1. Nova Scotia
   British Columbia
2. Saskatchewan

It is not the largest city, though. That honor goes to Saskatoon--which has over 270,000 residents.

1. British Columbia
   Ontario
2. Quebec

It is home to nearly 14 million people, which is nearly 40% of the entire population of Canada. Ontario also shares a border with the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.

1. Alberta and British Columbia
   Ontario and Quebec
2. Alberta and Saskatchewan

Before its division into Ontario and Quebec, the province was divided into Canada West and Canada East. They were two of the four original provinces that entered the Canadian Confederation.

1. Manitoba
   Ontario
2. Saskatchewan

It is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake, although it's the third largest if you don't count any of the freshwater lakes with shared national borders, like the Great Lakes.

1. Montreal
   Winnipeg
2. Saskatoon

There are more than 660,000 people living in Winnipeg. It is also the capital of the province.

1. Prince Edward Island
   Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Nova Scotia

There are only about 150,000 people in this province, located on the Atlantic coast. Prince Edward Island is actually made up of 232 islands, with one larger island and 231 smaller ones.

1. Quebec
   New Brunswick
2. British Columbia

About 95 percent of people in this province can speak French; only about half speak English.

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
   Nova Scotia
2. New Brunswick

This province is the newest to the confederation by about 40 years. It's name was changed from "Newfoundland" to "Newfoundland and Labrador" in 2001.

1. Two
   Three
2. Four

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are sometimes just called the Prairies. Calgary is the most populated of the prairie cities.

1. First
   Second
2. Third

Russia is the only country in the world that's larger. The territory of Nunavut makes up the largest total area of Canada.

1. Quebec
   Ontario
2. British Columbia

With a population of 13.4 million, Ontario is the population center of this country. The next largest province, Quebec, only has 8.1 million people.

1. Light of the gods
   Swift-flowing river
2. Big rocky plateau

The Saskatchewan River is a highlight of the province's landscape. Saskatchewan also has more sunshine than any other province.

1. Manitoba
   British Columbia
2. Quebec

B.C. is home to six other national parks and park reserves, too. The parks are home to enormous amounts of animals that are significantly rarer across the border, in the United States.

1. Agriculture
   Oil and natural gas
2. Mining

It exports the second-highest amounts of natural gas in the entire world. It's home of the Athabasca oil sands.

1. Fishing
   Mining
2. Agriculture

Over-fishing caused steep declines in cod, which greatly affected fisherman in the areas. Service industries now make up the largest part of the province's GDP.

1. Alberta
   Ontario
2. Quebec

The tree is one of the most common trees in western North America. There are four subspecies of the lodgepole pine.

1. 15
   10
2. 8

The provinces are: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador (that's just one,) Saskatchewan and Alberta. There are also three territories, which have their powers delegated by different authorities than the provinces.

1. Quebec
   British Columbia
2. Alberta

Its western coast is renowned for natural beauty. There are almost 150 ecological reserves, seven National Parks and National Park Reserves and dozens of other natural parks and protected areas.

1. Six
   Five
2. Four

The number has climbed since then. The most recent addition was Newfoundland and Labrador, which entered the Confederation in 1949.

1. Ontario
   Alberta
2. British Columbia

About a quarter of these bears have a cream-colored coat that makes them memorable.

1. Quebec
   Ontario
2. British Columbia

It was legalized on June 10, 2003. The following month, British Columbia was the second province to legalize same-sex marriage.

1. $7 billion
   $75 billion
2. $119 billion

That number helped the province rank fifth in Canada. Per capita, it's roughly $70,000 Canadian dollars.

1. New Brunswick
   British Columbia
2. Nova Scotia

The lion is an echo of the region's ties to Germany via King George III, who also happened to be Prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, which is now a part of Germany.

1. Alberta
   Quebec
2. Manitoba

It is one of the biggest owls in the world--and the longest. There are two subspecies of the owl.

1. First
   Third
2. Fourth

It is home to about 3.6 million people. For contrast, Ontario has 13.4 million people, which makes it the most populated province.

1. Lutheran
   Protestant
2. Catholic

About a third of the population is Catholic. Roughly a quarter have no religious affiliation.

1. 30%
   3%
2. 1%

English is by far the most frequently spoken language in Nova Scotia. It also the largest number of people who speak Scottish-Gaelic outside of Scotland. This should come as no surprise, as Nova Scotia means "New Scotland."

1. Ontario
   Quebec
2. New Brunswick

Most people rely on English, but French is common. Roughly one-third of the people who live there self-report that they speak both languages.

1. Alberta
   Saskatchewan
2. Manitoba

This prairie province sees about 18 twisters per year on average. However, they make up for it with all their sunny days--more than any other province.

1. British Columbia
   Nova Scotia
2. Manitoba

English ethnic origin accounts for about a third of the population of British Colombia. Europeans make up roughly 65% of the population.