A quick print provincial info sheet that gives some basic details about each province and territory in Canada. This fact chart provides a resource for quick reference to learn the two letter provincial short-form, capital city, date the province entered in confederation, the population (July 2018 status), and the official language for each province.
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Province | Postal ISO | Capital | Entered Confederation | Population | Official Language |
Ontario |
ON | Toronto | 1867 | 13,167,894. | English |
Quebec |
QC | Quebec City | 1867 | 7,886,108. | French |
Nova Scotia |
NS | Halifax | 1867 | 940,482. | English |
New Brunswick |
NB | Fredericton | 1867 | 751,273. | English, French |
Manitoba |
MB | Winnipeg | 1870 | 1,232,654. | English |
British Columbia |
BC | Victoria | 1871 | 4,510,858. | English |
Prince Edward Island |
PE | Charlottetown | 1873 | 141,551. | English |
Saskatchewan |
SK | Regina | 1905 | 1,041,729. | English |
Alberta |
AB | Edmonton | 1905 | 3,724,832. | English |
Newfoundland & Labrador |
NL | St. John’s | 1949 | 510,901. | English |
Northwest Territories |
NT | Yellowknife | 1870 | 43,529. | English, French, and many native dialects |
Yukon |
YT | Whitehorse | 1898 | 34,246. | English, French |
Nunavut |
NU | Iqaluit | 1999 | 32,900. | Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, English, French |