, Unity, Kindersley, Leader, and around Maple Creek areas.
Saskatchewan is also the world's largest supplier of uranium, and supplies much of the western world. The uranium industry is closely regulated by the provincial government which allows the government of Saskatchewan great latitude in setting world uranium prices.
Saskatchewan's GDP in 2006 was approximately C$45.051 billion, with economic sectors breaking down in the following way:
| %age | Sector |
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| 17.1 | finance, insurance, real estate, leasing |
| 13.0 | mining, petroleum |
| 11.9 | education, health, social services |
| 11.7 | wholesale and retail trade |
| 9.1 | transportation, communications, utilities |
| 7.7 | manufacturing |
| 6.8 | agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting |
| 6.5 | business services |
| 5.8 | government services |
| 5.0 | construction |
| 5.3 | other |
Crown corporations include major Saskatchewan-based entities are, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), SaskTel, SaskEnergy (the province's main supplier of natural gas), and SaskPower. Bombardier runs the NATO Flying Training Centre at 15 Wing, near Moose Jaw. Bombardier was awarded a long-term contract in the late 1990s for $2.8 billion from the federal government for the purchase of military aircraft and the running of the training facility.
History
In the late 1850s and early 1860s, scientific expeditions led by John Palliser and Henry Youle Hind explored the prairie region of the province.
In the 1870s, the Government of Canada formed the Northwest Territories to administer the vast territory between British Columbia and Manitoba. The government also entered into a series of numbered treaties with the indigenous peoples of the area, which serve as the basis of the relationship between First Nations, as they are called today, and the Crown.
A seminal event in the history of what was to become Western Canada was the 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new North-West Mounted Police. Despite poor equipment and lack of provisions, the men on the march persevered and established a federal presence in the new territory. Historians have argued that had this expedition been unsuccessful, then the expansionist U.S. would have been sorely tempted to expand into the political vacuum. And even had it not, then the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway would have been delayed or taken a different, more northerly route, stunting the early growth of towns like Brandon, Regina, Medicine Hat and Calgary — had these existed at all. Failure to construct the railway could also have forced British Columbia to join the United States.
Settlement of the province started to take off as the Canadian Pacific Railway was built in the early 1880s, and the Canadian government divided up the land by the Dominion Land Survey and gave free land to any willing settlers.
The North West Mounted Police set up several posts and forts across Saskatchewan including Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills, and Wood Mountain Post in south central Saskatchewan near the American border.
In 1876, following the Battle of Little Bighorn Lakota chief Sitting Bull led several thousand of his people to Wood Mountain. Wood Mountain Reserve was founded in 1914.
Many Métis people, who had not been signatories to a treaty, had moved to the Saskatchewan Rivers district north of present-day Saskatoon following the Red River Resistance in Manitoba in 1870. In the early 1880s, the Canadian government refused to hear the Métis' grievances, which stemmed from land-use issues. Finally, in 1885, the Métis, led by Louis Riel, staged the North-West Rebellion and declared a provisional government. They were defeated by a Canadian militia brought to the prairies by the new Canadian Pacific Railway. Riel surrendered and was convicted of treason in a packed Regina courtroom. He was hanged on November 16, 1885.
As more settlers came to the prairies on the railway, the population grew, and Saskatchewan became a province on September 1, 1905; inauguration day was held September 4.
The Homestead Act permitted settlers to acquire ¼ mi² of land to homestead and offered an additional quarter upon establishing a homestead. Immigration peaked in 1910 and in spite of the initial difficulties of frontier life, distance from towns, sod homes, and backbreaking labour, a prosperous agrarian society was established.
In 1913, the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association was established as Saskatchewan's first ranchers' organization. (See Logo Here) Three objectives were laid out at the founding convention in 1913 have served as a guide: to watch over legislation; to forward the interests of the Stock Growers in every honourable and legitimate way; and to suggest to parliament legislation to meet changing conditions and requirements.
Its farming equivalent, the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association, was the dominant political force in the province until the 1920s and had close ties with the governing Liberal party.
In the late 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan imported from the U.S. and Ontario, gained brief popularity in WASP nativist circles in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The province had the dubious distinction of having the largest per-capita membership in the KKK of any political jurisdiction in North America. The Klan, briefly allied with the provincial Conservative party because of their mutual dislike for Premier James G. "Jimmy" Gardiner and his Liberals (who ferociously fought the Klan) enjoyed about two years of prominence, then disappeared, the victim of widespread political and media opposition, plus scandals involving their own funds.
In 1970, the first annual Canadian Western Agribition was held in Regina. This farm industry trade show, with a heavy emphasis on livestock, is rated as one of the five top livestock shows in North America, along with those in Houston, Denver, Louisville and Toronto.
