O Canada,
Our Home and Native Land...

Some young Indians were trying to explain to Jacques Cartier the way to the village of Stadacona (now Quebec City). The Huron-Iroquois word for village (or settlement) is "kanata". Cartier used the word Canada to refer to the entire area of Donnacona (which included Stadacona). "Canada" was used as an official name in 1971 when the Province of Quebec was divied into Upper and Lower Canada.

Canada consists of 10 provinces and 2 territories. (keep in mind the creation of a new territory called Nunavut ("Our Land" in Inukititut) in 1999. Visit Nunavut Planning Commission for more information.

So back to those provinces and territories:

The capital of Canada is Ottawa

The 10 provinces are (from West to East with their capitals...this is one class I did well in in school!!!) British Columbia (Victoria), Alberta (Edmonton), Saskatchewan (Regina), Manitoba (Winnipeg), Ontario (Toronto), Quebec (Quebec City), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Nova Scotia (Halifax), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown), Newfoundland (St. John’s)
and the 2 territories are:
Yukon Territory (Whitehorse) and Northwest Territories (Yellowknife)

Test your knowledge with the Government of Canada’s quiz.

Another Canadian history quiz

Do you wonder what the climate is like in Canada?

Prime Ministers	Party	Years in Office
1. Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald	Liberal Conservative	1867-1873
2. Hon. Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	1873-1878
3. Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald	Liberal Conservative	1878-1891
4. Hon. Sir John J.C. Abbott	Liberal Conservative	1891-1892
5. Rt. Hon. Sir John S.D. Thompson	Liberal Conservative	1892-1894
6. Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell	Conservative	1894-1896
7. Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper (Baronet)	Conservative	1896
8. Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier	Liberal	1896-1911
9. Rt. Hon. Sir Robert L. Borden	Conservative	1911-1917
10. Rt. Hon. Sir Robert L. Borden	Conservative	1917-1920
11. Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	Conservative	1920-1921
12. Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal	1921-1926
13. Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	Conservative	1926
14. Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal	1926-1930
15. Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett (became Viscount Bennett, 1941)	Conservative	1930-1935
16. Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal	1935-1948
17. Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent	Liberal	1948-1957
18. Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative	1957-1963
19. Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson	Liberal	1963-1968
20. Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Liberal	1968-1979
21. Rt. Hon. Charles Joseph Clark	Progressive Conservative	1979-1980
22. Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Liberal	1980-1984
23. Rt. Hon. John Napier Turner	Liberal	1984
24. Rt. Hon. Martin Brian Mulroney	Progressive Conservative	1984-1993
25. Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1993
26. Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien	Liberal	1993-

Why not visit Parliament...well actually it’s Parliamentary Internet

For more information on Canada, this is a pretty good place to go!

Electronic Labour Exchange

The Canadian Charter
The National Gallery of Canada
The National Arts Centre
Canada Yellow Pages
Canada Post - Postal Code Lookup
Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial
Ticketmaster
The CBC
CTV
Webmania
Canadian Online Explorer (CANOE)
Chatelain Connects
Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority

St. Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa
SUN Papers
Chez 106 My favorite Classic Rock Station in Ottawa
BeaverTails Homepage COMING SOON! (see below)
Corel Centre
Ottawa Senators
Canadian Genealogy & History
24 Hour News
Canada Rocks the World
An American's Guide to Canada

My brother co-owns the "BeaverTails® at the Corel Centre" franchise. He hopes to have a web site up soon. If you've never had a BeaverTail - you don't know what you're missing. A BeaverTail is a whole wheat pastry, shaped like a beaver's tail and deep fried. Toppings are then added to it...like raspberry jam, chocolate sauce, or my favourite, garlic butter and cheese! Have a look at the mascot. BeaverTails® at the Corel Centre hopes to have a web site up soon. I'll try and carry any information and picutres I can until then! A big hi to Amy -- a head beaver and the brave one in the mascot picture!

Canadian Web City and Canadian Kids City

Maple Square - Canada's Internet Directory

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