Tag: Canada

According to franciscogardening, Montreal [m ɔ ntr ɪ ɔ ː l, English], French Montréal [m ɔ re al], is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, with (2019) 4.3 million residents in the metropolitan area is the second largest city of Canada (1.8 million residents in the core city of Montreal). Montreal is located […]

Toronto [English tə r ɔ ntə ʊ ], capital of the province of Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, (2019) 6470000 residents in the metropolitan area (Greater Toronto Area, GTA); Core city 2.97 million residents. In 1998 the 6 boroughs of the former “Metro Toronto” were united to the “City of Toronto” […]

Quebec [kve bεk, English kw ɪ bek], French Quebec [ke bεk], province in eastern Canada, with 1,356,625 km 2 (without 185,509 km 2 inland waters), the largest province of Canada (almost four times the size of Germany); (2019) 8.5 million residents, that is almost a quarter of Canada’s population. The capital of the province is […]

Nova Scotia [ nə ʊ və skə ʊ ʃ ə], German Nova Scotia province in eastern Canada, 52,942 km 2, (2017) 953 900 residents, capital is Halifax, another major city Sydney. The population is predominantly of British origin, with early German settlements near Lunenburg. Nova Scotia comprises the 580 km long peninsula east of the […]

Newfoundland and Labrador [ nju ː fəndlənd Rev. læbrəd ɔ ː even nju ː fa ʊ ndlənd-], province in eastern Canada, 370,514 km 2, (2017) 528 800 residents, almost exclusively of British descent. The capital and largest city is Saint John’s. The province consists of the island of Newfoundland (German Newfoundland, 108 860 km 2) […]

New Brunswick [nju ː br ʌ nzw ɪ k], German New Brunswick, one of the four Atlantic provinces in eastern Canada, on the border with the US, 71,389 km 2, (2017) 759 700 residents; The capital is Fredericton, the largest city is Saint John. The population is ethnically divided. Around 32% of the population say […]

Manitoba [English Maen ɪ tə ʊ bə], the easternmost of the prairie provinces of Canada, 552,371 km 2 (95,470 km without two lakes). Of the (2017) 1.34 million residents, almost 60% live in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital Winnipeg. The population structure is heterogeneous, numerically significant are among others. Germans and Ukrainians. Indians and […]

British Columbia [ br ɪ t ɪ ʃ kə l ʌ mb ɪ ə], German British Kolumbi | s, western province of Canada on the Pacific, 922,503 km 2, (2017) 4820000 residents (1971: 2, 2 million residents), including 172,500 Indians and 89,400 Métis as well as 508,500 Chinese. The capital is Victoria, around half of […]

At the northeastern tip of Newfoundland, in L’Anse aux Meadows, the only Viking settlement in America to date has been discovered. These are the first traces of European settlement on the continent. Two houses were reconstructed true to the original. It is not certain whether it is Leif Eriksson’s expedition, the settlement was only inhabited […]

The 4765 km² Nahanni National Park is located in the north-west of the country and extends about 300 km along the South Nahanni River. The wooded region is occupied by canyons up to 1300 m deep, thundering waterfalls and deep caves. Nahanni is a protected area for many animal species typical of the northern forests […]