Politics
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina
For many years, Saskatchewan has been one of Canada's more left-leaning provinces, reflecting many of its citizens' feelings of alienation from the interests of large capital. In 1944 Tommy Douglas became premier of the first avowedly socialist regional government in North America. Most of his MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) represented rural and small-town ridings. Under his Cooperative Commonwealth Federation government, Saskatchewan became the first province to have Medicare, billed at the time as government-funded mandatory universal medical insurance. In 1961, Douglas left provincial politics to become the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Today, the official opposition in the province is the Saskatchewan Party, a new party built in 1997 out of the remains of the Tories and former Liberals and even a small number of New Democrats frustrated by the NDP's inability to "grow" the economy and population. The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the 2003 election with a slim majority—the NDP won 30 seats in the 58-seat Legislative Assembly, while the Saskatchewan Party won the remaining 28 seats. Most NDP MLAs represent cities and towns while most SP MLAs represent rural ridings. Partly because of this the NDP's three long stretches as the provincial government have not translated into recent federal success. While both Saskatoon and Regina (Saskatchewan's largest cities) are roughly twice the population of an urban riding in Canada, both are split into multiple ridings that blend them with rural communities. Across Canada, Conservatives are competitive in suburbs and pre-eminent in rural areas, and of the 14 federal constituencies in Saskatchewan, 12 were won by members of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2006, and 13 of 14 were won by Conservatives in 2004, while the federal NDP has been shut out of the province for two consecutive elections. The only Liberal MPs are former Finance Minister Ralph Goodale and Gary Merasty, whose election win brought allegations of possible election fraud.
- Provincial Flag
Saskatchewan's flag was officially dedicated on 22nd September, 1969. The flag features the Armorial Bearing (Coat-of-Arms) in the upper quarter nearest the staff, with the floral emblem, the Prairie Lily, in the fly. The upper green half of the flag represents the northern Saskatchewan forest lands, while the gold lower half symbolizes the southern prairie wheat fields. The design was a prize-winning entry of a Province-wide competition that drew over 4000 entries, by Anthony Drake, then living in Hodgeville, Saskatchewan.
- Centennial celebrations
In 2005, Saskatchewan celebrated its centennial. To honour it the Royal Canadian Mint issued a commemorative 5-dollar coin depicting Canada's wheat fields as well as a circulation 25-cent coin of a similar design. Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visited Regina, Saskatoon and Lumsden and Joni Mitchell issued an album in Saskatchewan's honour.
Demographics
| Year | Population | Five-year % change |
Ten-year % change |
Rank among provinces |
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| 1901 | 91,279 | n/a | n/a | 8 |
| 1911 | 492,432 | n/a | 439.5 | 3 |
| 1921 | 757,510 | n/a | 53.8 | 3 |
| 1931 | 921,785 | n/a | 21.7 | 3 |
| 1941 | 895,992 | n/a | -2.8 | 3 |
| 1951 | 831,728 | n/a | -7.2 | 5 |
| 1956 | 880,665 | 5.9 | n/a | 5 |
| 1961 | 925,181 | 5.1 | 11.2 | 5 |
| 1966 | 955,344 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 6 |
| 1971 | 926,242 | -3.0 | 0.1 | 6 |
| 1976 | 921,325 | -0.5 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 1981 | 968,313 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 1986 | 1,009,613 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 6 |
| 1991 | 988,928 | -2.0 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 1996 | 976,615 | -1.2 | -3.3 | 6 |
| 2001 | 978,933 | 0.2 | -1.0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 985,386 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 6 |
Provincial Finances
| Fiscal Year | Public Debt* | Pers. Inc. Tax | Corp. Inc./Cap. Tax | Sales tax | Oil Revenue | Total NR Revenue | Canada H/S Transfers | Equalization | Health Expense | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11,034,644 | 1,668,538 | 1,067,459 | 1,079,794** | 1,318,852 | 1,694,252 | 1,040,374 | 12,273 | 3,202,965 | |
| 2006 | 11,133,595 | 1,447,905 | 918,279 | 1,112,350 | 1,124,952 | 1,721,100 | 958,314 | 88,672 | 2,990,625 | |
| 2005 | 11,464,234 | 1,329,081 | 638,968 | 985,079 | 906,938 | 1,474,191 | 715,138 | 581,570 | 2,773,961 | |
| 2004 | 11,940,337 | 1,245,763 | 682,052 | 854,480 | 774,488 | 1,140,962 | 750,558 | 41,284 | 2,515,823 | |
| 2003 | 11,710,616 | 1,429,757 | 557,360 | 813,932 | 862,318 | 1,243,649 | 668,211 | -9,215 | 2,342,835 | |
| 2002 | 11,429,158 | 1,196,410 | 508,542 | 770,984 | 555,337 | 903,044 | 608,908 | 492,017 | 2,199,723 |
The Tabulated Data covers the previous fiscal year (e.g. 2007 covers April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007). All data is in $1,000s.
