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Formation: 1871. The name signified the British territorial domain over its Crown colony. Columbia Lake, the Columbia River, and the province were named in honor of Christopher Columbus. TIME: 5 AM MST = noon GMT; 4 AM PST = noon GMT. British Columbia is located on the western coast of Canada. It’s bordered by the …
Formation: 1905. Named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Time: 5 AM MST = noon GMT. Alberta is the fourth-largest province in Canada. It shares a border with British Columbia and Saskatchewan in the east and the North American Great Plains to the south. Its western area has a hilly, rocky …
Formation: 1867. The origin of the name: From an Algonquin Indian word meaning “narrow passage” or “strait,” referring to the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River at what is currently Québec City. 8 AM AST = noon GMT; 7 AM EST = noon GMT. Québec is a province in Canada that is just north of …
Formation: 1873. The origin of the name: Prince Edward Island was initially called Abegweit (“lying down flat, or “cradled by the waves”) by the Micmac Indians. Europeans called it the Island of Saint John in 1763; in 1799, the Island was renamed Prince Edward Island in honor of Prince Edward of England. TIME: 8 AM …
Formation: 1867. The origin of the name: Derived from the Iroquois Indian word Kanadario, meaning “sparkling water” or “beautiful lake.” 7 AM EST = noon GMT; 6 AM CST = noon GMT. Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and home to the country’s capital, Ottawa. Ontario is also Canada’s economic engine, with a diverse economy …
Formation: 1867. Nova Scotia is a Canadian province with two central coastal regions: the northern and southern maritime regions. The province’s capital city is Halifax, and it also has Lamentin, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Antigonish as some of its other major cities. Nova Scotia is one of Canada’s smallest provinces, but it is still very diverse …
Formation: 1949. The origin of the name: Italian seafarer Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) landed on the island portion of the province on 24 June 1497, on the feast of St. John the Baptist. Cabot called the newfound land “St. John’s Isle” in honor of the saint, but the contraction of “a newfound land” was quickly …
Formation: 1867. The origin of the name: Named by King George III of England in honor of his German lands, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenberg. TIME: 8 AM AST = noon GMT. New Brunswick is the second smallest province in Canada. It has around 750,000 people and an area of just over 50,000 square kilometers. New …
Mississauga, historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Mississauga is the seventh most populous municipality in Canada, third-most in Ontario, and second most in the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto itself. Mississauga continues to grow due to its proximity to Toronto. During the latter half of the 20th …
Montreal is located at the junction of the Saint-Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. Founded in 1642 by a group of Catholic Frenchmen, it is Canada’s first great trading center. The economy has since moved west to Toronto, but Montreal remains interesting because of its cultural, rather than geographical, confluence. About 70% of its 3 million residents …