* This value reflects the debt of all Government Service Organizations as well as Crown Corporations.
** The Provincial Sales Tax was reduced from 7% to 5% effective October 28, 2006.
Source: Government of Saskatchewan.[7]
Education
1886 sees the formation of the first 76 North West Territories school districts and the first Board of Education meeting. The immigration boom forms ethnic bloc settlements. Communities are seeking education for their children similar to the schools of their home land. Log cabins, and dwellings are constructed for the assembly of the community, school, church, dances and meetings.
The roaring twenties and established farmers who have successfully proved up on their homesteads helps provide funding to standardize education. Text books, normal schools for formally educated teachers, school curricula, state of the art school house architectural plans, provide continuity throughout the province. English as the school language helps to provide economic stability as now one community can communicate with another, and goods can be traded and sold in a common language. The number of one-room school house districts across Saskatchewan totalled approximately 5,000 at the height of the one-room school house educational system in the late 1940s.
Following World War II, the transition from many one room school houses to fewer and larger consolidated modern technological town and city schools occurred as a means of ensuring technical education. School buses, highways, and family vehicles create ease and accessibility of a population shift to larger towns and cities. Combines and tractors mean that the farmer can successfully manage more than a quarter section of land, so there is a shift from family farms and subsistence crops to cash crops grown on many sections of land. There is no more need for communities every 10 to 16 kilometres (6-10 mi) apart or within a horse and buggy ride. This evolution is still continuing and under analysis in the spring of 2007 with another 50 rural consolidated schools now facing imminent closing.[8][9]
School vouchers have been newly proposed as a means of allowing competition between rural schools and making the operation of co-operative schools practicable in rural areas.
Miscellany
- Saskatchewan's licence plates depict three stalks of wheat and bear the slogan "Land of Living Skies."
- Saskatchewan's heraldic shield contains a red lion on a yellow field, reversing the conventional heraldic colours, indicating the prairie fires of this region during the pre-settlement North-West Territories.
- In 1885, post-Confederation Canada's first "naval battle" was fought in Saskatchewan, when a steamship engaged the Métis at Batoche in the North-West Rebellion.[10]
Popular culture
The most famous representations of Saskatchewan in modern popular culture come from the popular Canadian television sitcoms Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie, both of which are set in small towns. The novels of W. O. Mitchell, Sinclair Ross, Michael Helm and Gail Bowen are also frequently set in Saskatchewan.Arts and culture
- Museums and galleries
- Mendel Art Gallery
- Museums Association of Saskatchewan
- Shurniak Art Gallery
- MacKenzie Art Gallery
- Royal Saskatchewan Museum
- RCMP Academy, Depot Division which includes the RCMP Centennial Museum. This museum is moving to the new RCMP Heritage Centre, with the grand opening on 23 May 2007.
- Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre
- Artist-Run centres
- AKA Gallery
- PAVED Arts
- The Gallery on Sherbrooke, Wolseley
- Artists
- Dr William Hobbs Prairie and Railways Painter.
- Glen Scrimshaw
- Joe Fafard
Law and order
- Police agencies
- Estevan Police Service
- File Hills First Nation Police Service
- Moose Jaw Police Service
- Prince Albert Police Service
- Regina Police Service
- RM of Corman Park Police Service
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Saskatoon Police Service
- Weyburn Police Service
- Correctional facilities
- Saskatoon correctional centre
- Regina Correctional Centre
- Prince Albert Correctional Centre
- Pine Grove Correctional Centre
- Saskatchewan Penitentiary
- Regina Paul Dojack Youth Centre
- Saskatoon Kilburn Hall
See also
- WikiProject Saskatchewan
- The Saskatchewan Act
- Monarchy in Saskatchewan
- District of Assiniboia
- List of Towns in Saskatchewan
- List of cities in Canada
- List of airports in Saskatchewan
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of Saskatchewan lieutenant-governors
- List of Saskatchewan premiers
- List of Leaders of the Opposition in Saskatchewan
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
- :''List of Saskatchewan-related topics
- List of Saskatchewan rivers
- Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
- List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Film and Video Classification Board
- Scouting in Saskatchewan
- 45561 Saskatchewan British Jubilee Class locomotive named after the province.
Bibliography
- Archer, John H. Saskatchewan: A History. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1980. 422 pp.
- Bennett, John W. and Kohl, Seena B. Settling the Canadian-American West, 1890-1915: Pioneer Adaptation and Community Building. An Anthropological History. U. of Nebraska Pr., 1995. 311 pp.
- Bocking, D. H., ed. Pages from the Past: Essays on Saskatchewan History. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1979. 299 pp.
- LaPointe, Richard and Tessier, Lucille. The Francophones of Saskatchewan: A History. Regina: U. of Regina, Campion Coll., 1988. 329 pp.
- Lipset, Seymour M. Agrarian Socialism: The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan: A Study in Political Sociology, University of California Press, 1950
- Martin, Robin Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940, University of Toronto Press, 1992
- Smith, Dennis. Rogue Tory: The Life and Legend of John G. Diefenbaker. Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1995. 702 pp.
- Smith, David E., ed. Building a Province: A History of Saskatchewan in Documents. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1993. 443 pp.
- Bill Waiser. Saskatchewan: A New History (2006)
Notes
1. ^ Canada's population estimates 2007-09-27. Statistics Canada. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
2. ^ Statistics Canada Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory
3. ^ Name Source from the Government of Canada
4. ^ Government of Saskatchewan. official page. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
5. ^ The history of Saskatchewan's population from Statistics Canada
6. ^ Canada's population. Statistics Canada. Last accessed September 28, 2006.
7. ^ Public Accounts of Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Last accessed June 25, 2007.
8. ^ Warren, Jeremy. in Saskatoon Star Phoenix: More than 50 rural schools facing closure, says Wall. Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper Wednesday March 14, 2007, p.A4.
9. ^ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project - Evolution URL accessed March 20, 2007
10. ^ Batoche by Dave Yanko
2. ^ Statistics Canada Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory
3. ^ Name Source from the Government of Canada
4. ^ Government of Saskatchewan. official page. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
5. ^ The history of Saskatchewan's population from Statistics Canada
6. ^ Canada's population. Statistics Canada. Last accessed September 28, 2006.
7. ^ Public Accounts of Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Last accessed June 25, 2007.
8. ^ Warren, Jeremy. in Saskatoon Star Phoenix: More than 50 rural schools facing closure, says Wall. Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper Wednesday March 14, 2007, p.A4.
9. ^ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project - Evolution URL accessed March 20, 2007
10. ^ Batoche by Dave Yanko
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| Census divisions | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
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| SARM divisions | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Cities | Estevan Flin Flon (part) Humboldt Lloydminster (part) Melfort Melville Moose Jaw North Battleford Prince Albert Regina Saskatoon Swift Current Weyburn Yorkton |
| See also | Communities Rural municipalities First Nations Indian reserves |
| History | Archaeology • Territorial evolution of Canada • North-West Rebellion • • Father of medicare |
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| Politics | Political parties • Elections • The Saskatchewan Act • Monarchy in Saskatchewan • Lieutenant Governor • Cabinet • Premiers • Leaders of the Opposition • Legislature • Electoral districts |
| Geography | National Parks • Provincial parks • Rivers • • • Demographics |
| Court of Appeal • Queen's Bench • Provincial Court • Courts • | |
| Agriculture • Roads • Highways • • Airports • | |
| Culture of Saskatchewan | • School Divisions • • Education • • • First Nations • Fransaskois • Music • • • Symbols |
| Communities | Census Divisions • SARM Divisions • Rural Municipalities • Cities |
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| Provinces | British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Territories | Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut | |
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Lorne Albert Calvert, MLA (born December 24, 1952 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is the current premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. He is the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
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Northwest Territories
Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: none
Capital Yellowknife
Largest city Yellowknife
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Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: none
Capital Yellowknife
Largest city Yellowknife
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Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. The term Surface area is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object.
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Units
Units for measuring surface area include:- square metre = SI derived unit
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list of Canadian provinces and territories by area. Canada has ten provinces and three territories. In total area, Canada is the second-largest country in the world; in land area, however, it ranks fourth. In terms of freshwater area, Canada is the largest country.
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population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the
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list of Canadian provinces and territories by population, based on Statistics Canada estimates as of July 1, 2007.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories. The three territories of Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories account for over a third of Canada's area but
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Canada has ten provinces and three territories. The three territories of Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories account for over a third of Canada's area but
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gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of the ways for measuring the size of its economy. The GDP of a country is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year).
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This article lists Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product. As of 2006, Canada has a total gross domestic product (GDP) of C$1.439 trillion or (at purchasing power parity (PPP)) roughly US$1.164 trillion, ranking 12th in the world.
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This article lists Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product. As of 2006, Canada has a total gross domestic product (GDP) of C$1.439 trillion or (at purchasing power parity (PPP)) roughly US$1.164 trillion, ranking 12th in the world.
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This is a list of Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations. Canada Post currently uses a code system of two capital letters to represent the 13 provinces and territories on addressed mail. These abbreviations allow automated sorting.
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time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. Most adjacent time zones are exactly one hour apart, and by convention compute their local time as an offset from UTC (see also Greenwich Mean Time).
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